After Rebirth, I Discovered the Whole World Wants to Harm Me [GL] - Chapter 29

“No way, how could that be possible, right Big Brother?” She smiled at Tang Xiaozhang, though internally her feelings were incredibly complex.

She felt like she should have changed the title of the post she just made to something like:

My rival in love is actually my brother, what do I do? Waiting online, very urgent

My dad actually wants my brother to steal my woman; first time realizing our circle is truly messy

Tang Xiaozhang felt his sister’s smile was exceptionally eerie. As the only family member who knew about Xiaoran’s partner, he felt like he was being roasted over a fire by his father. The situation was quite intense.

Meeting Tang Xiaoyu’s probing gaze, President Tang steadied the stampeding horses in his heart and responded nonchalantly, “Mm.”

Tang Xiaoyu: …Mm???

How come I don’t believe a word of this?

His gaze shifted between the spacing-out Tang Xiaoran and the head-down, document-processing Tang Xiaozhang. After a while, he could only ask tentatively:

“Is it because there’s new progress in the investigation into Uncle Zhao’s matter?”

So Tang Xiaoran was helping Tang Xiaozhang cover up some truth again?

Hearing his question, the girl—who was still in “romance-brain” mode and hadn’t switched out yet—looked up in a daze. “Huh?”

Tang Xiaozhang was also deep in thought, but thanks to his high-performance brain, he caught up to the rhythm instantly and smoothly redirected Tang Xiaoyu’s attention.

“The investigation does have some progress, but it’s mainly about me. For example, the orphanage I stayed in as a child and information about my birth mother. Do you want to see?” As he spoke, he opened a side drawer, pulled out the file folder pressed at the very bottom, and handed it to Tang Xiaoyu.

Tang Xiaoyu couldn’t quite restrain his curiosity and reached out for the file.

Tang Xiaoran didn’t notice her brother’s clever maneuver at all, missing the best time to applaud him. Her mind had already flown a thousand miles away; she didn’t have the patience to stay here a second longer.

She left a serious-sounding remark: “Regarding the issues mentioned in the meeting just now, I’m going to find Sister Xin to discuss them right now.”

In a flash, she had slipped out of the office.

Tang Xiaoyu, who had painfully pulled himself away from his brother’s gossip: …???

Are you trying to be a ‘Model Worker’ now?

1:00 PM.

Leaning lazily on the soft sofa in Xiao Shixin’s home, Tang Xiaoran, full and satisfied, reached her “sinful hand” toward several bright, round oranges on the table.

Her hands didn’t stop peeling, and her mouth—not yet eating—wasn’t idle either: “Sister Xin, tell me, what do you like about my big brother? I’ll make him change it immediately.”

Xiao Shixin was looking at various stock market trends. Her eyes reflected a mess of colorful lines, but this complexity didn’t stop her from multi-tasking and handling her partner’s questions.

“Don’t talk nonsense.” In her flat tone, the hint of warning was barely there, mostly replaced by her habit of indulging this person.

Tang Xiaoran tore off a large piece of orange peel, feeling quite aggrieved by the rebuttal: “I’m telling the truth. Every time I think about how your dad and my dad are still trying to set you and Big Brother up, I feel a vast green pasture growing on my head.”

“It’s not happening,” Xiao Shixin replied matter-of-factly, her gaze never moving from the computer screen.

However, the drama queen soul in Tang Xiaoran’s body had already been awakened. She tore off the last bit of peel from the orange and spoke in a trembling tone:

“No, I can’t take this injustice. My tears are already flowing.”

Xiao Shixin finally looked back. She was met with eyes that were slightly red. Half-helpless and half-amused, she said: “When you’re peeling an orange, don’t lean in so close, okay?”

She then reached out and handed her the tissue box from the table.

Tang Xiaoran took it but immediately put it back and grabbed Xiao Shixin’s hand instead. Under her bangs, her round eyes were already in character:

“The thought that Big Brother actually gets official permission to go on a date with you tomorrow makes my internal jealousy reach a cellular level—”

Xiao Shixin finally caught the main point. Knitting her beautiful brows, the temperature in her dark eyes gradually dropped. “What do you mean?”

She had previously thought Tang Xiaoran was just bringing up that awkward dinner from a long time ago on a whim, but now it seemed there was more to it.

Tang Xiaoran watched her reaction, stayed quiet for a few seconds, and asked in confusion:

“Uncle Xiao invited my dad today for our families to go to the Biandu Fishing Village in the neighboring city tomorrow. You didn’t know?”

Xiao Shixin: “…”

She really didn’t know. She didn’t know that he still had the leisure to interfere in her business at a time like this.

Seeing her expression, Tang Xiaoran knew the truth. A quirky look crossed her face. She lightly scratched her forehead with her left index finger and added dryly: “Uh, well, you know now. Are you still going?”

