After Transmigrating, I Married the Male Lead’s Sister (GL) - Chapter 10

Qin Qing squatted down, and the shawl draped over her shoulders fell softly to the floor. Li Suimei stared at the crown of her head for two seconds and suddenly said, “I’m 20 years old.” The two of them were so close that Qin Qing could smell Li Suimei’s faint fragrance and the rich, vibrant scent of sunlight.

“20 years old,” Qin Qing nodded, as if amused. In her eyes, a child of that age still had a bit of childishness about her.

Li Suimei seemed to catch a glimpse of the upturn of her lips. A strand of hair flew past her face, and Qin Qing stood up, her expression gone. “Does it hurt anymore?”

Li Suimei blushed and stammered, “It’s much better… thank you…”

“Aren’t you going to call me sister?”

“…”

Qin Qing only helped her clean up the blood, and the rest was left to the family doctor who arrived. Disinfection, medication, and bandaging.

Aunt Zhong brought Qin Qing a cup of brown sugar ginger tea. Qin Qing raised her hand, and the shawl slipped from her shoulders. She covered her nose and reluctantly took it and held it in her hand.

Li Suimei, because she had cried so pitifully, was given a cup of sugar water. As she held it in her hand, she heard Qin Qing ask the doctor, “Will it leave a scar?”

Dr. Lin looked up at Li Suimei’s smooth and delicate forehead while taking medicine from the medical box, “Miss Li has injured her forehead before, and there should be special wound medicine. Just apply it on time.”

Li Suimei hummed and subconsciously touched her forehead. The wound medicine was given by her mother, and it indeed didn’t leave a scar, but no one could tell that she had been injured on her forehead.

Unexpectedly, Dr. Lin, who seemed dignified and honest, would also be interested in her gossip.

After sending Dr. Lin away, Li Suimei didn’t dare to cry anymore. Aunt Zhong said she would make her some pork bone soup and went to the kitchen. The living room suddenly became quiet, and being alone with Qin Qing, Li Suimei felt that even the air had slowed down.

“Qin…”

She still didn’t like calling Qin Qing sister, but it would be awkward if she didn’t continue. Li Suimei stared at the desk in front of the sofa and asked with embarrassment, “Can we, can we add each other on WeChat?”

Qin Qing didn’t speak, but gathered the shawl around her. Seeing that Aunt Zhong had left, she pushed the brown sugar ginger tea far away.

…Pushing it in front of Li Suimei.

Li Suimei: “…”

The other person glanced at her, “Don’t you like drinking it?”

Her chin pointed to the empty cup in front of Li Suimei.

Li Suimei could only pick up the cup and gulp it down, holding her breath. Qin Qing was very satisfied and pulled the corner of her shawl.

She blew a breath into her palm. The smell of ginger tea filled the air.

Qin Qing had a fragrant and refreshing scent, without a trace of the smell of ginger tea. So she didn’t like ginger tea, no wonder she was cold to her in the morning but was willing to help her with the medicine in the afternoon.

Li Suimei bit her lower lip, and the wound on her leg still stung. She still couldn’t say what was in her heart.

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In the evening, Qin Zhan returned to Qin Bay. He was windswept and exhausted, and as soon as he got home, Qin Qing called him to the study.

Li Suimei listened at the door. The door didn’t have a peephole, so she could only hear the sound of the door opening and closing on the other side.

After about 10 minutes, the door opened again, and there were two knocks on the door.

Li Suimei quickly pinched her thigh and opened the door with red eyes. She called out softly, “Qin Zhan.”

Qin Zhan stood in front of her, his messy hair covering his eyebrows. Li Suimei looked over his shoulder and saw Qin Qing lazily closing the door opposite.

The door closed, and Li Suimei looked at Qin Zhan.

Qin Zhan said, “You’re injured?”

Li Suimei lowered her shoulders and didn’t look at him.

Qin Zhan felt a little guilty, “I shouldn’t have…”

“Qin Zhan,” Li Suimei interrupted him, saying, “I was wrong before. Now I want to win you back, okay?”

She looked up at Qin Zhan’s eyes, but didn’t see any deep affection. Qin Zhan looked at her and after a moment, said, “Okay.”

Li Suimei smiled, her eyes slightly red, and her face and lips were pale. Under the bright night light of the corridor, her stiff shoulders relaxed. “Then let’s go on a date tomorrow! Okay?”

She suggested enthusiastically, and Qin Zhan also agreed.

