Chapter 112: Actually, What I Want Isn’t a Little Sister
"Boss, I heard if you make a wish when you see a shooting star, it will come true.”
“Mm.”
“Then what if I make a wish during a meteor shower? Will it come true many times?”
“Maybe.”
“Or if I make a bunch of wishes, do you think they’ll all come true?”
“I’ve never tried.”
“Hehe~ Then I’ll give it a shot. Even if it doesn’t work, I won’t lose anything.”
Ye Ziming looked at the excited Lin Muqing and gave a small laugh. He didn’t say anything, but found it both amusing and a little embarrassing. Making wishes on shooting stars, to him, was something only little kids believed in. Anyone who had studied even a little science would know it’s just a natural phenomenon.
But if Lin Muqing was the one making the wish in front of him... maybe he could make it come true.
Though she didn’t seem to realize that. At least, not yet.
“If I’m going to make a wish, then I wish I could count so much money my hands cramp, sleep in as late as I want, and eat delicious food every day!”
After thinking for a bit and figuring out what she really wanted, she began making her wishes to the meteor shower.
Too bad she didn’t bring a pen and paper, or else she would’ve definitely made a long list. So long it could stretch from her head to the ground.
Sitting beside her, Ye Ziming couldn’t help but sweat a little again. He slightly furrowed his brows but smiled softly with a spoiled expression, his eyes full of something hard to describe as he looked at her.
At this moment, he found Lin Muqing really cute, with a playful kind of charm.
Even though she probably knew deep down that the shooting stars wouldn’t grant her wishes, she still took it so seriously and listed everything she wanted. That, to him, was just so typical of her.
“…And lastly, I wish I could have a home.”
That last sentence was said very softly by Lin Muqing.
She didn’t dare say it out loud, because she felt like it would make her seem too emotional. She didn’t like that feeling. But in truth, this was the wish she wanted the most.
If possible, she didn’t want to keep living alone. It always made her feel really lonely.
Maybe it was because of that loneliness that she randomly stumbled across a certain anime series, and then ended up liking the character known as “Eromanga Sensei.” She really admired that character, because even after going through something similar, they still had someone to stay with them, and they took care of each other.
Outwardly, Lin Muqing always said she wanted a little sister like that. But deep inside, it seemed like what she really wanted... was a big brother like that.
“…!?”
Just then, Lin Muqing suddenly turned her head and looked at her good buddy sitting beside her.
And right at that moment, Ye Ziming happened to be holding his phone up, seemingly taking a picture of her.
“What are you doing?”
Seeing the phone in her good buddy’s hand, Lin Muqing tilted her head slightly and asked with a curious look in her eyes.
“Taking a photo.”
There was a brief flash of awkwardness in Ye Ziming’s eyes, but he quickly covered it up and answered calmly.
“Taking photos of the meteor shower?”
She looked at herself, then looked out the window where the meteor shower was still ongoing, and asked carefully.
“Mm.”
Ye Ziming nodded at her with a faint smile.
He wasn’t lying, he really had been trying to take photos of the meteor shower. It’s just that after opening the camera, he found that Lin Muqing looked even prettier than the shooting stars… so he just naturally pointed the camera at her instead.
A total coincidence.
“Oh right! I totally forgot to take photos! Since you took some, can you send me a few later?”
It was her first time in her life seeing a meteor shower. Of course she wanted to keep some photos as a memory. Lin Muqing thought that was completely reasonable.
At the same time, she didn’t think there was anything worth photographing about herself, so she didn’t overthink it and believed her good buddy without a doubt.
Lin Muqing didn’t take out her own phone to take pictures because she knew her cheap phone had really bad camera quality. It was nothing compared to her good buddy’s phone. What she didn’t know was, when she said that, Ye Ziming had a slightly awkward look on his face.
“Okay.”
He opened the camera again and took another photo of the meteor shower outside the window.
He felt like the photos he took earlier weren’t really suitable to send to Lin Muqing, better to keep those for himself. The meteor shower was lasting a long time, and as long as the weather stayed good, he could keep taking pictures.
Then, while taking photos, his phone moved just a little bit, and the smart camera automatically focused on Lin Muqing instead. Ye Ziming thought to himself, This phone really is smart. It totally gets what I want. He was very satisfied.
On Lin Muqing’s side, after the short conversation ended, she turned her eyes back to the night view outside the window.
Just now, she had suddenly turned her head because while thinking about the idea of an “older brother,” her good buddy’s face had suddenly popped into her mind.
Her good buddy, he’s handsome, rich, has a good personality. He always looks kind of cool and distant, but in reality, he had helped her many times. Thinking about it, he really fit the image of a “caring guy” that people talk about online. And when he was with her, he always seemed gentle.
“Ssss!”
Lin Muqing suddenly sucked in a breath, then quickly shook those thoughts out of her head.
Wait, I’m daydreaming about my own good buddy?! Oh my god, that’s way too dangerous. Am I going crazy or something?!
“…?”
Ye Ziming, sitting next to her, slightly frowned and looked at her little reaction, a bit confused.
But he didn’t ask what was going on. Because right now, Lin Muqing looked really cute to him, like a little flustered kitten.
Hmm~ better take a picture first. If she’s still panicking later, I’ll ask her then.
The Ferris wheel was really big and took at least ten minutes to make a full circle. After a while, the ride finally ended and they returned to the ground.
By the time they got off the Ferris wheel, it was already getting late. And when they looked up at the sky, they could see clouds starting to float in from far away.
“So… are we going home now?”
Lin Muqing looked at her phone, then at her good buddy beside her. Now that she’d calmed down, she looked up and asked.
“Mm.”
Ye Ziming nodded while pulling out his phone and opening the ride-hailing app, getting ready to take Lin Muqing home.
The southern part of the city was close to the sea, and it was a southern city. So the weather here could be really unpredictable. The weather forecast was often wrong. Sometimes, when it was right, it almost felt like a surprise.
Like just now, it had been clear and sunny above them, and now suddenly it was cloudy, and it looked like it might rain soon.
“Boss, that typhoon that was supposed to go to the next city suddenly turned and is heading straight for us.”
While sitting in the taxi, Lin Muqing saw that message on her phone and quickly turned to tell her good buddy. It wasn’t even brand-new news. There had been warnings earlier, but she just hadn’t noticed them.
“It’s fine. We’re already here.”
Ye Ziming wasn’t worried after seeing that message, because they had already arrived at the residential area. Just a few more steps and they’d be home.
Here, “home” referred to Ye Ziming’s house.
While they were chatting in the car earlier, the topic had suddenly shifted to bicycles, and they ended up talking about the new custom-made bike Ye Ziming had ordered for Lin Muqing.
They got out of the car near Ye Ziming’s neighborhood because Lin Muqing wanted to bring her new bike home while they were there anyway.
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