Chapter 45: The Best Brother in the World

  [Bro, are you free? Can we have a meal together?]

  [Of course! If my little sis wants to meet, I’ll always be free! 5 PM, Table 10 at Cloudtop Restaurant—already booked! I ordered your favorite: French-style pan-seared foie gras.]

  Ye Xian rarely took the initiative to ask Ye Shaowen out, so when she did, he was so overjoyed that he didn’t even look at the documents on his desk—he just grabbed his car keys and headed home.

  His assistant, Kami, saw Ye Shaowen leaving early with a huge smile and couldn’t help asking, “President Ye, you seem really happy today—good news?”

  “My little sister asked me out for dinner. I’m going to get her a gift first.”

  What a perfect big brother.

  Tall, rich, handsome, doting, and always there when needed—more reliable than most boyfriends.

  Kami looked on with envy, sighing at the unfairness of life.

  Ye Shaowen was over the moon, while Ye Xian, having received his reply, was full of guilt.

  The nicer her second brother was to her, the heavier her guilt weighed…

  For the sake of her own future, she had basically thrown his interests under the bus. He was definitely going to scold her ter for being a money-burning disaster of a little sister.

  Ye Xian tidied herself up casually, even making herself look a little pitiful on purpose, then headed straight for Cloudtop Restaurant.

  “Hello, this way please~”

  The waiter led her to the top floor. From afar, Ye Xian could already see Ye Shaowen sitting by the gss window.

  He was dressed in a sky-blue casual suit, not stiff and formal like typical businessmen. A few buttons were left loose, his white shirt was crisp and fresh—just sitting there, he looked every bit the elegant young master of a wealthy family.

  “Mr. Ye, your guest has arrived.”

  The waiter gave a slight bow. Seeing the person behind him in a cap and mask, wrapped up tightly, Ye Shaowen looked confused. “?”

  Ye Xian removed her mask and called out, “Bro.”

  To her surprise, Ye Shaowen looked even more shocked when he saw her face. “!”

  Who was this fresh-faced, sweet-smiling cutie?!

  Ye Xian raised an eyebrow. They’ve only been apart for what—a month? Is this level of surprise really necessary?

  “Xiao Yezi?”

  Once he confirmed it was really Ye Xian, Ye Shaowen stood up, visibly moved. “What happened to you?”

  “I’ve always looked like this.”

  “You took off the smoky eye makeup?”

  Two years ago, Ye Xian had gone through a phase of obsessively wearing heavy smoky makeup, buying piles of cosmetics and sthering them on her face every day. She’d taken a perfectly fresh-faced 16-year-old and turned herself into a 30-year-old witch. He’d been so mad, he gave her a few beatings, only to feel terrible afterward. But she had totally ignored his concerns and done whatever she wanted.

  And now she had voluntarily removed it, without anyone telling her to?

  Her natural face was so beautiful—naturally graceful, like a lotus emerging from water, with two soft dimples when she smiled. She was the definition of an adorable sweetheart.

  “Smoky makeup is ugly, so I stopped wearing it. It even trended on Weibo, didn’t you see?”

  “There’s always hate about you on Weibo. You wouldn’t let me interfere, so I deleted it ages ago. But didn’t you used to love smoky eye makeup? Said Jiang Wanze liked it or whatever. Why don’t you like it anymore?”

  “Oh please!” Ye Xian chuckled as she sat down, pcing her bag aside. “I don’t even like Jiang Wanze anymore. Why would I still like smoky makeup?”

  “What did you say?”

  The moment the words dropped, Ye Shaowen froze on the spot—like he’d been struck by lightning, utterly shocked.

  “Xiao Yezi, are you joking? Or… do you need something from me again?”

  —

  Big Brother: My little sister is finally growing up… so touched. This time I’ll guard her tightly and never let anyone take her away!

  Narrator: Might already be too te—she’s already caught the eye of a certain wolf…