A tall man in a Western business suit stepped out of the two-door airport entrance with his suitcase and got into his Porsche. He started the car and sped off to his sister's house to surprise her. He was supposed to come in a week, but he had finished his work abroad early and he came three days earlier.
As he arrived at the neighborhood gate, the employee in the booth came to the window and looked at the man in the luxurious car. His handsome face amazed every woman, including the worker. She blushed and asked him who he was visiting.
"I'm Tang Lin's brother. I was supposed to come here three days later, but I happened to be able to come earlier."
"Oh! You're Tang Qingyu, right? Ms. Lu asked me to let you inside in a week, but it seems you came a little earlier. I'll have to call her and ask again—"
'Ms. Lu'? Qingyu was confused for a second, but then he thought he must've heard wrong, so he just ignored it.
"Can you allow me to go inside without asking her? You see, I was supposed to surprise her today and if you called her it wouldn't be such a surprise. Can I be an exception today? I promise my sister won't get you in trouble for this. Please?"
The woman couldn't stand refusing to a handsome man like him, so she told him to go to mansion number eight and she opened the gate for him.
In Lin's house, Shen and his fiancée were hanging out on the couch. He brushed her hair with his fingers and her head was laying on his lap as she tried to fall asleep.
Suddenly, there were beeping sounds coming from the door. They had thought that it was Tang Jin, so they didn't care if he saw them together on the couch, since everyone knew about them already.
"Who are you? Why are you with my sister?!"
Tang Qingyu was outraged to see his dear little sister laying on another man's lap.
Tang Lin heard a familiar voice and got up.
"Qingyu? What are you doing here? I thought you weren't coming until three more days."
She was surprised to see her brother. He probably now had a bad first impression of Shen since he didn't even know that she was in a relationship.
"Was I going to continue to be kept in the dark about your relationship if I had came on the original day?"
Lin sighed and said, "No. And by the way, Qingyu, you don't remember Lu Shen?"
Tang Qingyu tried to recall. Then, he remembered the little skinny boy his sister hung out with when they were younger.
"Stick boy?" Qingyu said.
Shen's face turned dark. 'Stick boy? Was that my nickname for them when I was a little kid?'
Tang Lin said, "Umm... yeah. That's him."
"What is he doing here, then? Are you guys in a relationship?!"
"Yes. I'm sorry for not telling you sooner. I was unable to get in touch with you after you changed your number."
Tang Lin noticed the troubled expression on her brother's face and heard him say, "Well, I don't approve of your relationship!"
She was in disbelief.
"Why?! You haven't even seen him in years. What do you have against him? You don't have the right to decide on who I date or marry!" Lin was mad that her brother, who she hadn't seen in a year, was trying to decide on who she should live her life with. She was a grown woman! Not a teenage girl asking for approval from her older brother!
"I shouldn't explain myself to you! All you should know is that you will be heartbroken because of him later if you continue to stay with him," Qingyu said.
Why was he doing this? Initially, Lin didn't think that her brother was going to object to their relationship. It seemed as if there was a reason why he was so against it, but she didn't know what it was.
The man sighed, "Fine, I'll drop this matter for now, but that doesn't mean that I approve. I'm just holding it off because I don't want to put everyone in a bad mood when I just got back."
"Tang Qingyu, I don't know what I did wrong to make you disapprove of me, but I will try to take care of your sister to the best of my abilities. I promise that I will give her a great life after she marries me," Shen tried to convince him.
"Married? Did you guys even get engaged yet?" He remembered that the employee said Ms. Lu, instead of Ms. Tang.
"Shen proposed to me four days ago," Tang Lin said as she showed her ring.
"Did you even think before accepting it? Mother and Father wouldn't agree to this!" Qingyu said.
"They already accepted days ago. Nobody is objecting to our relationship except for you!" Lin yelled.
Her brother felt guilty for trying to break up this couple, but he felt that if he didn't do it, his sister would feel just how he felt.
"Whatever. I'm going to unpack and go to sleep. I'll visit Father and Mother tomorrow. I don't care if you guys want to come with me. Just wake up on time," Tang Qingyu said as he walked to the guest room.
When he finished packing up, he stood by the window and looked outside. He took out his phone and went to his contacts. He put the phone to his ear and the voice of a woman was heard.
"Wow. I can't believe you're the one to call first. What is the reason why you called me so late at night? Can't get over me?" The woman said.
"Your brother and my sister are together," he said bluntly.
"What? Shen is with Lin? How did it even come to this? They haven't seen each other in years? Why would they suddenly be together now?"
"I don't care. Get Lu Shen away from her. I'm not going to allow your younger brother to cheat on my sister, just like how you did to me, Lu Ying."
"I'm telling you again because it seems as if you didn't understand what I said a year ago. I DID NOT CHEAT ON YOU! You misunderstood! I have no feelings for you anymore, but I just want to make this clear before you hide from me again and go abroad for another year! That man was a guy set up for me by my paren—"
"Stop with your lies! I'm sick of you lying to me and pretending that everything is alright, when you're over there having a date with another guy. By the way, I didn't ask for your explanation. I asked for you to get your family away from my family!"
"Fine, Qingyu. Don't believe me. Don't even give me a chance to explain anymore! Even if I give a reasonable explanation, you still won't believe me!" Lu Ying hung up.
"Hello? Hello? Sh*t! She hung up on me!" Tang Qingyu tossed his phone on the bedside table and threw himself on the bed.
'What if she really was on a blind date set up by her parents? What if I just thought about all of this wrongly and she is really innocent? Wait, why am I defending her right now? She's the one who cheated on me! If she wants to continue lying to me, then I won't care. After all, I don't have any feelings for her anymore. I just have to keep Lin away from that man and his family. Lu Shen might be just like his sister. He'll cheat on Lin whenever he gets the chance. I will never let Lin suffer what I went through. Never.'