A relationship between a brother and sister full of playful bickering seemed much more intimate than one where one party always just gave in. Xu Changqing wondered if this was the reason she and Xu Baimei had become bitter enemies.
Honestly, she was quite envious of their sibling dynamic. But she knew she could never be like that. She couldn't even act that way with someone as close as Brother Gangzi.
'A personality flaw isn't something you can fix with effort alone.' Just like now, facing Uncle He and his wife, Aunt—was she supposed to join the siblings in their boisterous laughter and jokes?
What a joke.
Shen Hui didn't stay in Beijing for long. Perhaps she had already arranged to travel with someone, because she went to the courtyard house under her name the day after returning from the compound.
