When Chen Yiran returned home, he stood on the balcony and opened the window to let in the cold air.

He had long passed the age of an innocent schoolboy, but he felt a rush of heat just because he glanced at Li Linlin.

Although Chen Yiran wasn’t a person who indulges in sexual pleasure, he also knew what this heat represented.

If it was just that, then it would’ve been fine. After all, a man’s body reaction couldn’t always be controlled by his brain. However, the person who made him react this way was Li Linlin, the Li Linlin he had watched grow up and treated as a little sister.

……Who wouldn’t call him worse than a beast if they heard about it?!

Chen Yiran agitatedly loosened the collar of his pajamas. He leaned against the window sill and took a deep breath.

During this period, because of his unusual treatment of Li Linlin, he often asked himself whether he would react this way if it were Chen Xi. What happened before could still be explained, but today’s matter would never be possible if it was Chen Xi.

Inexplicably, the scene of when he had rushed into the bathroom and had seen something he shouldn’t have flashed through his mind again. Chen Yiran’s emotions that had just calmed down fluctuated once more. He actually had that kind of thought towards Linlin???

Chen Yiran couldn’t help but curse inwardly.

———pr

After Chen Yiran left, Li Linlin leaned on the bed and applied pressure on her ankle. Chen Xi suddenly called her and asked her if everything was fine. “I saw the property management post on Moments. Is there a power outage in Yinwan?”

Li Linlin responded, “Hmm, but it quickly came back.”

“That’s good. Are you okay?”

Li Linlin thought for a while and decided to skip what happened with Chen Yiran. “I’m fine. It just happened that I was taking a bath so I twisted my foot.”

“Ah? How is that fine?” Chen Xi said, “Why don’t I come back tonight? Wu Hui isn’t there either, so it’s inconvenient for you to be alone.”

“I’m really fine. I just twisted my foot, I’m not disabled.” Li Linlin reassured Chen Xi. “Don’t worry about me. Plus, it’s not safe to go travel this late.”

“Alright then, I’ll come back early tomorrow morning and bring you breakfast.” Chen Xi thought for a while and then suggested, “Right, if you need anything just find Brother Yiran!”

“……” To be honest, he had already been there once. “I’m going to bed soon so no need to worry. Get some early rest.”

“Okay.”

Chen Xi said a few more words before hanging up. Li Linlin held the phone in her hand and was lost in thought for a while, wondering why Chen Yiran suddenly left just now.

——His departure wasn’t an ordinary one either. It wasn’t an understatement to describe it as running away.

The corners of Li Linlin’s lips twitched. She didn’t do anything just now, did she? Why act as if she’s going to eat him?

She took the ice pack off from her feet and lay down under the quilt. To be honest, she was quite surprised when Chen Yiran suddenly came over. Moreover, as soon as he discovered that her foot was injured, he carried her out.

Thinking of this, Li Linlin recalled some more details. After Chen Yiran came in, the first thing he seemed to do was to wrap her bathrobe tightly around her.

……Wait a minute, did her bathrobe come loose at that time??

Li Linlin was instantly caught up in this question. Had her bathrobe gone loose or not? Did Chen Yiran saw anything??

While she was struggling in her mind, the phone in her hand suddenly vibrated. Li Linlin took a look and saw that Chen Yiran had transferred her a sum of money.

And it’s not a small sum, a whole two hundred thousand.

【Li Linlin: ???】

What prompted this? President Chen stayed up in the middle of the night just to give people money?

That’s a fine hobby.

Li Linlin sent him three question marks.

Chen Yiran quickly sent a reply, 【The other buyer in Tianxiaju yesterday was you, right?】

Li Linlin pretended to be confused. 【What? Did you send this message to the wrong person?】

【Chen Yiran: When I was in your room, I saw the building block figure you placed on the bedside table.】

Li Linlin: “……”

Her head jerked back and she saw that the building block figure she bought was literally sitting on her bedside table.

After getting it yesterday, she went directly to Youxian Mountain to record a show. When she came back today, she simply unpacked her luggage and the building block figure was one of the things she took out while organizing her things.

She didn’t expect Chen Yiran to come, let alone for him to see it.

Li Linlin felt a little embarrassed. She had already said that she wanted to sever ties with him, but he caught her buying the building block figure.

【Li Linlin: Alright, I indeed buy it. But what do you mean by giving me money? I’m not selling it to you.】

Moreover, she bought it from Qi Hao for 150,000 yuan, and Chen Yiran even chipped in the money for her and directly gave her 200,000 yuan.

【Chen Yiran: The money isn’t to buy the building block figure.】

【Li Linlin: Then what is it for?】

【Chen Yiran: Nothing. I just want to give you money.】

Li Linlin: “……”

She thought she’s the only one throwing money away, but she didn’t expect that President Chen was even sicker than she was.

Li Linlin returned the money to him, but the next second, Chen Yiran transferred it back to her.

Li Linlin: “……”

She was sure that if she returned it again, Chen Yiran could fight her about it all night.

She clicked her tongue and didn’t transfer any more money to Chen Yiran, instead, she went to post on Moments.

