For Ling Chuxia, Shi Che always felt a sense of helplessness.
Shi Che still remembered the first time he met Ling Chuxia.
It was a day with clear skies, the sun blazing down as if it would boil the ground.
Liang City's summer was an exceptionally beautiful season, trees lush, flowers in full bloom, vibrant and vying with each other. However, the air was oppressively hot, stifling to the point of unease.
At that time, he was just ten years old, the age of innocence, liveliness, and cuteness.
But words like innocence, liveliness, and cuteness were destined to have no connection with him. From childhood to adulthood, his life was filled with rigorous education, endless books, etiquette, skills...
As the sole heir of the Shi Family, since birth, he was destined for luxury and wealth, as well as an equivalent weight of responsibility.
When his mother brought Ling Chuxia and Ling Yun Shu home, he was reading a dull book. No matter how patient he was, he couldn't help feeling a slight restlessness.
Hearing his mother calling him, he got up, left the study, and descended the spiral staircase. As he looked down, he immediately spotted the two little girls standing in the living room.
Both little girls wore pink dresses, with two small braids neatly fixed at the back of their heads. Perhaps it was their first time in such a place, and both seemed quite reserved, standing primly.
He walked down step by step, and his gaze suddenly met a pair of lively big eyes.
Dark, bright, glimmering with a mischievous sparkle, they reminded Shi Che of the most brilliant star in the night sky, striking right at his heart.
The little girl hadn't expected that her curious gaze would be met head-on, and she was startled. But being young and bold, she didn't shy away or try to disguise herself. Instead, she made a big funny face directly at Shi Che...
She wasn't frightened by Shi Che, but he was momentarily startled by her, causing his steps to falter. He nearly missed a step and slipped, but fortunately, he managed to grab the handrail just in time to steady himself.
Meanwhile, that little girl... even had the audacity to purse her lips and chuckle, as if mocking his clumsiness!
Shi Che should have been angry, but for some reason, seeing her large eyes sparkling with mischief, her rosy cheeks, and the teasing curve of her lips, a string at his heart was gently plucked. It resonated for a long time. That smile was like a gentle breeze blowing away the heat from his heart.
Even until he walked up to them, his heart still couldn't calm that ripple of emotion.
His mother pointed at the two identical-faced little girls and introduced them, "The one on the left is elder sister, named Ling Yun Shu. The one on the right is younger sister, named Ling Chuxia. They are a pair of twins, aren't they beautiful?"