Rebirth Begins with Rejecting my Childhood Friend-Chapter 457 - Getting Anxious.

“But… but, this isn’t right.”

“There’s nothing wrong with it. Your sister knows I like you, and she has agreed.”

Hearing this, An Shui Shui became even more flustered.

She knew her brother-in-law wasn’t lying, because her sister had vaguely hinted at it that morning.

“Shui Shui, I really like you. Be honest with me—do you hate me?”

An Shui Shui hesitated for a moment before softly replying,

“No… I don’t hate you.”

“Haha…” Xu Xiu Wen let out a smug laugh.

Seeing An Shui Shui tremble slightly in his arms after hearing his laughter, Xu Xiu Wen quickly tried to reassure her.

“I really like you so much, but don’t worry—I’ve promised your sister that I won’t go too far. I’ll just touch a little, okay?”

An Shui Shui hadn’t expected Xu Xiu Wen to be so direct.

She froze, unsure how to respond.

At that moment, she suddenly heard Xu Xiu Wen say,

“Shui Shui, hold onto my arm tightly so you don’t fall.”

An Shui Shui didn’t understand what he meant.

The next second, Xu Xiu Wen let go of one hand.

He had originally been holding the metal handle of the water pump with both hands, while An Shui Shui had her hands braced on his arm.

Now that he let go with one hand, An Shui Shui had one less point of support.

Fortunately, Xu Xiu Wen had warned her in advance, so she didn’t lose her balance and fall.

Of course, Xu Xiu Wen didn’t let go of his hand for no reason.

By freeing up one hand, he could naturally do something else.

At that moment, An Shui Shui finally realized his intent.

“Brother-in-law, don’t!” An Shishi pleaded pitifully.

But Xu Xiuwen couldn’t listen anymore.

His mind was full of the girl’s rabbits.

Xu Xiuwen put his hand under the girl’s T-shirt.

An Shuishui quickly held down his hand with one hand.

“Brother-in-law, don’t!”

“Shuishui, be good. Brother-in-law will just touch you once. Brother-in-law will definitely treat you well in the future and spoil you like a little princess, okay?”

Although he had only known An Shuishui for a short time, Xu Xiu Wen could tell that the girl wasn’t the type to be very tough.

At least not at this moment.

In the face of his gentle words, she seemed so fragile.

Her mind was a muddled mess, her entire being in a daze.

But even though she was dizzy, she still clung to the last shred of rationality.

That was, she couldn’t let her brother-in-law touch her casually.

Because that would be wrong.

“Brother-in-law, no!” An Shuishui still insisted and refused to let go.

Seeing that she was too soft, Xu Xiu Wen had to change his approach. He suddenly became serious. “Shuishui, is the clothes you’re wearing bought by your brother-in-law?”

“Yes…”

“Did your brother-in-law pay for your college fees?”

“Yes…”

“Then, has your brother-in-law been good to you?”

“Yes…”

“Then, do you listen to your brother-in-law?” He paused, his tone firm. “If you do, then let go quickly.”

An Shuishui bit her lip, looking pitiful as she said, “Brother-in-law, please don’t bully me.”

Xu Xiu Wen suddenly leaned in close to An Shuishui’s ear, speaking very gently, “Shuishui, your brother-in-law cares about you too much to ever want to bully you. Be a good girl and let me touch you just this once, I’ll only touch you for a moment.”

“Brother-in-law, it really isn’t okay!”

Xu Xiuwen’s patience was wearing thin.

He simply stopped caring about An Shuishui’s reaction.

With a domineering and forceful motion, he pried away An Shuishui’s small hands and directly reached out, finally touching the head he had been longing for.

An Shuishui’s body instantly tensed up.

She knew she couldn’t let her brother-in-law go any further.

In a hurry, she bit the tip of her tongue.

The sharp pain brought her back to her senses, and her strength returned.

She forcefully pushed Xu Xiuwen’s hand away and ran out from beside him.

Before leaving, she shouted in a teary voice, “Brother-in-law, you’ve gone too far!”

An Shuishui ran straight to the front house in one breath.

At that moment, Liu Ruo happened to walk out of the house.

She looked up and immediately saw An Shuishui with reddened eyes, as if she had been crying.

Liu Ruo was puzzled.

How could washing dishes and scrubbing pots make her cry?

An Shishi followed her mother out and also noticed her younger sister’s condition.

She didn’t need to ask to know it was because of Xu Xiuwen.

But she couldn’t figure out exactly what Xu Xiuwen had done to An Shuishui.

Seeing her youngest daughter’s state, Liu Ruo quickly asked with concern, “Shuishui, why are you crying?”

Initially, An Shuishui had managed to hold back her tears; they were just welling up in her eyes.

But the moment she saw her mother, all her grievance exploded.

She threw herself into her mother’s arms, tears streaming down her face.

