I turned reality into a romantic comedy.

"Do you think I can help you look at apartments when I get back tonight?"

What kind of house are you looking at?

"Of course, it's a house in Shanghai. First, we'll see where the economics department at Fudan University usually holds classes. Didn't my sister say before that she wanted a bigger kitchen, a sunny window, and a desk? I remember that."

Shen Nianqiu felt a little embarrassed by what he said.

"I didn't say I absolutely had to rent it."

"I know, let's take a look first, no rush to decide."

"Besides, I'll still be living on campus during my freshman year, since you won't be here."

"Yes, living on campus is quite nice. Freshmen can meet more people and adapt to school life in their first year. We can talk about housing later, or we can just find a place near the school where we can rest together."

Because she was afraid of delaying Chen Junqian's dinner, even though she wished she could chat with him until she was completely satisfied and plan out all four years of university life in one go, Shen Nianqiu could only reluctantly hang up the phone and lie down on the bed alone again.

The sky had completely cleared after the rain, and the evening glow shone through the window, falling on the table and on the large white shirt she was wearing, reflecting a dazzling light.

The future suddenly became clear.

“I know Fudan is a very good school, so why did Sister Shen apply for the economics department? I thought she would continue to study music.”

During the break between evening self-study sessions, Lin Mu, who had also seen Shen Nianqiu's college entrance examination scores and college application choices in the group of seven, asked Chen Junqian in bewilderment. After confirming her unique importance in her childhood sweetheart's heart and hearing Shen Nianqiu's past life story, she had now changed her address back to her original form.

"Because my sister never thought about pursuing a career in music. In her own words, she wanted to become a singer who, ten years from now, would only be remembered by people for one or two of her representative works, but who would have no impression of the singer herself. After all, the entertainment industry is not easy to navigate. As for why she majored in economics, that was her own idea."

After all, compared to Fudan University's science programs, its humanities programs are indeed weaker, and Shen Nianqiu wasn't particularly interested in literature, history, philosophy, or law, so she ultimately chose economics, which is considered a very good major in the humanities.

"That's amazing... 700 points."

For Lin Mu, both 700 points and 40th place in the province were numbers she could hardly imagine. After all, let alone 40th place in the province, she hadn't even reached 40th place in her grade yet. At this stage, the ultimate goal she could only dream of was East China University of Political Science and Law.

"There are still two years left. Mu Mu probably didn't think she could get into Ningzhong's special admission class when she was in the first year of junior high school, so just keep working hard and you will definitely get a satisfactory result in the end."

"Uh-huh."

After receiving encouragement from her childhood friend, Lin Mu also perked up. She already knew that Chen Junqian would definitely go to university in Shanghai, so she also chose Shanghai as her target university. Indeed, just as he said, she still had two full years to work hard, so there was no need to belittle herself here.

With this mindset, Lin Mu performed quite well in the final exams at the end of the semester, making solid progress compared to the midterms. However, the most surprising student in this final exam was indeed Youyou. After experiencing a period of ups and downs that allowed her to calm down again, she finally took the first step towards her goal with the help of the arts and sciences subject selection. After the subject selection, she entered the arts key class three based on her final exam results, just one place away from Chen Junqian's arts special admission class one.

At least the classes are in the same corridor, which is already a huge improvement.

As summer vacation arrived, Shen Nianqiu, as she had predicted, received numerous reports and interviews from online media due to the exposure of her identity as a singer. The school also wanted to capitalize on the buzz surrounding the diverse development of its students and called her back to Lin'an for an exclusive interview. Meanwhile, after the middle school entrance exam results were released at the end of June, Chen Xi also entered the special admission class of Ningzhong High School with the highest score in the city. As for Gu Linguo…

"I think it's because I had a good mindset during the exam and performed a little better than usual. I didn't expect to be able to get into the top class by just barely making the cutoff score. At least my mom is quite happy."

