Ye Jin had a very unreliable older sister who would constantly bring home random things she picked up outside.
Though he himself was also something his sister had picked up and brought home.
His sister was incredibly powerful, capable of crushing almost all other monsters.
His sister had a childhood friend, a human with the surname Gu.
Although his sister never admitted to being close to that person.
After being crushed and beaten by his sister for over a thousand years, he finally decided to go out and see the world.
To see what the outside world was like.
Surprisingly, his sister didn't stop him, and even encouraged him to go out and explore.
This made him seriously doubt whether this woman had grown tired of him.
But it didn't matter, because no matter what, his sister would always beat him up under the pretext of training him.
Ye Jin transformed himself into a small wolf cub, then set out from his sister's forest in the misty dawn light.
He wandered aimlessly for a few days, finally stopping to rest in a seemingly ordinary small forest.
But he hadn't been resting long when he saw a tiny, soft, and adorable human cub.
Ye Jin's first thought was actually whether he should eat this little one to fill his stomach.
After all, she was so cute, she must be delicious.
Before Ye Jin could make up his mind, he suddenly noticed a familiar string of prayer beads on the little one's thin wrist.
He unconsciously walked out, approaching the little one's side: "Awoo?"
How do you have my sister's bracelet?
The little one tilted her head, looking at the small wolf in front of her. She excitedly tried to hug the wolf: "Puppy! So cute!"
Ye Jin felt a bit contemptuous of this human cub's intelligence: "Arf! Woof!"
He was a wolf!
The little one didn't care, she hugged Ye Jin and wouldn't let go: "Hehe~ Puppy~"
Ye Jin was a bit angry, but he suddenly felt that this stupid and naive little one was even cuter.
He nuzzled the little one: "Awoo!"
He wanted to follow the little one home, to see what her family was like!
The little one seemed to have no wariness towards strangers at all, she even shared her candy with Ye Jin.
Although Ye Jin didn't like eating candy at all.
But seeing how much the little one treasured her candy, he reluctantly ate one.
The little one looked at the small wolf sticking close to her, and she became a bit conflicted: "Do you want to come with me?"
"Alright then, I'll take you with me, but remember it's you who insisted on following me, not me insisting on taking you away, okay?"
"Can Yan give the puppy a name?"
"How about Ti Zi? Yan loves to eat grapes the most!"
Ye Jin's eyes were full of disdain: "Awoo!"
What an awful name!
The little one couldn't understand what Ye Jin was thinking, she happily hugged Ye Jin and prepared to continue on her way.
Ye Jin had originally wanted to see what kind of human family could raise such an adorable little one.
But he never expected that this journey would lead him to witness the most painful and desperate experience of the little one's life.
The little one's mother passed away...
Ye Jin actually wanted to save the little one's mother, but he wasn't as powerful as his sister, he couldn't save her.
Later, the little one was taken away by her father.
The little one had a stepmother, and Ye Jin knew that many human stepmothers were not good, so he felt a bit uneasy about this naive human cub.
He followed the little one to her father and stepmother's home, where he witnessed them wrongly accusing this innocent and pure child, watched as this carefree little one became silent and gloomy.
However, no matter how the little one changed, she would often whisper things to Ye Jin.
Sometimes it was about a beautiful little bug she found, sometimes about a pretty older girl she saw at school, sometimes...
Ye Jin suddenly realized that he no longer wanted to eat this seemingly delicious human cub at all.
He wanted to protect her, to take her back to his sister's forest, to... be with her forever.
But before he could act, the little one met two men who seemed quite nice.
They were good to his little one, caring for her, making her happy, buying her snacks that children love...
These were among the few people who truly cared for her after her mother's death.
Ye Jin could see that the little one was actually very happy.
So he hesitated, unable to bear the thought of taking the still naive little one to an unfamiliar place.
So Ye Jin waited, thinking... if he could accompany the little one through her entire life, that would be good too.
But he never expected that in the end, she still couldn't go on living.
Ye Jin couldn't describe that feeling... watching the person he loved most die before his eyes, unable to do anything, powerless to change anything.
Finally, his sister came to get him, probably knowing about everything that had happened.
Ye Jin, with reddened eyes, looked at the girl before him: "Sister, please let her live again."
The girl's face was calm. Standing in the snow, wearing a red shirt and holding an exquisite oil-paper umbrella, she said softly: "I can make everything start over, but she won't remember anything you've been through together. Moreover, all of this must be done using your own power."
Ye Jin choked up: "Okay."
So everything started over... All those who had hurt his little one tried to make amends, wanting to give her the best of everything in the world.
But Ye Jin only found it ironic.
In the end, perhaps due to his sister's intervention, that life mysteriously ended early.
Those who had tried to make amends for the little one returned to the past, believing that the new beginning was just their beautiful dream...
Ye Jin didn't care about them, he only cared about his little one.
His sister, still tough on the outside but soft-hearted, had helped him quite a bit all along.
Fortunately, he still found his little one.
Fortunately, his little one loved him too.
Fortunately, they finally ended up together properly.
Fortunately, his little one gave birth to an even smaller little one for him, which gave him immense peace of mind.
His little one, ah, was the person he had loved most for so many years.
In the end, he still wanted to say... his little one was really delicious!
The best in the whole world, his Yan Yan.
-- The End --
