"Um."
Another sound almost broke Tang Qiqi's self-control.
She quickly let go of his hand and took a few steps back.
The taste of greed suddenly dissipated, and Qi Yan caught the blush that crept up on that little face, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
There were empty cans next to several bottles of beer on the table. As soon as Tang Qiqi sat down, the person next to him reached out and opened a bottle and took a sip.
In this atmosphere, Tang Qiqi, who didn't like drinking, took a bottle and opened it.
The cool feeling passed through my throat, cooling down the heat in my body a little.
After a long while, she finally asked, "Is that person... your sister?"
"Yeah." Qi Yan answered quickly, his eyes dimmed a little when he mentioned this, but he didn't hide anything.
Over the years, her relationship with the Tang family was just bad, not hatred.
But just now she caught hatred in Qi Yan's eyes.
There must be a lot of resentment in harboring hatred towards one's family.
Tang Qiqi had a premonition that after tonight, she would have a deeper understanding of the boy in front of her whose eyes always hid stories.
After this, the two of them didn't speak again.
It wasn't until Tang Qiqi had finished half of the beer that the deep voice rang out in the air:
"Since I can remember, the phrase I've heard the most is probably: You are a monster."
"And the first people to say this... were them."
His biological parents.
He will never forget the woman crying in front of him: How could I give birth to a monster like you.
Grandma said they just left for something and would be back soon.
But he knew very well that he was abandoned.
"Qi Yan..." Tang Qiqi frowned.
There is probably nothing more deadly than the pain caused by family.
For Qi Yan, these were already a thing of the past. What he truly hated was because...
Looking at the person who suddenly held his hand, Qi Yan curled his lips and smiled, "Seventh Brother."
Because of his eyes that could turn red, he was abandoned, treated as a monster by those around him, and excluded by his classmates at school.
Everyone bullied him...
Until I met her.
That was the first time someone reached out to him and pulled him out of the darkness and towards the sunshine.
The girl with two pigtails and a sweet smile.
It's his belief.
Now that his faith is back, that's enough.
"Um?"
"Stop drinking."
Qi Yan reached out to take the bottle of wine from Tang Qiqi's hand, but was suddenly grabbed.
Their eyes met, and a subtle atmosphere lingered in the air, as if an electric current passed through their eyes invisibly, only focusing on each other.
"Qi Yan." Tang Qiqi called softly.
I don’t know if it was the atmosphere or the alcohol, but at this moment, Tang Qiqi had only one thought in his mind.
From now on, he will no longer be alone.
No one will abandon him again. He is not a monster, but the person that Tang Qiqi likes.
No matter what I have experienced in the past, I will no longer be alone with Tang Qiqi here.
"I……"
She didn't want to be his brother, she wanted to be his...
But when the words came to his lips, a sentence Qi Yan said flashed through his mind - he has someone he likes.
The person who lives in his heart can make him reject all temptations and keep his heart for her alone.
The words that were about to come out of my mouth were suddenly stuck in my throat. I swallowed them back, and it felt like a fist hitting my heart. My chest felt heavy and I could hardly breathe.
Tang Qiqi narrowed her eyes slightly, clenched the bottle in her hand, and before Qi Yan spoke, she reached out and gently touched his wine bottle.
He raised his head and drank the remaining half bottle in one breath.
A cold feeling passed through my throat, suppressing my restless heart.
But this is far from enough.
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