After class, Lu Xiubai and Su Wanqiu went straight back to the apartment they rented not far from the school.

The sky was slightly dark, and the clouds were faintly glowing with the luster of the sunset, flickering and darkening, and it seemed that in the next second, it would suddenly fall into the night.

When you open the door, you will be greeted by a living room with clean and simple décor.

The windows were ajar, leaking in a few wisps of warm air.

Su Wanqiu lowered her head, pinched the corners of Lu Xiubai's clothes with some uneasiness, looked away from her toes, and whispered.

"That'...... Then I'll go to bed and lie down first. ”

Lu Xiubai slightly loosened the collar of his shirt, put himself and her schoolbag on the cabinet next to the door, and nodded slightly.

"Go ahead."

"I'll make you a cup of warm milk."

"Good...... Good. ”

Bang.

Looking at the door that was closed in a panic, Lu Xiubai narrowed her eyes slightly, but still walked to the kitchen, took her cup with a pink kitten printed on it out of the cupboard, and poured a packet of milk powder into it.

His instincts told him that something was wrong tonight.

It doesn't look like he's feeling unwell, maybe he's thinking about something and then coming up with some weird ideas.

But it doesn't matter, he won't dig into it, and he won't blame.

Everything, he will spoil.

[You don't need to be so sensible anymore, to be patient, to force a smile.] ］

[The willfulness, arrogance, and petty temper that have been lacking for so many years, and everything that you have not been able to have in your life, will be compensated to you even more.] ］

[You just need to be laughing unrestrained, uninhibited, and fearless of the consequences.] ］

[I'll clean up the rest.] ］

Lu Xiubai stared at the water glass in front of him in a daze, with a deep depression lying in his eyes, only bursts of dull pain left in his head, and his body was unnaturally stiff, like a puppet that had been dug out of his emotions.

The familiar and blurry image slowly occupied all his sight.

A ward filled with the smell of disinfectant water, a weak girl, and a pale face.

and the eyebrows and eyes that struggled to force a smile, carefully storing their pain and sadness, slowly withering in the corner.

"I am very happy because I have the best, most spoiled, most handsome and gentle brother in the world."

"But, occasionally, I want to be willful."

The thin and petite body jumped down from the tall building, fluttering in the wind, scattered into butterflies with broken wings, and after blooming gracefully, his whole world,

Stained with blood.

Drip, drip, drip.

The water dispenser beeps urgently.

Lu Xiubai suddenly came back to his senses, but it was like experiencing a nightmare, with a fine and dense layer of cold sweat behind him, his heart beating violently, and his eyes were full of bloodshots.

"White Branch ......"

Carefully bite the words, as if caring for a dream that will be shattered at the touch of a button.

But after suppressing the mixed emotions in his eyes, he regained his usual look, quietly poured hot water into the cup, and gently stirred it well.

It's business as usual.