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This translation was originally posted on https://love4baihe.blogspot.com

Mom Qin reacted the fastest, but even for her it took a few seconds to fully catch on.  

“How could it be her?” Their eldest daughter had always been unclear in her orientation, so that alone wasn’t shocking. Suddenly wanting to marry was a bit sudden too, but it wasn’t really a problem, it was actually something Mom Qin and Father Qin were happy to see. But how could her marriage partner be their former daughter-in-law?  

“It’s her,” Qin Shilan said firmly.  

Mom Qin thought it over. The only reason she could imagine for the eldest daughter wanting to marry her former daughter-in-law was to get revenge on Kong Huizhi for abandoning Shiyue and shaming the Qin family. After all, more than a month ago, no one knew Shiyue would be with Lin Qingyi.  

“You’re doing it for Shiyue, to get revenge, right? Actually, forcing her to marry Shiyue back then was our fault. Now that Shiyue has let it go, you don’t have to make things hard for her anymore. That child is good too,” Mom Qin advised. Two sisters marrying the same woman would sound unbelievable to anyone else. She thought Shilan’s plan was too unreliable, but she remembered that Shilan had done unreliable things before, all for Shiyue. She’d already forced her once, there was no need for a second time.  

“Yes, while no one knows, just get a divorce quickly,” Father Qin said. He cared about reputation and thought it would be embarrassing for the Qin family if this got out.  

“I’m not marrying Kong Huizhi to get revenge…” Kong Huizhi thought that if people assumed she had been forced to marry for revenge, fine, but now even Mom Qin and Father Qin thought that. What on earth did they see on her face that looked like resentment or hatred? Revenge? She wasn’t that boring.  

“Was Kong Huizhi willing to marry you?” Mom Qin asked before Shilan could answer. She felt her eldest daughter was deliberately tying her down, not letting her find her own happiness.  

Qin Shilan stayed silent. Kong Huizhi was indeed unwilling, but Shilan had again used the same trick, letting the Zhang family pressure her.  

Not denying it was basically admitting it, sure enough, she had forced her again. 

“Sister, I know you care for me, but don’t make things hard for her because of me. I don’t like her anymore. She didn’t do anything wrong except not liking me. I can’t even think back on what I did before without feeling like a bully who snatched someone’s wife. It’s so shameful. Please, don’t make things hard for her anymore,” Qin Shiyue said to advise her.  

Qin Shilan didn’t expect even her younger sister to think she was taking revenge on Kong Huizhi. Did she really look that much like the villain?  

“Can’t I marry Kong Huizhi because I’ve fallen in love with her? Why must it always be for revenge?” Qin Shilan asked back.  

Now the whole family was shocked beyond belief, staring at Qin Shilan with their jaws almost dropping.  

“When did you fall in love with Xiao Kong?” Father Qin thought to himself, feeling trouble. If their eldest daughter was serious, then this was really tricky. But her falling for her sister’s ex-wife? That was absurd, even harder to accept than revenge on Kong Huizhi.  

Qin Shilan stayed silent, giving no answer.

Her silence seemed to give them an answer, that maybe, even before Kong Huizhi became Shiyue’s ex-wife, their eldest daughter had already set her sights on her. Father Qin and Mother Qin exchanged a worried glance and then looked at Qin Shiyue.  

At first, Qin Shiyue didn’t understand, but after thinking it over, she realized what her sister’s silence meant. Her feelings were mixed, complicated, and she couldn’t put them into words. It just didn’t feel right.  

Qin Shilan saw her sister also silent, yet didn’t know how to explain herself. Even if Shiyue had other thoughts, that was understandable.  

The four of them fell into a collective silence. They ate quietly like chickens, but none of them could taste their food.

It was probably because her sister had dropped such a big bomb that Qin Shiyue’s mind went blank, temporarily forgetting about Lin Qingyi, who she should have been worrying about. Back in her room, she finally remembered Lin Qingyi. She grabbed her phone and noticed the phone was still on silent. There were several messages from Lin Qingyi. Her phone had been on silent these past two or three days because she didn’t want to be disturbed while busy enjoying happy moments with Lin Qingyi.  

