It's time to give out the rings, Admiral!

But no matter how much she liked her, it couldn't compare to her own daughter. She had previously thought that Yuelin would be very happy with this child, but since that option was no longer possible, even if she didn't want to, she could only try to end this farce.

After learning about this, she stopped blaming her daughter. The only thing that troubled her was how to persuade her daughter to give up this relationship that she valued more than her own life.

Fortunately, Yu Chen was sensible and never took advantage of Yue Lin. But thinking about how her own daughter would definitely cry, make a scene, and threaten suicide, refusing to give up no matter what, gave her a headache.

She desperately wanted to curse, but her good upbringing wouldn't allow her to. In essence, the other person hadn't done anything wrong, nor had they taken advantage of her daughter. It was all just her daughter's wishful thinking...

"..."

While An Jingyi was silently contemplating, Su Yuchen, holding her younger sister's hand and staring at her with an expression that seemed to look at her like she was an idiot, felt tormented.

He wasn't sure how his aunt would treat him later—whether she would scold him or angrily kick him out of the house.

But one thing is for sure: your aunt will definitely not give you a kind look anymore.

"So what do you plan to do? How do you plan to handle things between you and Yuelin?"

Just as the bewildered boy was about to say something, his aunt suddenly spoke up.

The other person's face was expressionless, but their tone clearly showed dissatisfaction. Silently straightening his back, he then spoke out all his thoughts.

"I plan to apologize to Yuelin properly and try my best to get her forgiveness. Yuelin has helped me a lot, and if possible, I hope to make it up to her properly. After that, I will take Xiaorou to Jinchuan and I should not appear in front of Yuelin again. As time goes by, Yuelin's feelings for me will naturally fade away."

"You mean you're not going to see Yuelin anymore?"

An Jingyi frowned. She decided to put aside apologizing to Yue Lin for the time being and let time heal the wounds. This might work for other girls, but would it really work for her stubborn daughter?

She wasn't sure.

"Yes, Auntie. Yuelin is still young, and she hasn't known me for very long. As long as I leave for a while, she will definitely forget me."

The young man nodded. How many feelings fade because of long separation? Even the most solemn vows of love will eventually be buried in the river of time. He believed that as long as they didn't see each other for a long time, Yue Lin would naturally forget her feelings for him, except for his lovely and loyal girls.

Do you really think so?

"This should be the best solution."

"So, Yu Chen, you're planning to never see me again... is that right?"

"Uh... I should... um???"

"elder brother……"

As was his habit, he answered the voice that suddenly appeared beside him, which had become inexplicably sad and aggrieved. He nodded until Xiao Rou, who was standing beside him, squeezed his palm tightly. As he pondered how to start the conversation when he saw Yue Lin, he suddenly realized something.

Turning his head to look at the girl who was standing on the stairs, looking at him with teary eyes, the boy was suddenly startled.

"Yu Chen, do you really think I'm such a heartless girl? So you're planning to go to Jinchuan alone and never see me again?"

"Yuelin, I..."

The boy was stunned. How could he have known that Yue Lin would suddenly appear and ask him so many questions while he was distracted? He had originally planned not to tell her, but to quietly disappear from her world when he was about to take Xiao Rou away…

"Brother, I'm so disappointed in you!"

The girl in front of him had tears in her eyes. Looking at the boy's face, she shouted sadly at him, then turned and ran without looking back until she reached the end of the corridor, her bedroom. With a loud "bang," she slammed the door shut and locked herself inside.

An Jingyi covered her face. She had guessed this would happen. Her daughter wouldn't give up so easily. The more you talked to her, the more it would provoke her rebellious nature.

Looking at the bewildered boy in front of her, she sighed and said, "Go and comfort her first. Yue Lin isn't someone who gives up so easily. Let's talk about this later. When your uncle comes back, I'll discuss it with him properly."

Exhausted, An Jingyi waved goodbye and went into the room next door.

The boy and Xiaorou were left standing in the entryway. Then, the girl next to him kicked the boy's foot with a "bang".

"Brother, you're such a big idiot! Now look what's happened, you've made Sister Yuelin so sad, let's see how you're going to handle this!"

Volume 1, Chapter 546: Go away! I'm serious!

"Waaah... You big idiot! You big idiot! Why did you say that! Why did you hurt me so much! How sad do you want me to be before you're satisfied?!"

