Unaware that My Legitimate Sister is My Husband - Chapter 77
~End of chapter 76
“Then, in your eyes, what kind of person am I?”
Xi Xian retreated half a step back, her face turning pale as she said, “Big sister will protect me, protect me with all her heart, and will never break the promises made between us ……”
Her legitimate sister lowered her eyes and slowly turned the Buddha beads wrapped around her wrist, the sandalwood-colored bead strings made one circle after another around the honey-colored wrist, the dark yellow tassels trembled, as Xi Xian saw her legitimate sister’s lips seemingly smiling, like she was trying to repress an infinite and large desire to laugh.
Xi Xian stared at her legitimate sister and whispered, “Big sister, why are you smiling?”
When her legitimate sister raised her eyes, the smile on the corner of her lips was already evident, carrying a slightly mean brightness, “Xianxian, you think I’m your servant? Mmh?”
Chapter 77
(28.2)
Xi Xian didn’t know why her legitimate sister said that, why she was speaking with offensive sarcasm, with consistent sharpness and harshness, making her feel naive and dumb as hell.
Xi Xian shook her head, with some tears in her eyes that did not fall down, “No, you are Xianxian’s big sister, how can you be a servant? I have never looked at you this way… and I don’t dare to look at you this way.”
Her legitimate sister’s left hand with the Buddha beads squeezed Xi Xian’s jaw in an undeniable manner, and she lowered her light-colored eyes to meet hers.
Two pairs of very different eyes were facing each other, one with panic and hesitation, the other was so calm it was a little too calm, as if those eyes were slowly scrutinizing and analyzing.
After a pause, the edge of her legitimate sister’s eyes slightly tilted upward, with a strange smile, her hands slightly used a bit of force, so they were like cast iron forcing Xi Xian’s neck to slightly tilt up, to look at the statue of the Buddha in front of the incense table.
That Buddha had clear and wise opened eyes, a compassionate smile on the lips, the earlobes reached the shoulders, the lips were pursed up benevolently, and it seemed like it was meeting Xi Xian’s trembling eyes, and also like it was just vaguely looking at the obsessions and grudges of this world.
Xi Xian wanted to cry, but she gritted her teeth to hold back, her little struggle did not work at all, her legitimate sister was just gently stroking her cheeks.
Her legitimate sister, as if she was possessed, murmured, “Be good, be good ah, our Xianxian is looking at the Buddha, didn’t the Buddha tell you that everything in the world is constant, and that how much one gives is how much one is going to want in return ?”
“Human nature is inherently evil, even if one is a great benefactor, performing good deeds and accumulating virtues, it is for oneself, for one’s own inner satisfaction and peace of mind.”
Xi Xian’s eyes became wide-opened, she twisted her body and struggled a little, so anxious that she bawled. Her voice was soft and tender: “When you say it like that, it seems that everyone is selfish, how can you be so presumptive of others?!”
Her legitimate sister said coldly in her ear, “Isn’t it true?”
“People perform good deeds to accumulate virtue, children wear colorful clothes to entertain their parents, parents provide for their children, only for the sake of their so-called peace of mind. This peace of mind is the peace of one’s own heart, so in the end, it’s for oneself.”
Xi Xian’s chest rose and fell, once she escaped from the grip of her legitimate sister, she retreated back two steps and, caught off guard, her legs went limp and she collapsed down on the futon.
The shadows oppressed the muscles around her temples that suddenly started to jump up, while Xi Heng was coldly looking down at her, one knee on the ground, supported by the futon beside her.
The two people’s breath were entangled together, her legitimate sister’s lips curled up into a light curve: “So, do you think that I’ll be working like an ox for you, and not ask for anything in return?”
Xi Xian was pushed down, inch by inch, on the futon, her anxious eyes turned even more red, looking like she was going to start crying out and wailing at any moment, but she was just biting her peach like soft tender lips, refusing to cry. She just struggled a bit, and then said with a sobbing voice: “Then what do you want? Big sister promised to keep me company, promised to protect me, these promises do not count anymore ?”
Xi Xian felt like the sky was about to collapse, the mountains and the sea were colorless, she never thought that the vast field that she had been rebuilding and the clear and warm daylight she was basking in would so soon lose their colors and turn dim.
Her legitimate sister’s plain clothes were austere and tight, her long pitch-black hair fell down along her shoulders, falling lightly on Xi Xian’s slender, soft white neck, and the exposed corner of her dudou.
Xi Xian’s entire body was pressed on to the futon, her body was so soft that it seemed like it could easily be folded into many marvelous curves.
But she didn’t realize it in the slightest. Her entire face was flushed with panic and her hair was messy as hell.
Her legitimate sister’s hands cupped Xi Xian’s cheeks, the dark yellow Buddhist tassels dropped over the edge of her eyes, and the calm and distant sandalwood scent reached her nose.
She slowly gazed at the softness and youthfulness of the young girl.
But then, Xi Xian heard her legitimate sister sigh and laugh lightly, “Xianxian, did you understand or not?”
Her dark eyes trembled slightly, and she subconsciously shook her head, her face full of confusion.
Her legitimate sister gazed at her leisurely, and she said, word by word: “Wearing colorful clothes to entertain one’s parents, providing for the children, and seeking one’s own peace of mind is selfishness, so I am also selfish.”
“I hope that you can live a long life, a life of good health with no worries, but it’s just me seeking my own desire.”
“But there are some things that are beyond the control of reason. Therefore you cannot always expect me to protect you and never break my promises. Promises and laws are the words of the weak, and I can destroy those at any time.”
Translator : Laura
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