It Seems I’m Not The Only One Who Reincarnated

Shi Hai first responded to her concerns.

“Don’t worry. This time, I just needed to use the washing machine. I won’t be going over there often.”

“Mm… that’s good then.”

Upon hearing that, Shi Meng relaxed.

Her brother never lied, so if he said it, it must be true.

Seizing this opportunity, Shi Hai found a good angle to probe further.

“However, it seems like you don’t really like them, do you?”

“Um… they’re okay…”

Shi Meng started dodging, clearly not wanting to discuss this topic in detail.

Her evasiveness was obvious.

This was the reaction Shi Hai expected.

To get her to open up, he needed to add more fuel to the fire.

The next words Shi Hai used to bait his sister were equivalent to throwing a huge log onto the flames.

“Actually, I hope you all get along well… After all, I’m considering making one of them my girlfriend.”

“What—!”

Shi Meng was stunned.

Her eyes widened in disbelief as she looked at Shi Hai.

See? She took the bait immediately.

Of course, Shi Hai was making it up, but he continued pretending as if he were serious.

“After all, they’re both so beautiful. It’s not strange that I’d be interested, right?”

Hearing this from her brother, Shi Meng really panicked.

Anyone else as a girlfriend would be fine, but not those two.

Shi Meng dropped the half-washed sock she was holding and urgently tried to persuade Shi Hai.

“Brother! Listen to me, those two are really not suitable for you!”

Shi Hai followed up by asking.

“Oh? And why is that?”

“They just…!”

Shi Meng was at a loss for words. She didn’t know how to explain it properly.

Her mind was a tangled mess, and she couldn’t come up with any convincing reason. She could only repeatedly emphasize:

“They’ll bring you harm! Really! Brother! You have to trust me! Being with them won’t end well!”

It was like a cliché family member in a soap opera, opposing the main couple without any real reason, only saying, “Being with them won’t have a future.”

However, Shi Hai sensed that Shi Meng didn’t lack reasons; rather, there was something she couldn’t say.

And that was exactly what he wanted to find out.

He tried to probe further to see if she would slip and reveal any crucial information.

“I think they’re pretty nice. Didn’t you just meet them today? Why not spend more time together and get to know them better?”

“I’m not saying they’re bad people. I’m saying—!”

Shi Meng stopped mid-sentence.

She quickly realized that continuing would be unwise.

Actually, Shi Meng didn’t know much about Jian Sichun and Zhu Lingjie.

She was just aware of their existence.

She didn’t know their exact personalities or hobbies, nor did she care.

After all, knowing those things wouldn’t change the “outcome.”

She calmed down instantly and noticed an inconsistency in what Shi Hai had said earlier.

He had mentioned wanting “one of them to be his girlfriend,” which sounded like a player’s remark, not something Shi Hai would typically say.

Though Shi Meng didn’t know much about Jian Sichun and Zhu Lingjie’s characters, she knew her brother very well.

Shi Hai wasn’t the kind of guy who would flirt around or have a wandering eye.

In other words, Shi Hai had deliberately said that to extract information from her…

Realizing this, Shi Meng felt her scalp tingle.

She had unwittingly walked right into her brother’s trap.

As expected, her brother wasn’t easily fooled…

He must have noticed something suspicious long ago, yet he still maintained his patience, slowly luring in his prey instead of making a direct move…

That’s just like him.

Shi Meng wasn’t intentionally hiding anything.

She was just hesitant about sharing information with the brother of her past, or rather, to what extent she should reveal things.

Thinking this through, Shi Meng decided to first find out what her brother was really thinking.

“Wait a minute… Brother, you’re not serious, are you?”

Hearing this question, Shi Hai understood that his sister had caught on.

Pretty sharp, huh?

But Shi Hai hadn’t given up yet.

“I think I’m serious enough. All men like beautiful women, don’t they?”

“So, it’s just about looks and body, right?”

Shi Hai realized he was in trouble; she had found a point to counterattack.

Sure enough, Shi Meng continued.

“How about this, brother… If you’re only interested in them because of their looks, then dating them casually wouldn’t hurt.”

She went on, sounding like someone with a lot of experience in this area, speaking fluently.

“Yeah, I get it. Men always want to claim beautiful women for themselves. Plus, those two are indeed rare finds. It’s perfectly normal for you to be interested.”

“If you could take their first time, it would definitely satisfy a man’s sense of conquest. And if you managed to get both of them, wouldn’t it be even better, with one on each arm?”

“I can tell they really like you, so you might as well use that… They seem to come from pretty well-off families, too.”

“So, I suggest, brother, why not treat them as your personal ATMs? They’d probably be more than willing to shower you with money, and our family could really use it…”

“They like you, they are pretty, and they has money—what more could you want from a woman like that?”

After saying this, Shi Meng gave Shi Hai a thumbs up, her face adorned with an innocent smile.

She smiled like an angel, but her words were anything but heavenly.

Shameless…

This is way too shameless.

My sister is way too shameless.

Why are you so good at this?!

Shi Hai was completely taken aback, feeling like not even a scumbag could speak as righteously as his own sister.

It turns out just focusing on appearance really doesn’t cut it…

In other words, he had to show he was serious.

“No, listen to me, Shi Meng, I—”

But it was like Shi Meng had already guessed what her brother was about to say. She cut him off.

“But… you can’t get serious, okay?”

“Uh…”

“You can mess around, but if you’re thinking about marriage, I don’t think that’s a good idea. I don’t want them to be my sisters-in-law.”

“Why? What’s so wrong with them?”

But Shi Meng still avoided answering directly.

She put the washed socks into another basin and switched to a new one filled with clean water.

After teasing him for a moment, she finally spoke up, but her response was another headache-inducing question.

“Brother, do you trust me?”

It’s like all women love to ask, “Do you trust me?” and Shi Meng was no exception.

But really, it wasn’t even a question.

Because there was only one answer they wanted to hear.

“…I trust you, but I also trust them. They wouldn’t harm me.”

Shi Meng shook her head and began rinsing the clothes a second time.

“This has nothing to do with how they feel. Often, it’s not about mutual feelings leading to a good outcome. Think of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, or Romeo and Juliet…”

“…”

Shi Hai felt like Shi Meng was trying to imply something deeper.

Both are classic tragedies of lovers who could never be together.

And in both stories, the male dies first, followed by the female in mourning…

“Brother… I share the same wish as our mom.”

“The same wish as mom?”

Shi Meng closed her eyes, leaned forward, and pressed her forehead against Shi Hai’s.

“Mm… I wish for you to live out your life without any accidents, safe and sound.”

“…”

Shi Hai had heard this wish countless times from their mom, to the point that his ears were about to grow calluses from it.

However, this was the first time he’d heard it from his sister, Shi Meng…

He felt a warm surge flow into his heart, and for a moment, he was on the verge of tears.

Shi Meng’s care for her brother was beyond words.