The girl rushed back to her room, huddled under the covers, and sobbed softly.

Just a few minutes ago, while snuggled in bed, I heard Xiaojia say that Brother Chen had come to see me. In my heartbreak, I completely forgot about my plan to make that bastard apologize to me and never forgive him until I was satisfied. Afraid that he would tell my mother everything and be stopped by her, I ran out of my room like a fool to greet him.

But to her surprise, as soon as she went out, she heard Yu Chen and her mother having that conversation. Her eyes felt so painful and swollen, and her vision was completely blocked by tears again. She had finally mustered up the courage to come out, but she felt like a pitiful creature betrayed by her closest relatives and surrounded by enemies. She slunk back to her room alone once again.

"Waaah... Am I really that dispensable in your eyes? What is it about me that I'm inferior to Xiaorou...?"

The girl in bed wiped away her tears. She wasn't afraid of her mother's reaction after finding out everything, because she had already planned it all out before he came. Even if her mother tried to stop her, when Yu Chen took Xiao Rou back to Jin Chuan, she would secretly sneak onto the boat he was on and go with him. Once they arrived in Jin Chuan, the deed would be done, and by then it would be too late for her mother to stop her.

But what saddened her the most, and what she least expected, was that the first person to betray her was neither Xiaojia nor her mother, but Yuchen, the man she had always longed for and tried every means to stay by her side!

Even though she had made up her mind, she was determined not to give up this relationship, no matter how much everyone around her tried to stop her. Thinking about the affirmative look on Yu Chen's face when he was talking to her mother, she felt as if something had pierced her chest, causing her unbearable pain.

The courage she had mustered was instantly shattered by the words of her beloved. Curled up in bed, she looked at the photo on the bedside table, a photo she had always treasured...

"Yu Chen... Waaah... If there's anything I'm not good at, you can tell me... I'm willing to change for you... Why, why did you say you'd never see me again? Do you know how heartbroken I am... Waaah..."

Like a dam suddenly bursting, when the girl saw the bright smiles of herself and the boy beside her in the photo, she suddenly felt as if a string in her heart had snapped, and tears fell like beads from a broken string, falling relentlessly.

Xiao Jia, who was beside her, was frantically trying to comfort her, but having been in the room and unaware of what had happened, she didn't know how to comfort her young lady who was crying so hard as soon as she returned.

In Xiaojia's eyes, her young mistress looked like a child who had suffered a great injustice, her shirt soaked with tears. She had never seen her young mistress so heartbroken before, not even last night...

"Waaah... Brother Yuchen..."

The girl, who had been crying all night, had even more red and swollen eyes from crying. Her beautiful voice had become slightly hoarse, and her tear ducts, which had been ravaged by crying, could no longer shed a single tear, until there was a knock on her door...

"Xiaojia, lock the door! I don't want to see that big bad guy! Make him leave!"

Suddenly she stopped crying, and the girl hiding under the covers shouted loudly to Xiao Jia beside her in a muffled voice.

A young girl's heart is so fragile, like weathered glass that it shatters at the slightest touch. But more than the sadness in her heart, what fills her heart now is a burning anger and resentment at being betrayed.

She was already prepared to do this despite her mother's anger, but after Yu Chen found out about her feelings for him, he still refused to accept her. He even told his mother that he would never see her again and that time would heal all wounds. It's true that a girl in love is willing to sacrifice everything for her sweetheart, but even she would be angry if she went to such lengths!

With a "snap," Xiaojia locked the bedroom door from the inside. She propped herself up on the soft bed, staring at the door with a bitter and resentful look, as if she wanted to see through the door and see the despicable heartless man behind it. She gritted her teeth in hatred.

Although a young girl's love is fragile, it is also incredibly resilient. She has made up her mind that this time she will never forgive him, and she will never be as soft-hearted towards him as she was before. She will not forgive him until he apologizes to a degree that satisfies her.

As for what he said before, that she would never see him again after he went to Tsugawa, she would absolutely not do as he wished! You think you can stop seeing me after you get to Tsugawa? I'll make sure you don't get away with it!

Didn't you say your feelings were like playing house, that they'd fade away over time? I'm going to show you just how far your girlish heart can go!

"Yuelin, I'm sorry, please open the door. I was just joking. You're my favorite little sister, how could I not want to see you?"

The voice came from outside the door, but upon hearing that voice she had longed for, the beautiful girl in her pajamas became even more sinister.

