Is she feeling guilty for something?
The smile on Duanmu Zhe’s face froze for a moment, and as though he remembered something, he stopped a maid who was passing by in front of him and asked in a cold voice, “Let me ask you something. Where did Young Lady Xue go for the whole day today?”
The maid who was stopped by him had a puzzled expression on her face. After thinking for a while, she shook her head. “Young Master Zhe, I don’t know where she has been today. All I know is that she dressed nicely and went out, and she seemed to be in high spirits. And she was also in a good mood when she came back.”
It sounds… as if nothing is wrong. But if there’s nothing wrong, why did she seem to feel guilty when she saw me? And she ran back to her room after barely finishing saying two sentences to me. There must be something wrong… Duanmu Zhe’s face became serious as he thought about this. He waved at the maid before him, and she then left.
He stood on the same spot for a moment before turning around and went upstairs.
Meanwhile, Duanmu Xue was sitting before the dressing table as she was removing her makeup, preparing for a shower. Just then, she heard the sound of someone knocking on her door. Feeling annoyed, she asked, “Who’s there?”
“Xue, it’s me, Zhe.”
Hearing Duanmu Zhe’s voice outside the door, the expression on her face changed. Zhe? Why is he here now?
“Is it convenient for you to let me in?”
“No, it’s not!” flustered, Duanmu Xue shouted in reply. She held a comb in her hand nervously and shook her head hard.
I can’t let Zhe in now. If he finds out that I went to look for Ye Moxuan, he will reprimand me for sure. I already have everything planned out; if Zhe intervenes with my plans, everything may change.
Duanmu Zhe, who was standing outside the door, heard the nervousness and fluster in her voice, and he furrowed his brows even deeper.
He seemed to have guessed it right. He pursed his thin lips, and his eyes became colder.
Why doesn’t my sister listen to me? What charm does that man, Ye Moxuan, have to entice her to this extent? With that, Duanmu Xue sneered. “Why can’t you let me in? Are you feeling guilty?”
“I-I am going to take a shower,” she replied.
The next instant, Duanmu Zhe kicked her door hard, and the door flung open with a loud bang. His rough action made her jump from her chair and get on her feet in shock. She looked at him, dumbfounded.
“Z-Zhe…”
Duanmu Zhe shot a glance at her. She was in the middle of removing her makeup, and she didn’t seem like she was going to take a shower. When Duanmu Xue saw him entering her room, she felt flustered.
“Why are you so flustered?” While firmly looking at her, he slowly walked up to her. “Aren’t you going to take a shower? What’s wrong? You haven’t finished removing your makeup? Do you need me to help you?”
“Don’t come near me!” Suddenly, Duanmu Xue threw the comb in her hand at Duanmu Zhe!
Thud! The comb was a delicate ladies’ comb, which was embedded with many shiny diamonds. If the comb was thrown at a person, it wouldn’t be heavy enough to kill anyone, but it would still be painful upon impact.
With a thud, the comb hit his face.
Duanmu Zhe groaned in pain. His handsome face was expressionless, but his fox-like eyes, which always had a hint of smile in them, were now stained by a tinge of disappointment. He brought up his hand to where he was hit by the comb and looked at Duanmu Xue while smiling wryly.
“Am I that scary that I can’t even talk to you?”
The wry smile on his face made her feel uneasy, but when she remembered that the reason he came into her room was to stop her, her eyes immediately turned red, and she reached out to grab anything she could find on her dressing table without any concerns of what they were.
“I don’t want to talk to you. Get out!”
Duanmu Zhe’s face became even colder. “Xue, I’m your brother. We are a family. I can’t let you do things that would harm other people.”
“No! I’m not hurting anyone. I just fell in love with a person. What did I do wrong? Zhe, you are my brother… Can you please stand by me? I’m begging you. I just love him, and I have never thought of hurting anyone.”
He shook his head helplessly and looked at her with disappointment in his eyes.
“You’re not hurting anyone? You approached him when he has lost his memory; he doesn’t want to get engaged to you, but you forced him to be together with you. If this isn’t hurting someone, then what is it? Xue, love is not possession. Even if you really succeed some day, you won’t feel happy.”
Duanmu Xue shook her head and murmured like a madman, “No. I will be happy as long as I am together with him. Zhe… please don’t get in my way. I can take the responsibility for everything I do. No matter how I end up after this, I won’t regret it.”
He wasn’t sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that this sister of his was behaving like a person who had lost her mind. Frowning deeply, he thought to himself, What happened to this girl? Is it because of the unrequited love that she’s lost her mind? Should I take her to see a psychologist?
Upon having such thoughts, he quickly made up his mind. “I can’t let you disgrace yourself. I’ll take you to see a psychologist tomorrow for a counseling session.”
Psychologist?
Hearing this word, Duanmu Xue stared wide-eyed at him in disbelief.
“Zhe, y-you think that there’s something wrong with me mentally?”
“Take a look at yourself in the mirror. Are you any different from a mad person?” Duanmu Zhe asked.
Obediently, she turned around to look at herself in the mirror—her eyes were wide opened, her makeup half-removed; red veins were showing in her eyes, and a bottle of makeup remover was tightly held in her hands. She indeed looked like a madwoman.
In shock, she threw away the bottle in her hands and took a step back.
“Now you see it. And you are also shocked by how you look now. Xue, you need to give up before everyone finds out about this. Don’t allow anyone to step on your pride and dignity. The world is so large, and you can find excellent men of all kinds.”
However, regardless of what Duanmu Zhe said, Duanmu Xue didn’t reply to him. When he was about to come close to her, she spoke in a soft voice, “Zhe, please leave. I want to be alone for a while.”
Duanmu Zhe paused before he called out, “Xue…”
“If you don’t leave now, I’ll kill myself before you.” She grabbed a piece of broken glass and brought it to the side of her fair and tender neck while looking at him with emotionless eyes.
Duanmu Zhe was at loss for words.
“Leave!”
“Alright. Don’t be impulsive. I’ll leave now. Xue… don’t do anything silly. ”
After that, he looked at her emotionally before he turned around and left her room. He even closed the door behind him.
Standing at the door, he wiped away the sweat on his forehead and turned around to look at the shut door.
When did this sister of mine become the way she is now? I was merely suspecting that there was something wrong with her mentally, but now, I’m quite sure that she is mentally ill.
What should I do next?
