Aside from the fact that her older brother is still a virgin, Shi Meng had other reasons.
"And besides, brother, you never go out to fool around. After work, you always come straight home, spending almost all your free time with me. You don't even have time to flirt with women…"
They spent nearly all their time together as siblings. When would he even have the chance to get a girlfriend? It couldn't be that he was having a workplace romance, right?
"Unless your so-called 'job' is being some rich woman's boy toy…"
Shi Hai thought she was just joking and replied playfully.
"I don't think I'm handsome enough to get a rich woman to sponsor me."
"…"
Shi Meng didn't respond because, in truth, she was serious. She even wanted to say, If it were me, I'd definitely sponsor you, brother.
If Shi Hai actually let her take care of him, Shi Meng would be overjoyed. After all, her biggest dream was to take care of her brother for life. And if supporting him meant taking care of him, that was her ultimate expression of care.
"But she also gave a reason. She said she had warned the women who wanted to get close to you a long time ago. That's why those bad luck-bringing women never got near you."
"She warned them, did she…"
If that's connected to the current events, could it be related to that letter?
"So, was it her who orchestrated the letter being sent…?"
Shi Hai murmured, and Shi Meng asked curiously.
"A letter? What letter?"
She didn't seem to be faking it.
Shi Hai was sure that Shi Meng genuinely didn't know about the letter.
In other words, Shi Meng wasn't the one who sent it.
"I received a letter on Monday. It was a warning, telling me to stay away from all the women who show obvious affection toward me."
"Could be related…"
Shi Meng was uncertain, and she found it odd.
If there was a warning, it should have been immediately effective.
That's why she could live with her brother without other women interrupting.
But this time, both Jian Sichun and Zhu Lingjie had already approached her brother, and she had encountered him earlier than expected by several months.
According to what her brother said, if that person had already issued the warning, why were those two women still daring to get close to him?
Wait a minute! Shi Meng suddenly realized something was off.
"Hold on! Brother! Why was the letter sent to you?"
"Huh? Just to give me a heads-up, I guess…"
"No! There was no need to warn you! She could have made sure those jinxed women didn't dare come near you in the first place!"
In other words, sending a warning to Shi Hai was unnecessary, overkill.
"Oh? You're suggesting that the warning wasn't from her?"
"Umm… I don't really know what's going on anymore…"
Shi Meng felt a mess in her head.
She hadn't expected things to get this complicated after returning to the past...
Shi Hai noticed her confusion and decided it was time to take a break.
"Let's stop here for now… Let's talk about something else."
"It's okay, brother. Keep asking. I'll tell you anything I know."
Shi Hai didn't want to waste this rare opportunity either.
Whether it was Tian Shui, Jian Sichun, or others, they all withheld information, making him dig for answers himself.
But Shi Meng opened up willingly, letting him see everything inside her heart.
Though he had already learned a lot, Shi Hai still wanted to know more.
"Alright, then I'll keep going… Did you believe everything she said just because you got reborn?"
"Yeah. After I hung up the call and tried calling back, it didn't go through. Then, suddenly, I felt dizzy… and when I opened my eyes, I had already returned to the past."
'So she had been reborn shortly after the call ended.'
Shi Meng remembered the process much more clearly than Jian Sichun did.
At the same time, Shi Hai noticed a contradiction.
"You're too trusting, Mengmeng."
"Huh?"
"What if she just knew you were going to be reborn?"
Shi Meng, being sharp, immediately understood what he meant.
"Brother, you mean… she just knew I'd be reborn and pretended that she arranged it, trying to win my trust?"
"Yes, that's a possibility."
But Shi Meng shook her head.
"I don't think so, because she didn't ask me to do anything. If she really wanted to use me, she would have instructed me to do certain things, right?"
"Maybe sending you back was her goal. Like, she knew you'd come to save me, so she told you women caused my misfortune."
"That's possible, yes… To use me to fend off other women… But then, wouldn't she also be excluded?"
"Oh, wait. I forgot to ask earlier. Was the person on the phone a woman?"
"I heard a woman's voice."
"Maybe she used a voice changer."
Since she hid her number, it wouldn't be surprising if she disguised her voice. But Shi Meng was still convinced it was a woman.
"I still think it was a woman, mostly because she knew a lot about me. She knew I wouldn't trust a stranger easily."
"My thought process is influenced a lot by you, brother. But even so, she still managed to contact me and tell me all these things."
"I don't know who she is or what her relationship with you is, but she really wants to save you, brother…"
Even though Shi Meng hadn't seen the caller's face, she could feel the genuine emotion in her words.
"So I'll do my best to keep you away from any women who have bad intentions for you. At least for the next nine years!"
"Alright… But Mengmeng, you don't have to worry so much. I'll be careful."
Shi Meng nodded, knowing her brother was trustworthy in that regard.
"But aside from that, there's something else very important… This is actually what I wanted to discuss with you, brother."
"Go ahead, I'm listening."
"Mom… something might happen to her soon."
"What?"
"I know this is hard for you to hear, but I have to tell you: in the future I came from, I only have you left."
Only one family member. Who was missing? Who else could it be?
Shi Hai felt an impending sense of dread.
Shi Meng continued.
"Actually, this is the first time I'm living with mom…"
"…What?"
Shi Hai realized the gravity of the situation.
"Wait, weren't you adopted by mom?"
"Yes, but by then, mom was already gone… It was you who came to get me and said, 'Adopting you was my mom's dying wish. From now on, you're my sister.' After that, we lived together."
"When did this happen? When did I come for you?"
"At the end of this semester."
"This winter? So mom's accident happened before then?"
"Yeah… I don't know exactly when, though. You didn't like talking about it, so I never knew what happened to her…"
"Damn—!"
Shi Hai couldn't help but curse.
He had thought that only his future held misfortune, something that could be dealt with over the next nine years.
But now, knowing his mom was about to face danger made him feel an urgent need to act.
"…Hah…"
Shi Hai took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.
This was about his mother's life and death…
He had to take this seriously and investigate thoroughly.
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