Upon hearing that Liu Kou was about to launch into another long-winded speech, Liu Qing quickly begged for mercy, "Sister, I was wrong, I was shallow and ignorant."
Don't say that any industry pays low wages.
Every profession has its top performers; if you reach the pinnacle in any field, you'll never lack money.
Moreover, Liu Kou is not limited to the laboratory; she has started a biotechnology company.
While generating patents, combining academia with the market can also greatly boost employment.
In this way, the money earned will definitely be different.
Since Liu Qing readily admitted her mistake, Liu Kou wouldn't hold it against her.
Especially today, my younger sister seems to be very clingy to me.
After having someone set up a bed next to her, Liu Qing, who had changed into her pajamas, came in.
"Sis, can you blow-dry my hair?"
The caregiver brought over a hairdryer, shook her head at Liu Kou, and gestured for her not to get up.
But Liu Kou still sat up.
She knew this was the last time she would blow-dry her sister's hair; there would be no more chances.
When Liu Kou is determined, no one can sway her.
In some ways, the sisters are quite similar in personality.
They are both very stubborn.
It's just something I keep inside, like a child throwing a tantrum.
Liu Kou leaned to the side and first dried Liu Qing's hair.
While drying her hair, Liu Qing suddenly asked, "Sister, do you remember the time I skipped class and my parents were called in?"
"Which time?" Liu Kou seemed to have thought of something, but still teased her on purpose, "You skipped class so many times, how would I know which time it was?"
Liu Qing didn't reply, but simply turned around and hugged her sister.
They both thought back to that time, the first time Liu Kou lost her temper with Liu Qing—
By the way, have you ever wondered why the two sisters are six years apart?
But their children are the same age?
That day, Liu Kou failed at several blind dates. When she returned to work, she received a complaint call from Liu Qing's school teacher: "Xiao Qing is getting bolder and bolder. She has skipped class four times this month. We can't handle her anymore. Please ask her parents to take her away."
Exhausted and dejected, with her knees aching from walking, Liu Kou returned home to find her younger sister sleeping on the sofa.
Upon seeing her return, Liu Qing tumbled up from the sofa and complained, "Why did you take so long to come back? I'm starving, and my shoes are broken. I want to buy a new pair."
At that moment, Liu Kou looked down at her shoes, which were worn down to half a sole, threw away the bag in her hand, and walked to the sofa.
Liu Qing was still complaining, "Didn't you say you'd bring me roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) from work? You lied to me, you didn't even care about that!"
Before she could finish speaking, Liu Kou walked up to her and pulled her sister up.
Exhausted, he took a deep breath and finally exploded, "Why should I care about you?!"
"Why don't you go to your parents, but instead come to me?"
"Your parents will hit you, but I won't, will I?"
"Liu Qing! I also have my own life. I also want to lie down comfortably after get off work without being bothered by your school teachers."
"I also want to get married, have children, and have my own family."
As she said this, Liu Kou's voice trembled, "I'm already 29 this year!"
Getting more and more agitated, Liu Kou grabbed her younger sister's schoolbag and headed towards the bedroom, stuffing her clothes inside. "If you don't want to study, then don't. I'll call Mom and Dad right now and send you home!"
Back then, they were studying in Beijing, and if they wanted to go home, they had to calculate the travel expenses in advance.
Because poor students have no money, they have to carefully calculate their monthly expenses.
To take care of my younger sister, I rented a house, but the money my parents gave me was simply not enough.
Liu Kou could only deduct it from her own subsidy.
But when people are angry, they don't think that much.
When they arrived at the train station, Liu Kou realized that they didn't have enough money at all.
I just paid my tuition and uniform fees the day before yesterday, and I also prepaid for rent, utilities, and meal card expenses.
The remaining money wasn't even enough to buy a train ticket back to Shanghai.
At the train station entrance, it was the first time Liu Qing had ever seen her sister get angry.
Clutching her schoolbag fearfully, she watched her older sister squat on the ground, tears streaming down her face.
"I'm not going to care about you anymore."
"Go back to your hometown!"
Liu Kou refused her touch.
When people are pushed to the brink, they will eventually explode.
But Liu Qing didn't do it on purpose; there were reasons why she skipped class.
So when she pulled a pair of white patent leather flats out of her bag, Liu Kou was still taken aback.
"What's this?"
Without even asking, Liu Qing knew what was going on. Seeing her sister's softened tone and her aggrieved expression, all she could do was cry, "Waaah... I bought these for you with my breakfast money. I thought you were going up to receive an award, and you couldn't wear worn-out shoes."
The little girl sobbed, "I didn't mean to, please don't yell at me..."
It turned out that Liu Qing had specifically asked a classmate's parent, who worked in a shoe factory, to bring her shoes out in order to buy cheap and good quality ones.
There are also slightly flawed products, those with only minor imperfections, which are relatively inexpensive.
Liu Qing skipped class to search through several boxes of shoes—
I finally found a pair of shoes that were sold out in my size and looked really nice.
With the few dollars he had, he bought shoes, wrapped them in old newspapers in his schoolbag, and wanted to surprise his sister when he got home.
Unexpectedly, the teacher called my sister's workplace.
The two sisters hugged each other and cried at the train station that day.
Liu Kou gets angry quickly, but she also calms down just as fast.
It rained on the way back. There were roasted sweet potatoes for sale on the road. Liu Kou even asked her sister if she wanted some.
She truly considers herself a mother.
Liu Qing shook her head and said she wasn't hungry, but Liu Kou still spent money to buy it.
She said she was hungry as soon as she got home from school and cried all the way home. How could she not be hungry?
And just like that, Liu Qing ate the sweetest roasted sweet potato of her life.
In the countless days that followed, whenever she saw sweet potatoes, she would always be reminded of that period of time.
The days when the two sisters were studying away from home.
Holding hands, those are the poorest, yet also the most beautiful days.
When Liu Qing mentioned it, Liu Kou remembered.
"Time really flies." She put down the towel she was using to dry her hair. "So much time has passed in the blink of an eye."
Some things from the past seem like they happened just yesterday.
Amidst the whirring of the hairdryer, Liu Qing said something, but Liu Kou didn't hear it.
She stopped using the hairdryer and asked, "What did you just say?"
Liu Qing took the hairdryer and let her sister lean against the pillow while she dried herself.
Then, turning to face her sister, Liu Qing turned on the hairdryer.
Using the strong wind, Liu Qing, pretending to blow-dry her hair, mouthed those three words—
"I love you."
Sister, I love you.
Some things can only be said through whispers.
Liu Qing didn't want to have any regrets, so even though her ears were turning red, she didn't look away.
A hint of a smile appeared in Liu Kou's originally indifferent eyes.
She heard it.
Feeling embarrassed by the stares, Liu Qing turned off the hairdryer and pounced on the person staring at her.
"elder sister."
The eldest sister is like a mother.
I hated her the most when I was little.
But as I grew up, I discovered—
No one is as good as her.
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