Xinghe is not suitable to appear in front of an excited crowd right now.

She boarded the same helicopter she had come in.

Just as the helicopter was about to take off, someone led Sheng Laowu over.

“Fairy Maiden, he said he knows you and wants to go back together.”

Sheng Laowu's clothes were tattered and covered in blood, and his face was pale and bloodless.

Her once vibrant red hair had turned a dull gray.

He asked, "Little sister, is it okay?"

Xinghe glanced at it and saw that the causal threads on Sheng Laowu's body had been untied, leaving only the mark planted by the tree spirit on Sheng Laoda and the mark on Sheng Laosan's body.

Xinghe breathed a sigh of relief. With the causal thread attached to him, he felt he owed these brothers something.

That's good.

Once she's cleared up that she has nothing to do with them, she can feel more at ease and justified.

Xinghe: "Okay, come on up."

"Thank you, little sister." Sheng Laowu smiled brightly.

The helicopter wasn't very big. Sheng Laowu sat across from Xinghe and said, "If it weren't for you arriving in time, little sister, I would be dead today."

"From today onwards, you are my savior."

Sheng Laowu's eyes twitched slightly, and his smile was somewhat alluring. "From today onwards, I will definitely treat you with all my heart."

Xinghe frowned.

Sheng Laowu interrupted Xinghe directly, "Don't be in such a hurry to refuse me. My life is very valuable. I want to repay your life-saving grace."

"I know you don't like us, it's okay, you just have to put up with it, after all, this is something I owe you."

Sheng Laowu looked completely sincere.

Xinghe looked at Sheng Laowu with her small eyes.

Her eyes were clear, like a spring that could instantly see into one's heart.

Xinghe's face was expressionless.

"Of all my brothers, you're the only one who hasn't had a direct conflict with me, but you're also the one I can't understand the most."

Xinghe tilted her head and thought, "Boss Sheng wants to control everything and wants an obedient younger sister. I didn't follow his plan, so he's very angry."

"Sheng Lao Er is indifferent and harbors a faint hostility towards me, who suddenly entered your lives."

"Sheng Laosan... Ha, that idiot thinks I stole Sheng Yue's position and has been on the opposite side of me from the beginning. Maybe he's not the one who hates me the most, but he is definitely the one I hate the most."

"As for the fourth brother, he was full of arrogance and prejudice. He never wanted a sister who grew up in the mountains and was uncouth."

The stars were analyzed one by one.

"Of course, your kindness to Sheng Yue is genuine. After all, she is the younger sister you watched grow up, and she is fundamentally different from me, a stranger who appeared halfway through life."

Xinghe's voice was so calm that Sheng Laowu's fingertips trembled slightly.

He felt somewhat apprehensive, as if he was about to lose something.

His throat was a little dry. "That's not it. You're not a stranger."

Xinghe glanced at Sheng Laowu a few more times, "You are the one I can't see through the most."

"I still don't understand why you acted so friendly when I first came home, even though you clearly don't like me?"

Sheng Laowu's pupils shrank suddenly, and his heart felt as if it had been squeezed.

He broke out in a cold sweat, his eyelashes trembled, and he dared not look into Xinghe's eyes.

Xinghe nodded. "Later I realized that you didn't want me to get involved in your lives. You were only getting close to me to drive me out."

Sheng Laowu's heart clenched again, as if being pricked by countless needles.

"I……"

Sheng Laowu couldn't utter a single word of explanation, because what Xinghe said was true.

That was indeed his initial plan, but the idea only lasted for a very short time.

Xinghe continued to speak hurtfully, "Later you found out that I had seen through your scheme, so you stopped showing up in front of me. But if I'm not mistaken, you were the one covering for Sheng Yue in the beginning."

Sheng Yue's methods were not particularly clever. If it weren't for Sheng Laowu's protection, Sheng Yue wouldn't have been able to have such a smooth life all the time.

Xinghe praised in a calm voice, "You are the smartest one among them."

“Xinghe…” Sheng Laowu’s lips twitched, and he lowered his head deeply. “Do I have no chance? I was wrong.”

When exactly did his opinion of Xinghe begin to change? Sheng Laowu couldn't remember.

Sheng Laowu was indeed clever; he noticed Sheng Yue's true colors before anyone else had even discovered them.

He remembered their childhood friendship and helped her handle the aftermath.

But one incident after another made Sheng Laowu increasingly disheartened.

Xinghe's kitten eyes were round and bright, and her face showed no extra emotion. She said calmly, "I hold grudges very much."

Sheng Laowu's head slumped down heavily, devoid of all strength.

His voice was even drier, and his throat felt like it had been sanded by sandpaper, causing him severe pain.

"I see."

The two remained silent for the rest of the journey.

Fortunately, the helicopter arrived home quickly.

Ye Ning and Sheng Xiuwen stood at the door waiting for Xinghe. As soon as Xinghe got off the helicopter, the two hugged him tightly.

Ye Ning checked Xinghe over and over several times before she was relieved. "It's good that nothing happened."

They saw the Milky Way on the news, and the footage was beyond the imagination of ordinary people; just watching it was breathtaking.

They rushed back before the meeting was even over.

Xinghe's eyes curved into crescents, and she was incredibly well-behaved. "I'm fine, I'm super awesome."

“I know my sister is the most amazing person in the world, but even so, we are still worried.”

Sheng Xiuwen noticed the bloodstains on Xinghe's body and said in a huff, "Couldn't someone else have gone? My sister is only nineteen."

Nineteen years old, still a child.

A child who has recently come of age.

The moment they saw the video, Sheng Xiuwen and Ye Ning almost stopped breathing.

Those things don't seem like they should exist in the human world at all.

The torn sky and the figure behind it all sounded like a fantasy.

Xinghe boasted without any restraint, "That's because I'm so amazing. Having such an amazing daughter is your pride."

Ye Ning touched Xinghe's face. "Alright, our most amazing little sister in the world, your face is so dirty you can't even look at it. Go upstairs and wash up."

Xinghe gave a playful salute, "Roger!"

After Xinghe left, Sheng Xiuwen and Ye Ning looked at Sheng Laowu.

Sheng Laowu was standing there perfectly fine, without missing any limbs, but he looked rather disheveled.

Ye Ning frowned. "Why didn't you go to the hospital when you got like this?"

"I'm fine now that I've taken the medicine."

"Given to you by your sister?"

"Um."

Ye Ning felt relieved and began to speak sarcastically, "If I were her, I wouldn't care whether you live or die."