One second ago, the young man looked as if he were about to cry.
The next second, he started acting pitiful.
Hei Yun stared blankly as the person in front of him changed expressions right before his eyes.
A man who had no understanding of what it meant to pretend to be pitiful bumped the person beside him with his shoulder.
Cheng Fifteen: “?”
What’s wrong with you?
Hei Yun: “His… face changes faster than yours.”
Cheng Fifteen: “????”
Lin Tianci held Lin Suisui’s hand pitifully.
“No!”
The moment Hei Yun heard someone trying to take away his little cub, the tail behind him instantly stood upright. He protectively pulled Lin Suisui into his arms.
As expected, he still couldn’t stand this brat.
Lin Suisui’s upper body was held by Hei Yun, while her hand was gripped by Lin Tianci.
“Little cub…”
“Sister…”
Lin Suisui: “……”
Someone save her. Please save her.
What was going on?
How had she suddenly become a heartless woman caught between two people?
Lin Suisui looked at one, then the other, the cells in her brain burning at full speed.
The little cub’s conflicted expression was far too easy to read.
Sensing her dilemma, Lin Tianci let go first.
The young man lowered his eyes and spoke softly.
“The fact that Sister has forgiven Sui’an already makes Sui’an very happy. Sui’an shouldn’t ask for too much.”
The thin young man stood beside her bed.
His pale face carried a trace of loneliness.
An invisible solitude wrapped tightly around him.
Lin Suisui felt as though he was about to shatter.
Fragments of memories suddenly flashed through her mind.
“Sister, why aren’t you back yet? Tianci misses Sister so much.”
In her mind, a small boy lay by a windowsill, gazing expectantly outside.
The lonely and desolate figure made her heart ache.
It merged with another blurry figure in her memories whose face she could not see clearly.
“Tianci…”
Ding. Error detected. Memory extraction in progress.
The merging figure flickered continuously before finally disappearing.
“Sister, what’s wrong?”
Lin Suisui heard someone calling her.
The image vanished quickly.
She shook her head.
For a moment, her mind went completely blank.
What had she been thinking about just now?
Why couldn’t she remember anything?
Hei Yun and Lin Tianci were glaring at each other again.
Judging from the situation, Hei Yun had probably been advancing step by step while Lin Tianci was forced backward.
The young man stood there looking fragile, as though a gust of wind could blow him away.
The tree spat disdainfully:
Bah! Keep pretending!
Who could out-act this crazy yandere?
Back then, I was fooled by that innocent and harmless appearance too. Ever since then, I’ve lost my freedom as a tree.
Seeing this scene, Lin Suisui thought:
“……”
She was sleepy.
She really wanted to sleep.
“Sui’an, I’m not going with you.”
Lin Tianci replied,
“I know.”
“Dad treats Suisui very well.”
The little cub hesitated.
She felt her thoughts were somewhat selfish.
“If you don’t mind, you can live with me, Dad, and Uncle Cheng and the others.”
Asking someone to leave the place they were familiar with wasn’t very nice.
Lin Suisui felt guilty saying it.
“If you don’t want to…”
Then she could visit him every day.
“I do!”
Lin Tianci suddenly raised his head.
Lin Suisui blinked.
“Huh?”
Lin Tianci said,
“As long as Sister doesn’t abandon Sui’an, Sui’an is willing to do anything.”
The gloom from before vanished completely.
Sister was actually allowing him to stay with her.
Flowers seemed to bloom in the young man’s heart.
It was obvious how happy he was.
And just like that, the matter was settled.
The little cub handed him a piece of pastry.
“Here, have some. Uncle Cheng made it. It’s really delicious.”
Cheng Fifteen smiled.
“As long as Suisui likes it.”
The tree rolled its eyes.
One normal attack, and he immediately used his ultimate move.
How embarrassing.
The tree couldn’t even bear to watch.
Can you have a little more ambition? You’re only being allowed to stay with her.
At least aim a little higher.
For example, make her remember you.
Lin Tianci accepted the pastry.
A thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.
It’s okay. It doesn’t matter if Sister doesn’t remember me. As long as I remember Sister, that’s enough.
This pastry only looked average anyway.
He could make something even better for Sister himself.
Really?
Then what was your spiritual power doing?
The tree looked at the corner of the table that had been crushed into powder and trembled silently, not daring to say another word.
“Oh, right.”
Lin Suisui suddenly remembered something.
Ever since hearing the name Sui’an…
“Sui… Sui’an.”
“An’an, can I call you An’an from now on?”
“Of course.”
Lin Tianci answered without hesitation.
Lin Suisui asked,
“An’an, do you know someone whose name contains the character ‘Tian’?”
The young man’s eyes lit up with surprise.
“Sister, did you remember something?”
Lin Suisui shook her head.
“No. Sometimes some images flash through my mind.”
“But those memories disappear almost immediately.”
From those fragments, she only remembered that the person seemed to be called something beginning with “Tian.”
The excitement in the young man’s eyes faded.
It’s okay.
Even if Sister had lost her memory, she hadn’t completely forgotten him, had she?
Being able to see Sister again was already enough.
Lin Tianci comforted himself.
The tree turned its head away speechlessly.
It had never seen anyone so skilled at brainwashing himself.
Lin Tianci crouched down.
The young man’s head gently rested against Lin Suisui’s hand.
Like a stray dog that had wandered for a long time and finally found its way home.
“Sister, Lin Tianci no longer exists.”
“From now on, there is only Lin Sui’an.”
Tianci, the treasured child, had failed to protect Sister.
He would become Lin Sui’an, whose only purpose was to protect Sister.
Suisui. Safe and sound.