The person in front of him took another step closer and shouted at Si Nian desperately.

Si Nian's fingers unconsciously tightened slowly.

"Snapped!"

A loud slap landed accurately and quickly on the face of the person who was shouting.

The man's expression froze, and then he glared fiercely at the harmless girl beside Si Nian.

Jiang Sui glared back without showing any weakness.

When Jiang Sui grew up, he usually appeared gentle and peaceful, but deep down he was a stubborn and unyielding person.

Usually, she is willing to be tolerant towards anyone and anything around her and doesn't want to care too much.

She could even tolerate others misunderstanding and mocking her, but she couldn't bear to see anyone humiliating and provoking Si Nian in front of her, so her hand waved away unconsciously.

"Where did you come from, you little bastard? How dare you hit me?"

The man's eyes turned red and he actually reached out to hit Jiang Sui back.

Si Nian was quicker and fiercely grabbed his wrist, staring at him coldly, and said in a deep and cold voice, "Si Yue, you can't touch her!"

The man glared at Si Nian without giving in. When the two of them looked at each other, a chill filled the air around them.

"Brother, why are you here? Didn't I ask you to come in and find me?"

Suddenly, a gentle and sweet female voice came from not far away. The two people who were in a stalemate here and Jiang Sui looked in the direction of the voice.

A girl who looked about the same age as Jiang Sui walked towards him. She had the same deep eye sockets, beautiful features, and elegant manners.

When she got closer and saw the situation, her expression suddenly became nervous and she quickened her pace and came up to them.

The girl quickly reached out and separated Si Nian and the man, pulling the man back a step, then looked at Si Nian and respectfully called out, "Big Brother."

Si Nian did not respond. He immediately grasped Jiang Sui's soft hand again, just putting it down, as if to give her silent comfort.

Jiang Sui shook his head at Si Nian and responded to him, saying that he was fine.

The two looked at each other, and Si Nian pulled Jiang Sui and turned to leave.

“Brother!”

The girl behind him called Si Nian again.

Si Nian paused slightly, but did not look back.

"Si Mu, stop calling me that! Although my last name is still Si, it is no longer the Si of your Si family. It only belongs to my deceased father."

After saying that, Si Nian took Jiang Sui and walked away.

It turns out that the girl's name is Si Mu, and she is Si Nian's real sister.

Although Jiang Sui didn't have a good impression of the Si family, he had to admit that the Si family had good genes, with handsome men and beautiful women.

On the way back, Jiang Sui leaned against Si Nian and sat on his electric scooter, watching the lights of thousands of homes in the city quickly receding, and her heart suddenly ached.

Among the countless lights in this dark night, not a single one is lit for this year.

He, it turns out, has no home anymore...

He was wandering alone in this city, why didn't he go back to find her?

Her home, which is also his home, has always been...

Jiang Sui felt uncomfortable and couldn't help but hug Si Nian tightly from behind.

When the electric scooter stopped in front of Si Nian's shop, Jiang Sui was still hugging Si Nian's waist tightly, with his head resting on his back, motionless.

Si Nian reluctantly reminded her, "Hey, why don't you get off the bus when we're already here?"

Jiang Sui listened, and Si Nian's voice seemed to have returned to normal.

She said nothing and did not move.

After a while, Si Nian saw that Jiang Sui didn't respond and thought she was asleep.

He turned slightly to look at her.

But she pushed it back with her little hand.

"do not move!"

As expected, Si Nian stopped moving.

He was just waiting with amusement to see what Jiang Sui was going to do.

"Brother, it's okay, you still have me!"

Jiang Sui didn't know what had happened between Si Nian and the Si family that led to this situation.

But she just wanted to tell Si Nian that he was not alone, she was still his family.

After hearing Jiang Sui's words, the smile on Si Nian's lips disappeared.

After they met again, she called him that once, except in her dreams when she had a fever, and she refused to call him that more than once in real life.

When she suddenly called him like this at this moment, he knew that after witnessing his relationship with the Si family with her own eyes, she began to feel sorry for him.

He patted Jiang Sui's hand wrapped around his waist and responded softly, "Yeah, I know."

Jiang Sui paused slightly, and smiled slightly.

He said he knew!

This means that in Si Nian's heart, he has always regarded himself as the closest relative, no matter whether it was ten years ago or ten years later.

Jiang Sui happily let him go, jumped out of the car, picked up two bags and ran to the door to wait for Si Nian, looking back at him from time to time.

When meeting Jiang Sui's gaze, Si Nian also smiled at her, but from an angle that she couldn't see, his eyes were cold again.

Today I took Jiang Sui to buy daily necessities, and by coincidence, I ran into Si Yue.

Jiang Sui also slapped Si Yue in the face because he had done something wrong.

Although Si Mu's appearance prevented the tension between the two of them, given Si Yue's vengeful character, he would probably not let this matter go.

He had to find a way to send Jiang Sui back to school as soon as possible so that she would be safer.

When Jiang Sui came out of the bathroom on the first floor after taking a shower in the evening, Si Nian was still busy at the workbench.

She took the new towel she had just bought in the evening, wiped her wet hair, and looked at Si Nian quietly.

When she thought of Si Yue's attitude towards Si Nian at night, she could imagine how difficult Si Nian's life must have been in the Si family over the years.

She had always thought that he had cut off contact with her because he had family and was living the luxurious life of a rich young master. He was unwilling to acknowledge their relatively poor little family. Little did she know that he would be living in dire straits even in the mansion of a wealthy family.

If she had known it would be like this, she would have tried her best to keep Si Nian. Then he would not have been humiliated by that man, and she would not have lost her brother's love for the past ten years until she was alone.

