That day, the man was drunk again and fell asleep on the bed like a puddle of mud, unaware that the house was on fire.

Qi Xing made a "hush" gesture to her with his finger, and then quietly locked the door of the room where the man was.

The fire grew bigger and bigger, and soon spread out of control.

The whole house was filled with a pungent and unpleasant smell of burning.

The man in the house was awakened by the burning pain on his body. He got out of bed and wanted to escape, but found that the door was locked and was being held tightly by Qi Xing outside the house.

The man in the house was cursing hysterically, while Qi Tong and Qi Xing outside were coughing non-stop due to the fire, and the thick smoke made it almost impossible for them to breathe.

The young Qi Tong was so scared that she burst into tears and kept coughing. Qi Xing wiped her face with a wet towel and covered her mouth and nose, but he himself did not take any protective measures.

Only after the man in the house completely lost his voice did Qi Xing open the locked door, pick up Qi Tong, and hurriedly flee the fire scene.

The fire killed their father and left Qi Xing and Qi Tong with burns of varying degrees.

From then on, they both hated fire.

At that time, Qi Xing was not yet fourteen, and Qi Tong was only five years old.

It was only much later that she vaguely realized that the fire that day might not have been an accident.

Her brother has only celebrated his birthday a few times in his life.

It was a rare occasion that I remembered that I bought myself a cake, happily lit and blew out the candles, but I actually got the date wrong.

As a result, a fire broke out the day before he turned fourteen.

After that, Qi Xing never celebrated his birthday again.

After becoming an adult, Qi Xing always scolded her for being unreasonable. She was thirteen or fourteen years old, a prime age for her to study hard and only caused trouble for him every day.

But what about when he was thirteen or fourteen?

What he did then.

She hated Qi Xing, hated that Qi Xing was always so self-righteous and arrogant and thought he could solve all the sufferings by himself.

A person bears all the sins and pains, and then feels moved by himself and proudly says that he is the best brother in the world.

But he never considered her feelings at all, and never asked her whether she was happy to have such a "good brother" who was keen on dedication and self-sacrifice.

She always thought that her brother, who had good character, was actually a murderer.

She always hated him, but always loved him.