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"Brother, it's so hard."

The girl sitting on the hospital bed was no more than five years old. She was holding a bowl full of black liquid and pinching her nose as she hesitated.

Thirteen-year-old Li Zheyan comforted his sister, "Qingqing, be good. Take the medicine well so you can get better quickly."

"But brother, I've taken so much medicine and I don't want to drink it anymore." Li Yanqing pursed her lips in grievance, tears as big as beans gathered in her eyes and refused to fall.

Li Zheyan took out something wrapped in newspaper from his pocket.

"Qingqing, don't cry. As long as you finish the medicine obediently, brother will give you chestnut cakes, okay?"

"Ok."

Li Yanqing held back her tears, sniffed, and drank the medicine in one gulp.

Seeing this, Li Yanzhe smiled and said, "Qingqing is really amazing."

He opened the wrapper of the chestnut cake.

"This is a reward for Qingqing. Don't tell mom, or Qingqing won't be able to eat it next time."

Li Yanqing took it happily and was about to take a bite, but her round eyes rolled and she broke it into two halves.

"Brother eats it too."

Li Zheyan was slightly startled, "Brother is not hungry, Qingqing, eat."

Seeing that he didn't take it, Li Yanqing put away the other half and said, "Then eat it when you are hungry."

Outside the ward, dark clouds gathered and the sky became gloomy.

"Li Zheyan, I'm going to ask you one last time, do you choose to go with me or with your dad?"

The woman pulled the suitcase in her hand and put the heavy bag on her back at her feet, waiting for the decision of the boy in front of her with a cold expression.

"I......"

Li Zheyan looked at her hesitantly, then turned his head to look at his sister and father beside him.

"Brother...Brother, please don't leave..."

Li Yanqing, who was only five years old, was held by the man with tears in her eyes, her tone full of reluctance and sadness.

As long as I follow my mother, my future life will not be filled with poverty and worries due to illness.

Even if what awaits him is not great wealth and honor, it is better than this abyss with no end in sight.

Li Zheyan lowered his head and remained silent for a long time.

The woman seemed impatient, "Li Zheyan!"

"I want my dad and sister!"

The woman's questioning and the boy's crying and shouting were heard one after another.

The wind quietly took away the woman's traces and engraved the passage of time in the hearts of the three people.

Because his father became disabled due to overwork, Li Zheyan has shouldered the burden of the family since he was a child and worked part-time in various restaurants whenever he had time.

He even wanted to drop out of school at one point, but fortunately his father stopped him.

The three of them managed to hold on and slowly walked until Li Zheyan graduated from high school at the age of eighteen.

As if he felt that he could finally be successfully entrusted to his youngest daughter, Father Li closed his eyes that summer vacation.

From then on, there were only two siblings left in the family.

Although my sister doesn’t get seriously ill like she did when she was a child, she is still weak and suffers from minor illnesses all the time.

The money Li Zheyan earned from his part-time job and his mother's alimony were not enough to support his college tuition and his sister's life.

Five years later, Li Zheyan once again faced a major decision.

Is it my sister or my future?

Once again he sacrificed himself.

He chose his ten-year-old sister without hesitation.

By chance, he embarked on that dangerous path.

If you are not careful, you will be in danger.

-

He had just reached adulthood legally, but he was responsible for another person's life.

Tutor her in study, teach her life skills, prevent her from being bullied, teach her physiological knowledge...

All his efforts were worth it.

My sister is sweet and gentle, has excellent grades, and was admitted to a top university in the country.

But she had to go to school far away, and the brother and sister had fewer opportunities to meet.

Once, I couldn’t get through to her on the phone, so I rushed to the school to find Qingqing without caring about my scar which had not yet healed.

Fortunately, only the phone was lost.

But she cried very sadly.

That was the first time Li Zheyan saw her cry after his father passed away.

I was so sad, as if he were dead.

I even went to work part-time without caring about my health because I felt guilty.

Fortunately, he discovered it early and stopped it in time.

However, the fledglings that he protects under his wings will eventually learn to fly.

She went to a remote area to teach without telling him.

“I want to be strong and independent like my brother,” she said.

"I want to do meaningful things and become a truly valuable person, even if that value is insignificant."

He compromised and just asked her to report safety to him every day.

During these fourteen days, she was noticeably more cheerful.

Her joy can be seen between the lines.

She has truly grown up.

-

"Brother, the kids in the class are so cute. They said they really like my class..."

"Brother, I'm fine, don't worry."

"Today a little girl gave me a red rose. She said that Teacher Li is as beautiful as a rose. If I am a rose, then my brother is a gardener or a tree?"

"A rose is actually a Chinese rose. She described me as a Chinese rose instead of a rose, and I like that. Because I think a Chinese rose is stronger than a rose."

"I really want to eat the chestnut cake you bought, brother."

"Brother, can you change your job in the future?"

"Brother, there is a boy in our class named Jiang Jingshuo. He is more pitiful than me. I have a father and a brother, but he only has a mother who beats and scolds him."

"Brother, don't worry, I'm not sick recently."

"Brother, their Chinese teacher told me that in their essays on 'My Dream', several people wrote about me and said they wanted to teach in remote areas like me when they grow up..."

"My dream when I was little was to become your brother's older brother, so that I could protect you in my turn."

"Actually, now I can protect my brother too."

"The weather has gotten colder recently, so you should wear more clothes, brother."

"Brother, I'm sorry. I gave the pendant you wanted last time to Jiang Jingshuo. He needs it more than I do. Even without the pendant, your life will be safe and happy in the future."

"The teaching mission is over. I will be home today. When will you come back, brother? I really... miss you so much."

……

The message is interrupted later.

However, two days later, Li Yanzhe saw her again in the ward.

Cold and lifeless.

That gentle and lovely sister was lying alone on the bed.

I will never call him "brother" sweetly again.

Tears blur vision.

-

"My brother is not a gardener or a tree, but a rose."

The same rose as Qingqing.