"What are you standing there for? When you're done, go upstairs and go to bed."

Si Nian noticed Jiang Sui who had been standing behind him and couldn't help but ask her to chase her away.

Not only did Jiang Sui not leave, he also pulled Xiao Hai's chair over and sat next to Si Nian.

She pursed her lips and whispered, "I slept too much during the day, so I'm not sleepy at all now."

As she spoke, she looked at Si Nian's expression and continued tentatively, "Can you chat with me for a while?"

Si Nian stopped what he was doing, looked at Jiang Sui for a while, and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Jiang Sui thought about it. Although she really wanted to know how Si Nian had spent the past ten years, it was obvious that he didn't want her to know about his life in the Si family.

"Let's talk about our future plans!"

Si Nian didn't comment, he got up and went to the bathroom to get a hair dryer.

He handed it to Jiang Sui, but Jiang Sui didn't intend to take it.

He sighed softly, plugged in the hair dryer, walked behind her and started to blow her hair.

The hair dryer blew out hot air with a hum. Jiang Sui squinted her eyes and felt Si Nian's big hands moving through her hair. She was so comfortable that she almost fell asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, the sound of the hair dryer finally stopped. Jiang Sui was still leaning on the chair with his eyes slightly closed.

"Sui Sui? Go upstairs and sleep if you're tired."

Jiang Sui heard Si Nian calling her and slowly opened her eyes. She smiled, "Brother, I'm not sleepy! We haven't chatted yet."

How come this girl hasn't forgotten this yet?

Si Nian rolled up the cord of the hair dryer and placed it on the workbench, then sat down next to Jiang Sui.

"Okay, let's chat, just for a while!"

Jiang Sui curled his lips and looked at Si Nian beside him, his eyes sparkling.

"Brother, have you ever thought about what you want to do in the future? Are you going to do this forever?"

Si Nian leaned back in his chair with his hands folded over his chest, his eyes looking straight ahead, not knowing what he was looking at.

“I haven’t thought about it yet.”

Si Nian was silent for a while, then he forced out a helpless smile, "My future is just like that, I can see the end at a glance!"

As he said this, he turned his head and looked at Jiang Sui.

"As for you, your future has endless possibilities, so you really need to plan it carefully."

Jiang Sui lowered his eyes and nodded silently.

Suddenly remembering Ms. Wu's exchange program, she turned to look at Si Nian.

"How about I go abroad to study?"

"Study Tour?"

Si Nian's face suddenly showed a very surprised expression, but it returned to normal after a while.

Jiang Sui nodded, "The school has a study abroad exchange program, and the teacher has taken a liking to me. If I am willing, I can go abroad after one year if I pass the assessment."

After Jiang Sui finished speaking, he looked at Si Nian's reaction, but he seemed to be staring at the table in a trance.

"Brother? Are you listening?"

Si Nian seemed to be suddenly awakened, sat up straight, and looked away, not at Jiang Sui.

"Yeah, I'm listening. That's great. It's good to be able to go out and see the world."

In fact, when Si Nian heard her talking about studying abroad, he was shocked.

When he heard her say again that she would go abroad in a year, he felt a little empty in his heart.

He knew that she wouldn't stay with him for long, but he always thought that she would be able to finish college in Shenhai, right?

Unexpectedly, not even four years were left. He suddenly didn't know what to do.

"Do you really feel good about this?"

Jiang Sui asked Si Nian the same question again.

Si Nian forced a smile towards Jiang Sui, "That's great! Didn't you want to go out for a walk? Now you can go out and realize your dream in advance."

"What about you? What's your dream?"

Jiang Sui suddenly stood up from her chair, she was a little excited.

Si Nian looked at Jiang Sui, a look of pain flashed in his eyes, then he lowered his head and began to drive Jiang Sui away.

"It's getting late, go upstairs and sleep!"

Jiang Sui wanted to continue questioning him, but Si Nian put his hands on the workbench and continued his repair work, obviously not wanting to continue chatting with her.

Jiang Sui was also a little angry. He turned around and ran upstairs with a "bang bang bang". Their first chat ended in a bad mood.

After Jiang Sui went upstairs, Si Nian leaned back in his chair and looked up at the simple roof in front of him.

His dream?

His dream is dead! The shadow of it has long been gone!

He could not see any light in these dark days.

Si Nian was distracted for a while, then picked up his phone and started dialing.

Maybe it was because it was too late and the other person had fallen asleep and was woken up again, so his voice was hoarse.

"Hello, Wenjiu? It's already so late and you're still calling!"

Si Nian heard a hint of displeasure in the other person's voice, and then said, "Are you asleep? Then let's talk about it when we have time!"

He was about to hang up the call when he heard the other party yelling on the phone, "Hey, stop it, you're already awake, tell me what you want to say now!"

Si Nian put the phone to his ear again, "Are there any jobs recently?"

The other party thought for a while and said, "There is one. The money is not bad, but the other party has many requirements. It sounds troublesome to me, so I don't plan to accept it."

Si Nian heard this and said directly, "I don't mind if it's a little troublesome, as long as I have money."

"Lack of money?"

The other party immediately heard something different in his words.

"Not really... I just want to pay back the money I owe to Brother Jin as soon as possible."

The other party laughed when he heard it and said, "Brother Jin, why are you in such a hurry? He doesn't need your money. It doesn't matter when you pay him back! Even if you don't pay him back, he won't mention it."

Si Nian also raised his lips and said, "Yes! But it's not about that! It's better to pay it off as soon as possible."

In fact, what Si Nian was thinking at this moment was that if he paid off all the debts of money and favors, and the matter was settled, maybe he could think about the future.