"You can be my honorary younger brother, and I'll be your honorary older sister. If anyone bullies you, I'll avenge you."
"Why do you insist I become your brother?" Leng Yan looked at her.
Xia Nuo laughed, "If you're not my brother, what else could you be?"
Leng Yan moved his lips but ultimately said nothing.
Xia Nuo suddenly sighed, "Actually, I was supposed to have a younger brother or sister."
Meeting his eyes, she shrugged, "But it was gone before birth. Because of that, my grandmother developed high blood pressure and became increasingly unwell. Not long after, she was gone too."
Hearing her speak with sadness, Leng Yan gently asked, "Why was it gone?"
"I don't know either. Mom just said the fetus was disturbed."
It was all old news, and as children, they couldn't feel too sad about it. After a few words, they didn't bring up the matter again.
Time passed quickly; Xia Nuo was in ninth grade, and Leng Yan had entered sixth grade.
