Chapter 25 Sister
Chapter 26 Sister

"You, what did you say..."

Matsushita looked at me with some fear, and the three people with me also looked at me with their mouths wide open.

"Isn't what I said clear enough?" I looked at him with some displeasure. A man who dithers. It's really annoying.

"Oh no. Sorry. Please wait a moment. I'll prepare it right away." Matsushita said and ran out in a panic.

"Brother Bing, do you really want to go directly to the middle school?" Taiyi asked timidly.

"Ah. I think I can pass the elementary school stuff directly. It's better to finish the training early instead of sitting here and wasting time." I smiled at Taiyi.

"It's because of her..." Ling's voice was trembling. Her purple bangs blocked her face again, so I couldn't see her expression.

"Is it because of her that you want to go to the middle school?" Ling's voice resounded throughout the room. At this moment, tears kept welling up in Ling's eyes.

"Ling... I..." I didn't know how to explain it.

Taiyi stood up wisely, pulled Mary out of the classroom, and closed the door, leaving the small room to us. He also cleverly stopped the teacher who came back in a hurry outside the door.

"Why...why!" Ling shouted at me excitedly. "Why am I inferior to Shirley? Tell me!"

"Ling..." I looked at her with a frown.

"Hey. Bing. Don't you like purple? Don't you like my purple hair? Then why do you like that girl with brown hair?"

"Ling. Stop talking."

"Or do you like her short wavy hair? If so, I can cut it. I can also perm it into waves."

"Ling... stop talking."

"Or maybe you like her figure? Or you like her face? But I'm no worse than her. Why do you like her?"

"Ling!" In order to control Ling's emotions, I hugged her tightly in my arms.

"Why? Why!!!" Ling cried in my arms. She cried heartbreakingly. My mind was a little confused at the moment. I didn't know how to face this girl. Does falling in love with someone mean that the other person will be hurt?
After a long while, Ling stopped crying. After she calmed down a little, I pulled her out of my arms.

"Ling, do you feel better?" I asked tentatively. Ling ignored me and turned her head away, not daring to look at me.

"Ling. Thank you. Thank you for liking me. But at the same time I can only say sorry. I cannot accept your feelings."

"Why? How am I worse than her? If you can't give me a reason that I think is reasonable, I won't give up." Ling's tone was still a little excited.

"Silly..." I stroked her bangs and smiled gently. "I have always regarded you as my family. Just like my own sister."

"Eh?"

"Purple. Indeed, I like purple very much. Because purple always makes me feel like family. So, when I first met you, I already regarded you as my sister."

Ling lowered her head, her face red and she didn't dare to look at me.

"So don't be angry about Shirley. Although you two hold different positions in my heart, I will protect you with the same heart and treat you with the same feelings. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Then. Why do you like Shirley?" Ling's tone softened a little.

"Haha. You may not believe it." I paused. "Because Shirley is the one I am destined to love."

"Eh?"

"Okay, Ling, there are some things I can't explain. I also ask you not to think about it. Although it may be inappropriate, I still want to ask." I swallowed and said to her softly. "Ling. Will you be my sister?"

Ling lowered her head and said nothing. I didn't ask any more questions, because I thought she needed time to make a decision.

"Before..." It lasted for a long time. Ling's sweet voice came into my ears again. "Before, before I came to the organization. At home, only my brother would touch my head." Ling began to speak slowly with a faint memory. "Later, the family was torn apart by a fire. Everyone except me was burned to death. It was my brother who threw me into the swimming pool behind the villa with all his strength before he died. That's how I survived. After that, I was taken back to the organization by a man in black. Since then, I swear that only the people closest to me can touch my head. That's why I get very angry when you touch my head." Ling glanced at me.

"But you are just like my brother. You always like to rub my bangs. I don't want to admit it, but at that moment, I actually thought of you as my brother." Ling said while looking at me with a blushing face.

"I wanted to treat you as my brother. But after the last sniper training, I realized that I have more than just a brother-sister relationship with you." At this point, Ling's eyes became affectionate. "In an organization like this, you are the only person I can feel I can confide in. So..."

"In other words, you like me because I carried you on my back during the last training?" I asked.

"I don't know either." Ling turned away. "I only know that after that time, my feelings towards you have changed subtly. But I can't explain it. It's like the aura you exude now is guiding me."

"Huh? Have you also noticed that there's something different about me?"

"Yeah. There is a clear difference between you yesterday and you today." Ling turned to me again. "Is that so? Haha. Because something happened. Um, let's not talk about this, go on."

"Yeah... I didn't have that feeling until last night. I saw the expression on your face when you carried Shirley on your back. Yes. It was the first time I saw you smile happily. That's why I was angry. Angry that that woman took you away from me. Angry that you never smiled like that when you were with me."

