Chapter 1360: Chapter 1332: Sothing Seems Strange Chapter 1360: Chapter 1332: Sothing Seems Strange Kiara’s straightforward question left Arlong struggling to save face while Mario Yuno raised an eyebrow.
Right, starting with the King Bomb, this was indeed in line with the persona of his sister-in-law, the ultimate elder sister, no, the domineering Female Boss.
“Sis! Don’t scare her off!” Arlong spoke up for the girl he admired.
“I’m asking her, why are you nervous? Do I look like soone who eats people? Miss Flora, don’t feel pressured, just tell straightforwardly.”
“Sister, you can just call Shella.” Flora Jim wasn’t angry; instead, she smiled at Arlong and said, “Arlong, don’t talk to your sister like that, she’s just worried about you.”
Then she stood up and poured tea for Kiara.
“Just calm down, sister. Arlong is just hot-headed, he doesn’t understand you’re concerned about him.”
Kiara reflexively exchanged a glance with Mario Yuno, seeing the sa bafflent in his eyes.
Was it love that blinded people, or was it just that Flora Jim was particularly inarticulate in front of Arlong?
Both Kiara and Mario Yuno were seasoned at reading people, having their own set of experiences in judging others, and from just one eting, they felt that Flora Jim was perhaps not a simple character. Yet, Kiara still suppressed her doubts.
She didn’t have a prejudice against eloquent girls. Everyone had different personalities, and if her brother found a daughter-in-law who was articulate and sociable, she thought that wasn’t a bad thing; it was always good for one in a couple to be astute.
But regarding Flora Jim, Kiara still remained reserved. After all, one can’t judge a person solely on the first impression; analyzing soone’s true character through their words and actions needed ti.
“Sister, now I’ll answer your question about what I see in Arlong. Arlong…” Flora Jim glanced at Arlong and exchanged a aningful look with him, and the way she looked at Arlong seed like she truly did like him.
“Arlong is a particularly good man; maybe to you, he’s just a big kid, but in my heart, he’s exceptionally good, sincere, and kindhearted.”
“There are plenty of such young n at his workplace, nine and a half out of ten have kind hearts. What makes you single him out?”
Kiara wasn’t nitpicking; she was stating facts.
The last thing society was short on was passionate youths; they were everywhere.
“Look at what you’re saying. Don’t you understand your own brother? No matter how good others are, they’re not him. They all look the sa in the eyes of strangers, but in my heart, he has his rits. Just our eting alone, I feel, was an opportunity given by fate. He first saved my younger sister and then saved ; I found him particularly handso.”
Arlong blushed with embarrassnt at the complint, awkwardly scratching his head.
“That was my duty to do, actually, I’m not that great.”
Kiara had already heard about their eting from Arlong.
It was indeed a coincidence.
Didn’t Arlong injure his leg while saving a child not too long ago, having to recover at ho? That child he saved was Flora Jim’s younger sister.
At that ti, Flora Jim really wanted to find the benefactor who saved her sister, but Arlong did good deeds without leaving a na, and she couldn’t find him, so the matter was left unresolved.
Lately, during Arlong’s day off, he went out to eat with colleagues. After everyone else went ho, Arlong thought of a duck neck stall at the Night Market that was very tasty, so he decided to walk there on his own. Taking a shortcut instead of the main road, he unexpectedly encountered two thugs bullying a girl. He stepped in and chased them away, and seeing that the girl seed frightened, he didn’t bother buying duck necks and instead acted as her escort ho.
When they arrived downstairs at the girl’s ho, her younger sister also ca out looking for her. Upon seeing him, she recognized him—wasn’t this their benefactor from before?
So Arlong was forcibly brought back to their ho by the two sisters and couldn’t refuse their heartfelt thanks. The girl insisted on getting Arlong’s contact details, and from one thing to another, they grew familiar with each other.
Such a beautiful girl could easily captivate any man, and Arlong, being young and early in the throes of first love, fell for her after a few exchanges of letters. Coincidentally, a month before the girl’s birthday, they t to have dinner, and during the al, she made it clear that she liked Arlong and wanted to date him.
Arlong had the sa idea and imdiately agreed.
The girl was Shella Arumi, and after being together for a month, although Arlong was busy with his career and had only gone on a date once, their relationship significantly deepened through phone calls and ssaging. Arlong felt every day as if he was living in a blissful, pink haze, utterly smitten with his beautiful girlfriend.
But, the Kid rembered who his boss was, and he didn’t dare keep it a secret from Kiara. Besides, his Brother-in-law was his Big Boss, and he could deceive Edward Wheeler for a mont, but not for a lifeti. Better to be upfront and clear about it.
The story went like this—it sounded like a classic tale of a Hero saving a Beautiful Lady and winning her heart, nothing too out of the ordinary, and it all made sense logically.
But Kiara still felt sothing was off, even though the girl ca across as articulate and reasonable, humble yet assertive, the textbook definition of public relations excellence. It was impossible to find fault in her words.
Yet it was this very “flawlessness” that Kiara found the most peculiar.
Kiara asked Flora Jim a few questions, all of which were answered perfectly, textbook-level conversations for eting the family. It not only conveyed her feelings and appreciation for Arlong but also kept sending signals of goodwill to Kiara. It was obvious she genuinely liked Arlong.
After chatting with Flora Jim for a while, Flora said she needed to go to the restroom, and Arlong eagerly followed her out, leaving Edward Wheeler and his wife alone in the private room.
“What do you find strange about it?” Kiara asked Edward Wheeler.
“The girl is really articulate. If she told she was 20, I wouldn’t believe her, but I’d believe she was 40,” Edward Wheeler half-jokingly said.
Kiara nodded, sharing the sentint.
According to Arlong, the girl lost her mother at a young age, and her father disappeared without a trace, leaving her to be cared for by relatives. She managed to attend a college, graduating and finding a good clerical job at a major company. Kiara believed that tough life experiences could foster maturity, yet she couldn’t shake the feeling that sothing was strange.
“How should I put it, the savvy Secretaries of elder Brother can indeed reach this level, but aren’t all those people over 30? For soone just entering Society to possess such boldness and eloquence, her story might not be as simple as she claims.”
“I’ll look into it later. Of course, you don’t have to overreact. Perhaps she’s just gained an early insight into life’s hardships, and that’s why she’s so worldly-wise,” said Edward Wheeler, seeing Arlong’s fervor and not wanting to think ill of the situation, he tried to console Kiara.
Kiara nodded, “I know my career can make suspicious of everyone… Sigh, but you’ve also seen the state Our Ho’s silly Kid is in, and it doesn’t look good.”
Arlong was clearly completely in love, seeing nothing but Flora Jim. As his sister, Kiara couldn’t help but worry about him, but what both Kiara and Edward Wheeler didn’t expect was that an even more concerning matter was about to occur.
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