I'm Your Sister, Brother Chow

She walked into the bathroom and stood in front of the full-length mirror. She looked at herself in the mirror and carefully undid her dress.

As the dress slipped off, she was only left clad in a black lace cami she had purposely put on for the night.

But now, she was barely paying any attention to the lace on the cami dress.

Celine gently caressed her underbelly with her long, slender fingers. At the tip of her finger was a curved scar that was shaped like a centipede.

"Chow, don't forget, you owe me your life," Celine said, clenching her fist by her side. "You can only repay me by making me your wife."

After being tormented by Chow for an entire night, Vivian slept in until noon the following day.

Vivian couldn't help blushing when she thought of how Aunt Blaine would probably react.

She hurriedly got up from bed and went to wash up. But before she could descend the stairs, she suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from downstairs.

"Aunt Blaine, is Vivian not up yet? Didn't Chow invite a teacher to tutor her at home?"

Vivian slowed down in her steps. She gripped the bannister a little tighter without realising it.

It was Celine.

Her voice sounded loud, clear, and amicable, but Vivian knew that she couldn't face her calmly.

...

"Miss Vivian came back a little late last night. The Young Master had already informed Professor Bender that she would be taking a day off for today," Aunt Blaine answered in a calm and polite tone, void of all friendliness.

However, Celine didn't seem to mind. She sighed with a smile. "Chow seems to be really fond of Vivian. And yet he told me many times that he hates her. I knew he was bluffing all along."

Vivian felt her heart trembling again when she heard Celine saying that.

She'd known for a long time that Chow hated her, but when the words tumbled out of Celine's mouth, Vivian could feel the bitterness seeping in.

Aunt Blaine did not reply Celine. Instead, she only nodded slightly at her. "Miss Celine, please wait for a moment. I will go and check on our young mistress."

It was just a simple sentence, but Aunt Blaine had clearly established who was the actual young mistress of the Howard house. She had called one 'miss' by her name whilst calling the other 'our young mistress'.

...

Celine's eyelid twitched, but she said nothing, only nodding slightly at her. "Thank you, Aunt Blaine."

Vivian quickly stepped out as soon as she heard that Aunt Blaine was coming up for her.

you doing here?" She tried to smile as naturally as

eyes aren't puffy after getting up so late in the day," she said with a clear laugh. "It must be nice being

such a young age," Celine thought. "You were born to

course, Celine would never show

shot her a hasty smile. "What do you mean, Sister Celine? We're only a

My friend's boyfriend has been seduced by one of those seemingly innocent high-school girls before," Celine said, tutting her

stopped talking and covered her mouth with

saying in front of a child? Of course you wouldn't know any of this. Don't tell Chow that I said anything of the sort, will you?

as if she

lost its colour since Celine started talking about

showed Celine a small smile and replied in a low voice. "Of course not, Sister Celine. What

barely past noon. Chow wouldn't be home for a couple

would have just gone straight to his office. She

anything, Aunt Blaine spoke up

and wanted you to go with her. But Miss, don't you still have some homework to finish before Professor Bender comes tomorrow? Young Master said that you should focus on your

words, Vivian had felt

her saviour. She could perhaps still weed her

"You're right, I—"

had a lot of homework

had grabbed onto Vivian's hand and started swinging it back and forth like a spoilt

going to let me go gown-shopping alone, are you?" she asked coquettishly. "People often go gown-shopping with their friends. If I turn up alone, I'm going to feel embarrassed. You wouldn't want your future sister-in-law

Celine would never have dared to call herself Vivian's

the few words that would hurt Vivian the

enough, Vivian's hand trembled all of a sudden

grab lunch together first before going dress-shopping. You could try on a few outfits too! You're eighteen now. You'll soon need to attend functions and events, and you'll need dresses for that. Who knows, you might even find yourself

still smiling happily, but the look in her eyes showed that she was

since she kept her head

way

her own ground and letting other people tell her what to

"I guess it's alright."

cutting in right after Vivian finished speaking.

said she'll come out with me. Don't stop her anymore. What's the worst that I

hand and headed for the door. "Let's go. I went to a French restaurant with Chow the other day and

heart sinking when Celine kept talking about her relationship with

she quickly suppressed the sadness she

Blaine. "Don't worry, Aunt Blaine, I can finish my homework when I come back later. Since Sister Celine

looked at

for nearly half her life and had seen all sorts of people trying to get close with ulterior motives, especially since they were a rich

Celine wanting to go out with Vivian