I had used so much force that his expression froze. He could clearly feel my trembling fingertips and was shocked.

  His palms were also sweating, and his knuckles had turned white.

  I hesitated again and again before suddenly staring at him. I mustered up my courage and begged, “Brother… let’s be together always, okay?”


  His expression froze, and a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes. His eyes met mine for a brief moment before he quickly looked away. He lowered his head and didn’t say a word.

  His silence was like a thorn that pierced my heart. I felt a little suffocated. “Brother… I hate it when you’re with other girls… I’ve imagined you dating other girls, hugging, dating, kissing… I can’t accept it. It’s like the end of the world! We’ll be together forever, and no one will leave. Just like we promised when we were young, can we be together?! A hundred years, we’ll be together forever!”


  My tone conveyed a humble plea, both frantic and helpless.

  I was full of hope that he would pull me into his arms and promise me, “Okay, okay… We will be together forever.”


  But he didn’t.

  He only reached out with a trembling hand and pried my fingers off one by one. When he looked up at me, his face was pale and carried a look of resignation.

  “Be a good girl, stop fooling around, okay?”


  “I’m not fooling around! I’m being very serious. Can’t you tell? Can’t you tell?!”


  I leaned up to him in all earnestness and said frantically, “I want to be with you all the time, Brother. Didn’t we promise each other?”


  “Xiachun, we are siblings. One day, a girl I love will come along. She will become my wife and spend the rest of my life with me. The one who will be together with me forever… it’s going to be that girl, not you. Do you understand?”


  “I don’t understand!” My face instantly heated up as I questioned him, “Why?! Why can’t it be me?!”


  His words, to me, were extremely cruel. My heart felt as though it was being stabbed, and suddenly, my vision blurred.

  I clenched my fists tightly. Despair seemed to drown me as I asked, “Then what was it that you promised me in the past? Was it a lie? We clearly agreed…”


  He turned his face away with a complicated expression. He lowered his head and stared straight at the black and white piano keys. He tried to look calm and said, “I promised you that I would be with you forever and never leave you, but not in this way. Do you understand?”


  The air went dead silent.

  I saw his brow furrow, his face stormy with a complicated expression. He seemed to be deliberately avoiding me.

  In a moment of feeling lost, I subconsciously reached out and grabbed his wrist tightly. He turned his head in surprise, I lost control of myself and leaned closer to him. Then I circled my arms around his shoulders and clumsily kissed him.

  When I was young, I loved to watch romantic and sweet idol dramas. Every time there was a kissing scene, I would watch with my heart racing, when the male and female leads sealed their lips together.

  I copied what I saw on TV and held his face in my hands. I gently closed my eyes and traced his thin lips with my lips.

  He was stunned. I could feel his entire body stiffen. He did not move as half of my body leaned up against him. Through the thin material of his clothes, I could even clearly feel the heat of his chest and the pounding of his heart.