The actress is reborn and is chasing after her husband.

As she fell asleep at night, Shu Xiangyu no longer draped half her body over Momo as usual. She could only turn to the other side, because Momo was injured and might accidentally press down on her again.

Who knew that in the middle of the night, those uncontrollable long arms and legs would still habitually reach out and rest on it.

Shermling didn't say anything, but simply placed her hand on his abdomen to ease the pain.

Knowing that her sister would be leaving for Haishi soon, leaving her all alone, she wanted to stay close to her in the remaining time and couldn't bear to be separated from her even for a moment.

In the following days, with the help of Yang Ma's nutritious diet and without much exercise, Xi Molin visibly gained a few pounds, making her look less thin and frail.

The gauze wrapped around his head was removed, leaving only a small piece of gauze on his forehead.

It was past four in the afternoon, and the sun outside was still scorching hot.

When her close neighbors came over, Yang Yufen went to the kitchen and cut up a large bowl of watermelon, which she then brought to the living room. Everyone watched TV, ate, and chatted.

Shu Xiangyu and Xi Molin stayed upstairs after waking up from their afternoon nap in the bedroom.

"MoMo, are you bored?"

Shu Xiangyu chatted with her classmates online, glancing occasionally at the wooden figure lying on the bed.

"Thankfully, it's not boring..."

Enjoying the cool air conditioning, Schimerlin hugged the teddy bear and turned to look at her.

Shu Xiangyu glanced casually at the bookshelf, then turned to her and asked, "Would you like to listen to a book? I'll read it to you."

Schimerlin smiled and replied softly, "Yes, I'd like to hear."

Shu Xiangyu then logged off QQ, got up, and walked to the bookshelf to pick out books: "What should we read? Let me see what's suitable for you to listen to..."

Ultimately, she chose the works of Brazilian author Paulo Coelho from among many books.

She placed a chair beside the bed, sat down, and opened the book's introduction.

"This book is called *The Alchemist*, published in 1988. It's a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho… I'll try to read it clearly and slowly, so you can imagine the scenes described in the book…"

"it is good…"

Schimerlin turned completely over to face her.

Shu Xiangyu cleared her throat, then began to read softly and lyrically in standard Mandarin: "The boy's name was Saint James. At sunset, he led a flock of sheep to an abandoned church..."

At this moment, the incessant chirping of cicadas came from outside the window. The sunlight filtering through the glass had already blocked out the scorching temperature. Shu Xiangyu, wearing a pure white T-shirt and with her long, flowing hair loose, spoke in a light and gentle voice that seemed to transport Xi Molin into the protagonist's story.

But gradually, her attention began to wander.

She gazed intently at her sister's profile, her slightly lowered, dark eyes and eyelashes, her beautifully arched nose, her long, sensual neck, her elegant and graceful figure, her slender fingers holding a book. This exquisitely beautiful and gentle woman was earnestly reading aloud to herself, word by word.

For some reason, even though Ximerlin was lying quietly and doing nothing, he felt a tingling, itchy sensation spreading from his heart to his whole body, rippling outwards.

She liked this strange, hazy feeling; it made her feel relaxed and comfortable, and her thoughts drifted along with it…

At that moment, the sound of pages turning broke her concentration, and she realized that she had drifted off into thought.

Shu Xiangyu kept glancing at her reaction out of the corner of his eye, then suddenly asked her softly, "Mo Mo, can you understand?"

Xi Molin looked up and met her gaze, staring blankly for a moment before feeling somewhat guilty: "I...I can understand."

Shu Xiangyu closed the book slightly and asked her again, "Can you really understand it?"

She could tell that she was clearly somewhat detached.

Schimerlin lowered his head awkwardly and mumbled, "I don't quite understand..."

"In that case, you should read it yourself when you have time. The book itself is not profound, it just has a lot of scenes, but the content is worth thinking about. You may get some unexpected inspiration from reading it."

Shu Xiangyu patted her head, his smile still gentle and warm.

Seeing her sit back down at the computer, Xi Molin's thoughts sank slightly: "Sister, am I... stupid?"

She grew up in the countryside and hardly read any books other than those provided by the school.

Even after they arrived at the orphanage, which had a small library, she and the other children had little interest in reading it, so they naturally had little access to foreign literary works.

Shu Xiangyu shut down the computer, got up and sat on the edge of the bed, looking puzzled: "Why do you say that?"

Xi Molin lowered his eyes: "You and Brother Xiangjun are both so outstanding. You are not only proficient in computers, but you have also read many profound books and know many things that I don't understand. But I... don't understand anything."

