The Male Lead's Sister Reborn (GL) - Chapter 16
Shen Xiruo pursed her lips, driving the car in the driver’s seat.
Jiang Qian sat in the passenger seat, her heart fluttering with unease.
The words were spoken, and it was impossible to change her mind. She couldn’t imagine what would happen when she got to Shen Xiruo’s house.
After all, they had already slept together! Should they do it again? But the situation was different. The first time they slept together, she didn’t even know Shen Xiruo, so there was no mental burden. But now she and Shen Xiruo were friends… She also knew Shen Xiruo was that important female supporting character in the book, so she couldn’t possibly sleep with Shen Xiruo again.
I just can’t bring myself to do it! Tsk, tsk, tsk. Jiang Qian never thought there would be a day when she could sit in front of a beauty and remain virtuous.
However, when they reached Shen Xiruo’s apartment, she immediately slapped herself in the face.
Shen Xiruo’s apartment was on a high floor of a luxury complex. She used her fingerprint to enter the direct-access elevator, and then saw Jiang Qian covering her face with her hand as she followed her in.
Shen Xiruo laughed softly: “Why, are you that scared?”
Jiang Qian half-covered her face, observing the camera in the elevator. After a long moment, she said: “It never hurts to be cautious.”
Shen Xiruo smiled and didn’t say anything more. She carried the large pile of dolls they had won at the mall in one hand, holding the doll Jiang Qian gave her with the other.
The aloof beauty paired with childish dolls looked quite incongruous.
The apartment door opened. Shen Xiruo stepped aside, letting Jiang Qian walk in first, then followed her.
As soon as they entered, the lights in the entryway and living room automatically turned on. The cool white light illuminated the entire room.
Jiang Qian’s eyes widened. She gasped: “Wow, the decor of your apartment… it looks just like a model home!”
Shen Xiruo changed her shoes on the rack by the door, fetched a pair of white slippers for Jiang Qian, placed them at her feet, and looked up with a smile: “You caught me. I bought a model home directly.”
She placed all the dolls on the sofa, turned back, and smiled: “I haven’t been to this apartment in a long time, so there might be some dust. Please don’t mind it.”
Jiang Qian quickly shook her head.
It was a two-bedroom, one-living-room apartment, with a perfect Nordic minimalist style. Black, white, blue, and gray tones dominated the sight, showing no signs of everyday life. Everything was placed in its standard position.
She walked into the room in her slippers and saw Shen Xiruo opening the door to the guest room next door.
“Huh?” Jiang Qian instinctively looked at the guest room.
Shen Xiruo said: “You sleep here. There are new blankets and quilts in the closet. They’ve never been opened since I bought them.”
Jiang Qian said “Oh,” and then glanced at Shen Xiruo’s master bedroom.
Shen Xiruo was walking toward the bathroom and didn’t notice her.
Jiang Qian quietly opened the door to the master bedroom and peeked inside.
It truly was… unexciting black, white, and gray.
However, this master bedroom showed signs of having been used.
Shen Xiruo’s voice suddenly came, startling Jiang Qian, who let go of the door: “Do you want to sleep here?”
Jiang Qian shook her head first.
Then she closed her eyes, hardened her heart, and thought: The beauty is right in front of me. Wouldn’t it be a loss not to sleep with her? So, she nodded again.
She scorned herself inwardly: Jiang Qian, Jiang Qian, what happened to remaining virtuous? The self-slap came too quickly. Jiang Qian felt her face was already swollen.
She nodded nervously, not daring to open her eyes again, and squinted at Shen Xiruo through a slit.
Shen Xiruo looked surprised and said to Jiang Qian: “Do you like this room?”
Jiang Qian wanted to complain: You were flirting with me earlier, so why are you playing dumb now? What does “Do I like this room?” mean? It clearly means I want to… that thing… with you! But how could she, a pure university student, say that out loud!