She's not stupid. Even now, he's still planning to lie to her. Even now, he still treats her like a little sister. If it weren't for her heartache, the girl, who was so angry that she forgot how sad she was, would definitely have opened the door and used all the self-defense techniques she had learned on him!

"So, in your eyes, Yu Chen, I'm just a dispensable little sister? Anyway, I'm just a little sister, and my sadness has nothing to do with you, right? Go back, I don't want to see you today."

Suppressing her inner reluctance, the girl spoke coldly to the person outside the thin door. But after speaking to that person in such a tone for the first time, she couldn't help but feel her heart pound.

She was a little afraid that her serious voice had frightened him, and even more afraid that he would really go back after hearing what she said. She was even planning to teach him a lesson so that he would never dare to say anything like "I'll never see you again." The girl, who was just trying to give him a way out, immediately perked up her ears anxiously...

"Miss, what just happened? Why are you so upset?"

Only now, seeing that her young mistress had finally stopped crying, did Xiao Jia have the chance to ask her what had happened that made her so upset.

Volume 1, Chapter 547: Never Disappointing in a Way

Su Yuchen stood in front of the pink door panel, silently pondering what to do. The developments so far today had truly exceeded his expectations.

From the very beginning, he learned that Yue Lin harbored feelings for him that were not those of a brother and sister, but rather romantic feelings.

Later, he reluctantly confessed everything to his aunt, and then Yuelin overheard his plans. He really didn't know what outrageous things would happen next if things continued like this!

He thought it was already outrageous enough that he had found so many girls waiting for him after just one trip to Jinchuan, but he never expected that there would be a rich young lady in Tianshui who had been waiting for him with unwavering devotion! Was this protagonist-like treatment really meant for him? If he didn't know his own worth, he might have really thought he was the male protagonist in some wish-fulfillment novel.

People say that having many romantic encounters is a good thing, but having too many romantic encounters isn't necessarily a good thing! Like now, he really doesn't know how to face such a beautiful girl who has given him so much help.

He shouldn't reciprocate her feelings, but thinking about Yue Lin's tearful appearance and extremely hurt words when she ran back to her room, he felt he couldn't bear it.

But as for the response... he already has so many girls, so it's really not right for him to keep interfering with Yuelin's life.

Even if Yue Lin herself were willing and didn't mind, let's not even talk about whether a human girl could accept sharing one person's love with a group of ship girls. Her aunt and uncle would definitely be the first to disagree! No responsible parent in the world would be willing to see their child suffer such a great injustice!

Sigh... I should have asked my wife what to do before I came out, or if I had, I should have brought my all-knowing wife with me. With her by my side, she would have definitely solved all my problems by now, or at least given me some ideas on how to solve them.

The boy was in a bad mood, but what made him even worse was that Xiao Rou, who had always been well-behaved and adorable and his close confidante, was looking at him with a gaze as if he were an idiot. Especially after he knocked on Yue Lin's bedroom door and said those words, that gaze became even sharper.

To be honest, it wasn't just that person; Xiao Rou, who witnessed everything beside him, was also numb. Before coming to apologize with her brother, she had thought that her brother would use all sorts of highly emotionally intelligent methods to get Zhuo Yuelin's forgiveness, just like he had gotten rid of her. At the very least, it shouldn't have come to this!

But... how should I put it? My own brother really never disappoints when it comes to being a disappointment!

Especially after hearing what her brother said when he knocked on the door, she was truly desperate about her brother's blockheadedness! Last night, her brother slept with her and told her so many good things about Lexington and the others, which eased much of her resentment towards them. She thought her brother had finally come to his senses.

But now it seems that this was just a coincidence. My brother is still the same brother I remember. People don't suddenly grow up just because they suddenly have so many ship girls...

Fortunately, my aunt didn't kick me and my brother out in a fit of anger, otherwise I wouldn't even have had a chance to make a move...

"Ugh……"

The girl sighed. Her brother had once again exceeded her expectations, completing a leap from difficult to hellish difficulty. But the girl still had to continue to complete the task she had set for herself before coming here...

She wanted to turn Zhuo Yuelin into an ally against her brother's ship girl. As for whether bringing Zhuo Yuelin into her camp would create another enemy... well, she already had so many enemies. She didn't care if she had more than enough enemies.

