Chapter 120: Big Sister Comes to Visit
After Ye Ziming left, Lin Muqing stayed home alone, sitting on the sofa and playing with her phone.
Although her good buddy's clothes were big and loose, they were surprisingly comfortable to wear. It was easy to tell that the material was high-quality.
But thinking about it, that made sense. After all, he came from a rich family. How could he be like her, wearing cheap clothes from a street stall that cost less than a hundred yuan?
Click.
Just as she was still playing on her phone, she suddenly heard the sound of a key turning in the door. Right after that, the front door slowly opened.
"So fast?"
She instinctively checked the time when she heard the sound. It had only been a few minutes. In theory, her buddy should’ve just arrived at her house now. Still puzzled, she put down her phone, turned her head toward the door, and said in confusion.
The door quickly opened, and standing there was Ye Ziming’s sister, Ye Mengze, holding a bag. When the two saw each other, they both had a look of understanding in their eyes.
“Oh~ so it’s her.”
That was what both of them were thinking at the same time.
Then Ye Mengze froze for a second. After stepping into the house, she noticed what Lin Muqing was wearing, clearly not her own clothes.
“Did I come at a bad time?”
Standing near the shoe cabinet by the entrance, Ye Mengze widened her eyes and slightly twitched her eyelids before cautiously speaking to Lin Muqing.
At the same time, she looked more closely at her. Good grief that was her little brother’s clothing. And now that this girl was wearing it, she somehow looked even cuter. As she stared at the scene, all sorts of weird thoughts popped up in Ye Mengze’s head.
“Already tricked her into bed? That fast? My little brother’s speed is something else.”
“Wait, did he use protection? I mean, I don’t mind being an aunt now, but you two still students. This really isn’t ideal…”
“Huh?”
While Ye Mengze was busy imagining things, Lin Muqing looked completely lost. She didn’t really understand what that comment meant.
She had originally wanted to greet her buddy’s sister to be polite, but that one strange sentence left her speechless.
“Uh, Ziming went out. He’ll be back soon.”
Thinking from a different angle, Lin Muqing figured Ye Mengze was probably here to see her brother, so that response should be fine.
But being naturally shy and awkward with words, Lin Muqing didn’t know how to keep a conversation going with her buddy’s sister. So she just sat there quietly on the sofa, watching her.
“Ahem, am I interrupting you two?”
Hearing her call him “Ziming” so naturally, Ye Mengze was even more surprised. She couldn’t help but think, What a close way to call him! In her mind, only their family ever called him that.
She tried once more to ask gently, already prepared to turn around and leave.
After all, as his older sister, she didn’t want to get in the way of her brother’s… personal life. She also didn’t want to be an awkward third wheel.
“Huh? No, not at all. Why would you think that?”
Lin Muqing was even more confused now. She felt like this big sister spoke in a strange way. Was there something wrong with her being here?
Not being able to figure it out, she just shook her head and continued looking at Ye Mengze.
For a moment, neither of them spoke. They just stared into each other’s eyes—one standing, one sitting.
Lin Muqing didn’t say anything… because she had no idea what to say.
Ye Mengze didn’t say anything. She was trying to read Lin Muqing’s eyes, to see if she was lying, or if she actually wanted her to leave. But what she saw were clean, clear, and very bright eyes. They looked so innocent and cute that even after staring for a long time, she couldn’t find anything suspicious.
“Haha~ That’s good, then.”
She let out a small laugh, then opened the shoe cabinet and took out a pair of slippers. She changed her shoes naturally, like she’d done this many times before, and stepped into the living room. Before going further inside, she casually closed the door behind her.
After sitting down on a single sofa, Ye Mengze casually put the bag in her hand on the table. Then she turned her head to look at Lin Muqing.
“Ahem… are you two living together?”
After sitting quietly for a while, just when Lin Muqing was about to pick up her phone and continue browsing the internet, Ye Mengze suddenly asked in a low voice. She couldn’t help herself. She had tried hard to hold back her curiosity earlier, but she just couldn’t stop herself from asking.
“Nope, I’m just staying over for one night.”
Lin Muqing tilted her head, confused, and answered honestly. She was the type to answer exactly what she was asked. But to Ye Mengze, that answer seemed to have some deeper meaning.
She could answer so calmly… Was that really how someone just “crashing for one night” would react? Of course not!
“I get the feeling this isn’t your first time coming here.”
Thinking this, Ye Mengze asked again, this time with a knowing smile. Her lips slightly curved up at the corners.
“Mm, yeah.”
Lin Muqing nodded, admitting it. She came here to eat all the time, so of course she had been here many times.
“Hiss…”
Ye Mengze gasped sharply in surprise. This girl actually admitted it?! That’s wild! Honestly, in all her years after entering society, she had never seen a girl this bold and chill. No wonder she was her little brother’s girlfriend.
Thinking more about it, it made sense. Her brother had never looked at any other girl twice, except for this Lin Muqing in front of her.
“Emmm…”
The two of them kept chatting, mostly about Ye Ziming.
Lin Muqing just answered whatever she knew. She knew a lot about her good buddy. For example, he had a mole on his back, near the left kidney. She even teased him once, asking if he had one on the right side too.
As the conversation went on, Lin Muqing felt more and more relaxed, and she started smiling more often.
But as Ye Mengze continued talking, she grew more and more surprised, and increasingly fascinated by this sister-in-law who had seemingly come out of nowhere. She even felt like shouting, "This person is a god!"
At the same time, somewhere else…
Back at Lin Muqing’s house, Ye Ziming was standing in her room, helping her get some clothes.
“I knew it was you.”
He looked at her desk, then compared it to the picture he had seen on QQ. They matched perfectly, exactly the same. So that so-called “online friend” had been Lin Muqing all along. She had been lying to him.
“What else are you hiding from me?”
Ye Ziming muttered to himself, a dangerous look flashing in his eyes. He felt that he really needed to find some time to have a serious talk with her.
After finding the proof, he opened the drawer of her desk. Lin Muqing had told him that the jade pendant was kept in a box inside.
After carefully searching, he finally found it.
On the jade pendant, there was a very tiny crack that was hard to see. He only noticed it because he stood by the bed and held it up toward the sunlight. You could say that Ye Ziming was extremely detail-oriented.
After checking the pendant, he gently put it back in the box, and then returned the box to the drawer.
Next, he went to Lin Muqing’s wardrobe and picked out a set of clothes, plus a pair of white underwear and a bra.
Just before leaving, he felt something wasn’t right. So he went to the living room and found a garbage bag to carry the clothes, because he really didn’t want to embarrass himself to death if someone saw him holding them out in the open.