After her luck was taken away, she fell in love with the woman who traveled through time.

"Okay, you're not wrong, right? Then why are you still standing here as if you're admitting your mistake? Go back to your room."

After saying that, she turned and left, and Cui Ling immediately grabbed her wrist.

Liang Tan was unhappy: "Anything else?"

"Have you looked at the painting I gave you carefully?" Cui Ling looked at her eagerly.

Liang Tan frowned: "Why, you want to go back?"

"I'm not……"

"It's in the study, you can take it if you want." Liang Tan said without thinking.

Cui Ling was completely stunned, staring at her blankly as if she had been deeply hurt.

Liang Tan felt inexplicably guilty when he looked at her, but she was still determined to brush his hand away: "Why are you looking at me like that? Don't you want to leave? I can't promise you..."

However, as soon as the hand that was not caught was placed on his wrist, a small raindrop fell on her palm.

Liang Tan was stunned for a moment, and when he looked up, he saw him crying silently.

"Why are you crying?" Liang Tan's throat was dry.

Cui Ling said nothing, just watched her cry.

"...You ran back without saying a word, making your master worry for so long, and you feel wronged when I say a few words to you?" Liang Tan looked at his tears and was not so confident to speak.

"I'm not wrong." Cui Ling repeated these three words stubbornly.

When Liang Tan heard that he still believed that he was right, a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes. When he was about to say something, he suddenly said: "I just... like my sister."

Liang Tan was stunned.

"I'm not wrong..." he kept repeating.

Liang Tan was stunned for a long time before he realized, "You keep saying you're not wrong... are you referring to this?"

Cui Ling had tears in her eyes and looked at her silently.

Liang Tan pursed his lips and spoke as calmly as possible: "I'm not talking about this matter, but about you running back without saying anything. Do you think it's right to hide it from me and Wu Chang?"

"No, I'm sorry," Cui Ling admitted his mistake quickly this time, "I won't do it again."

He lowered his head too quickly, and Liang Tan's words of instruction got stuck in his throat. He couldn't swallow them or spit them out, and could only look at him in silence.

The two looked at each other quietly, and even the air became silent.

After an unknown amount of time, Cui Ling choked up and said, "You... don't want me anymore?"

"...Why do you say that?" Liang Tan perked up.

“You don’t want to video chat with me, and you don’t want my paintings,” Cui Ling’s eyes became redder as he spoke. “I know that day was not a dream, and you have already discovered it, so you don’t want me anymore.”

This was probably the longest speech he had ever said.

His words put Liang Tan in a dilemma again. She hesitated for a long time and finally sighed: "I don't know how to face it."

Cui Ling's grip on her hand suddenly tightened.

"In my eyes, you are still a child, and children's judgments are inaccurate," Liang Tan said, and then he was silent. "I'm afraid you will regret it, do you understand?"

"I don't regret it." Cui Ling said eagerly.

Liang Tan just laughed and didn't respond to his words.

"Sister, please don't leave me." Cui Ling pleaded in a low voice.

Liang Tan felt sad: "I didn't abandon you. You will always be my family."

"Just family members?" Cui Ling asked again.

Liang Tan didn't know how to answer his question. After struggling for a long time, he just said vaguely: "We can talk about other things when you grow up a little bit."

"How big do you want it to be?" Cui Ling asked.

Liang Tan hesitated: "Well... at least he is 20 years old and can live independently." After thinking it over, she gave up taking him to see a psychiatrist.

He is doing fine now and has come out of his original closed state. She doesn't have the heart to remind him of his past again.

Cui Ling suddenly opened his eyes wide: "I am nineteen years old now."

"Yeah." Liang Tan smiled.

"You'll be twenty years old in three months." Cui Ling reminded again.

"...Don't give me that. According to your birthday, there are still at least ten months left." Liang Tan crossed his arms.

Cui Ling smiled suddenly, revealing a row of neat little white teeth: "Ten months goes by very quickly. I've already been abroad for ten months this time."

Just get through the same days again.

He smiled frankly and innocently. Liang Tan felt guilty for kidnapping a child. After thinking for a long time, he added, "In these ten months, you should make more friends, get to know more people, and expand your social circle... Of course, just choose the social circle you like, don't force yourself."

"Okay." Cui Ling nodded.

"Don't video chat with me every day," Liang Tan said. Seeing that he was stunned, he had to add, "Otherwise, how can I judge whether you are independent?"

"How about the next day?" Cui Ling was conflicted.