“What happened, Shuishui? Don’t scare me,” Liu Ruo said anxiously.

An Shuishui was about to speak when she suddenly caught sight of her brother-in-law entering through the back door.

Her voice abruptly stopped.

Liu Ruo, being a mother with a sharp eye, instantly guessed that An Shuishui’s tears had something to do with Xu Xiuwen.

After a moment’s hesitation, she pulled An Shuishui back into the house.

When Xu Xiuwen arrived in the front house, he looked up to see An Shishi standing at the door of Liu Ruo’s room, glaring at him.

Feeling both embarrassed and guilty, Xu Xiuwen awkwardly scratched his nose.

Although he didn’t say anything, An Shishi had already guessed what he had done earlier.

She sighed helplessly and said, “Shuishui is thin-skinned. Why are you in such a hurry?”

“I’m sorry, Shishi.”

“You really leave me at a loss. Go out for a walk for now. Come back later.”

“Alright.”

Listening to An Shishi, Xu Xiuwen left the house and wandered around the area.

Inside Liu Ruo’s room, she pulled An Shuishui to sit on the bed, wiping her tears as she asked what had happened.

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An Shuishui recounted everything that had just happened in the kitchen.

After hearing it, Liu Ruo’s face instantly darkened.

Just then, An Shishi walked into the room from outside.

Liu Ruo’s expression was cold as she said, “You still have the nerve to come in here!”

An Shishi glanced at her younger sister beside their mother, then feigned ignorance and asked, “What’s wrong, Mom? Why wouldn’t I have the nerve to come in?”

Liu Ruo snorted unhappily and turned to An Shuishui. “Shuishui, tell her what Xu Xiuwen just did to you in the back house!”

Liu Ruo didn’t even know how to begin. She felt embarrassed on behalf of her eldest daughter.

She had always thought her eldest son-in-law was perfect in every way. But now she realized she had completely misjudged him. She had brought a wolf into the house!

When An Shuishui saw her mother asking her to explain, she thought to herself, Mom, my sister already knows everything.

For a moment, she didn’t know how to say it.

Instead, An Shishi was the first to speak: “Shuishui, did your brother-in-law take advantage of you just now?”

An Shuishui glanced at her sister, then at her mother, before finally nodding her head.

Liu Ruo sneered, “Look at the kind of man you’ve brought home. He’s only been here two days, and he’s already targeting Shuishui! What, does he want both sisters? Let me tell you, as long as I’m around, he can dream on!”

An Shishi was startled.

She wasn’t sure if Xu Xiuwen had walked far or not.

If he hadn’t gone far and overheard her mother, that would be humiliating for him, even before considering whether he’d be angry.

An Shishi quickly said, “Mom, keep your voice down! What if he hears you?”

Liu Ruo thought Xu Xiuwen was still in the front house. She snorted and deliberately raised her voice.

“If he’s bold enough to do it, he’d better be bold enough to hear about it!”

“Mom!” An Shishi grew anxious.

“I haven’t even started on you yet. What kind of sister are you? Bringing just anyone into our home without really knowing them! Now we’ve fed him, introduced him to relatives and friends, and they all know you have a man. What are you going to do now? I thought he seemed decent, but now I see he’s no better than Huang Luo! In fact, I think even Huang Luo is better than him!”

An Shishi’s face darkened at this.

Even though it was her mother speaking, she couldn’t help feeling upset about how Xu Xiuwen was being talked about.

However, she wouldn’t lash out at her mother; she would argue her case calmly.

“Mom, aren’t you being too harsh? What gives you the right to talk about my man like that? Do you even know him? What kind of scumbag is Huang Luo to be compared to him? Huang Luo doesn’t even deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as him!”

“And what gives me the right?” Liu Ruo let out a cold laugh.

“The fact that he’s Shuishui’s brother-in-law and yet took advantage of her makes him a scumbag, plain and simple!”

An Shuishui tugged at her mother’s sleeve and said quietly, “Mom, brother-in-law isn’t that bad. Please don’t scold him anymore.”

Liu Ruo shot her a glare.

“You’re still defending him? If he ruins you, you’ll have nowhere to regret it!”

Being scolded by her mother, An Shuishui lowered her head and didn’t dare say anything more.

The room fell silent for a moment.

Suddenly, An Shishi said, “Mom, don’t blame him anymore. It was actually me who asked him to get close to Shuishui. Earlier, when I asked you to come into the house, it was on purpose—to keep you distracted and give him a chance to approach her.”

Liu Ruo’s eyes widened instantly, her face full of disbelief.

An Shuishui also understood now why it had been her brother-in-law coming to the kitchen instead of her mother earlier.

She sneaked a glance at her sister, then quickly lowered her head again.

