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n“Sis Qin, I really didn’t know your last name was Ren.” He Ling said apologetically, “Everyone used to call you sis Qin, so I didn’t make a connection when I heard the name Ren XiaoQin…”

nXiao Qin turned a deaf ear as she cut a piece of steak for me.

n“Now I understand, only… a mother as valiant as Auntie Ren could give birth to a martial arts genius like sis Qin. I can’t believe I picked up your mother’s necklace and didn’t immediately return it…. I was wrong, please forgive me.”

nHe Ling took out a slender necklace with a tearful expression, then she delivered it in front of Xiao Qin with both her hands.

nIt was older necklace and the silver was a bit tarnished. It did feel like it wasn’t worth much.

nXiao Qin purposely didn’t take the necklace and left her hands hanging in mid air for a while. He Ling’s arms were getting sore but she didn’t dare to change her posture.

nXiao Qin finally took the necklace when He Ling’s face had turned bright red and she couldn’t take it anymore. She looked at the necklace a bit then wrapped it up in a napkin and put it into her Mickey Mouse bag.

nThen He Ling breathed a sigh of relief.

n“Um, sis Qin, I’m not going to be a third wheel anymore, so I’ll be on my way.”

nHe Ling planned to retreat.

n“Wait.” Xiao Qin said monotonously, “Since you called Ye Lin classmate out, then you must have something you wanted to tell him.”

n“No, it’s nothing.” He Ling stood up and frantically waved her hands to deny it.

n“Sit down.” Xiao Qin barked and He Ling sat down with a deathly pale face.

nI was now really curious about the time when Xiao Qin dominated the girls school with violence. It seems He Ling wasn’t only afraid of being hurt physically. She might have thought Xiao Qin might order the Rose Group to pick on her and she wouldn’t be able to stay at school.

n“Sis Qin, I was wrong, please forgive me.” He Ling sent a pleading look at me, “Ye Lin, our parents are good friends, you have to help me.”

nThe contrast between her current miserable demeanor and her previous demeanor was hilarious and I laughed once.

nHe Ling’s temples bulges at my ridicule, but she couldn’t act out and still forced herself to smile at me.

nAlthough Xiao Qin was wearing a cute skirt, she was currently like a mob boss. It was liberating for Xiao Qin since she didn’t have to hide her identity in front of He Ling.

n“Huh, how can you plead to Ye Lin classmate? You’re the ‘bigger’ person here, right sis He Ling?”

nThe ‘sis’ word made He Ling break out into cold sweat, then she rejected Xiao Qin’s words fearfully.

n“I don’t dare to be referred to as an older sister in front of sis Qin. You can call me He Ling, or even Xiao Ling.”

nXiao Qin spoke languidly with half closed eyes: “Then I’ll call you little strawberry from now on.” (TN: Xiao = little)

n“Huh?” He Ling didn’t understand the nickname.

nXiao Qin pointed at the freckles on He Ling’s face with her fork, “Doesn’t the freckles on your face resemble the outside of a strawberry?”

nHe Ling’s face changed colors.

nThe freckles she really didn’t like was even covered with concealer today, but Xiao Qin made fun of it and turned it into a nickname, but He Ling still didn’t dare say anything back.

n“Then… sis Qin can call me that.” He Ling lowered her head in defeat.

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n“Okay, little strawberry.”

nXiao Qin continued to call He Ling by her new nickname, but she didn’t say anything else. She only wanted to see He Ling raise her head and essentially admit her face does resemble a strawberry.

n“Little strawberry.” After Xiao Qin called her that the fifth time, she said, “Do you like that code name?”

nHe Ling looked at her with a complicated expression as if she was saying: Code name, isn’t it a nickname. Or is it a group code name similar to Red Rose or Black Rose…?

nEven though He Ling was full of discontent, she didn’t show any signs of it on her face. She continued to smile unnaturally, then she nodded and said:

n“I like it, of course I like it. Even a name given randomly by sis Qin is so cool.”

nDo you even have a conscience, you’re kissing Xiao Qin’s ass right after being mocked.

nXiao Qin laughed.

n“Since you like the code name, then Ye Lin classmate will call you that too.”

nHe Ling looked at me and clenched her teeth and said: “If that makes sis Qin happy.”

nXiao Qin looked at me with a smile, “Ye Lin classmate, look how obedient little strawberry is, you should call her name once too.”

nIf I called her little strawberry, He Ling can only willingly agree.

nI would let my dad down if I bullied He Ling too much, since she was uncle He’s daughter and she was older than me by a year.

