Chapter 6: Younger Sister (Part 2)

Enchantress | December 13, 2021

At first, she yelled at her several times. The little girl was merely a coward, with a small face and bulging cheeks, a flat mouth as if trying not to cry. Then later on, Zhang Yansheng couldn’t find a way to yell at her anymore, so she just ignored her and treated her as if she didn’t exist.

It’s just that she couldn’t believe that upon her death, this girl would be the most broken-hearted and cried the most.

The expectation in those big tearful eyes is very stressful, so Zhang Yansheng looked away.

However, Zhang Heling was very cautious and solemn to her, so she moved closer to her. The small body touched Zhang Yansheng’s arm.

Zhang Yansheng froze, then turned her head to the window to escape.

Children’s instincts are very keen. They don’t have as many twists and turns in their hearts as adults do; and most of the time, they just follow their intuition.

Despite her stiffness, her sister did not push her away, nor did not impatiently frighten her with a fierce look. Compared to the past, it is more than a hundred times gentler.

Zhang Heling became courageous, so her whole body leaned towards Zhang Yansheng. To her surprise… she was actually leaning on Zhang Yansheng.

Zhang Yansheng stiffened for a moment. She felt that the little body beside her resembled a little animal and she could even smell a faint scent on her body. That is the smell of children’s skin care cream, not as fragrant as adult women’s skin care products, but… it’s very relaxing and smells good.

But her arm suddenly got wet.

……

Are her teardrops still falling?

Zhang Yansheng looked at the night view outside the window and was silent for a moment, then pulled a piece of paper towel and shoved it over.

Zhang Heling squeezed the paper towel in surprise and looked at Zhang Yansheng. Her elder sister’s gaze was now in the front, looking steadily forward.

Zhang Heling suddenly smiled, wiped her tears, and also blew her nose.

Crying and laughing, children are really annoying, Zhang Yansheng thought.

When they returned home, Zhang Huan’s anger had not been extinguished yet.

“Lock up all his game consoles for me!” He ordered Liang Yingying, then pointed to Zhang Shuocheng’s nose and scolded him, “This summer you will take extra lessons with a private tutor here at home! Look at your nonsense results last semester! And you, don’t go shopping and play mahjong all day long, watch your children study! The children were born from you, not from the nanny!”

Then finally, the scolding returned to Liang Yingying.

Losing face in front of her stepdaughter, Liang Yingying was frustrated. But she relies on men to eat, so she knows when to behave like a baby and when to behave with integrity. She obediently responded, “I know, I know, let’s go back to the room and talk about it.”

Zhang Shuocheng hides behind Liang Yingying. It is also the first time he has seen his father to have such a big temper. His mother did not open her arms to protect him, so he was stunned. Although he was not convinced, he did not dare to say anything.

Zhang Yansheng was born again in just half a day, and she saw the separation of the couple who had stood together in front of her before, which was very meaningless. She was too lazy to look at them now, so she turned away and walked upstairs.

Zhang Heling saw her sister go upstairs and immediately resembled a little tail: “Sister, wait for me.”

The bedrooms of the two sisters are on the second floor, next to each other.

Zhang Yansheng strode off. Zhang Heling ran after her, and finally caught up.

“Sister.” Zhang Yansheng’s attitude tonight is very different from before. Zhang Heling, the little child, took advantage of it, “Sister, are you going to sleep now? Good night then!”

Zhang Yansheng just walked to the door of her bedroom and opened the door.

She stopped and finally, as she couldn’t bear it anymore, turned around and stared at Zhang Heling.

Zhang Heling blinked her big and bright eyes.

“Zhang Heling!” Zhang Yansheng asked with a calm face, “Why are you following me all the time?”

“Because…” Zhang Heling answered seriously, “I am your younger sister!”

Zhang Yansheng: “…”

Zhang Yansheng crossed her arms and asked the little girl: “Do you remember what happened when you were a kid?”

Zhang Heling: “Huh?”

“Do you remember what happened when you first came to my house?”

“Emmm… I don’t remember much…”

“Forget it.” Zhang Yansheng turned around to go back to the room.

It’s rare that her sister was willing to talk to her and she was so calm, so Zhang Heling hurriedly grabbed Zhang Yansheng’s skirt: “Remember, I remember!”

“Remember what? You were only four years old then!” Zhang Yansheng shouted.

Although the 15-year-old Zhang Yansheng often yells at home, she is far less imposing than the 21-one-year-old Zhang Yansheng who has been in the society. At this moment, Zhang Yansheng’s voice was not too loud, but her grandeur was much stronger than before.

Zhang Heling flinched.

Zhang Yansheng stared at her. While taking advantage of her height, she asked condescendingly: “What do you remember?”

That is difficult to answer because her childhood memories are all scattered and fragmented. Zhang Heling was a bit dazed. She actually had no idea what Zhang Yansheng was asking, so it’s only natural that she couldn’t answer.

Zhang Yansheng asked: “The first day you and your mother came here, I pushed you down. Do you remember that?”

Zhang Heling suddenly realized: “Oh! That one.. I remember!”

“Do you really remember?”

“Yes! It’s in the living room on the first floor where I knocked my back in the corner of the sofa, right?”

At that time, she was very little. Unexpectedly, she actually remembered what happened.

Zhang Yansheng said: “I thought you forgot. If you remember, why do you keep chasing me? Don’t you hate me? Are you not afraid of me?”

“I’m a little scared…” The pink and tender girl scratched her face and raised her head and said, “However, although my sister was loud and scary at the time, what I remember very clearly is that sister, you… won’t stop crying…”

The voice of the sister whom she met for the first time was very loud, sounds very fierce, and a bit scary.

But her eyes were crying, her tears kept flowing.

Her mother is dead.

Just after she died, her own mother wanted to be someone else’s mother. Zhang Heling felt that if the same thing happened to herself, then she would be very angry and sad as well.

She can’t hate this fierce sister.

The little girl is not so mindful, she can just say whatever she thinks in her heart.

The big eyes are black and white, and they have the clearest spring in the world, but not that clear. This kind of clarity is called childlike innocence.

Zhang Yansheng stared at the little girl, then stretched out her hand and slammed the door shut.