Chapter 264

Lin Qi's expression was gloomy, the veins on his forehead throbbing, "How could you go to a bar in the middle of the night? And be so intimate with a strange man?"

The scene from just a moment ago felt as if someone had slapped him across the face!

How absurdly wrong his understanding of Lin Miao had been all these years.

"Brother, I... listen to me, I only started going to the bar recently. So many things have happened at home, and I've been so anxious and worried that I often suffer from insomnia and can't sleep," Lin Miao explained anxiously.

Lin Qi's eyes were still full of suspicion.

Lin Miao was frantic; the events of today must absolutely not be known by anyone else in the family.

Otherwise, they would no longer acknowledge her as a young lady of the Lin Family.

In her desperation, tears streamed down her face as she threw her arms around Lin Qi and pressed her red lips to his.

Lin Qi's eyes widened, his entire body tensing up.

"Brother, it's because I like you, I... I haven't dared to tell anyone this secret, no one can know, I've kept it in my heart all this time. I was afraid you would look down on me, I was afraid you would despise me. You treat me like a younger sister, but... but I like and admire you like a man."

Lin Miao's eyes were filled with aggrieved tears.

She raised her hand and slapped herself across the face.

"Brother, just pretend you never heard these words. I shouldn't have stayed at home. Brother, I'm sorry, I know I scared you, I'm sorry! I will keep this affection in my heart forever and won't let Mom and Dad or the others know. I drank alcohol today and had insomnia, just pretend I... pretend I was talking nonsense, okay!"

Lin Qi grabbed Lin Miao's hand.

His mind was in a chaotic mess right now, "Don't hit yourself! Let me think this over carefully."

He had never thought that Miaomiao would like him.

And not the kind of liking between siblings.

"Because I like Brother so much, I feel guilty every night and can't sleep, so I've been going to the bar to drink my sorrows away recently, thinking that perhaps I don't like Brother, and maybe I could like someone else. But when that person kissed me just now, I felt truly disgusted, I..."

As Lin Miao spoke, she hugged Lin Qi again.

"I'm sorry, Brother."

Lin Qi's hand remained stiff in mid-air for a few seconds, but finally, it fell gently and he lightly hugged Lin Miao back.

"No need to say sorry, this isn't your fault. Sigh! Just let me think about it."

Miaomiao likes him...

He thought about it carefully, and it seemed he didn't feel repulsed.

Lin Miao breathed a secret sigh of relief; she knew her brothers too well, and this hurdle had been cleared!

From a distance, Fu Chenyan pressed the shutter on his phone, capturing the scene of Lin Qi and Lin Miao kissing and embracing.

After confirming the photo was clear, Fu Chenyan felt as if he had eaten a fly—truly disgusting!

Lin Miao really didn't turn anyone away; she seduced everyone!

Thinking of Shu Xia, his heart ached.

He had to win Shu Xia back.

The man Shu Xia was with now was not as handsome as him at all. Their relationship of so many years could not just end like this. He understood Shu Xia; she was sentimental, and as long as he was sincere enough, Shu Xia would forgive him!

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Early the next morning, Shu Xia went downstairs feeling somewhat guilty, like a thief.

She had prepared a simple breakfast of milk and sandwiches.

After eating quickly, she prepared to slip away.

The events of last night were still vivid in her mind; her skin wasn't thick enough to pretend nothing had happened.

Just as she was holding her bag and changing her shoes, Qiao Muting's cool voice spoke from behind her.

"Didn't you say you were going to get the medicine kit last night?"

As a result, she had vanished for the entire night.

Hearing Qiao Muting's accusation, Shu Xia's heart gave a fierce jolt. She took a deep breath and turned around to smile at him.

"What medicine kit?"

She put on an expression as if she couldn't remember anything at all.

Qiao Muting looked at Shu Xia with a deep, composed gaze, his thin lips curling slightly, "Oh, forgotten it all? Do you need me to help you recover your memory?"

"Thanks! I really don't need it. It was just some unimportant memory anyway, so it's fine to forget it. I have an appointment with a friend today to visit my second brother on set, so I'll be going first."