Mortal Kombat: Scumbag Men Stealing Away Yandere Girls

"No, nothing."

"You're not trying to spy on me or anything, are you?"

"No, no, Nana-chan is a good girl!" Nana chirped, peeking out from the ceiling.

“Good children must stay up all night to go for a walk.” Bai Shimo put a finger to her lips, her eyes crinkling into a sly smile, like a clown mask.

"Otherwise, the evil witch at home will rip out my heart and kill me."

Nana's little head disappeared from the spot, leaving only an echo.

"Nana went for a walk! Nana is the best girl who loves nighttime walks!!! Hawkeye Nana, attack from here!!"

Bai Shimo covered her mouth and giggled, then turned her head and saw Xia Yanle leaning against the wall, quietly watching her.

Bai Shimo was not surprised.

They lived next door, but that wall was practically nonexistent for Xia Yanle.

"Can't sleep? Want to come through the wall and chat with me?"

"may be?"

Xia Yanle looked at Bai Shimo, her blue eyes sparkling, lost in thought.

Bai Shimo pressed down on her phone screen, sat up from her prone position, hugged her pillow, and tilted her head.

"You've come at the perfect time. I'm in a great mood today, Yanle. Would you like to hear a story?"

A common trait among overly intelligent people is that Xia Yanle usually lacks patience to listen to others.

But she didn't leave. Instead, she sat down on the sofa next to Bai Shimo and tightened her light blue coat.

"It's the story of my brother and me."

Bai Shimo smiled with narrowed eyes, then lowered her head and played with her snow-white little toes.

"Have you always thought that my brother and I have a very good relationship? My brother and I seem to have never argued, and we've always loved each other since we were little?"

Xia Yanle thought for a moment, "It's indeed hard to imagine."

Can these siblings even argue?

Even their arguments are lighthearted and silly.

"Actually, there was a time when I really hated my brother."

"…………Why?"

"Because he was so good to me."

Bai Shimo looked at Xia Yanle.

"Do you find it strange that you dislike someone being nice to you?"

"I don't think so."

Xia Yanle pondered for a while, "I also disliked him at first."

Xia Yanle recalled the scene of their first meeting and the changes since then, and suddenly smiled, finding it somewhat amusing.

Bai Shimo burst into laughter, "Official commentary is the most lethal, right? So what do you dislike about him?"

Xia Yanle paused to think for a few seconds, a rare occurrence for him.

"I hate that he loves to lecture me, I hate that he's stubborn, I hate that he's unwilling to become the way I like him, and I hate that he's unwilling to like me the way I want him to like me."

However, it's strange that these are now reasons to like him.

"Then I'm a little different from you." Bai Shimo grinned mischievously.

“I hated my brother trying so hard to become the kind of brother I liked, and I hated how he tried so hard to reflect on himself and try to get along with me in the way I liked. That’s when I started to really, really hate him.”

“I used to tease him a lot. I would deliberately ask him to play hide-and-seek with me. We would agree to hide in the park, but I would turn around and run away with my friend, leaving him there alone to search for himself in the park.”

As Xia Yanle listened, images involuntarily formed in her mind.

Under the scorching sun, the boy's face was flushed and covered in sweat as he searched for the person at the agreed location again and again until the sun set and he was completely exhausted.

Did he get angry with you afterward?

"No." Bai Shimo sat up, pouting and complaining.

When he got home, he actually said to me, "So you're home. I'm glad you're okay."

"...It's so good it's almost annoying," Xia Yanle said honestly.

“That’s right, that’s right, so I don’t feel sorry at all, and I just walked away—” Bai Shimo smiled, pursing her lips.

In another world, when Al heard this, his eyes widened in surprise, and his feigned drunkenness turned into a clearer state.

"You're not angry with her at all? You're not angry with her at all?"

"What's so good about your sister? You're just too good-natured. Aren't you angry at all?"

Compared to this, my older sister doesn't seem so bad after all.

At least she never stands herself up.

"I quite like this story. I think my sister and I wouldn't get along well without this memory."

Alden immediately looked incredulous, but out of pity, he poured Bai Weiran a drink and asked her suspiciously.

"So what happened after that? You weren't always good to her, without complaint or regret, through thick and thin, and then one day you saved her from a dump truck, and she was so moved that she became your devoted little sister from then on, right?"

