Chapter 121: Dreams of the Past

Before Qi Shaoyou returned, he knew he was in for a beating. She and Su Yan had grown up together and had always vowed to face things together.

However, in her previous life, Su Yan lost her sight and Qi Shaoyou didn't keep his promise. For a time, Su Yan was relieved that Qi Shaoyou had abandoned her, but this relief was mixed with a hint of resentment.

Thus, love and hate became one and inseparable from that moment on.

Su Yan looked at Qi Shaoyou, she only shed one tear the entire time. The white light was cold-toned, making her already cold face appear even colder.

Su Yan remained silent, and Qi Shaoyou naturally dared not say anything either.

Su Yan found her when she was about to die, and she would never forget the first time Su Yan appeared in front of her.

She was like the only ray of light in the world. From that moment on, Qi Shaoyou vowed that she had only one purpose in her life: to make her sister happy.

However, due to a series of unforeseen events, she ended up causing Su Yan a lifetime of suffering.

Does she regret it? She might regret it, but she won't change it.

Qi Shaoyou knew very well that her dear sister's face now showed not pain, but hatred.

To her.

In fact, that is indeed the case.

Su Yan stood up, removing her hand from Qi Shaoyou's face. She stood there looking down at Qi Shaoyou, then said coldly, "Stand up."

To others, these words sounded devoid of any emotion. Only Qi Shaoyou knew that she was doomed.

When they were young, Su Yan used her talent to copy paintings and offer them as tribute to the director of the orphanage.

A little girl who can copy is the cheapest laborer and slave, and she's not the only one...

Thanks to their talent for drawing, Su Yan and Qi Shaoyou were able to have food. However, the food they received was entirely from the headmaster's charity and was far from enough for the two growing children.

Sometimes Su Yan would secretly give Qi Shaoyou a little extra food, but Qi Shaoyou stubbornly refused to eat it. Later, Qi Shaoyou managed to get an extra portion of food for the two of them by fighting with people in the orphanage's arena.

There were many nobles who loved to watch the lower classes fight each other for a little food.

Therefore, orphanages naturally included such places. Qi Shaoyou went there without Su Yan's knowledge, and she learned how to survive and how to end other people's lives.

At that time, Su Yan's expression was the same. She hated it so much, hated that world where people couldn't get enough to eat, hated that she couldn't hold onto anything, hated everything in that world, including herself.

All she could do was wipe Qi Shaoyou's wounds and then desperately swallow the food that Qi Shaoyou got in exchange for his wounds.

Su Yan said that they grew up by drawing life from each other, and that's absolutely true.

That's why Su Yan felt relieved when she learned that Qi Shaoyou had given up on her because of her blindness.

She no longer needed to swallow Qi Shaoyou's pain. However, she had been deceived…

Love? Sometimes Su Yan couldn't tell whether she truly loved Qi Shaoyou.

All she knew was that her soul was telling her: if you lose Qi Shaoyou, you will die.

If this person is the only reason you can live, would you love her?

Was that love? Su Yan couldn't tell. She simply dragged Qi Shaoyou into the living room with a cold face. The living room was a mess. Countless wine bottles and a completely smashed sofa and television...

Even before the lights were on, Qi Shaoyou could roughly guess that the inside was a mess.

But once she actually stepped inside, she realized just how...

Everything in this place is a manifestation of Su Yan's inner pain.

The ripped sofa, the television with its entire screen smashed, and the bottles scattered all over the floor—everywhere reflected Su Yan's broken heart.

Su Yan pulled Qi Shaoyou out of the house and led her to the apartment across the street.

"Beep beep." Su Yan entered her fingerprint and led Qi Shaoyou inside.

This is a two-unit-per-floor apartment layout, and it's clear that Su Yan bought both units.

Unlike the other side, which uses only black and white as the main colors, the style here is the warm style that Qi Shaoyou and Su Yan once dreamed of...

The living room has wood-look tiles and a brown-red leather sofa. Even the antique-style decorative paintings on the walls…

This retro decorating style isn't actually appreciated by many people. However, it holds different meanings for Su Yan and Qi Shaoyou.

Every decoration in this house is a perfect embodiment of what the little girls secretly dreamed of when they hid in a corner of the orphanage.

Suddenly thrust into a world of pain from the warmth of their home, they could only embrace each other and weave beautiful dreams for one another. That shared dream was that one day they could return to that warm home.

"elder sister……"

Qi Shaoyou spoke softly, tugging at Su Yan's clothes. From the moment she started keeping it from Su Yan, she knew how angry Su Yan would be. But she still did it.

She secretly planned the assassination attempt for money before Su Yan knew she was a mission taker. She didn't think much about it; all she knew was that Su Yan couldn't die.

She could disregard everyone else, but not Su Yan. That little girl in the pretty princess dress shouldn't disappear from this world just because she's blind.

She was different; her hands were stained with the blood of countless people. Her death was merely the inevitable consequence of karma.

Her sister is no good, absolutely not.

"Slap!" With a very loud sound, Qi Shaoyou's face was slapped so hard it was twisted to the side.

Su Yan used all her strength, slapping Qi Shaoyou until his mouth was covered in blood.

"How dare you! How dare you lie to me like that!"

"Qi Shaoyou! You bastard!"

"You're a madman!"

Su Yan had a cold expression, and her lower lip was bleeding from being bitten so hard.

She grabbed Qi Shaoyou by the collar, forcing him to lower his head. Su Yan kissed the person she hated most in the world, who was also her only reason for living.

The metallic taste of blood spread through their mouths, accompanied by a frenzied kiss that gradually spread from their throats to their entire bodies.

It was less of a kiss and more of a contest, where the loser would lose everything.

The kiss lasted until both of them had run out of air. Su Yan grabbed Qi Shaoyou by the collar and said fiercely, "The only one who can take your life is me, only me!"

Qi Shaoyou looked at his sister, who used to always wear beautiful dresses, and saw how she had changed into this...

It seems she inadvertently dragged her sister into the same situation as herself.

The happiness of an ordinary person seems to be something her sister doesn't want.

"Okay." Qi Shaoyou hugged Su Yan, and their bones ached from the moment they collided.

"I won't leave again, I won't leave again..."