Reborn as a Good Child

49. Engagement's Cancelled

JingYuan didn't understand what XueQing was referring to. "What?" he asked. He raised his hand to touch the spot she exposed. Teeth marks, slightly swollen. It must've neem from last night when YiHan was so excited that he bit him. At the thought of last night, his lips unwittingly stretched into a strange (sweet?) smile.

At the sight of JingYuan's reaction, the bad feeling within XueQing grew stronger. She stared at JingYuan, waiting for his answer.

He snapped back into focus. "XueQing, I'm sorry. Our engagement is going to be cancelled," he apologised.

XueQing's heart sank. "Why?" she questioned.

"Because last night, HanHan and I were together," he solemnly replied.

"Together...meaning what? You two..."

"As you've seen. We did it," JingYuan honestly answered.

XueQing blinked. Her gaze bore right into JingYuan. "When he's sober?" she pushed.

JingYuan paused and frowned. "He was drunk," he hesitantly said.

All of a sudden, XueQing recalled Dr Chen telling them they could give YiHan some alcohol. Then, she remembered seeing Aunt Yang moving a few bottles up into his room. She had shaken her head in exasperation then. With her younger brother's "drunk in one shot" alcohol tolerance levels, he didn't need that much. It was clear Aunt Yang's mind was befuddled from all that worrying.

Then, the current situation was: JingYuan got YiHan drunk, took advantage during then and...

The thought of that possibility made XueQing's blood rush up to her head. She didn't even pause to think. She raised her palm and gave JingYuan a loud slap.

"How dare you betray our trust in you? How dare you betray my brother's dependence on you? I didn't think you were a monster that'd take advantage of other people when they're incapacitated! And you dare say you were together? Did my brother agree?" she interrogated through gritted teeth.

No wonder there were scratch marks and bite marks on JingYuan's body. It must be from when her poor brother struggled and fought. And where was she then? She's such a failure of a sister. She and all the people in this household sent the foolish little sheep straight into the wolf's jaws!

XueQing clenched her teeth so hard that her gums were about to bleed. That slap was not held back at all. A handprint quickly emerged on JingYuan's cheek.

"I love him and he likes me. Is it that wrong for us to be together?" he asked with another frown.

"He likes you?" XueQing let out a cold chuckle. "You really know how to dress yourself up in glitz and glamour. He's drunk. What made you think he likes you?"

JingYuan let out another smile, as mysterious as Mona Lisa's. A tinge of blush flushed through his handsome face. "He himself kissed me when he knew it was me. When we...ahem, did it, he kept calling out my name. What do you think that means?" he asked.

XueQing was stunned. How can this be? She clearly remembered her little brother's girlfriend from a few months ago. "Are you sure it's not a hallucination?" she said in a raised voice. Was JingYuan hallucinating out of mad desperation for YiHan?

"Of course not," JingYuan unhappily replied. "My name was on his lips the entire time. I heard it loud and clear. It was consensual between us. It just happened because both parties wanted it. If he didn't want to, I wouldn't have forced him."

XueQing's blazing mind slowly calmed down. Yes. If JingYuan really was a monster in disguise, then he's way too good of an actor to have hidden his personality for over ten years as if they were just a day. From how important JingYuan held her younger brother, it was certainly impossible for JingYuan to push himself on her little brother. Then...does that really mean HanHan likes JingYuan?