Jiang Qian stomped her foot in frustration, lowered her head, and bit her lip, staying silent.
Shen Xiruo watched Jiang Qian’s actions and then said after a long moment: “Then you can sleep here.”
After saying that, Shen Xiruo turned and walked toward the bathroom.
Jiang Qian first sighed in relief, but then her breath hitched even more severely, rising to her throat.
This, this, does this mean she agreed? What should I do now? I still smell like a hot pot restaurant from the mall…
Jiang Qian immediately rushed to the bathroom. Taking a shower was the most important thing!
Shen Xiruo was standing in front of the sink in the bathroom. She opened the small cabinet behind the mirror, took out a whole set of packaged toiletries, and was about to go out to call Jiang Qian in when she saw Jiang Qian rush toward her.
Jiang Qian rushed straight into Shen Xiruo’s arms without looking up. Shen Xiruo opened her arms, instinctively protecting Jiang Qian’s head, while Jiang Qian’s forehead rested on Shen Xiruo’s chest.
It bounced open softly!
Jiang Qian’s mind was dizzy, with only this sentence echoing repeatedly: It bounced open… it bounced open… bounced…
In the dimly lit bathroom, the atmosphere instantly became intimate.
Shen Xiruo released her hands, helped Jiang Qian stand up straight, and said in a low tone: “Be careful, the floor here is slippery.”
Jiang Qian nodded, somehow afraid to look at Shen Xiruo’s face.
Shen Xiruo then pointed to a set of toiletries on the counter: “These are yours. They are all brand new and unopened.”
Jiang Qian nodded again, with messy thoughts flashing through her mind: Is tonight going to start in the bathroom? That’s a bit too exciting… I can’t believe a seemingly upright person like you, Shen Xiruo, is also like this! You bad woman!
Then, under her eager gaze, Shen Xiruo turned and walked out.
Jiang Qian: “…”
After washing up and showering, Jiang Qian came out wrapped in a bathrobe.
She peeked out and saw Shen Xiruo in the guest room, taking out a new quilt to make the bed.
She asked in confusion: “What are you doing?”
Shen Xiruo looked up and smiled: “Making the bed.”
Jiang Qian was stunned. She saw Shen Xiruo look up and smile softly at her, a smile that held no ambiguity whatsoever.
She didn’t know what to say. Only then did she realize that Shen Xiruo’s “You sleep here” really just meant the literal words.
She was simply giving up the master bedroom to her, and Shen Xiruo herself would sleep in the guest bedroom.
“Mmm… okay.”
Since the other person had no intention, she couldn’t pursue it, right? It was her, Jiang Qian, who was too… “self-lesbianing” (a made-up term based on the provided text’s author’s note) by herself.
Jiang Qian stood for a while, then turned and went into the master bedroom, crawled into bed, pulled the quilt up to her chin, and stared at the ceiling with her eyes open.
The sound of running water could be heard from the bathroom.
Jiang Qian involuntarily looked up, gazing at the frosted glass of the bathroom.
She could only vaguely see a slender figure, which only fueled her imagination further.
No! Stop thinking! She has already made her intentions so clear. Stop thinking!
Jiang Qian forcibly suppressed the thoughts in her head. Lying under the quilt, to distract herself, she thought of many other things.
For example, the previous trending topic. Her agent, Li Hong, had told her the general situation, but only said, “It’s nothing, it’s been handled.” As for how it was handled and who handled it, Jiang Qian had no clue.
No wonder Su Xiangxue was so hostile toward her. She was the suspected rumored girlfriend of Shen Xizhou… What is wrong with this Shen Xizhou, seriously! Why is he still bothering me? We haven’t even had a one-night stand again!
The sound of water in the bathroom suddenly stopped.
Jiang Qian immediately looked up instinctively.
A graceful, beautiful figure walked out of the bathroom, slowly… slowly… walking toward the master bedroom!
