Although it wasn't winter, Fuyagi City was known as the eternal frozen ground. It was a rare low-temperature area in Japan all year round. Even after spring, it was still cold.
Even with a heater carpet, the temperature at seven in the morning is not something a three-year-old child can withstand. Do you think you're me?
Ling hurriedly ran over to shake Sakura awake and touched her forehead. Thankfully, she did not have a fever.
Sakura opened her sleepy eyes and greeted Ling in a daze,""Ouhayo, Ouneijiang"
Ling looked at her with a mix of anger and amusement." This is bad. I saw my sister sleeping on the carpet in the study early in the morning. How can you call me your sister?" Shouldn't you be sleeping in Mommy's arms right now? Why are you sleeping in the study room? Do you know that you're young and can't stand the cold? Do you know how worried Mommy will be when she wakes up and doesn't see you?”
Perhaps lecturing his younger sister was a natural skill of an older sister. Seeing Sakura's reckless actions, Ling had unknowingly entered into lecturing mode. Unable to hold back, he began to lecture Sakura incessantly.
Facing Ling's lecture, Sakura did not reveal the impatience and grievance of a child being lectured. Instead, she smiled happily. Looking at Sakura's bright smile, Ling found it increasingly difficult to continue. Why did it seem like the more she talked, the happier the child became?
"You, how did Ying get here? She even fell asleep here. Could it be that you're here to find a book to read? You shouldn't be able to read yet, right?" In the end, Ling could only bitterly smile and ask Sakura why she was here.
" Oh, that's right. Hmm." Sakura suddenly remembered her purpose when Ling asked. She started to look around her as if she was looking for something. Just as Ling was wondering, Sakura finally found it and took out a big apple from behind her.
"Here you go, Ou Neijiang." Sakura's tender little face was filled with seriousness as she held the big apple that she could not grab with one hand in front of Ling with both hands.
Ling was completely stunned. He pointed at himself and asked,""This, for me?"
"Yes!" Sakura nodded seriously.
Ling looked at the half-red and half-green apple in front of him. There was a faint water mark on the smooth skin. It was obvious that Sakura had washed it in the tap before she arrived, and it had dried over time.
Ling blinked repeatedly. He took the apple and examined it carefully before looking at Sakura." Sakura, you came all the way here early in the morning just to give me this apple."”
"Yes."
"It's good that you have this kind of heart. You can instruct the servants or tell Mom. Why did you come here yourself?”
Sakura tilted her head and said,"Because Sakura didn't give it to Big Sister."”
" Sakura, you..." Ling felt as if something was stuck in his throat and he could not speak.
" Even though Big Sister isn't with me often," Sakura said to Ling seriously." Besides, Sakura doesn't know what Big Sister is doing every day. But Sakura can feel it. Big Sister must be working so hard every day to protect Sakura."”
Ling was stunned by Sakura's words and was speechless.
Sakura's serious expression seemed to have matured in an instant. As she said this, her small face was covered with sadness." Actually, Sakura doesn't understand what 'protecting Sakura' means every time Big Sister says it. However, seeing Big Sister work hard for Sakura every day, Sakura feels very uncomfortable.”
As she spoke, her large eyes were filled with tears as she looked at Ling's current appearance. Her sweat-soaked clothes were crumpled tightly against her body, soaked in sweat. The sweat stains on the surface of her clothes were dirty. Her neat and bright ponytails were scattered, and her sideburns were stuck to the side of her face.
Ling was stunned for a moment before he remembered that he had yet to wash up and change his clothes. The disheveled appearance before him was only seen by the maids who washed and tidied her up every day. She had never appeared in front of Sakura, Aoi, or Somechin in this manner before.
Holding the apple, she hurriedly tidied herself up and down, but her appearance did not change much. Ling could not help but scratch his head with the apple in one hand and the other. She had always been a clean, tidy, elegant, and cheerful big sister in front of Sakura.
Sakura looked at Ling's flustered and dirty appearance as a crazy girl without showing any signs of disdain. With a serious expression as if Sakura had matured by twenty years, she said to Ling,"
"Big sister is working so hard now because Sakura needs big sister's protection. Although Sakura doesn't know why big sister is working so hard, but big sister must do it. Sakura can't stop big sister because this is big sister's love for Sakura. However, Sakura also begged her sister to stop protecting Sakura if protecting her meant hurting her sister, because her sister was very important to Sakura!”
