Chapter 206 Siblings
Qiao Susu quickly put this "unprovoked disaster" behind her, but the school forums and various groups went wild, and even caused a small-scale outcry on the Internet.

The short video of Lin Xixi hitting Fang Yuan was edited into a ghost video and posted online. By the evening of that day, it had been viewed over 101 times, with four-digit likes and comments. One reason was that Lin Xixi was indeed very tough, and the other was that Qiao Suisui, who was standing next to her, was also in the video. With her small face, delicate features, and pure looks, netizens called for her to debut right away. Some even commented that she could be directly selected for Produce and were willing to spend real money to pick this girl.

The two parties involved were completely unaware of the situation and were crying in a revolving hotpot stall on the street.

There were three or four empty beer bottles on the table in front of the two of them. Lin Xixi's face was as red as a monkey's butt. Not only could she not drink or eat, but her face would turn red when she drank. At this time, her speech was incoherent.

"I'm telling you, Sui Sui, I'm telling you. I know I know you can definitely escape your mother's clutches, and your life will get better and better. Do you believe it? Do you believe it? What did I tell you?"

Qiao Suisui drank half a bottle and her face flushed, but she was more sober than Lin Xixi. She only had this one friend with whom she could talk about anything. When she quarreled with Qiao's mother and was kicked out of the house, it was Lin Xixi who took her in; when she had no money and was stubborn and didn't want to ask the Qiao family for money, it was Lin Xixi who gave her half of her living expenses without hesitation; they went to the same elementary school and the same middle school, and they also quarreled and got angry, but they would reconcile within a day every time.

Qiao Suisui hugged Lin Xixi and choked up, "It will be fine. Our lives will get better and better."

"Are you, are you hiding something from me?" Lin Xixi pointed a finger at her ear, mistaking it for Qiao Suisui's mouth, and said with certainty, "You are definitely hiding something from me, tell me!"

Qiao Sui Sui held her up for fear that she would fall, and hesitated, "I told you, but I was afraid you wouldn't believe me."

"Why don't you believe it? You are my best friend. I believe everything you say!"

"Do you remember the game I mentioned to you? I..."

"Ha! I know!"

Qiao Suisui was surprised. She and Lin Xixi said in unison:

"You know? You've been in there too?"

"I know! Qiao Jiming likes you!"

Lin Xixi looked at her with distracted eyes, "Huh? What did you say? Where did you go?"

Qiao Suisui sighed and said, "I'm not going anywhere. I'm going home."

She knew that Lin Xixi was unconscious, so she didn't take her words to heart. She staggered to pay the bill, picked up Lin Xixi who was already sleeping on the table, and was about to walk to the street to hail a taxi when the phone rang.

Qiao Suisui picked up the phone: "Hello?"

Qiao Jiming waited for her until ten o'clock, but she didn't come back. He wanted to call her to ask when she would be back, but when he heard her heavy nasal tone and voice after the call was connected, he immediately asked, "Have you been drinking?" The ambient sound on her end was very noisy on the phone. Qiao Jiming didn't wait for her to answer and asked again, "Where are you?"

"Xixi is drunk in the commercial street near the school. I need to take her home first."

Qiao Jiming immediately picked up the clothes and walked out the door while saying, "Wait for me in the store for a while, don't walk around, send me the location, I'll be there now."

Qiao Suisui felt that it would be difficult for her to get Lin Xixi drunk by herself, so she agreed. Qiao Jiming came very quickly, and he arrived ten minutes after she hung up the phone.

She looked at Qiao Jiming, who was sweating profusely while running, and said, "Don't be so anxious. Xixi won't wake up for a while."

Qiao Jiming panted and looked around first, making sure that no hooligans or greasy men came to chat up and harass her before he felt relieved.

"Why didn't you tell me in advance so I could pick you up."

“It’s very close, just one street away from the hotel.”

Qiao Jiming did not argue with her. He resigned himself to his fate and squatted with his back to her. He turned his head and said, "Help Sister Xi over here."

