El swallowed the medicine in one gulp, eyes wide even though they were swollen.
The bitter taste of the medicine lingered in her mouth, but El endured it without showing any sign.
Enduring this much was nothing to her.
“You’ve eaten your meal and medicine, shall we go rest now?”
As soon as El took the medicine, Mikaela rose quickly from her seat, as if she had been waiting, and approached where El was sitting.
But this time, she couldn’t lead El out of the dining room.
“Sister.”
At the soft call, Mikaela immediately recognized.
Lapellian was about to officially broach the subject of adoption.
‘Sigh. Damn it. Why am I doing this?’
Mikaela very much wanted to avoid the topic of ‘adoption’ now, but knowing Lapellian’s personality, she couldn’t keep avoiding it, so she just accepted the situation and looked at her brother.
“Yes, Lapell.”
“As I’ve already mentioned, it seems that the only way to repay this true debt is one way.”
Mikaela acted as usual, but she only sent an uncomfortable glance towards her brother.
“I want to take responsibility for El properly. Since I owe her my life, isn’t it right to repay it with a new life?”
“That can be done without necessarily going that route.”
“There’s no better way than to raise El in the Musteros family lineage and have her live in this household.”
None of them, except Mikaela, understood what he was talking about.
Calmly settled, El, who was also looking at him, blinked her eyes in confusion and turned her head to look at Mikaela, as if she didn’t know what he meant.
Somehow, she felt that Mikaela would know.
Sure enough, Mikaela let out a small snort of derision, frowning. It looked like she had a headache.
El anxiously rolled her eyes and habitually chewed on her fingertips.
“Lapell.”
“You’ve done me a great favor, so this much should be done. Besides, we’ve left a deep wound on El.”
“Do you know what you’re talking about?”
“Of course, I know what I’m talking about. Sister, this is the best we can do for her. Let’s proceed with the adoption.”
“Ha!”
Mikaela laughed as if it was unbelievable.
Following that, Briel and Rielo, who seemed to have realized something, raised their voices in excitement.
“So, we’re getting a little sister?! Wow! Wow!”
“Rielo, if our sister takes her in, she could become our niece.”
“That’s good too! I love it all!”
“I like it too. I agree. Sister, brother.”
Being the youngest in the family, twins Briel and Rielo eagerly raised both hands in welcome.
In the midst of this, El, who still didn’t understand the situation, timidly spoke.
“Excuse me, I mean, it seems like you’re talking about me, but I don’t really know what’s going on. Could you please tell me what’s happening?”
In response to her dumbfounded question, Mikaela was at a loss for words, but Lapellian replied.
“El, I stopped talking earlier, but unfortunately, you no longer have a place to return to.”
“What do you mean…….”
“Last night, where you were living was destroyed. The children were sent to a shelter, and the ringleader will receive appropriate punishment.”
“Oh…….”
“Since I’ve taken away your place to return to, how about living here as our family’s child?”
“What?!”
Surprised by the tranquil voice, El jumped up in shock.
She was so startled that her head spun.
El’s reaction was more intense than when they said they were going to buy the bakery yesterday.
Had Mikaela not caught her, she would have fallen under the chair.
“You need to be careful.”
“I’m sorry. But, but…….”
“El.”
“Yes.”
Just as El was about to voice her denial, Lapellian cut her off.
He had intended to prioritize El’s opinion, but he was not going to let her go easily this time.
One wrong choice was enough.
“It’s not coercion. The choice is yours. However, I would like you to think positively.”
“To be a child of this house, someone as lowly as me, it’s impossible. I can’t.”
“You don’t need to answer so quickly. Think it over.”
Facing something that had never even happened in her dreams, El felt her breath catch.
‘Calling me a bad child, accusing me of impure motives would be too lenient. Living together as a child of this house?!’
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