Compared to her high school entrance exam results, which had made her family so happy they were even preparing a banquet, Gu Lingguo, who was sitting in front of Chen Junqian at the moment, squatting on the computer chair and typing on the keyboard, seemed indifferent. She immediately changed the subject with great interest:

"By the way, brother, the new book by Iruma Hitomi that you asked me to keep an eye on was released today. Some people in the group have already bought the Japanese version and are scanning and taking pictures of it. Do you want to take a look? Wow, what does all this string of Japanese text mean when translated?"

"Imotoraifu, you yourself are still doing it every day, it means younger sister. If you want to translate it, you can say 'younger sister life' or 'younger sister and her day', but I prefer the former."

Although the title of this light novel, which was destined to appear, had already been foreshadowed by the romantic comedy title in his mind, Chen Junqian still felt anticipation when he actually looked at the original Japanese text. After all, he had always liked Iruma Hitomi's writing style. The novel that Iruma was currently serializing, "Adachi and Shimamura," was a work with very delicate emotional descriptions. It was just a pity that he couldn't simply and directly say to anyone, "This is so troublesome."

"Senpai, would you like to translate this into Chinese?"

"Yes, of course."

Chen Junqian nodded and took Gu Lingguo's place at the computer. The first thing that appeared before him was the author's preface, or rather, the introduction. He quickly translated it into Chinese in his mind and then typed it out one by one on the keyboard:

This is not a story about dedicating one's entire life to someone else.

No matter where you go in life, the path you take is your own. Whatever choices you make, no matter how good you feel about them, or how heavy the burdens you may feel, they are all things I have gained in the process of living.

Therefore, as long as my sister can put on a happy smile, I can gloss over most things with "whatever." This is probably the path I'm destined to take, and it will take a considerable amount of time before I realize that this almost careless attitude will shape my entire life.

But even if we discover it, the world has already been built up and cannot be modified. Therefore, we can only continue to live this way. This book is such a story.

Just like when she used to watch Chen Junqian translate games, light novels, or comics, Gu Lingguo stood behind him, supporting her shoulders and leaning her head. Every time he typed a word, she would read it aloud in sync, as if she were very involved. However, because she was completely confused by the preface, she took the initiative to point to the introduction and started reading the few Chinese characters that she could understand, such as '一生' (lifetime) or '兄妹' (brother and sister).

"By the way, senior, what does this sentence mean? It's enclosed in brackets [ ], it seems to be something I said."

Chen Junqian looked in the direction she was pointing, then read it aloud in Japanese, and then translated it:

"Because my brother is practically my whole life."

Suddenly, he heard a click as the door opened. Turning around, he saw his sister standing in the doorway with a slightly complicated expression.

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PS2: Although I think I've recommended it before, the younger sister's life is indeed short. If you're interested, you can check it out. It's a rare story about incest between a real younger sister, so it includes a lot of moral issues and social topics, making it seem a bit realistic.

Chapter 18: The Whole of Life

Well, now, under the subtle influence of Chen Junqian and Gu Lingguo, Chen Xi has begun to understand why there is always an unusual obsession with the younger sister character in anime and manga. If it is just a female family member of the same generation, then the older sister is also a younger sister. But according to the latter's original words, even in visual novels, the number of works with an older sister as the main character is significantly less than the number with a younger sister. This shows that the group of people who are obsessed with younger sisters is always much larger than those who are obsessed with older sisters.

Furthermore, Chen Xi does not deny that in her life so far, she has indeed fully experienced the advantages of being a younger sister and having a good older brother. However, no matter what, she still cannot say something as straightforward and almost defiant as a certain anime sister, such as "If you get pregnant, just abort it." And Chen Junqian's statement, "Because my brother is almost my whole life," feels like an excessive exaggeration. It sounds like something a child would say, just like a promise to be together forever.

"So what are you guys watching again, a visual novel? Or some kind of comic?"

Having heard even more outrageous lines like "The younger sister was born to be with her older brother," "A good morning kiss is a classic scene between brothers and sisters that they have to experience," and "From good morning to good night, the older brother's day is completed under the watchful eye of his younger sister," Chen Xi quickly regained her normal expression, closed the door, and walked in.

