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- Where the sun is brighter, the shadows are darker.

—I can't see myself here.

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Xia Nuan didn't see her brother the first time she woke up.Through the thick bandage, he could only sense the faint smell of disinfectant in the hospital and the smell of strangers beside him.

Where is brother?Where did you take your brother?he tilted his head to ask.

Zhao Nan stayed outside the ward for three days before being let in by the doctor.He habitually wanted to light a cigarette, but after touching the young man's bewildered affection, he calmly put it down.Facing the dissatisfied gaze of the little nurse in front of the hospital bed, he rubbed the fluffy hair of a young kitten.

My brother is at the cemetery.he replied.

whose tomb?

Xiaqiu's cemetery.

Is this saying goodbye to the past?Unexpectedly, it suits my brother's simple personality.Xia Nuan thought silently.

When I saw that person for the first time many years ago, I was deeply attracted by his gentle temperament like the warm sun.

The caring exuded by the man who was as gentle and lingering as the bright summer sun fascinated them deeply, and they were addicted like drugs.

He was already a promising healer by then, and they were rotting trash.

It's hard to imagine that the person who carried them without hesitation in the sky full of red maple will become the nightmare of the two children.

The eyes that can see the soul are born. The first time Xia Nuan saw was the eyes of the hundred children on the head of the orphanage.He wasn't surprised and didn't need to be surprised.He seems to be born with insight into the hidden evils in this world.And at night, when he saw a barefoot child coming out of the basement dragging long intestines again, he just expressed disgust but was not afraid.

The sun doesn't shine in every dark corner of the world, and they just happen to be the forgotten children of God.

Xia Nuan once thought that this would be his life, a short and strange life.

We will have a colorful little house with endless cakes and transparent windows.When winter comes, we wrap up a warm quilt, eat small cakes, and look at the colorful world outside through the window grilles.

Whenever my brother described their future in a pretentiously strong tone, Xia Nuan could see the fear and worry about tomorrow in his eyes.The sad thing is that I don't have a little self-consciousness. I think it's very good at hiding. I stuffed the stolen steamed buns into his arms and coaxed him to eat them.

Don't be afraid, brother, don't be afraid.Those are hallucinations, they won't hurt us, and neither will Grandpa Dean.Don't be afraid, don't be afraid.Brother will definitely protect you, for sure.

Whose tears were flowing freely on the small shoulders, the two young children did not pay attention.It wasn't until a long, long time later, when one of the children held his breath and took on a child's violence on his behalf, that he believed the words "protect you" for the first time.

Like a dry river meeting rain from the sky, the hunter finally hunts the prey he wants, and the moldy seed finally comes to his master.The emotions of joy and madness quickly took root in his body, sprouted, and finally grew into a towering tree.

The younger brother grew up with his elder brother in a small, dank, cold cage sheltered by rotting corpses.

No song of blessing, no praise of angels.They are each other's only and last nostalgia.

Xia Nuan gradually lost herself in this morbid obsession.

No one knew what was going on in his heart.What he showed was the same nostalgia and cowardice as before, enjoying the warmth of his brother like a voyeur while secretly planning everything that occupied him.This secret pleasure gradually occupied his soul, and it was only a turning point before it could become an immeasurable abyss of fear.

However, he did not become such a terrifying person in the end.

Because, like his elder brother, he was indulging in that gentle and lingering embrace.

That was a strange young man, he would not complain about life, would not change his attitude because of their strangeness, and most importantly—he never abandoned them from beginning to end.

This alone is worth tens of thousands.

Although he couldn't see the person's appearance with his own eyes, his brother once described his appearance, which was more delicate and beautiful than the angel in the orphanage's picture book, and more lively and soft than the most gorgeous flowers blooming outside the yard.These superficial descriptions don't matter at all in Xia Nuan's heart. The beginning of his real change of attitude towards that person was the night when his brother was dreaming.

The elder brother saw those things for the second time that day, breaking his self-comfort that he thought was an illusion, and was frightened like never before.The former elder brother would not see this, because he was the only one who could see it.However, my brother was worried that he would dislike him because of those weird eyes, so he lied that he could see it too.

It's... so stupid.

After exchanging eyes with his brother, it was the first time that he didn't move.Because, he has never been able to prepare how to comfort his frightened brother.After all, the one who was comforted has always been him, and only him.

Later, Xia Qiu came.