5:43: [Baby, are you home yet?]  

5:55: [Baby, what are you doing?]  

6:43: [Stinky baby, now that you’ve got me, you don’t cherish me?] There was an angry emoji added at the end.  

Qin Shiyue couldn’t help but laugh when she saw the last message. She felt that this wasn’t something Lin Qingyi would usually say. It was a bit proud, yet also playful. At this moment, Qin Shiyue felt she definitely wanted to hug and kiss her.  

[Your baby is here. The phone was still on silent before, so I didn’t hear it.] Qin Shiyue immediately replied, also explaining why she hadn’t responded sooner.

It was already 7:11 PM. Lin Qingyi had waited over an hour for Qin Shiyue’s reply, so she was unhappy. Although her stinky baby’s reason was reasonable, not checking the phone for over an hour meant she hadn’t thought about her. Lin Qingyi had thought about Qin Shiyue many times, but Qin Shiyue hadn’t thought about her even once. That was unforgivable. Lin Qingyi felt people are always most eager when they are being kept waiting. When something is easy to get, it isn’t cherished as much. So she decided to let Qin Shiyue wait too.  

Seeing that Lin Qingyi hadn’t replied, Qin Shiyue knew she was probably angry.  

[Miss, please look at your baby.] She added a cute sticker of someone rolling on the ground and acting adorable.  

When Lin Qingyi saw the cute sticker, her annoyance eased a little, but she still didn’t want to reply so fast.  

[You aren’t going to wait over an hour before replying to me too, right? I really didn’t ignore you on purpose. You don’t know what I just went through. I’m still in shock.] Seeing that Lin Qingyi still didn’t respond, Qin Shiyue explained more.  

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Lin Qingyi read the message and hesitated. She wondered if she should reply now, or really make Qin Shiyue wait over an hour.  

In the end, Qin Shiyue couldn’t stay calm. Seeing that Lin Qingyi still didn’t reply, she felt a bit anxious. She didn’t care whether Lin Qingyi was suitable for a video call and directly called her.  

At this moment, Lin Qingyi was in her grandmother’s room, keeping her grandmother company.

“The phone has rung several times already. You keep ignoring her. Look, she’s so anxious that she even video called,” Grandma Lin said with a smile.  

“She ignored me first,” Lin Qingyi said as she ended the video call and refused it.  

“When did you learn to be so petty?” Grandma Lin asked with a laugh.  

Hearing her grandmother say that, Lin Qingyi suddenly felt she was being childish and fussy. She had waited for her for so long, and now she wanted to make her wait the same amount of time. That really was something only a child would do.  

“When you date a girl, you can’t be this calculating,” Grandma Lin continued.  

“But I’m also a woman, and it’s my first time dating too. Isn’t it normal to want to be coaxed a bit?” Lin Qingyi asked back, sounding confident.  

“It looks like I’m marrying off my granddaughter, not taking in a granddaughter-in-law,” Grandma Lin said firmly.  

So Grandma already understood tops and bottoms? Lin Qingyi felt a bit surprised.  

Lin Qingyi reflected on herself and thought, could it be that she had been on the receiving end more than Qin Shiyue these past two days, so she had become softer too? It seemed next time she should be more proactive, so she could be a generous top.  

When Qin Shiyue saw the video call get rejected, she was sure Lin Qingyi had seen the message. She thought Lin Qingyi was angry at her and became even more anxious.  

[Lin Qingyi, what do I have to do for you to stop being mad?] Qin Shiyue was almost in tears. It was also her first real relationship, and she didn’t know how to deal with this.  

[Wait a minute, I’ll reply after I go back to my room.] Lin Qingyi finally replied to Qin Shiyue.

Seeing Lin Qingyi’s reply, Qin Shiyue finally felt a bit at ease.  

She waited, second by second, for Lin Qingyi to reply again.  

Lin Qingyi only told her to wait a few minutes, but for Qin Shiyue, who was counting every second, it felt like a very long time.  

