Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?
Chapter 274: Because You Are My Sister

Chapter 274: Chapter 274: Because You Are My Sister

Zhao Xuerong cried, and Qian Sihui also cried with her.

Only Zhao Xuyang didn’t cry; he got up and went to the kitchen to cook.

"Hmph," Zhao Xuerong was very dissatisfied with her father’s unyielding heart.

After crying for a while, it was Zhao Xuerong who stopped first and started to comfort Qian Sihui.

Qian Sihui’s emotions calmed down, and then she pulled Zhao Xuerong to her room.

This was Zhao Xuerong’s room, and even though she had passed away, it had always been kept the same.

"Your clothes and things are still here, your dad wanted me to burn them all, but I didn’t agree..."

Qian Sihui opened the wardrobe, and looking at the array of clothes inside, she became sad again.

"Hmph, my dad’s heart is like a chunk of ice, both cold and hard," said Zhao Xuerong.

"Don’t talk about your dad like that, you... your dad is actually very upset, it’s just that he doesn’t cry like we do."

"I couldn’t tell."

"I’ve known your dad for so many years, how could I not understand him? He’s suffering inside."

"Alright, let’s not talk about this. Mom, should we call the little brother and have him come back? I want to see him."

Upon hearing this, Qian Sihui looked at Zhao Xuerong bewilderedly.

"What’s wrong?" Zhao Xuerong touched her cheek, a bit puzzled.

"Nothing, I’ll call him now. He’s never home..."

As she spoke, she started searching for her phone on her person, but her heart couldn’t help but feel sad again.

Because Zhao Xuerong’s eagerness to see her younger brother Zhao Yongjun could only indicate one thing - that she would leave, that she would depart. Otherwise, there would be plenty of time later, there wouldn’t be any need to rush like this.

She just hoped she was wrong, that it was just because she genuinely missed her brother that she wanted to see him so urgently.

However, it really was necessary to see Yongjun, that kid. Ever since his sister passed away, his personality changed a lot, and he kept causing trouble for them.

Zhao Yongjun was eight years younger than Zhao Xuerong. When Zhao Xuerong started carrying a backpack to elementary school, he was still rolling in bed wearing diapers.

Perhaps it was this age difference that made Zhao Xuerong particularly dote on him.

Other little girls had toy dolls; she had a real one.

Her mother had said, her sister cherished him so much. As soon as she got back from school, she would hug and kiss him.

Once, she even tried to put him in her backpack to take him to school. Fortunately, they found out in time and stopped her.

Her sister’s sudden death felt like a dream to him, everything seemed so unreal.

Just the day before, they had played tennis together, and before parting, they had made plans to go shopping on the weekend. But how could she be gone the next day?

This caused Zhao Yongjun to feel an inability to accept reality, and a sense of anger grew in his heart with nowhere to vent, especially after encountering his brother-in-law Ding Zhihao living a life of debauchery and directly fighting him, which led to several detentions, all because of beating him up.

When Zhao Yongjun received the call from his mother, he too was surprised.

Waiting on the phone, hearing his mother’s gentle voice asking him to come home also came as a surprise to him.

Since his sister’s death, his mother had been somewhat wooden, and all the affairs of the house were handled by his father.

It had been a long time since he had heard his mother speak to him in this tone.

Thus, after receiving the call from his mother, Zhao Yongjun hurried back home.

When he arrived at the front door of the house, just about to open it, he froze.

He could hear laughter and familiar voices inside the house.

Zhao Yongjun rubbed his temples, thinking he had drunk too much the night before and was not yet sober.

He looked up at the door, checked the house number, which was correct, and the red couplet he had posted for the Chinese New Year was still there.

Pinching his forehead, he suddenly opened the door and stepped inside.

"I’m back," he said loudly.

Then he eagerly turned his head to look towards the dining table.

He saw the family sitting and laughing around the table, especially his sister, who looked up at him with a smile in her eyes.

At that moment, his whole head buzzed, and the world seemed to go silent.

"You’re back..."

His mother seemed to be saying something to him, but he couldn’t hear anything, feeling only a sense of unreality in the whole world.

It was not until his sister stepped forward and pinched his face that he snapped back to reality.

"I’ve been away these days, and you’ve been fighting every day and even got yourself into custody. You’ve really got guts, huh? You cause mom and dad so much worry. You’re all grown up, yet they still have to fret over you..."

"Ow... Ow... Sister, let go... let me go..."

Zhao Yongjun stretched his neck, crying out in pain, but he didn’t dare to fight back.

Zhao Xuyang and Qian Sihui saw them like this and both broke into smiles, as if they had returned to the old times.

"Haven’t eaten yet? Come and have some food..."

"We’ve got your favorite rice noodles and steamed pork ribs..."

"We didn’t know you were coming back today, didn’t buy enough groceries..."

"It’s fine, you all should eat more..."

"Hold your bowl while eating, don’t just stare at your sister..."

...

At this moment, Zhao Yongjun had countless questions in his mind, but every time he wanted to ask, he was interrupted by Zhao Xuyang and his wife.

They even saw the untouched food in Xuerong’s bowl and didn’t find it strange at all – it seemed perfectly normal to them.

This, however, made Xuerong feel somewhat bewildered and uncomfortable.

After lunch, Qian Sihui said, "Old Zhao, no need to wash the dishes right now. Let’s go for a walk in the nearby park. It’s been a long time since our family last walked in the park together."

"Sure."

Zhao Xuyang agreed without hesitation.

So the family quickly got ready and stepped out together.

"When we were young, Dad loved to take us to the park to play."

The park had some simple amusement facilities, a paradise for children.

Zhao Xuyang, always looking for convenience, would bring his siblings here – it was quite worry-free.

Xuerong held onto her mother with one hand and her father with the other, walking between them and chattering nonstop as if she had endless things to tell them.

Zhao Yongjun trailing behind took out his cell phone, wanting to capture the scene.

Then he froze, glancing at his phone, then back at the three people ahead.

On his phone, only his parents appeared, with empty space in the middle – his sister was not in the frame.

Zhao Yongjun swallowed hard, looking up at the blazing sun in the sky. He wasn’t afraid; it was his sister, his sister who loved him the most – why should he be afraid...

He was about to put away his phone but couldn’t help taking another picture.

Looking at the empty space between his parents on the phone, a sense of desolation rose in his heart.

And in that moment, Xuerong turned her head back and called out with a smile, "Xiao Jun, come on, hurry up."

"Oh, okay."

Zhao Yongjun responded and put away his phone, quickly catching up with them.

"Don’t fight with people."

"It was my brother-in-law."

"That’s not ok either."

"And, don’t stay out all day, come home more often to see mom and dad."

"Okay."

"Get a girlfriend, and treat each relationship with care, don’t be a playboy."

"Okay."

"And... and..."

"Sister, you’re kind of nagging."

"What, watch it or I’ll hit you."

"I’m not afraid of you..."

"Why aren’t you afraid of me?"

"Because you’re my sister."

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PS: I owe two Chapters~