He hugged them with an incomparably gentle manner, as if the two in his arms were the only treasures in his life.

He said: "If you don't mess with it, it will hurt you, brother will always protect you."

"...I will protect you."

Like a spell, it shattered the solid ice he had always been.Xia Nuan could clearly feel the relaxation of his brother's body, and he knew that his soft-hearted brother would definitely fall into such sweet and sticky warmth.Unexpectedly, this time he was not spared either.

This is the first person who made a promise to protect them except for his elder brother.

He doesn't want to let go.

I don't know if that person's gentleness is so intoxicating that it actually calmed down the morbid madness that was restless deep in his soul.

Day after day, month after month, year after year.

When he thought that he was about to die in the warmth belonging to the three people, something happened.

Xia Qiu didn't know what he heard from the children in the attic, and gradually began to leave early and return late.Although they were extremely careful to avoid their discovery, they still left some clues.

My brother almost went crazy during that time, but he didn't.He firmly believed that the man would not abandon them, absolutely not.

Later, the man entrusted them to a friend.After that day, my brother rarely smiled, and he still insisted on his creed.

That person will never abandon them, ever.

The last time I saw Xia Qiu was in the cherry blossom forest.He seemed to have found something in the attic and was about to leave.Xia Nuan stood not far from him, and before he could look over, she flew into his embrace like a bird returning to its nest.

A chuckle came from above his head, followed by a long-lost warm palm rubbing against the top of his hair.Xia Nuan heard Xia Qiu's gentle voice, telling him words of concern and helplessness.From then on, Xia Nuan knew everything he was hiding, and promised him not to tell anyone, including her brother.

So far, the dilapidated attic in the cherry blossom forest has become their secret base. Xia Nuan came to meet Xia Qiu every now and then, but no one noticed.

He originally thought that as long as Xia Qiu finished what he wanted him to do, they would be able to return to their previous life and continue their leisurely, warm and sweet life.

He even made up his mind that as soon as Xia Qiu came back, he and his elder brother would take him to find the sibling who once asserted that they "lost their relatives and love".Tell them he is happy now, thank you.

Unfortunately, he did not wait for that day.

A sudden fire woke him up from his dream, Xia Qiu tried his best to push him out of the sea of ​​fire, but because of inertia, he was swallowed by the fire.

And he stood there in a daze until someone pulled him away from the flames.At this moment, his eyes, which had originally lost any sense, ached sharply at that moment.

Waking up from the hospital bed, he didn't feel the person he loved the most was beside him.He waited for a long time, but he didn't wait for his brother's arrival.

Zhao Nan placed him in her own home and took care of him.For some reason, Xia Nuan always felt that the way he looked at her was even more strange.

Then, oh, then he was killed.After waking up, he found that his soul was in a strange body. The owner of the body was "Song Jiaqing", but there was only one soul who called himself "Wang Jue" coexisting with him in this body.

He didn't want to use this body and handed over all the rights to Wang Jue.Then, he saw that soul with a nervous smile messing up the life of a man named "Kou Fei".

He didn't want to care about it at first, but he was unconsciously attracted by Kou Fei's every move.Looking at the traces of familiar little habits and weak personality that inadvertently leaked out, he had an unconstrained idea - "Kou Fei" also has a soul that is still awakening, and it has a name that haunts him --"summer".

He began to rebel against Wang Jue and regain control of his body.But it was too late at that time, Wang Jue did something that his brother would never forgive.He wanted to explain everything clearly, but he was afraid of hurting him again.So, following Zhao Nan's suggestion, he went back to the dilapidated small attic, watching the cherry blossoms every day, watching the flowers bloom and fade, and looking forward to the day when Zhao Nan followed his promise and brought his brother. one day.

The date of reunion is gradually coming, Xia Nuan is thinking hard under the cherry tree, which beautiful words that are neither sentimental nor lacking in emotion should be used as the opening remarks of the long-awaited reunion.

—Brother, long time no see.

No, it's too tacky.

—Brother, I'm back.

No, it's too short and the mood is not enough.

……

After much deliberation, he couldn't decide on the best sentence.Until finally, when he was about to give up, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of an abandoned "Grimm's Fairy Tales" deep in the corner of the attic.He opened it and finally made a choice.

—Brother, let's go home.

The author has something to say:

Xia Nuan—a poor little darling who was about to turn sick and black, but was stopped in time.

Representative flower - cherry blossom (life, hope, waiting for your return)