As soon as Lin Suicao entered the bedroom, he saw his sister working on the buttons on the placket of her pajamas.
Hearing the sound of her opening the door, Xia Fenghe exclaimed, and the part that had been buckled with difficulty snapped back outwards.
Although there was no exaggerated scene of buttons being blown off, the crisp sound still made the corners of Suicao's eyes twitch slightly.
"Is it that tight?"
"Fortunately...after all, Suicao is a little shorter than me. This is normal."
To prevent her love affair from happening, she covered the white skin at her neckline and sat on the bed with her legs slightly apart, "Because I'm a sister."
But these words did not comfort him. Suicao's eyes darkened, and he climbed onto the bed, already grabbing the other person's cheeks with both hands.
"Yeah, it must be because my sister took away too much nutrition, which caused the current difference. So it's all your own fault."
"Let Kaiwo go!"
Xia Fenghe's soft and tender face was squeezed into a ridiculous shape under the ravage of her sister. He protested vaguely and pushed her away with his hand.
Suicao, who was suppressed in turn, was slightly startled: "Your strength has become stronger than before."
"Eh, really?"
"Because my sister was always sick before and was very weak."
Lin Suicao turned over half-lying on the bed and pulled her sister's hair nostalgically.
The two girls now have long hair, and there is no difference in their usual hairstyles. Their pajamas are similar in style. Their damp white necks reflect each other under the light, making them look more like a pair of sisters than before.
Xia Fenghe laughed dryly: "Ah haha, people will grow up."
"After I got home from the hospital today, I didn't feel energetic the whole day. I was worried about whether there were any sequelae."
"Is this happening? I think I'm very energetic, more energetic than a two-headed ogre!"
"A strange metaphor... It's better to say it's a feeling of absent-mindedness."
Lin Suicao stopped playing with her sister's hair, "But I just left that kind of place, so it's normal to feel tired. Let's take a good rest for a few days."
"sorry that I had you worried."
Not expecting to receive an apology, she quickly sat up straight and waved her hands.
"There is no such thing. Compared to my sister, that guy is much more troublesome."
"That guy...Zhu Yu?"
"Yes, I started to make people angry when I was discharged from the hospital. I criticized other people's lunches even though they no longer remember me, and insisted on cooking. Isn't that too much?"
"Have you ever done anything like this?"
"Not only that, he started to argue with me in the car after he was discharged from the hospital. He didn't believe my words for a while. His personality is really twisted."
"——That's why you only care about him."
The conversation stopped abruptly, and Suicao looked at his sister in astonishment.
Xia Fenghe lowered his eyes.
"Actually, I also remembered some memories related to my mother and you, such as the day we separated, and the time we killed a goldfish together when we were children... But they are all blurry, and they even make me wonder if it is my imagination."
"Because those things happened when I was young, and then we didn't see each other for a while."
Not paying attention to Suicao's weak defense, Feng He continued: "During dinner, he actually didn't tell everything that came to mind, so you called Zhu Yu a liar."
She wasn't really drunk at the time.
"But I would be deceived only if I didn't know about your past. Didn't Suicao see through it immediately? That's why I should call him a liar."
Xia Fenghe smiled sadly.
"It's not a lie or not...it's just a quarrel between trivial children."
"Well, it's not worth mentioning to an outsider like me, it's just a precious memory between family members."
She said softly, "I noticed it when I was taking a shower. Compared to us who separated very early, you and he are actually the brother and sister who have accumulated time together. I only have the name of sister."
"Don't say such things."
The sheets under Suicao were unknowingly tightened, "I'm just worried that you will think too much -"
She suddenly suppressed her voice.
Her sister looked at her calmly: "If that's not the case, why do you worry about me thinking too much?"
Suicao opened his mouth, but nothing came out.
She curled up sadly like a wounded hedgehog.
Instead, Xia Fenghe, who had been aggressive just now, panicked and crawled over on his hands and knees to apologize.
"I'm sorry, I'm actually aware. If Zhu Yu is the only one who thinks of the important memories of the two of you, and I still can't remember anything, I'll probably feel excluded."
"...Do you have it now?"
The hedgehog originally wanted to ignore her, but the question still came out of his mouth.
"How could it be?"
Xia Fenghe smiled brightly, with no trace of the melancholy he had just shown on his appearance. "So you should be thinking more about Suicao. Even if you tell me what interesting things happened between the two of you in the past, I will only listen with interest."
