Many years later, she still remembers that day. It was her first time in the snow-covered White Nights. Although her father is the former deputy general of the White Night City Daytime Domain, her mother is a singer in the Central Plains, and because of a serious illness, her mother died early, leaving herself and her father to depend on each other. When she was seven years old, her father told her that he had a younger brother in White Night City, and that he wanted to take their mother and son to live in the Central Plains. So she went with her father to the barren land of the far north—Daylight.

On that day, the snow had just begun to melt after several days, and the sun's rays poured down on the moor, casting a golden halo over the snow-covered earth. In the golden wilderness, Miao Mengmeng saw Miao Zi'an, who was only one year younger than herself, for the first time.

She didn't know why she remembered the events of her childhood so clearly, and she remembered clearly the little boy with a pale and humble face and a gloomy gaze standing behind a woman covered in a black veil. That kind of look is not what a child of a few years old should have.

The little boy smiled at his father, obedient and sensible. He called his father "Daddy", so he was his half-brother.

Before she could take her eyes off the boy, the woman beside the boy touched her head affectionately and said, "This is Mingming, what a beautiful child." ”

Miao Mengming was a little uncomfortable with this sudden intimacy, and leaned closer to her father. The father said unhappily: "What are you hiding, this is your second mother, this is your younger brother, Miao Zi'an, you have to get along well in the future, do you know?" ”

Father has always been very strict with himself, Miao Mengming nodded seriously, raised her head and said to the woman who couldn't see her face: "Erniang is good." ”

Xu was amused by his own reluctance to react to the little boy, and the boy laughed softly, his big bright eyes staring at her all the time, as if he had seen something interesting.

The woman lovingly said to the boy, "Zi'an, don't say hello to your sister yet." ”

"Sister." The sparkle in the boy's eyes was dazzling, and he seemed to accept her happily.

But this is just the appearance, and soon Miao Mengming found out that Miao Zi'an rejected her very much. When there was no one else, Miao Zi'an never called her sister, always called her by her name, and slandered her maliciously. He was docile and polite, but deliberately showed it to his father and mother.

"Meng Ming, I heard that your mother is a singer in the land of wind and flowers in the Central Plains, a woman in that kind of place, has she slept with many people? Are you really my own sister? Miao Zi'an, who was only six years old, actually said this.

At that time, Miao Mengmeng was furious, and she didn't know where she got the courage, she raised her slap and was about to slap the boy, but she saw her father Miao Yan and Miao Zi'an's mother coming over from a distance, and her father immediately rushed over, slapped herself without saying anything, and scolded in her mouth: "Bastard!" ”

The strength of the person who practiced martial arts was so great that Miao Mingming felt that her cheeks were numb.

Miao Zi'an was stunned for a moment, his mother hurriedly ran over, Miao Mingming thought that she was going to be reprimanded again, but she didn't expect the woman to hold herself in her arms, touch her red and swollen cheeks like a loving mother, and whispered softly: "Does Meng Meng hurt?" Then he turned back to his father and said, "What are you doing beating the child?" The child is still so young! ”

Father Miao Yan was heartfelt, but he didn't expect to be blamed, so his face was dark and gloomy, and he didn't dare to attack his wife, so he turned his head and asked Miao Zi'an: "Zi'an, tell Dad, why did your sister beat you?" ”

Miao Zi'an obviously didn't come back to his senses from the loud slap just now, looked at his father in astonishment and said, "My sister was playing with me and didn't hit me." ”

"Mingming, go back to the room with Erniang, and I'll help you reduce the swelling. Zi'an, come over too. ”

Miao Mingming felt that Miao Zi'an's mother was much better than her father. Although her father taught her martial arts, he didn't seem to like her very much, and often beat and scolded herself when she was irritable, thinking that maybe it was because her mother's death had caused him a lot of damage, so her father transferred his pain to her.

Miao Zi'an's mother always wears a thick black veil when she goes out, Miao Mengmeng originally thought that it was because Erniang's face was unsightly that she often covered her face, but one day she saw her wash away the ugly dark spots on her face, only to find that Erniang was shocked. Later, I happened to hear that the subordinates in the family called Erniang the princess, and her father's attitude of respecting Erniang more than affection, Miao Mengming finally knew that her Erniang was the princess of White Night City. A noble and extraordinary woman who escaped marriage for the sake of love and even had a child privately with the former deputy general of the day, who has been down-and-out so far. Perhaps it is precisely because of this noble bloodline that Miao Zi'an was born with a sense of superiority, which made him maintain an alienated and even disgusted attitude towards Miao Mengming, who was of low blood.

Miao Mengming thought to herself, it was obviously Miao Zi'an's mother and son who took their father away from their mother, but Miao Zi'an always looked at her with jealousy and disgust, making her feel that she was the superfluous person in their family. Miao Mengming's change in Miao Zi'an's impression may be a rainy afternoon.

