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Chapter 12 A Chance Encounter Between Siblings

Upon learning that Wu Xingyao had known her online friend for two years but hadn't even added her on WeChat, and that they only frequently teamed up in games before meeting in person, Ning Xiuyang was thunderstruck.

It's true what they say, "A big forest has all kinds of birds."

Fortunately, I didn't add any, otherwise I wouldn't have ended up in my own car by mistake.

Who knows who will benefit from this young and energetic body in the future?

Ning Xiuyang couldn't help but feel extremely fortunate.

"Hmm... Brother Yang, are you going to come again?"

Seemingly sensing something, Wu Xingyao's face flushed slightly, her beautiful eyes filled with shyness and a hint of anticipation as she looked at Ning Xiuyang.

Ning Xiuyang sat up, staring at Wu Xingyao's round little face, and laughed, "Do you even know how to cry?"

Wu Xingyao was stunned for a moment, but immediately understood. She snuggled closer to Ning Xiuyang and hummed, "I can not only cry, I can also scream~"

Another half hour passed.

After Wu Xingyao finished calling, Ning Xiuyang picked up his phone and made a voice call to Bai Xiaoji.

Wu Xingyao leaned against him, nervously pacing without making a sound.

Ning Xiuyang didn't tell her that this "Ningyou" was his sister Bai Xiaoji. He just said he would make a call to ask if it was really her. After all, there are too many people with the same name in the game, and even more people use female names to deceive others in the game.

"Sister Xiaoji, where are you?"

After the call was connected, Ning Xiuyang got straight to the point.

"I... I just got off work, what's up?"

On the phone, Bai Xiaoji's voice was ethereal, with a hint of impatience, as if she was tired after a long day at work.

Ning Xiuyang raised an eyebrow and asked, "Have you been playing games lately?"

"No, I didn't call. Are you short of living expenses? Do you want me to transfer some to you?" Bai Xiaoji paused for a moment before changing the subject.

Ning Xiuyang raised an eyebrow and said, "No need, no need. I have money now. I can support you even if you don't work. I'll transfer some money to Uncle Bai first thing tomorrow morning. Tell him not to work so hard driving cars anymore."

"Tch, how much money can a student like you make? Alright, alright, I'm not talking to you anymore, my phone's dead."

Bai Xiaoji on the phone clearly didn't take Ning Xiuyang's words seriously, and hung up after saying a few hurried words.

"Is it her?"

Wu Xingyao blinked her big eyes and asked nervously.

Ning Xiuyang shook his head, somewhat uncertain.

……

7 PM.

Ning Xiuyang drove Wu Xingyao back to Zhonghai University.

I wasn't planning on coming back.

Wu Xingyao said that if she didn't go back to her dorm at night, she was worried that her roommates would gossip. She mentioned this to her roommates when she came out to meet her online friends today.

If her roommates found out that she failed to meet up with a guy in person but ended up getting into a car with a college student who wanted to sleep with her, and what's worse, it actually turned into a real relationship, they'd probably laugh themselves to death.

The young girl was shy at first, so Ning Xiuyang didn't insist on keeping her and sent her back.

"Hey, look at that guy over there, he's got a Red Bull on his head, could it be the guy you're meeting up with?"

Ning Xiuyang was about to turn the steering wheel and enter the school gate.

Suddenly, I noticed a woman under a streetlamp not far away, with her back to the school gate, a can of Red Bull on her head, glancing down at her phone from time to time, her eyes scanning the street and staring at the students passing by.

Wu Xingyao stuck out her tongue, somewhat embarrassed, and tugged at her seatbelt, saying, "Let's not see him. Let's go inside the school. I'll log in and tell him tomorrow..."

She's a little scared now.

Not only did they stand people up for so long, but they also...

She's already Ning Xiuyang's woman, so it's a bit inappropriate for her to meet up with other people now.

Ning Xiuyang frowned, but instead of responding to Wu Xingyao's words, he stepped on the gas, turned the steering wheel, and drove the car to the side of the streetlight.

I just glanced at her profile, and she looks a lot like Bai Xiaoji, except that her original shoulder-length short hair has become a bit longer.

as predicted.

When he arrived in front of him, Ning Xiuyang recognized him at first glance.

This is Bai Xiaoji.

Well, Bai Xiaoji, you actually met up with an online friend in person?

"Didi!"

Ning Xiuyang immediately honked the horn.

scare!

Under the streetlights, a large truck suddenly appeared. Bai Xiaoji glanced at it quickly, then continued searching through the crowd, her brows furrowed, a hint of annoyance in her eyes.

The sudden sound of a horn startled her.

