A Shy, White-haired Girl Has No Interest In Being Someone's Love Target!

Chapter 213 : A Lifetime of Companionship

In a beautiful villa far from the hustle and bustle of the city.

"Splash splash splash..." Water droplets fell to the ground, creating crisp and pleasant collision sounds.

Two girls sat on stools in the bathroom, both their faces radiating happiness.

"Sister Rou, wash faster, wash faster! I want to wash for Sister Rou too!"

The delicate girl sitting under the showerhead fidgeted, shaking her head so that water droplets splashed onto Xia Rou behind her.

"Ah... Yuanyuan, be good, you need to wash thoroughly first."

"I'm not going anywhere else, don't worry." The response to the fussing girl came with sisterly gentleness.

Xia Rou looked at the smooth black hair in her hands, her expression full of affection.

She gently held it, spreading the shampoo evenly before slowly massaging up and down.

Yuanyuan's hair quality was really nice.

While helping to wash, Xia Rou looked at that beautiful black long hair, and even she felt a bit envious.

But just... even though it was right in front of her now, seemingly within reach.

In the coming year, would she be able to continue touching this beautiful black hair so easily?

Clearly, she couldn't decide. The future was so uncertain for her.

Indeed, she envied more the person who would be able to accompany Yuanyuan for a lifetime.

Xia Rou lowered her head, her hands stilling, remaining motionless for a long time.

Until that lively, cheerful girl's voice came from in front of her.

"Sister Rou, I feel like you're being lazy! Are you trying to sneak away!?"

Because of the shampoo washing, Qin Yuanyuan's head was covered with white bubbles.

But in order to help Sister Rou wash her hair, she also closed her eyes and forcibly stood up from the small stool.

"Don't you dare run!"

But such behavior on the water-splattered bathroom floor seemed somewhat foolish.

Qin Yuanyuan usually fell when walking at home, let alone on this slippery floor.

Soon, as she turned to grab Xia Rou, she felt her feet slip...

"Whoa!" The girl let out a sharp cry, her delicate, small body rapidly falling backward.

With this ceramic tile floor, if her head hit the ground, something bad might really happen.

"Yuanyuan!"

In that moment, Xia Rou's pupils dilated in shock. Adrenaline surged, and even with her body in poor condition, she could move at a speed many others couldn't achieve.

In just one second, she stood up, rushed to Qin Yuanyuan's side, and caught her waist. In one fluid motion, she successfully caught the falling Qin Yuanyuan.

"Ah!" Not yet reacting, Qin Yuanyuan cried out loudly in Xia Rou's arms, then clamped her small mouth shut tightly.

But the pain never came.

"Hm? Sister Rou..." She opened her eyes, and what met her gaze was Xia Rou's face, flushed pink to an almost sickly degree.

"Yuanyuan! What were you doing!?"

Even for the even-tempered Xia Rou, her emotions became very unstable at this moment.

This was the first time she had yelled at Qin Yuanyuan, and the first time since middle school that she had shown such a loss of composure to anyone.

"Hng... Sister Rou, you actually yelled at me, hng hng." Xia Rou's unusual display frightened the usually pampered Qin Yuanyuan.

"Don't cry..."

The pitiful sight of the girl sobbing tugged at Xia Rou's heart, and she didn't yell at her again.

"Do you know how dangerous what you just did was? What if you had fallen head first?"

"You would have become an idiot!"

Xia Rou tried to keep her voice low and calm, but her internal anxiety and worry still made her voice come out somewhat loud.

"Hng, I just wanted to help Sister Rou wash her hair..." Qin Yuanyuan said with a wronged expression, her lips trembling, her eyes filled with tears.

But she didn't cause any more trouble, just quietly nestled in Xia Rou's arms.

"Sigh..." Xia Rou sighed.

"Today and from now on, I won't let you help me wash my hair anymore, don't even think about it."

"Now, Yuanyuan, you sit nicely on the stool."

"Hng, I don't want to!"

"If you don't listen, you'll have to bathe by yourself from now on."

Qin Yuanyuan was about to resist when Xia Rou's words frightened her into silence.

Not being able to bathe with Sister Rou was like not being able to bathe with Sister Rou at all, extremely difficult for her.

"Hng." She stopped moving around and sat back on the stool with a wronged expression.

Xia Rou, seeing that Qin Yuanyuan had obediently sat down, continued washing the parts she hadn't finished earlier.

This time, she chose to stand while washing Qin Yuanyuan.

Even though this was more tiring.

...

Compared to the lively and cheerful atmosphere from just moments before, the next twenty minutes were exceptionally quiet and desolate.

Qin Yuanyuan kept her head down, not saying a word.

Until Xia Rou finished rinsing Qin Yuanyuan's hair with the showerhead.

"Get up." She hung the showerhead back in place, then called to the petite girl before her in a commanding tone.

"Ah... Yuanyuan, get up." Xia Rou realized only belatedly that she hadn't been very gentle just now.

