Xu Chuanchuan needed a quiet environment when writing. With Xu Xiangxiang singing while bathing, she had no choice but to stuff her ears with earplugs. However, after plugging only one of her ears, she suddenly heard a cheerful ringtone.
After looking at the source of the sound, Xu Chuanchuan found that the sound didn't come from her phone but Xu Xiangxiang's duffel bag instead.
The ringing persisted, so Xu Chuanchuan grabbed the bag and pulled out the ringing phone within it. She then saw the words "Young Master Hua" displayed on the screen.
A man?
"Xu Xiangxiang, your phone," Xu Chuanchuan said to the bathroom.
However, the sound of splashing water must've drowned out Xu Chuanchuan's words as no reply came from Xu Xiangxiang.
Seeing this, Xu Chuanchuan decided to answer the call in place of her little sister.
"What are you doing now, Little Cutie?"
It was a man's voice. The voice sounded both foreign and familiar to Xu Chuanchuan. The man had trailed his voice filled it with ambiguity.
Startled, Xu Chuanchuan wondered, Could it be Xu Xiangxiang's boyfriend? But I've never heard that she has gotten herself a boyfriend.
Cautiously, Xu Chuanchuan said, "Uh, Xu Xiangxiang isn't free to answer the phone right now. I'm her elder sister. May I know if you have any business with her?"
"She has an elder sister? You must be as cute as Little Cutie as well, then."
"..." Xu Chuanchuan frowned. The more she listened to this man speak, the more she felt that something was amiss. "May I know what is your relationship with my little sister?"
"Oh, we met online. I saw how cute she was, so I decided to adopt her as my little sister. Big Sis, how old are you? Do you live stream as well?"
Xu Chuanchuan hung up the call without hesitation.
It took another 20 minutes before Xu Xiangxiang came out of the bath.
With a bath towel wrapped around her body, Xu Xiangxiang walked barefooted to the bed. Just as she was about to rip off the towel and change back into her clothes, she found Xu Chuanchuan staring at her with a stern look. Her heart thumping, she covered her chest and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Xu Chuanchuan couldn't be bothered to speak in circles with her little sister. Raising the phone in her hand, she asked, "A man called Young Master Hua called you just now. He says you two met online and that he's even your adopted brother."
Xu Xiangxiang's eyes widened momentarily, and she promptly snatched her phone out of Xu Chuanchuan's hand. After giving her phone a once-over, she sighed in relief.
Looking at her little sister's pallid complexion, Xu Chuanchuan demanded, "If what you're doing is normal live streaming, why would this Young Master Hua have your number? He's even calling you something as disgusting as Little Cutie. Xu Xiangxiang, what the hell have you been up to?"
Clutching her phone, Xu Xiangxiang stammered, "He's given me a lot of donations. We also happen to be living in the same city, so we ended up chatting a few times on WeChat. My phone number is also bound to WeChat. How would I know he would call me?"
Smiling contemptuously, Xu Chuanchuan said, "Don't give me that. You don't even know how to lie properly. You must've spoken with him on the phone before. Otherwise, how would you have his number saved?"
"I…"
"Give me your phone."
"What do you want?"
"I want to see your conversation history with him."
Hiding her phone behind her back, Xu Xiangxiang said, "This is my privacy! Why must I let you see it!"
Xu Chuanchuan narrowed her eyes and said, "You must be hiding something."
"I'm not. I just don't like other people going through my phone."
"I won't dig around. I just want to see your chat history with him," Xu Chuanchuan said, doing her best to be patient. "If you have a clean relationship with him, why should you be afraid of showing it to me?"
"I…"
Seeing that her little sister still refused to budge, Xu Chuanchuan decided to bring out her trump card. While grabbing her own phone, she said, "Okay, if you don't want to let me see it, fine. I'll tell mom and dad about this."
"Don't!" Xu Xiangxiang shouted as she snatched Xu Chuanchuan's phone away in a panic. Lowering her head, she mumbled, "He's the one who hit on me first…"
Xu Chuanchuan's complexion darkened when she heard this. Extending her hand, she demanded, "Give me your phone."
Biting her lip, Xu Xiangxiang reluctantly handed her phone to Xu Chuanchuan.
"Password."
"My birthday…"
After unlocking the phone, Xu Chuanchuan immediately entered WeChat. As she expected, she found a person nicknamed "Young Master Hua" in the chat list. She then tapped into this person's conversation window.
The latest message was sent half an hour ago, and it was a voice message. Tapping on it, Xu Chuanchuan heard the man's disgusting voice saying, "Little Cutie, do you want to go out with your big brother this weekend? I'll come to pick you up in my car."
Scrolling up, Xu Chuanchuan found more text and voice messages, and she read and listened to every one of them. However, the more she saw and heard, the grimmer her expression became.
Based on the conversation log, Xu Chuanchuan could tell that this man had indeed taken the initiative to flirt with Xu Xiangxiang. However, Xu Xiangxiang's responses to him were also very ambiguous. She kept arousing the other party's appetite, which caused the man to try to pursue her constantly.
Entering a brother-sister relationship was merely an excuse.
At this point, Xu Xiangxiang's face had become drenched as she anxiously looked at her phone from the side.
Sending her little sister a vicious glare, Xu Chuanchuan continued scrolling up and eventually came across a few photos. And upon seeing these photos, she immediately became frozen.
