Episode 5

Sophia's brain short-circuited.

[What?! This beautiful big sister actually wants to be friends with me? I thought I'd never have friends in my life!]

Because of her reputation as a "brother-obsessed" girl, no one her age wanted to be friends with her.

This was the first time someone wanted to be her friend!

Sophia was bubbling with excitement.

[Olivia has always been the beautiful girl I admired, and as the male lead's fiancée, it's not right that she got replaced by that homewrecker. A girl like her deserves a better life!]

Olivia was surprised.

To be honest, she approached Sophia because she valued her ability to know inside information.

But... she didn't expect Sophia would think of her this way in her heart.

She was a sincere little sister.

Olivia's eyes sparkled, and she couldn't help but become more genuine.

Then, she heard Sophia's excited inner thoughts—

[Big sister has such nice abs, if we become close friends, can I touch them? I've never touched abs before.]

Olivia raised an eyebrow, her smile becoming more alluring as she unzipped her motorcycle jacket, revealing her slim waist underneath.

Her perfectly defined abs were clearly visible to Sophia.

Sophia's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets!

[Holy crap! What's going on?! Is this a gift from heaven?]

Olivia curved her lips, coaxing gently: "If you're willing to be my friend, you can touch my abs."

Sophia: "!!!!!!"

[She actually knows what I want! She understands me! She loves me! She must like me!!]

The brothers behind her: "..."

It was confirmed that Olivia could also hear Sophia's thoughts.

But was Sophia really so easily impressed by just some abs?

How ridiculous, which of the seven brothers didn't have abs?

Dominic looked at Third Brother: "Blake!"

Third Brother Blake stood at attention.

Dominic: "Take off your shirt!"

Without a word, Blake started unbuttoning.

Under his white shirt was an impressive eight-pack that looked incredibly touchable!

And with a healthy tan to boot!

Blake smiled confidently: "Sophia."

Sophia turned around, her eyes wide as saucers!

Blake hooked his thumb in his waistband, proudly showing off his muscular physique: "Look at what your brother's got?"

As he spoke, Blake cockily raised an eyebrow at Olivia.

Olivia suddenly understood something and asked in surprise: "Could you all also hear—"

Blake smiled mysteriously: "Yes, exactly that."

Olivia: "!"

Damn it!

Didn't that mean their objectives had collided?

She had originally planned to keep Sophia by her side.

Olivia felt somewhat annoyed.

Neither group spoke, and the atmosphere gradually became tense.

Sophia was now a precious resource since she knew their future paths.

They would never let go!

Everyone simultaneously looked at Sophia, waiting for her final judgment.

Blake puffed out his chest and cleared his throat: "Your brother works out every day, there isn't a single imperfect muscle on my body. Look at Third Brother's physique, these V-lines, aren't they much better than mere abs?"

Olivia glanced at Blake's muscles.

...They were indeed impressive.

They looked like they'd feel nice to touch.

Feeling inferior, she put her clothes back on.

Sophia: "? Third Brother, are you a pervert?"

Blake: "?"

Others: "?"

Olivia's eyes brightened as she asked in surprise: "What's wrong, don't you like your brother's abs?"

Sophia said with disgust: "Who would like their own brother's abs? I'm not a pervert—no, I mean, precious things should be kept hidden for private appreciation, right? I don't want anyone to see my brothers' abs."

[That was close! I almost forgot I'm supposed to be playing the brother-obsessed role. I nearly slipped up!]

[Even though the system isn't by my side right now, I should maintain my character until it returns, otherwise it might punish me again!]

Olivia's eye twitched.

So it was the system that made Sophia brother-obsessed.

She looked at Blake with interest: "Third Brother, looks like you've failed. Those muscles of yours have zero appeal."

Blake choked, retorting indignantly: "You're the one who failed! You just don't know how to appreciate this!"

Sophia secretly rolled her eyes dramatically.

[Appreciate? Please, can someone lend me a pair of eyes that haven't seen their brothers' bare stomachs?!]

Blake's mouth twitched as he glared at Sophia in annoyance.

It seemed his dear sister had always been two-faced!

Noticing Blake's resentful gaze, Sophia immediately put on a professional fake smile: "Brother is so handsome, I'll look more when we get home."

[As if I'll look when we get home!]

Blake gritted his teeth as he slowly buttoned up his shirt: "Sophia, I'm warning you, if you don't look, I'll gouge out your eyeballs and put them on the table to make them look."

Sophia: "?"

[What's wrong with him? Usually, he can't wait to fly away when standing next to me, but today he wants me to look at his abs? He might as well blind me, then I won't have to wash my eyes even if he strips naked in front of me.]

The other brothers: "Pfft!!"

Damn, she really went there with the naked comment.

Blake's face reddened with anger as he lowered his voice: "What are you laughing at? You don't know what she's thinking about you guys in her head!"

The other brothers' smiles froze as they began to realize.

Right.

Sophia was only pursuing them because the system forced her to.

She didn't actually like them at all.

Was she talking trash about them in her mind?!

The brothers' internal alarms went off!

Olivia smiled slyly, shaking her head: "Looks like among all of you, only I've earned genuine appreciation."

Sophia asked confused: "What do you mean, Sister Olivia?"

Olivia shook her head affectionately: "Nothing, let's add each other as friends."

Sophia nodded, but as she was about to scan the code, she suddenly remembered her profile picture.

It was a Q-version family portrait of all eight of them.

She drew it herself.

Her infamous reputation as a brother-obsessed weirdo was well-known throughout Westvale's social circles.

She didn't want Olivia to think she was a pervert and lose this hard-won friendship.

Sophia looked awkwardly at Olivia: "Um... Sister Olivia, you don't mind my... personal preferences?"

Olivia remained composed: "You mean the brother-obsessed thing?"

Sophia nodded self-consciously.

Olivia typed casually on her phone: "It doesn't matter, after all, you and your brothers are mutually devoted. They're pretty sister-obsessed themselves."

Sophia: "?"

The seven Hawthorne brothers: "?"

Dominic scolded: "Olivia, stop slandering us!"

Olivia shrugged indifferently: "Well, you can call it slander if you want."

Dominic was speechless but warned Sophia sternly: "Don't believe what she says, understand?"

Sophia: "..."

[I wouldn't believe it anyway, after all, you guys don't even look at me during holidays, and you cut off my living expenses for several years. How could people like that be sister-obsessed?]

Dominic: "..."

They cut off her allowance because she danced in front of them wearing a sexy camisole during New Year's!

They never stopped paying for her food, tuition, driver, and housekeeper!

Dominic wanted to argue.

But he decided against it.

It was better if she misunderstood, otherwise this girl would be overjoyed.

However...

If Sophia was no longer controlled by the system, would she still be that clingy, dramatic, unreasonably spoiled little sister?

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