Ten-Year Loyal Dog’s Road to Chasing Her Wife (GL) - Chapter 37

Chapter 37

It hadn’t been expected to turn out like this.

The “little brother” follower raised his eyes and saw that Qiao Mo’s eyes were clearly filled with a sense of lucidity.

She still recognized him, but she was deliberately pretending not to.

But no matter what was said, although this girl was very ugly, she had ultimately saved their lives. Delinquents value loyalty and brotherhood above all else. So, from this moment on, they truly regarded Brother Rui’s sister as their own sister; even if they didn’t like her that much yet, at least they wouldn’t be resistant to her. “Hello, Sister…”

Qiao Rui’s gaze instantly turned cold: “What are you calling her? She’s only my sister. Who gave you permission to call her that?”

The followers: “…” It seemed they had underestimated Brother Rui’s “sister-con” attributes.

Once the two of them had walked far away, a girl who had been hidden among the group of followers gave a disdainful cold snort: “I thought his sister was actually going to be beautiful, but it turns out she’s just like this. Not to be rude, but I’d say almost anyone in this school is better looking than his sister, right?”

One follower scratched his head and said, “Theoretically, what you’re saying is correct, but it feels like something is off.” To be honest, they had also been startled just now, but Qiao Mo’s considerateness quickly made them feel that, aside from not being good-looking, there was nothing else wrong with this girl. Her gentleness alone was enough to make her seem “good.”

The kind of good that comes from a very good personality.

“Hua Zhiyun, don’t mess around, I’m telling you. If you want to chase Brother Rui, then chase him, but don’t think about targeting his sister. If Brother Rui finds out, you’ll be in big trouble. If you do something to Brother Rui, he might forgive you; but if you do something to his sister, whether he’ll forgive you is hard to say.”

The girl said flatly, “Not being forgiven is better than being forgotten.”

As she spoke, she crushed out the cigarette in her hand on the trash can. Her very short pleated skirt rose in a small arc as she turned, but basically, no one could see the color of what was underneath even if they could, few would dare to look. “Let’s go.”

The girl expressionlessly pulled the hood of her school uniform over her head.

As she said this, she was already walking away, and her stride was quite stylish.

“Hua Zhiyun, I advise you not to dream of touching Brother Rui’s sister. You’ll regret it when the time comes.”

The person who had already walked away heard them and paused her footsteps. She turned slightly and said with a smile, “Listen to you all, acting like I’d actually dare to do something. She’s Brother Rui’s sister, isn’t she? She’s not my love rival, so why would I do anything to her? Don’t worry, I won’t do a thing.”

Everyone: “…” She talked a good game, but who knew what would actually happen later.

Generally speaking, the things Hua Zhiyun said and the things she did were opposites.

…

On the other side, Qiao Rui had already pushed out his precious electric scooter. “Check out your brother’s new ride. Is it cool?”

“Cool,” Qiao Mo said expressionlessly. At times like this, she always had to say it was cool; if she said it wasn’t, her brother could nag her about it the whole way home.

The journey home was quite long, enough for Qiao Rui to talk to her a lot: “Mei’er, you’ve become famous in our grade.”

“Why?”

“Because of your grades! They’re exceptionally good!”

“Oh.”

“Glorious tales about you are circulating in our class, saying things like how you completely crushed the people in Class 8 I mean, in terms of grades.”

“That’s impressive,” Qiao Mo said calmly.

“Yeah, I think it’s very impressive too. But then I remember that this is my sister, and it doesn’t feel like a big deal anymore.” Qiao Rui was simply like a 200kg child.

Qiao Mo glanced at him through the rearview mirror and said, “You seem very happy today.”

Qiao Rui said nonchalantly, “Of course I’m happy; you’re back. These past few days while you were at military training, I was bored to death at home. Doesn’t Mom usually sit by and watch you study? Well, now she’s watching me study. How could I possibly study obediently? So I was reading novels right under her nose. Can you imagine how mad she was?”

From those casual words, Qiao Mo could entirely imagine the “inhumane” life her brother Qiao Rui had lived while she was away. “Are you exaggerating?”

Qiao Rui shrugged and said, “Maybe a little, but missing you was real. No one bullied you over there, right?”

“No.”

“There will be circus performances near the vegetable market during National Day. Want me to take you?” Qiao Rui added.

Qiao Mo squinted her eyes and smiled, looking like a gentle young lady from ancient times: “Sure.”

Qiao Wan had felt many times that Qiao Mo’s personality was too good and too gentle, almost like the refined ladies of the past. Now that she saw Qiao Mo’s family, she understood why Qiao Mo was so gentle it was because the entire Qiao family was gentle.

Around a gentle person, a group of gentle people gathers.

This theory seemed to be confirmed in Qiao Mo. Growing up in such a family, how could Qiao Mo be aggressive?

The gentleness the world owed Qiao Mo was compensated for by her family.

…

In reality, for high schoolers, a holiday was just a change of location for doing homework. Going to the circus was actually quite a luxury. In a small place like Longting, seeing a circus was a special treat they weren’t usually around. Typically, only during major festivals would a traveling circus come and stay for a few days, leaving once they’d made enough money.