Liang Tan smiled and said, "Once a week." Only by staying away from her can he reduce his dependence and know his own heart better.

Cui Ling was reluctant, but seeing that she insisted, he had no choice but to agree.

"Stamp." He leaned over and kissed her on the cheek, then turned and ran away as if he was afraid that she would be angry.

Liang Tan was stunned for a moment, and when she came to her senses, he had almost run to the room. She immediately reminded him unhappily: "Don't forget to apologize to your master!"

"Okay!" The young man was in high spirits, completely losing his previous pitiful look.

Cui Ling had returned, so Liang Tan simply asked him to stay for two more days, and then he called Wu Chang and asked for leave.

Just ten minutes after the call, Cui Ling came running over excitedly, looking at her with sparkling eyes. Liang Tan glanced at him unhappily: "What for?"

"I can stay." Cui Ling said, revealing her little white teeth.

Liang Tan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "This is your home, of course you can stay."

"I'm leaving on the 10th, and I'll be on holiday on the 9th of next month," Cui Ling counted on his fingers, "When I leave, I'll be back in a month."

"It seems that you have learned a lot this year and now you can do addition and subtraction." Liang Tan raised his eyebrows.

Cui Ling didn't realize she was joking and happily opened his arms to hug her: "Thank you, sister."

"Don't touch me anymore in the future." Liang Tan pushed him away with a warning.

Cui Ling nodded obediently: "I know, I have to wait until I'm twenty."

Liang Tan glanced at him and turned back to his room.

"Good night, sister." He took the initiative to speak while standing at the door.

Liang Tan pretended not to hear it, but Cui Ling was very happy even so. He watched her enter the room and helped close the door before turning around and going back to his own room.

Lying in his own bed after a long time, the familiar feeling made all the feelings of wandering in the past year disappear without a trace. He rubbed the quilt contentedly, hugged the pillow tightly and closed his eyes.

He stayed at home for nearly a week before Liang Tan reluctantly sent him to the airport. Before parting, he held Liang Tan's hand and refused to let go. How happy he was when he stayed, how sad he was at this moment.

"I'll be back next month, don't be unhappy."

Liang Tan had no choice but to persuade him. She now suspected that he had separation anxiety, otherwise why would he have to go through so much trouble every time they were apart.

Cui Ling looked at her with red eyes and refused to let go.

Liang Tan tried to persuade them for a long time, but to no avail. Seeing that the voice announcement for boarding had already sounded, she could only harden her heart and ask, "What did we say before?"

"...Be obedient." Cui Ling said reluctantly.

Liang Tan raised his eyebrows: "What else?"

"You should make more friends, be independent, and act like an adult," Cui Ling said, but she refused to say anything more. However, seeing Liang Tan staring at her, she could only say the remaining few things, "You should not be too dependent on your sister, you should not always cling to her, and you should have your own life."

"Aren't you all remembered?" Liang Tan was very pleased.

Cui Ling pursed her lips: "But my sister is the only one in my life."

This sentence, coupled with his sincere and sad eyes, was like a small arrow that shot Liang Tan's heart. Liang Tan was dazed for a second, and then quickly regained his composure: "Okay, then don't go."

Cui Ling's eyes lit up.

"Stay and be my younger brother forever." Liang Tan added.

Cui Ling let go of her hand instantly: "No."

"Why not?" Liang Tan crossed his arms and looked at the scheming boy in front of him, "Didn't you say that I am the only one in life?"

“…Not anymore.” Cui Ling said and turned away.

Liang Tan looked at his fleeing back and couldn't help laughing.

She found a random corner at the airport and sat down until Cui Ling's plane took off safely.

Perhaps it was because the thought of 'being a younger brother for life' was too terrifying. After Cui Ling left, he only sent her a message to report safety when he arrived at the villa. He was quiet for the next three days. Liang Tan, on the other hand, began to feel uncomfortable. She would check her phone from time to time and even bring it with her to meetings, for fear that she would miss his messages.

"You've been staring at your phone lately. Is there something wrong?" After she had been in this state for several days in a row, the housekeeper couldn't help but ask.

Liang Tan paused and laughed: "It's okay."

"Then..." The butler looked at her hesitantly.

Liang Tan shook his head: "It's just that I suddenly realized that it seems that I should stop breastfeeding."

The housekeeper didn't understand, and Liang Tan didn't intend to explain. He put down his phone and started working.

She was not feeling well here, and Cui Ling was the same on the other side of the ocean. Sometimes she would even get distracted when creating. Every time Wu Chang saw this, he felt sad that such a talented painter was just a love-brained person.

