Sui Yan tilted her head slightly and glanced at her younger brother sitting beside her, a hint of warmth flickering in her beautiful eyes.
What a silly child.
Xu Mo had no idea that in his sister's eyes, he had become a silly child.
As soon as they reached their destination, Xu Mo dragged Sui Yan to a candy shop.
Sui Yan seemed a little helpless: "Xiao Mo, what's going on?"
Xu Mo smiled with crinkled eyes, pointing at the candy shop, "Sister, they recently started making sugar figurines, and you love eating candy, don't you? Let's buy a lot of candy to take home."
Sui Yan's expression froze, and she stopped in her tracks: "No."
Xu Mo turned around, puzzled: "Hmm?"
Sui Yan's voice was low: "I don't like eating candy."
Xu Mo seemed at a loss: "Sister."
Sui Yan placed her hand on her brother's shoulder, gently ruffling his soft hair: "Let's go buy the medicine I need first, no need to buy candy."
Xu Mo pursed his lips, looking a little dejected: "Alright then."
Sui Yan sighed: "Why the long face?"
She didn't say anything, but once she did, Xu Mo felt even more dejected: "Does sister not like me anymore? You clearly loved eating candy, but now you say you don't like it."
Sui Yan fell silent for a moment, then spoke indifferently: "I used to like eating candy, but not anymore."
Xu Mo seemed bewildered: "Why?"
Sui Yan smiled: "Why does a child ask so many questions?"
She did indeed used to love eating candy, especially when she was feeling down, she needed something sweet to comfort herself.
But later on, she gradually realized that eating candy when she was feeling miserable only made her feel worse.
Because that happiness was never real...
Seeing that his sister didn't seem to want to discuss this topic, Xu Mo reluctantly changed the subject: "Then let's go buy something useful first."
Sui Yan took the initiative to hold Xu Mo's wrist: "Let's go."
They had only taken a few steps when Sui Yan suddenly had a bad premonition.
She frowned and said to Xu Mo: "Xiao Mo, you go wait for me in the mall first, I have something to take care of."
Xu Mo originally intended to obediently listen to his sister, but at that moment, he suddenly remembered the thought he had earlier.
He immediately clung tightly to Sui Yan: "No, are you trying to ditch me here alone?"
Sui Yan tried to pull away the nearly six-foot tall boy: "No, let go first!"
This time, it was Xu Mo's turn to be stubborn: "No, I won't let go!"
Sui Yan couldn't overpower him: "Then don't cling to me like that, move back a bit."
Xu Mo eyed her warily: "If you trick me, I'll throw away that whole box of candy you have."
Sui Yan gave a wry smile: "Oh."
Throw it away then.
This time, Xu Mo didn't trust his sister, so he was extra careful to let go just a little.
Sui Yan couldn't be bothered anymore, and she just dragged Xu Mo around to browse.
As they were walking, they suddenly heard screams from the crowd ahead.
Sui Yan's heart tightened, and she instinctively pulled Xu Mo to turn and run: "Xiao Mo, run quickly."
Xu Mo was a bit bewildered, but he still ran with his sister.
They had just started running when Sui Yan heard the sound of a car behind them.
The scene of the car accident from her previous life flashed before Sui Yan's eyes, and she almost didn't even have time to think before shoving Xu Mo away to safety.
At that moment, she could almost feel the heat from the car's body.
In that split second, countless thoughts raced through Sui Yan's mind.
Her biggest wish was for Xiao Mo, their mother, and Uncle Xu to be healthy and happy forever.
But in the one or two seconds that she was thinking, Sui Yan was forcefully pushed aside by an external force.
At the same time, a violent impact sounded.
Sui Yan's mind went blank, her gaze vacant as she stared at the spreading pool of blood in front of her, mechanically crawling towards the unconscious person.
"Shen Nian!!" Qiao Ze shouted hoarsely as he rushed over.
He had only seen Shen Nian go and buy a few bottles of water, and none of them had expected that such an incident would occur in the short distance she had to walk.
Ye Anning was ice-cold all over, trembling as she dialed 110 and 120, stammering to explain the situation to the person on the other end while running towards the center of the accident.
Sui Yan knelt on the ground, horrified as she looked at the now completely unconscious Shen Nian.
In everyone's impression, Shen Nian had always been a pure, delicate existence, forever smiling and always patient when talking to others.
Not as hot-tempered as Ye Anning, nor as silly as Sui Yan used to be.
But the Shen Nian they saw now was someone none of them had ever seen before - her face was pale to the point of transparency, her entire body covered in her own fresh blood.
Like a delicate porcelain doll, as if the slightest touch would shatter her.
Just moments ago, she had been lively and energetic, but now she lay unconscious in a pool of her own blood.
When Xu Mo pushed through the onlookers and ran over, he was utterly bewildered too.
He only knew that his sister had just pushed him away, but he didn't expect Shen Nian to rush out and shield his sister.
Sui Yan seemed to have frozen completely, staring blankly and in shock at the bloodied, unconscious Shen Nian.
Qiao Ze ran over and fell beside Shen Nian.
He choked back sobs, carefully grasping one of Shen Nian's fingers: "Nian Nian, Nian Nian..."
Even the most skilled doctor cannot operate on their own loved one.
Qiao Ze was in that situation now, his hands trembling so badly that he had to be extremely careful even to touch Shen Nian.
The police and ambulance arrived quickly, and the driver of the car that no one had paid attention to earlier was also apprehended.
The doctors swiftly lifted Shen Nian onto the ambulance, while the police separated to question bystanders for information.
Everyone was forced to accept this cruel reality, except for Sui Yan, who was still sitting dazed in front of that large pool of blood.
She sat motionless, as if she had been scared senseless.
The fifteen-year-old Xu Mo acted like an adult at that moment, refusing offers of help from others and lifting his sister up himself.
But the moment Sui Yan was lifted up, she went completely limp and passed out in Xu Mo's embrace.
"Sister!!"
"Ah Yan!!"
Sui Yu and the others were so shocked that they almost stopped breathing, screaming out loud in their distress.
