The year my mother and stepfather were buried, Xu Nian didn't cry
Relatives gathered around to discuss who should give her to her
"Send her to a boarding school. It will save us the trouble." "Let's ask Xu Che and see if he is willing to take Xu Nian with him."
She raised her head from the crowd and grabbed my cuff tightly
"Brother..."
She hasn't called me that for a long time
I held her hand with my backhand, it was freezing
"... She comes with me"
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From that day on, I learned to make her favorite noodles, remembered the days of her menstrual period, and listened to her tossing and turning every night because of insomnia.
Until the night of high school graduation, she blocked me in the hallway
"Xu Che..."
She doesn't call her brother anymore
"In the past twelve years, not once have you..."
She said nothing more.
I didn't answer again.
[Reorganized family·Step-siblings·Both parents died]
[Twelve years of brother and sister, lost overnight]
Purpose: Learn to take responsibility through loss