She let Lin Xixi lie on Qiao Jiming's back. Because Lin Xixi was wearing a short skirt today, she took off her coat and tied it around her waist. Qiao Jiming carried Lin Xixi on his back and left the commercial street with her. The three of them walked on the moonlit path.

"Why drink?" Qiao Jiming asked.

"Xixi said she wanted to celebrate for me."

A breeze blew in her face, and Qiao Suisui smiled and raised her head to feel it, feeling very comfortable. At this time, they had left the noisy neighborhood, and there was only the chirping of cicadas around them.

"Ji Ming, I plan to rent a house."

Qiao Jiming was stunned for a moment, then used the hair on his forehead to hide his expression and murmured, "Very good."

"I've saved up some money and have been looking at houses these days. There's one I really like and the price is right. But don't tell mom. I don't want her to find me."

"Ah."

"I want to go to the building materials market and buy a bucket of paint and paint the walls, so that the house will look newer." "Yes."

"I also want Xixi to live with me. Then we can get a puppy. We can walk the dog when we have nothing to do and cook together on weekends."

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Qiao Jiming held back the soreness in his throat. His heartbeat became increasingly irregular. The panicky feeling made his hands and feet weak, and his steps became slower and slower.

Qiao Sui Sui noticed that he hadn't caught up with her, so she turned around and called out, "Ji Ming? Are you tired?"

Qiao Jiming just looked at her straight, the emotions in his chest surging like a tsunami, one wave higher than the other, but he couldn't say a word. He could only grit his teeth, afraid that he would not be able to hold back and vent out his hidden thoughts.

After a long while, Qiao Jiming squeezed out a few words from between his teeth and said, "What about me?"

Qiao Suisui was stunned for a moment, thinking that he envied his independent life, so she walked back and patted his shoulder with a smile, "You can come whenever you want."

She doesn't remember.
I don’t remember the agreement they made when they were little that they would live together when they grew up.

She didn't remember that they were going to build a home together, where it would just be her and him.

She was able to include Lin Xixi in her life, but left no room for him.

Qiao Jiming raised his head and let out a long breath.

Qiao Susu didn't quite understand why he suddenly became so upset. Just when she was about to ask what was wrong, she saw Qiao Jiming carrying Lin Xixi on his back and continuing to walk forward.

"It's just ahead. It's dark in the alley. Stand here under the street light and wait for me."

After saying that, Qiao Jiming quickened his pace without saying a word, each step accompanied by a lingering melancholy.

Lin Xixi's home was around the corner. He walked into the darkness for a while, and the person on his back suddenly said, "I thought you were so brave."

Qiao Jiming was immersed in his emotions and was startled by the sudden voice. "You've been awake all this time?"

Lin Xixi said: "Your heartbeat is so violent, it's hard for me not to wake up."

Qiao Jiming stopped and wanted to put her down, but Lin Xixi acted stubborn and refused to get down.

"You're just sending the Buddha to the west. There are only a few more steps to go."

Qiao Jiming didn't say anything, but walked quickly towards her apartment building with his back to her.

"Hey, stinky brother, do you have a sister fetish?"

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"Then please consider me. I am also your sister."

Qiao Jiming threw Lin Xixi in front of the unit door, turned around and took two steps back to distance himself from her.

"Don't talk nonsense to her!"

"It's too late. I told you everything."

"you!"

Lin Xixi looked at the fair-skinned boy's face turning slightly red due to anger under the moonlight and laughed out loud. She pursed her lips and said, "But guess how your sister reacts. She doesn't believe it at all."

She was really unconscious when she said that, but she was a poor student, and she was even more lucid when she was drunk. In fact, she had been awake since Qiao Jiming carried her on his back, but she didn't want to miss such an opportunity and continued to pretend to be drunk.

"You are her family, her brother, you must not..."

"I'm not." Qiao Jiming interrupted her before she could finish, "We are not related by blood."

His face flickered under the dim street lights. The boy's eyes were deep, his hands were clenched into fists, and his expression was firm and suppressed.

"Please don't interfere and don't say anything in front of her. I will tell her about this myself. Besides, I have a lifetime to make her accept me. I can wait."

(End of this chapter)