The Male Lead's Sister Reborn (GL) - Chapter 3

The elevator area, at two or three in the afternoon, was usually a busy place.

But now, Jiang Qian realized that besides the few of them, no one else dared to come over.

A pair of expensive leather shoes clicked on the floor as the domineering CEO, the male lead himself, Shen Xizhou, slowly walked over.

Jiang Qian subconsciously hid herself behind Shen Xiruo, secretly raising her eyes to look.

Shen Xizhou was just as the book described him: a chiseled face, cold and sharp eyes, and an aura of domineering power.

Jiang Qian glanced at him, then quickly turned her head to look at Shen Xiruo a few more times.

“Hmm, a beautiful woman is much more pleasant to look at.”

Shen Xizhou seemed to know the innocent-looking girl in the overalls, as he first glanced at her.

Seeing this, Shen Xiruo smiled playfully: “Little brother, you know her?”

Shen Xizhou turned to his half-sister, his eyes still domineering and arrogant, with no hint of sibling affection: “She’s a friend of mine. What’s wrong, did she offend you, older sister?”

Shen Xiruo maintained her playful smile, her fingers toying with a lock of hair by her temple. She chuckled, “Offend… not exactly, but she had better apologize to my friend.”

Jiang Qian was originally standing still, eyes downcast, trying to pretend to be a harmless statue. But Shen Xiruo turned her head, raised a hand to touch her arm, and said to her, “You agree, don’t you?”

Shen Xizhou looked over as well.

Jiang Qian’s heart was spamming with frantic thoughts: “Don’t look at me, don’t look at me, don’t look at me! I’m the female lead destined to be liked by you, oh my god, being liked by you would be too miserable, don’t look at me!”

However, the moment she secretly looked up, she clearly saw Shen Xizhou staring at her intently, his eyes glowing.

“Okay, you’ve lit up, and I’ve turned cold.”

Jiang Qian felt her mentality was about to break. No matter what she did, she just couldn’t escape this male lead.

“If I had known, I would have run away regardless of the situation.”

Shen Xiruo was still watching Jiang Qian and naturally noticed her suddenly gloomy expression. She raised her eyebrows in a strange way.

Based on her experience from her previous life, she knew that Jiang Qian had fallen deeply in love with her brother from the moment they first met, loving him uncontrollably.

Even now, Shen Xizhou wasn’t the hero who saved Jiang Qian, but Jiang Qian should still have a good impression of him. She definitely shouldn’t have this kind of expression… this expression like she had seen a ghost.

Shen Xiruo’s lips curved slightly.

“At least the current Jiang Qian doesn’t like Shen Xizhou. This is a good thing.”

“I think it’s okay. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be going…” Jiang Qian adjusted her mindset, forced out a professional smile, and while talking to Shen Xiruo, lifted her feet, ready to run.

Jiang Qian was about to press the elevator button when she suddenly heard the innocent-looking girl’s voice: “Huh? I really didn’t mean to bump into you. I’m just young and reckless… Since you’re so bothered by it, then I’ll solemnly apologize to you here. Big sister, please don’t be angry. It was all my fault, and I’m sorry for making everyone laugh at you.”

Hearing this, Jiang Qian was immediately furious.

What she was saying was so passive-aggressive. She even emphasized that she was young and immediately called her “big sister”?

“Who are you trying to trick? This big sister’s ears aren’t deaf yet!”

She felt like her head was on fire, not with hair, but with flames, and was about to stand on end.

The innocent-looking girl in the overalls kept blinking, pretending to look cautiously from one person to another.

When Jiang Qian saw her act, she couldn’t stand it anymore. She didn’t care that the male lead and his sister were there; she just had to retort first.

“We met at the studio before, didn’t we? Weren’t you trying to convince the director to make you the female lead? And you’re saying you didn’t bump into me on purpose? There were so many people watching, go ask them if you did it on purpose! Also, you’re young? I’ve looked from every angle, and I can’t see it.”

After her satisfying retort, Jiang Qian immediately slipped away and walked toward the farthest elevator.

The innocent-looking girl’s mouth was wide open, and her face was extremely ugly.

What Jiang Qian said was absolutely correct. She was indeed there to audition for the female third lead, but she wanted to try for the female first lead. After being rejected, she held a grudge and happened to see Jiang Qian, whom the director had praised for so long, right in front of her, so she casually bumped into her.

“You, how can you be so vicious? I already apologized, boo-hoo-hoo…”

The girl in overalls covered her face and started crying.

Jiang Qian scoffed and didn’t care, focusing on the constantly changing numbers on the elevator screen.

Just then, the male lead Shen Xizhou’s low, magnetic voice rang out: “What’s your name?”

Jiang Qian thought the male lead was asking someone else, so she continued to look at the elevator, feeling quite good and drawing circles on the floor with her toes.

The girl in overalls looked at Shen Xizhou in disbelief: “Shen Xizhou! How could you… I’ll tell Xiangxue!”

Shen Xizhou looked down at her, his voice full of suppressed anger: “Li Zheng, how dare you threaten me with Xiangxue?”

The girl in overalls mumbled and dared not speak anymore.

Shen Xizhou’s gaze followed Jiang Qian again. He took a few steps toward her and said, “Woman, I’m asking for your name!”

Jiang Qian did turn her head, but her focus wasn’t on Shen Xizhou, but on the “Xiangxue” the girl had mentioned.

The vicious female antagonist in the book, the male lead’s white moonlight, was named Su Xiangxue.

