Ming Yuqian was clear in private that he occasionally showed a bit of stubbornness.
Sometimes he couldn't restrain the inner desire to act like a spoiled boy, and deep down, he has a bit of a domineering temperament.
Much like now.
If Ming Siling came openly, Ming Yutong wouldn't mind at all.
But when Ming Siling played these little tricks, Ming Yutong reacted like this: if I don't want, I won't let you have it either.
That's how domineering she was.
But Ming Yuqian really liked his stubborn and domineering sister.
That's how his sister should be.
Ming Siling happened to hear Ming Yutong's words outside the door.
She lowered her head, her facial features distorted with resentment.
Just now she came in with Jiang Lulian. In order to show her generosity, when the old lady let Aunt Shen call Ming Yutong and Ming Yuqian downstairs for dinner, she took the initiative to take over this job.
She knew that Ming Yuqian had been disapproving of her from the beginning, and she also felt that Ming Yutong was not as friendly to her as she was at the beginning.
But she didn't expect that this brother and sister would think like this!
Who dud they think they were!
Why did they not take her seriously!
Why did they judge her as a person based on their likes and dislikes!
She also wanted to be as unrestrained as Ming Yutong, to like or dislike someone so openly, and to say with such dominance, "I don't want it, so I won't let you have it."
But why hasn't fate given her this opportunity?
She was abducted from a young age, lost, sold to a family, but that family was also very poor.
The days she lived through, even thinking about them now made her shiver all over.
She was really scared of being poor.
After so many days of hardship, she finally returned to the Ming family.
It's like a sparrow in a mud nest suddenly coming to a phoenix's nest one day.
Looking around, all she saw was admiration, all was magnificent.
Of course, she would be nervous and unsure.
She's pretending, but this was to have a better life, to seek greater benefits for herself. What's wrong with that!
It's not like Ming Yutong didn't pretend!
She has seen with her own eyes, Ming Yutong directly in a car with a man.
Ming Siling usually presented herself as aloof and clean-cut, with a good reputation.
Everyone said that even when she was doing business with people, she paid extreme attention to propriety and never engaged in any dirty or ambiguous affairs.
But Ming Siling sneered at this notion.
Back when she was working as a waitress at "Hongding," she had personally seen Ming Yutong leave "Hongding" with a man and couldn't help but notice what was happening in the car.
Ming Siling always believed that if she had grown up in the Ming family without being lost, if she had lived a proud and confident life from a young age, she would not be as cautious and wrapped in disguises as she was now.
She also wanted to live as boldly and freely as Ming Yutong, full of dominance, saying those domineering words, always holding her head high like the sun.
Ming Siling made an effort to calm her twisted face and relaxed her expression.
She took a deep breath and knocked on the door. "Sister, brother, dinner's ready."
Ming Yutong lazily straightened up, and Ming Yuqian raised an eyebrow at Ming Yutong. "Do you think she's been eavesdropping on us for a long time?"
Ming Yutong didn't care and just smirked. "So what if she heard?"
Neither of them deliberately lowered their voices, enough for Ming Siling outside to hear.
This was what Ming Siling hated the most about their pride.
The two of them walked out one after the other, and Ming Yuqian opened the door first.
Seeing Ming Siling standing outside, pretending not to know anything, Ming Yuqian disdainfully sneered and mocked Ming Siling with a glance.
Ming Yutong just smirked at Ming Siling and said nothing.
But Ming Siling felt that Ming Yutong's eyes were full of mockery.
They were both laughing at her, looking down on her!
At the dining table, Ming Yuqian wasn't particularly impolite, but he rarely spoke to Ming Siling.
After dinner, Jiang Lulian, Ming Yutong, and Ming Yuqian left together.
At the door, Jiang Lulian asked, "Did Yutong drive here today?"
Ming Yutong nodded. Before she could say anything else, Ming Yuqian said, "Great, I didn't drive. Sister, can you give me a ride?"
"Okay." Ming Yutong nodded and secretly glanced sideways at Ming Yuqian.
He was being way too obvious.
Ming Yuqian continued to be indifferent to what others might think, acting according to his own wishes. He didn't say goodbye to Jiang Lulian and just got into Ming Yutong's car.
Occupying the passenger seat next to her, he rolled down the window.
Ming Yuqian leaned out of the car and urged Ming Yutong, "Sister, hurry up."
Ming Yutong could only apologize to Jiang Lulian with a smile. Jiang Lulian understood and nodded, "It's okay."
But he didn't leave just yet.
Ming Yutong was puzzled, but she heard him explain, "I'll see you off and leave after you two do."
Ming Yutong lowered her eyes. "Well... be careful on the road."
Actually, Jiang Lulian wasn't bad. Apart from the flaws Ming Yuqian pointed out about his male issues, he didn't have any other faults.
He was courteous, gentlemanly, and considerate.
In this world, no one was perfect.
If she hadn't experienced Fu Yinxiu, Ming Yutong might have tried to date Jiang Lulian, even if she didn't fall in love.
But there were no "ifs."
It wasn't that he was bad, it was just that she didn't like him.
Ming Yutong got into the car, and Jiang Lulian watched from the roadside until Ming Yutong drove away before getting into his own car.
Regarding this, Ming Yuqian had only two words to comment on Jiang Lulian: "Hypocrite."