Erniang said that Miao Zi'an was very weak since he was born, Miao Mengming often heard him cough, his handsome face was always very pale, and sometimes when he coughed badly, his face would be very red, like he was going to bleed. Young Miao Mingming thought that he would suddenly die one day while coughing. However, Miao Zi'an, who was weak and couldn't help the wind, saved a puppy that accidentally fell into the river.

When Miao Mengming saw Miao Zi'an that day, he was stepping his legs into the muddy swamp, and he struggled to reach out to hold the puppy's legs, and finally rescued the puppy. When he came up, his clothes and trousers were all covered with mud, but he didn't care at all, but held the puppy in his arms and gently comforted him. Although it was early spring, it was still very cold to step on such muddy water, and Miao Mengming was afraid that Miao Zi would not be able to stand it, so she hurriedly ran over and asked him to rinse with hot water. Miao Zi'an seemed to have discovered some secret, and said viciously with a red face: "If you say anything about today, I will tell my father and mother that you pushed me down!" ”

Miao Mingming thought that a withdrawn and indifferent child like Miao Zi'an would not take the weak life of small animals in her eyes, but Miao Zi'an made Miao Mingming see the innocence and kindness that children should have more than once.

Miao Zi'an will divide half of her food to stray cats, will bandage the wounds of fallen chicks, and then put them back on trees, and will use her weak body to drive away the older children who come to catch birds.

Because Miao Zi'an is often sick, he is shorter and thinner than his peers, and he looks weak and weak, while the children in the daylight realm are born in a poor place and are savage by nature, so Miao Zi'an, who is powerless, naturally can't beat them. Even though he was pushed to the ground and his face was red, Miao Zi'an did not flinch, he still got up from the ground and stood in front of a group of children with his chest straight, like a heroic and fearless guard, not allowing anyone to take a step forward.

Seeing such a scene, Miao Mengming couldn't help but stand up.

"Don't bully my brother!" Her loud voice immediately startled everyone present.

She rushed to Miao Zi'an, glared at the group of tall boys, and used her equally short body to isolate her brother from the group, for fear that they would do it to her brother again.

Miao Zian pushed her away without appreciation, "What are you going to do, you don't have to worry about my business!" ”

Miao Mingming's eyes were firmly motionless.

"Sick seedlings, let's go back and take medicine obediently, so as not to say that we bully more and less. Hahahaha! How old are you, and let my sister protect you! The children laughed.

Miao Zi'an's face turned red, and he raised his fist to go up, but Miao Mengmeng pulled him back, and went up to push the boy who took the lead in coaxing to the ground. The push was out of control, and several children rushed towards her and tore her hair, and one of the tall boys jerked Miao Meng down, pressing her weight against her. Miao Zi'an hurriedly pulled it away, but was punched heavily in the chin, and immediately the nosebleed flowed out of Miao Zi'an's nostrils, he didn't care about wiping, and came over to pull the boy again, and the other two boys immediately surrounded Miao Zi'an in the middle.

Miao Mingming suddenly became anxious, and didn't know where the strength came from, so she kicked the boy on her body to the ground, got up and hugged Miao Zi's weak body with her body, and let the boys' fists smash on her, and she didn't let go. She was afraid that Miao Zi'an would be affected, so she simply lay on the ground and protected him under her.

Maybe from the time when Miao Mengming used her thin body to resist those punches and kicks for Miao Zi'an, the two young hearts were connected. Young friendships are so simple and pure.

It's just because I happen to see your brave appearance to protect the birds in the tree, and I can't get used to seeing them bully the weak.

It's just because you protect me, who has said a lot of bad things to you, and now I'm desperate.

The teenagers dispersed with a curse.

Miao Mingming got up from the ground, patted the dust on her body with pain, and said to Miao Zi'an: "Is your nose okay?" ”

Miao Zi'an was surprised, it was clear that she was the one who was beaten so hard, but she didn't care about herself.

When Miao Mengming was sensible from the beginning, her father told her, I taught you martial arts, not for fighting, so she didn't fight back this time. And when she arrived in White Night City, she saw her Erniang and Miao Zi'an, and her father told her that she would protect her younger brother in the future, just like I protected the princess, and she also kept it in mind. She protected Miao Zi'an without hesitation, perhaps out of instinct, or just obeying her father's words. But Miao Zi'an took this matter to heart.

Because Miao Zi'an was injured, Miao Mingming was punished by her father to kneel in the yard, kneeling from day to night, and no one was allowed to plead. Miao Zi'an, who had a swollen chin, accompanied her like this, and accompanied her for a day of standing. In the end, the father couldn't stand it anymore, so he let the two children go back to the room.

When Erniang checked Miao Mingming's body, she found that Meng Meng's back was blue and purple, and she couldn't help crying. Miao Zi'an suddenly rushed in, saw Miao Mingming naked, hurriedly turned her back, and said awkwardly: "Sister, you take care of your injuries, I'll come to see you again when you're injured!" ”

That was the first time Miao Zi'an called her sister from the bottom of her heart in the past six months.

In fact, Miao Mengming has always had no good impression of Miao Zi'an, but because of this sentence "sister", she began to hate him anymore.