After the storm, some people are waiting for the rainbow, while others are still forging ahead, saying that life is always fair, and what you take away, you will be given something.

But life took away half of Qiao Yunxia's happiness in her life, but she didn't give her anything.

On another rainy night, the cool breeze blew the tall Tsubaki tree in the corner of the yard, and the leaves rustled, as if playing a hymn for the moonlit and starry night.

The dim light shines through the window of the room on the second floor, and Qiao Yunxia sits at her desk, writing a letter that can never be sent.

"Teachers always tell us that life is very short, as short as an unfinished test paper, when the bell rings, we have to hand in the test paper, and when we feel sorry for ourselves that we have missed the time, there is no chance to start over. Mom, I never felt like life was short before I lost you. At that time, I thought you could stay with me until my temples were gray and my gait faltered. My classmates laughed at me for picking it up in the trash, laughing at the fact that there was no blood relationship between our mother and son, and I was sad and inferior, and refused to face such a fact. Now I finally understand that the greatest kindness in the world is to raise, and the maternal love I got from my mother is something they can't envy. Daughter Qiao Yunxia, miss you on the fifth day. ”

Tears fell on the letterhead, smudged with black lettering, and bloomed into wanton black velvet flowers.

Stuffing the paper into an envelope, folding it into a thousand paper cranes with wings, and hanging them by the window with strings, she firmly believed that the paper cranes would guide her mother's soul home to visit her and her brother.

Pulling open the window, the wind sneaked in, the paper crane gently rippled, and through the branches, she saw the brightest star in the distant sky.

Out of her mind, a warm palm was placed on her shoulder.

Wiping away her tears, Qiao Yunxia turned around and saw her brother's concerned gaze.

She made a decision in her heart to drop out of school and work with her brother to earn money to pay off her debts.

In this way, my brother can be more relaxed, and he doesn't have to run around to pay off his debts and pay for her tuition.

She raised the corners of her mouth and smiled at her brother, and wanted to tell her brother with a smile that she was fine, "Brother, I decided not to go to college."

Qiao Baiyu couldn't believe that his sister had the idea of dropping out of school, he would never allow it, "No, it's your dream to become a painter, you can't give up halfway, even if you go to school, my brother's shoulders are not as fragile as you imagined." “

After the sign language, he frowned tightly, and his sister's sudden words made him a little disappointed.

"Brother, you are only three years older than me, but you have borne much more than me, my sister hopes that one day, my sister's shoulders can also become my brother's support, instead of being protected by my brother all the time." Qiao Yunxia gestured.

When he was a child, others laughed at his brother for being a mute and didn't want to play with him, in order not to make his brother feel uncomfortable, Qiao Yunxia insisted on going to the deaf and dumb school with his brother every day after school to learn sign language, so that his brother knew that he was not lonely, and she was with him.

"I know, but you're young, and you're able to be my support for many years to come, not now. My sister is a stubborn girl, and she won't give up what she believes. Neither can dreams. He took his sister's head and leaned it on his arm, stroking her soft hair.

My sister can draw at the age of two, and as long as she is given a pen and a piece of paper, she can draw many beautiful pictures without imagination. My sister has always been the pride of him and his mother.

Qiao Yunxia raised his head and looked at his brother's bloodshot eyes with tears in his eyes, these days, he must have been so sad that he stayed awake all night, "But I don't want you to work so hard." ”

Becoming a painter is her only dream, and she doesn't want to stick to it until the end, but reality does not allow her to selfishly chase her dream at all costs.

My brother is a human being, and like her, he has a flesh and blood body, which is not made of steel, and he will be tired.

Mom was so tired that she couldn't watch her brother go down anymore.

Qiao Baiyu was about to continue to persuade her, but there was a clatter of high heels on the concrete floor on the road outside the yard, which made people unable to calm down, and it was Ye Xiaoqing who could see it.

Seeing that the lights were still on in Qiao Yunxia's house, Ye Xiaoqing habitually looked up at the window of Qiao Yunxia's room, and saw the brother and sister standing by the window, waved their hands to them, and ran in.

Seeing the tears on Qiao Yunxia's face, Ye Xiaoqing stepped forward and hugged her and patted her back, "From tomorrow onwards, you must eat more, you see, holding you, I feel like I am holding a bamboo pole." Knowing that the atmosphere at this time was very sad, Ye Xiaoqing tried his best to make Qiao Yunxia happy.

"You're like a bamboo pole." Qiao Yunxia said angrily.

Ye Xiaoqing suddenly smiled like a sunflower, and nodded like pounding garlic, "Yes, yes, yes, you are a bamboo pole, I am a bamboo stick, neither of us can live if we leave."

Maybe only Ye Xiaoqing can persuade his sister, Qiao Baiyu pulled Ye Xiaoqing and said in sign language: "You persuade my sister well, she said that she wanted to drop out of school, I wouldn't agree."

Ye Xiaoqing's eyes were stunned, and he turned his head to look at Qiao Yunxia.

Qiao Yunxia is like a child who is afraid of being discovered if she does something wrong, so she doesn't look away with a weak heart.

"Yun Xia, why are you so stupid, who doesn't know that you are a painting genius, how many people envy you. Those parents who want to cultivate their children's skills have not been able to do so, and you will definitely be able to get ahead after four years of college, and you have persevered for more than ten years, but you have to give up at the last moment, is it still Qiao Yunxia I know? I was the first to disagree, and if there is a problem with tuition, we will figure it out together. Dropout? No need to talk! Ye Xiaoqing said heavily.

Ye Xiaoqing has no talent, let alone a hobby in learning, and studying is a kind of torture for her.

And Qiao Yunxia is different, he has been the top student in the school since elementary school, and if he doesn't continue to study, wouldn't it be a waste of talent!