After the fire, Chen Nanzhi and Chen Jibai became each other's only relatives.
He had been afraid of the dark, pain, and being left behind since he was a child. He would call her when he couldn't unscrew the bottle cap. He would stand at her door holding a pillow when thunder hit her. Even when he was injured, he would only call her with red eyes: "Sister."
Later Chen Nanzhi became seriously ill, and it was Chen Jibai who gave her part of his body.
From then on, she always felt that she owed him.
So when he acts coquettishly, she becomes soft-hearted; when he cries, she compromises; when he says it hurts, she can no longer push him away.
Everyone said that Chen Jibai was a good boy, that he was clean, gentle, and sensible, and that he took good care of her.
Only Chen Nanzhi knew otherwise.
It's not that he doesn't understand sense of proportion.
He's just too good at pretending.
He would use the gentlest tone to force her to stay, he would use the most innocent eyes that she could not explain, and he would hide all the transgressions in care, dependence and "sister".
It was not until later that Chen Nanzhi finally understood——
She didn't raise a little animal that was afraid of the dark.
She had given birth to an inescapable disease with her own hands.
And Chen Jibai looked at her, still smiling meekly.
"Sister, remember to take the medicine."
Purpose: Be wary of emotional manipulation in the name of dependence, debt and love, and intimate relationships should also have clear boundaries.