"Okay..."

Qin Yuanyuan's voice was very weak, her fair, delicate face wrinkled, looking like her mood wasn't very good.

Just after Qin Yuanyuan stood up, Xia Rou quickly sat on the small stool positioned under the showerhead.

"Hng." Seeing Sister Rou sitting before her, the girl who had just been scolded could only watch with longing eyes.

She stood in place, her two small hands held pitifully in front of her belly.

"Yuanyuan, come here." Just then, her beloved Sister Rou called to her.

But she didn't feel hopeful, because Sister Rou had already said so just now.

"Sister Rou, what would I do if I come over..."

"..."

"Come help me wash my hair. Weren't you always pestering me about it?"

"Huh!?"

Hearing Sister Rou's voice return to its usual gentleness, Qin Yuanyuan was completely surprised.

"Is it okay?"

"Yes, come. I promised you." Xia Rou responded softly.

"Yay, gentle Sister Rou is back!"

Soon, Qin Yuanyuan's voice became lively and cheerful again.

She grinned and sat behind Sister Rou, finally getting to touch her hair as she wished.

"Yuanyuan, from now on, don't move around carelessly in the bathroom when you can't see. It's the same in other places too. And don't run around in the living room either, understand?"

"Otherwise, I won't bathe with you anymore."

While she was excited, Sister Rou warned her.

"Yes yes, I understand!"

Qin Yuanyuan quickly nodded her head like a roly-poly toy.

"..."

"Then I'll trouble Yuanyuan to wash my hair now."

"Like a big sister washing her younger sister's hair."

"Yes!"

Qin Yuanyuan laughed happily and quickly picked up the shampoo.

But when she was about to wash Sister Rou's hair, she didn't know where to start.

"Hm, I think it's first..."

She recalled the process her sister usually did for her.

That's right, the head!

Qin Yuanyuan's movements were very clumsy, but she still tried hard to apply shampoo to Xia Rou.

She helped, holding Sister Rou's long hair, her heart filled with inexplicable joy.

At first, Qin Yuanyuan made this request because she wanted to feel like an older sister.

But she knew that Sister Rou was very kind to her, always gently taking care of her clumsiness and fussiness. Sister Rou was the real older sister.

So she quickly discovered that she couldn't find the feeling of being an older sister from Sister Rou.

As for why she still wanted to help wash her hair now?

Actually, she herself wasn't quite sure. She just thought that being able to help Sister Rou made her heart very happy.

Hehe, she would wash Sister Rou's hair for a lifetime!

......

The two girls' bath lasted about an hour. After simply drying their hair, they walked out of the bathroom in their pajamas.

"Ah?"

But just as they came out, they saw a tall man standing at the bathroom door at an inopportune moment.

Such behavior similar to that of a pervert should be frightening, but Xia Rou wasn't too surprised.

"Brother, what are you doing here?"

"Xiarou... cough, I've taken care of your friend's matter."

Even in winter, the man still wore light white short sleeves and shorts, looking just like a sports student on the school field.

His gaze fell on Xia Rou out of concern, but seeing her thin clothing, he awkwardly looked away.

"Ah, thank you, brother."

"You're so busy yet you came to do this for me. I'm sorry..." Xia Rou bent down sincerely to thank him.

With this, the collar of her already thin clothes revealed even more beautiful scenery.

Xia Hongxuan didn't look even once, only quietly looking at his sister's head.

"It's nothing. Small matters like this are solved in no time. If there's anything else, just say it, Xiarou."

Although this unexpectedly difficult university matter had made him tired to handle, as long as he heard his beloved sister's voice, all that fatigue scattered away.

Before, when school grades were poor, or during this time after their parents left, his sister was always the first to come care about him, asking about his company (school studies).

From childhood to now, his sister's thoughtfulness and gentleness had permeated his entire life.

Now, it was his turn to care for his sister.

"I called parents to come back. They're on the way. After I finish handing over work, I won't need to go to the company anymore."

"For the next year, I won't go at all." Xia Hongxuan calmly stated what he had recently done.

This made Xia Rou's beautiful face show an expression of alarm.

"This... why? No, brother, you go back quickly..." Xia Rou pushed against the man's chest, but with her current weak strength, she couldn't move him at all.

The girl was very anxious, because in her view, her brother had worked so hard as a child precisely to help their parents manage the company well.

Yet now, he was abandoning twenty years of effort because of her.

"Xiarou, stop being willful... I can indulge you in anything else, but not this."

Xia Hongxuan unhesitatingly rejected Xia Rou.

The argument-like exchange between the siblings also left Qin Yuanyuan standing to the side in a daze.

She blinked foolishly, not quite understanding what was happening.

"Um, Big Brother Xia, what do you want with Sister Rou?"

Qin Yuanyuan's voice wasn't as silly and lively as usual, but unusually serious.

Her petite body blocked in front of Xia Rou, separating her from Xia Hongxuan.

"Yuanyuan…”

[End of Chapter]