It was late at night, Gao Ran let Qiao'er sleep first, and she herself sat alone in front of the candle, her hands on her cheeks, staring at the candlelight that was always snorting and flickering......

Qiao'er knew that Gao Ran must be thinking about something again-every time she thought about something, she would stare at something in a daze, but in fact, she wasn't looking at anything at all......

After a few months of getting along day and night, even though Gao Ran has changed a lot, Qiao'er is also changing, and she is becoming more and more able to adapt to Gao Ran's many quirks, so that even she herself can no longer easily perceive Gao Ran's body, which is not the same as others.

Maybe it's a matter of habit becoming natural. In Qiao'er's eyes, Gao Ran now is normal - just because she is Gao Ran.

And after becoming more and more familiar with Gao Ran's habits and getting more and more adapted, many times, without Gao Ran's special instructions, Qiao'er can know what she wants to do with just a look or a small gesture from Gao Ran, and then she will give her a high degree of cooperation very interestingly.

Although she knew that she was just Gao Ran's personal maid, but after a few months of getting along day and night, she had already regarded Gao Ran as her "sister" in her heart - her only "family" in this world!

However, as a subordinate, she can't let Gao Ran know about her mood no matter what!

"Miss, if you don't sleep, I won't sleep!

Qiao'er only knew that she was not as smart as Gao Ran, so she definitely couldn't help Gao Ran's troubles. She thought about it, and felt that the only way she could express her willingness to share a little of Gao Ran's worries was to be with her quietly.

Without waiting for Gao Ran to speak, Qiao'er walked to Gao Ran's side and sat down, and then lay on the table in a position she felt comfortable, with her head resting on her arm, and the direction of her head was just facing Gao Ran's side.

Qiao'er blinked her big eyes twice, and then said to Gao Ran with a smile, "Hehe, Miss, you don't have to worry about me! I can't sleep anyway, so you don't care about me! You want your business, I'll do what I want to do - I just want to be with you like this now......"

Over the past few months, Qiao'er has learned a lot from Gao Ran's side - especially the tone of her speech, which is really more and more like her!

Gao Ran originally planned to sit quietly by herself for a while, thinking about whether she should choose to help An Yujie or Fu Wenxuan?!, but she didn't think about it, when she heard Qiao'er say this, she didn't know why...... It's not that she was "persuaded" by Qiao'er, anyway, in the end, she no longer insisted that Qiao'er go to sleep first.

Because there was an extra coincidence around him, somehow, Gao Ran's heart suddenly warmed up inexplicably.

"Maybe, I just want someone to be with me quietly for a while like she is now......"

Gao Ran thought that perhaps, the real reason why she did not insist but acquiesced to Qiao'er's company was simply because she felt that she had been "fighting alone" for too long...... Just like now, occasionally, she also wants to forget about Yiqiē for a while, and just quietly feel the feeling of being accompanied by someone......

However, because of Qiao'er's relationship, Gao Ran was no longer in the mood to think about those complicated issues, and her attention was also very easily attracted by Qiao'er in front of her.

"Speaking of which, I haven't paid attention to her in a long time...... It's obviously around her, but she often ignores and forgets it!" I don't know why, when Gao Ran shifted her attention to Qiao'er beside her, she suddenly had such a feeling in her heart.

If you think about it, in the past few months, they have not only been getting along day and night! As long as there is a bed to sleep in, they always share the same bed!

Such an intimate relationship, even if Gao Ran realized it later, she had already understood that she not only no longer had that sense of distance between master and servant for Qiao'er, but even regarded her more and more as a very close person to herself—a person closer than a friend!

However, she didn't want to use the word "sister" to describe such intimacy......

Maybe it's because her luck in her previous life was "not so good"...... In her previous life, although she was an only child, many of the friends she made had siblings in the family, and coincidentally, these friends were all very disgusted with their own siblings without exception.

However, they themselves, when they exist as independent individuals, Gao Ran feels that they are actually very good people - including character, and they only show a very rare and darker side of their human nature when they are involved in those trivial domestic disputes, especially those related to their siblings......

Because they are friends, Gao Ran once tried to understand and experience the feelings of his friends from the perspective of a bystander. Even if it doesn't help much, at least it would be nice to be able to share some of the pain of their hearts with your friends......

So, over time, Gao Ran discovered that in fact, the essential reason why friends are so stiff with their brothers and sisters is actually only one - because of interests.

Perhaps, as they grow up, the partiality of their parents, and the obviously unfair and differential parenting style, may lead to the fact that even children who grow up in the same family will eventually grow up to be two people who are obviously different, not only in personality, but also in values. even became two people who were "incompatible" at all.

