Chapter 47: She Knows
Clara had put on a little light makeup that day and wore a new dress that Harry had bought for her the day before, which made her look even more charming and attractive.
Thinking of how Clara had kissed him last night, Harry became bolder. Suddenly, he reached out and hugged Clara, holding her in his arms. He looked at the shy, blushing Clara affectionately and kissed her passionately.
"Brother-in-law! Don’t go too far!" Unexpectedly, this time, Clara directly stretched out her index finger to block Harry’s lips.
She twisted her soft, slender body flexibly and easily avoided his hug.
"Brother-in-law, don’t forget, you are my brother-in-law! We can’t do anything that would let my sister down! No matter how much you like me, you must control your feelings in the future! There’s a saying that goes, ’feelings start from feelings and end with courtesy’! Both of us have to control ourselves from now on! If you continue like this, I will have to avoid you in the future!"
Clara reminded Harry in a serious yet playful voice.
Harry immediately understood what Clara meant. In fact, Clara also had feelings for him, and she felt attracted to him! But because they were brother-in-law and sister-in-law, doing anything too intimate would violate ethics and morals.
Therefore, Clara did not want to do anything that would let her sister down or destroy the family. In the end, she chose to keep her distance from Harry and transform her feelings into a brother-sister affection—the so-called "starting from emotion and ending with courtesy."
The moment when Clara kissed him yesterday might have been the last intimate gesture that marked her decision to completely seal up her feelings for him.
After realizing this, Harry suddenly felt a little depressed. The fear of losing something made him feel as if his heart were being cut by a knife. It was even more painful than the crush he had felt on the school beauty in high school!
Naturally, Harry was unwilling to act like a gentleman who started with emotion but ended with courtesy. But now, he understood that in this situation, he must not be impatient!
The more times such moments occurred, the more he realized he needed to wait for a special opportunity—an opportunity for Clara to set aside ethics, morals, shame, and guilt, and give in to her reckless impulse!
"I’m sorry, Clara, I was too impulsive."
Harry looked at Clara with deep sorrow, pointed at Elena’s room, and said, "Clara, go in and see Elena. This silly girl is probably still sad about what happened yesterday. Comfort her and let her get up and eat something. It’s not good to be hungry."
Harry now particularly wanted to see what state Elena was in and how close she was to him. If Elena still remembered what happened last night and intended to expose the ugly crimes of her despicable brother-in-law—bringing about his social destruction—then she’d better do it quickly!
But if Elena behaved normally and didn’t remember what happened, Harry could feel relieved.
"Elena! Hurry up and get up! Why haven’t you gotten up yet? Open the door for me!"
Clara was much more direct than Harry.
She banged on Elena’s door and urged impatiently, "You stupid girl, you either go out and cause trouble or hide in your room all day playing games! You don’t even eat! Come out now!"
"I know, I know! You knocked! I’m already up!" Elena’s impatient voice came from inside the room.
Then, Elena suddenly opened the door and walked out with a gloomy face. After giving Harry a cold look, she said to Clara, "I’m hungry! Let’s go downstairs and eat!"
[Current state: depressed, sad, ashamed, painful, entangled, confused, contradictory, hesitant]
[Intimacy: -90 (Disgust)]
"It’s over..." Harry only felt a buzzing in his head, and cold sweat immediately broke out on his forehead.
When Harry saw that Elena’s condition—and her intimacy with him—had plummeted to -90 (disgust), he immediately understood what had happened last night, and that Elena was conscious.
Not only did Elena know the whole thing, but she also clearly remembered, at least vaguely, what he had done to her!
Harry once again prepared himself for a rebirth after social death. He even closed his eyes in despair.
However, the scene he had anticipated—where Elena would expose him in front of Clara and then angrily scold him in shame and anger—did not occur! None of the things Harry had expected happened.
"Brother-in-law..." Elena called lightly as she walked past Harry, as if she didn’t see him at all, and went downstairs.
Not only did Elena fail to expose what Harry had done to her, but she even deliberately acted as if nothing had happened. Watching Elena walk down the stairs, Harry was stunned.
"Brother-in-law? Why are you standing there? Let’s go downstairs to eat together!" Clara curiously pulled Harry, who was standing in a daze, took his hand, and led him downstairs.
Judging from Elena’s condition, she must have been somewhat conscious last night; moreover, she must remember some of the dirty things that happened.
However, Elena had no intention of saying anything and seemed to be deliberately acting as usual—she even acted as if she knew nothing about it in front of him! Why did Elena do this?
Harry had already prepared himself for social death, yet unexpectedly, nothing happened. This made Harry feel as if he had punched cotton—he was at a loss for a moment and had no idea how to respond.
"Brother-in-law, this is the lunch I made especially for you and Elena today! Come, try my cooking!"
As soon as he went downstairs, Clara blinked her big, watery eyes expectantly and handed Harry chopsticks and a bowl of rice.
Harry looked at the dark food on the table, and his face immediately darkened. Clara must have put a lot of thought into it, cooking a table full of dishes. However, each dish looked like a black mass—was it even edible?
Harry swallowed hard, picked up a piece of charred sweet and sour pork rib, put it in his mouth, and took a bite. A bitter, burnt smell immediately stimulated his taste buds, followed by a salty taste with a vinegar flavor—it was like eating burnt salt!
"Poof!" Elena, who was sitting opposite, spat out the food she had tried, "Second sister! What the hell is this? Can you eat this? Ugh! It’s too disgusting!"
"You stupid girl! You have no conscience! In order to cook for you, I have been busy getting up early in the morning until now!! If you don’t want to eat, don’t eat. My brother-in-law must like it, right?" Clara retorted.
"Brother-in-law! Do you think it tastes good?" Clara then turned to look at Harry with anticipation, hoping that he would give her some encouragement.
"Cough, cough!~~ Ugh!~~" Harry originally wanted to hold back and encourage Clara, but the dish was so unpalatable that he couldn’t help but vomit it out.
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