Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?
Chapter 414 Younger Brother

Chapter 414: Chapter 414 Younger Brother

Yu Guodong felt weak all over, gasping for breath, and it took a while before he caught his breath.

Only then did he notice a small girl who claimed to be his sister was gently patting his back. She had somehow sat down beside him and was looking at him with a worried expression.

Yu Guodong instinctively wanted to move aside, but his arm was grabbed.

"Dongdong." The little girl called out.

Yu Guodong stopped moving and, staring at her, asked somewhat dazedly, "Are you really my sister?"

Yu Sumei nodded, trying to muster a smile.

"Weren’t you dead? Buried on the hill behind, with Mom and Dad." Yu Guodong said.

"Then... then just treat it as if I traveled through time, coming back from the past to see you." Yu Sumei said, choking up.

"Is it really possible to travel through time?" Yu Guodong was somewhat surprised, yet also a bit delighted.

Yu Sumei seemed reluctant to disappoint him, so she nodded heavily.

Seeing this, Yu Guodong suddenly remembered something, reversed his grip on her, and asked excitedly, "Then when did you travel through? What grade? What month and day?"

Yu Sumei seemed to guess what he wanted to say and shook her head with a smile, "Are you trying to stop me from committing suicide?"

"Yes, don’t commit suicide. You don’t know, after you died, Mom developed a mental illness... Dad, too..."

When talking about these things, Yu Guodong’s voice choked a bit. He thought he wouldn’t be sad anymore.

"I know, but it’s not possible. Only after I committed suicide did I travel here." Yu Sumei said.

Upon hearing this, Yu Guodong froze, then murmured, "So... it really can’t be changed. Yeah... if the past could change, I wouldn’t be here now..."

Seeing him like this, Yu Sumei felt a bit heartbroken but didn’t know what to say.

After thinking for a moment, she finally said in guilt, "Dongdong, I’m sorry."

"What?" Yu Guodong seemed to snap back to reality, looking at her with some confusion.

"I said I’m sorry."

"Why are you saying sorry?"

"Because it’s all because of me that you... you..."

Hearing this, Yu Guodong fell silent. It’s impossible to say he didn’t blame Yu Sumei at all.

Especially in the years after their parents’ deaths, he resented her, hated her, because all the misfortunes at home were caused by her.

But later, he stopped resenting her, stopped hating her, because he accepted his fate.

"Did you have dinner?" Yu Guodong asked.

"What?"

"I said, did you have dinner?"

"No."

"Then where are you staying now?" Yu Guodong asked again.

Yu Sumei shook her head.

"Then come back with me." Yu Guodong stood up.

"Aren’t you eating your instant noodles?" Yu Sumei asked quickly.

"Let’s go home and eat something better. I’m... I’m really happy to see you again." Yu Guodong grinned.

"Oh, okay, I’ll go back with you." Yu Sumei nodded in agreement.

Yu Guodong was very pleased to see this.

"My electric scooter is parked ahead, I’ll give you a ride home..."

Yu Guodong took Yu Sumei by the arm and walked forward, too shy to hold her hand.

"I’ll buy a couple of dishes when we pass the market in front..."

Sure enough, after walking a bit further, Yu Guodong found his parked electric scooter.

After straddling it, he said to Yu Sumei, "Sit in the back."

Then as if thinking of something, he hesitated, "I’m dirty and smelly, why don’t you call a cab, I’ll..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Yu Sumei had already climbed onto the back.

"Hurry up, I don’t mind you."

"Okay."

Yu Guodong happily twisted the throttle, and the electric scooter slowly drove off, albeit very slowly.

"Sis~"

Yu Guodong called out somewhat awkwardly; it had been so long that he had forgotten how to call his sister.

"Mm."

"You used to be really pretty." Yu Guodong said.

"You were really cute when you were little too." Yu Sumei replied.

"Yeah, that was when I was little. Now I’m an ugly freak, haha..." Yu Guodong laughed heartily.

Seemingly mocking himself, but also seemingly having come to terms with it all.

"Not at all, once you’re clean, you’re quite handsome." Yu Sumei said.

"The dirtier the body, the cleaner the meal." Yu Guodong said.

"What?"

"Nothing, sis, can you... can you go back?" Yu Guodong asked a bit nervously.

"Do you really believe I traveled back from the past?" Yu Sumei asked.

"I don’t believe it." Yu Guodong replied without thinking.

"Then why ask such a thing?"

"I feel like I’m dreaming; since it’s a dream, why not make it more perfect? If you go back, please don’t die. If you don’t die, I won’t be without a home..."

"Dongdong, I’m sorry... sorry..."

Yu Sumei buried her head in Yu Guodong’s back, sobbing uncontrollably.

Yu Guodong leaned forward slightly and whispered, "I’m dirty."

But Yu Sumei just hugged his waist tightly and rubbed her face against his back twice.

"I’m really sad, and you say things like that."

"There’s nothing to be sad about, I’m doing well now." Yu Guodong laughed loudly.

Yu Sumei fell silent; how well was he doing, could she not know?

Yu Guodong continued to ride forward, then said, "Sis, I’m serious. If you really can go back, never commit suicide; it’s not worth it for that kind of person. You still have Mom and Dad, and me. Why couldn’t you think it through?"

"Because I’m stupid."

"Huh? Have you figured it out?"

Yu Guodong slammed on the brakes and looked back, surprised.

"What do you mean by that? Do you think so too?" Yu Sumei lightly slapped his back, causing a cloud of dust to rise.

"Don’t slap, don’t slap, I’m really dirty." Yu Guodong said.

But he didn’t continue the topic.

Instead, he started talking to Yu Sumei about his experiences over the years.

He seemed to have found someone to whom he could pour out all his grievances from these years, and as he spoke, his voice choked up, and tears scattered along the road with the night wind.

"Sometimes, I really think I might as well die; living is meaningless."

"Don’t say such foolish things."

"Mm, I’m just saying it casually, don’t take it seriously."

Seemingly afraid of worrying Yu Sumei, Yu Guodong burst into hearty laughter, but the laughter was tinged with a slight choke.

As they passed a braised food shop by the roadside, Yu Guodong stopped to buy some cooked food. He originally wanted to buy some wine but then thought at his sister’s age, she couldn’t drink, so he gave up.

The ride took nearly forty minutes before they arrived at the place Yu Guodong rented.

The neighborhood environment was pretty good, except that very few lights were on.

Because those who bought houses here were mostly outsiders; besides occasionally staying during winter vacations in Qionghai, they hardly lived here. The houses were either empty or rented out.

Because there were so many such houses and they were in remote areas, the rent was naturally cheap.

The apartment Yu Guodong rented was essentially a rough room, but with wallpaper pasted around, it looked reasonably neat.

"This is where I live, not bad, right?" Yu Guodong said with a bit of pride.

He had worked hard for countless years for this decent place to live.