Chapter 58: Self

After that voice echoed.

Hoang Tuan felt a buzzing in his head.

In front of him, everything gradually became vague, eventually sinking into silence.

The sound of car horns, the busy city life...

He waited until he opened his eyes again.

Hoang Tuan was lying on his bed in his bedroom.

Hearing the lively noise outside the window, he slowly sat up, gently patting his throbbing head, and gritted his teeth.

...

Outside the window.

The orange evening sun painted the sky in a dull color.

The setting sun was obscured by a distant mountain, leaving behind red clouds in the sky...

A young man of a young age, finishing his shift, walked out into the street.

Walking on the road with a bag in hand, he held his significant other's hand tightly against the cold wind.

The faint sound of pets from the lower floor of the apartment complex could be faintly heard...

An old man in his fifties placed the "Horse" chess piece on the opponent's chessboard, smiling contentedly.

A child wearing a backpack with cartoon characters, holding a warm pastry in hand, a small drop of snot on the tip of the nose, dripping into the mouth.

Hoang Tuan stood up and pulled the curtain.

Blocking the sunlight, which made him feel a little dazzled.

This made the whole room darker again.

"Mom?"

He called out in a loud voice, hesitatingly.

After a while.

The door lock turned, and a young girl with innocence and beauty poked her head in, looking at Hoang Tuan from head to toe, and shook her head in disdain.

"Brother, your hair is falling out again while sleeping."

Hoang Lan said to Hoang Tuan.

Then she turned to switch on the water heater, and there was a voice from the opposite room.

"Quickly go wash your hair, or else Mom will scold you if she sees you messy like this."

Hearing Hoang Lan's words.

Hoang Tuan immediately had a conditioned reflex, quickly tidying up his clothes and going out of the room to ask, "Where's Mom?"

"Cousin forgot to bring back the homework, so mom took her back home at noon to get it, and they're almost back."

Hoang Lan sat on the sofa in the living room and said.

"Oh, okay."

Hoang Tuan replied.

After tidying up the bed, he hurried to the bathroom.

His little sister was right.

If Mom sees him sleeping until the afternoon before waking up, he will definitely get scolded.

Draining the water, squeezing shampoo, lathering, rinsing, drying...

The entire process was skillfully completed.

Hoang Tuan only spent five minutes.

After taking care of his hair, he focused his attention on his little sister sitting by the coal stove in the living room.

Hoang Lan was now concentrating on watching the TV show...

She held a fried pastry in her hand, peeled it into pieces and put them into her mouth. Her small face was slightly flushed due to the heat.

No matter how you looked at her, she seemed somewhat cute and hard to understand.

Hoang Tuan stepped forward.

Using his body to block the TV screen.

"Sis, why do you like watching such cheesy dramas?"

Facing Hoang Tuan's slightly taunting question.

With red eyes, Hoang Lan reached out and pinched the flesh around his waist, causing him to exclaim in pain.

"What are you saying? Can't you see how emotional I am right now?"

"..."

Hoàng Tuân fell silent.

He distanced himself from his somewhat annoyed younger sister and quietly ate his pastry.

However, just as the TV show reached its climax, the screen suddenly froze, and the words "to be continued" slowly appeared in the bottom right corner...

Next.

It was just an advertisement, with no visuals, only audio.

There was a simple puzzle at the top, two phone numbers at the bottom, and it said that you could win a mysterious prize if you guessed correctly!

His younger sister, who was excitedly watching the movie, got angry and pounded the sofa after being interrupted by the advertisement.

Of course.

This was nothing to blame.

Hoàng Tuân knew that this type of advertisement usually lasted for fifteen minutes and most of the content was meaningless and not worth watching.

So he jokingly said, "Don't tell me you find this advertisement more interesting than your tearful movie, huh?"

As soon as Hoàng Tuân finished speaking.

He could feel his younger sister's gaze becoming less friendly...

"If you say more, I will tell mom about your secret love letters."

Hoàng Lan pouted, pretending to be malicious.

"You sneaked into my bedroom, didn't you?!"

The expression on Hoàng Tuân's face suddenly froze.

His face turned red immediately.

A strange psychological feeling arose when his little secret was discovered.

He imagined that when Hoàng Lan saw the contents of those love letters, he would want to bury himself in the ground!

"Sneaked into what? I just saw your room was too messy, so I helped you tidy it up."

Hoàng Lan said with a smile.

As she smiled, she recounted the contents of those love letters, "Oh, dear classmate, I think I must have been very lucky to meet you..."

The cheesy words were spoken.

Hoàng Tuân got goosebumps; he felt like he should silence his younger sister, so he picked up the cushion from the sofa and almost threw it at Hoàng Lan.

"Hoàng Lan, keep quiet, don't tell anyone!"

"Come on, let's play a game!"

Hoàng Lan shouted back.

Before they figured out what to do.

Their mom's voice echoed in their ears along with the sound of the door opening.

"Aren't my two children too noisy all the time?"

Dad and their cousin followed their mom into the house, each holding a few books, probably homework during their vacation.

Except for the three of them.

There was also a teary-eyed little girl standing by the door, motionless.

"Mom, who is this little girl?"

Hoàng Lan put down the cushion.

She asked her mom with suspicion.

"I met the little girl on the way. She was lost, sitting on the ground crying. I felt sorry for her and was going to take her home first, then call the police to take her to the station to find her parents."

Mom replied, seeing that the little girl was still frightened, she reached out and smiled, telling her not to be afraid and carried the little girl into the house.

Hoàng Tuân stood next to the sofa.

He calmed down a bit.

He could feel, from the first moment he saw that little girl.

Familiar yet enigmatic...