Her name was lovely, and she looked like a fairy, but she had a truly wicked heart.

She now realized that this Li Zheng was probably the white moonlight’s best friend in the book, the little star who became a sensation overnight after stealing her female lead role.

No wonder Jiang Qian always felt that Li Zheng’s aura was quite similar to her own. In the book, it was precisely because of this similar aura that the director gave the opportunity to Li Zheng after she dropped out.

“So… there’s a reason for all of this!”

Jiang Qian took a careful look at Li Zheng and memorized her face.

She knew this person would keep showing up later on as an accomplice to the white moonlight, constantly causing trouble for the female lead, which was herself.

At this moment, Shen Xizhou had walked within three steps of Jiang Qian. Unfortunately, Jiang Qian didn’t even give him a second glance, nor did she notice him walking over.

“Her name has nothing to do with you.”

A cold and beautiful voice rang out, instantly sweeping away the anxiety in Jiang Qian’s heart as if by magic.

The voice was like a clear spring flowing beneath a blanket of white snow; just hearing it was enchanting.

Jiang Qian looked toward Shen Xiruo and saw that at some point, she had walked up to her, half-turned, and blocked her from view.

She couldn’t help but feel a little strange.

“I slept with her and ran away, treating her like trash… and now she’s protecting me from the scary male lead… Isn’t this a perfect example of repaying evil with good, a breath of fresh air in this cliche novel, a moral model of a dominant CEO in the new era!”

Shen Xizhou stood in front of Shen Xiruo, squinting as he looked at the two women before him.

Shen Xizhou was one meter eighty-seven, while Shen Xiruo was about one meter seventy-five. Although she was tall for a woman, she was still a head shorter than Shen Xizhou.

However, when they confronted each other, both had their auras fully activated, subtly competing. With a single glance, it was impossible to tell whose aura was stronger.

Just standing next to them, Jiang Qian was almost suffocated by the auras radiating from both of them.

The sobbing Li Zheng stopped crying, her eyes wide as she watched the siblings face off. Her gaze then turned to Jiang Qian, filled with a complex expression: “So you’ve hooked up with the eldest daughter of the Shen family…”

Jiang Qian was speechless. “I didn’t, I don’t!”

“I really didn’t hook up with her; she just showed up. I even treated her like trash and ran away after sleeping with her!”

“I’m the one with the wicked heart!”

Shen Xizhou stared at Shen Xiruo and said, word for word, “I just want to know her name, nothing else.”

Shen Xiruo’s response was firm and decisive: “Stay away from her.”

Jiang Qian was a little confused.

“What about the ‘divine accomplice’ sister that was promised?”

“What about the older sister who was supposed to push me into the arms of the domineering male lead?”

“Hey, hey, Your Royal Sister, you’re breaking character!”

The elevator finally arrived with a soft “ding,” a sound that was like music to Jiang Qian’s ears.

She quickly darted into the elevator, extending a hand and waving cheerfully to everyone: “I’ll be going now, goodbye!”

Before she could even get her footing, she saw someone else enter the elevator.

“We’re together.”

It was Shen Xiruo. She nodded to Jiang Qian and at the same time pressed the door close button, quickly shutting the elevator.

Jiang Qian was stunned, and she forced out a tight, bitter smile: “Haha.”

The atmosphere was one hundred percent awkward and bizarre.

She didn’t dare to look at Shen Xiruo, afraid of meeting her gaze.

But she could feel it: Shen Xiruo was looking at her, her gaze lingering on the side of her face as if it were a physical presence.

It made Jiang Qian’s face flush.

She dodged and flinched until the elevator stopped on the first floor, and then she let out a sigh of relief. She immediately started to walk out: “I’m here, so I’ll just…”

The word “go” was swallowed back as she saw Shen Xiruo follow her out.

Shen Xiruo’s face was stunning, her voice faint, and she stood in front of her: “Talk?”

Jiang Qian: “Ah… I still have some things to do at school and my advisor is also looking for me…”

Shen Xiruo looked at her without speaking.

Jiang Qian: “…Where should we talk?”

Shen Xiruo smiled: “You’re hungry, aren’t you?”

After Jiang Qian got out of Shen Xiruo’s Lamborghini and was led by a three-piece suit-wearing waiter into a beautifully decorated French restaurant, she was not feeling particularly well.

“What kind of place is this?”

“Is this the Palace of Versailles?”

“Why is there a smell of money everywhere?”

“The knives and forks are all carved and sparkling with golden light!”

Jiang Qian curiously looked at her reflection on the knives and forks.

Shen Xiruo kindly reminded her: “They’re all pure gold.”

Jiang Qian quickly put down the knives and forks and sat up straight: “Yep, I can see that.”

She didn’t dare to ask if they were splitting the bill, because it was obvious she couldn’t afford it even if she sold herself. She’d just pretend to be clueless…

One after another, gorgeous and delicious dishes were brought out like a flowing stream. Jiang Qian’s attention was drawn to the food, and as she ate, she felt less and less panicked.

Shen Xiruo’s voice came: “What’s your opinion of my brother?”

Jiang Qian swallowed a piece of veal, smiled, and said, “No opinion, no interest, nothing at all.”

Shen Xiruo: “Completely uninterested?”

Jiang Qian: “Not as interested as I am in you.”

Shen Xiruo raised her eyebrows and looked at her playfully.

Jiang Qian: “Holy cow, how did I just blurt out what I was really thinking!”