Her silence made Ji Yunyan inexplicably uncomfortable.

He stopped, looked at the candlelit face, hesitated for a long time, and asked the question that was holding back in his heart.

"Sister." He couldn't take his eyes off it, not wanting to miss any of her expressions: "Do you have a brother like me in the future you are planning?" ”

"You're not the only sister to me."

"What do you mean?"

"On the surface." Chi Anying wiped the foam from her fingertips, scooped two scoops of well water and poured them into the round basin on her right.

She's too cold.

Indifferent to the point of strangeness.

Chi Yunyan was reluctant to accept the fact that she didn't have him in her plan: "Do you mind if I am close to Sister Yue?" ”

Chi Anying: "Although I don't like her, it's your business how you get along." ”

"At the end of the day, you still mind." He took a deep breath: "You want to leave the Taoist Temple, there is also a reason for Sister Yue, right?" ”

"A little."

"From the day we came to the Taoist Temple to the present, has Sister Yue ever given you a look? Have you ever been bullied? Didn't you? When you were unconscious, she still looked for Yunqi to show you a doctor! Why can't you let go of your prejudices about her and get along with her? We're a family! ”

"Family?" Chi Anying seemed to have heard a ridiculous joke: "Have you forgotten what your mother said before?" If it weren't for Chi Yue's mother, she wouldn't have left her father, let alone married that person and suffered so many sins. ”

That person was her biological father.

Many years ago, Chi Hongmin and Feng Lan, who studied in the same university, fell in love with each other at first sight, they fell in love for two years, and they were originally going to get married as soon as they graduated, but the appearance of Chi Yue's mother made Chi Hongmin leave Feng Lan behind and empathize with each other.

Feng Lan, who was out of love and sad, accepted the pursuit of Ji Hongmin's friend and started a family with him in his senior year.

He treated Feng Lan very well at first.

But since he got involved in gambling and the habit of alcoholism, all the "good" turned into fists and fell on Feng Lan.

For as long as Chi Anying can remember, she often heard him insulting and cursing, often witnessed the process of his violence, and often saw Feng Lan's body covered with bruises and scars that could not be scattered.

Even herself, she didn't dodge the fist.

Even though many years have passed, she still can't forget the dark life, and she still can't forget Feng Lan's crying red eyes.

She hated that person, hated Chi Hongmin and his wife who indirectly caused Feng Lan to suffer, and even more disliked the daughter they gave birth to, how could she treat them as family members as if nothing happened?

Chi Yunyan: "Sister, Aunt Wan never intervened in the feelings of her parents from beginning to end, but her father cheated after getting married, Sister Yue and Aunt Wan are the victims, okay?" ”

"Who told you?"

"Steward Liu."

Ji Anying sneered.

She didn't bother to talk to people who hadn't witnessed Feng Lan's domestic violence, so she shook off the water droplets on her hands, took the basin full of foam, and walked to the sink to pour it out.

"Sister!" Chi Yunyan couldn't see through her thoughts, so he could only remind: "There are only three of us left in the Chi family now!" ”

He repeatedly stressed that they were "family".

Chi Anying listened impatiently.

She said indifferently: "Chi Yue still doesn't know your life experience, right?" Do you dare to tell her? You don't dare. ”

"Even you can't be honest with each other, so why should you ask me to let go of the mustard and pay to treat her as a family member?"

Chi Yunyan was dumbfounded.

He stared at the flickering candlelight in a daze, and every word that Chi Anying said rang in his ears, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

*

The polar night makes the temperature drop day by day.

They had just taken off their thick clothes, and now they had to wrap themselves in thick, warm coats below zero.

Wen Qizhou put on shoes and socks for sleepy eyes, led the silky silkworm, and walked out of the east wing without hurry.

The cool wind blew, and the hair hanging on Chi Yue's shoulder raised a shallow arc, and the person was much more sober.

She leaned close to Wen Qizhou's arm, moved her body back, leaned on him to block the gust of wind, and lazily stepped into the main hall.

The others came one after another, sat down at the round table and finished their brunch, and then moved to the side to make a fire to keep warm.

"Sister." Chi Yunyan, who had been entangled for many days, walked up to Chi Yue and lowered his voice: "I have something I want to tell you." ”

"Say it."

"It's not convenient here."

Chi Yue followed him to the outside of the main hall.

She crossed her arms, looked at Chi Yunyan, who was a head taller than her, looked at the face that was not as green as before, and waited quietly for him to speak, her expression was not half impatient.

He pondered for a long time, and stood in front of Chi Yue honestly like a child who made a mistake: "Sister, I am my parents' child." ”

"I know."

"......" Chi Yunyan thought she didn't understand, and said again: "I am the child born to Chi Hongmin and Feng Lan." ”

"yes, I know."

Chi Yue brushed away the long hair that brushed to her lips.

She was still calm, and Chi Yunyan still suspected that she had heard it wrong, so she asked several times before she dared to be sure.

Knowing that it was Feng Lan who told her, he took a deep breath uncomfortably: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have hidden it from you for so long." ”

"How long is that?"

"Eleven years." He stared at her face by the faint light of the candle: "I was afraid that you would hate me, so I didn't say it." ”

He knew that it was wrong for his parents to cheat.

But he was afraid, afraid that Chi Yue would alienate him more than when he was a child born of their cheating.

Or disgusted with him.

"Then why did you remember to tell me today?" He hasn't been sticking to her much lately, he always looks like he wants to talk and stop, and she has long noticed that something is wrong, but she doesn't ask.

"Because ......" he fumbled with the hem of his clothes, and couldn't help but recall what Chi Anying said: "Family members should be honest with each other." ”

Family.

Chi Yue silently recited these two words in her heart.

The moment she was silent, Chi Yunyan visibly became flustered: "Sister, don't be angry with me, okay?" ”

"I'm not angry."

"Really?"

"Hmm." Chi Yue saw a piece of wall ash rubbing on his arm, and reached out to pat him: "Don't think nonsense. ”

Ji Hongmin and Feng Lan died.

In the past, she didn't care about it.

"Do you have me in your plans for the future?" Chi Yunyan choked up and spoke, with an imperceptible expectation hidden in his tone.

Chi Yue didn't hear clearly.

Just as she was about to ask "what plan", a tear suddenly dripped on the back of her hand.

She paused, looked up at Kamichi Yunyan's tearful eyes, and listened to him ask in frustration: "Isn't there me too?" ”

"Also? What are you talking about. ”

"Didn't you hear?" Chi Yunyan pursed his lips and asked again with a look of hope, his eyes locked on Chi Yue's face.

"I didn't plan you yet."

Chi Yue told the truth.

She thought that he would leave with Ji Anying, so she never thought of planning him into the future.

But those words fell into Chi Yunyan's ears, and he understood that she didn't think about the future for the time being, not that she didn't want him.

He suddenly stepped forward and hugged Chi Yue's shoulder, and a tear slipped from the tail of his eyes: "I thought you didn't want me anymore." ”