However, Gao Ran believes that the more essential reason should be the contradictions that arise in their struggle for various "interests": when they were children, the "interests" they fought for were the attention of their parents; when they grew up, the "interests" they fought for were that the party who was pampered and grew up would want to encroach more on the property owned by the unfavored party, and they would also feel that it was taken for granted, that the unfavored party should "give up", and that they should not care about anything or anything as they did when they were children"Naturally" is the "fuse" of their contradictions. And the encroachment and encroachment of actual interests is the "flame" that ignites this "fuse"!

In their respective values, there are obviously completely different understandings of this "taken for granted", but in the final analysis, the essence of the contradiction is that the property of the unfavored party is appropriated, and the favored party gets the property that originally belongs to others.

If it weren't for the fact that one party's interests were harmed, but the other party got the benefits he wanted, where would the contradiction begin?!

If it is just a difference in the understanding of the four words "taken for granted" in simple values, I am afraid that brothers and sisters will never escalate the "contradictions" to the point of fierce quarrels, or even consider using legal weapons to resolve the contradictions, right?!

Although he can't empathize with the pain of his friends, from a rational point of view, when he looks at a friend who has adopted more extreme methods to deal with such domestic disputes from the perspective of an independent individual -- such as completely severing relations with his parents, or simply suing his siblings and even his parents who infringed on his property in court, and using legal means to protect his own rights and interests -- Gao Ran feels that he may feel a "home" emotionally It's really sad to be like this, but intellectually, I can still understand what my friend did......

However, after all, that's someone else's business!

But I didn't think that Gao Ran in this world actually has a sister - even though they are half-siblings, but their sisters have been destined to have an inevitable "family head dispute" in the future from the beginning - as long as Gao Ran has not left the Gao family and has not completely severed all relations with the Gao family, then this "family head dispute" is inevitable!

Gao Ran doesn't know if God wants to compensate her for such a tricky and complicated kinship now that she has encountered such a tricky and complicated kinship (because she was an only daughter in her previous life, so she has a sister in this life), or does she want to fix her?!

But, no matter what it is, Gao Ran has already learned the lessons of her friends in her previous life in this regard: no matter how good the relationship is, no matter how close the blood relationship is, people are ultimately selfish by nature - even if they will release kindness to others (even their closest relatives), the essential motivation is just to better benefit others and cooperate better with others, so as to achieve better self-interest.

After acknowledging and accepting such a nature, Gao Ran decided that no matter what kind of relatives and sisters God arranged for her, or who she had deep feelings for, she would always keep the last bottom line: "We are independent individuals of each other, no matter how good and close we are, we are not one!

"Qiao'er, let's talk!"

When Gao Ran realized that she now had a deep affection for Qiao'er, she also realized that she had to give Qiao'er a "strong preventive shot" before their relationship became closer and her feelings for Qiao'er had not become deeper!

"Okay, what do you want to talk about?"

Seeing Qiao'er's expression full of interest, Gao Ran couldn't bear to speak. After all, what she really wanted to say was, at first glance, quite hurtful...... Rather than waiting for the real pain to happen and then thinking about how to remedy it, it is better to try to take precautions before it happens, so that even if it is impossible to avoid the least expected thing in the future, at least, when the time comes, her heart will not be so painful - because she has already been fully prepared for the worst outcome, and she has been able to accept the worst outcome.

"Qiao'er, do you think that our relationship is getting better and better?"

"Little ...... Miss, do you think so? I thought ...... I thought it was just my own wishful thinking all along......"

Speaking of this, Qiao'er was so moved that she shed tears.

"Wow, isn't it?!That's what moved you like this?!...... Then how can you let me say the next words?!"

Gao Ran found that in the face of a simple-minded person like Qiao'er, who often reacts and is a little sluggish, she is a little bad at dealing with it, and it is difficult for her to really harden her heart and say cruel things to such a person.

Seeing that Qiao'er was crying more and more fiercely, and her tears couldn't stop flowing out, Gao Ran hurriedly took out the handkerchief she was carrying from her sleeve in a panic and wiped Qiao'er's tears in person.

While wiping it back, he complained a little teasingly, "Oh, my good coincidence, don't cry! If you cry again, my handkerchief can be washed directly with your tears!Ah......h

"Miss!"

When Qiao'er heard this, her tears immediately stopped, and she couldn't help but avoid the handkerchief in Gao Ran's hand with some disgust.

"Hahaha, I lied to you! I just changed this handkerchief today. If it's dirty, do you think I'll take it with me, Miss?!

As he spoke, Gao Ran casually tapped Qiao'er's forehead.

"Hey......

was knocked on the head by Gao Ran, Qiao'er was not angry, but also acquiesced in her "stupidity" pointed out by Gao Ran with a smirk - as if, in her opinion, her "stupidity" is the advantage she is most proud of!