Chapter 290 - 288: Playing Oneself

"Yes, I initiated this, so my dear brother-in-law better not show me any mercy."

Yang Xun leaned down. Xu Qian let out a soft moan and reached up to hook her arms around his neck. Their breaths intertwined as the atmosphere grew increasingly heated.

His hands slowly traced down her waistline, his fingertips applying just the right amount of pressure as they landed on her most sensitive spot through the thin fabric of her clothes.

Xu Qian’s body arched slightly, and she let out a trembling whimper. "My brother-in-law... be a little gentler..."

"Didn’t you tell me to hurry up?"

"I was wrong... Ah... You’re so amazing..."

The live stream chat had completely exploded.

"F*CK F*CK F*CK F*CK!! Are they really just acting?!"

"Qianqian’s voice is making my legs go weak!!"

"The brother-in-law’s hands are too good! I can’t take it on Qianqian’s behalf!!"

Gift effects flooded the screen as if they cost nothing. Sports cars, rockets, and castles exploded across the display one after another, completely obscuring the video feed.

At that moment, inside the office.

Xu Yue was sitting at her desk, a stack of documents spread out before her. The coffee on the table had already gone cold. She stared blankly at the computer screen for quite a while. Her gaze landed on the promotional plan for the trial products at the corner of her desk, but her mind was entirely elsewhere.

Her head was filled with the company’s recent troubles. The employees were all slacking off, and they could only wait for the official announcement before the company could make a comeback.

"Since there’s nothing else to do here, I might as well head over to the bath center to take a look," Xu Yue muttered to herself. She closed the files, grabbed her bag, and headed out the door.

By the time she drove up to the entrance of Suiyue Bath Center, the lobby was mostly empty. Song Xiaohua recognized her and greeted her with a smile. "Miss Xu, you’re here! President Meng is in her office on the second floor."

Xu Yue nodded. Instead of having the receptionist notify Meng Qiaofei, she made her way up the stairs herself.

She had originally come to discuss the trial product promotion with Meng Qiaofei. Since she was entirely preoccupied with the details of the proposal, she wasn’t paying attention to her footsteps. Without realizing it, she walked right past the floor where Meng Qiaofei’s office was located and went up an extra flight of stairs. By the time she snapped back to reality, she was already standing in an unfamiliar corridor.

She realized she had gone the wrong way.

She was just about to turn around and leave when she suddenly heard faint noises coming from behind one of the doors ahead. The sounds were intermittent and completely unrestrained. She wanted to walk away quickly, but the woman’s voice was simply too loud. She kept crying out a specific phrase.

"My brother-in-law... don’t..."

"You’re my brother-in-law, be a little gentler..."

"Ah... my brother-in-law, you’re so amazing..."

Those repeated cries for a "brother-in-law" made Xu Yue pause in her tracks. She subconsciously took a few steps forward, feeling as though the voice was a needle plunging sharply into her ears.

This voice... it was far too familiar! It belonged to Xu Qian, the younger sister she had grown up with.

Standing before the tightly shut door, Xu Yue subconsciously gripped her bag strap so hard that her knuckles turned white. She hesitated for a few seconds before she finally gave in, carefully leaning close to the door and pressing her ear against the wood.

The voice truly sounded exactly like Xu Qian, but why would Xu Qian be fooling around with a man here? And who exactly was the brother-in-law she was calling out to? Could it be...

Xu Yue was startled by her own thoughts, instantly assuming she was just letting her imagination run wild. That was absolutely impossible! Xu Qian and Yang Xun had never gotten along. In fact, Xu Qian would mock Yang Xun every single time they met. How could they possibly hook up?

Just as Xu Yue was about to turn around and leave, a man’s deep voice rang out from inside the room. "Slut. Seducing your own brother-in-law. Does your sister know?"

"I refused to sleep with you, so you offered yourself up on a silver platter. How cheap can you get!"

"Ah! I was wrong, I won’t ever do it again! Please let me go, my dear brother-in-law!"

The woman’s pleas drifted through the door, enough to make anyone’s scalp tingle, yet all Xu Yue felt was a bone-deep cold. That male voice sounded entirely too much like Yang Xun. Especially when he was consumed by desire, his voice would take on that exact hint of hoarseness.

"This... this is impossible!" Xu Yue shook her head, her eyes instantly turning red. "It has to be a coincidence!"

She continuously tried to comfort herself, but her hand moved entirely on its own. She gripped the handle and carefully pushed the door open.

The sight inside the room instantly made her mind go blank.

On the spacious sofa, two silhouettes were completely intertwined. The man was wearing a mask that obscured his facial features, but his build was broad and sturdy. The lines of his wide back and shoulders were incredibly familiar.

Xu Yue’s heart violently skipped a beat.

She was more familiar with this body than anyone else. Although they had never actually consummated their marriage, she had serviced Yang Xun with her hands. She had caressed every inch of his skin; the structure of his muscles, the width of his shoulders, and the contours of his waist and abdomen were things she could trace with her eyes closed.

And the woman—despite wearing a half-mask that covered the majority of her face—had those subtly narrowed peach-blossom eyes and that familiar upward curve of her lips. Combined with the distinct pants and moans...

Xu Yue’s blood felt as if it had frozen solid.

It was Xu Qian. Her own biological sister.

Standing in the doorway, Xu Yue’s feet felt glued to the floor. She watched Yang Xun’s hands grip Xu Qian’s waist and listened to Xu Qian’s intermittent begging. Then, she heard Yang Xun let out a low chuckle and ask, "Qianqian, does it feel good?"

"It feels so good... my brother-in-law is too strong..."

Xu Yue’s eyes remained dead set on the two figures in the room. Her fingers gripped her bag strap so tightly that her nails nearly dug into the leather. She never in a million years would have imagined that just yesterday, the two of them were transferring money to her, yet today, they were sleeping together.

Meanwhile, in the live stream, the chat was absolutely boiling over.

"F*CK!! This acting is way too realistic!!"

"The brother-in-law and sister-in-law plotline feels totally real!!"

"How is this acting? This is clearly real!!"

"Honestly, I really like my brother-in-law too. Should I be brave just this once?"

Taking a deep breath, Xu Yue could no longer suppress the rage churning in her chest. She forcefully shoved the door all the way open, her voice dripping with an extreme, suppressed iciness. "What are you doing?!"

The air inside the room seemed to freeze in an instant.

Xu Qian let out a shrill scream, her body violently tensing up as she cried out in terror. Yang Xun gave a muffled grunt, beads of sweat breaking out on his forehead as his movements abruptly halted. He looked up toward the doorway, his pupils slightly constricting when he saw Xu Yue’s deathly pale face.

When Xu Qian looked up and realized who had arrived, all the color drained from her face, leaving her as pale as a sheet of paper.

"Xu Yue... why are you here..." she stammered, her voice trembling. It was as if the bones had been sucked right out of her body, leaving her slumped on the sofa. She frantically grabbed the nearby clothes in a flurry to cover herself up.

"If I hadn’t come, how would I have caught such a great show?" Xu Yue’s voice wasn’t loud, but it carried a chilling edge that made one’s heart clench. "When you two were transferring me money yesterday, were you already thinking about doing this today? So, you sent me money just to make up for your own guilt?"

Xu Qian was so frantic she was on the verge of tears. "Xu Yue, it’s not what you think! Listen to me explain..."