In the past, in my hometown, children were raised in a free-range manner. Apart from the knowledge in textbooks, the only way they could access the outside world was through the television.

Therefore, the difference is now obvious. It seems that inferiority and sensitivity are deeply ingrained in her, but she hides them very well.

Shu Xiangyu lowered her eyes in thought. After a while, she looked at her again and asked, "Mo Mo, do you believe that learning can change the future?"

Schimerlin met her gaze again, his eyes deep and unfathomable: "I don't know..."

"Then let me tell you a story you can understand..."

As she spoke, she took off her slippers, lay down casually on the edge of the bed, and snuggled up to her.

"Once upon a time, there was a boy. He was the second oldest of five children. His family lived in a remote mountain village in the 1970s and 80s. In those days, let alone going to school, they couldn't even get enough to eat. Seeing that his children were all thin and pale from hunger, his parents could only send the eldest and second eldest sons to work in a brick kiln to earn some money to help support the family."

“At first it was okay, but as time went on, they were exhausted and the food they ate every day was very poor. One time, the eldest brother was in a daze while carrying bricks and accidentally fell into the brick kiln, hitting his head on the ground and bleeding a lot. By the time he was finally taken to the hospital, he died not long after because the rescue was not timely.”

"This was an unimaginable blow to the boy and his family. Later, the brick kiln owner, ostensibly to compensate them, introduced the boy to an unknown school in Henan, with the tuition paid by him. The boy didn't want to go, but his parents felt that this was an opportunity his brother had risked his life for, and they had to go no matter what."

"When the boy arrived at the school, he found out that he was learning martial arts and that he didn't have to pay any fees. Although his academic performance was poor, he was physically stronger than the average person. He cherished this learning opportunity and worked very hard. Soon he stood out in the school, represented the school in many martial arts competitions, and won many championships."

"The boy's homeroom teacher was a retired soldier. He privately suggested that the boy could choose to join the army and become a soldier in the future. This way, he would have a guaranteed job and be able to improve his family's life. However, the premise was that his academic performance had to be improved, otherwise he would not go far in the army. The boy silently kept this in mind. In addition to continuing to practice martial arts, he also had to memorize the knowledge he was not good at. When he was nineteen years old, the Armed Police Force came to the school to recruit people. He lived up to expectations and was successfully selected. To this day, he has not only settled down in the army and changed his own destiny, but also greatly improved his family's poor life... And this person, I don't need to say, you can probably guess who it is."

“I know, it’s Rong’s dad.”

As Xi Molin listened to her recount Rong's father's experiences as a teenager, he finally understood why Rong had felt pity and adopted him.

They also encouraged her to study and practice Taekwondo, all in preparation for her future, not to make her life more tiring than other children for no reason.

"These things may be too abstract for you, but they are things that your father has truly experienced and achieved. He cherished that hard-won opportunity and understood that in addition to mastering skills, one must also have education as a foundation, otherwise one will be ruthlessly eliminated. You are still young, so don't feel inferior because you know too little. You have many more opportunities to learn. As long as you don't give up, you can achieve whatever you want to do in the future."

Shu Xiangyu spoke with conviction. She knew that hard training was only the foundation, and it was even more important to seize opportunities that were easily lost. Both were indispensable.

"Yes, I know."

Schimerling echoed this sentiment.

Shu Xiangyu turned to face her, his eyes seemingly filled with endless light: "Silly blockhead, many things are not just about understanding; you need to experience them yourself. Only in this way can you truly know what you need and then strive for it. The process will definitely be agonizing and tedious, but as long as you can realize your ideals, it will all be worth it."

The voice lingered in my ears,

But faced with her sudden close approach, Schimerlin immediately became nervous.

She blinked, swallowed hard, and stammered in response to her encouragement: "I... will, I will... study hard so that I won't... feel inferior anymore."

This silly, adorable blockhead is just so cute.

Shu Xiangyu reached out and cupped her flushed face, a smile playing on his lips as he gazed at her tenderly: "I believe in you. You can do it, and you'll do even better."

These words were like a shot of adrenaline to Schimmelin, instantly dispelling most of her long-standing feelings of inferiority.

"elder sister…"

"Um…"

"You look so good."

Shu Xiangyu's eyebrows and eyes were like a galaxy filled with stars, and her smile became even more radiant.

"My silly little blockhead is also very cute, my older sister likes him very much..."

As she spoke, she pressed her forehead against hers, breathing in her cool, fragrant breath.

Shermerlin felt her heart pounding with nervousness. She had never been so close to anyone before. Perhaps it was normal for sisters to be like this, and she shouldn't overthink it.

But this feeling was so strange that she both wanted to escape it and liked it very much.