pjbooks Chapter 31 "I Died from a Fall"
Chapter 31 "I Died from a Fall"
"Can't you see me?" Chu Shan asked in surprise.
Lin Jing: "..."
The older sister took out half a meat bun that she had hidden earlier, but before she could hand it over, her younger sister snatched it away.
She immediately took a big bite.
Chu Shan couldn't bear to watch any longer. "Eat slowly."
It was just half a steamed bun.
Lin Tang ate half a steamed bun in two or three bites.
She then said, "I can't slow down, I'm starving."
...That's a bit of a hellish joke. Chu Shan didn't know how to respond, so he could only look to Lin Jing for help.
And can't we hear him talking?
She was pretending not to see it just now.
She was so affectionate with him yesterday. How come her personality has changed so much in just one night?
Lin Jing thought he was asking how he died, so after hesitating for a moment, he said, "No, I died from a fall."
Of course, she rarely ate her fill during her lifetime.
"That's not what I meant," Chu Shan said.
He had no intention of prying into their privacy.
Chu Shan thought for a moment, unsure how to begin his opening remarks.
Should we just say it directly? Wouldn't that be a bit too direct?
How about we be a little more subtle and start by talking about their feelings? But they don't seem to have any feelings for each other. To put it bluntly, they were just strangers before this.
Talking too deeply can easily lead to awkwardness.
Let's get straight to the point.
So Chu Shan said to them, "I need the key to open the door. Could you give it to me?"
Lin Tang: "..."
Lin Tang was normal today; she didn't laugh like that in front of Chu Shan anymore.
Naturally, she didn't lay a hand on him again.
But she was still momentarily stunned after hearing Chu Shan's words. After regaining her senses, she smiled and gently looked at her sister.
I want to see my sister's reaction.
So Chu Shan also turned his attention to Lin Jing.
It seems like the older sister is in charge of things at this house.
Lin Jing: "…………"
Lin Jing's drooping fingers trembled unconsciously.
She bit her lip, suppressing the fleeting despair in her eyes.
She asked calmly, "Are you leaving?"
"I..." Chu Shan could roughly guess what she was thinking.
In some ways, this seemingly sullen little girl is actually quite easy to understand.
For example, his cousins would look at him with longing during the Lunar New Year.
She couldn't bear to see him leave.
"...We'll have to leave eventually," Chu Shan said with some reluctance.
"But I can stay a few more days. The others weren't really related to us anyway, so let's open the door and send them back first."
He got off the swing.
He walked up to the little girl.
He reached out and stroked her hair, gently comforting her.
"Besides, I can come and see you again when I have free time."
Lin Jing lowered his head.
Lin Tang remained silent, but maintained a mysterious smile on her face.
A seductive voice echoed in Lin Jing's mind.
Like a little devil.
—Sister. Things have come to this, don't you still want to do everything you can to keep him here?
Lin Jing pretended not to hear.
She pursed her lips, stretched out her hand, and a rusty key appeared in her palm.
"The gate is by the big locust tree in the backyard. You'll see it when you walk over there," Lin Jing said.
"There's one more..." She looked up at Lin Tang.
"I don't want to." Lin Tang stubbornly refused.
Then, her younger sister flashed and sat back on the swing.
She was holding a rabbit doll, swinging it back and forth on a swing.
"Sister, you're so kind. You gave him the key so easily."
Then he looked at Chu Shan, smiled and shook his head at him: "But I'm not so easily moved by you. Don't even think about getting the key from me."
Chu Shan: "..."
Despite Feng Wan's reminder, he wasn't surprised at all.
The older sister took a deep breath.
She walked over and held out her hand to Lin Tang: "The key."
"I don't want to!" Lin Tang refused again.
She instantly moved to that corner, a little distance away from the two people.
That despicable man, he deceived her sister with sweet words.
That awful older sister, abandoning her younger sister so easily!
Lin Tang grew angrier the more she thought about it, so she pouted and shouted loudly at the two of them, "I won't give you the key!"
But it doesn't matter.
What her older sister dared not fight for, she fought for.
After saying that, she flashed away and her sister disappeared.
Lin Jing was startled and was about to quickly give chase.
Chu Shan hurriedly reached out and grabbed him.
He was afraid that even Lin Jing would disappear—he didn't know the kind of magic that could make someone vanish in the blink of an eye.
I wonder if he will have another chance to learn it in the future.
"Alright, alright, don't push her so hard," Chu Shan said. "I'm not in a hurry to leave either. You can talk to her properly when you have time. Let her calm down first."
He didn't want to see the two sisters arguing over him as soon as he arrived.
"Um……"
Lin Jing then gave up.
She nodded.
After Lin Tang left, the small attic returned to its original tranquility.
Neither Chu Shan nor Lin Jing were particularly outgoing, so when they got together, they didn't have much to say.
A gentle breeze was blowing.
Now only Lin Jing and Chu Shan are in the attic.
There's something odd about the atmosphere...
Lin Jing thought for a moment and then said, "How about I take you back?"
Then he opened his mouth and said a long sentence with great difficulty: "And as for my younger sister... please don't hold it against her. She's still young. It's also my fault; I haven't taught her well enough."
Sigh, it must have been really tough on her to talk for so long, such a quiet person.
Chu Shan looked at Lin Jing's wrinkled little face, sometimes frowning and sometimes biting his lip, as if he was struggling to think of the right words.
To put it bluntly, she's an illiterate person with no education or formal education.
...So before she could finish speaking, Chu Shan couldn't help but pat her head again.
Lin Jing was startled when he was suddenly patted on the shoulder.
It then returned to normal.
He kept a straight face, pretending nothing had happened.
Chu Shan felt that this was a very thoughtful young girl, and she always seemed to be worrying about something.
But thinking about it carefully, she has become a ghost.
Without the pressures of the human world, what else could she possibly worry about?
She doesn't need to buy a car or a house...
Therefore, Chu Shan could only try his best to appear happy and use his emotions to influence Lin Jing's emotions.
Chu Shan laughed and said, "You make it sound like you're quite old. I thought you were twins."
Because it's obvious.
Identical faces, two completely different styles.
If Lin Tang is a child in her eyes, then what is she herself?
"I'm the older sister," Lin Jing said.