Since she already knew her brother wouldn't leave her, no matter how much she begged and pleaded, cried, made a scene, or threatened suicide, she couldn't make these ship girls leave. She might as well just adjust her mindset from the beginning and start acting directly, which would make her feel a little less miserable.

but……

She turned to look at her bewildered brother beside her. With her brother so unhelpful, she, as a girl, obviously understood girls' thoughts better. Besides, Zhuo Yuelin was, in some ways, the same kind of person as her. Although she was unwilling, she had no choice but to take over at this moment...

So the girl grabbed the boy's arm and tugged at it, gesturing for her brother to come closer. She then whispered in his ear, "Brother, this kind of apology won't work. Sister Yuelin is still angry. You need to be sincere! Don't try to fool her with words that are obviously lies!"

"But... how should I say it?"

Feeling a little ticklish from his younger sister's soft breath, the boy, who had bent over, awkwardly bit his lip.

He can't even handle his own relationship problems, and in the end, he even needs his sister to give him advice. He's been a bit too unreliable as an older brother.

"What should I say? Of course, I should apologize sincerely! Sister Yuelin likes you so much. Even though she seems angry, as long as you're serious, she'll definitely soften! Just tell her that if she doesn't forgive you, you won't leave today. You'll wait here until she forgives you... um..."

As the girl spoke, she suddenly blushed. Because she wanted to whisper to her brother, she had to get close to him. Her lips were so close that she would accidentally touch his ear while speaking. Thinking about what she had done to her brother the night before, she felt her ears getting hot and weak.

The sound of her heartbeat was like the increasingly rapid drumbeats, and the nervous girl couldn't help but glance at her brother's face, which was so close to hers.

However, the anxious man did not notice his sister's strange behavior. After receiving instructions from Xiaorou, he spoke directly.

"Yuelin, listen to me. I'm really sorry for what I just said. I didn't mean you're such a heartless girl. It's just that... I already have so many ship girls and I'm married. If I were to come after you again, that would be too much of a jerk..."

"I'm sorry I didn't realize your feelings for me for so long, but I promise I won't say that again, okay?"

“I know you’re very angry right now and don’t want to see me, but I still want to ask for your forgiveness. Can we talk things over and solve this together? Even if we can’t be… well, lovers, we can still be friends or siblings. Didn’t you say you wanted to go to Tsugawa with me before? I can help you persuade your mother, and I’ll take care of you wherever we go…”

"In short, if you don't forgive me today, Yuelin, I'll wait here and not leave until you're willing to forgive me..."

Volume 1, Chapter 548: Who wants to be your brother or sister?!

"Miss, what just happened? Why are you so upset?"

The beautiful young girl was still sitting on her own soft bed, but she felt a little embarrassed when faced with her maid Xiaojia's question.

Xiao Jia was curious because she was worried about her, but she was reluctant to tell Xiao Jia what she had just heard in the hallway.

Being betrayed by Yu Chen was painful enough. If she were to tell Xiao Jia as well, and Xiao Jia, who wasn't very supportive of her going to Jinchuan with Yu Chen, stopped standing by her side, then she really wouldn't know who to confide in or who to ask for advice.

"Um... just now... just now, it's nothing, Xiaojia, I just couldn't help myself when I saw Brother Yuchen..."

The girl, her eyes red with tears, whispered that she had never felt Xiao Jia's existence was so important to her as she did now. Although Xiao Jia was a traitor who always liked to tell her grandfather things, she had to admit that Xiao Jia was still her best friend and confidante. When she was sad, Xiao Jia always helped her share her worries and pain.

But this time she couldn't tell Xiaojia, and Xiaojia could clearly see that her young mistress was lying.

Before, when she was inside, my young lady had almost calmed down, but after going out for a while, she ran back from outside and was crying her eyes out, clearly she had encountered something sad again.

Since the young lady wasn't going to talk about it, she wasn't going to press her for answers. But she knew without guessing that the young lady was so upset because of the guy waiting outside the door!

It's one thing to hurt Miss once, but to do it a second time? If Miss hadn't been protecting him all this time, she would have taught him a lesson!

"Xiaojia, Yuchen... has he left? There's been no sound from outside since just now..."

The young lady's voice reached Xiao Jia's ears once again. The voice, which had become somewhat humble because of the cold words she had just spoken and the fear that some bastard would leave, made Xiao Jia feel even more sorry for her young lady, who was so devoted yet so pitiful.