"No, that's not it. My senior and I are translating a light novel, but it's definitely a work that's strongly related to a little sister. The current tentative title is 'Little Sister's Life.' Doesn't that sound intriguing?"

Gu Linguo cheerfully made room for her best friend. Chen Xi glanced at Chen Junqian, who was typing away at his computer, looking at the Japanese text on the keyboard, and then at her friend, who seemed naive enough to just be watching the show with her arms around his neck.

"I didn't realize Lin Guo was helping with the translation."

"No way, I'm here to make the senior feel better, and I can also help him get whatever he wants to eat or drink. Don't underestimate the importance of logistics, okay?"

There was a subtle tension in translating this work under his sister's watchful eye. Even though he'd never felt anything when playing galgames or hearing those cheesy "Onii-chan" and "Despicable Me" lines in front of her before, Chen Junqian unconsciously slowed down his typing and started a conversation:

"Would Xiaoxi like to take a look?"

"Would Xiaoxi like to take a look?"

Based on his past experience, when he invited his sister to share, she would usually turn her face away to indicate no, and then either sit on his bed reading or go back home. But perhaps because there wasn't a mysterious female character dressed like she was trying to seduce her brother, Chen Xi actually came closer with interest:

"Hmm, let me take a look. What's the story about?"

"It's a story about spending a lifetime with my sister. The first volume is currently on sale. I just looked at the table of contents, and it covers the period from age zero to twenty-five."

"Is it for my brother?"

"Of course it belongs to the younger sister; the older brother is three years older than the younger sister."

Upon hearing about the age difference, Chen Junqian saw a visible sense of disappointment on his younger sister's face, even a hint of relief or disgust:

"What's wrong?"

"This age gap is so awful; it's obviously something the author deliberately designed."

"Hmm? Why would Xiaoxi think that?"

Faced with Gu Linguo's question, Chen Xi simply pushed Chen Junqian's arm away, as if to get a better look at the text on the computer screen, and sat down next to him on the front half of the computer chair. She seemed to be wriggling out of her brother's arms, reaching for the mouse and scrolling the mouse wheel as she explained:

"Just think about it, and you'll realize that if that happens, you'll miss each other perfectly from middle school onwards. When the brother is in middle school, the sister is in elementary school; when the sister is in middle school, the brother is already in high school; and when the sister is in high school, the brother is about to leave home for university. Doesn't Lin Guo always say that she's some kind of junior sister type? I thought you would understand this feeling as well as I do."

As a younger sister who is only one year younger than Chen Junqian, Chen Xi had already experienced the frustrating feeling of their lives being completely out of sync, whether it was the last year of elementary school or the last year of junior high school. That's why she chose to skip a grade immediately after entering high school, bringing their life trajectories back to the same timeline.

"Oh right, I feel like that's how it would be written, but I forgot because you haven't turned to that point yet."

"Where are we now... let me see."

"It's about right after the first little storyline ended. The reason I got to know my sister was when she was six years old. She hadn't finished her summer homework, so she came to me for help, and I successfully helped her."

"Illustrated diary... So Japanese elementary school students also write diaries as summer vacation homework?"

It seemed that Chen Xi was recalling those dozen or so diary entries she usually made up in the last few days of her summer homework. She twitched the corners of her mouth, but her hands didn't stop. She continued to read the small portion of content that Chen Junqian had translated on the computer screen.

"However, a certain age gap does have some advantages. I quite like the reaction of three- or four-year-old children when they suddenly realize they have a younger brother or sister. It reminds me of a story about older sisters that I watched before, where the older sister imitated a scene of her mother breastfeeding her younger brother..."

Before Chen Junqian could finish speaking, he was righteously punished by his younger sister in his arms. A hand covered his mouth from bottom to top. Subconsciously looking down along the other's palm, he understood a bit more about what Gu Linguo had once told him about the so-called contrast between sisters: an ordinary older sister and a magnificent younger sister.

