Days of Living with My Sister-in-Law-Chapter 114 Childhood Shadows

Luo Qingcheng quickly explained, "Don’t get me wrong! It’s not what you think at all."

"Then what is it?" Chen Xiaobei rolled his eyes at her. "Regardless of how you put it, it’s an undeniable fact that your cousin has feelings for you, right? She even kissed you today, and from what I saw, you didn’t reject it! Speaking of which, you’re not bisexual, are you?"

"Shut up!" Luo Qingcheng’s face flushed red with embarrassment. She struggled to explain, "It’s always been a one-sided thing from Xiaoyi. I... I just couldn’t bring myself to refuse her because her life has been so tragic."

"Tragic? What do you mean?" Chen Xiaobei asked, taken aback.

The effects of the Heavenly Fire Acupuncture were truly remarkable. In just a few moments, the wound on Murong Xiaoyi’s breast had completely healed without even leaving a scar.

"U-uh... Cousin... d-don’t leave me... please, don’t..." Murong Xiaoyi mumbled ceaselessly in her sleep.

"Xiaoyi, don’t be scared. Your cousin is here. I won’t leave you." Luo Qingcheng quickly helped her cousin lie down in her arms.

Gently stroking her cousin’s messy hair, Luo Qingcheng whispered, "When she was eight, Xiaoyi witnessed her father in his study with a prostitute. Can you even imagine the impact a scene like that would have on an eight-year-old girl? Later, that prostitute managed to work her way into the family, and Xiaoyi’s father kicked both her and her mother out.

"After that, Xiaoyi moved in with us and grew to hate men more and more. As for her and I..." Luo Qingcheng bit her lip and sighed. "I was very young back then, too. Xiaoyi matured earlier than I did, and she... she showed me one of *those* movies. It was about two women. And then, before I really knew what was happening, I... well..." As she spoke, Luo Qingcheng’s pretty face turned even redder, so embarrassed she wished she could just vanish into thin air.

Chen Xiaobei gaped at her. "So, you two actually slept together?"

"In your dreams!" Luo Qingcheng glared at Chen Xiaobei, trying to look fierce. "At most, it was just kissing and hugging! It wasn’t as serious as you’re thinking, alright?"

"And that’s not serious?" Chen Xiaobei rolled his eyes at her again. "If you ask me, you never should have gone along with her craziness in the first place. Now look what’s happened! She hates me too! If I’d actually slept with you, I wouldn’t have anything to complain about. But I didn’t even get a taste, so I’m just getting dragged into this mess for nothing! It’s so damn unfair!"

"Alright! Can you just drop it?" Luo Qingcheng said, her face a mask of embarrassment. "Whatever the case, I have to apologize to you on Xiaoyi’s behalf. Her way of thinking might be extreme, but she’s a good person. I hope you can try to understand her a little more. I promise I’ll help her change her outlook!"

"Cousin, I... I love you so much. Please don’t leave me!" Just as she finished speaking, Murong Xiaoyi began murmuring in her sleep again.

Luo Qingcheng wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into; she couldn’t have been more mortified.

"Xiaoyi, don’t talk nonsense," Luo Qingcheng said, patting her cousin’s back before turning to Chen Xiaobei with a pleading look. "Xiaobei, you understand medicine. My cousin’s condition... can it be cured?"

"It won’t be easy," Chen Xiaobei said, shaking his head. "Her condition was clearly triggered by childhood trauma. And you, at a critical moment, not only failed to guide her but actually went along with her madness, which only made things worse. So, from the look of things, medication will be of little use. The treatment has to be psychological."

Luo Qingcheng’s eyes lit up. "How do we treat it?"

Chen Xiaobei explained, "First, stop provoking your cousin. If she confesses her feelings to you, don’t reject her. Create the illusion that you’ve accepted her. Then, gradually, you can start guiding her bit by bit. Let her know that while you like her, you also can’t live without men. If your cousin truly loves you, she should be able to accept you being bisexual. Over time, her love for you might become so deep that she’ll even learn to accept the men in your life!"

"Of course!" Chen Xiaobei slung an arm around Luo Qingcheng’s shoulders, saying proudly, "And as your friend, I, Chen Xiaobei, will be there to help you every step of the way!"

"Chen Xiaobei!" Luo Qingcheng’s chest heaved with fury. "You really are a shameless scumbag! I can’t believe I almost fell for that."

With a shrug of her shoulders, she swatted his wandering hand away.

"What did I do wrong?" Chen Xiaobei asked, a picture of innocence. "I just want to help your cousin get back to normal. Besides, considering her situation, this is the only way! Of course, you could always find another man to help. It’s all the same to me!"

"Shut up!" Luo Qingcheng’s eyes were red with anger.

This bastard! He knows exactly how I feel about him, yet he still says things like that just to provoke me. For a moment, Luo Qingcheng felt deeply wronged. As a girl with a romantic view of love, she really couldn’t accept Chen Xiaobei’s scumbag nature. But he was just so attractive to her. How could she describe the feeling? It was like being fully aroused but never getting release—the most agonizing torture!

And now Murong Xiaoyi had shown up. The thought of being trapped in a strange love triangle made Luo Qingcheng feel completely powerless. But things had already come to this, and there was nothing she could do to change them. She would just have to take it one step at a time.

"Chen Xiaobei, you... just give me some time," Luo Qingcheng sighed softly. "For now, help me carry my cousin back. It looks like I’ll have to stay at your place for a while. I’ll move out once the new factory building is ready! But... I think your sister-in-law has something against me. She must have misunderstood our relationship! Maybe I should find some time to explain things to her?"

As she spoke, Luo Qingcheng felt truly aggrieved. She liked Chen Xiaobei too, but this whole situation made her look like the other woman. What kind of mess was this? The thought made her want to claw his eyes out. It was all this scumbag’s fault!

Facing Baby Luo’s fiery gaze, Chen Xiaobei felt incredibly awkward. He cleared his throat and said, "Uh, forget it. I’ll find some time to talk to my sister-in-law. She’s a sensitive person. I don’t want you to be the one to frighten her."

"Hmph!" Luo Qingcheng pouted. She was not at all pleased by his implication that *she* would be the one to scare his sister-in-law. But he was a scumbag, after all, and scumbags had to think about things from all angles. She decided not to stoop to his level.

When they arrived home, Shen Jiawen had already tidied up the house. There were three bedrooms in Chen Xiaobei’s home. The Luo sisters would stay in the room Chen Xiaobei had been using. Shen Jiawen and Xin Xin would remain in the east room. As for Chen Xiaobei, his sister-in-law had cleaned out the side room his parents used to live in for him.

Obviously, she had no intention of sharing a room with him anymore.

Seeing that the light in his sister-in-law’s room was already out, Chen Xiaobei tossed and turned.

What’s gotten into Sister-in-law? I didn’t do anything to offend her, did I? Could it really be because of Qingcheng? Did she misunderstand? I’ve held back for so long! I was so close to finally sealing the deal with her. I can’t just give up now. No, I have to have her tonight, no matter what!

With that thought, Chen Xiaobei quietly crept into his sister-in-law’s room and, without a second thought, slid under her covers.