The old house isn't far from home, yet it seems a world away for her at this moment.
Xiao Xu, your sister is coming to save you!
Please don't move, don't let anything happen!
Oh heavens! Please, I beg you, protect Xiao Xu from any harm!
In the previous life, it was this day, July 28th, when she was at home waiting for the acceptance letter.
Xiao Xu suddenly went missing, and when found, he was lying unconscious in the old house's yard, under a pool of blood, having fallen from a fruit tree.
No one knew how he fell; he was only six years old, and this fall ended in death!
With his death, Mom couldn't live on anymore! Taking advantage of her inattentiveness, she jumped into the well!
Dad died in a coal mine collapse the year Xiao Xu was born!
And just like that, she became an orphan, a person without support.
The one behind all these tragedies was Li Ke—her best friend.
How ironic!
In pursuit of attending college, she directly caused the death of her brother, and indirectly caused the death of her mother!
She absolutely won't let this happen again!
Absolutely not!
She ran while clenching her teeth!
It must have been raining for days, the ground was very slippery, making it easy to fall while running; her clothes had gotten filthy along the way!
She persevered, running across the wheat field, past the pepper field! She was almost there! She saw Xiao Xu standing in the tree, reaching for an apple!
"Xiao Xu, don't... Ah—"
Just as she was about to shout for her brother not to move, her foot suddenly slipped, causing her to stumble and fall!
Ah—————
"What's happening?"
She held her aching head and looked up:
Oh my!
Before her was a square-shaped dirt pit, four feet wide and as deep as two people. Due to the rain, the pit was filled with mud water up to half a person's height.
Climbing out of here will require a lot of effort.
Mom hasn't brought anyone here yet! If she waits any longer, Xiao Xu might be in danger.
It looks like she can only try to climb up, only by climbing up can Xiao Xu have a chance.
She wiped her face and tried climbing up. As she raised her foot, the shoe sole seemed stuck, refusing to come out.
One step, and she was trapped in the pit, unable to move.
What you fear strikes you just like that.
She grabbed the edge of the wet pit, exerting all her strength to lift her foot. She finally pulled a foot out of the shoe.
"Thank goodness!" She breathed a sigh of relief!
She quickly dug several small holes in the middle waist of the muddy pit, placed her foot on them. Supporting herself on the holes, climbed upward, pulling out her other foot.
"Awesome!" She breathed a sigh of relief, quickly stepped onto the holes, climbed out of the pit, and ran desperately forward.
Her shoes were still at the bottom of the pit, running barefoot on the slippery path was slow. Every three steps, she'd slip. Like this, she stumbled to the tree.
Looking up, Xiao Xu was still standing on the tree.
"Hoo—"
Thank goodness! Just in time!
"Xiao Xu, don't move there! Your sister is here!"
"Sister, the apple!" Xiao Xu pointed to a bright red apple on the tree branch beside him!
"Don't move! I'm coming, don't move, you hear me?!" She comforted her brother while glancing at her muddy feet.
Her feet were covered in muddy water, she might not make it up.
But seeing Xiao Xu standing on a branch only the width of her arm, struggling to bear the weight of a child, the branch began to sway slightly.
Forget it, whatever the risk, go up first.
"Xiao Xu, don't move! I'm coming!" She shouted at the tree.
"Sister, I'm almost reaching the apple."
"Don't reach, don't you—"
"Ah—"
Before she finished, Xiao Xu suddenly screamed!
"What happened?" She quickly looked up, eyes turning fearful in an instant.
"No—"
Crying out sharply, she instinctively reached out to catch him...
...
...
"Ah—sister..."
...
"Creak—" The branch made a sound!
At the moment of falling, Xiao Xu grabbed a tree branch.
Now, his whole body dangled in mid-air. Frightened, his legs flailed around, the branch, loaded with weight, bent like a bow.
"Don't move!" She sobbed, trembling with fear, tears blurring her sight, her first action was to climb!
Twisting her clothes to wipe her feet, a few steps up the tree. She crouched in the triangle nook closest to her brother, reaching out hard.
Xiao Xu also struggled to move closer to her.
She leaned forward, her hand finally reached Xiao Xu's waist.
Gripping the branch tight, she hugged her brother's waist, pulled him back fiercely, bringing him to safety!
The siblings crouched in the tree nook, gasping for breath.
She glanced at her brother, breathed deeply in shock, then lifted him, gradually climbing down.
This moment brought her to tears—the surreal reunion, joyful recovery!
In this instant, only these emotions filled her, only this reaction!
Finally…
Saved him!
She couldn't stop crying, trembling, unable to stand, falling to the ground in weakness!
"Sister, what's wrong?"
Xiao Xu patted her back, softly asked.
She shook her head, lowering it!
Xiao Xu's voice made her sob even more, all the grievances and pain she suffered in her past life released at this moment!
Brother saved, mother saved too!
She no longer needs to be alone!
In this life, she can finally live well!
When Mom brought a few neighbors over, she was already bringing Xiao Xu back!
"Sigh, who on earth carved open the channel, making such a big mud pit on the road, isn't this ruining people?" A neighbor complained.
Tian Xin noticed mud on his clothes. She asked, "Uncle, did you fall too?"
"Yes, running fast without expecting it, look how..."
"It was fine yesterday, who knows which rascal did this!"
"It was Li Ke sister!" Xiao Xu said.
"Who?" The neighbor was shocked, "Who did you say? Li Ke?"
"Mm, she took me here, told me to pick apples on the tree for sister!" Xiao Xu pointed at the pit, "I saw her digging there!"
As expected!
Tian Xin sneered coldly, frost covered her eyes.
"Xiao Xu, come, tell sister everything you know!"
She squatted, hugging Xiao Xu, instructing neighbors to listen, "Besides this, what else did Li Ke sister do? Tell everything you saw!"
"Boom—"
Dark clouds blanketed the sky, threatening another storm!
She glanced up, then turned toward the pit behind her, and the tree and the collapsing roof of the old house!
Given she's back, some scores need settling!