The two trees at the front door are completely dead now, and they are quite an eyesore.

So in the middle of the night, she transformed into a Magical Girl, pulled out the two dead trees, and threw them far away.

After finishing, she sat between where the two trees had been, buried her head in her knees.

Cried for a little while in the deep of the night. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

No lush mulberry trees, no unbearable cicada chirping, not even a trace of the sweltering summer heat remained.

The large house felt like a tomb, gloomy and overwhelmingly vast.

Actually, Keke didn’t remember anything in particular, she just simply wanted to cry.

Once she finished crying, she wiped her tears, got up, and went back inside to continue with other tasks.

She quit her job, dropped out of school, then took out all the money left in the house; Jiang Si had left her quite a bit.

Ever since their parents passed, Jiang Si had been managing the family finances, never wasting money, but he would always tell her where the money was; Keke knew the bank card numbers and passwords.

Keke realized she was still the crybaby she had always been.

Because her brother was still around, because he always had a stoic expression by her side, Keke could always hold back her tears.

As long as that person was next to her, she couldn’t help but want to be strong, to hide her weakness.

When their parents passed away, although she was sad, she quickly became angry because of her brother’s attitude.

So, she always thought she was very strong, that no matter what blow she faced, she could quickly recover.

Even with such a cold brother, she could still live strongly; she thought she was remarkable...

But now, she finally realized that she was still just that little girl hiding behind her big brother.

No matter how cold, her big brother would still stand in the front, helping her solve many, many problems.

Those relatives who would help whenever her brother said a word, would only brush her off now that her brother wasn’t around, when she asked for their help.

Instead, they discussed the property’s matters with her.

After all, the house was quite valuable.

Thinking of the relatives’ attitudes when her brother was around, Keke couldn’t help but cry incessantly.

She deleted the relatives’ contacts. While packing up, she found the medicine Jiang Si had once given her and couldn’t help crying again; even in the bathroom, she couldn’t stop the tears.

Cowardly and weak, unable to do anything, a crybaby.

But even so, Keke tidied up everything at home. After dressing herself up decently,

she planned to go to the station, buy a ticket to Anyang Town.

She wanted to find her brother, and before she found him, she didn’t want to come back.

Keke actually didn’t dare to think about the past things with her brother.

Because the moment she thought about it, she would always be gripped by regret, almost unable to breathe.

After causing the death of their parents, she shamelessly blamed her brother’s indifference, enjoyed his protection, and in the end, in the end, she never apologized to him.

Too embarrassed to speak up, always thinking there was more time, more chance.

So she always thought it was fine to delay it a little longer.

Until now, there’s no chance anymore.

Thinking about it made her want to kill herself from regret, making her too afraid to think, forcing her to move like a walking corpse.

Telling herself, after handling everything, go find big brother.

The rest of her life should be spent looking for him.

If she can’t find him, she’ll just die...

Dying would be okay, wouldn’t it?

Groggily, she left the house, went to the nearby mall to buy some daily necessities before leaving.

And then, she saw Jiang Si.

"Brother?"

With a tentative, bewildered call.

Then fear rose because with the hope that surged in an instant, she immediately realized the pain and despair of hope being dashed.

It would snap the taut string, scatter her already crumbling perseverance.

Don’t hold on to hope, don’t hold on to hope, don’t...

But when that familiar face turned around, the suitcase she held tightly slipped to the ground.

The guests coming and going at the mall entrance turned their heads at her shout.

Advertising voices came through from the mall, along with the various scents of pastries.

"Brother!"

Her voice went out of control, with a sob.

Tears started flowing uncontrollably again, her eyes stinging painfully from being soaked in tears for too long. She instinctively took two steps forward and then broke into a small run.

She ran to Jiang Si, grabbed his wrist.

Gripped his wrist tightly, pretending to be strong collapsed entirely, just crying and asking:

"Where did you go, brother, don’t leave me alone, don’t leave me alone..."

Jiang Si looked at his little sister who seemed like she lost her way from childhood, thinking how this kid hasn’t grown at all.

Crying just like she did when she was little.

"A date."

After all, he had said he was going out with Zi Yuan, there was no need to change his story.

Keke hugged his arm, her whole body trembling with sobs, tears falling onto his hand, somewhat warm.

The onlookers were quite curious but didn’t come over to interrupt.

A refreshing breeze slightly dried some tears, and the sun shone through at the mall exit.

Keke sniffed, holding onto his hand with tear-filled eyes, her voice still somewhat choked:

"Brother, let’s go home, I want to go home..."

Jiang Si handed her the pastry he bought, nodded slightly:

"I have something to do, you head home by yourself first."