Chapter 38
Chapter 38: Sisters Meet
August 7th, 2025, Thursday.
20°C～31°C, clear skies.
“China Construction Bank: Your account ending in 7946 received RMB 4,500 on August 7th at 00:01. Current balance: 224,500”
After Lin Shen woke up, he pulled back the curtains and discovered it was already sunny outside.
Opening the window, fresh and humid air instantly hit his face, carrying with it a faint earthy fragrance.
“Whew—!”
Lin Shen couldn’t help but take a deep breath, then slowly exhale, feeling as if his entire lungs had been completely purified.
To encounter such good weather in Shanghai was truly rare.
Lin Shen left the guest bedroom and instinctively looked toward the master bedroom.
The door was half-open, the bed neat and tidy, and even the floor showed signs of being cleaned.
However, that lively and energetic figure was nowhere to be seen, leaving only a note on the dining table.
[Lin Shen gege! Thank you for hosting me these four days! I had so much fun in Shanghai! The time I spent with you was really happy!]
[I’m really sorry about what happened with my sister. I think you’re a very gentle and considerate person, so don’t get discouraged—you’re the best!]
[I bought steamed buns and soy milk. Since I was afraid they’d get cold, I put them in the steamer in the kitchen. Remember to eat them when you wake up.]
[School starts on September 4th. I hope I can see you then. If possible, I have a lot of things I want to say to you in person.]
[So, let’s not leave without saying goodbye~]
[——by Gu Wanqing (っ´ω`c)♡]
“Pfft!”
Seeing the cute emoticon at the end, Lin Shen couldn’t help but laugh out loud, but then his heart was suddenly enveloped by a thick sense of loneliness and solitude.
He carefully folded the note and pressed it under his piggy bank, murmuring softly.
“See you in a month.”
10 AM, Hongqiao Railway Station.
Gu Wanqing dragged her suitcase into a nearby KFC, looked around, and finally spotted someone waving from a corner.
“Over here!”
Gu Wanting stood up and called out.
She wore a light gray crew-neck t-shirt on top and a white pleated skirt on the bottom, paired with white knee socks and white sneakers, exposing her smooth thighs. Her overall style leaned sporty.
Especially with the baseball cap on her head—clearly a fashionable beauty who knew how to dress.
“Qingqing!”
“Sis.”
Gu Wanqing walked over to Gu Wanting and sat down, pretending to be completely unaware as she asked curiously.
“Where have you been all this time?”
“Paris.”
Gu Wanting’s expression revealed disappointment, then she sighed lightly.
“Don’t even mention it—you have no idea how dirty it is over there!”
“Under the Eiffel Tower, it’s like a garbage dump! And there’s construction going on right next to it!”
“The security isn’t good either. Once when I was walking down the street, my phone almost got snatched! I’m never going there again.”
“Really?”
Gu Wanqing glanced toward Cheng Yue sitting beside Gu Wanting.
“Who’s he?”
“Cheng Yue.”
Gu Wanting tugged at Cheng Yue’s sleeve and introduced him.
“My good friend, a classmate from university.”
“Wanting, didn’t you say that when you came back, you’d agree to be my…”
“Hmm?”
After being glared at coldly by Gu Wanting, Cheng Yue instantly lost his nerve and could only sit there grinning foolishly.
Gu Wanqing bit her lip lightly, then asked tentatively.
“Where’s my brother-in-law?”
“Don’t mention him to me.”
Gu Wanting took a big gulp of her Coke, her tone very impatient.
“I already broke up with Lin Shen. Stop calling him brother-in-law from now on.”
“Why?”
Gu Wanqing asked the question that had been troubling her for days. After all, in her mind, Lin Shen was practically flawless.
Such a perfect person—why would her sister insist on breaking up with him?
“I remember Lin Shen gege treated you really well, right?”
“How was he good to me?”
Gu Wanting seemed to harbor deep resentment.
“All he ever did was work overtime. He never knew how to care about me. He was completely different from when he was chasing me!”
“Being with someone like that for so long, the novelty wore off ages ago. Plus his figure went downhill, he got uglier and uglier, and he couldn’t even make decent money.”
Hearing her own sister disparage and criticize Lin Shen like this, Gu Wanqing clenched and unclenched her fists under the table, her emotions extremely complex.
Seeing her fall silent, Gu Wanting quickly changed the subject.
“Did you have fun in Shanghai?”
“Yes.”
Gu Wanqing nodded and briefly described her itinerary from the past few days, naturally omitting Lin Shen’s presence.
Hearing this, Gu Wanting rested her chin on her hand and smiled.
“You went to Disneyland too! It’s vacation season, so there must have been tons of people, right? The lines probably took forever.”
“Cheng Yue has a VIP pass—you can skip the lines for all the rides. Next time you come to Shanghai, I’ll have him take us.”
“Sure.”
Cheng Yue placed his Mercedes keys on the table, seemingly trying to show off his wealth to Gu Wanqing.
But she was clearly unimpressed.
“No need. I already went with my friend. He bought premium guided tour tickets, so we didn’t have to wait in line for most attractions.”
“Huh?”
Premium guided tour tickets?
This surprised Gu Wanting greatly.
“Over four thousand per person?”
“Yes.”
“And your friend bought one for you too?”
“Mm-hmm.”
“He’s that loaded?!”
Gu Wanting couldn’t help but ask curiously, a knowing smile playing at her lips.
“Is your friend male or female? Don’t tell me it’s your little boyfriend?”
“Of course not!”
Although Gu Wanqing vehemently denied it, her slightly flushed face betrayed her true feelings.
This made Gu Wanting pause, and after thinking for a moment, she patted Cheng Yue’s shoulder.
“Go buy Qingqing some KFC for her to eat on the train.”
“Can’t we just scan the code to order…”
Before Cheng Yue could finish speaking, he noticed Gu Wanting’s narrowed gaze and immediately realized what was happening, then left with an awkward smile.
“I’ll go buy something.”
“…”
After Cheng Yue left, Gu Wanting immediately sat next to her sister, leaning in with an extremely serious expression and asking in a low voice.
“You didn’t live together with your little boyfriend, did you?”
“How could we?!”
“Good.”
Because she knew her sister’s personality well, Gu Wanting believed she wasn’t lying.
While breathing a sigh of relief, she began lecturing endlessly.
“You must never get intimate with the opposite sex too early, understand? Your sister fell for Lin Shen’s spell back then and wasted all those wonderful college years on him. Now I regret it so much!”
“You need to be careful when choosing a boyfriend. Find someone suitable—preferably a wealthy local from Shanghai, like Cheng Yue.”
“Sis, isn’t he your boyfriend yet?”
“Far from it.”
Gu Wanting glanced at Cheng Yue’s back, then curled her lip disdainfully.
“I’m just seeing how things go since he treats me well. Who knows if I’ll meet someone better later.”
“Sis.”
At this moment, Gu Wanqing suddenly became very serious.
“I think you can’t be so casual about this. True love should be persevered with to find happiness. Money is just its accompaniment—it shouldn’t be the main consideration.”
“Love has never been about choosing. It’s about cherishing and being steadfast.”