A pampered young lady from a prestigious family, pampered by her childhood sweetheart, a CEO.

Over the past three years, there has been a thick stack of plane tickets, countless photos, and piles of gifts.

Xu Qiluo raised an eyebrow. "Sis, does he think you haven't found out about him? And that you've already moved all his little secrets to this attic?"

Xu Shuli smiled gently, a sly glint in her eyes. "You guessed it yourself, not me."

Xu Qiluo “…”

He opened his mouth as if he were meeting his sister for the first time, and was a little dazed looking at her quiet appearance. Why was his sister a little different?

"Sister, how did you become so cunning?" Xu Qiluo took three seconds to react. "So, for the past three years, he has been secretly coming back to see you, right? And you know about his existence."

"Ah."

"Then you've already met him, so why didn't he come out and explain everything to you back then? You wouldn't have wasted these three years. And even if he had so many reasons, even if he came back countless times in these three years, none of that can be a reason for him to abandon you at the engagement party."

Xu Qilu waved his hand. The attic was neither too big nor too small, but after putting all these things in, it felt a bit cramped. He found a place to sit down.

"Sister, why were you so shocked when he came back?"

Xu Qiluo had so much to say and so many questions, and her mind was still reeling from what had happened back then.

“That’s because he came back secretly, but that doesn’t mean I knew his itinerary.” Xu Shuli reached out and hooked the plane ticket on the table. “From the day he left the engagement party, I knew something must have happened. I was angry that he didn’t tell me anything, and I was also angry that he carried all of this alone and ran away to a foreign country.”

“The Luo family is just like our Xu family. It would be easy for us to find out anything. My father had countless ideas, but I stopped him every time. The reason is simple: I can’t get over my conscience. I always thought we knew each other inside and out, and that we could understand each other’s thoughts with just a glance. So I want him to come back and win me back.”

Xu Shuli tapped the iron box with one hand, raised her chin, and looked smug and arrogant. "I must make him realize his mistake. The elders of the Luo family protected him too well. He has never been exposed to any darkness. You could say he is a prodigy. It is precisely because of this that he can never make rational analyses when facing these things, and he is exceptionally naive in his actions."

“This is not the kind of Yunqi I want. I want someone who can take me out of the darkness, not someone who stays with me in the darkness.”

Xu Shuli was soberly aware of her situation. "If it weren't for Grandpa Luo's personal visit, the first time I had ever seen him so sincere, his only request was for me to understand him. But I couldn't get past that hurdle. That engagement banquet became famous throughout the capital... and it led me to do the most foolish thing."

Xu Qiluo knew what she meant by that action: finding a weak, incompetent, and sycophantic Ji Chen.

"Sister, is this why you forgave him?" Xu Qiluo didn't care about so much; the only person he cared about was his sister. "He made you so sad and upset, but I still can't bear to see you forgive him so easily."

“Foolish…” Xu Shuli stood up and stood by the window, gazing into the distance with a cold expression. “Perhaps I wasn’t really angry to begin with. I know him too well. If something really serious hadn’t happened, he would never have abandoned me. I firmly believe that.”

"Qi Luo, I couldn't get over it in my heart either, until I learned about his time in the US. Because of the severe mental trauma, Luo's mother was extremely resistant to anyone getting close to her. As long as Qi Luo could get close to her, even Uncle Luo was not allowed. At that time, the Luo Group was experiencing a huge internal war."

"If I'm not mistaken, the reason he doesn't dare come to me or see me is because he's afraid of what the other party might do to me or the Xu family. The fact that they dared to lay their hands on Mother Luo proves that they are all desperate criminals, unafraid of death or being caught..."

The more Xu Qiluo listened, the more tense her expression became. "He has never told us any of this before."

"Because of his inherent pride, he felt that he could bear all of this alone and shoulder the glory and rise and fall of the entire Luo family. He didn't want to drag us down. However, the continuous blows made him develop a certain level of physical immunity."

The mother was irritable, the father was weak and silent, the company was beset by internal and external troubles, and even the grandfather, who was the only one who could shoulder the heavy responsibility, could not withstand such a blow and fell ill like a landslide.

Luo Yunqi remained silent, shouldering the entire Luo family alone. He missed Xu Shuli terribly, and was even more afraid that the unknown forces behind the scenes would extend their vicious claws towards Xu Shuli. He dared not see her, nor dared to appear in front of her.

The boy was innocent and passionate, but he couldn't withstand the vicissitudes of life.

Luo's mother still couldn't control her emotions, which not only hurt Luo Yunqi but also ended up hurting herself. The old man couldn't bear the blow and was bedridden for a whole month.

"sister…"

When Xu Qiluo spoke again, her voice was unusually hoarse. "So he only dared to come back to see you after resolving everything? So he shouldered all of this alone before daring to come back and beg for your forgiveness?"

"Ah."

"How stupid..." Xu Qiluo suppressed her emotions and said disdainfully, "But so what? At most, this will only make me less confrontational with him next time I see him, but he still made you cry. He got past you, but getting past me will be a completely different story."

"Sister, between your future boyfriend and your smart, handsome, and incredibly intelligent biological brother, I believe you can make the fairest and most impartial choice and judgment. At worst, I'll give him some face next time I see him."

The two of them were always bickering like this. Xu Shuli tapped her forehead, finding it slightly amusing.

"That's not necessarily true. I never said I'd let him pass me so quickly. 'Heaven will entrust great responsibilities to those who are first tested with hardship and toil...'"

“There is another old saying, ‘Only petty men and women are difficult to deal with.’” Xu Shuli chuckled softly. “Qiluo, your sister is not the love-struck girl in novels. I know he had his reasons, and I understand that he has shouldered so much on his own. I am glad that he has grown up so quickly, but that does not mean that I can forgive him so quickly.”

"Sister...wait...you..."

Xu Qilu thought for a long time before finally uttering those words, "I feel like you're training a dog. You are the most intelligent and smartest girl. I finally understand the true meaning of the saying, 'If you're going to have a daughter, have Xu Shuli.'"

He wasn't boasting, nor was it because the other person was his beloved older sister; rather, it was because of the clear-headedness and independence she exuded from within.

She is kind, but not blindly so. She has her own judgment and her own standards for doing things.

"Sis, I suddenly feel that Luo Yunqi is not good enough for you. How about I help you find someone at school who is better than him? But never mind, I still think no one is good enough for you."

Xu Qilu struggled for a moment, but had to accept the fact.

He felt that no one was good enough for his sister; his sister should be the best, standing on the mountaintop, enjoying all the applause. His sister was born to be the center of attention.