Shan Xiaoxiao has an older brother, who both exists and does not exist.

For outsiders, no one knows that Shan Xiaoxiao has an older brother.

And for Shan Xiaoxiao and her parents, he is a special existence.

Now Shan Xiaoxiao has no impression, and as she grows older, even her parents don't mention it anymore. It's just that there are some rules, or habits, that have always existed silently in their homes.

When I was a child, my mother always kept a toy in one corner of the house. Little Shan Xiaoxiao found it and took it back to his room curiously, but was scolded by his mother, and took the toy back and put it back in the corner.

The aggrieved Shan Xiaoxiao didn't know why, so he locked himself in the room and buried his head in crying.

The next day, she was surprised to find that the toy had been put back next to her bed.

Shan Xiaoxiao asked her mother if she had put it there, and her mother shook her head silently.

Whether Dad is eating at home or out, he always has to sprinkle a cup of tea around him and set an extra pair of dishes and chopsticks. Shan Xiaoxiao never dared to ask, because her father would severely reprimand her for talking too much.

In a small home, there is a humanoid puppet the size of a palm.

Shan Xiaoxiao often picked up the puppet to look at it, and found that the puppet's face was very good-looking, and the eyebrows and eyes were the same as his own. Shan Xiaoxiao likes this puppet, always picks it up and holds it, and every time at this time, Shan Xiaoxiao will feel a very familiar warmth. When my mother saw it, she would come over with relief.

"Hug him more."

"That's nice." Mom looked at Shan Xiaoxiao gently, and her eyes suddenly moistened.

Shan Xiaoxiao often hears the quarrels of his parents, and his father always says something like he can't stand it anymore and throws away the puppet, but his mother will resolutely oppose it and want to sobble for a long time. At this time, Shan Xiaoxiao will hold the puppet and hide in her own house, so that she will have a sense of security.

Shan Xiaoxiao will also find that the eyes of the puppet at this time will flow a few drops of water.

"Mom and Dad, look, it's crying....."

Shan Xiaoxiao ran to her parents' room with the puppet in her arms, her parents immediately stopped arguing, and the two of them were stunned for a moment, then rushed to Shan Xiaoxiao, and then hugged each other and cried.

When you sleep alone, you can have nightmares when you don't move. Whenever she woke up, she would cry, and her mother hurriedly patted her on the head, told her not to be afraid, and coaxed her to sleep. Shan Xiaoxiao gradually fell asleep again, her consciousness was blurred, and she only felt that there was someone, gently patting her body, just like her mother, extremely gentle. Gradually, Shan Xiaoxiao fell asleep again, and this time, she had a sweet dream.

Shan Xiao's family never had pets, and she was also afraid of dogs. When she was in elementary school, there was a fierce stray dog downstairs, and when he saw Shan Xiaoxiao, he would bite and bark, and Shan Xiaoxiao was so scared every time that he either cried to school or went home crying.

Suddenly, one night, Shan Xiaoxiao heard the dog whimpering miserably downstairs, and it seemed that he was frightened by something. The wailing died down in a few moments. Since then, Shan Xiaoxiao has met the dog.

Shan Xiaoxiao forgot that once upon a time, her mother said to her: "Your brother loves you so much, you have to love him well, you know?" ”

Shan Xiaoxiao nodded vigorously, but he didn't know who his brother was.

Time passed little by little, Shan Xiaoxiao got bigger and bigger, and slowly, she forgot about it. The toys in the corner were put into the box, and my father no longer added the pair of dishes and chopsticks to dinner, and even the puppet was nowhere to be found.

"It's useless, it's all fake. We never saw him and nothing ever happened. Forget it. ”

"Look at those people, which one of them didn't get eaten up in the end? If it's true, it's still too dangerous....."

The father's voice was heavy, and the mother sighed, and two lines of tears slowly flowed.

Shan Xiaoxiao forgot, and his parents also forgot, but the stray dog never forgot.

That night, that terrible black shadow, standing in front of him, was so fierce.

"Bad dog! If you bully my sister again, I'll kill you!" Do you hear that?! ”

.....

The swirling colors in front of Shan Xiaoxiao's eyes gradually disappeared, leaving only darkness behind. She stood up and rubbed her eyes vigorously, only to find that it was still dark and nothing.

Shan Xiao was terrified.

Suddenly, she heard a voice, so strange and so familiar, as if she had met it in a dream.

"Sister, don't be afraid ....."

"It's me....."

Shan Xiaoxiao turned around and saw a little boy. He was dressed in white and had eyes that were almost identical to his own, and he stood there quietly, smiling.

Shan Xiaoxiao looked at the boy in panic and confusion, her pupils trembling.

"Have you forgotten me?" The boy pursed his lips, approached Shan Xiaoxiao, and gently took Shan Xiaoxiao's hand and placed it on his chest.

Shan Xiaoxiao suddenly remembered the puppet, and also remembered what Lu Yuanjun said, her voice trembled.

"You..... You are ....."

The boy smiled, so clean, so warm.

"I'm your brother....."

The boy gently hugged Shan Xiaoxiao, Shan Xiaoxiao's whole body softened in an instant, she suddenly knelt on the ground, hugged the boy tightly, tears flowed from her eyes, but she was unconscious.

"It's so familiar....."

The boy also burst into tears, and when the tears reached the corners of his mouth, he licked the corners of his mouth, "When we were in our mother's womb, we held it like this....."

"But, Xiaoxiao, I'm sorry..... It's that I didn't hold on, I didn't make your brother....."

Shan Xiaoxiao had mixed feelings in her heart, and she couldn't say what she felt, but she just couldn't help but want to cry, and she cried even harder.

"Don't cry, silly sister, ..... good," the boy stroked Shan Xiao's head, "All along, Mom and Dad asked me to accompany you in this way, but they were scared, I understand them, and thank them." ”

"Actually, I'm different from those guys, it's not that scary..... Maybe it's because ..... I love you....."

"I'm satisfied to be able to accompany and protect you so quietly....."

The boy lowered his head and looked at Shan Xiaoxiao.

Shan Xiao wiped his tears and held back his crying. Her mouth kept trembling, trying to call out the word, but she couldn't spit it out, as if she was blocked by something.

"In the future, one person should be careful. In the hotel, how dangerous it was, I tried hard to put water in the bathroom to drive the female ghost away. ”

"This time, it may be the last time I protect you." The boy looked at Shan Xiaoxiao with tears in his eyes and said with a smile, "She is so strong, the benefactor said that she is a resentful spirit who committed suicide with hatred after being negative, and she has always been very troublesome." I'm just an ordinary little ghost, I can't deal with her ....."

"So, it's really time to say goodbye....."

Shan Xiaoxiao didn't know how to express her emotions, she hated her incompetence at this time, and could only watch the boy cry non-stop.

"Don't cry, silly sister..... the boy wiped his own tears, and wiped his small tears.

Suddenly, the boy screamed in pain and fell to the ground, his face began to twitch, and his voice became hideous.

Shan Xiaoxiao was at a loss all of a sudden, she hurriedly lay on the ground, trying to help the boy up, but found that the boy's body turned into dust little by little and dissipated.

The boy still had half of his face smiling gently at Shan Xiaoxiao, a smile he had endured and tried to maintain.

"Sister, I can only accompany you here....."

"Brother!"

Shan Xiao lost his voice and cried bitterly.