Chapter 16
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Chapter 16: Sister: Brother, We Can Never Be Separated!
The memory images in the light screen suddenly accelerated, as if in a montage.
Scenes of Gu Ran and his sister spending time together flashed by continuously, including warm moments like the two of them watching educational videos, as well as touching moments like Gu Ran anxiously taking his sister to the doctor when she was sick with a fever.
Gu Ran poured immense love and care into his adopted sister, who shared no blood relation with him.
Anyone could see that he truly regarded her as his closest family.
The once-infant slowly grew up, learning to speak, walk, and understand many written words.
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“Damn it, if that baby girl was really Qingqing, then didn’t that mean he had seen Qingqing’s entire body? And they even bathed together, slept together…” Lin Fan suddenly thought of this and felt as though he had been wearing a green hat.
His expression became somewhat grim, but after glancing at the others and seeing that no one else seemed to care about this point, he found it hard to express his anger. After all, they were both just children at the time. If he showed that he minded, wouldn’t that make him appear lecherous, like a lustful person?
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As Gu Qingqing grew, a delicate and exquisite little girl gradually took shape, clearly visible to everyone.
Upon seeing the appearance of the little girl, everyone fell into silence before immediately starting to discuss.
Even though she was only a five or six-year-old girl, one could already see a glimpse of the future unparalleled beauty of Gu Qingqing.
“That little girl looks like Lady Gu Qingqing. It seems she really is Lady Gu Qingqing as a child. So many coincidences, it can’t be wrong, can it?”
“This is puzzling. Since Lady Gu Qingqing isn’t the tyrant’s biological sister, could it be that the tyrant isn’t studying the fusion of the ability crystal core, but is instead, as Principal Xue said, conducting research for some unspeakable purpose?”
“Considering this, I’m even more scared. The tyrant’s strength is already among the world’s strongest. If he can further enhance his power or influence through research, who could possibly stand against him? We’ll probably be killed before we even reach the Meteorite Tower.”
“The tyrant is too terrifying. Fortunately, we managed to breach the Meteorite Tower before his schemes could succeed and suppress him. As long as he is completely eliminated, we won’t have to worry about his schemes anymore.”
The discussion among the crowd made Lin Fan’s expression even grimmer. By now, even he couldn’t deny that the little girl was indeed Gu Qingqing.
Wasn’t Qingqing taken advantage of by that tyrant? He had suffered a loss!
Although they were still children at the time, the jealousy Lin Fan felt made him wish he could immediately eliminate Gu Ran. Unfortunately, although the triangular crystal cone was his treasured weapon, he could not control it very well. He could only let it complete the task of elimination on its own once deployed.
However, the close relationship with Gu Qingqing was something Lin Fan imagined; Gu Qingqing had never been close to him and had only agreed to join him in dealing with Gu Ran.
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In the light screen, Gu Ran and his sister were having dinner.
“Qingqing, are you feeling lonely?” Gu Ran placed a piece of braised pork into his sister’s bowl.
Gu Qingqing took a bite with a look of disgust, initially planning to spit it out, but seeing Gu Ran’s gaze, she grudgingly swallowed it.
Though she didn’t like braised pork, she didn’t want to disappoint her brother.
“I’m not lonely. I have my brother with me.” After swallowing the pork, Gu Qingqing blinked her large eyes and looked at Gu Ran curiously.
Gu Ran pondered for a moment and said, “Don’t you want to make some friends? You’re at an age where you should be making friends.”
Gu Qingqing tilted her head and asked, “Friends? Is it the kind of relationship where you share good things and play together, as mentioned in the videos?”
To simplify things, Gu Ran had bought many prenatal and early childhood education courses for his sister. For years, she had lived with him and had never had friends, so her concept of friendship was not very deep.
Gu Ran nodded. “Yes, that’s the kind of relationship. Don’t you want to make friends? You could play happily together.”
Gu Qingqing shook her head. “No, no, no, I don’t need friends. I only need my brother. I don’t want friends.”
Gu Ran asked, “Why not? Children your age already have many friends. Why don’t you want to make friends? Your brother can’t always be by your side, you know.”
The young sister lowered her head and started to sob quietly. “Does it mean my brother doesn’t want me anymore?”
Gu Ran was somewhat flustered. His sister was a sensible child who never threw tantrums, and he hadn’t expected his question to make her cry.
He hurriedly held his sister, speaking gently, “Of course not. How could I not want you? If I didn’t want you, where would I find such a well-behaved, sensible, and lovely sister?”
The sister nestled into her brother’s embrace and muttered, “Then why did you say you couldn’t always be by my side? Isn’t that the same as not wanting your sister? Do you have another sister outside?”
Gu Ran was both amused and helpless. Was she feeling jealous?
He gently patted his sister’s back. “That’s not true. You are my only sister. Unless I’m dead, I will never leave you alone.”
“Then make a pinky promise with me. Those who lie will turn into little dogs,” the sister looked up at her brother seriously.
“Okay, let’s make a pinky promise,” Gu Ran said with a smile.
“Pinky promise, hanging for a hundred years, no changes allowed. Whoever changes will be a little dog!”
Under the nighttime lights, the brother and sister hooked their pinky fingers together, making a vow to never be separated.
In the water prison outside the light screen.
Gu Qingqing saw the moment when her brother and sister made their serious pinky promise, and tears flowed uncontrollably again.
She remembered!
She remembered that moment!
She had indeed made a vow with her brother to never be apart.
“But you ultimately broke your promise. For your own life, you abandoned me.” Gu Qingqing bit her lip, a trace of blood seeping out, but she didn’t notice it at all.
“Why? Why? My teacher is one of the world’s most powerful ability users, she could easily protect us both. Why did you leave me?”
“Why did you leave your sworn sister who wish forever not to be separated from you!?”
Gu Qingqing wanted to rush in front of him and question him loudly.
If he hadn’t abandoned her, he would have grown into an upright person under the same teacher’s guidance, and surely wouldn’t have gone astray. After all, he was originally a kind person who would give his life for an adopted sister.
She desperately tried to recall the situation when she met her teacher, hoping to find a clue in her memory.
But after much effort, she couldn’t recall anything from that time and felt an instinctive resistance to remembering it.
That resistance was fear.