invisible brother

Ji Yan is very nervous.

He shredded the potatoes absent-mindedly and almost cut his thumb.

The watching ghost blinked, as if not understanding why he stopped.

Ji Yan turned around and pretended to be holding something, the ghost also moved with him, standing behind him, quietly but with an inexplicable sense of presence.

"..."

Ji Yan took out the bowl from the cupboard, put the cut filaments in it, and added water to prevent it from oxidizing.

He tried his best to ignore the ghost, and kept hypnotizing himself in his mind——

ignore him ignore him ignore him...

After doing this a hundred times, he breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed slightly.

……

How does it feel to eat at the same table with an uninvited guest?

Ji Yan took a sip of the rice, but he didn't know what to eat.After taking a few bites, he couldn't help but look up...that ghost.

He looks too much like Ji Yan in high school.

Even now, the way they are eating... is very resembling.

He couldn't help but took an empty bowl and put it in front of the ghost.

Ji Yan looked at the bowl, then at him, feeling baffled:

"Just two people, what are you doing with three bowls?"

"Put some soup and let it cool down."

Ji Yan subtly added a wooden spoon of pork rib soup to it.

"..."

After half an hour of this birthday dinner, the brothers were speechless.

After a long silence, Ji Yan mentioned the cake in the corner and said:

"Make a wish."

This behavior is actually a bit naive, but Ji Yan did not deny this suggestion.

He unwrapped the delicate ribbon—took two candles, placed them on either side of the center, and lit them.

Ji Yan turned off the lights, so only this small area in the whole room was bright.

Ji Yan sang the birthday song softly, just like in the past - the candlelight illuminated his younger brother's face very warmly, after Ji Yan finished singing the last line, he couldn't help kissing his cheek, and said dotingly:

"Happy birthday."

After kissing Ji Yan, he remembered that they had been... not so close for a long time.

Ji Yan lowered his head slightly, his expression blurred by the candlelight.

Ji Yan wanted to apologize, but only felt a gust of wind pass by——

The candle was blown out.

Without being immersed in the darkness for long, Ji Yan turned on the light in the living room.

Ji Yan frowned, and stood blankly with the cake in his hand, as if he was thinking.

Ji Yan's eyes turned around the room...

It was found that another Ji Yan was missing.