It Seems I’m Not The Only One Who Reincarnated

Shi Hai had always been one to avoid trouble, yet lately, trouble seemed to pop up continuously like a string of firecrackers.

He needed to resolve this issue quickly.

If things kept going on like this, he felt his brain might overload from all the multitasking.

So, Shi Hai started deducing when his mother might have gotten into trouble.

Shi Meng had mentioned that her future self was picked up by him at the end of the current school term.

And Shi Hai believed that his future self wouldn’t delay anything important.

That is to say, if his mother had an accident, he would likely have heard about her intention to adopt Shi Meng shortly afterward, leading him to pick her up immediately.

From this, Shi Hai could roughly estimate that Liu Zhenshan’s accident must have occurred in late December.

It was now mid-September.

So, there were still about three months left.

Three months…

Not long, but not short, either.

And during this time, Shi Hai would have to keep thinking about this issue constantly.

It felt like a ticking time bomb hanging over his head, making it impossible to move freely.

Shi Hai hated the feeling of being forced to act.

But complaining wouldn’t change anything.

Just as they wrapped up this conversation, Shi Meng peeked out from the kitchen at just the right moment and asked:

“What are you guys talking about? Sounds so lively.”

“Oh, it’s nothing, really—just chatting a bit with your brother, hehe…”

One moment she’s got her whole spiel, and the next, she’s struggling to give even a simple answer.

Shi Hai shot his mom a disdainful look and was met by her black-stockinged foot, aimed straight at his stomach.

Why was she wearing stockings to sleep again?

Did she genuinely forget to take them off, or did she actually find sleeping in them comfortable?

Imagining feet covered all night in stockings…ugh. Shi Hai wrinkled his nose, moving his hand to brush it aside with a look of disgust.

How many times had this happened?

He remembered washing mountains of his mom’s piled-up stockings from the night before.

Of course, he hated doing it, but there was no way he could just leave them, right?

Since it was just the two of them at home, if he expected his mom to wash them, they wouldn’t be piling up like that. So, the chore inevitably fell to him.

And stockings were tricky to wash; you couldn’t just throw them in the washing machine.

Shi Hai had even looked it up and found it best to wash them by hand in warm water; machine washing would only damage them.

The one time his mom caught him hand-washing stockings, she gave him an odd, meaningful look.

Shi Hai just rolled his eyes, not even bothering to explain.

Anyway, after he washed and dried them, she would always take them back to wear again.

He had reminded her several times to at least avoid sleeping in stockings, as it only made them smell worse.

But she never listened and would occasionally sleep in stockings, leaving them in the most visible spot in the bathroom, essentially saying, “Son, help me wash these.”

Shi Hai really wanted to throw those smelly stockings in her face.

Her living habits were still as messy as ever!

“Mom, do you know where the starch is? I want to make a thickening sauce.”

“Oh, let me get it for you.”

Liu Zhenshan got up to find it, and Shi Meng stepped out of the kitchen.

Once she confirmed that her mom had gone in, she moved closer to her brother and whispered in his ear.

“…Brother, so you actually want a harem?”

Of course, she’d overheard them.

At some point, Liu Zhenshan’s voice had started getting louder.

Their home wasn’t particularly large, and the kitchen was only ten meters from the living room, so it’d be strange if Shi Meng hadn’t heard.

“I was just saying that to pacify Mom… If I hadn’t, she’d have kept pressing the issue. You get why I don’t want her to know.”

“Mm… I get it. But even if you did have that thought, I wouldn’t mind…”

Shi Meng used to be opposed to her brother getting involved with those troublesome women.

But after thinking it through, it seemed too early to try to guard him against them.

She didn’t want to deprive her brother of the right to be with women.

Moreover, Shi Meng suspected that her brother’s future misfortune was likely due to “choosing only one woman.”

Given her brother’s personality, he would definitely choose one and then reject the others outright.

Maybe one of the women he rejected got so hurt that she turned vengeful, adopting a “If I can’t have you, no one will” mentality, and ended up hurting him.

It was the most reasonable assumption for now.

If that were indeed the case, Shi Meng thought her brother shouldn’t pick just one. He should simply choose them all.

Shi Meng was even more “radical” than Liu Zhenshan; she believed there was no need for indirect methods like “stealing hearts.” Instead, it would be better to conquer women directly and forcefully.

After all, they all liked her brother, right? So it was only fair to pay a price and shed some blood, wasn’t it?

As for whether it would lead to a harmonious harem afterward… did that really matter?

If they wanted to engage in palace intrigue, let them. If they wanted to compete for favor, let them; even if they ended up in a bloodbath, that was fine as long as they didn’t harm her most precious brother.

“I’m all for Mom’s plan. She just said it’s inconvenient for me this weekend, but I can just stay in my room… I won’t disturb you guys,” she declared.

“Wait, wait, wait—”

Shi Hai took a quick glance at the kitchen, afraid their voices might be too loud for Liu Zhenshan to hear. He leaned closer to his sister and whispered.

“I really don’t want a harem… isn’t that just asking for trouble?”

“—!”

Shi Meng felt her heart race again.

She wasn’t even paying attention to what her brother was saying; all she could feel was the warm breath he exhaled tickling her ear.

It felt tingly and warm, and her ear was slightly moist.

Seeing his sister suddenly zone out, Shi Hai called her name again.

“Mengmeng?”

“Ah—!”

This time, Shi Meng truly couldn’t handle it anymore.

She covered her ear with both hands and took several steps back.

To mask her embarrassment, she quickly whispered, “Anyway, you were planning to get close to them, right?”

“Of course! How else am I supposed to know what might happen to Mom in the future?”

“So I’ll help out, too. I’ll try to create some private space for you and one of them; that’ll make it easier to ask questions, right?”

“That’s true…”

Shi Meng had another question that had been on her mind, so she blurted it out.

“By the way, brother… if you get married in the future, will you still live at home?”

“I probably won’t, since our house isn’t very big. If it’s possible, I’d need to buy another one.”

“Then… after you get married… can you keep a room for me at home? I still want to live with you…”

“If you want to stay, you can come back anytime.”

“Really? Can I live here forever?”

“Well… Mengmeng, aren’t you planning to start a family yourself?”

This question caught Shi Meng off guard.

She had never considered her own marriage.

Now, when her brother asked her that…

Suddenly, it dawned on her.

“Didn’t Mom just count me as part of your harem? …I support that too.”

She resolved to support her brother in having a harem.

Because that way, she could take care of him for a lifetime.