She wiped away her tears, her eyes hardening:
"Sister Ye, I'll go and kill them! That way you won't have to live with them anymore! I heard the orphanage is taking in new children, so you can start over..."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Ye Buqi interrupted sharply.
She gripped Xiao Changle's shoulders tightly, her eyes sterner than ever before:
"Chang Le! Listen to me! You absolutely cannot kill people indiscriminately, you cannot kill people who shouldn't be killed, it's against the law, and you'll pay the price! You can't! You can't get your hands dirty!"
Xiao Changle looked at her with teary eyes: "But I'm a bad kid, and I just want to be with my sister."
Ye Buqi's heart melted with sweetness, and she hugged her tightly: "No way! My Lele is the best, most well-behaved, and smartest child!"
"Sister, I don't want to leave you, sob sob..." Xiao Changle cried in her arms.
Ye Buqi's youthful face revealed a complexity beyond her years: "But Lele, everyone will leave eventually."
People live with other people, but ultimately they have to walk through life alone. You can't depend on me to live; you have to learn to live on your own.
"No, no, no!" Little Chang Le cried out like a kitten, burying herself in her arms and refusing to come out.
With Ye Buqi, Xiao Changle never concealed her true nature or her real thoughts.
Ye Buqi held her, but his gaze seemed to pierce through all the winding alleys, landing on the place that was the root of her unbearable pain.
Ye Buqi suddenly smiled, but his eyes were cold and devoid of any light.
"Lele, you said the orphanage is taking in children, is that right?"
Xiao Changle sobbed, her head throbbing, and she subconsciously responded.
"I understand." Ye Buqi pressed her face against Xiao Changle's fluffy hair. "Don't be afraid, everything will be alright."
After Ye Buqi coaxed Xiao Changle to sleep and put him on the bed, she went out and saw Wang Yao with a small schoolbag packed.
"Boss Ye, are you alright?" Wang Yao glanced around the room and then looked at Ye Buqi's arm.
He saw it too, but he couldn't express it like Xiao Changle.
Ye Buqi slowly shook his head, his gaze towards Wang Yao deepening.
"Boss Ye?" Wang Yao felt there was something wrong with her gaze, but he didn't understand.
Ye Buqi looked away and changed the subject: "The competition is tomorrow and we'll be back the day after?"
Wang Yao patted his schoolbag and laughed, "That's right, I'll be back first thing the day after tomorrow. Don't worry, Boss Ye, it's just one obstacle course. You guys have really put me to the test, I'll definitely get first place and the prize money!"
Ye Buqi smirked: "Lele raised the competition fees for you. If you don't win the prize money, be careful when you come back, Lele will beat you up."
Wang Yao shrank back: "I will definitely return victorious and make the two bosses proud!"
Ye Buqi smiled, turned to leave, and Wang Yao followed, saying, "Let me see you off."
"No, Lele is asleep, don't go out."
Ye Buqi took two steps forward, then suddenly stopped and turned back.
Wang Yao couldn't see her expression clearly, but he could hear her voice perfectly:
"Come back early the day after tomorrow. Lele is capable, but she is still young. You have to treat her like an older brother, take good care of her, and protect her forever."
Wang Yao gave a comical salute: "Don't worry, Boss Ye! Lele is my great benefactor. I'll protect her even if it costs me my life!"
Wang Yao didn't hear what Ye Buqi said.
...
“I just said goodbye to her so casually, I never imagined that it would be the last time I saw her.”
Wang Yao's eyes reddened, and she tilted her head back to hold back her tears: "I hate myself for not noticing that something was wrong!"
"If I had understood what she meant and stopped her to say something nice, maybe, maybe she wouldn't have..."
Chang Le sat beside him, her trembling pupils splitting the scene before her in two.
Half of it is unfamiliar new buildings, and the other half is old houses twisted and distorted by towering flames.
She suddenly stood up, turned around, and ran back.
"Lele?" Wang Yao was startled and quickly followed.
Chang Le ran back quickly, the brand-new cement road under his feet seemed to have turned into a silvery white covering, and the brand-new buildings around him were covered by an aged, dim yellow.
...
The weather was gloomy, with dark clouds pressing down on the thick snow. The snow clouds made it hard to breathe, and the faint light cast thin shadows of the little people running around.
Xiao Changle fell several times, but got up and kept running, and even the aunt from Huoshaopu couldn't catch up with him.
The world around her was completely silent, except for her own heavy breathing and Ye Buqi's gentle words, one after another, whistling past her ears.
Winter snow is not gentle; it makes tears feel like knives.
The flames of winter are not entirely warm; they can be so fierce as to destroy everything.
The scorching flames stung Xiao Changle's face. The buildings engulfed in flames under the intense heat were distorted, and the dark windows resembled the terrified eyes of a person.
Xiao Changle screamed and rushed inside, but was stopped and dragged back by the adults around her.
The old woman's voice kept ringing in his ears: "Xiao Le, something terrible has happened! The Ye family's house is on fire! The whole family is still trapped!"
"boom--"
A thunderous roar filled Xiao Changle's mind, and in an instant, everything went blank.
She rushed out of her house and into the fire.
Despite the adults' attempts to stop her, Xiao Changle, whose mind was extremely tense and fearful, could no longer control herself. Her powerful supernatural abilities shook off the people around her, and she rushed into the raging fire without hesitation.
The adults were screaming, the flames were raging, but Xiao Changle, who rushed into the fire, was unharmed.
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