He Will Come Back Before Dawn

45

The boy's breath was clean and clear, like deeply buried ice and snow. Bei Yao ran out of the hospital for some time, covering her hot cheeks, and grumbled in annoyance.

What exactly was she doing?

Although there were no such exaggerated emotions like on the Internet, her pounding heart still felt very alarming.

She ran far away, her face flushed. She stood in the snow for two minutes, the snow falling on her silky hair and long lashes, but she couldn't reduce her burning temperature. Bei Yao squatted down and buried her head between her knees, like a little ostrich.

After calming down for a while, Bei Yao suddenly felt that she seemed to have forgotten something.

"..." Her brother Bei Jun was still in the hospital!

She accepted her fate and had to go back. Ay, what if she just disowned this brother for a day?

Pei Chuan's room was next to Bei Jun's. Her brother had still been there when she had run away, should she still go back now? Bei Yao's cheeks were burning. She walked back to the ground floor, hesitated for a while, and went upstairs.

Bei Yao's face was red and her steps were very light.

Bei Jun was in room 312. She was afraid that Pei Chuan was inside, and thought if she should dig a hole to bury herself in.

Bei Yao took a peek. Bei Jun was still inside. There were dried tears on his cheeks, and he was sleeping soundly without a care in the world. She breathed a sigh of relief and went to pinch his chubby cheeks to wake him up.

"Jiejie…"

"Shh." She put her finger on her lips and carried Xiao Bei Jun downstairs.

Xiao Bei Jun didn't understand why they had to be extremely silent. "Are we going home?"

"En."

"Where is that Gege?"

Bei Yao's cheeks were red from embarrassment. "Don't ask about it today, okay? Jiejie will take you to thank him someday."

Bei Jun had also been frightened by his uncle today, so he shut up obediently.

Bei Yao went into the car with Bei Jun in her arms. She was sixteen this year, a teenage girl full of innocence and youthfulness. It was as if there were a small hole pried open her ignorance, and her mind was messed up.

She had been gone for quite a while now, but Pei Chuan still couldn’t calm his heartbeat down.

His whole body was stiff and his heartbeat was so intense that he could die. When he calmed down and went to the next room, the siblings were long gone.

The emotions that Bei Yao had failed to confirm had been completely felt by him.

He leaned against the cold windowsill and watched the heavy December snow. After a long time, his fingers touched the right side of his face. It had obviously happened a long time ago, but felt as if it was just a second ago.

It was soft, like a dragonfly touching the water lightly, landing on the surface.

~

It continued to snow when Christmas Eve came. This year, winter in C City was exceptionally beautiful; it had even been featured in the news. Bei Jun was watching a cartoon after his meal. At this time, his friend was shouting for him from outside, but he didn't go out.

After the incident with his uncle, the little boy who didn’t fear heaven nor earth finally learned how to be afraid.

Zhao Zhilan was glad that her son was no longer a fool, but she was afraid that Zhao Xing would’ve left a physiological shadow on the two siblings.