I will protect you

  Facing his mother's stern gaze and painful command, Ye Cai let out a somewhat impatient "tsk" sound and said: "She's like that, she'll be fine after crying..."

  As she spoke, she bent down and stretched out her hand, intending to support her elderly mother back to the room.

  Unexpectedly, her mother, who was over fifty years old, unwillingly pulled back her hand and slapped her buttocks, signaling her to quickly go comfort her younger sister.

  Waist suddenly shrinks and drops down, filial piety and etiquette, frowning and looking annoyed all over his face, Ye Cai is in a dilemma, turning around uncertainly. His heart is so anxious that he can't help but jump up, finally enduring to the limit and shouting at that gloomy and sorrowful corner: "What's the point of crying!?"

  The roar was like a mighty wave, and his sister knelt on the ground, her delicate body trembling slightly, suddenly stiffened.

  Close on its heels, Ye Cai's stern shout was like a thunderclap, "Go up!"

  Ye Xiao's body trembled slightly, then her figure softened and she knelt down on the ground, wailing loudly.

  The loud wailing was getting on everyone's nerves, Ye Cai let out a sound and rushed forward, grabbing her sister's arm and pulling her up. But unexpectedly, her sister resisted with all her might, shook off her hand, and quickly crawled to the corner between the tea cabinet and the wall, turned around, sat down, and silently wept, then lowered her head and sniffled.

  Her sorrowful sobs, like a unique melody, filled the living room with an atmosphere of absolute silence and solemnity.

  Ye Cai's face was gloomy, her teeth clenched in extreme restraint of anger, her mental endurance at its limit as she endured the faint sound of sobbing. Finally, with a disgusted snort, she suddenly raised her chin and asked, "Cry cry cry! What else can you do besides crying? Ah!"

  As if being shocked by the overwhelming sound waves, Ye Xiangxiang's eyes were red and swollen, her whole body trembled with a sudden jolt, then she took a deep breath with difficulty, pursed her lips to hold back tears, making her eyes dull and her body shivering uncontrollably.

  "Ah!"

  Looking at her spoiled and arrogant younger sister's behavior, Ye Cai couldn't help but stomp her foot, almost collapsing.

  "Xiao Cai!" The old mother, who had been holding back her temper all day, finally shouted out loud. Seeing Ye Cai's stiffened body, she suppressed her impatience and turned around, her eyes filled with tears as she said: "Don't be so fierce~"

  Seeing her mother's pitiful pleading expression, a hint of grievance and helplessness flashed in Ye Cai's eyes, intending to argue and explain, but then a hint of desolation floated on her face, and she closed her mouth dejectedly. She took a deep breath, looked around, and suddenly pointed to the corner where Ye Xiao was, asking: "Isn't that so? What's the point of studying well?! I'm just asking, her mother... if she goes on like this, it won't do! In the future, she'll be with..."

  With a hint of hesitation and looking around cautiously, Ye Cai pursed her lips with a face full of disappointment and unwillingness.

  Just as Old Lady was trying her best to get up, Ye Cai was calming down his anger, and Ye Xiao was crying with her head down. At the same time, a small figure ran down from the stairs, it was Xiao Xue who had been watching for a long time and wanted to turn things around. She squatted in front of Ye Xiao, whispered two sentences in her ear, then pulled the stunned person up the stairs at a steady pace.

  Her sister suddenly turned around, with a thoughtful look in her eyes, and met Ye Cai's astonished gaze, then lowered her head in shame and withdrew her line of sight.

  It seems that the storm has subsided, and Mother is no longer anxious. She let out a long sigh and lay down, calling out: "Xiao Cai..."

  Ye Cai was taken aback for a moment, then turned around and trotted over, pursing her lips and putting on a cautious concerned expression once again.

  Mom smiled faintly and said slowly after a moment of silence, "In my room, on the bedside table, there's a box of stomach medicine. Can you help me get it?"

  "Oh." Ye Cai stood up and quickly left after reviewing it in her mind.

  ……

  ……

  The second floor has a kitchen that is almost never used and has little practical significance.

  The door was pushed open and Ye Xiao Xiao pulled Xue into the room with caution, then gently closed the door.

  Turning around, without turning on the light, in the dimly lit environment, two girls were breathing rapidly and tensely, their eyes wide with fear.

  The atmosphere is tense.

  "Yeh, what did you just say?"

  Xiao Xue's face flashed a hint of surprise, as if she had remembered something, and she hung an awkward smile and asked: "You, you didn't hear?"

  "I didn't quite catch that." Ye Xiao Xiao's expression turned gloomy as she shook her head, seemingly unwilling to accept the fact.

  Xiao Xue asked curiously: "You, you want to know so much?"

