Chapter 441 Regret and Retreat Again

Xiao Xiao didn't dare to think about it. If Guo Shan knew that his sister had always known about his pain but said nothing, what would that strong and gentle child think?
Will it collapse?

No, he knew, the boy would forgive his sister.

No matter how sad I am, I will still forgive my sister whom I was willing to sacrifice my life to protect.

……

Xiao Xiao looked at Guo Shan. How could she see the parasitic vine monster?
How could she bear to let her brother face it all alone and fight alone?

How could she be so cruel as to pretend nothing happened in front of her brother?
……

You really can't underestimate children.

Xiao Xiao was inspired.

My brother is very capable. He endured great pain but never let anyone doubt him.

However, maybe this kid hopes that someone will doubt him?

Discovering his mistakes and entering his world, even just a word of comfort can be a salvation for him.

……

However, the brother is powerful, and the sister is even more powerful.

Perhaps it is really human instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm, and even such young children are no exception.

Guo Shan played the role of an ignorant and naive sister in front of her brother so perfectly.

Perhaps part of the reason was that Guo Shan was so preoccupied with the monster that he had no time to notice that something was wrong with his sister.

……

"Master Xiao."

Guo Shan cried until her eyes were blurred with tears. She stared blankly at Xiao Xiao and called out softly. Her voice became hoarse from her previous hysteria.

For two years, this incident has been a thorn in her heart.

It hurt her so much.

She could only let the wound continue to bleed and fester, and she was unable to pull out the thorn.

It's not that I can't, but I don't dare.

She hated her cowardice, but she couldn't change it.

What was even more terrifying was that as time went by, she discovered with horror that even if she put all her effort into pretending that she hadn't noticed anything in front of her brother, she was actually getting better and better at pretending every day?!
Even though she didn't want to do so, she was becoming more and more accustomed to ignoring or even neglecting her brother's pain, unconsciously.

She was used to her brother's pale and sunken cheeks, his thin and frail body, and his occasional soliloquy.

I've gotten used to it and am even secretly glad that my brother keeps his distance from me.

And her brother's eyes, which once made her so painful and afraid that she dared not look directly at them and were as if covered with a thick layer of darkness, now she can look into his eyes briefly with an innocent smile.

This kind of myself is really scary!
She had long forgotten what her original brother looked like.

She actually got used to such a haggard and weak brother? !

Her heart was in torment every day.

However, as the pain continued, she became numb.

She was no longer anxious about her brother's painful look, no longer panicked by his pale face, and even no longer felt heartbroken by his usual smile.

It was so painful and difficult to pretend in the beginning, but when did it become a matter of course to ignore it?

Ignore your brother's pain.

Ignore your brother's despair.

Ignore your brother's pleas for help!
……

However, just a few days ago, she saw her brother's bright smile without a trace of gloom for the first time in a long time.

She was stunned for a long time.

Her brother's worried voice reached her ears, and she came back to her senses, and then she discovered it!

The monster that was looming over my brother's body is gone!
At that moment, her mind went blank and she wanted to cry.

She bit her lips tightly, and after a stinging pain, a taste of rust spread in her mouth.

She opened her eyes wide and stared at her brother, "scanning" him carefully from top to bottom and from left to right.

Really, no more!

Before she could react, tears fell unexpectedly.

Even though her brother was flustered and trying to comfort her, she cried for a long time.

……

Although her brother was fine, she couldn't bring herself to feel at ease and let the matter go so lightly.

Even though she hoped so in her heart, the next moment, she would scold herself in her heart: How could she be so shameless?
In fact, she had thought more than once how nice it would be if she couldn't see.

Like everyone else, she didn't see that there was a monster hanging around her brother.

In that case, she wouldn't have discovered that she was such a cowardly, selfish and timid person.

That way, she wouldn't be in agony forever.

She was in real pain.

Why should she see it?

……

My brother is fine.

She was really happy and joyful.

I was so happy that I almost lost my mind.

She saw her chance for redemption.

She wanted to confess her mistake, but looking at her brother's smile which never changed, she was extremely frustrated and found that she couldn't say it.

Because she was so scared.

I was afraid that my brother would never talk to me again.

She couldn't afford such an outcome.

After hesitating several times, she gave up.

She chose to retreat again.

However, she had no way to confess her regret to her brother. How could she express her regret?
She secretly read her brother's diary.

She knew Master Xiao.

So, she showed up here today.

Come and meet the hero who saved his brother and was admired by his brother - Master Xiao.

She came to express her gratitude and also to repent.

She needed to talk.

She...needs understanding.

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"Master Xiao."

Guo Shan murmured again.

She looked at Master Xiao, with unconscious hope and desire in her eyes.

……

"Master Xiao?"

Guo Shan felt inexplicably uneasy about Xiao Xiao's silence.

After talking a lot like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube, Guo Shan's emotions were no longer as excited as they were at the beginning.

Maybe I'm a little tired.

As she slowly calmed down, she noticed the unusual quietness in the dormitory.

She could clearly hear her own heavy breathing and the occasional uncontrollable hiccups.

After all, she is a girl, and even though she is still young, Guo Shan is still a little embarrassed about her hiccups.

Her hand, which was originally held by Xiao Xiao, had been released at some point without her knowing.

She tried to take deep breaths to calm her breath, and tapped her chest with her clenched fists.

……

Guo Shan slowly stopped what she was doing and clenched her hands tightly together.

Thin blue veins appeared on the back of the child's white hand.

She could even look her brother in the eye, but she drooped her eyelids under Xiao Xiao's indifferent gaze.

She held her breath and didn't even dare to breathe.

There seemed to be a burning sensation in the corners of her eyes again, but she didn't dare to let it flow down easily.

……

The little child curled up into a ball looked so pitiful, not to mention that Xiao Xiao could clearly see that the child was shivering.

He heard her regret and pain, as well as her luck and fear.

(End of this chapter)