Going home for Chinese New Year, I squeezed onto a bus with three energetic young women.

inside the house.

Lin Xiaoshuang was holding her phone, turning on the special effects, and using the rear camera to take pictures of the old lady.

The elderly woman, unaware that she had been transformed into a bunny girl under her granddaughter's clutches, couldn't stop smiling.

"Granddaughter, is Grandma really as beautiful as you say?"

After taking the picture, Lin Xiaoshuang suppressed a laugh and somewhat evasively put away her phone.

"Of course it looks good."

"However, Grandma can only open the photo album and look at it after I'm gone..."

After speaking, Lin Xiaoshuang coughed twice:

"After talking so much, my throat is practically burning."

Bai Li picked up the old red thermos on the table, poured out two cups of warm water, and handed them over.

The old lady took it and thanked her repeatedly.

Lin Xiaoshuang took the glass and gulped it down.

After finishing her water, Lin Xiaoshuang boldly wiped the water droplets off her neck with the back of her hand.

"Why hasn't that old dog come out yet?" Lin Xiaoshuang muttered to herself.

"Could it be that it's secretly eating poop in my bathroom?"

Bai Li was speechless.

This girl really doesn't want her neighbors to get any advantage.

Just then.

Lin Xiao's eyes darted around before settling on Bai Li.

Her eyes lit up.

Lin Xiaoshuang stretched out a soft little hand and grabbed Bai Li's trench coat sleeve, tugging at it.

Her toes were still occasionally rubbing against the dirt puddles on the ground, and she swayed her body awkwardly.

"Big brother," Lin Xiaoshuang lowered her voice, "come with me, I have something for you."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qian, who was standing at the back, immediately perked up.

She tossed her blue hair and started making faces:

"Oh my, could it be that?"

Bai Li was somewhat curious:

"What is it?"

Chen Tingting crossed her arms in front of her chest, her large floral arm tattoos standing out prominently.

She picked up the conversation:

"When we were in elementary school, Xiao Shuang was always scolded in class and the teacher made her sit in the last row next to the trash can."

Chen Tingting looked at Lin Xiaoshuang, her tone softening:

"This girl is heartless and doesn't study. Instead, she spent half a year folding a thousand paper stars."

"Not only did she fold the paper, she also wrote different words on each of the stars."

Li Jiaxin leaned back in her chair, a smile on her cool and confident face, and joked along:

"Back then, she treated this girl like a precious treasure. She would get angry if anyone looked at her for too long."

She decided to save that jar of stars to give to the person she would marry when she grew up.

My secrets were dug up by my close girlfriends.

Lin Xiaoshuang's baby face turned bright red, and even the yellow hair in her little tuft of hair trembled.

She nodded shyly and spoke in a barely audible voice:

"Um..."

"It's that one."

"Big brother, that's why I want to give it to you..."

She mustered her courage and looked up to meet Bai Li's gaze.

Those were clear, untroubled eyes, devoid of any worldly calculations or weighing of interests; their entire being was filled with the man before them.

Bai Li looked at the shy, bashful young girl in front of him and was touched.

He didn't make any jokes.

This is a silly little girl, and all the hopes and affections she has accumulated throughout her childhood.

To Bai Li, a thousand stars folded from scrap paper are worthless.

But for Lin Xiaoshuang, it was the most precious and complete dowry she could offer.

This was also her way of expressing her love for him in an extremely clumsy way.

Bai Li raised his hand, placed his palm on the top of her fluffy head, and rubbed it twice.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let me see it." Bai Li's voice was gentle.

Hearing his older brother agree.

"good!"

Lin Xiaoshuang jumped up and down with excitement, grabbing Bai Li's big hand and heading towards her room.

Chen Tingting and her two friends, having nothing else to do, also joined in the fun, laughing and joking.

Everyone had just turned around.

Chen Tingting looked around, then suddenly stopped and spoke.

"Hey? Where's that brat? He's disappeared!"

This question made everyone stop in their tracks.

The corner at the base of the wall was completely empty, not even a ghost was left behind.

The chubby boy who was being punished not long ago has vanished into thin air.

Lin Xiaoshuang felt a sudden panic.

An ominous premonition shot straight to the top of my head.

She turned her head, her eyes quickly scanning the entire room before finally settling on her own bedroom door.

The wooden door, covered with faded cartoon stickers, which was usually tightly closed, was now slightly ajar, about the width of a finger.

"No way..."

Lin Xiaoshuang's footwork became completely erratic, her left foot tripping over her right, and she almost fell.

She muttered unconsciously to herself as she stumbled forward:

"No...please don't..."

Her hands trembled as she pushed open the wooden door.

The wooden door creaked open, and the scene inside came into view.

This is a massacre of memories.

In the dim light, the ground was covered with scraps of paper of all sizes and colors.

Every piece of paper bears the marks of being torn by brute force on its edges.

And that mischievous kid was emptying the can at that moment.

"Splash!"

The last star in the jar fell into the mischievous child's hand.

He casually tossed the empty can on the ground, making a sharp, cracking sound.

The chubby boy grinned nonchalantly and roughly tore apart the last paper star with his fingers.

The yellowed strip of paper unfolds.

He squinted and read aloud the pencil writing on the note:

"You'll be my pig for life, Lin Xiaoshuang's pig!"

After reading the sentence, the chubby boy grinned and snot bubbles came out of his nose.

He gripped one end of the paper with each hand, ready to tear it apart without hesitation.

That was the light that Lin Xiaoshuang had accumulated throughout her adolescence, and it was also the last bit of pride she wanted to give to Bai Li.

Now it's being trampled in the mud by a shameless brat.

The intense visual impact strikes straight to the nerves.

Lin Xiaoshuang's eyes were bloodshot, her baby face contorted with rage, and her eyes were red and bleeding.

Despair and anger caused her vocal cords to split completely.

She screamed hysterically.

"don't want!!"

"lay down!"

"Holy shit!!"

"What are you pressing?"