Lin Xihe got out of the car and gently knocked on the courtyard gate.

For a moment, the surroundings were extremely quiet, with only the sound of her pounding heartbeat.

After a long while, approaching footsteps came from the courtyard, but when the footsteps got close to the door, they suddenly stopped on the other side of the door.

Lin Xihe was both nervous and expectant, and tentatively called out softly, "Brother."

“Xihe…”

The voices coming from inside the door were filled with excitement and disbelief.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of the wooden door bolt clanging came. Lin Zhihao was standing behind the door, his heart filled with excitement, but his hands were so flustered that they were almost out of his control. For a moment, he couldn't find where the bolt was, and could only fumble around in a panic, eager to open the door that blocked their reunion.

The door was finally opened, and Lin Xihe saw Lin Zhihao in front of her, dressed in coarse linen clothes, with a gray cloth strip tied over his eyes.

The image of her spirited older brother from her past gradually overlapped with the slightly weathered figure before her. Tears instantly blurred her vision, and Lin Xihe sobbed uncontrollably, "Brother."

She couldn't help but rush forward, her heart filled with the thought of hugging her brother tightly, but when she was just a step away from Lin Zhihao, she suddenly stopped.

In my memory, Lin Zhihao, who had just returned victorious from the battlefield, wearing armor and looking heroic, said to me as I rushed forward, "You've grown up, your brother can't hug you anymore."

Lin Zhihao slowly raised his hand, wanting to touch Lin Xihe's head, his hand trembling slightly as it hovered in mid-air.

As if sensing something, Lin Xihe proactively placed her head under Lin Zhihao's hand. She felt no awkwardness towards this older brother of the original owner, only that she was his own sister, not a transmigrator.

Lin Zhihao gently stroked Lin Xihe's hair, keenly sensing the presence of other people in front of him.

"Xihe, who else came with you?"

"It's Qinghuai."

Gu Qinghuai stepped forward and said gently, "Zhihao, it's been a long time."

"Brother."

Lin Zhihao clasped his hands in a salute towards Gu Qinghuai.

Gu Qinghuai was two years older than him. Over the years, he had always respectfully addressed Gu Qinghuai as his elder brother. In his heart, his elder brother would surely take good care of his younger sister.

But when he thought of his younger sister calling him by his given name, Lin Zhihao immediately realized and changed his address with a smile: "It seems I should call you brother-in-law now."

"I should be calling you elder brother, elder brother, you are already my uncle."

Looking at the boy who used to always follow behind him, Gu Qinghuai felt a pang of pity. He was only twenty years old, but he already looked quite weathered.

Lin Zhihao was overwhelmed with emotion upon hearing that his sister was pregnant.

Since he went blind, it has been extremely inconvenient for him to send messages. In order to buy this small courtyard, he pawned his only remaining jade pendant and used the rest of the money to treat his eye disease. However, after so much time has passed, his eyes are still sensitive to light and he has difficulty seeing.

He kept thinking that if he didn't go back, his sister might be safe, after all, her engagement to Gu Qinghuai could protect her.