nThus I didn’t call her by the name that made fun of her freckles, but spoke more earnestly: “Sis He Ling, why are you doing this?”

nHe Ling raised her head and looked at me with shock. She probably thought I would make fun of her.

n“I can’t believe Ye Lin was sis Qin’s boyfriend.”

nXiao Qin was suddenly unhappy: “What did you call me?”

n“Sis Qin! I called you sis Qin!”

n“That’s right, but what should you call your older sister’s boyfriend?”

nHe Ling furrowed her brows: “….jie fu” (TN: Means older sister’s husband but no word for it in English)

nI interrupted their conversation and protested against Xiao Qin:

n“Don’t get too conceited, I never said I would become your husband.”

nThen I turned to He Ling: “And definitely don’t call me jie fu.”

nXiao Qin pouted: “Fine, then before we’re married, you can call Ye Lin classmate older brother.”

nHe Ling’s eyes widened, “What? I’m older than him, but have to call him bro?”

n“What, do you have a better idea?” Xiao Qin asked coldly which caused He Ling to instantly curl back and tremble.

nUnder Xiao Qin’s intense stare, He Ling bitterly turned towards me and said quietly:

n“Ye Lin… bro, is that okay?”

nHe Ling almost fainted from having to squeeze out the word ‘bro’.

nIt felt pretty interesting hearing He Ling call me bro and I didn’t really feel mad at her anymore.

nBut He Ling’s bitter expression seemed to say: I would have rather called you jie fu.

nHe Ling once again said she would leave first, but Xiao Qin didn’t let her leave.

n“Little strawberry, do you have a boyfriend.”

nShe said as if she was interrogating a criminal.

n“No…”

n“Do you want one?”

n“No, I don’t…”

n“Tell the truth.”

n“He Ling trembled and admitted: “A bit…”

nXiao Qin chuckled and said, “It’s better to tell the truth. To reward you, I’ll introduce a person to be your boyfriend.”

nI wasn’t able to guess who the androphobic Xiao Qin would introduce.

n“Sis Qin, do you know a lot of good guys?” He Ling seemed to be a bit interested.

n“That’s right. The four-eyes who sits next to me in class if pretty good.”

nOh, so it was Niu ShiLi? I never thought you would actually introduce him a girlfriend, but it’s clear it’s not done on good faith when you’re calling him four-eyes.

nHe Ling said, “Four-eyes? I don’t like bookworms or men younger than me…”

nNiu ShiLi isn’t a normal bookworm! If you like those muscular men in taekwondo dojos, Niu ShiLi is better than them. He’s even better than me by a tiny bit.

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nXiao Qin ignored her and said: “Four-eyes’ name is Niu ShiLi. It’s already Friday, so we’re a bit tight on time. You should go on a date next week.”

nHe Ling said with worry: “Sis Qin, I don’t like that type.”

n“Why not? He’s both smart and athletic. You might not like him now, but you will later on.”

n“I don’t like men younger than me, and he will always be younger…”

n“The weak don’t have the right to be picky. If you don’t become Niu ShiLi’s girlfriend, what happens if Ye Lin classmate doesn’t forgive me.”

nThe baffled He Ling hadn’t even thought of a method to reject before Xiao Qin ripped a page out of the feedback pad on our table. She passed it to He Ling along with a pen.

n“Put your phone number, address, hobbies, and three sizes on it.”

nHe Ling could only obediently follow the orders.

nXiao Qin took a look at the paper after she took it back and slapped the table in anger, probably after she saw He Ling’s three sizes.

n“You better not shamelessly go no bra when you’re on a date with Niu ShiLi, understand?”

nIt looks like even Xiao Qin could estimate she was going commando.

nHe Ling didn’t try to justify why she had no bra, but only desired to leave, so she nodded and said:

n“I understand, can I leave now?”

n“On Monday, give one of your photos to Xiao Hong, then tell her to send someone to give it to me.”

nXiao Qin ordered.

n“Xiao Hong… is that referring to Red Rose?”

nHe Ling regretted the fact she angered the legendary sis Qin.

n“Also, since you’re so fickle, make sure you properly do housework after you marry Niu ShiLi. You can’t cheat, understand?”

n“I… I’ve never even met him! I never even agreed to date him, so why would I marry him.”

n“I don’t care.” Xiao Qin said, “I have to find a girl from Thousand Crane to be his girlfriend. I chose you since you annoyed me. You should know what will happen if you refuse.”

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