This answer was somewhat unexpected. Someone as busy as her every day should have goals.
"Don't you have anything you want to do?"
She thought for a moment and said, "Dad won't allow it."
I complained, "Uncle Shen is really something. Why is he so strict with you? You even have to learn so many useless things."
Seeing that she didn't speak, I continued, "I can understand you learning horseback riding and golf, which are for social purposes in the future, but what's the point of learning so much etiquette?"
"Is it all for the sake of marrying into a wealthy family? Your family is quite rich already, you're really just suffering for the sake of saving face."
A complex emotion flickered in Shen Muyao's eyes.
I quickly started to coax her again: "Oh, don't do this. After you graduate, come work for me, and I promise I'll never let you suffer like this again."
She nodded repeatedly like a dazed goose, her complex gaze converging before finally settling on me.
Now I understand that look was called—expectation.
I patted her on the shoulder: "No matter where I go in the future, I will take you with me. We sisters will travel together and explore every corner of the world."
"If we run out of money, we'll go to work together. Once we have enough money, we'll continue traveling the world."
"Even if I have a boyfriend, I'll still share half with you, okay?"
Shen Muyao asked tentatively, "Can I share that?"
I patted my chest and said, "Of course you can, what's mine is yours."
Sunlight streamed through the gaps in the leaves, illuminating her small face, and in that instant, her eyes were filled with vitality.
And so, we progressed to the third grade of elementary school together.
It was around that time that I met the love of my life.
Qin Bai.
That year, I was ten years old.
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