A little girl of three or four years old?

Yu Xinghe was a little confused.

Is this a question for her?

How did I suddenly enter the "Parenting" channel?

"Don't think too much. I just heard you play the voice message several times. That's your brother, right?"

The boy's voice came closer.

He leaned against the fence, his eyes melting into the darkness of the night.

With a slight opening of his lips, a puff of mist condensed out and then dissipated upwards into the air.

The person behind him has taken over the magpie's nest.

He just went to a windless place to make a phone call, and she took his place.

"Little girls... probably like skirts and things like that."

To be honest, Yu Xinghe didn't quite understand this.

"After all, my family is a stinky kid."

When I think about Yu Xinghai when he was three or four years old, he was so noisy.

She has endless energy and can even fall asleep herself every day when she tries to coax him to sleep.

It's like she has ADHD, and I wish I could torture her 24 hours a day.

While she was doing her homework, he would bite his pacifier and pull her trouser legs to sit on her lap.

When she was taking a nap, he would climb onto her bed and pull her hair, imitating her howling.

But he was quite well behaved when she practiced the violin.

I would sit by and applaud her with a smile.

That was the only time Yu Xinghe thought he was cute.

"Is that so?"

Unexpectedly, her casual answer made the person opposite fall into deep thought.

Yu Xinghe suddenly became curious and swung the swing higher.

"What do you usually give her?"

In her impression, girls should be more quiet, right?

The little skirt and stuffed toys should be liked by most little girls.

"Racing cars, Ultraman, and oh yeah, there's also a game controller."

As if to prove that he had indeed put in enough effort, the boy added:

“Many of them are limited editions, and I paid a lot of money to buy them.”

"But she just doesn't like it. She cries every time. I want to take it back, but she won't let me."

Yu Xinghe listened to the boy's story and twitched her eyes almost inaudibly.

Racing cars, Ultraman, game controllers...

If these were given to Yu Xinghai, he would definitely hug her and call her "good sister" three times.

"Your gifts are very nice."

"Isn't it?"

The boy didn't realize that she was being sarcastic and was still feeling smug.

"But giving it to a little girl of three or four, wouldn't it be a little too... masculine?"

Yu Xinghe tried hard to find the right words to make his words more tactful.

The boy fell silent again.

The cigarette butt in my hand burned out and the residual heat burned my fingers, and then I realized and threw it away.

The toe of the shoe brushed against it, and it turned into a small pile of black ash.

"Girls are troublesome. It would be nice to have a little brother."

The boy curled his lips, but there was no trace of disgust in his eyes.

I made a note to buy her a princess dress next time I give her a gift.

"My younger brother isn't necessarily that good either."

As if mentioning something sad, Yu Xinghe lowered his eyes, a gloom covering his brows.

"What's wrong with that? If I had a younger brother, I would take him racing cars, playing video games, and doing things boys like to do."

It would be so comfortable for a boy to dream of having a younger brother.

Instead of being like when I'm with my sister, where I can only watch the stupid Peppa Pig with her.

I also have to smile and coax her by saying it looks really good.

Otherwise, if she starts crying, she won't be able to stop for a while.

"Then you may not have thought about how chaotic and restless the family would be if you had a younger brother."

"My parents emphasize every day that I should give in to my younger brother. If he likes something, I should give it to him."

"The sweetest watermelon belongs to my younger brother. It was originally intended as a gift for me, but I gave it to him because he wanted it."

"You probably don't feel that way."

He is a boy and should not be able to understand her situation.

Yu Xinghe looked at the moon in the sky, which was half broken and incomplete.

"I've thought more than once, I wish I were a boy."

If she were a boy, would she be able to easily win the favor of her parents?

Even... Yu Xinghai would not exist.

The person behind him suddenly fell silent.

After a long time, he spoke softly, with a hint of self-mockery in his tone.

"Then it's better not to become a boy like me, who can't wait to stuff it back into his stomach and be remade."

Yu Xinghe burst out laughing.

"What kind of boy are you?"

Inexplicably, just those simple words made her feel better.

"I've done all the 'bad things' I could do, such as fighting, skipping classes, drinking, smoking, and riding motorcycles. They all find it a headache."

"Pointing at me, saying I'm uneducated and unskilled and won't amount to anything in the future."

The boy's tone was very casual, as if he was not talking about himself.

"But so what."

"I don't like studying, I don't like school, and other people's opinions mean nothing to me."

Yu Xinghe was speechless.

Indeed, if she became such a boy, she would definitely be criticized by everyone.

She also saw everyone's prejudice against He Sui at the beginning.

Even though he is despised and looked down upon by everyone, he can still remain calm and stay out of it.

Honestly, she couldn't do it.

"Gender is determined at birth. If you want to change it, maybe you can go to Thailand."

The boy curled his lips, with a mischievous look in his eyes.

"But let me tell you, being called a shemale is not a pleasant feeling. I've seen examples of this around me."

Although his grades are not good, he is knowledgeable.

I've been working in society for a long time and have met all kinds of people.

"Little flowers like you in a greenhouse, you should study hard and stop daydreaming all day long."

"Although you can't choose your gender or family, your future life is in your own hands."

"Boys or girls, they are all human beings."

The boy looked up, his eyes looking through the layers of leaves at the vast sky above his head.

There are stars twinkling, some bright and some dim, each one unique.

"People are not commodities. There is no hierarchy. There is nothing wrong with being a girl."

"That spoiled little girl of mine has been spoiled like a little princess. She will definitely get spoiled in the future."

Yu Xinghe sat on the swing in a daze.

His words resonated deeply in her heart.

She turned around quietly, wanting to take a sneak peek at what the person who said that looked like.

In the moonlight, the boy's face was clearly visible.

He looked at the endless sky above him, and she looked at him.

At that moment, he completely awakened the desire for freedom hidden deep in her heart.

And the love that is about to be given up.

Life shouldn't have so many coincidences, right?

You said so, Xie Yihan.

[Author's side note]: I will update later~ Thanks for your support~