Zhu Pan had no doubts, but she was still looking for someone in the back garden. She searched very carefully and did not let go of any corner where people could hide, but she still could not find Ji Zhile.

“Ji Zhile really knows how to hide.” Zhu Pan said, “When I was playing with my younger brother at home, he was very stupid. He was always easy for me to find.”

Ji Ningyi clenched his hands into fists. He asked Zhu Pan, “Do you still play games with your brother at home?”

He thought that the relationship between Zhu Pan and his younger brother was bad, because Zhu Pan said last night that it would be fine if her younger brother disappeared.

Zhu Pan said: “My mother has to work. If they are not at home, I can only take care of my younger brother. He likes to play games. If I don’t play with him, he will sue and then my father will scold me. He is really very annoying.”

Ji Ningyi nodded: “Yes.”

“But, Ji Zhile is better than my younger brother.” Zhu Pan said, “He apologized to me today because the types of vegetables I said yesterday were correct.”

Ji Ningyi asked her: “If your brother really disappeared, what would you do?”

Zhu Pan said: “I will be very happy, so my mother will come to pick me up from school, make me breakfast, and won’t say that I am too lazy to take good care of my brother.”

She seemed to be very happy. Her eyebrows and eyes were lively, but it did not take long for her to fade: “Even if my brother disappears, my parents may have a younger brother.”

“If I were a boy, my mother would never have had a younger brother.”

Ji Ningyi clenched his hands even tighter with one hand. Under the sunlight, his face turned slightly pale.

“Are you sick?” Zhu Pan asked.

Ji Ningyi said, “I don’t want to play anymore.”

“Then you go, I’ll go find Ji Zhile myself.” Zhu Pan said.

Ji Ningyi hummed and walked into the house.

As soon as he entered, he ran into Si Tian who woke up from a nap.

“Ningyi.”

Hearing the familiar voice, Ji Ningyi’s body froze and he did not dare to face his mother for a moment.

But, Si Tian came over: “Are you playing a game?”

Ji Ningyi nodded.

Si Tian noticed his pale face and immediately touched his forehead with the back of her hand: “What’s wrong? Are you sick?”

Ji Ningyi decided to tell a little lie in an instant: “Mom, I’m a little dizzy.”

As expected, Si Tian’s expression changed and she muttered to herself: “Is it heatstroke? It shouldn’t be.”

Although the temperature has risen slightly today, it is still not at the temperature that can cause heatstroke. But Ji Ningyi’s face is too ugly, so Si Tian takes him back to the room.

As soon as Ji Ningyi was lying on the bed, he watched his mother busy looking for a thermometer to take his temperature. He said softly: “Mom, I’m fine, I’ll just rest for a while.”

Looking at the child’s pale face, Si Tian also felt distressed: “Go to sleep for a while, tell Mom if you feel uncomfortable.”

Ji Ningyi nodded: “I know.”

“Where’s Zhile?” Si Tian asked, “I didn’t see him when I went downstairs just now.”

Ji Ningyi tightly gripped the corner of the clothes with his hands hidden in the quilt. Because of too much force, there were red marks on the palms of his hands.

“We were playing hide-and-seek and Zhile was hiding.”

The tone of his voice is still the same as usual, there is no difference, but the beating of his heart has lost its normal frequency.

Si Tian did not suspect anything and said: “Has he cleaned his shoes?”

Ji Ningyi said, “Zhile brushed his shoes before playing.”

Si Tian bent the corner of her lower lip, obviously thinking of the past. Just like eating packed KFC, she asked whether to eat or not, but finally, he ate it. In a sense, Ji Zhile is also a very responsible child.

When Ji Ningyi saw his mother’s smile, he felt a little sour in his heart. Probably because he knew that his brother was not there, so he asked a question that was absolutely impossible to ask normally: “Does Mom like Zhile very much?”

Si Tian said: “He is my child, of course, I like him. I also like Ningyi very much.”

Ji Ningyi’s eyelashes dropped slightly: “Me too.”

He has liked her since he can remember. When he was very young, he did not remember many things, but he knew that Mom liked him very much. She would sleep with him, cook for him, and take him out to play. Other mothers would beat the child and scold the child, but Mom never did. Mom only kisses and hugs him and says she likes him…

In Ji Ningyi’s heart, Mom is the most gentle and beautiful person.

It’s just that it changed after Zhile was born.

He waited for a long time, and finally, it came, thinking that he and his mother were the same as before. He did not remember the bad things his mother did. His mother gave him life and gave him a lot of love.

But it’s different, it’s different everywhere. Ji Ningyi really wants to go back to the past. It would be nice if Zhile wasn’t there.

This sentence seemed to evoke the demon in his heart and made him do something terrible.

Si Tian chuckled and hummed happily. Like Ji Zhile, she sang a little out of tune, but she could not help humming occasionally.

Ji Ningyi said: “Mom sings very well.”

Si Tian’s face was a little red. She was very self-aware, but Ji Ningyi liked to praise her so much. Si Tian rubbed his cheek: “Thank you, Ningyi.”

He said obediently: “Mom, don’t worry about me, you go to sleep.”

Si Tian said, “No, I’ve already taken a nap. Now, I want to stay by your side.”

Ji Ningyi’s heart beat fast. He closed his eyes, but he could not fall asleep at all. He was nervous and scared. If his mother knew that he ran away without waiting for Zhile, if Zhile really disappeared…

Boom, boom–

Ji Ningyi heard his heartbeat, it was too loud, would anyone notice it?

If Zhile doesn’t take away so much love from his mother, he is willing to give Zhile some, because he is very good.

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