The heartbeat Jiang Qian had forcibly suppressed rapidly revived. Her heart hammered wildly with a sense of excitement and joy.
Be reserved, be reserved… even if she comes over, I can’t act too eager. I must be reserved…
Jiang Qian warned herself while frantically staring at Shen Xiruo’s figure.
Shen Xiruo was wearing a noble purple silk robe with a deep V-neck, so beautiful that it was hard to look away.
Having just showered, she seemed to have a soft-focus filter naturally applied. Her skin was fair, tender, and delicate. Her bare face was more hydrated and carried a delicious hint of flush than usual.
Truly… beautiful enough to be tempting.
Shen Xiruo approached the master bedroom door.
Jiang Qian couldn’t decide whether to pretend to be asleep or get out of bed to greet her. If she pretended to be asleep and was found out, it would be embarrassing, right? But getting out of bed to greet her would be even more embarrassing…
Shen Xiruo came closer and walked to the bedside, looking down at Jiang Qian in bed.
Jiang Qian screamed inwardly: Holy crap! She looks so good from this angle!
Then, she saw Shen Xiruo’s beautiful lips move.
Jiang Qian couldn’t help but lick her own lips.
Shen Xiruo said: “Rest well. Good night.”
Jiang Qian: “Huh?”
After saying that, Shen Xiruo stood straight, turned, and walked out, closing the master bedroom door behind her.
Jiang Qian: ???
She threw off the quilt and jumped out of bed, opening the master bedroom door to look outside.
Shen Xiruo was about to enter the guest room. Seeing Jiang Qian come out, she looked surprised: “Why did you come out?”
Jiang Qian: “…” A thousand words were stuck in her throat, but she could only manage to squeeze out one sentence: “I forgot to tell you, good night.”
Shen Xiruo’s eyebrows relaxed, and she nodded with a smile in response: “Good night. I wish you sweet dreams.”
Jiang Qian watched Shen Xiruo enter the guest room and close the door.
She slammed her master bedroom door shut, returned to the bed, and let out a long sigh, collapsing onto the bed in a spread-eagle posture.
This Shen Xiruo, seriously! So annoying! Lacks romance! Unfeeling! Doesn’t understand hints! No desires!
Jiang Qian’s mood fluctuated several times that night, and she didn’t fall asleep until one in the morning.
The next morning, she woke up after nine o’clock.
It took her a moment to realize that she still had filming this afternoon!
Jiang Qian quickly got up, got ready, dressed, and planned to rush out.
Opening the master bedroom door, her steps were caught by the scene in front of her.
The aloof beauty, Shen Xiruo, was currently wearing an apron, looking domestic, and was cooking!
She was! Cooking!
In the minimalist-style open kitchen, the soup pot was bubbling, the frying pan was sizzling, and there was the rhythmic thump-thump of a knife hitting the cutting board.
Shen Xiruo turned around, wearing a light beige apron, her hair loosely tied up at the back of her head.
She smiled slightly at Jiang Qian: “You’re awake? Sit over there and wait. Breakfast will be ready soon.”
Jiang Qian sat down vaguely at the dining table, staring at the scene in the kitchen, her brain unable to process it for a long time.
The super CEO, the richest and most dominant female CEO in the entire book, is personally making breakfast for me right now?
“Ah, how heartwarming.”
Jiang Qian squinted her eyes. For some reason, tiny tears began to glimmer in her eyes.
She had never felt this way before… In her original world, she was an orphan who moved between different families. She had to get up early for school and always had to buy some food outside to make do with a little money, even on weekends, because she knew she was an outsider in other people’s homes and shouldn’t take advantage of their affection.
Breakfast was such an important occasion, such a powerful display of love.
No one had ever made breakfast for her before.
A breakfast made for her with such care and tenderness.
Jiang Qian wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled at Shen Xiruo’s back. The slight unhappiness from last night all dissolved in the gentle morning light.
How could this person be so good, and so charming?
