Chapter 52: Kindred spirits

“No! I’m just curious that’s all.”

He smiled. “He is Liu Jing. We have a seven-year age gap so he is twenty now. He is abroad studying fashion designing. He always had that creative artist in him. By nature, he is both quiet and bubbly. Quiet, when he is unfamiliar to people and a troublemaker when he loves your company.”

He chuckled softly.

“I have lost the count of how many times I had to clean up his mess. Especially with Huian. For some reason, they never get along. They are always at each other’s throats.”

She shook her head. “Even my twins are like that. God knows how many times they have pranked my neighbors. Every day it’s a new complaint. Even I have lost the count of how many apology treats I have given.”

Then they looked at each other as they found common ground.

They sadly nodded. Being the elder sibling is difficult indeed. It’s as if they are kindred spirits.

Jinhai said, “By the way, I noticed this before but you and the twins don’t really look alike that much.”

In his case, Jinhai and Jing did resemble a lot.

She smiled. “That’s because we are not biological siblings. I was adopted.”

Jinhai was stunned. He didn’t expect this answer. He realized he might have stepped on a nerve.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t know.”

“It’s alright. It’s actually a very common question people ask. So I’m used to it.”

“I see…” Somehow he had the urge to know more but they still don’t know each other that well yet. So it would be inappropriate to ask any further.

Suddenly the car took a sharp turn and Nana got pushed towards Jinhai. Her head fell on his chest. That push made her half sit on his lap. Jinhai was also pushed to his side but he quickly held her.

The driver stopped the car.

Jinhai asked, “Are you alright Nana?”

She was still a little dazed but understood him. She nodded.

The driver quickly came to him. “Sir! Are you alright?”

“Yes. I’m fine. Are you hurt?”

“No, sir. I’m fine as well.”

He asked coldly like he could just freeze the other person to death, “What happened?”

“Sir, it was a drunk biker. He suddenly took a wrong turn and came in front of our car. I had to take the turn on the other side or we would have hit him.”

“En. It’s okay.”, he said frostily, “Deal with him.”

“Understood. Sir, you are…”

“Go.”

“Yes, sir.”

Nana calmed down and finally realized the position in which they were sitting. Her cheeks flushed.

I’m on his lap!

She wanted to get back but God was still not in the mood to separate them. In all this mess, a lock of her hair got entangled in one of his shirt buttons.

Oh dear God, she thought.

She clumsily started to untangle it but it just messed up even more.

Jinhai was sitting like a frozen statue. Her soft body was pressed on his. Her smell was tingling up his nostrils. He was blank. He looked down to see her fruitless trying to free herself, and her embarrassed expression.

His mouth twitched.

“It’s okay. I will-“

Just then Nana gave a tight pull and her hair untangled…at the cost of his button getting ripped out of his shirt.

“…”

“…”

She caught his button but didn’t know where to look. Because hell she didn’t have the courage to look at him.

After a few seconds of silence he said, “So, you have damaged my shirt once again.”

She cried. No! What have I done? Why God why?

“I see you quite like to ruin my shirt.”

She closed her eyes in great remorse. Nobody can help me now.

“Is this your way to have some fun?”

She pressed her lips.

“Do you want to know what is fun for me?”

She refused to say anything.

“Make you hear your total amount of compensation.”, he teasingly looked at her.

She cried silently. But she tried to salvage the situation.

“You see Mr. Liu. There is nothing to compensate for this. I got your button ripped off but don’t worry! I will sew it back. It won’t even look like that this shirt ever damaged.”, she laughed nervously.

He stared at her. “You know how to sew?”

She found hope.

“Yes! I sew very well. I can fix your shirt. Really. So…can you please forget the compensation part? hehe..”

He chuckled softly. “Okay.”

Yokatta.. [1]

Her sight fell onto the bump on his head.

She widened her eyes. “Mr. Liu, You are hurt!”

Oh no. He must have bumped his head sideways on the window.

“It’s okay. It is just a slight wound.”

“It’s slight now, but it will worsen if we don’t treat it. Let’s hurry up to Natsukashi. It’s close by. I will apply some medicine on it.”

She didn’t realize but she was on his lap the whole time. She got off him and came out.

The driver then just came back. “Sir, the man has been taken care of.”

“En.”

Nana wondered what did ‘taken care of’ meant but she had the pressing issue to treat him now.

“Bring another car.”

Their car had got scratched and one tire too got punctured.

“Yes, sir.”

Jinhai also got out. “Let’s go?”

“Yes. Let’s go.”