Cynical Romantics - Chapter 17 You Must Seduce Him

Song Ren entered her home and was embraced by Qian Meigui. She looked worried. Song Ren then assured her, “I am fine, sister Mei. Are you all right?”

Qian Meigui’s eyes were wet. It was Su Feng who informed them what happened to her. She didn’t know what happened until this morning.

She felt horrible. While Song Ren was fighting for her life, she was flirting with her brotherShe felt disgusted with her own feelings.

Song Jinyi and Song Jun ran down the staircase when they heard Song Ren’s voice. They noticed the subtle scratches on her face, and Song Jun said to his twin, “Big sister really took out three people alone, badass!” Song Jinyi looked at Song Ren in amazement.

Song Ren chuckled and said, “I was lucky. They had no idea what they were doing, and that’s why I was able to escape.”

Song Jun then responded, “They also had no idea who they were messing with!” Song Jun made some karate movements, imitating how he imagined Song Ren fought, and everyone laughed, except for Qian Meigui who felt guilty.

Qian Mei watched them engaging and enjoyed the sight. She then suddenly felt someone ruffling her hair, and Song Sheng appeared. She glanced up, and noticed he wasn’t looking at her. He looked straight ahead, but his small gesture made her feel included.

He let go and complained, “What’s with all this noise? So noisy.”

Song Ren approached her brother. Qian Meigui watched as they stood in front of each other. They were close in height, and they both had similar beauty. Song Ren then said, “Thank you for taking Mei Mei home. I am glad you look after her the way you do me.”

Song Sheng did not say anything. Judging from his reserved appearance, no one could tell what he was thinkinghe looked icy. “I do what I can for my sisters,” he said with a faint smile.

He then glanced at Qian Mei before approaching the sunroom.

Qian Mei went to visit the garden in order to view the sunset.

Shortly after Song Ren joined her.

Song Ren changed into a thin-strapped dress, and a thick choker on her neck. Qian Meigui could see the faint bruise marks on her neck and her expression saddened.

She sat next to Qian Mei; her black hair swayed over her shoulders and asked, “What are you thinking about?”

Qian Meigui sighed. “I am thinking about a lot of things,” she said.

Song Ren chuckled. “As am I,” she said. “Would you like to tell me your thoughts?”

Qian Mei grabbed a few clovers from the ground and started picking at them. “For one, I am sorry. I shouldn’t have left you.”

Song Ren looked sad, and said, “Do you remember I gave you a glass of Ros wine?”

Qian Meigui nodded and Song ren continued, “When I was drinking a shot glass, I had this metallic taste in my mouth. I did not want you drink any of it, and I requested other drinks for you. I already knew what was going to happen to me.”

Qian Mei looked puzzled, “What? Why didn’t you say anything?”

Song Ren sighed. “I knew Yang Wei was after us for sometime. Their family is not doing so well financially because of our father, and they wanted revenge. I rather it were me than anyone else from our family. I also knew that if I brought you, you would reveal where we were. As expected, I was right!”

Qian Mei looked at Song Ren astonishingly. How did she manage to calculate everything so well? Qian Meigui wouldn’t know.

Song Ren confessed, “I am sorry for putting you in danger. The plan would not have been executed properly with anyone else.”

Qian Meigui shook her head vigorously and said, “No! I am glad I came with you!”

Song Ren half-chuckled and looked at her with warmth, “I am glad we are sisters. You know you are my best friend right?”

Qian Mei looked at her with surprise. “Really?” she asked. Song Ren nodded.

“I think of you as my best friend too!” said Qian Mei.

Song Ren chuckled and smiled, “Good,” she said.

After a moment of silence, Qian Meigui asked, “Ren can ask you about your love life?” Qian Meigui wanted to know more about love. She had never experienced it before. But the feelings she had toward Song Sheng were different from a brother-sister feeling, and she wanted to confirm it.

Song Ren raised a brow, “What ever you are curious about, pause for a moment. Let’s go to my room first, and find Jinyishe loves this topic!”

Qian Mei nodded in agreement and they went into the house to find Jinyi. They all then changed into their nightwear and grabbed snacks from the kitchen as they met up in Song Ren’s bedroom.

They then settled on a spot on the ground, and played a movie for sound in the background and began binging on snacks.

“So what are we going to talk about?” asked Jinyi curiously.

Song Ren winked at her sister and said, “Our dear sister Mei is curious about love.”

Jinyi smiled enthusiastically. “It’s about time. I never hear her talk about boys.”

Qian Meigui threw a light pillow at Jinyi. “What do you know? You’re only fifteen!”

“I will be sixteen next week,” Jinyi argued and stuck out her tongue.

The three laughed. “Ren, how did you meet Su Feng?” Qian Mei asked curiously.

Qian Meigui felt that she asked a touchy question, but it changed when Ren’s frown slowly turned into a smile.

“It was quite a story. I will keep it short. We went to the same secondary school and he was chased by a lot of girls. I never cared about who Su Feng was, but many girls confessed their feelings towards him and he rejected them all. I knew him from a distance during first year, and he never seemed to recognize me, though I didn’t care because I wanted nothing to do with him.

Anyways, I felt amused by how cool this guy acted. So when it was Valentine’s Day, our school was doing an auction for men. Since I am rich, I dressed as a boy and I out-auctioned all the girls. The look on his face was hilarious! When I went on stage, I kissed him in front of everyone. He looked mortified. Then of course, I took off my wig and revealed myself. After the auction, I confessed that I wanted to embarrass him and that he was free to enjoy the festivities without me.”

Song Ren looked like she was recalling a great memory of her past, “He insisted that I joined him and we started off as being friends. We had an understanding of one another and we enjoyed each other’s company. Then our feelings gradually clicked and in our senior year, he asked me to be his girlfriend. I didn’t know whether I had already liked him for a long time or not, but when we dated it was great.”

Song Ren had a hint of pain in her expression, but also fondness for her fianc. She then asked Qian Meigui, “Why the sudden curiosity?”

Qian Mei exhaled shaking her head with no answer, she then asked, “How did you know how to had feelings for him? Or how do you know you have feelings for someone?

It was Song Jinyi who answered. “When you think about that personin your thoughts, in your dreams, in every little thing. Everything suddenly reminds you of them, whether it would be taking a stroll, looking at art, or simply looking at a flower. There would be a memory of that person.”

Song Ren continued, “When you have the urge to be closer to themto touch them, to kiss them. Their warmth would engulf you, and you would suddenly feel this overwhelming selfishness. This desire to conquer them, and merge your body with them and become one.”

Qian Meigui flushed, and Song Jinyi chuckled, “Mei Mei, do you like someone? Who is it?”

Qian Mei thought of Song Sheng, but she could not confess out loud to them. She shook her head and said, “I don’t like anyone, but I am curious as to how to approach the case when the time comes.”

Jinyi blinked, she then said, “It’s simple. You must seduce him.”