After Qin Zhan left, Li Suimei glanced at the opposite door.

—Liu Ruoxi had said that nothing in the Qin family could be hidden from Qin Qing.

As smart as she was, seeing the injured Li Suimei today, she must have talked to Qin Zhan.

Back in her room, Li Suimei’s heart was pounding. Qin Qing was indeed protective. Even though they had only met a few times, she would speak up for her for the sake of the relationship between the Qin and Li families.

So, as long as she could make a good impression on Qin Qing first, then Qin Qing, who was willing to sacrifice Li for her brother, might be willing to give the Li family a way out for Li Suimei’s sake.

She wasn’t the female lead and couldn’t be Qin Zhan’s wife, so it would be better to be a junior and be friends with Qin Qing than to do nothing.

She didn’t want to die of depression because she couldn’t bear the vastly different living conditions. But since she had taken over the original character’s body, she should also think about Ji Wenjing and Li Enhua.

Li Suimei flipped through the calendar. It was already the end of July.

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The next day

Li Suimei went downstairs and met Qin Zhan who was eating breakfast at the table. Qin Zhan looked at her and was stunned for a second.

“What’s wrong?”

Qin Zhan smiled and pushed the coarse grain porridge prepared by the aunt in front of her, “You didn’t put on makeup today?”

Li Suimei nodded, “I just put on some sunscreen, is that okay?”

“Looks good.”

Li Suimei stirred her porridge, smiling. In the past, the original character liked to go to noisy places, and when she went out, she usually wore heavy makeup. Although heavy makeup had its own beauty, she thought that someone who had made a decision to “reform” should show a change. Light makeup or no makeup would be more in line with her current mood.

Sure enough, Qin Zhan looked at her several times during breakfast.

While eating, the two were discussing where to go on a date when they heard footsteps coming from the stairs. Li Suimei thought it was Qin Qing and was about to call out the name she had rehearsed all night, but when she turned around, she saw Liu Ruoxi coming down from upstairs.

“Mom?” Qin Zhan stood up, “Didn’t you go to find Dad?”

Liu Ruoxi rubbed her neck, “We had an argument. Your father, that straight man, made me so angry.”

“Aunt,” Li Suimei said politely, with her two dimples faintly visible, “Qin, Qin Qing… isn’t she coming down for breakfast?”

Aunt Zhong brought out two small dishes, “The eldest miss went back to the company early this morning! She said there’s a new project in the company, so she won’t be coming back to Qin Bay recently. It’s more convenient for her to commute if she stays in the city.”

Li Suimei: “Oh.”

It’s okay, there’s still time. Li Suimei comforted herself.

Liu Ruoxi was unhappy. She had set the rule that everyone in the family had to return home at least twice a week. No matter how close a family was, if they didn’t interact, their feelings would grow distant. It had been almost a month since Qin’s father had left, and if Qin Qing didn’t come back, what kind of family would this be?

“How long will this busy period last?” Liu Ruoxi asked indifferently.

Aunt Zhong put her dishes in front of her, and Li Suimei perked up her ears.

“Probably a month or so.”

Li Suimei: “………………”

“Meimei, why do you look so pale?”

Before Qin Zhan turned his face, Li Suimei adjusted her expression and quickly said, “…The porridge is too hot.”

Qin Qing would be away for more than a month, which meant she couldn’t meet her for more than a month? Li Suimei thought, and even felt distracted during her date with Qin Zhan.

But things seemed to take a turn for the better in the afternoon. Li Suimei got Qin Qing’s WeChat, and the other party agreed very quickly.

She and Qin Zhan appeared at the cinema. On the weekend, and with a hot new movie showing, the self-service ticket machines were crowded. Qin Zhan went to buy drinks, and Li Suimei protected her phone and sent a message to Qin Qing, [Qin…]

Suddenly, her elbow was bumped several times. Her fingers slid randomly across the keyboard, and her heart skipped a beat. When she looked at her phone again.

[Qin you b——&*……b——%%……&]

Li Suimei: “…”

Qin Zhan returned with the milk tea and popcorn and saw Li Suimei looking pale.

Li Suimei was clutching her phone. He didn’t intentionally peek, but his position was just right, and he glanced at a bunch of gibberish. Qin Zhan frowned, and even thought the avatar looked familiar: “Meimei, don’t swear.”

Li Suimei: “…”

Damn it!

T/N: Hahaha… Meimei is so brave to curse Qingqing!