Chapter 128

"What would you like to drink, Raina?"

"Anything is fine..."

"Then two lattes, please~"

After leaving the pet store, the two of them walked into a nearby coffee shop.

"Can we sit here?"

"Sure."

This was a place Jocelyn York often came to in her free time.

She chose a seat by the window, and they both sat down.

Raina Nan was still wearing her school uniform, with her hair tied up in a ponytail, which made her look refreshed.

"Do you want to give your family a call? They might worry if we go back late," Jocelyn York said, glancing at her wristwatch.

"I'm not a kid anymore..."

Raina Nan replied, placing her backpack on the empty seat next to her.

"Then..."

Resting her chin on her hand, Jocelyn York looked at her and asked, "What is it that you want to talk to me about?"

"..."

Raina Nan looked at the untouched cup of coffee on the table.

After a moment, she trembled her lips and softly spoke.

"It's about my brother..."

"..."

Jocelyn York paused, the cup of coffee she had just picked up was put back down.

"Samson Nan?"

"Yeah..."

Without looking at her, Raina Nan lightly traced her finger on the wooden tabletop.

"What kind of person is my brother? I want to know..."

"..."

Jocelyn York looked at her with surprise.

After a while, she smiled and pursed her lips.

"Isn't it you, as his sister, who knows Samson Nan better?"

"..."

Raina Nan slightly lowered her head and shook it faintly, speaking in a weak voice.

"The brother I see has always been an image of a 'brother'..."

Her hands clenched her school pants under the table.

"But that's not all he is..."

"..."

"You want to know what Samson Nan is like, aside from being a 'brother'...?" Jocelyn York stirred her coffee, speaking softly.

"Yeah..."

"Raina."

"Yes?"

"Would you like to hear a slightly long-winded story from me?"

Jocelyn York thought for a moment and said.

"..."

Raina Nan was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"It's a story about a girl and... a boy~"

...

Only now did Raina Nan lift her head and look at her.

After a moment, she spoke softly.

"Is that girl you?"

"Huh?"

Jocelyn York was momentarily stunned, her smile freezing on her face.

"Is that girl you?"

Raina Nan asked again.

She stared at Jocelyn York without much expression on her face.

"..."

Jocelyn York was probably stunned for two seconds.

Then she took a deep breath.

"I surrender, I surrender."

Raising her hands in a surrendering gesture, she shook her head helplessly.

"Alright, it's me..."

"Just say it directly..."

Raina Nan drooped her eyelids and looked at her, then took a sip of her coffee.

She never liked it when people beat around the bush when talking to her; it was tiring.

Besides, sitting across from her was the poorly acting Jocelyn York, whose expressions on her face couldn't hide anything...

"I met Samson Nan in middle school, we were in the same grade but different schools... Later, by chance, when I went to William Wei's school to find him, I met Samson Nan for the first time."

"..."

Raina Nan fell silent; she had never asked her brother about these things, and of course, he wouldn't tell her proactively.

"My first impression of him... was that he was a good-looking guy who didn't talk much and had a somewhat introverted personality. In short, he looked quite ordinary..."Jocelyn York remembered the scene of their first meeting as if it were just yesterday, vividly in her mind.

"Later on, as I got to know him better, I discovered many things about him that others don't know..."

She spoke with a subtle smile on her lips.

"In my eyes, he is kind, gentle, occasionally distant but never indifferent, mischievous but never crossing boundaries, independent but always with thorough thinking. That's the kind of person he is..."

"He has so many good qualities..."

Raina Nan muttered beside her, pouting her lips.

"Haha, you grew up together as siblings, so some things might have become so ordinary that you don't notice them anymore," Jocelyn replied.

"Is that so..."

"..."

"But speaking of which, it's quite strange. I didn't even know he had a sister back then. He never mentioned it himself. I only found out later from William Wei..."

"Is that so..."

Now it makes sense. Their relationship improved after he started high school...

"Well... after that..."

Jocelyn York contemplated for a while, blushing slightly, and waved her hand.

"I guess I shouldn't say anymore?"

"Huh?"

Raina Nan frowned and fixed her gaze on Jocelyn.

Cutting off halfway through a story was the worst thing to do.

"..."

Jocelyn York glanced awkwardly to the side and occasionally peeked at Raina Nan with the corner of her eye, seemingly concerned about something.

"..."

But Raina Nan did not speak, she just propped her chin on her hand and waited for Jocelyn to continue her "story"...

After a long hesitation, Jocelyn spoke again:

"Afterward, I..."

As she spoke, her face seemed to be getting redder.

"I realized that I might have fallen for him."

After Jocelyn York finished speaking, she sneakily glanced at Raina Nan.

Surprisingly, there didn't seem to be much change on her face.