She paused for a moment: "Actually, this is of course. I left my mother when I was a child. Zhu Yucai is your brother who grew up with you, so you can use experiential therapy to evoke his memory."
"No, that's another thing... forget it."
Suicao frowned in confusion.
"Instead, I should thank you two for caring about me."
She cheerfully lifted the quilt and got in. After lying down, her hair spread out on the pillow like clouds.
"elder sister……"
"Okay, go to sleep."
Xia Fenghe showed his side face and watched his sister turn off the light and lie down on the other side.
"In the future, please don't hide it from me like this again."
In the darkness, Suicao's breathing trembled for a while, and he didn't know whether he said "hmm" in agreement or rejection.
After a long silence, the girl's breath gradually became calmer.
"Suicao?"
Feng He called out tentatively, but received no response.
When she just said the last sentence, she was still a little angry, and she didn't know if it was revealed.
Looking back now, I said unnecessary words to her.
"Because the person who deliberately didn't say it...is not Suicao."
So it's useless to talk to her.
Anyway, she doesn't feel sad at all now.
*
"——Isn't this very sad?"
"I'm so annoyed, go back!"
The girl next to the washing machine picked up a clothes hanger and threw it over, but Zhu Yu reached out and caught it in the air.
After he found a little summer on the balcony, he naturally came up to talk to it.
The other party seemed to be ashamed and angry because he was seen dropping the little pearl. It didn't take long for Zhu Yu to deduce what probably happened based on what he had said.
"To be honest, I thought you were bullied by Suicao until you cried. I was shocked."
"She was not the one who bullied me."
Xia Fenghe hugged her knees and leaned against the front of the drum washing machine. Her pajamas were lifted up, revealing her thin ankles and well-proportioned calves.
She raised her face, as if this would make the tears flow back, and she did not forget to cover her chest with her hands.
Zhu Yu pushed the can of drink he brought to her from the ground and opened the can's ring.
"Get out quickly."
Her voice became weak, "I don't want to be seen in such a shameful state. As long as I stay here for a while, I will be back to my original state in no time."
"But the last time I saw you looking embarrassed was a few days ago. It doesn't matter if I see you again so often."
Zhu Yu put down what he was holding, "I'm here to apologize."
"Why? You didn't do anything bad."
The girl twitched her small nose, "I just suddenly wanted to look at the stars."
"When you asked me what I was remembering, I deliberately concealed something very important that directly prompted Suicao and I to truly start treating each other as family."
"That's your secret. You shouldn't tell it to irrelevant people."
The white soles of her feet were halfway off the slippers, and her pink fingers were twisting restlessly up and down, as if to hint at her mood at the moment.
"Besides, we also have something to hide from her - thinking about it like this, it really doesn't make sense to be angry with her."
Xia Fenghe raised his pink fist and knocked his head regretfully, "I'm so stupid and troublesome..."
"This kind of personality is quite cute."
There was a bang from the other side, and the girl fell to her knees and covered the back of her head with her hands.
"It hurts—!"
She seemed to have hit the glass wall in front of the washing machine, hoping she wouldn't become stupider.
Zhu Yu gloated: "Who asked you to sit there?"
"It's all your fault for saying something weird--forget it."
Xia Fenghe rubbed the place where he was hit and raised his head, "I'm actually very happy that I can celebrate being discharged from the hospital with you and Suicao today."
"It should be a happy thing to know that my sister and my trusted friend became Giri siblings and overcame many difficulties to become better friends. The two joys overlapped and should have brought more joy.
"But why is it like this?"
The raindrops are getting denser, floating from the sky to the earth, just like the tears falling from the girl's cheeks, blooming drop by drop on the balcony.
"It makes me sad to think about Suicao finding a new family and spending time that I don't know about when I left her."
Is this jealousy that he has taken the position of "sister"?
"I've had similar feelings before when I heard her talk about her sister."
"No, it's different."
Xia Fenghe shook his head in denial, "Besides, there is Zhu Yu...you."
She scratched the side of her face with her fingers in embarrassment: "Seeing that you have recovered your key memories and family, your relationship with Suicao has also improved, and you are still hiding something from me, I feel like——"
Zhu Yuti suggested: “Feeling of being excluded and isolated?”
"Um."