After Lin Qingyi returned to her room, she called Qin Shiyue back on video.  

The moment the phone moved, Qin Shiyue picked up at once.  

“Were you angry just now?” Qin Shiyue asked foolishly.  

“No.” Even if she was, Lin Qingyi wouldn’t admit it.  

“Then why did you keep ignoring my messages on purpose?” Qin Shiyue asked.  

“I also set my phone to silent and didn’t see them,” Lin Qingyi said, returning the favor.  

Liar. She clearly saw them and even rejected the call right away. But Qin Shiyue was smart this time and didn’t expose it. She realized this topic wasn’t good to continue, since she was the one who replied late first.  

“The reason I didn’t check my messages earlier was because I was too shocked. My sister suddenly told me she got married. Guess who she married?” Qin Shiyue said. She still hadn’t fully recovered from the shock.  

“Who?” Lin Qingyi wasn’t very interested in things unrelated to Qin Shiyue, but seeing how excited Qin Shiyue looked, she went along with it.  

“My ex-wife, Kong Huizhi,” Qin Shiyue blurted out.

This really shocked Lin Qingyi too. Qin Shilan marrying Kong Huizhi meant that for Vase Qin, her ex-wife became her sister-in-law. Thinking that Vase Qin would see Kong Huizhi from time to time in the future made Lin Qingyi feel unhappy. What were Qin Shilan and Kong Huizhi doing? Weren’t they awkward at all?  

“Why did your sister marry Kong Huizhi?” Lin Qingyi asked. Normally, Qin Shilan could marry anyone, but marrying her own former sister-in-law didn’t sound good if it got out. Could it be that Qin Shilan had always had thoughts about her sister’s wife? The two sisters had the same taste and liked the same woman. And that woman they both liked had liked her too. Heh, this relationship chain was really interesting.  

“At first, I thought my sister did it to get revenge on Kong Huizhi, but she said she loves her too. To me, it felt very sudden. I keep telling myself she must’ve fallen in love only after Kong Huizhi and I divorced. But I can’t stop thinking, what if it was before we divorced? It just feels very complicated,” Qin Shiyue told Lin Qingyi about how she felt earlier. She knew she shouldn’t think badly of her sister, but if it was after the divorce, her sister should’ve explained. Yet her sister had stayed silent.  

Lin Qingyi understood Qin Shiyue’s state of mind. Qin Shilan had always doted on Qin Shiyue. In Qin Shiyue’s heart, she was probably the best sister. Suddenly finding out her sister had thoughts about her ex-wife was hard to accept. No matter whether Kong Huizhi loved her or not, her sister shouldn’t have had such thoughts, so Qin Shiyue felt uncomfortable.  

“Is it possible that she already loved Kong Huizhi before you two got married?” Lin Qingyi offered another guess. She had always felt that Qin Shilan, knowing clearly that Kong Huizhi didn’t like Qin Shiyue, still helped force her, was being overly indulgent to her sister. So was it possible that back then, Qin Shilan already had her eye on Kong Huizhi? But Kong Huizhi probably didn’t like either of the sisters. So, with the thought that fertile water should not flow into outsiders’ fields, Qin Shilan used her power to pressure Kong Huizhi to marry Qin Shiyue.  

Loving her sister was real, but there were selfish thoughts too. That fit human nature better. She wants her sister to have what she can't.

Hearing this, Qin Shiyue’s eyes widened again. She hadn’t thought of this possibility just now. If that was the case, it was easier for her to accept.  

Both sisters liking the same woman, and the elder sister giving the woman she liked to her, made Qin Shiyue feel complicated. She felt guilty about some thoughts that had flashed through her mind. She felt like she had gained the advantage and was still complaining. If she hadn’t asked her sister back then…

Author's Note:

Lin Qingyi: So girly. I’ll be a generous top.  

Qin Shiyue: As long as we don’t go into a cold war, top and bottom can be discussed.  

Qin Shilan: I’m willing to accept moral criticism.  

Kong Huizhi: You’re a tyrant who snatches women by force.  

Red envelopes will be randomly dropped!