Xiao Shixin was naturally revolted by such an arrangement. Without a thought, she picked up her phone, intending to call and warn a certain someone not to stretch their hand too far.

Just then, Tang Xiaoran gently shook the hand she was still holding, as if seeing through her intention. She urged: “Why don’t you just go?”

“I checked just now; that fishing village of yours is designed quite well, and the scenery is nice. Plus, it’s a holiday—let’s count it as our first trip together~” Speaking of travel, her eyes sparkled, as if she had already imagined a beautiful picture of having fun there.

Xiao Shixin squinted at her, her gaze narrowing. She replied: “Tell the truth.”

“Cough, I just fought my dad for the chance to be a high-wattage third wheel—” Tang Xiaoran’s gaze shifted to the side, looking a bit guilty.

Xiao Shixin raised an eyebrow.

Tang Xiaoran finally confessed the second half of her sentence hesitantly: “And… don’t you think ‘having an affair’ right under our fathers’ noses sounds very thrilling?”

Xiao Shixin had never realized her little girlfriend had such a peculiar interest. She responded expressionlessly: “…I don’t. Also, if you misuse words again, I’ll—”

Tang Xiaoran leaned in excitedly, her face so close they were almost touching:

“You’ll kiss me?”

Xiao Shixin widened her eyes slightly in surprise, even instinctively leaning back a little.

Seeing President Xiao’s pure-hearted reaction, Tang Xiaoran let go of her hand, rubbed her own nose, and sat back. She suddenly felt that compared to her, she was a veteran driver doing 200 mph.

Why is President Xiao still so cute while dating at twenty-seven?

Damn it, I really want to pin her to the sofa and kiss her.

The “hungry” Big Bad Wolf Tang felt her true face might scare Xiao Shixin. She pretended nothing had happened and picked up another orange, peeling it with the dedication of a researcher. She didn’t even miss a single white string on the segments.

Xiao Shixin glanced at her several times, a flash of mysterious emotion passing through her dark eyes. Then, she lit up her phone again and sent a message to her assistant, directly canceling her holiday flight to Europe.

It was only then that her father’s message arrived late:

“Do you have plans tomorrow? If not, the Tang family and I agreed to go to the neighboring city. Get ready.”

Xiao Shixin sometimes really wanted to know why some people could never recognize their own position. And why they always had a misunderstanding of their own IQ, luckily thinking no one in the world would know what they had done.

Looking at the message, a look of heavy mockery appeared in her eyes. She didn’t reply; she put the phone back on the table, letting him guess whether she would show up tomorrow.

As soon as she put down the phone, she felt something cool on her lips. When she turned, Tang Xiaoran was holding her arm up, using a bit of force with her fingers to push an orange segment toward her lips.

“Open up, ah~”

Xiao Shixin instinctively ate the fruit. As her teeth bit into it, the juice splashed in her mouth, spreading sweetness everywhere. From the tip of her tongue, it flowed straight to her heart.

The two of them, one eating and one feeding, happily finished an orange. Tang Xiaoran reached for a third. Seeing that the other’s mood had calmed down, she nodded in satisfaction and changed the subject:

“I just thought of a brilliant idea to save the endangered sibling relationship between me and my brother.”

Xiao Shixin sensed she was about to cause trouble, but since she didn’t have any expectations for tomorrow’s so-called “blind date activity” anyway, she let her be.

Tang Xiaoran scrolled through her phone and quickly found the contact info for Gu Heng she had saved just in case.

Ding-dong~ At his computer desk, the man preparing his lessons heard the notification and checked his phone.

“A Little Sugar Square” had requested to add him as a friend. The note read: Hello, Brother Gu Heng, I am Tang Xiaoran.

Gu Heng was completely confused. Why would Tang Xiaozhang’s sister want to add him? Seeing the dialogue box, he thought it over and sent a polite greeting:

“Hello, Xiaoran.”

Before he could think of a topic, three sentences were thrown over with lightning hand-speed:

“Hello, Brother Gu Heng~ Please let me re-introduce myself properly.”

“My name is Tang Xiaoran. I am the girlfriend of the person Tang Xiaozhang is being forced to date tomorrow, and I am also Tang Xiaozhang’s sister. First, allow me to represent the Tang family in solemnly inviting you to tomorrow’s family gathering; second, I represent myself in grandly inviting you to join me in causing some trouble.”

“Brother Gu Heng, to keep life going smoothly, you mustn’t have ‘green’ on your head. Are you willing to work with me to burn down this green pasture?”

Gu Heng: …???

You rich people really know how to play.

Many years later, he would always remember the day he couldn’t help but pull out a pen and paper to draw a family relationship diagram.