Bai Weiran brought the wine glass to his lips and exclaimed "Ah!" upon hearing this.

"...Huh? What do you mean by the path of a simp?"

Al: …………

"...So you scolded her harshly, and she turned over a new leaf and reformed?"

"No, there's no need for so much drama between siblings." Bai Weiran's smile held a hint of mischief.

"The next time she asked me to play hide-and-seek again, I went anyway, and after counting at the beginning of the game and making sure no one was around... I went straight home."

"…………??"

"This time I got home before her. By the time she arrived, I was already at home eating popsicles and playing video games."

Bai Weiran shrugged.

"Since she's running away, I'm running away too."

"This is the conclusion I've come to—I don't care what she wants to do, I only ask myself what I want to do. She's my sister, she asked me to go out, I agreed, so I went out. But she wants to mess with me, I don't accept that, so I walked away."

That afternoon, Bai Shimo was surprised, but after standing there for a while, she actually gave him a long-lost smile.

"What my sister taught me is that you must respect yourself first before others will respect you. Being unconditionally nice to others and trying too hard to please them is a recipe for disaster." Bai Weiran blinked.

"Actually, I'm very grateful that she taught me this so early on."

"I thought I was being kind to people, but that doesn't necessarily mean I was being kind to them. I can't use the excuse that my intentions were harmless and that I wanted to be kind to people to cover up all the problems. At this point, all I can do is sincerely apologize. I apologized to her and learned to restrain myself as long as I still want to be around her."

Alden immediately looked disdainful.

"…………Then we can just stop seeing each other. What's there to say?"

Bai Weiran smiled and shook his head.

"But those who are good to me in this world are not necessarily my friends, and those who are bad to me are not necessarily my enemies. We must always distinguish the intentions behind these actions—"

“Someone who really wants you to be bad will ruin your life and cause you real harm. They can’t wait to see you suffer. But my sister’s pranks… are just pranks because she’s unhappy. My actions made her unhappy.”

Bai Weiran paused, looking at Al who was already somewhat bewildered.

"Sorry, I might have gone a bit roundabout, but what I really want to say is that my sister has always tried to tell me to be myself."

"No matter how much I try to please her, she won't be happy. Even if I revolve around her, she won't be happy. No one can be happy for long. People are rational when it comes to things they like, but they are emotional when it comes to relationships. Only when these two are in balance can things get better."

Bai Weiran swirled his wine glass.

"None of us can get this right the first time."

Where should the boundaries between people lie?

Even if you manage to strike the right balance the first time, it will constantly shift as your own state of mind changes, as do the states of mind of others—

When he also started to do things his own way, regardless of what Bai Shimo was doing or thinking, he acted like an older brother, doing everything with a clear conscience.

Bai Shimo actually started to like him, and transformed back into a sweet, smiling little sister from the little devil.

It wasn't because he was indifferent to her that he nervously came over to try and please her—a binary, contradictory reason.

From the very beginning, she simply wanted to communicate with him on an equal footing.

He doesn't need to take responsibility for her as her "older brother," nor does he need to wear the hat of sibling affection.

Instead, she first acts as Bai Weiran, and then becomes her "brother".

"My sister is someone who values ​​herself above all else, and she has taught me a lot."

"It was from this moment that we truly became brother and sister."

First, be siblings, then separate. Learn to be yourself first, and then be siblings again.

Without this process, the relationship is incomplete.

"Your sister is probably too attached to the title of 'sister'."

"You're tense too, why don't you both relax a bit?"

"You don't need to confront her head-on; you can also... give up."

The boy's relaxed expression immediately turned wary.

"Oh, so you mean I should do nothing? Just go against my sister?"

After talking for so many days, this guest of unknown origin is finally about to reveal his true colors.

Are they members of the Sky Eye system, or from another family?

But unfortunately, he was wrong about all of them.

Bai Weiran gave a very warm reply.

"No, I'm suggesting you take a break from life when necessary. Let her say what she wants, and you do what you want. Just do things your way. Don't refuse to do things you'd otherwise want to do just because you're against her. Be yourself first, then be a brother who opposes her. Don't put opposing her before being yourself; that's the wrong priority."