The man in the photos had fair skin and good-looking facial features. His eyes that resembled peach blossoms, in particular, constantly gave off flirtatious vibes.
Xu Xiangxiang naturally saw these pictures as well, and she said in a trembling voice, "He wanted to woo me, so he sent me a few selfies. But I still haven't said yes to his attempts yet. He's quite handsome, right?"
Xu Chuanchuan was both shocked and angered by this situation. Smashing the phone straight into Xu Xiangxiang's forehead and ignoring her cry of pain, Xu Chuanchuan said, "Right, my ass! Do you know who he is?!"
While rubbing her forehead, Xu Xiangxiang said with an aggrieved look, "He's the tycoon who gave me the most donations."
Inhaling deeply, Xu Chuanchuan said slowly and clearly, "This is Miss Murong's boyfriend!"
Xu Chuanchuan had just seen that face a few days ago. Never had she thought that this "Young Master Hua" would be Jiang Shaohua.
"Huh?" Xu Xiangxiang was instantly dumbfounded. "That's impossible, right? He says he doesn't have a girlfriend."
"He's a philandering bastard! He'll flirt with any girl he sees! If he doesn't lie to you, how will he get you onto his hook?"
However, Xu Xiangxiang still felt skeptical about the situation. "That's not possible. You must be mistaken. If Big Sis Shishi is his girlfriend, how would he possibly take a liking to me?"
"How should I know?" Anger filled Xu Chuanchuan, and she could only vent her rage on Xu Xiangxiang. "Xu Xiangxiang, you have gone too far this time."
With the conversation log serving as evidence, Xu Xiangxiang had no way to refute her elder sister's words. Her eyes reddening, she anxiously said, "I-I just thought it was nice to chat with him. I never knew he had a girlfriend. How would I know if his girlfriend is Big Sis Shishi… Give me the phone. I'll blacklist him immediately."
"Do you think you'll be done just by blacklisting him?"
Holding her phone in a daze, Xu Chuanchuan asked, "If not, what else?"
"Return the donations he has given to you."
"No! Why should I? That's the money I earned from live streaming!"
Holding back her urge to hit her little sister, Xu Chuanchuan asked, "Can you feel at ease earning this kind of money?"
"Why wouldn't I be at ease? I didn't steal it."
Doing her best to keep her anger suppressed, Xu Chuanchuan said, "Okay, I'll pay it back for you. Afterward, I want you to clarify the situation and cut off all dealings with him in the future. How much did he give you in total?"
"So far, around 20,000…"
Xu Chuanchuan winced when she heard the amount. Gritting her teeth, she grabbed her phone and started transferring the money to Xu Xiangxiang's WeChat.
Seeing this, Xu Xiangxiang hurriedly said, "The platform takes half of it, so it's fine if we return only 10,000 to him…"
Xu Chuanchuan paused for a moment before changing the transfer amount to 10,000.
Accompanied by the sound of a "ding-dong," the money arrived in Xu Xiangxiang's account. Xu Chuanchuan then urged her, "Hurry up and transfer it! Make sure to clarify the situation to him and have him stop harassing you in the future. Afterward, blacklist him."
However, Xu Xiangxiang hesitated.
Seeing Xu Xiangxiang's hesitation, Xu Chuanchuan grabbed her little sister's phone, transferred the money to Jiang Shaohua, and sent him a message clarifying the situation.
However, while Xu Chuanchuan was waiting for the other party to accept the money and then blacklist him, Jiang Shaohua had actually returned the money. He had even sent a voice message saying, "I'm sorry for lying to you. I do have a girlfriend. Also, I don't need a refund; I do not lack this bit of money, and I originally donated to you because I thought you were funny. Hah… To think you would find out. How boring. Anyway, that's it. I won't bother you anymore in the future."
When Xu Chuanchuan heard Jiang Shaohua speaking in such a righteous tone, she very nearly exploded. She then pulled Xu Xiangxiang's ear and said, "Heard that? He's just playing with you. Stop being so naive, okay?"
While pulling a long face, Xu Xiangxiang said, "I know… I'll blacklist him, alright?"
"Do you think that's the end of it?"
"What else do you want, then?"
"You, apologize to Miss Murong."
Xu Xiangxiang's complexion turned even paler.
…
The next day, Xu Chuanchuan and Xu Xiangxiang left the house without running into that pervert again.
After sending Xu Xiangxiang back to school in a taxi, Xu Chuanchuan made her way to the company and sought out Murong Shi with a heavy heart.
"Miss Murong, are you free tonight?"
When Xu Chuanchuan visited Murong Shi, Linda also happened to be in the room. Upon hearing Xu Chuanchuan's words, Linda stopped her work and looked at Xu Chuanchuan with interest.
Meanwhile, Murong Shi's gaze was calm as she flatly asked, "What does it matter to you if I'm free or not?"
Xu Chuanchuan choked, her face turning bright red. For a moment, she found it difficult to say anything.
After observing Xu Chuanchuan for a while, Murong Shi asked, "Do you want to treat me to dinner again?"
Going with the flow, Xu Chuanchuan nodded and said, "Do you have time?"
Surprised, Murong Shi asked, "I don't remember helping you recently. Why would you invite me to dinner for no reason?"
Forcing a smile onto her face, Xu Chuanchuan said, "Actually, it's my sister… She has done something damaging to you, and she has some things she wishes to say to you."