Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
âOnce he knows the truth, Iâd have nowhere to hide. I know he wonât despise me, but Iâll hate myself, and I wonât be able to face his guilt towards me.
âI know I may be being selfish by leaving. My brother will only feel more guilty afterward. But I really⦠really canât worry about these things anymore. I⦠I just want to relax for once, not face all theseâ¦
âMoreover, as long as Iâm around, my dad will always be afraid Iâd get too close to my brother,â Jiang Yujie said.
Lu Man was surprised. âWhy?ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Wasnât it⦠good for siblings to have a good relationship?
Did he wish the siblings would hate each other and not see each other forever instead?
Jiang Yujie smiled. âSince I already told you so much, I donât mind telling you more. My brother and I arenât true siblings. Weâre a stepfamily. After my father died, my mom brought me along and remarried my current dad. So my current dad is my stepfather.
âBecause I donât have any blood relations with my brother, after we grew up, they⦠especially Dad, they were afraid we?id have inappropriate feelings for each other, â Jiang Yujie said.
âNow that Brother is back. Dadâs worry has grown even more, I wanted to move out originally, itâs only that my brother might disagree. I was scared heâd think heâd stolen my place in the family and had forced me out. Anyway, itâll just create more problems, so its better for me to go travel. I can treat it like a holiday and tell my family Iâm working overseas.â
Jiang Yujieâs decision made Lu Man recall how she told the same lie to Xia Qingwei to not let her worry in her previous life.
Those were different circumstances, though.
Lu Man sighed. âl can give you a place to put your luggage. As for where youâre going, you can choose not to say. Because if you tell me and your family comes searching for you, I wonât keep your location a secret. To me, them seeking you out means [ should let you all have a chance to talk it out.
âOf course, itâs just my own assumptions,â Lu Man said. âThis is your private matter. What you choose and do is your own choice.â
âThank you.â JiangYujie nodded with a smile, grateful that Lu Man told her everything and gave her a choice.
âThen⦠I just need a place for my luggageü Jiang Yujie said.
Sheâs keeping her whereabouts from Lu Man then.
Jiang Yujie continued, âI havenât thought of where to go eventually. Iâve only bought a plane tidket to Dali, but thatâs certainly not my final destination, As for how long Iâm staying there and where Iâm going, I have no idea yet,â
She didnât mean to hide it from Lu Man.
But Lu Man didnât mind whether Jiang Yujie did it on purpose.
She wasnât a close friend of Jiang Yujie whom she had to spill every secret to,
The place Lu Man mentioned to Jiang Yujie was actually Shi Xiaoyaâs office.
It was only a luggage space.
Jiang Yujie wasnât staying there.
Lu Man gave Shi Xiaoya a heads-up.
She didnât mention Jiang Yujieâs matter, only saying that Jiang Yujie wanted to borrow a space in the office to place her luggage temporarily. .