My sister, whom I raised, has turned evil after faking her death for three years.

Jiang Ran naturally noticed her sister's bright, sparkling gaze.

Although she still maintained that cold, unapproachable demeanor, a corner of her heart was secretly and uncontrollably bubbling with little bubbles of happiness.

The exhilaration of leaving the Jiang family speechless was nothing compared to the satisfaction of being looked at with adoration by my sister.

The atmosphere in the living room had reached freezing point. Jiang Mingyuan was rendered speechless by her series of sharp questions, Cui Ying's eyes were red and she didn't know what to say, and the others dared not utter a sound.

It was Cui Ying who finally broke the silence.

She raised her tear-filled eyes, her voice soft and gentle, as if afraid of startling something. She first assured Su Qing that the Jiang family wouldn't do anything to her, then paused before continuing, "Xiao Ran, I know you don't want to see us right now, but your fifteenth birthday is in five days. Could we come and celebrate with you...?"

Her words carried a cautious expectation, as if she were holding a candle flame in the wind, afraid that it would be blown out by the wind, and also afraid that it would burn someone.

Jiang Yi, standing to the side, nodded frantically, but remembering Jiang Ran's warning earlier, she quickly stopped, only daring to steal expectant glances at her.

Jiang Ran instinctively wanted to refuse, and the words were already on the tip of her tongue, but Su Qing gently tugged at her hand again.

She looked down and saw that her sister didn't say anything, but just looked at her with those eyes, her eyes filled with a gentle look, hoping that she would accept it.

Jiang Ran turned her face away but did not let go of her sister's hand, nor did she directly refuse as she had done before.

She didn't want her sister to think she was too willful, and she didn't want her sister to think she didn't give her any face at all.

But she didn't want to agree to the Jiang family's request so easily.

Seeing her awkward expression, Su Qing couldn't help but smile. She took out a strawberry candy from her pocket, unwrapped it, and gently handed it to Jiang Ran's lips.

Jiang Ran looked coldly at the indulgent smile on her sister's face. Although she was very unhappy... her sister was using this trick again. She knew that Jiang Ran was most susceptible to this... but she still opened her mouth and put the candy in her mouth.

Soft lips gently brushed against Su Qing's fingertips as they held the candy in their mouths. The momentary touch startled Su Qing slightly, but she assumed it was just an accidental touch from Xiao Ran and didn't pay any attention.

Jiang Ran put the candy in her mouth, and the sweetness of the strawberry slowly melted on her tongue.

She did indeed intend to make her sister pay a small price... because she spoke up for the Jiang family again.

This touch wasn't exactly revenge; it was more like a tiny bit of compensation she was asking her sister for after agreeing to the arrangement.

She turned back and nodded slightly to Cui Ying, which was her way of agreeing.

Cui Ying's eyes reddened again, but this time it wasn't from sadness, but from gratitude.

She cast a grateful glance at Su Qing, and in that brief moment, she had witnessed firsthand how important Su Qing was to Jiang Ran.

All of them took turns saying a lot, but it couldn't compare to Su Qing's single piece of candy.

Jiang Mingyuan watched this scene in silence, watching the girl who had just left them all speechless now sitting there quietly with a candy in her mouth, letting Su Qing gently poke her cheek with a finger.

She didn't dodge, she just ate the candy, occasionally frowning, but the corners of her mouth were clearly slightly upturned.

It turns out she wasn't born cold; she simply reserved all her gentleness and patience for that one person.

After chatting about their recent situations, the Jiang family members got up to say goodbye.

Jiang Ran asked them to take the pile of gifts in the corner of the living room with them, but everyone seemed to have collectively gone deaf and walked even faster.

  

Cui Ying pretended to look down at her phone, but Jiang Mingyuan had already stepped out the door, and Jiang Yi ran off and disappeared at the end of the corridor.

Jiang Ran, seeing their hasty retreat, leaned against the doorframe and laughed in exasperation.

These people must have planned this together.

Standing behind her, Su Qing looked at the pile of gift boxes abandoned by their owner, and then at Xiao Ran's face full of black lines, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Jiang Ran turned around, her eyes slightly narrowed: "We can't go out to play, but you seem very happy, sister?" There was an inexplicable sense of danger in her voice.

Su Qing quickly waved her hand, but couldn't stop smiling: "No, no, I just thought Xiao Ran's expression just now was funny..."

"Oh? That's funny, isn't it?"

Jiang Ran chuckled, walked around behind Su Qing, and pulled her into her arms.

Su Qing was tightly held from behind, and before she could break free, she was lightly tickled on the waist.

She jolted as if electrocuted, letting out a distorted scream, and then burst into uncontrollable laughter.

Jiang Ran tickled her waist with her fingers, sometimes lightly and sometimes heavily, targeting the areas she was most ticklish. Su Qing laughed until tears streamed down her face, and she went limp in Jiang Ran's arms, barely able to stand.

The two of them joked and played all the way to the sofa. Su Qing was pushed down into the soft sofa cushions by Jiang Ran, laughing so hard she couldn't catch her breath.

"Isn't it funny?" Jiang Ran looked down at her, but lightened her grip.

Su Qing lay on the sofa, tears still glistening in the corners of her eyes from laughing earlier. Her cheeks were flushed from the intense play, and her lips were slightly parted as she breathed heavily.

Her bangs were ruffled, and a few strands clung to her slightly sweaty temples. She slumped on the sofa cushions, looking soft and docile, a stark contrast to the capable older sister she usually was.

"I'm not laughing anymore, I'm not laughing anymore..." Su Qing quickly raised her hands in surrender, her voice still hoarse from laughing, soft, as if she were being coquettish.

Jiang Ran looked down at her sister beneath her and suddenly felt her heart beating a little fast.

My sister still had tears clinging to the corners of her eyes, glistening under the light like tiny broken diamonds.

Her cheeks were flushed, and her lips were glistening with moisture from her earlier smile. Her slightly parted lips and panting breath made it impossible to look away.

She had never seen her sister from this angle before... It was always her sister who bent down to look at her and held her in her arms.

Now her sister lay beneath her, looking up at her without any guard, her eyes devoid of their usual composure and worry, only filled with indulgent smiles and a few glistening tears from being bullied.

My sister is so pretty and cute...

The idea became clearer and clearer in her mind, like a mirror that she had repeatedly polished, finally reflecting her truest self.

She suddenly let go, as if afraid that if she kept pressing on her sister, her sister would notice the inappropriate thoughts in her mind.

"Then I'll let you off this time."

She straightened up and pulled Su Qing up, then helped her straighten her disheveled collar before turning and walking towards the kitchen, her back view looking exceptionally crisp and efficient.

Su Qing sat up from the sofa, tidied her hair, and watched Xiao Ran walk into the kitchen without looking back. She felt that something was not right, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

I think maybe we were just being too wild earlier.