Therefore, during the limited circus performances, one often ran into acquaintances inside the tent.

Tickets were 20 yuan each. There were many people, and the queue was very long. Qiao Rui didn’t want Qiao Mo to be squeezed by others, so he had her stand to the side while he fought for the tickets alone. “Actually, the circus is quite boring; it’s the same few acts every year,” Qiao Rui said, looking at the small blackboard hanging on the circus tent.

His eyesight was quite good, so even from a distance, he could see the writing on it.

“Should I take you to the internet café to play League of Legends? Or maybe JX3? World of Warcraft works too.” Qiao Rui carefully recalled his accounts. “I’m good at all of them; I can carry you!”

“First, I’m not an adult yet; I can’t go into internet cafés. It would definitely be like the last time you go in while I read books outside, and then you get worried and come back out, so the computer you opened stays unused just giving money away for nothing.” Qiao Mo said expressionlessly, “Second, let’s just watch the circus. At least we can see tigers and lions.” As she spoke, she pointed to the performance list on the blackboard, specifically the “Tigers and Lions Jumping Through Fire Hoops” circled in red chalk.

But as she pointed, she froze. She saw someone very familiar.

Her desk-mate, Qiao Wan, had also come to the circus accompanied by Yuan Tianci, but neither of them looked particularly happy. It looked more like they had been forced into it.

Yuan Tianci was usually very kind-natured, but even he looked quite unwilling.

It was as if they had been pressured by their families to come out.

Qiao Mo lowered her hand and ultimately decided not to greet them. However, Xia Hanyin and the other two standing not far away saw her and waved enthusiastically: “Qiao Mo!” Xia Hanyin was especially enthusiastic. After waving, she noticed a 180cm tall handsome guy standing next to her. The two didn’t look alike at all, and the guy was clearly very close to Qiao Mo. She immediately understood: “Wow, Qiao Mo, when did you get such a handsome guy as a boyfriend? I didn’t expect you to be so low-key.”

Hearing this, Qiao Rui said lazily, “Wow, girl, you really have great taste. If you see Qiao Mo hitting on other boys in the future, remember to tell me.”

Xia Hanyin laughed and agreed, “Okay!”

An Xiaolei, however, gave a cold laugh and said, “Qiao Rui, are you playing the ‘incest’ (pseudo-medical term for sibling romance) route?” Seeing her companions’ bewildered expressions, An Xiaolei kindly explained: “Let me introduce you. This is Qiao Rui. Since you just called Qiao Mo ‘Sister Qiao’ (Qiao Mei), then this gentleman is ‘Brother Qiao’.”

There was a moment of silence from the confused Xia Hanyin and Qi Jun.

Xia Hanyin: “…”

Qi Jun: “…”

What game are they playing?

Until Qiao Rui proactively extended his hand: “Hello everyone, my name is Qiao Rui, I am Qiao Mo’s brother.”

Xia Hanyin: “…” She simply couldn’t believe Qiao Mo had such a good-looking brother. They didn’t look alike at all Qiao Mo must have been picked up from the streets, she definitely must have been! But to be honest, putting aside her skin issues, Qiao Mo was actually a great beauty; Xia Hanyin had seen it during military training.

Qiao Mo wasn’t ugly; she just lacked a “filter.”

“Biological brother.” As if knowing their inner thoughts, Qiao Rui grinned, showing off a set of white teeth. “Neither she nor I were picked up.”

Qi Jun: “…” Being born from the same biological mother and having this result was truly impressive. “Nice to meet you.” She grabbed Qiao Rui’s hand and shook it, earning a slight eyebrow raise from the man. It seemed an annoyed “tch” was about to escape his lips, so Qi Jun immediately let go of his hand and looked sincerely into his eyes again: “It’s a real pleasure to meet you.”

Before Qi Jun could lose the ability to move, Xia Hanyin dragged away this “flower-obsessed” girl who got over-excited at the sight of handsome men “Let’s go, Qi Jun! Stop lingering!”

Even after they had walked far away, Qi Jun was still saying, “Seriously, if I had known Qiao Mo’s brother was so handsome, I definitely would have been even nicer to her. He’s exactly my type! Really! A ‘little wolf dog’ type he looks like he can barely keep his eyes open, and he looks so fierce, but he’s actually especially gentle! I’ve confirmed it with one look. He’s the one I like!”

Xia Hanyin rolled her eyes slightly and dragged her away without hesitation: “Forget it. The only reason he gave you a pleasant face is that you’re Qiao Mo’s classmate, and the kind that gets along well with her. Why don’t you try bullying Qiao Mo and see if her brother’s ‘fierceness’ is real or fake?”

“Don’t try it.” Before Qi Jun could get any ideas, An Xiaolei quickly said, “I’m afraid I’d have to fish you out of the hospital tomorrow. Qiao Rui doesn’t like using his mouth; he likes using his hands.”

“…” The eager Qi Jun calmed down instantly.