Calm, as if she had heard something unrelated to her...

"..."

Jocelyn York cleared her throat.

It seemed like she gathered the courage to continue.

"Later, on the last Christmas in middle school... I confessed to him."

"..."

Hearing this, Raina Nan's hand holding the coffee cup finally trembled.

"Is that so?"

"But... he rejected me."

"..."

A hint of helplessness appeared on her face. She repeated the same motion of stirring the almost untouched coffee.

"I thought he would hesitate at least... but he didn't."

She spoke, her eyes slightly reddening.

Yet, a smile still graced her face.

"I was determined to ask him why..."

"..."

"He told me that he likes girls with long hair..."

"..."

"That reason sounds strange, doesn't it? But how else can we explain that teenage girls in love have an IQ of zero? At that time, I believed it wholeheartedly..."

"..."

"From that day on, I started growing out my hair, wearing dresses, and desperately learning to play the piano... all to become the girl he likes."

Jocelyn York spoke, a bitter smile forming on her lips.

"But later, I found out that he didn't actually like girls with long hair... but..."

She trailed off, raising her head to look at Raina Nan.

"He already had someone in his heart."

"..."

Raina Nan felt a bit flustered, silently avoiding her gaze.

"..."

"But after knowing his true feelings... my feelings for him didn't change. If anything..."

She pondered for a moment, then continued:

"What I like is the tireless Samson Nan who protects that girl..."

Jocelyn York spoke, feeling that something was off, and scratched her cheek.

Muttering to herself:"How did I make myself sound like a pervert..."

...

A moment of silence.

"Do you hate that girl?" Raina Nan asked softly, not daring to look at her.

"Hate...?" Jocelyn York bit her spoon and after a moment of thought, spoke softly again.

"Not really, but... there was a time when I also thought, 'If only that girl didn't exist, maybe Samson Nan and I would already be together,' things like that..."

It's more like a normal reaction for most people to think that...

"I see..." Raina Nan lowered her head, sounding a bit powerless.

"But I quickly stopped thinking that~ because... even if that girl didn't exist, Samson Nan and I probably wouldn't be together anyway..."

"Why?"

"Well..." Jocelyn York pressed her index finger against her lips, thought for a moment, squinted her eyes, and smiled with resignation.

"It seems that shallow love... cannot be expressed, right~"

...

She looked up and saw Raina Nan opposite her, her head hanging down, seeming to be thinking about something...

So she smiled and awkwardly scratched her cheek.

"Oh~ Did I just say something profound? It's okay, don't take it to heart~"

Such unnecessary comfort isn't needed...

...

...

There was a brief silence, and then her voice came again from her ear.

"So... did you find out what you wanted to know from me?"

...

"A little..."

"Just a little is enough~ then the coffee we drank wasn't in vain~"

...

Raina Nan looked at her.

A person who can think positively about everything...

Finally, she understood why her brother always brought up Jocelyn York to educate her whenever he said her personality was bad...

"About today..."

She hesitated for a moment, then continued:

"Do you mind not telling anyone?"

...

Jocelyn York looked at her, nodded after a moment's pause.

"Hmm~ our secret~"

...

She hesitated, finished the rest of her coffee, and then got up.

"I'm going back now."

"Oh... now? Be careful on your way~"

...

Raina Nan put on her backpack, turned around.

After taking two steps, she stopped again.

"Sister Jocelyn."

She didn't turn back, just faced away from Jocelyn York.

Her voice was very soft, but clear.

"Thank you for telling me all this..."

...

Jocelyn York was stunned, surprised and straightened her back.

As far as she remembered, this was the first time Raina Nan had said "thank you" to her...

Half a second later, she smiled shallowly and responded.

"Hmm~"

...

"Oh, by the way."

Raina Nan seemed to have remembered something and turned back.

"I paid for the coffee."

"Huh? No need, just hurry home~ I'll take care of it~"

Jocelyn York waved her hand.

"Why?"

"Why... because I'm the adult?"

She smiled wryly and said so.

"Don't look down on me..."

She muttered softly and went straight to the cashier counter.

In the end, she just didn't want to owe anyone a favor...

...

...

"Hello, two lattes for 90 yuan, with a 10% discount, it will be 81 yuan."

"Huh?"

When the waiter handed her the bill, she was suddenly stunned.

What kind of price is this?

She touched her pocket and found only about 20-something yuan that her mom gave her...

"What about this customer?"

The waiter looked at her suspiciously.

In just a minute, two or three more people had already lined up behind her."......"

She stood there, her ears burning red.

She really wanted to find a hole to hide in...

After much hesitation, she turned back.

With a trembling lip and a hint of tears in her voice,

"Sister Luojia..."