As if he did not notice Sakura Ichiichi's tiny figure running away, Ling stared blankly at the spot where Sakura had just sat. He did not move, but her empty eyes proved that her thoughts were not there.
After a long time, she turned to look at the apple in her hand and opened her mouth. She took a bite.
The early spring was not the time for apples. The half-red apples were very crisp but did not have much sugar, and were a little sour. However, Ling could guarantee that this was the most delicious apple he had ever eaten in his previous life. It had a taste called 'sister'.
Am I too full of myself?
As he bit into the sour apple, the fruit juice stimulated his taste buds and made Ling's brain exceptionally clear-headed.
I only thought about my own goal and how to protect Sakura, but I never thought about Sakura's thoughts. I made myself scarred and exhausted, but I never thought that it would hurt the hearts of the people who loved me. I ignored them and faced everything by myself. Perhaps it was a kind of harm to them in itself.
Unfortunately, I still can't tell you anything. There are some things that I have to face alone. Sakura, I promise you that I will cherish myself because my sacrifice is also a tragedy in your life, right?
At this moment, the door opened softly. Ling did not even have time to turn around before he fell into a warm embrace.
Mother
"Mommy, Sakura is a child who doesn't know any better. Why don't you stop her? What if she catches a cold?”Ling complained insincerely as he leaned into Sunflower's arms.
This Rou. The owner of the soft embrace was much weaker than him, but the feeling of leaning against him was indeed incomparably safe and secure. It's like I'm sleeping inside
"Ying is a child, and so are you. A mother couldn't stop her child's wishes.”Sunflower rubbed Ling's messy black hair lovingly.
"You are just like your father. You live in a different world from ordinary people. As your wife and mother, I can't interfere with your dreams. I can only silently support you. Ling, I don't know why you're working so hard, but you must know something about the future. Even though I'm not a magician, one of my ancestors was a magician too. It's not strange for something unimaginable to happen in the world of magicians.”
Kui held Ling's shoulder and looked into Ling's eyes. She asked Ling solemnly,""Ling, did you see that Sakura is facing a disaster in the future?？”
Facing Sunflower's question, Ling shuddered.
What should she do? Should she tell her? What could she do even if she told her? If she told her what kind of torture Sakura would suffer if she was brought to the Machirito family two years later, would her mother be able to stop Shi Chen from giving Sakura to the Machirito family?
No, even so, it still wouldn't solve the root of the problem. My goal was to save Sakura, not simply to prevent her from being passed on to the Machigiri family.
Telling Sunflower now would only make her worried and heartbroken. There was no practical meaning at all. Moreover, she lived in the world of ordinary people, so it was better for her not to get too involved in the world of magicians.
"Mom, I will save Sakura! It will definitely work. Trust me." Ling insisted on keeping it a secret even though he did not answer the question.
Sunflower was not disappointed. Instead, she looked at Ling with an increasingly pained expression. She knew that her four-year-old daughter had decided to shoulder the heavy responsibility of saving her younger sister alone. However, since Ling had decided not to say anything, Sunflower did not ask anymore. Just like she had said before, a mother could not stop her child's wish.
Sunflower's heart ached as she gently kissed Ling's forehead. She then carried Ling up with all her might." Come, Ling, let Mommy help you bathe. It's been a long time since you last bathed with Mommy."”
"Yes."
"My Xiao Ling has grown up. Mommy can't even carry him anymore.”
"Is Mom tired? I'll walk by myself.”
"What are you talking about? Which mother can't carry her daughter? It's rare for your Uncle Yan Ye to come back. You weren't around the last few times, and your Uncle Yan Ye was always at your place earlier.”
"Okay."
Author's Note: I knew I wasn't cut out for a love scene, but after writing it, I realized that I wasn't cut out for it. I wasn't even a piece of trash! However, he had no choice but to write a chapter. Otherwise, Ling would be the only one doing a one-man show, making Sakura and Sunflower look like quest NPCs. What he wanted to write was a complete version of the moon world that was as close to the real world as possible, and not a four-dimensional standalone game called " Shaped Moon Empire."
Dear readers, bear with the disgust and read it reluctantly. The plot will begin immediately. Speaking of which, the cultivation chapter seems to have overflowed a little.
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