“My brother and I are only one year apart, so there’s no need for this kind of topic… But it’s quite a coincidence, the first time my brother helped me was when you were ten, right? But I was already nine years old then.”

"Oh yeah, someone is just playing 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao's Biography' in their room without going out. If we're talking about arguing that it's an important plot point, it doesn't seem to be as good as the one in the book."

"In the end, it's just helping with summer homework."

At this point, Chen Xi continued reading the text:

"But maybe my feelings are the same as this younger sister's. Suddenly, I feel that my brother has become three-dimensional from a name or a two-dimensional thing. And you, brother? Do you feel the same way as the character in the book?"

When asking this question, she specifically highlighted one line of text with her mouse:

[I have this feeling that I can't not help her. Is it some kind of instinctive sense of companionship inherent in living beings? Or is it because we're connected by blood? In any case, it's like a product serial number etched into my body, demanding my help in an unchangeable part of me. Perhaps once I become aware of this, my only fate will be to become the 'older brother'.]

Before Chen Junqian could answer, Gu Linguo voiced his thoughts:

"It sounds like this is some kind of biological instinct? But in reality, you two don't have any blood relation at all... Hehehe, what a convenient setting."

Ignoring her best friend's final, rather meek, comment, Chen Xi retorted confidently:

"But actually, when we were kids, we never called each other by name when introducing each other. Just like with uncles and cousins, we would still call them uncles when we met them. So back then, my brother and I just thought of each other as siblings."

Thanks to the close relationship between the two families, Chen Xi can say with certainty that, compared to any cousins ​​or uncles, the family she visited the most from childhood to adulthood was Chen Junqian's family, and the family she saw the most was Chen Junqian's family. However, before the age of nine, just like the younger sister in the book before the age of six, there was no opportunity for her relationship with her brother to improve.

"That's true. My family would never talk about godparents or anything like that. As for how I felt at the time, to be honest, I was thinking that I discovered Xiaoxi had similar interests to me, so I wanted to go up and talk to her."

"I feel more like friends than siblings."

"Yes, so my brother and I don't have to be siblings."

Gu Linguo was speechless at the thought of her best friend, who was already adept at switching between the two identities. She thought, "If you two didn't have this relationship, you wouldn't have met in the first place, let alone started a conversation."

Chen Xi had already read through the translated text on the computer screen in one go. The latest development after the summer vacation incident was that the younger sister, who originally didn't want to live with each other and had been living in the same bedroom with her parents until now, finally chose to move in with her brother. When Chen Junqian saw this plot, he could clearly feel the younger sister in his arms shrinking in sync.

"Being young definitely has its advantages..."

That's like saying you're not sleeping with me on New Year's Eve anymore.

"Does Xiaoxi want to share a room with her senior? Bunk beds, wow, wow, wow, it feels like the sibling relationship in a romantic comedy. It's true that living in the same room is more likely to create all sorts of classic scenes than living under the same roof, and it's also very convenient to wake each other up."

Chen Xi glared at Gu Lingguo, who knew perfectly well that none of this had happened in reality, yet still painted such an alluring picture. However, this was because she remembered that since Gu Lingguo had already bought a house, she had gone from being a neighbor to living on the floor below, thus extending the physical distance between them.

"I've finished reading it. I think the author's writing style is quite good. I got here without even realizing it."

After putting down the mouse, Chen Xi also made the same comment. Just as Chen Junqian wanted to chat with the other party about Iruma Hitomi, the other party immediately urged for more updates:

"So when will you finish translating it? I want to watch it all in one go. It shouldn't be a tragedy, right? If it's a tragic ending, I don't really want to watch it."

"Only the first half has been released so far, so we don't know yet."

"The first half... Brother just said until he's twenty-five, right?"

As Chen Xi spoke, she scrolled back to the beginning of the table of contents, which was clearly divided into several sections according to age. The first section was 0-15, which seemed to be about the younger sister's story from age zero to fifteen.