"Ling..."

"Maybe that's why I can't compare to her." Ling laughed at herself. "Anyway, I think I lost. Since I can't be your woman, I can only be your sister." Ling wiped the tears from her face and smiled at me reluctantly.

"Hey, hey... What's the point of being a woman or not? We are only 7 years old, okay?" I squinted my eyes and looked at Ling. "But I seem to have heard that sentence before. It seems a little different."

"How dare you say that. You are only 7 years old, but you have such a mature heart. Otherwise, how could I fall in love with you." Ling looked at me with a blushing face.

"Um... Although I don't want to say it, I feel that Ling, you don't look like a 7-year-old child." I continued to look at her with my squinted eyes.

"Although I am young, I have experienced many things that adults may not have experienced. That's why I became like this." Ling said lightly.

"That's it..."

"Also. You just said that you seemed to have heard this sentence I said. I guess it was Jingliu who said it." Ling looked at me with her half-moon eyes narrowed.

"Eh?" I looked up at the ceiling and thought about it. "It seems to be true. Although one is the older sister and the other is the younger sister. But the meaning is almost the same. But how did you know?"

"Because Jingliu looks at you with the same eyes as I do. Don't tell me she doesn't like you. I won't believe it even if you kill me." Ling said angrily. And I could only smile awkwardly.

"Okay. I'll go wash my face and ask them to come in." Ling took the lead in breaking the awkwardness and walked out.

"So, Ling, you agree to be my sister?" I asked.

"Haven't you already touched my head?" Ling turned her head and smiled sweetly.

"Haha. That's true. Then..." I said with a naughty smile. "Call me brother and let me hear it."

"Impossible. Don't even think about it!" Ling walked out of the classroom angrily.

Huh... After seeing Ling leave, I let out a long sigh of relief. I finally dealt with this little girl. I was so tired. Although Ling is the same age as me, I never thought that her thinking would be so mature. I thought it would take a long time to solve this matter. Unexpectedly, the whole incident ended successfully with just a cry.

After a while, Matsushita and Taichi came in.

"Brother IceWine. This disk contains the test papers you need to take. The test subjects include mathematics, Japanese, and English. Including the classification of A and B papers, there are a total of six test papers. Each test paper takes one hour. A total of six hours. But there are only more than three hours left before dinner time. What do you think..." Panasonic asked for my opinion.

"It's okay. Give it to me." I said, stretching.

"Yes." Matsushita handed me the disk respectfully. "Brother IceWine, you can answer the questions using your computer. As for the calculation questions, you can use the writing board next to you to answer them."

"Ah. I see. You can test them on the third grade stuff. I'll start now." I inserted the disk into the computer, opened the test paper and started to do it. At the same time, Ling and the others also started the third grade academic test. The time was also six hours.

Tick-tick-tick... We were typing away on the keyboard and clicking the mouse. We started the busy exam. Since I didn't sleep last night, I didn't plan to waste time. I answered the questions as quickly as possible. Especially for the multiple-choice questions, I basically didn't stop. I kept clicking. Ling next to me was dumbfounded. She thought I was randomly choosing the options.

Finally, after more than two hours, I finished answering six test papers and lay on the table to take a nap.

"Monster..." Ling squinted her eyes and looked at me. I looked up. Ling had just answered the fourth one. I smiled at her. I lay on the table and fell asleep.

I slept for about an hour. Ling woke me up because it was time for lunch. I handed my disk to Panasonic. Unexpectedly, Ling also handed it in. Taiyi and Mary's disks were still inserted in the computer. I guess they haven't finished yet.

"Brother IceWine, I will mark your paper for you. You can do whatever you want this afternoon. No need to come here specially. The same goes for Ling." Matsushita bowed to me.

"Then how do I know if I've passed?" I said lazily, yawning.

"Tomorrow we will still study cultural subjects. If you pass the exam, I will take you directly to the middle school."

"Okay. Thank you for your help then." I took Ling and the others out of the classroom.

"You're welcome. Please take your time."

After leaving the classroom, I looked at Shiho's classroom. The little girl was still concentrating on the computer. Didn't she eat? I wondered.

"Stop looking." Ling pushed me from behind. "It will be yours sooner or later. Now you have to go to lunch with us."

“Hehe…hehe…” The corners of my mouth twitched.

After lunch, I returned to my bedroom. Ling and the others followed me. But I didn't see Shiho coming back. Maybe she went back to the computer room after lunch.

I arranged for Jingliu to take care of Ling and the others. I went back to my bedroom. After all, I didn't sleep all night. Now I need to catch up on some sleep.

(End of this chapter)