She had been waiting all afternoon but hadn't seen "Yaoyao," which made her very angry. She should have added each other's contact information in the first place. Now she was in such a passive position, probably because Yaoyao had stood her up. She had logged into the game several times, but the other person was still not online, which made her feel helpless and annoyed.

The sudden blare of the horn ignited her anger, and she was about to explode.

But when she turned her head and saw the face revealed by the downturned window of the truck, she was stunned. Her anger vanished instantly, replaced by astonishment and surprise.

"Xiao Yang?"

"What are you doing here? Whose car are you driving?"

Bai Xiaoji looked very embarrassed. After learning that Wu Xingyao was at Zhonghai University, she was actually worried that she would run into Ning Xiuyang. But then she thought that it wouldn't matter if she did. It was just girls meeting up, what could he say?

But I never expected to actually encounter it.

Her relationship with Ning Xiuyang... can be described in two words: awkward!

Ning Xiuyang was just fourteen when he came to live with the Bai family. At that time, Bai Xiaoji was already eighteen years old, a young girl in the prime of her youth. Suddenly having a younger brother who was not related to her by blood caused her to be angry with her parents for a long time.

In the days that followed, she appeared to be angry that Ning Xiuyang had taken away and shared her parents' love, but her inherent kindness led her to take care of her younger brother both openly and secretly.

The two appeared to be siblings, but during one Chinese New Year, an unintentional joke by Bai's mother broke the tranquility between them.

Bai's mother jokingly suggested that Ning Xiuyang should simply marry Bai Xiaoji, since they knew each other well and it wouldn't benefit an outsider. There would be no need for dowry or bride price, since they would all be family anyway.

At that time, Ning Xiuyang was still a few days away from adulthood, so he remained silent and focused on eating.

Seeing that he remained silent, Bai Xiaoji assumed he was unwilling and immediately mocked, "Ha, marrying me is one thing, but marrying into my family is another. Whether you're willing to be a live-in son-in-law depends on whether I'm happy or not. You're just a half-grown boy who'll eat my bones. With your appetite, who can afford to support you?"

Since then, there seems to have been an invisible distance between the two, and they are no longer the close siblings they used to be.

This sibling relationship seems to have been complicated by a remark made by Bai's mother, causing the two to feel a distance from each other.

They weren't quite at the point of mutual loathing; they cared about each other but pretended to be indifferent, which made things extremely awkward.

It's been almost a year since the two last met; they've been communicating only through WeChat.

We occasionally play a couple of games together.

However, Ning Xiuyang was very busy. In order to make money, he rented a single room outside and stayed in the rented room every day, working as a game booster, using Photoshop to edit pictures for people, etc. This is why he was called a homebody when he confessed to Shen Youyou.

"It's mine. Didn't I just tell you on the phone? I'm making money now, so I bought this car myself," Ning Xiuyang said with a big smile, looking at Bai Xiaoji.

Unexpectedly, Bai Xiaoji, with her long hair, looks even more beautiful than before, and has become more charming.

She was wearing a pink long-sleeved turtleneck T-shirt, a pink bodycon skirt with black stripes and plaid, her long legs were smooth and fair, she had applied sunscreen, and she was wearing a pair of light pink high heels.

"Your own?"

Bai Xiaoji stared at Ning Xiuyang in disbelief, completely stunned.

"Of course, get in the car."

Ning Xiuyang smiled and then gestured for her to get in the car.

Bai Xiaoji glanced at the passenger seat and saw the sweet-looking girl there staring at her. When their eyes met, the girl shyly lowered her head. Bai Xiaoji couldn't help but smile knowingly before getting into the back seat.

"Why didn't you call me when you came to Zhonghai?"

After Bai Xiaoji got into the car, Ning Xiuyang immediately asked.

"Ah, I..."

"Didn't you just say you got off work? What, you're working at Zhonghai now?"

Ning Xiuyang continued to tease Bai Xiaoji.

Bai Xiaoji looked embarrassed and immediately rolled her eyes, saying, "It's none of your business. I'm in Zhonghai to see a friend, and I don't want you to know, is that a problem?"

Ning Xiuyang smiled knowingly and said, "Could it be that you're meeting someone you met online?"

"How did you know?" Bai Xiaoji was startled and asked instinctively.

But immediately, she averted her gaze and retorted, "Bullshit, it's just a normal good friend, okay? You're being nosy. And let me tell you, this friend is a guy, and he's incredibly handsome, a young man. So, are you jealous?"

As she spoke, Bai Xiaoji glanced at Wu Xingyao in the passenger seat, who was trying not to laugh, her eyes clearly showing a hint of jealousy.