  "Whatever... Forget it..."

  Ye Xiao smiled wryly to herself, her expression low and melancholy. After a moment of silence, she pushed away Xue's body, which was full of shame, and opened the kitchen door.

  "Huh?"

  Xiao Xue suddenly turned around and saw Ye Xiao's stiff back, she hesitated for a moment, and said with deep meaning: "Actually, your brother, it was all for your own good..."

  She stared blankly for a moment, then suddenly turned her head, raised her chin and sneered: "What do you know? Do you understand 'him'? Who do you think you are?"

  Ye Xiuxiu asked, but saw Xiao Xue forcing a smile and responding perfunctorily. Her eyes suddenly dimmed, and she curled up the corner of her mouth in self-mockery, shaking her head and saying: "Forget it, just think I farted..."

  Xiao Xue couldn't help but feel a little stunned, blankly seeing Ye Xiao Xiao hastily leave, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, and in her heart, she couldn't understand the girl's abnormal behavior.

  She walked back to the door with a distracted mind, and when she came to her senses, she saw Ye Cai already sitting in front of the computer, typing away. She was taken aback for a moment. Ye Cai turned around, his face wearing a calm yet forced smile, gazing at her silently for a moment before saying, "Go take a shower, I've prepared everything for you."

  Xiao Xue, who had been pondering Ye Qianqian's affairs all along, nodded perfunctorily and walked towards the bathroom. Suddenly, she was taken aback, realizing that she might have gotten too deeply involved in Ye Cai's family problems and overstepped her bounds. She couldn't help but smile wryly to herself.

  Xiao Xue walked out of the room with her head down, tying the belt of her bathrobe, and when she looked up, she saw Ye lying back in his computer chair, mouth agape, eyes dull and lifeless, as if he had lost all faith in life.

  She walked away quietly, hesitated for a moment, and said in a warm voice: "Don't think so much, it will all pass."

  Ye Cai blinked her eyes a few times, looking at her in a daze, then a smile of relief floated up, and she jumped up with the momentum, shouting: "Ah ah!"

  Seeing Ye Cai take such an abnormal action, Xiao Xue's face was stunned, her eyes were wooden and flowing, and she sent Ye Cai rushing to the bathroom.

  After taking a bath, Ye Cai's skin was white and rosy, looking like a completely different person. Her big, round eyes sparkled with water, her lips slightly pursed, smiling shyly and purely.

  Xiao Xue was taken aback, but since she had been fortunate enough to witness Ye Cai's explosive volcano mode before, she didn't dare ask. She glanced at the computer screen, where a document with white background and black text was open, and forced a smile as she asked: "How much have you written? Keep writing."

  Ye Cai shrugged and smiled slightly, shaking her head: "What else can I write? I have to accompany you."

  She was taken aback by Ye Cai's sudden flirtatious behavior, and her face immediately turned red. She lowered her head, pouting, and pretended to be nonchalant, saying: "That..."

  Ye Cai placed herself as if she hadn't heard, walking straight to the bedside, kicking off her slippers and climbing onto the bed. She lifted up the quilt and flipped over, wrapping herself in it, then stuck out a pair of round, shiny eyes that blinked at Xiao Xue who was standing stiffly by the bed, saying: "Come on up."

  Xiao Xue took off her sleeping gown and knelt down on the edge of the bed with a red neck, not daring to move.

  Yecha, with a sly and evil grin on his face, lifted the quilt and took advantage of the situation to hug little Lori into his arms, causing her to let out a cry of surprise as they became entangled together.

  The former wore a candy-patterned pajama, pursing her lips and humming a bad smile; the latter was naked, with his head down, his face flushed red, and he was so embarrassed and tense that he could hardly breathe.

  Ye Cai's heart was overjoyed, the pent-up passion of half a day suddenly bursting forth. He slid down, holding onto Xiao Xue's small buttocks to restrict her movements. He leaned in close, his plump and delicate lips slightly parted as he kissed her. Xiao Xue's teeth were closed tight, leaving no gap for attack. Ye Cai inserted his middle finger into the deep valley, and the defense line immediately collapsed. He indulged in sucking and savoring the soft and fragrant tongue of his opponent, while slowly and gently twisting his waist between his legs...

  ……

  Xiao Xue lay motionless on the bed, her eyes filled with bewilderment and astonishment.

  Ye Cai lay on her side, facing Xiao Xue, with a bright red palm print on half of her face. Her eyes were dim and lost, and there was a hint of an apologetic smile at the corner of her mouth.

  Xiao Xue pursed her lips tightly, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then said expressionlessly: "You're perverted, right? Do you know how disgusting that is?"

  Ye Cai wanted to speak but hesitated, her expression weak and timid, saying: "I... I was wrong..."

