Chapter 336: Resentful Lin Xixue

“No choice, once you lie, you must fix it immediately. Otherwise, the longer it drags on, the harder it is to repair.”

“Senior Sister, you need to put more effort!”

“Otherwise, if Junior Sister finds out that you don’t really know any tricks, you’ll be embarrassed!”

Late at night, in Lin Xixue’s room.

To cover up the lie, Wang Haoran stayed up late giving Lin Xixue a crash course.

While helping his senior sister tuck her hair behind her ear, he gently encouraged her.

Unfortunately, even with Wang Haoran being so gentle, Lin Xixue did not appreciate his good intentions.

“Hmph, it’s your fault! You said I knew this and that to trick Junior Sister into helping you…”

“You’re the one who lied, why should I be embarrassed?!”

Damn it! Because of your ramblings, Junior Sister looked at me strangely all day!

However, while she complained, the gentle yet somewhat unfamiliar actions of her hands didn’t stop for a moment—

At this point, Lin Xixue had come to terms with it.

Anyway… her junior brother wouldn’t really want to kill her… all he wanted was for them to pretend to be a loving couple in front of others… thinking about it, it’s not too hard to accept…

Moreover, if she resisted vehemently and didn’t succumb to evil, she would surely get slapped, and both her body and mind would be severely punished, trampled, and taught a lesson.

Unless she didn’t want to live and opted for mutual destruction, even after going through so much suffering, she’d eventually have to comply in the end.

So, it was better to obey from the start.

However, looking up at the smug junior brother satisfied with her obedience, Lin Xixue desperately tried to retain some dignity in her heart.

“Hmph, Wang Haoran, what’s there to be proud of?”

“Right now, I’m the one in control!”

“Each time, I end up benefiting!”

She mentally convinced herself.

Wang Haoran, of course, was unaware of her inner turmoil.

He began discussing the serious matters.

“Li Yuan is going to Penitence Cliff for a month, so I’ll take this opportunity to go down the mountain.”

“If anything unexpected happens and Li Yuan returns early, just treat him as usual.”

Saying this, Wang Haoran suddenly remembered something and added a reminder.

“Also, if he gives you a gift, accept it, but don’t really pay him any mind, just treat him as a foolhardy sycophant!”

“…Why accept… his gifts… It’s not appropriate…”

Lin Xixue managed to respond during a brief break.

Right now, she considered Li Yuan as an annoying sycophant and didn’t want to have any relationship with him.

“If I accept his gifts… He’ll… think there’s hope… and he’ll be… even more annoying…”

But Wang Haoran shook his head: “Heh, you need to know, whether you accept his gifts or not, he’ll still keep bothering you just the same.”

“So, you might as well take the gifts as compensation for mental stress.”

“You don’t need to feel guilty, accepting the gifts will actually make Li Yuan happy!”

“He’d be thrilled for you to ‘exploit’ him!”

“And—”

Wang Haoran laughed: “You’re not keeping the gifts for yourself; you’re handing them over to me!”

A classic plot where the green tea heroine accepts gifts from the sycophant villain and then turns around to please the original male lead…

In a previous life, you spent 200 million chasing a green tea girl, only for her to take your money and find a poor guy as a boyfriend…

For some reason, Wang Haoran’s mind was suddenly filled with such a brainwashing male voice…

Ahem, can’t let thoughts stray any further.

Otherwise, the bullet fired would hit himself!

Then.

Seeing the still hesitant Lin Xixue, Wang Haoran stroked her hair and explained his “Maximizing Human Happiness Theory”—

“Senior Sister, accept Li Yuan’s gifts, which will make him happy.”

“Then, you give the gifts to me, making me happy.”

“Lastly, when I’m happy, I’ll reward you, making both of us happy together!”

“Just by accepting a gift, you’re creating threefold happiness and joy, isn’t that wonderful?”

“This is a win-win situation!”

“……”

It sounds like nonsense… but thinking carefully, it kind of makes sense…

However…

“…Rewards or whatever… it won’t make me happy!”

Lin Xixue still spoke stubbornly.

“Won’t make you happy…”

Seeing her like this, Wang Haoran casually shrugged, “Why should I care about your happiness? You have to do it anyway!”

“Understand?!”

“Ugh… understood!”

Lin Xixue couldn’t help but mutter softly.

“Really annoying!”

“I’ve talked to you for so long, my mouth is sore!”

She stopped her actions and then puffed her cheeks.

Having tried for so long and feeling her junior brother’s warmth, she suddenly had a change of heart.

Seeing Wang Haoran enjoying himself, she gathered her courage and stood up.

“Good Junior Brother… I don’t want to do this anymore…”

“Don’t want to do this? What do you want to do? Rebel?!”

“No… I want to play games… can I…”

Feeling ashamed of her own lack of ambition, Lin Xixue lowered her head in guilt, her ears turning red.

But she still mustered the courage to voice her request.

“……”

“Sigh, addicted to games, so unambitious!”

Wang Haoran sighed but still took out his phone.

After all, she was his senior sister!

Game, start!

……*

……

After playing several rounds.

Lin Xixue laid happily, her eyes admiringly looking at her junior brother standing at a distance, feeling conflicted.

But also somewhat relieved—

Junior brother is really skilled…

“Senior Sister, it’s time to rest after playing for so long!”

“I’ll be leaving now!”

Stretching his body, Wang Haoran glanced at Lin Xixue, giving a perfunctory concern.

Then, under her watchful eyes, turned and left the room.

“…Ugh… so heartless!” Her voice was full of resentment.

But actually.

It wasn’t Wang Haoran being heartless, he genuinely had important matters to attend to, so he had to leave quickly.

As he walked back to his room, a hopeful voice from the system echoed.

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