What Should I do After Binding the Wrong System and the Female Lead comes Knocking at my Door? - Chapter 38

New Year’s Eve.

“Is it all lined up?”
“Move it a little to the left, just a tiny bit up… good, it’s aligned.”

Pei Yuanxi stood on a stool carefully pasting the Spring Festival couplets, while Gu Qing stood on the ground, helping her steady the stool.

Gu Qing was afraid that Pei Yuanxi might accidentally bump into something, so she also pasted a “Fu” character on the back of Pei Yuanxi.

Pei Yuanxi: …

Once they finished, Pei Yuanxi clapped her hands and jumped off the stool, causing Gu Qing to be startled.

“Be careful.”

“Haha… I’m not scared, why should you be?”

Gu Qing gave her a look. Pei Yuanxi’s smile gradually faded, and she cleared her throat. “Alright, let’s go, we still need to paste at your place.”

Since Gu Qing moved in, Pei Yuanxi hadn’t had a chance to visit yet.
Now that she saw it, it was pretty nice!

Actually, nothing had really changed. The place was exactly the same as when Gu Qing first moved in.

Pei Yuanxi went upstairs first, walked to the door of Gu Qing’s bedroom, and pasted a “Fu” character on the door.

After finishing, Pei Yuanxi looked at Gu Qing with sparkling eyes.

Gu Qing pursed her lips. “Do you want to take a look inside?”

Pei Yuanxi pretended to be shy and hesitated, “Is it appropriate? Is it convenient?”

Then, she opened the door and peeked inside, her head stretching in to observe.
Once she saw that there were no intimate clothes on the bed, she confidently walked in.

Gu Qing followed behind, watching Pei Yuanxi, who seemed awkward but was trying to act casual. Gu Qing chuckled softly.

She then invited Pei Yuanxi, “Do you want to take a nap here for a while?”

“Cough, cough…”

Although Pei Yuanxi was tempted, she still mustered the strength to refuse.
“Maybe not, or else it’ll seem like we’re just sleeping and not doing anything else.”
And even when sleeping, it’s just sleeping…

If this were in a novel, the readers would probably be complaining!

Gu Qing nodded. “I’ll put the new clothes in my suitcase and change tomorrow.”

Pei Yuanxi thought for a moment, “Why not put my clothes in your suitcase too? It’s not like it won’t fit.”

Gu Qing froze for a moment, originally wanting to reject it, but then changed her mind. “Well, go ahead and bring them over.”

“Okay.”

Once Pei Yuanxi left the room, Gu Qing let out a sigh of relief, quickly opening her suitcase and tearing open the packaging of the bunny girl outfit, tucking it into the zipper section of the suitcase.

Just then, Pei Yuanxi suddenly pushed the door open again. “Oh, I forgot to ask, who brought the makeup?”

Before Gu Qing could respond, she noticed that Gu Qing, with a nervous look, kicked something under the bed.

Pei Yuanxi: ???

What’s this?
Is there a little secret here…
And it’s not even allowed to be seen?

Gu Qing: …

Gu Qing took a deep breath. “Just bring yours.”

“Oh, okay.”

Pei Yuanxi glanced curiously at the bed before turning around.

Although she was very curious, if Gu Qing didn’t want her to know, she could only hold back.
Probably some stuff from before she crossed over, right?
It made sense that Gu Qing didn’t want her to see.

What Pei Yuanxi didn’t know was that she had already come up with an entire backstory for it, while Gu Qing was still feeling relieved that her quick action had prevented Pei Yuanxi from seeing the packaging with the bunny girl model.

Today was truly an important day.
Whether or not it would succeed depended on tonight…

Gu Qing admitted she wasn’t the most graceful person, nor did she understand much about romance or fancy gestures.
While others might set up elaborate romantic scenes to confess their feelings, she could only wear a bunny girl outfit for Pei Yuanxi to see.

Luckily, Pei Yuanxi had never minded her lack of romantic sophistication…
Not only did she not mind, but she also tried hard to fill the emotional void within Gu Qing’s soul.

With how great Pei Yuanxi was, how could Gu Qing bear to let her go, to let someone else have her?
So, Gu Qing decided that even if this time didn’t work out, she wouldn’t leave Pei Yuanxi’s side.
She would be the one to cling on.

Once they finished packing up, they went to the family home.

When they arrived, Pei Muchen and Chu Qingyan were already there preparing the New Year’s Eve dinner.

Pei Yuanxi’s eyes lit up when she saw all the food. “Oh wow! So much delicious food, let me try some!”
Without hesitation, she grabbed a piece of beef and put it in her mouth. “Yummy!”

Chu Qingyan laughed. “My little sister, you’re eating that beef tendon without even dipping it in sauce!”

“Still tasty!”

Gu Qing followed behind and softly greeted them. “Sister, Sister-in-law.”

Pei Muchen smiled. “You two go ahead, we’ll have you try my cooking tonight.”

Pei Yuanxi took out a bunch of Spring Festival couplets. In their family, Pei Yuanxi was the one who always put them up, and this time was no different, though this time, Gu Qing would help her.

Pei Muchen watched them whispering and discussing how best to paste the couplets, then smiled quietly, glancing at the photo of their parents.

Chu Qingyan noticed the change in Pei Muchen’s expression and realized that she had fully accepted Gu Qing.

