Chapter 415: Your Brother Seems to Not Like Me

Song Jin was just about to speak when she suddenly felt the glare of the headlights piercing directly into her eyes.

Through a pane of glass, Xu Shu’s cold face appeared slightly dim in the light and shadow, his dominant presence startling Song Jin into standing up straight on reflex, even her gaze towards Xu Shu carried a hint of awe.

However, Xu Shu didn’t even give her a glance from the corner of his eye and drove the car straight into the villa.

“He, he’s really your brother?”

“Yeah!”

Xu Tingting asked, “What’s wrong?”

Looking inside, Song Jin hadn’t noticed before, but now he realized how imposing the Xu family villa was.

The flowers and plants that he couldn’t name were meticulously arranged at the entrance, obviously well-cared for.

The greed hidden in his eyes was almost uncontrollable.

“Tingting, this is where you live?”

“Ah.”

Xu Tingting remembered Song Jin’s background.

His family was not well-off; his father was disabled, so they relied on his mother’s work in a clothing store to make ends meet.

But Song Jin was impressive; he could have continued his studies to earn a master’s degree but chose to start working early to reduce the burden on his family.

Fortunately, he was lucky and landed a job at a company as soon as he entered the workforce.

It was said that his boss appreciated him, and he was on the rise in his career.

Xu Tingting usually didn’t take the initiative to call him, fearing she would disturb him.

She thought Song Jin was asking this because he was worried he wasn’t good enough for her.

So she deliberately made up a kind lie, “I’m just staying here temporarily.

This is my relative’s home, and Brother Shu isn’t my blood relative.

After I graduate, I’ll still be going back to my own home.”

Besides, Xu Shu wasn’t her blood brother anyway.

Before she was born, her parents were diagnosed as infertile, so they adopted Xu Shu.

Later on, her mother got pregnant and gave birth to her second brother, and then she came along.

But she and her second brother treated Xu Shu as their real brother.

A single layer of blood relation didn’t affect the affection between them.

Song Jin asked, “I remember you said your family was from a small county town, right?”

“Yeah.” Xu Tingting felt terribly guilty and dared not say more.

As she lowered her head, she failed to see the scorn and worry in Song Jin’s eyes.

At that moment, Xu Shu parked the car and came out, looking towards the entrance.

Xu Tingting was still hanging on to Song Jin.

But Song Jin wasn’t holding her and even stood a bit stiffly; upon closer observation, Song Jin appeared to be leaning back, seemingly avoiding any implication.

Xu Shu’s face darkened instantly.

He had intended to go inside, but now he decided to stand still right there.

Song Jin noticed him, and his eyes quickly withdrew in surprise, pulling Xu Tingting’s arm down.

“It’s late, you should go back and rest.

I’ll call you when I’m free.”

He handed the flower to Xu Tingting, “This is for you.

I didn’t get the necklace right, so consider this as compensation.”

Xu Tingting smiled sweetly, “Compensation?

Whether you give me anything or not, I’m very happy.

Besides, the necklace is beautiful; I’m wearing it right now.”

She pulled down her scarf and tugged out the necklace to show him.

Song Jin couldn’t hide his smirk, typical of someone from a small county town—a short-sighted viewpoint.

She treasured a fake necklace like a precious gem.

If she was a real young lady of a rich family, she wouldn’t be like this.

“Alright, I’m off.

You should go in,” he paused, then added, “Your brother seems not to like me.”

Xu Tingting instinctively looked inside and saw Xu Shu.

She obediently extended her hand and waved towards Xu Shu.

“Why would that be?

My brother is really nice.”

Song Jin said, “But you are also living under someone else’s roof; no wonder he doesn’t want you coming home late.

Your cousin is strict, and I shouldn’t say much.

Just be more careful.”

Xu Tingting was unhappy with anyone speaking ill of Xu Shu, even if it was Song Jin, and she felt upset.