Married to My Ex-Fiancé's Cousin-Chapter 976: Sister-in-Law’s Birthday (Part 3)
"What?" The sister-in-law looked at the elder brother, puzzled, as he had already grabbed her shoulders and kissed her proactively.
"..."
This kiss took the sister-in-law by surprise. Stiffened by the elder brother’s grip, she didn’t know how to react.
The elder brother kissed her for quite a while before releasing her.
It was the first time the sister-in-law felt like she was suffocating from a kiss.
She looked at the elder brother and asked, "Why did you suddenly kiss me?"
To the sister-in-law, the elder brother was really inexplicable.
Such a sudden kiss was not something he would typically do, leaving her unguarded.
The elder brother looked at her and said, "I just wanted to confirm something."
"What?" She looked at him, confused.
The elder brother grabbed her hand, stood up, and said, "Let’s go."
"But the movie isn’t over yet."
"It’s too boring." The elder brother grabbed the sister-in-law’s hand and walked out of the cinema, knowing that such a film couldn’t possibly captivate her.
They went to the hotel next door...
The sister-in-law followed behind the elder brother, looking at her hand tightly held by him, feeling momentarily dazed.
It was as if time suddenly rewound, as if those lost beautiful memories suddenly returned.
As soon as they entered the hotel room, the elder brother started to kiss her, pressing her against the door, undoing her buttons one by one...
"Hanting." The sister-in-law tried to stop him.
It had been so long since she and the elder brother had been together voluntarily.
Unless sometimes the elder brother forced her out of anger...
Therefore, she was unwilling to expose herself to this man once again.
Because there were far too many things that terrified her.
The elder brother didn’t accept her refusal, looking at her, he said, "I can’t tell you that I don’t mind what happened between you and Fang Zihuan. I do mind, mind until it drives me insane; the thought that you once belonged to another man makes me so jealous I’m about to lose it, but... I don’t want to continue like this, nor do I want to live such a cold life anymore."
In his eyes, there was a domineering possessiveness. He had always been such a domineering man. The sister-in-law, under his gaze, slowly released her hand that was trying to stop him...
Everything proceeded so naturally.
The hotel bed was large enough, and the two lay on it, clothes scattered on the ground...
Neither of them spoke.
Just waited for the passion to slowly subside.
After an unknown amount of time, there was a knock on the room door; it was the assistant calling the elder brother for an afternoon meeting.
The elder brother got out of bed, started dressing, and said to the sister-in-law, "I’ll leave the driver here, to send you back later."
"Okay," the sister-in-law responded.
Watching the elder brother quickly get dressed and walk out the door.
When the sister-in-law got home, it was already evening.
The elder aunt had heard from Ji Yunhuan that today was her birthday and specially prepared a small birthday party for her, celebrating the birthday, of course, only with this family.
"Sister-in-law, happy birthday." Ji Yunhuan and Qi Cheng had prepared a gift for her, a token no matter what.
"Thank you." The sister-in-law accepted the gift, looked at Ji Yunhuan and Qi Cheng, "Thank you both."
The elder aunt also had a gift ready for her...
During dinner, the elder aunt said, "I just called Hanting, asked if he would come back tonight, and he said he would. So don’t blame him. He works very hard as it is."
Not having your birthday remembered by your husband is an unhappy thing for a woman.
The elder aunt didn’t want the sister-in-law to be unhappy either.
The sister-in-law was anxious when she heard the elder aunt’s words, "I’m okay."
She thought of all the things that happened today, now looking back, it felt like a dream.
For her, this birthday was already quite complete.
Although the elder brother did not explicitly say whether he would return to the past with her, she felt that this was already very good.
After all, the cold days they endured before, this was really quite enough.
While eating, the elder brother returned.
Everyone voluntarily left a spot for him next to the sister-in-law, and the elder aunt complained slightly about him being late, but the elder brother remained composed.
He looked at the sister-in-law, found she said nothing, so he also remained silent.
The elder aunt, seeing no expression from the elder brother, curiously asked, "Where’s your gift? Didn’t I remind you to bring something?"
It was clear that the elder aunt was trying hard to create opportunities for the two.
Seeing the elder brother not giving a gift, she was more anxious than anyone.
The elder brother admitted with regret, "Because I returned too hastily, I forgot to prepare one."
"How should I speak to you?" The elder aunt gave him a helpless look, then said to the sister-in-law, "Although there’s no gift, he came back. He’s so busy, making it back shows he cares about your birthday."
The sister-in-law quietly nodded, the elder brother watched her, reached out, and held her hand, "Happy Birthday."
In reality, he had done so much today that no one knew about.
But in front of the elder aunt, he followed her lead, doing what she suggested.
The sister-in-law looking at the elder brother like this, didn’t know what to say.
After dinner, the elder aunt told them to go back to their room to rest.
She thought it was a good opportunity for the couple to communicate, not to be wasted.
Ji Yunhuan looked at the elder aunt worried sick, couldn’t help but laugh and shake her head.
"What are you laughing at?"
"I think with the elder aunt being so enthusiastic, the relationship between the elder brother and sister-in-law is bound to improve." Truthfully, Ji Yunhuan was very anxious about them.
Because she still didn’t understand why the relationship between the two hadn’t progressed.
After all, they both held a place for each other in their hearts.
The mistakes made in the past were long ago.
After grandpa passed, the issues they faced proved that they had each other in their hearts.
Several times it seemed they had progress, but then they were back to being so cold.
They did not seem anxious, but those around them were very much so for them.
Ji Yunhuan understood the elder aunt’s anxious feeling.
Qi Cheng wasn’t interested in other people’s affairs; he was only ever concerned about his own matters: "Wife, shall we also return to our room to ’rest’?"
"..." Ji Yunhuan wanted to find something to stuff his mouth.
The elder aunt was still here!
Why does everything he says sound so improper?
Ji Yunhuan said, "You carry Qi Yin upstairs, I’ll stay here and chat with the aunt a little longer."
Returning to the room to rest so early was too awkward.
Once the elder aunt heard Ji Yunhuan’s words, she hurriedly said, "Go, go, you young people don’t need to worry about me. Yunhuan works hard taking care of the child every day, rest early. I’m about to rest too."
