That day.
There were so many wine bottles scattered on the floor in the room that it was impossible to count them.
"ah!"
There were screams, followed by cries for mercy.
"No, don't fight me anymore."
My sister was sitting on the ground crying alone, among a pile of wine bottles, with Sheng Liuming lying beside her, curled up and protecting his head.
"elder brother……"
My sister sat on the ground, tears streaming down her face.
"Do you have a brain? Tutoring? Don't we have money to send you to tutoring?"
A man who reeked of alcohol and had a red face seemed to be drunk. He yelled at Sheng Liuming who was curled up on the ground in the room. He didn't care about his crying sister at all and even felt annoyed with her.
Even though Sheng Liuming was beaten, he still maintained a tough attitude.
"As long as Dad doesn't gamble, he'll have it, right?"
This made my father even more angry.
"You little brat actually dared to talk back. The beating just now wasn't enough, was it?"
He picked up the stool next to him, raised it up, and hit Sheng Liuming.
"Can't!"
A loud voice was heard, and then Sheng Liuming was held in his arms.
It’s Sister Cui—Cui Zhiruo.
"Who are you?"
Because Dad has never seen her, he doesn't know who is protecting Sheng Liuming.
Cui Zhiruo raised her eyes, narrowed them, and said in a resolute tone, "You... are not qualified to be a father."
As soon as he finished speaking, Sheng Liuming's father threw the stool down in anger.
“Sister…Sister…”
Cui Zhiruo was beaten so hard that she felt dizzy and couldn't utter a word. Her vision went dark and she fell down.
When she woke up, she was already in the hospital.
There was a bandage on Cui Zhiruo's forehead, and she was still feeling pain from the wound.
Sheng Liuming felt that he was sorry for Cui Zhiruo, so he hid outside the ward alone.
When she woke up, the first person she saw was Su Muchuan.
Cui Zhiruo’s classmates have been friends from elementary school to high school.
"Why don't you speak?"
Cui Zhiruo looked at Su Muchuan, who had been silent and staring at her without blinking.
"I'm trying hard to understand you." Su Muchuan asked in a cold tone: "They have nothing to do with you, so why do you do so much for them?"
"..." Cui Zhiruo did not answer immediately. She lowered her head and spoke after a moment: "Su Muchuan."
"Um."
"Before my parents divorced, every day felt like living in hell. I prayed and begged them to stop arguing, but it was all in vain. They were the only people in the world who had the responsibility to protect and love me, yet they made me live in agony. I was truly desperate and helpless at the time, so seeing them reminds me of myself back then. How I wished someone could help me..."
"But……"
"Cui Zhiruo..." Su Muchuan didn't finish his words when a familiar voice came from outside the door. Then, Su Muchuan's mother ran over worriedly. "Are you okay?"
"Auntie, I'm fine, it's not a big deal."
Because her parents were divorced, her mother was very busy and her father had long since stopped caring about her affairs, so the person who appeared here was not her parents, but Su Muchuan's mother.
Sheng Liuming silently stuck his head out and looked at them.
Although his face still had a calm expression, he seemed to be touched in his heart.
"I heard he was hit by a rock thrown by some kids. He needed seven stitches. I just had an X-ray and the doctor said it's nothing serious. If you feel dizzy, you can get another checkup."
In fact, Su Muchuan came to look for Cui Zhiruo that day, but he didn't see anyone. He heard crying and shouting downstairs. When he went to see out of curiosity, he saw Cui Zhiruo lying on the ground with blood.
So, she was sent to the hospital and her mother was contacted.
Although her mother had informed Cui Zhiruo's parents, no one showed up, not even a phone call.
"Auntie, I'm fine. You're so busy, yet you still come to see me."
"It's my duty." Su Muchuan's mother gently stroked Cui Zhiruo's cheek. "We had agreed to go abroad together tomorrow, but now that you've been injured, there's nothing we can do."
"It's okay. It's fine at home. I can rest more. Su Muchuan, if you encounter anything interesting abroad, please tell me."
She said it with a smile, as if it really didn't matter.
Cui Zhiruo did not feel any regret.
"Rest well, we're leaving now. The doctor said you can be discharged after observation. Oh, and I called your parents. They should be back soon."
"Mom, I want to be here with her."
Su Muchuan didn't seem to want to leave.
"You're going abroad tomorrow. You have so much to pack and do. Go home. You can play after you get back."
"mom!"
Although he resisted, he was still pulled away by his mother.
After everyone had left, Sheng Liuming quietly walked out from the corner.
He approached Cui Zhiruo step by step.
He walked very slowly and quietly, and appeared in front of her without any sound, which even scared her.
"Are you okay?"
Cui Zhiruo asked Sheng Liuming with a smile.
"elder sister……"
"Um."
"Why are you helping me?"
Sheng Liuming raised his eyes and looked at him without blinking.
Because his hair was very long and covered his eyes, his expression could not be seen clearly, and his voice was no different from usual.
Cui Zhiruo raised her hand and gently stroked Sheng Liuming's hair as if she was looking at a child.
To be honest, he didn't like it.
In the past, he would have definitely slapped Cui Zhiruo's hand away, just like the time she touched him. However, this time, Sheng Liuming didn't move, letting Cui Zhiruo's hand stroke his hair, acting as obediently as a puppy in her arms.
"Because I'm your elder sister..."
"us……"
"Then I am also a sister."
"Sister, I will definitely protect you in the future."
"It's okay. I'm a few years older than you. I'm supposed to protect you. You just need to grow up well."
Cui Zhiruo smiled, and her eyes curved slightly.
Sheng Liuming didn't say anything, just nodded.
“This place is doing it wrong.”
Sheng Liuming and his sister were doing homework in Cui Zhiruo's room. Sheng Liuming pointed at his sister's homework and said.
"ah!"
My sister didn't seem to realize that she had made a mistake.
"You got such a simple question wrong, you idiot."
"No, I'm not stupid. Besides, you're not good at studying either. You're the big fool."
"I study better than you."
Cui Zhiruo, who had just walked in from outside, overheard their conversation and said, "How could the male protagonist laugh at his sister? And the sister shouldn't scold her brother either. Both of them should apologize."
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have laughed at you."
"I shouldn't have scolded my brother. I'm sorry."
"Ding-ling-ling..."
Cui Zhiruo's cell phone rang.
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