The next day, early morning.
When Bai Xiaoyun woke up, she discovered Qin Tian was no longer beside the bed. She hurriedly ran downstairs, not even having time to fasten her top.
Downstairs, instead of finding the big brother she was thinking about, she saw her sister sitting on the sofa, looking exhausted.
"Where's big brother?" Bai Xiaoyun pouted angrily. "Did you drive him away?"
"Yunyun, you can't even call me sister anymore? In your heart, does your sister really mean less than a brother you've just met?" Bai Ruyu's beautiful face was full of bitterness.
Bai Xiaoyun was angry inside and wanted to lash out again, but seeing her sister's furrowed brow, looking as if she was in pain, she swallowed her angry words:
"It's different. Big brother is nice to me, while sister and dad just care about fighting over money, treating me like a tool. I hate you all!"
Hate?
When Bai Ruyu heard these words, it felt like her heart was being roasted over a fire, cut open with a dull knife. Tears welled up in her eyes.
Bai Xiaoyun began to panic. Actually, when she said "hate," it was just angry talk. Even though she was furious, she could never truly hate the sister she had adored since childhood, and she certainly couldn't bear to see her cry.
Moving closer, Bai Xiaoyun slowly walked up to Bai Ruyu and reached out to wipe her tears. "Don't cry, sister, okay? I don't hate you, really."
"Yunyun..." Bai Ruyu broke down and pulled her sister into her arms. "Please don't scare me like that, okay? Don't ever run away from home again, please?
Mom left us, and dad has abandoned us for his illegitimate son. You're the only family I have left. Please don't leave me, okay?"
In front of Qin Tian, Bai Ruyu might have been able to suppress the grievances in her heart.
But facing her blood-related sister, she released everything without holding back.
Her sister felt wronged!
But wasn't she wronged too?
She was just a girl too, only a few years older. Not only did she have to deal with those old foxes at the company who relied on seniority, but when she came home, she had to confront her father, and now even her beloved sister said she hated her.
How could she possibly hold up?!
"Sister, please don't cry, okay? I don't hate you anymore, I won't leave you, I'll never run away from home again!" Bai Xiaoyun hugged her sister's head, instinctively giving her a soft embrace.
She also began to sob with shared pain.
The sisters cried in each other's arms in the villa, in a place where no one could see them, just the two of them, depending on each other for survival!
After a long while, Bai Ruyu sniffled, feeling somewhat better after crying out some of the grief that had been suppressed in her heart.
She used her palm to wipe Bai Xiaoyun's little face, saying with concern, "Yunyun, don't cry anymore. If you keep crying, your face will be all blotchy and not pretty."
"Mm." Bai Xiaoyun sniffed and wiped the corners of her eyes, asking with worry: "Sister, do I look ugly when I cry? I cried in big brother's arms last night too. Will he dislike me?"
Bai Ruyu broke into a smile through her tears. "Not ugly at all. Yunyun is so cute, how could anyone dislike you?"
Bai Xiaoyun happily accepted the compliment, nodding with a grin. "That's good. If big brother disliked me, I wouldn't be able to say I'll be his wife when I grow up."
His wife?
Bai Ruyu laughed bitterly inside. The things her sister dreamed of doing after becoming Qin Tian's wife, she had already done last night, and in an intensified state at that.
She had no intention, nor the ability, to make her sister stop thinking about Qin Tian. She could only make more demands on Qin Tian's side.
"Yunyun, let's go back home tonight. Father has arranged a banquet to celebrate your rescue. He even hired an expensive bodyguard expert from abroad. You're the guest of honor."
Bai Xiaoyun shook her head vigorously. "I'm not going back. I don't want to see him!"
Even the most calculating girl would instinctively refuse in this situation, let alone someone like Bai Xiaoyun who wore her emotions on her face.
The person who arranged your kidnapping is now throwing a celebration banquet because you were rescued by someone else.
How could there be such a shameless father?
Just putting on a show for others, without any regard for his daughter's feelings?!
Bai Ruyu stroked her sister's head and said seriously, "Yunyun, some things you just need to know in your heart. There's no need to make things so tense. You can just call him a big jerk in your mind a few more times!
Besides, your brother Qin Tian will also be at the banquet tonight."
Bai Xiaoyun's eyes lit up, but then she pouted sulkily again. "Fine, I'll go back, but I won't talk to that big jerk dad!"
...
At the Bai family mansion, almost all of Tianhai City's elite had come to attend at Bai Xiaochun's invitation.
Even those with important matters either sent family representatives or apologized in advance.
Despite Bai Xiaochun's preference for sons over daughters, having an illegitimate son and arranging for his own daughter to be kidnapped, his status in Tianhai City was still quite influential!
He was someone who carried significant weight!
Moreover, Bai Xiaochun was extremely traditional and rarely hosted banquets at his family mansion, which showed how important this occasion was!
At the banquet, Bai Ruyu made a grand entrance in a floor-length purple dress, her swaying figure and every movement attracting the gaze of the male guests.
Bai Xiaoyun wore a pristine white princess dress, with the area at her chest forming a prominent curve, particularly eye-catching.
At such a young age, she already had such a "generous heart." What would happen in a few more years?
Looking at her crystal shoes and white stockings covering a pair of well-proportioned legs, her childlike face paired with her mature figure attracted a large number of admirers.
"Wow! What a manly and handsome guy! Who is he? I've never seen him before. He's almost as good-looking as that Qin guy I saw earlier!"
"My goodness! What's going on in Tianhai City recently? Hot guys one after another! Who should I go after?"
"Psh! Like any of them would be interested in you!"
"..."
Many socialites noticed a young man sipping red wine in a corner, his eyes melancholic with a hint of coldness, drawing people in involuntarily with his gaze.
"Mr. Ye Feng, thank you for honoring us with your presence and agreeing to be my sister's bodyguard." Bai Ruyu walked up to the young man, raised her wine glass in acknowledgment, and took a small sip.
Beside her, Bai Xiaoyun's large watery eyes flashed with surprise.
Based on Bai Xiaoyun's years of experience in crushing on handsome guys, this was definitely another hottie!
Of course, now that she had already set her heart on one person, this little fangirl would only be impressed without taking any further action. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a simple crush but rather unfaithfulness!