This time, she finally nodded, "It would be great if the three of us could share secrets together and tell each other everything about the other world and your past."
"Because I'm always afraid. In fact, I haven't come out of the hospital yet, and the experience in another world is just an illusion... In fact, I neither know you nor have a sister, and everyone will gradually leave."
It was like I was gradually withdrawing from this world, swallowed by loneliness.
After listening to the girl's confession, Zhu Yu returned indoors and yawned.
"This kind of philosophical question is not suitable for you to think about. As you keep urging me, I will go back to sleep."
The balcony door slammed shut, leaving the dazed girl in the dark.
Everything was silent except for the rustling sound of rain, and the cold starlight flowed to the balcony as if mockingly.
Even though she was the one who let him out in the first place.
But why did you really leave?
It’s better to choose this time.
The more Xia Fenghe thought about it, the more aggrieved he became. He almost wanted to pick up the clothes hanger he had just thrown away and go find Zhu Yu for a fight.
As I stood up, I heard a vibration in my pajama pants pocket.
When she was discharged from the hospital, Xia Shurong gave her her mobile phone, which she used to illuminate her way to the balcony just now.
Who would call at this time?
The girl hurriedly took out her mobile phone and pressed the answer button.
A serious male voice came from inside: "Classmate Xia, are you still awake at this late hour?"
"Huh???"
If the number of question marks could be used to measure her confusion at this time, it would probably drown the entire person.
"Oh, I asked my aunt for the number the day you were discharged from the hospital. Isn't it the summer vacation is about to end and school is about to start?"
"Well, ah..."
"We are from the same university. Do you want to go together on the registration day? It would be nice to have someone to take care of you."
The voice switches from a serious tone to a slightly shy bass, as if he is hesitating to invite a girl for the first time. It is reminiscent of a young man holding an umbrella in the rain, waiting for his sweetheart to go out.
"I, I want to ask mom."
"Okay - by the way, do you remember the hospital you stayed in when you hit your head?"
"...very impressed."
"Me too. The doctor who examined my fracture seemed to have been promoted recently. He also liked to read fantasy novels to his patients..."
According to the other party's description, this is a story of friendship formed by chance because they were admitted to the same hospital.
"Finally, when we meet at the gate of the campus after being sent off by our family, you will look at Suicao in surprise and hug her as she rushes towards you."
"I have no idea what you are going to say!"
Xia Fenghe moved his finger to the hang-up button while complaining, "I'm going to hang up."
"Okay, hang up. I've finished telling the story anyway."
In the living room, Zhu Yu leaned against the closed balcony door, side by side with the sweeping robot placed here.
"..."
"..."
"Say it quickly!!"
He held the phone away from his ears to avoid jarring his eardrums.
"I thought you were dead."
Zhu Yu knocked on the door behind him, "Look, even if the supernatural factors are removed, it is still possible for us to meet. Maybe we will be admitted to the same ordinary hospital and admitted to the same university. Of course, the most likely one is Suicao. introduce--"
"No matter what kind of encounter it is, it will not be an illusion."
Perhaps because they couldn't see each other's faces, they said the words they were originally ashamed to say simply.
"I promise not to isolate, exclude or leave you because I want to be friends with this girl Xia Fenghe."
After a while, there was movement from the body leaning against the door, and the girl's sweet voice came from the other end and the receiver at the same time.
"Then, it's agreed again."
"keep your word."
"Even when we all regain our memories, the three of us will be together as we are today."
She leaned on the other side of the balcony door and clicked her fingers with the same frequency as if responding to the knocking sound coming from the inside.
"Let's start with the title first, and then call me the same as Suicao."
Zhu Yu hesitated.
"I want to recognize you as my sister?!"
"No! Just call Feng He."
Xia Fenghe held the dimly lit mobile phone in his hands and looked up at the vast night sky like a curtain.
"Also, you have to tell me that important thing you didn't say."
"It's a long story. How about we go back to our rooms and sleep first?"
"No - you wouldn't have bitten each other's fingers then, would you?"
"Not this place."
"where is that?!"
The moon gradually moves, shining its light on the young and girl standing back to back on the balcony.
It also flows through the gaps in the curtains and into every room.
Lin Suicao sat on the empty bed, lost in thought.
On this night, three people were looking up at the same bright white jade plate.
Summer vacation is almost over.