  Suddenly, a gust of wind swept through, and Xiao Xue sat up, glaring at Ye Cai with anger, panting heavily. After a moment of silence, she said: "You think it's funny, don't you? What kind of attitude is this? Ah? You think I'm humiliated? You think I was raped by you? I only feel disgusted, disgusting! Disgusting, do you know?! Ah? Why are you crying? Did I say something wrong? A perfectly fine girl, and she wants to sleep with a woman? Are you sick? Is your brain damaged?"

  ……

  In the back, through the gap in the door, a petite girl with her upper body exposed can be seen sitting on the bed, constantly asking questions towards the direction of the obscured figure, but the room is still filled with an atmosphere of loss, grievance and darkness, just like the reflection of the person's heart whose figure cannot be seen.

  Squeak

  Her expressionless sister pushed open the door and walked slowly like a zombie, walking to the front, Xiao Xue seemed to have noticed something and turned her head back, and was slapped hard.

  Sister tilted her head and said woodenly: "I've told you that you don't understand, but you just won't believe..."

  Xiao Xue, with her head hung low and her face hidden, suddenly let out a cold hum of laughter, casting a mocking glance at Ye Cai and Ye Xiao Xiao, before flipping over and getting out of bed, grabbing her sleeping robe, her body stiffening for a moment, then storming into the bathroom.

  Ye Xiao gazed at Ye Cai, whose expression was gloomy and filled with remorse. In his empty eyes, a hint of tenderness and infatuation gradually emerged.

  Before long, Xiao Xue, who had put on the clothes she had just changed out of in the bathroom, came slowly with a cold face and threw down a sentence "The whole family is mentally ill" and left decisively.

  She sat up, her eyes nervously scanning the distance as she watched the elementary school student's back disappear from view. The moment the door slammed shut behind him, her eyes lost their luster, as if she had lost all vitality. She twisted her waist and collapsed onto the bed.

  Seeing this, Ye Xiangxang's expression was wooden as he climbed onto the bed, squeezed into the quilt, and hugged Ye Cai, rubbing against him. His eyes were empty and hollow as he said softly: "Ge, if you want to cry, go ahead and cry. I won't be like before anymore. I'll protect you and won't let anyone hurt you..."

  "Hmm..."

  Ye Cai's mouth opened and she choked back a few sobs, tears welling up in her eyes...

  ……

  Xiao Xue walked to the entrance, her anger dissipating somewhat, but her face still showed a few degrees of residual rage. She grasped the door handle several times, unable to turn it, and stood there at a loss for what to do.

  Suddenly, from behind came the sound of tired, sluggish and weak footsteps dragging on the floor, as if dying.

  "Little girl, come and chat with Auntie?"

  Her voice was very soft, her tone very weak, yet still conveyed a hint of pleading. Xue Xiao stood with his back to the other person, hesitated for a moment, pursed his lips tightly, and then nodded reluctantly.

  The footsteps stopped right next to her, and then, Xiao Xue's shoulders were gently wrapped around, she raised her eyes, only to see a pale, tired but warm smile.

  For some reason, she felt a sense of unease and hastily withdrew her gaze, following the other person's slow footsteps into the room.

  They sat side by side on the bed, Auntie gazing at her with a gentle gaze, she lowered her eyes, lost in thought.

  He Xiaoyun smiled and said: "What do you think? Do you think... she's a psycho?"

  Xiao Xue was stunned for a moment, then pouted and nodded slightly.

  He Xiaoyun smiled and said: "That's not unreasonable, Auntie still likes you quite a bit. If you had accepted her like that just now, I would have been worried instead..."

  Xiao Xue didn't understand, raised her eyes to look at Auntie, seemed to be worried about something and then lowered her head again.

  "Hmm... have you ever heard a story like this?" Auntie said.

  Xiao Xue muttered to herself, secretly complaining.

  "There was a pair of siblings, the sister had always secretly liked her brother who had a strong sense of justice. But the brother avoided her, thinking it was shameful and incestuous, he didn't want to hurt her, so he quietly distanced himself from his sister, but he was also very painful. The brother was someone who was used to hiding his feelings, he never mentioned this to his family, instead, he endured it alone, but sometimes, escaping and tolerating was not a solution to the problem, when he reached his limit, he would self-harm, vent, even hit her, scold her, hoping to destroy his image in his sister's heart. However, the sister still liked him... That's how this pair of siblings were. Later on, the brother who had been suffering, made a sincere wish under the moonlight, wishing he could become a girl..."

  Xiao Xue's eyes welled up with tears as she lifted her face, staring at Auntie in shock and astonishment. Auntie nodded tearfully, choking back sobs: "That older brother... is Ye Cai..."

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