She sighed in relief.
After all these years with Pei Muchen, she sometimes wondered whether the sibling rivalry between the two of them Pei Yuanxi being overly protective of her older sister, and Pei Muchen being the same with her would ever cause problems.
It sounded exaggerated, but it showed just how important family was to them.

She had once worried that Pei Yuanxi would oppose her relationship with Pei Muchen, but Pei Yuanxi had accepted it quickly, sincerely treating her like a sister-in-law.

Then, when they found out about Gu Qing, Pei Yuanxi had also quickly come to terms with it, never causing trouble between the two sisters.

It turned out she had been overthinking it. Pei Muchen and Pei Yuanxi were far more understanding than she had imagined.

As Pei Yuanxi and Gu Qing finished pasting the couplets, they washed their hands and entered the kitchen to help prepare the meal.

Pei Muchen gave her sister a glance. “What’s with the ‘Fu’ on your back?”

Pei Yuanxi and Gu Qing froze.

They had forgotten all about it. Even Gu Qing, who had been behind Pei Yuanxi all day, had gotten used to seeing it.

Gu Qing quickly moved to help Pei Yuanxi take it off, but Pei Muchen smiled and said, “Leave it, it’s fine.”

Pei Yuanxi proudly declared, “This is Ah Qing’s blessing for me! Don’t you have one?”

Pei Muchen nodded indifferently.

Chu Qingyan, meanwhile, put her arm around Pei Muchen’s shoulder and teased, “Don’t worry, I’ll stick two on you later one in front, one behind!”

Pei Muchen: ???
Pei Yuanxi suddenly shuddered.

Oh no…
For some reason, every time she heard these kinds of jokes from her sister and sister-in-law, she couldn’t help but imagine certain things, and then immediately thought about herself and Ah Qing…

No one in the room knew what Pei Yuanxi was thinking, except that Gu Qing noticed the strange look in Pei Yuanxi’s eyes.

Time passed as the family chatted and laughed together.

Later in the evening, when the New Year’s Eve dinner was ready, Pei Muchen lit incense at the family altar and arranged offerings.

“Yan Yan, Ah Qing, come here.”

Gu Qing and Chu Qingyan paused.

“Follow me and Yuanxi. We’ll bow to our parents and light incense.”

Gu Qing took the incense and stared at Pei Yuanxi.
“Dad… Mom…?”

Pei Yuanxi gently took Gu Qing’s hand and squeezed it.
“Yes, Dad, Mom.”

Gu Qing’s eyes gradually reddened. She turned her head and took a deep breath.
“Okay.”

Pei Muchen and Chu Qingyan were already kneeling in front of the altar, and Pei Yuanxi and Gu Qing followed, bowing three times and lighting three sticks of incense.

Afterward, Pei Muchen smiled warmly at the three of them.
“Let’s eat the reunion dinner.”

As they sat at the table, Pei Muchen distributed chopsticks and said, “No matter how busy Yuanxi and I were every year, we always made sure to come back for the New Year’s Eve dinner.”

“It’s our promise, and we’ve kept it every year.”

“This year, things have changed. I have Yan Yan by my side, and Yuanxi has Ah Qing by hers.”

“I think it’s time we updated our promise, so from now on, every year, the four of us must come back here to eat together. What do you think?”

Pei Yuanxi was the first to shout “Great!” and clapped her hands excitedly.

Gu Qing smiled brightly. “Okay, sister.”

Chu Qingyan then said, “What are you staring at? Even if you didn’t want me here, I would still come.”

Pei Yuanxi poured drinks into everyone’s glasses.
“Cheers! To our family!”

“Cheers!” X4.

The reunion dinner, a night of togetherness.

After dinner, Pei Muchen and Chu Qingyan were ready to leave. Pei Yuanxi and Gu Qing saw them off.

Pei Muchen reminded her sister, “Tomorrow morning, wake up, cook the dumplings, and then offer them to our parents, changing the offerings. Be sure to arrange the chopsticks properly…”

Pei Yuanxi patted her chest. “Don’t worry, sis, Yuanxi’s here. No accidents!”

Pei Muchen gave her a skeptical look before turning to Gu Qing. “Ah Qing, please help keep an eye on Yuanxi.”

Gu Qing nodded. “Got it, sis.”

Pei Muchen was still worried, so she reminded them once more, “Ah Qing, watch over Yuanxi carefully.”

Once Gu Qing reassured her, Pei Muchen finally got in the car and slowly left.

Gu Qing smiled lightly as she watched Pei Muchen’s car drive off. “How unreliable do you think you are in your sister’s eyes?”

Pei Yuanxi shrugged. “After all, I’ve always been the little girl in her eyes, the one who never grows up.”

Gu Qing wanted to say that sometimes, Pei Yuanxi felt like a child to her too.
How to put it…
Pei Yuanxi was like a child in many ways.
No matter what she did, Gu Qing never found it surprising.
It was just that this little girl occasionally got a little mischievous.
Like now, when Pei Yuanxi was staring at her with that weird look from the afternoon while they were cooking.

Gu Qing felt a little awkward under her gaze.
“What are you staring at?”

Pei Yuanxi’s face flushed red.

Gu Qing was confused.

“I just asked, why are you blushing?”

Pei Yuanxi coughed awkwardly.

“Well, I was just thinking about what sister-in-law said this afternoon about sticking two ‘Fu’ characters.”

She said that while stealing a glance at Gu Qing’s reaction.

Gu Qing was almost laughing.
What on earth was Pei Yuanxi thinking all the time?