Chapter 348: You Keep Bullying Me! You Can’t Keep Doing This!
“However, don’t get too happy just yet. I am Dragon Brother’s first woman, so all the house rules have to go through me.”
Hu Yu Ying was dead serious about this.
“Even though you gave yourself to Dragon Brother, but…”
Before Hu Yu Ying could finish, Lin Wan Ning jumped in smoothly: “I know, if I’m not obedient, big sis will kick me out.”
“Not just here at home, anytime, you will always be my good big sis.”
With heartfelt emotion, she looked at Hu Yu Ying and said: “Thank you for forgiving me, even though I’m such a shameless person.”
“I’m not forgiving you,” Hu Yu Ying snapped. “It’s your threat to Dragon Brother that I still have to hold you accountable!”
“No, what I forgive is Dragon Brother’s honesty and torment.”
“You know how important he is to me.”
“He always wants to do everything perfectly, but he’s completely flustered when it comes to you.”
From the video taken by Lin Wan Ning, everything was clear now.
Dragon Brother doesn’t want to hurt anyone. He tried to shoulder all the blame himself, but indirectly, he also hurt Lin Wan Ning.
His persistence, his feelings, his choices, his helplessness, his suffering, his final confession—all of it was right before her eyes.
What’s happened can’t be undone, and debating right or wrong is meaningless now. She wasn’t actually accepting Lin Wan Ning, she was accepting everything about Dragon Brother.
After this, the relationship between her and Dragon Brother would deepen even more.
Meanwhile, he would hold more space in his heart for her.
No matter what scheming Lin Wan Ning had, she’d lose out to her own self-centeredness.
And as a girl who lost her innocence, how much coldness and injustice would she face in the future? Though Lin Wan Ning claimed she was willing, ultimately, Dragon Brother bore part of the responsibility.
She was willing to give up everything for Dragon Brother—her dignity, her face—just to be a small third party in the shadows. That alone proved just how much she loved Dragon Brother; otherwise, she wouldn’t have gone this far.
Even though everything had already happened, there had to be a sequence—she, as the elder sister, had her own rules.
With that, Hu Yu Ying looked toward the door: “Aren’t you coming in?”
At her words, Dragon Brother pushed open the door and entered.
He’d long been back, but hearing Hu Yu Ying and Lin Wan Ning talk, he hadn’t disturbed them.
He set the breakfast on the table.
Just like before, he opened it up and placed it before the little girl. His mood was incredibly complicated.
Ah Ying’s words echoed in his mind. It was because of her, he had compromised.
“You put everything right in front of me. What is Wan Ning eating?”
Dragon Brother looked at Hu Yu Ying, then at Lin Wan Ning, who lowered her eyes silently: “Aren’t you the one who said at home I should be the boss?”
Hu Yu Ying watched her confused and helpless big brother, then burst into a smile: “So it’s just at home you’re the boss?”
“No, I mean, I’m always the boss to you.”
Lin Wan Ning looked at her brother, who sounded like he had a respiratory infection, then at Hu Yu Ying’s smiling eyes. Softly, she said: “Ah Ying has already accepted me.”
“From now on, she’s my sister. I’ll listen to her. If you make her angry, I won’t pay attention to you anymore.”
Her family was no longer a place that could contain her.
If she could have a home here, she’d be willing to do anything.
Before, she felt like someone in the sewer who couldn’t see the light. Now, with Ah Ying’s acceptance, she could at least see some brightness.
Though she still faced awkwardness, deep down, she owed her allegiance to Ah Ying.
After breakfast, Lin Wan Ning received a video call from Li Qing Xue.
To avoid embarrassment, she informed Hu Yu Ying then quietly left.
As Lin Wan Ning departed, Dragon Brother stepped forward, wrapping Hu Yu Ying in his arms: “Actually, you don’t have to be like this.”
Hu Yu Ying struggled to break free from his embrace, but after a couple of futile attempts, realizing he was simply holding on tighter, she gave up. “Do you think I want to be like this?”
“Wan Ning’s family doesn’t care about her, and you’ve stolen her innocence. What’s she supposed to do alone?”
“I’m sorry.”
Hearing this, Hu Yu Ying’s tears couldn’t be contained anymore: “You just bully me! You can’t keep bullying me like this!”
“You don’t know how badly it hurts inside.”
“I know, I know,” Dragon Brother looked at the tearful little girl, pain twisting his heart. “If your heart hurts, you can hit me, yell at me, but please don’t leave me.”
“How many times have you done it with Wan Ning?”
“Last week, Wednesday and Friday this week.”
Hearing that, Hu Yu Ying smacked her fist twice against Dragon Brother’s chest: “Now you’ve got two women with you. Are you happy inside?”
“You have no idea how conflicted, how scared I am,” Dragon Brother admitted honestly. “I only want you.”
“I don’t believe that. Wan Ning watched even more of those little videos, she knows more, she plays more recklessly—does that mean she’s more wild? If you only wanted me, why didn’t you tell me sooner?”
“Because I was scared—I was afraid you’d leave me. So I dared not tell you. But I realized I just couldn’t keep hiding it anymore.”
“You’re not afraid that after I hear, I’ll leave you?” Hu Yu Ying’s tone softened.
“I am scared too, but I simply can’t keep hiding it from you anymore. The guilt is worse than being killed,” Dragon Brother confessed.
“I just don’t know what to do anymore. The only thing I can think of is to tell you everything.”
“Back then, I kept thinking: as long as you don’t leave me, I’d be willing to do anything. Hu Yu Ying, I can’t leave you.”
“I know I’m being unreasonable, but I can’t let go. I won’t let you leave. You hate me, blame me—fine—I accept all of that. I really can’t be parted from you…”
Once, the big brother who stood before her—bossy, domineering, guiding her, helping her—now held her waist and said he couldn’t live without her.
It all feels like a beautiful dream. It turns out, liking someone—even Dragon Brother—can make him so humble.
But isn’t he also her only one in this lifetime? Her everything.
Just as Hu Yu Ying said, she wasn’t forgiving Lin Wan Ning—she was forgiving her Dragon Brother from the start to the end.
A man who commits a guilty deed, doesn’t think about how to hide it, but chooses to confess to her.
He didn’t shift all blame onto her because Lin Wan Ning made the first move. Instead, he took responsibility himself.
This kind-hearted person, if he chose to hide it, she would believe him unconditionally…
