Chapter 437: What Does She Want to Do?

Chu Lingxiu thought she was finally about to regain her freedom. But she hadn’t expected to be hauled back inside by her own brother the moment she darted out the door.

Staring at Chu Yunze, who stood before her, Chu Lingxiu furrowed her brow and pouted in displeasure.

"Big Brother, what do you think you’re doing?!"

’Didn’t he come to let me out?’

’I have to get out! I haven’t left the house in days!’

"Go inside and sit down. I have something to talk to you about."

"I don’t want to talk, I just want to go out!"

Chu Lingxiu turned her head away, refusing to look at Chu Yunze. She didn’t budge.

"We go inside and talk, or I turn around and leave. Your choice."

"..."

Chu Lingxiu looked up and stared at Chu Yunze in astonishment. ’So he really didn’t come to let me out!’

"Hmph!"

With a disgruntled huff, Chu Lingxiu spun around and walked back into her room. She plopped down on the sofa, pointedly ignoring Chu Yunze.

Chu Yunze followed her into the room, closing the door behind him. He walked over and sat down beside her.

"Lingxiu, how old are you?"

"You’re my big brother, for crying out loud. You don’t know how old I am?"

Chu Lingxiu hadn’t planned on dignifying him with a response, but she couldn’t help herself after hearing that question.

"You’re eighteen. You’re a young woman now, not a child. It’s time you took responsibility for your actions."

"Big Brother, what’s that supposed to mean? Did you come here just to lecture me?"

"Why don’t you like Shen Nian?"

Chu Yunze’s tone shifted as he looked at Chu Lingxiu and asked his question. He would investigate Gu Shuxin’s role in this, but first, he needed to understand his sister’s perspective.

"..."

Chu Lingxiu hadn’t expected him to suddenly ask such a question, and she froze. When she came to her senses, she was about to deny it, but the change in her expression didn’t escape Chu Yunze’s eyes.

"Don’t deny it. I’m not blind."

"I just don’t like her! There doesn’t have to be a reason!"

"Lingxiu, I’m your big brother. I watched you grow up. You can be willful sometimes, but you’ve never been this unreasonable. This was the first time you and Shen Nian ever met, so there’s no old grudge between you. You’ve also said you don’t like Lu Cheng, so this isn’t a case of love rivals seeing red. So tell me, what is the real reason you don’t like her?"

"Big Brother, you..."

Chu Lingxiu was stunned by his words. ’How could he, with just a few sentences, completely corner me like that?!’

"What’s the matter? Is it that hard to answer?"

"I just don’t like her, that’s all!"

Chu Lingxiu had promised Gu Shuxin she wouldn’t say anything about her situation. So, even though the person in front of her was her own brother, she kept her promise to her friend.

"Or, let me rephrase. Do you dislike Shen Nian because of someone else?"

"Big Brother..."

Chu Lingxiu hadn’t even recovered from the last shock, and now here came another one. ’What’s with Big Brother today? Is he a mind reader?’

"Well? Still not willing to talk?"

Chu Lingxiu gritted her teeth and turned her head away, refusing to look at Chu Yunze.

Chu Yunze looked at Chu Lingxiu and sighed deeply. He had been probing all this time just to see if she would tell him the truth.

’I didn’t expect her to be this stubborn.’

’Keeping a promise to a friend and defending them is admirable, of course. But what if that friend has ulterior motives? In that case, what she’s doing isn’t loyal—it’s foolish.’

"Lingxiu, I’m very disappointed in you."

"Big Brother, I..."

"What is Gu Shuxin trying to do?"