Chapter 105

  It's clear that she's getting angry, so I stopped joking and walked over to pull her arm, saying: "Alright, alright, it's my fault, what kind of relationship do we have, do we need to be like this?"

  Yes.

  She huffed back.

  Although she said so, the anger on her face did not decrease at all. She puffed out her cheeks and spoke seriously: "Then you'd better be more careful in the future and don't casually doubt what I say to you. Although I, Xiao Su, seem a bit playful and mischievous, I have never lied to you, Xia Qinghe, not even once."

  After finishing speaking, both hands clenched into fists were stretched out in front of my eyes.

  "Haha... I knew all that you said, I was just joking with you earlier, don't take it seriously, and stop being angry."

  I dodged her fist with a smile and walked closer to her, smiling: "Xiao Su, you're really good to me. What you just said really touched my heart."

  As he spoke, he leaned in close, almost grabbing her arm and rubbing his face against hers.

  "Oh no, isn't it disgusting?"

  She struggled a few times to shake me off, but was instead grasped even tighter by me.

  "What's wrong with you grabbing me? I'm not your mom."

  Xiao Su helplessly rolled her eyes at me.

  I continued to hold onto her arm and said, "You know, my dad and mom left me when I was very young. In my heart, Xiao Su is actually just a little bit lower than them."

  "A little?"

  She couldn't help but slightly raise the corner of her lips and asked: "And what is that little bit again?"

  "Uh..."

  I thought about it, and my dad and mom have been gone for ten years now. In these ten years, the people who have stayed with me the longest are Grandpa and Xiao Su. She knows many of my secrets, she knows about the demon-suppressing talisman, and she also knows that after five o'clock in the afternoon, my eyes can see some strange things that others can't see.

  "In this world, the most important person to me, apart from my grandfather, is you."

  I smiled and said to her with a chuckle.

  "You..."

  Her eyes sparkled like stars in the night sky, dazzling and bright, making my eyes shine. I smiled and looked at her, thinking, could it be that she's so moved that she's about to cry?

  "You're crazy, aren't you? Suddenly saying something like that, did your mind suddenly go abnormal? You need to be hospitalized for treatment."

  As she spoke, her lips pursed and she gazed at me with a sorrowful expression.

  I continued smiling at her and didn't take what she said seriously, looked up at the sky, the sun was high, it's time to find a place to avoid the heat.

  "Xiao Su, let's go in and buy some clothes."

  I pointed to a small shop in front of us and turned to ask her.

  "Not really, it's such a small store."

  Her eyes looked over and her eyebrows furrowed instantly.

  "Yes, there are also good things in small shops." I explained with a smile.

  "Oh."

  She responded with a low murmur and turned her head to give me a cold glance.

  When she arrived at the front of the small shop, she refused to go any further, standing in front of the door looking left and right, showing no intention of entering.

  "Come on in, it's unbearable outside, what are you doing standing here?"

  I couldn't take it anymore, so I pulled her arm and dragged her into the small shop.

  Inside the store, a woman in her thirties with a slightly bulging belly, apparently several months pregnant, held a clothes hanger and struggled to hang up clothes on the wall on tiptoes.

  Xiao Su's gaze didn't glance at the clothes inside the store, but instead stared tightly at the owner's wife's belly.

  "What are you looking at?"

  I pulled her hand, reminding her not to stare at other people's bellies anymore.

  "Mom."

  She called out softly in a very low voice, but I could still hear clearly that the two words she was calling were "mom".

  "Really?"

  I let out a cry of surprise, and if it weren't for the fact that there were people around, I would have shouted out loud.

  Is this landlady Xiao Su's irresponsible mother, the one who took away her father's entire family property and ran off with someone else?

  "Xiao Su, you must have mistaken me for someone else!"

  I touched her hand with mine, and the boss's wife gave us a weird look, if we continue like this, we might get kicked out of the store by others wielding brooms.

  "Uh-huh."

  She nodded, her eyes shining brightly as she forced a smile.

  "Qinghe, I just saw her belly and suddenly thought of my own mother. You see, when my mom left me and dad, I was less than a year old, how could I possibly remember what she looked like?"

  "Uh-huh." I replied, "You're right too. Alright, let's just stop thinking about it now."

  I pulled her hand and turned around to walk out of that small store.

  "Aren't you saying we should buy cheap knockoff brands inside?"

  Xiao Su walked out of the store door and suddenly pulled me back again, unwilling to go any further.

  "Xia Qinghe, why did you pull me out? Let's go back and take a look again."

  I pulled her back, smiling and explaining: "I just took a look at the clothes in that small store, although the style is still okay, but the fabric used to make the clothes is too bad. I'm afraid if we buy it and wear it on our skin, it will cause an allergic reaction."

  "Really?"

  Xiao Su seemed somewhat skeptical of what I said, her eyes fixed tightly on my face.

  "Xia Qinghe, don't even think about trying to deceive me. You're the kind of person who can't tell a lie without blushing, and I know that."

  She leaned her head in close, almost nose to nose with me.

  I fanned my face with my hand, trying to calm myself down, not wanting her to see any cracks, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "Of course, of course it's true, what reason do I have to lie to you, really, I...what reason do I have to lie to you."

  "Is it?"

  He leaned his head closer to me, almost sticking his nose to my face.

  "Uh-huh."

  The word was stuck in his throat for a long time before he finally spat it out.

  Being stared at by her with such a gaze, even if I had nothing to hide, I would still feel somewhat guilty.

  I'm doing this for her own good, aren't I? I don't want her to see that old boss and feel sad. I gave up the first high-end fake designer store I chose myself, am I easy to get along with?

  Just thinking about these things makes me feel like crying.

  "Thank you."

  She suddenly said these four words, stretched out her hand and gave me a big hug, and choked in my ear: "It's still best to be good sisters and confidantes, hehe, if you don't have money in the future, remember to tell sister, I'll give you lots and lots of 50 cents."