“An Shishi, are you out of your mind? Shuishui is your sister, and you let your man take advantage of her? Did you lose your brain at school?”

Seeing her mother so furious, An Shishi, in contrast, became calm.

She said softly, “Mom, please don’t get so worked up. Let me explain.”

“Explain? Fine! I’d love to hear how you’re going to explain this!”

Liu Ruo was so angry her chest hurt, but she held back her fury, waiting for An Shishi to give her explanation.

…

Generally speaking, no woman would agree to share her man with another woman—unless she doesn’t actually love him and is only playing along for fun.

But there was no doubt that An Shishi liked Xu Xiuwen.

So why didn’t she object, or even seemed to support Xu Xiuwen’s interest in An Shuishui?

After all, An Shuishui was her biological sister. Sisters sharing a husband—no matter the time or place—could never be considered normal.

The reason An Shishi acted this way stemmed from a deep sense of insecurity within her.

Among Cheng Lu, Xiao Youran, Tang Weiwei, and herself, all of whom were Xu Xiuwen’s women, why was An Shishi often plagued by unease?

It was because, unlike Cheng Lu or Tang Weiwei, who were pursued by Xu Xiuwen, or Xiao Youran, who initiated things but still had Xu Xiuwen confess his feelings to her, An Shishi’s situation was different.

Xiao Youran had been Xu Xiuwen’s childhood friend, sharing over a decade of companionship that An Shishi could never compare to.

In her case, it was she who had pursued Xu Xiuwen from the very beginning. She had even gone so far as to drug him in order to get close to him.

Though Xu Xiuwen said he didn’t mind and always treated her well, there was still a lingering trace of self-doubt in her heart.

She constantly worried that one day Xu Xiuwen might decide to leave her, either because he feared Cheng Lu or Xiao Youran finding out about their relationship, or simply because he grew tired of her after being together for a long time.

More than that, she was afraid Xu Xiuwen might secretly look down on her.

After all, what kind of girl would go as far as drugging a man just to be with him? Any girl with even a shred of self-respect wouldn’t stoop to such a level.

To hold onto Xu Xiuwen’s heart, An Shishi did everything she could. She gave her all to please him in bed, constantly coming up with new ways to make him happy and satisfied, hoping he would stay with her.

But no matter how hard she tried, it didn’t ease the insecurity she felt deep inside.

This time, however, when she returned home, An Shishi discovered something she had never considered before.

She realized that Xu Xiuwen seemed to have a particular interest in her younger sister, An Shuishui.

There was a certain heat in his gaze whenever he looked at her.

Of course, An Shishi was overthinking it. At least when Xu Xiuwen first met An Shuishui, he was rational and composed, without any inappropriate thoughts about his sister-in-law.

His initial gaze toward An Shuishui was purely one of admiration.

It was only after accidentally mistaking her for An Shishi and holding her in his arms that his interest in her was slightly piqued.

But after suspecting that Xu Xiuwen was interested in An Shuishui, An Shishi had a bold and crazy idea.

What if she and her sister both became Xu Xiuwen’s women?

If one woman couldn’t keep his heart, then surely the two of them working together could.

After Xu Xiuwen bought An Shishi a laptop, she sometimes browsed the internet in her dorm room.

Many men online fantasize about the idea of sisters sharing a man, though for most, it’s nothing more than a daydream.

But Xu Xiuwen actually had the chance—so long as both sisters agreed.

An Shishi wasn’t worried about Xu Xiuwen refusing. She knew how tempting such a situation would be for any man.

Compared to her younger sister, An Shishi was undoubtedly the more selfish one.

If not, back when the opportunity to attend college arose, she would have given it up for her sister rather than the other way around.

Her academic performance had never been as good as An Shuishui’s, something proven again during their college entrance exams. While her sister’s scores were high enough to get into Tsinghua or Peking University, An Shishi could only manage admission to an average 589 points worth university—respectable, but nowhere near her sister’s achievements.

That selfishness aside, this matter wasn’t just about An Shishi’s own happiness; it also concerned her sister’s future and well-being.

If her sister was firmly against it, An Shishi wouldn’t push the matter.

This morning, after Xu Xiuwen once again took liberties with her sister—despite claiming it was an accident—An Shishi didn’t believe him.

That’s when the idea began to take root and wouldn’t leave her mind.

She decided to test the waters by asking her sister’s thoughts.

When she learned that An Shuishui didn’t dislike Xu Xiuwen as a brother-in-law, An Shishi was overjoyed.

And so, the subsequent events unfolded.

She had even thought of an exit plan for her sister:

First, before her sister left for college, Xu Xiuwen promised not to take her virginity.

Second, if An Shuishui ever met someone she truly liked and who was a good match for her, Xu Xiuwen promised to let her pursue her own happiness.

But now, faced with her mother’s relentless questioning, An Shishi had no choice but to confess everything…