Chapter 418 Nightmare and Hero

Guo Shan really wanted to give up.

Looking at the carefree smiles of other classmates, he was jealous to the point of madness, yet even more desperate.

However, the parasitic vine monster actually threatened him with his sister!
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That day, Guo Shan saw a news report about a child committing suicide by jumping off a building.

His eyes, like dead water, suddenly became ripples.

Death, a fear he couldn't understand but had an instinctive fear of.

However, if death could free him from his current situation, Guo Shan inexplicably looked forward to death.

He walked towards the balcony as if bewitched.

……

"elder brother."

My sister happened to come over and said, "I don't know how to do a question."

Guo Shan suddenly came back to his senses, his brain was still blank, but he had already bent down out of habit, with a faint smile on his face.

But in the next moment, his face suddenly changed, and he cried out in horror, "No!"

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The parasitic vine monster, which had been quiet before, suddenly moved, stood up straight like a living thing, and then rushed towards the sister who had a confused look on her face and was completely unaware of the danger.

Guo Shan's mind went blank, but his hand subconsciously grasped the cane that was rushing out.

"Do not."

Guo Shan's face was full of despair and pleading. Even though he used both hands and pulled as hard as he could to pull back, he was still dragged forward by the cane.

"Don't touch my sister!"

Guo Shan's voice was incredibly hoarse, and he spoke with great force yet in a broken voice.

……

"elder brother?"

My sister couldn't help but take a step back, her expression showing some fear and confusion.

At this moment, Guo Shan looked crazy and hysterical, yet also full of despair.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Even though she was afraid, her worry for her brother eventually prevailed. The sister reached out and wanted to hold Guo Shan's hand, which was inexplicably stretched out as if holding something.

She could even clearly see the protruding blue veins on it.

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Guo Shan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the parasitic vine monster had wrapped around him again.

Then I was completely bewildered, and felt that everything around me was dark, and I couldn't see my hand in front of me.

A feeling of sadness came over me.

However, when he saw his sister's frightened yet worried face, he slowly smiled.

When his sister's fingertips were about to touch his hand, Guo Shan quickly withdrew his hand as if frightened.

He put his hands behind his back.

He rubbed his hands desperately on the clothes on his back.

Then Guo Shan said with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, did my brother scare you?"

"Brother was distracted just now."

"Brother is fine."

"Really?"

"Ah."

"Then brother, come and teach me how to do the questions."

The younger sister quickly forgot about Guo Shan’s previous abnormality and stepped forward to pull her brother’s arm, but Guo Shan dodged without leaving a trace.

Without waiting for his sister to wonder, Guo Shan reached out from behind and held her little hand.

The younger sister was stunned for a moment, then happily pulled her brother towards the living room.

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Guo Shan looked at his arms, which were covered with thick vines.

He didn't want his sister to encounter this disgusting and evil monster.

If someone must bear this pain, he would rather it be him.

Looking at his sister who turned around and smiled at him innocently, Guo Shan's pale face slowly revealed a smile that was no different from usual.

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For my sister.

It is this belief that has kept Guo Shan persevering until now.

And will continue to do so.

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I thought I would suffer for a lifetime, but suddenly I was relieved.

The first thing that came to Guo Shan’s mind was not joy, but endless grievance.

He had a lot of grievances, but he had no way to express them and no one understood him.

Everything that happened before was like a nightmare from which one could not wake up.

Now, is it finally time to wake up from the dream?

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"It's okay, it's okay."

Xiao Xiao soothed him with a gentle voice. The temperature of his palm was just right to soothe Guo Shan's agitated heart.

……

Guo Shan has never been a child who would act like a spoiled brat or complain.

But now, he inexplicably had the desire to speak. "I'm so scared."

The child's tender voice was low and his tone was flat, but there was an uncontrollable tremor in it, and it brought out a bit of a heart-wrenching cry.

“It hurts too.”

……

“No one believed me.”

"I did not lie."

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“My classmates ignored me.”

“I’m happy that they care about me.”

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"I didn't mean to hide this from my classmates."

“It’s just dangerous.”

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"Mom is very tired. I can't let her worry."

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"You can't touch my sister."

"I want to die."

"But you can't touch my sister."

"No."

……

The child's words were incoherent, but Xiao Xiao somehow understood them all.

As he felt more and more distressed, he couldn't help but sigh that Guo Shanzhen was a kind and strong child.

Although he was misunderstood by everyone, he did not feel any resentment, but instead tried his best to protect his friends and family.

"You did really well."

Xiao Xiao touched the child's head and said, "Guo Shan is brave and strong. He protected his friends and family."

"Guo Shan is a true hero."

"……Really?"

The child asked hesitantly, did he really do well?
Obviously everyone hates him.

"real."

Xiao Xiao said softly but firmly, revealing an unquestionable strength.

……

Xiao Xiao held the child's shoulders and slightly increased the distance between them.

The gentle and deep black eyes looked straight into the child's confused and bewildered eyes.

He spoke word by word: "Guo Shan saved his sister, right?"

"Did this monster want to parasitize my sister before?"

"If it weren't for Guo Shan, my sister might have suffered a lot."

"Guo Shan is a good brother."

"Guo Shan protected his sister."

"Guo Shan is a great hero."

……

"I protected my sister?"

"I am a hero?"

Guo Shan murmured Xiao Xiao's words, as if talking to himself, but also as if asking a question.

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"Yes."

Xiao Xiao gave an affirmative answer without hesitation.

"Besides, Guo Shan also protected his mother, classmates, and many other people, right?"

After Guo Shan knew that others could not see the monster in him, he never tried to ask for help again.

Even Guo's mother never mentioned it to her again.

He endured everything alone, unwilling to bring danger to others.

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"Guo Shan is really amazing."

Xiao Xiao's eyebrows were slightly curved, and the corners of his mouth were only slightly raised, but the gentle smile he revealed made Guo Shan's tears well up again.

Seeing the affirmation and appreciation in Xiao Xiao's eyes, Guo Shanyong asked again and again in a choked and hoarse voice: "Really?"

“Am I really doing a good job?”

“Am I really that good?”

"real."

Xiao Xiao answered again and again without getting tired of it.

……

"real."

"Haha, I'm really good."

Guo Shan finally gained enough confidence from Xiao Xiao's answer and grinned foolishly.

His expression is very childish, simple and innocent.

(End of this chapter)