【Li Linlin: The deity of wealth is by my side and his hobby is giving everyone money. [Smile]】

Wu Hui quickly made a comment, 【The deity of wealth you’re talking about isn’t your father, right? If not, please send him my contact information.】

Li Linlin sent Wu Hui a fifty cents red envelope.

【Wu Huier: [Smile]】

This friendship of theirs was only worth fifty cents.

Assistant Wu stayed up late and was browsing Moments just like Wu Hui. 【I know someone like this deity of wealth, our President Chen.】

Li Linlin blinked. Was President Chen’s hobby really giving people money?

She replied to Assistant Wu, 【He also likes to give you guys’ money?】

Assistant Wu keenly caught the word ‘also’ in Li Linlin’s sentence. So the deity of wealth who gave Little Sister Linlin money was indeed their President Chen?

Although he had seen through everything, Assistant Wu was still very ethical and did not expose them, pretending not to know anything.

【Assistant Wu: Not really. It’s just that all the employees in our group like to kowtow to him. They said it’s quite spiritual.】

Li Linlin: “……”

Not a moment later, there was another comment under Li Linlin’s post.

Chen Yiran replied to Assistant Wu, 【The company has that kind of custom? How come I don’t know?】

Assistant Wu: “……”

So this Moments post was visible to President Chen?!

Immediately afterwards, Li Shen appeared. He didn’t have Assistant Wu’s WeChat account, so he couldn’t see his conversation with Li Linlin.

【Li Shen: Linlin, who gave you the money? It’s probably someone with bad intentions. Give it back to him. I’ll double the amount.】

Chen Xi joined in. 【Uncle Li, based on the comments, Brother Yiran must be the one who gave it to Linlin.】

Li Linlin: “……”

Why was none of her Wechat friends sleeping when it’s already this late???

You’re all insulting the night!

Li Linlin silently deleted her post and pretended that nothing happened.

———pr

This translation is by Pocketrobbin at S h a n g h a i f a n t a s y . c o m

Early the next morning, Chen Xi returned to Yinwan with breakfast and also bought some medicine for Li Linlin’s sprain. Chen Xi helped rub Li Linlin’s ankle while saying, “This won’t do, it’s swollen. You need to have it check at the hospital.”

Just as she said this, Chen Yiran sent a message to Li Linlin, 【Remember to go to the hospital today. I’ve asked Assistant Wu to pick you up. He’ll contact you when he arrives.】

Li Linlin: “……”

This brother and sister didn’t talk about this beforehand, right?

“What’s wrong?” Chen Xi closed the cap of the medicine bottle and glanced at Li Linlin.

Li Linlin answered, “Chen Yiran said he asked Assistant Wu to pick me up and take me to the hospital.”

“Brother Yiran also knows that you’ve sprained your ankle?”

“En.”

“Then have you two reconciled?” Chen Xi looked at her with bright eyes.

“No. I’ve completely broken ties with him.”

Chen Xi: “……”

Chen Xi certainly hoped that Li Linlin and Chen Yiran could reconcile as soon as possible. After all, one was her brother and the other was her best friend. And in her heart, she had already thought of them as a pair.

“Linlin, actually, Brother Yiran and his blind date had split up.” Chen Xi pondered over the appropriateness of using the word split up. “I heard from my mom that they had only met three or four times before going their separate ways.”

Li Linlin already knew about this matter from Qi Hao and wasn’t surprised. “Oh……”

“So don’t be mad at him anymore.”

Li Linlin curled her lips and said, “Xixi, even if there isn’t this blind date, there will be a next one. Anyway, he doesn’t like me. In that case, there’s no need for me to maintain a false brother-sister relationship with him, right?”

“This…… You can’t say that for certain.” Chen Xi said, “How do you know he doesn’t like you?”

“He said so himself.”

“Uh…… But people can change, he might not think that way anymore.”

“Who knows?” Li Linlin didn’t want to try again. It was enough to be sad for Chen Yiran twice. She felt that Madam Qiu was right, it was better to pursue a career!

Seeing that she had no intention of softening, Chen Xi thought that this matter had to be resolved by Chen Yiran himself.

“Linlin, Brother Yiran’s birthday is coming soon. We’re going to hold a family dinner for him at home. Are you joining us?”

Li Linlin had always remembered Chen Yiran’s birthday. In previous years, she and Chen Xi would carefully prepare gifts for him. But this year, forget about it. “I’ll skip.”

“But my mom and dad specially invited you, as well as Uncle Li and Aunt Yu.” Chen Xi said, “Just give them face and come for dinner. You can just ignore Brother Yiran!”

Li Linlin hesitated. Although she had severed ties with Chen Yiran, she was still good with Chen Xi, Uncle Chen and Aunt Zhen. When she and Chen Xi were young, their two families would get together for dinner from time to time. Now that she and Chen Xi had grown up and everyone was busy, the opportunities to gather for a meal like in the past had actually become rare.

“Alright.” Li Linlin nodded. “I don’t think I have any schedule that day.”

“Great, it’s been a long time since our two families got together.” Chen Xi smiled happily at Li Linlin. Brother Yiran ah, this is all I can do to help you. It all depends on you whether you can coax Linlin well and whether you can marry a wife in the future.