Chapter 1323 - 1320: Bringing Brother A Zhan Back

Chapter 1323: Chapter 1320: Bringing Brother A Zhan Back

Ji Family

Looking at the child sitting on the bed, Bi Xia leaned lightly against the wall, arms folded across her chest, watching Bi Xiaoyuan. Bi Xiaoyuan had his hands on his knees, head lowered, no one knew what he was thinking. After a long time, a soft, sticky voice finally rose, "Does Xia Wu know?"

"He knows."

"I saw him go into your body. Was he helping you?"

"Yes."

"...I didn’t see that gunshot. Did you kill someone today?"

"Yes."

"..." Bi Xiaoyuan bit his lip, his voice tinged with grievance. "You didn’t let me see."

Starry eyes fixed on Bi Xiaoyuan. "It was too bloody."

"What was that, the blue thing? Do I have it?"

"Doesn’t look like it for now."

"..." Bi Xiaoyuan hesitated for a moment. "It was really pretty."

"...Thanks."

Hearing Bi Xia’s cold voice, utterly flat and emotionless, Bi Xiaoyuan just felt an aching bitterness in his chest, as if he’d gone back to when Bi Xia completely ignored him back then—when he tried so hard just to get one word out of his big sister, when he’d wanted so badly to change how he called her from "brother" to "sister", but she’d always shut him away in that tiny room, no matter how he threw a tantrum, never responding.

Tears fell down in big drops. Bi Xiaoyuan suddenly jumped up and lunged toward Bi Xia. Feeling those arms catching him and that incredibly familiar embrace, Bi Xiaoyuan burst into loud sobs. "I’m sorry! I was wrong!"

"I’ll try my best to grow up!" Bi Xiaoyuan cried. "I’ll work hard to become someone as strong as Xia Wu and then help you! Sis, talk to me, please! I won’t throw a tantrum anymore! It hurts too much!"

Watching Bi Xiaoyuan crying so miserably, Bi Xia pressed her lips together, then finally let out a soft sigh and pulled Bi Xiaoyuan into her arms. "You don’t need to grow up."

"Huh?" Bi Xiaoyuan hiccupped as he cried, tilting his small head back to look at Bi Xia.

"You don’t have to rush to grow up. You can take your time..."

"This world is too cruel, and you’re still too little. I’m getting stronger. I’m strong enough to protect my little brother and let him have a happy, safe, and steady childhood."

Bi Xiaoyuan held Bi Xia tightly, tears dripping down. "I’m sorry..."

Bi Xia half crouched down, starry eyes shining, and gently kissed Bi Xiaoyuan on the forehead. "I’m sorry I let you see something like that today. If you want to forget, bro... your sister can help you forget."

"Do you mean that really pretty blue thing on your body? Or that you killed someone?"

"Both."

Bi Xiaoyuan shook his head. "No, I don’t want to. I don’t want to forget either of them."

"That blue was super beautiful, you looked just like a god descending from the heavens! I don’t want to forget that! And I definitely don’t want to forget that you killed that person, because that person was a demon who wanted to kill me and Xia Wu, and what you killed was a demon. It’s proof that you protected me."

Looking at those eyes shining with light, Bi Xia was briefly stunned, then she laughed. She held Bi Xiaoyuan tightly. "Good boy, don’t tell Mom about this, okay?"

"Mhm, mhm," Bi Xiaoyuan nodded. "We’ll say it’s a secret just between the two of us!"

"So good..." Bi Xia paused for a moment, then whispered in Bi Xiaoyuan’s ear, "Actually, you can call me ’sister’. You don’t have to worry about Mom."

"But Mom said that would expose your..." That was exactly why he’d been even more jealous of Xia Wu—because Xia Wu could openly and confidently call her "sister", and Bi Xia didn’t seem worried about exposing her identity at all. But he...

Bi Xia gave a soft laugh. "I’ve already decided to make my gender public. When the time comes there might be gossip—good and bad—but it’s all something we should face. Just don’t feel pressured. Don’t look at anything online, okay?"

Bi Xiaoyuan’s eyes lit up. He nodded hard. "Okay! Sis!"

Then he lowered his voice and said to Bi Xia, "You still owe me a song, you know."

Bi Xia curved her lips. "How about I sing it for you now?"

"Still remember, when you were so little. You let go of my hand and lost your way. I saw you in the crowd, crying while still holding your ice cream in your hand..."

Bi Xia’s singing wasn’t particularly skilled, but her voice was cool and clear, rising in a gentle melody. Nestled in Bi Xia’s arms, Bi Xiaoyuan tilted his head up to look at her and suddenly said, "Sis, did something happen to Brother A Zhan?"

Her singing halted. Bi Xia looked at Bi Xiaoyuan. "I don’t know either."

"Then are you going to look for Brother A Zhan?"

"...Yes."

Bi Xiaoyuan rested his small head against Bi Xia. "You haven’t finished the song yet..."

Bi Xia smiled. "Our lives blooming one after another in the same greenhouse. Also the one and only existence in this world, the only only one...

"Every step in the future leaves a footprint. Knowing and cherishing each other, relying on each other to survive, don’t forget the promise between us, I will always stay by your side and be with you..."

After a day of heart-stopping terror, drowsiness washed over him. With a satisfied smile on his face, Bi Xiaoyuan felt Bi Xia lay him down on the bed. He grabbed Bi Xia’s hand. "Sis, you and Brother A Zhan have to come back soon."

Bi Xia paused for a moment, then nodded, smiling sweetly. "We will, for sure."