Qiao Chuchu’s mind went blank.
[What?! The beautiful big sister actually wants to be friends with me? I thought I would never have friends in this life!]

Because of her reputation for being obsessed with her brothers, no one her age would ever want to be friends with her.
This was the first time someone had tried to befriend her!

Qiao Chuchu felt a stirring inside.
[Lin Qing has always been the beautiful woman I admired. And as the male lead’s fiancée, it’s really unfair for her to be replaced by the female lead as a third party. A girl like her deserves a better life!]

Lin Qing was surprised.
To be honest, she had approached Qiao Chuchu because of her ability to know things from the inside.
But… she never expected Qiao Chuchu would think of her this way.
She was such a sincere little sister.

Lin Qing’s eyes shone, and she couldn’t help but become a bit more genuine in her feelings.
Then, she heard Qiao Chuchu’s eager thoughts—
[The beautiful big sister has abs, if we become good friends, could I touch them? I’ve never touched abs before.]

Lin Qing raised an eyebrow, her smile growing even more alluring. She unzipped her biker jacket, revealing her slim waist.
The clearly defined abs were now visible to Qiao Chuchu.

Qiao Chuchu’s eyes were about to pop out of her head!
[What the heck?! What’s going on?! Is this a gift from the heavens?]

Lin Qing smirked, gently enticing: "If you really want to be friends, you can touch my abs."
Qiao Chuchu: "!!!!"
[She actually knows what I need! She understands me! She loves me! She definitely likes me!!]

The brothers behind her: "…"
It was confirmed, Lin Qing could also hear Qiao Chuchu’s inner thoughts.
But was Qiao Chuchu this pathetic just over abs?
Ridiculous. Were they not all men with abs?

Pei Yuan looked at Pei Lao San: "Pei Youchuan!"
Pei Lao San stood straight.
Pei Yuan: "Take your shirt off!"
Without saying a word, Pei Youchuan began undoing his buttons.
Beneath his white shirt, there were clearly defined eight-pack abs!
And still with healthy, dark skin!

Pei Youchuan smiled confidently: "Chuchu."
Qiao Chuchu turned around, her eyes widening!
Pei Youchuan hooked his thumb into his waistband, proudly showing off his muscular build: "Look, what do you think of my physique, and these V-lines? Much better than those abs, right?"
Pei Youchuan teased Lin Qing with a playful raised eyebrow.

Lin Qing suddenly understood something and exclaimed, "You mean you can also hear—"
Pei Youchuan, smirking, said, "That’s the one who can hear."
Lin Qing: "!"
Damn!
Didn’t that mean their plans had collided?

She had originally thought of keeping Qiao Chuchu by her side.
Lin Qing felt a little irritated.

Neither side spoke, and the atmosphere became tense.
Qiao Chuchu was now a precious asset, someone who knew the outcome of their future.
They (she) would never let go!

The brothers all looked toward Qiao Chuchu, waiting for her final judgment.
Pei Youchuan straightened his chest and cleared his throat: "Brother works out every day. Not a single part of my body is imperfect. Look at my physique, my V-line. Doesn’t it beat the abs?"

Lin Qing glanced at Pei Youchuan’s muscles.
…Indeed, they looked good.
He seemed to have a great physique.
She begrudgingly put on her clothes.

Qiao Chuchu: "Isn’t that a little perverted, third brother?"
Pei Youchuan: "?"
The others: "?"

Lin Qing’s eyes lit up as she asked, "What, you don’t like your brother’s abs?"
Qiao Chuchu scrunched up her face in disgust: "Who would like their older brother’s abs? I’m not a pervert—no, wait, I mean, I should cherish them and keep them for myself, right? I don’t want anyone else to see my brother’s abs."

[That was close! I almost slipped up and revealed my brother complex!]
[Even though the system isn’t around, I should maintain my character before it returns. I must avoid punishment!]

Lin Qing’s eyelids twitched.
So, the system was the reason Qiao Chuchu had a brother complex.
She looked at Pei Youchuan with interest: "Pei Lao San, looks like you’re no good. Your muscles have no charm at all."
Pei Youchuan choked, replying irritably: "You don’t know anything! You just don’t appreciate it!"
Qiao Chuchu rolled her eyes secretly.
[Appreciate? Please, who can admire their own brother’s belly?!]

Pei Youchuan’s mouth twitched as he shot a glare at Qiao Chuchu.
It seemed his beloved sister had always been two-faced!
Qiao Chuchu noticed Pei Youchuan’s resentful gaze and immediately forced a polite smile: "Brother, you’re so handsome. We can look at it at home."
[At home, I’m not looking at it!]

Pei Youchuan clenched his teeth and slowly started buttoning up his shirt: "Qiao Chuchu, I told you, if you don’t look at it, I’ll take your eyeballs out and put them on the table so your eyes can see it."
Qiao Chuchu: "?"
[What is going on? Normally, when I stand next to him, he wants to run away. Today, he’s making me look at his abs? He might as well poke my eyes out, that way I won’t have to look at him walking around half-naked.]

The other brothers: "Pfft!!!"
What the hell, half-naked?

Pei Youchuan’s face turned red in anger, and he lowered his voice: "Stop laughing, she doesn’t know what she’s saying about you all in her head!"
The other brothers’ lips twitched, faintly realizing something.
That’s right.
Qiao Chuchu was forced by the system to pursue them.
She didn’t really like them.
So, was she badmouthing them in her thoughts?!

The brothers’ minds raced!
Lin Qing smirked, shaking her head: "Looks like among all of you, only I’ve been genuine."

Qiao Chuchu looked at Lin Qing with confusion: "What did you say, big sister Lin Qing?"
Lin Qing affectionately shook her head: "Nothing, let’s be friends."
Qiao Chuchu nodded, and just as she was about to scan her QR code, she suddenly thought of her profile picture.
Her profile picture was a chibi family portrait of all eight of them.
She drew it herself.

Her brother-complex was notorious in the Lan City circle, known to everyone.
She didn’t want Lin Qing to think she was a pervert and ruin this hard-earned friendship.
Qiao Chuchu awkwardly looked at Lin Qing: "Uh… Lin Qing, about my personal preferences… you don’t mind, do you?"
Lin Qing maintained her usual expression: "You mean your brother complex?"
Qiao Chuchu nodded in embarrassment.
Lin Qing nonchalantly replied, typing on her phone: "It doesn’t matter, anyway, your siblings are all into you, after all, they’re all just as much obsessed with you."

Qiao Chuchu: "?"
The seven Pei brothers: "?"

Pei Yuan snapped: "Lin Qing, stop slandering us!"
Lin Qing shrugged nonchalantly: "If you say I’m slandering you, then so be it."
Pei Yuan was speechless and gave Qiao Chuchu a fierce warning: "Don’t take her words seriously, understand?"
Qiao Chuchu: "…"

[Well, I never took it seriously. After all, you guys never even look at me during holidays, and you cut off my allowance for years. How could you possibly be obsessed with me?]
Pei Yuan: "…"
The allowance was cut off because she had been dancing in a sexy strap dress in front of them during the New Year!
Her food and tuition fees, as well as the driver and maid, had never been cut off!

Pei Yuan wanted to refute, but then thought better of it.
As long as she didn’t misunderstand, that’s all that mattered.
But…
If Qiao Chuchu no longer had the system controlling her, would she still be the clingy, troublemaking, spoiled little sister?