The love-brained man only did two things every day: looking at his phone and creating. After not contacting Liang Tan for a week, at the beginning of the second week, as soon as the time on his phone jumped to midnight, he couldn't wait to make a video call to Liang Tan.

When Liang Tan saw the long-awaited call, he was stunned at first. He didn't even start the meeting and went straight back to his office. He talked with him for nearly an hour before it ended. The consequence of this was that someone was so happy that he couldn't sleep and was in a bad state for the whole day, while someone else was talked about by the company, and everyone was discussing why she ran back to the office after an hour in the meeting.

The two parties continued to live their lives and waited together for the next call.

After a month of awkwardness, Cui Ling's first winter vacation finally arrived.

Maybe it was because they had only talked four times this month, Liang Tan felt as if they were in another world when they met again even though they had only been apart for thirty days. Cui Ling must have felt the same way, otherwise he wouldn't have dropped all his luggage and rushed over to her like a happy little cannonball the moment he saw her.

Liang Tan was so scared that he stepped back quickly, but was still hit hard by him. Fortunately, he was pulled into his arms the moment his body leaned back, so no tragedy occurred.

"Why are you becoming more and more ignorant of the seriousness of the matter?" Liang Tan had a headache.

Cui Ling smiled and stretched his head in front of her. Liang Tan rubbed it in disgust, but there was a smile in his eyes.

On the way home, Cui Ling talked a lot more than usual, and kept talking to her about his recent creations and ideas. Liang Tan didn't understand some of the technical terms, but she still listened attentively.

When they were almost home, Cui Ling finally calmed down a bit. Liang Tan directly handed him the thermos cup in the groove: "Moisten your throat."

Cui Ling obediently took it and took a sip.

After a while, he suddenly said, "Sister, I will go to school next year."

Liang Tan was stunned: "...When did you make the decision?"

"I went for an interview two days ago, and I just received the notification yesterday," Cui Ling shared the good news with her seriously, "I didn't let my master tell you, I told you myself."

Liang Tan nodded silently, and waited until the car drove into the yard before turning to look at him: "Did Wu Chang help you pass the interview?"

"No, I prepared it myself." A hint of pride flashed in Cui Ling's eyes.

Only then did Liang Tan smile.

Both she and Wu Chang have the ability to easily send him to a good university. The reason they never did so was because when Cui Ling first went abroad, the two discussed it and gave up.

Cui Ling was too closed at the time and couldn't communicate with others at all. Sending him to university to receive education might make his condition worse, so they finally chose to educate him at home.

And now Cui Ling herself has passed the interview.

This means that he not only has the abilities that the interviewer is optimistic about, but also has a living ability that is recognized by outsiders. Liang Tan is naturally happy for him.

"Sister, I will get better and better." Cui Ling promised.

Liang Tan pinched the back of his neck with a smile.

Soft fingers with body temperature pressed against her skin. Cui Ling shrank her shoulders and her cheeks began to turn red.

Because she had to report to school after the Chinese New Year, she had a lot of things to do during this winter vacation. Fortunately, Liang Tan was always by her side no matter what she did, so Cui Ling still had a happy winter vacation.

Happy times always end quickly. By the time Cui Ling had prepared all the materials, the vacation was over.

We separated again, and he refused to leave with red eyes again. It seemed that he would never learn how to leave gracefully, and every time he left, he would make a silent noise for a long time.

Fortunately, Liang Tan was used to it. This time, she only took half an hour to coax and trick her into the plane. When she returned home alone, the housekeeper was surprised: "So fast this time? Has Master Cui grown up?"

"…It's not that he has grown up, it's that I have matured." Liang Tan sighed with vicissitudes of life.

After the Chinese New Year, she will be thirty years old.

In reality, she was just twenty-one or twenty-two, still a long way from thirty. At that time, she found it hard to imagine what she would be like at thirty, and she was panicked about her age. But when she really turned thirty... she was in good health and had tight skin, so it seemed that there was nothing to be afraid of. She just didn't know if she would be very different from Cui Ling at thirty when she was forty.

Liang Tan stared at the mirror for a long time, imagining himself when he was old and Cui Ling when he was in his prime, and suddenly he felt very excited.

Yes, it's cool. When I take Cui Ling out, even if I'm wearing a three-hundred-dollar sportswear, people will probably think it's too expensive... No wonder those forty-year-old belly-bodies always want to find a wife in her twenties. It turns out that in addition to true love and lust for beauty, there is also a symbol of power.