How can an elder brother not protect his younger sister?

The base of the freight truck was really too high, and the driver didn't notice the child who suddenly appeared in front of the vehicle. The truck drove straight forward.

Seeing that the freight truck was only a few meters away from hitting him, Zhen Yu laughed. That laugh was somewhat crazy and rather eerie...

At the very last moment, Ji Chen's father scooped him up in his arms, pulling him out of the clutches of death. But at that very instant, whether it was due to being scared or because of crying for too long and being extremely mentally exhausted, in any case, Zhen Yu fainted straight away in Ji Chen's father's arms...

When he woke up, it was already many days later. The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was a girl lying on him, curiously touching his face...

He exerted some strength, trying to push the girl lying on him away, but he couldn't move at all. Looking again, he realized: was he tied up?

"What are you doing!" Zhen Yu said angrily.

"You're so good-looking! I'm going to tie you up and make you my wife!"

That girl was Ji Chen. At the age of six, after watching a TV drama, Ji Chen imitated the scene of bandits going down the mountain to kidnap the lady of the mountain stronghold and tied up Zhen Yu.

"Get off me quickly!" Zhen Yu wasn't in the mood to joke with Ji Chen.

"No way. You're already mine! As long as you behave yourself from now on, I'll ensure you live a good life!"

As Ji Chen spoke, she even lifted Zhen Yu's chin with her index finger, teasing him.

"Ji Chen! What are you doing! He's still very weak now. Don't bully him!"

Ji Chen's father, Ji Ling, rebuked her.

Seeing her father coming, Ji Chen immediately jumped down and ran out quickly, just like a child who had made a mistake... Well, wasn't she exactly a child who had made a mistake!

Zhen Yu struggled a few more times against the ropes that bound him, but he couldn't break free. Panting heavily, he glared angrily at Ji Chen, who was hiding behind the door. Ji Chen made a face at him, and then smiled after putting her hand down.

Zhen Yu still remembered that smile until now, because that smile was truly healing, a pure smile as if it had never been tainted by the dust of the world...

Ji Ling knocked on Ji Chen's head helplessly. Ji Chen shrank her neck and said in a childish voice, "It hurts!" Then she ran away again.

Ji Ling untied the ropes on Zhen Yu's hands and asked him in an extremely gentle voice, "Is there anywhere else that feels uncomfortable? Does it hurt? This girl! I definitely have to teach her a good lesson!" Ji Ling nervously kept turning Zhen Yu's body over, carefully examining him.

Zhen Yu was momentarily distracted: "So, this is what a father is like..." Since he was talking to himself, his voice was rather soft.

"What? What did you say?" Ji Ling bent his ear down, getting as close to Zhen Yu as possible.

Zhen Yu, however, pushed Ji Ling away somewhat awkwardly. He had never experienced fatherly love before...

"Ah, it's nothing. That... where do you live? If you don't go home for such a long time, your parents must be very worried!" Ji Ling felt a bit embarrassed and quickly changed the subject.

Zhen Yu put down the hand that had pushed Ji Ling away. There was a look of loss in his eyes, but he didn't shed another tear.

Perhaps it was because he had cried all his tears out...

"I don't have any parents." This sentence was very indifferent, almost without a trace of emotion, but it made Ji Ling feel a pang of pity.

"Then, you... sigh..." Ji Ling let out a heavy sigh.

"You don't need to feel sorry for me!" Zhen Yu raised his lowered head again and said stubbornly.

It seemed that from that night on, he had grown up, but after all, he was just a seven-year-old child!

The burden of losing his mother fell on the shoulders of a seven-year-old child, pressing him so hard that he could hardly breathe, yet he remained silent.

Since then, he had been taken in by this family.

At first, he strongly rejected the care from Ji Chen's father and mother, thinking that it was just charity towards him, and he didn't need it...

But Ji Chen's father and mother were persistent in being kind to him and wouldn't give up just because of his rejection.

He experienced fatherly love for the first time and thus regained the feeling of motherly love as well.

However, he didn't mention the reason for his mother's death to anyone, and he had become gloomy and withdrawn since then.

No matter how Ji Chen tried to make him laugh, he remained unmoved. He often pushed little Ji Chen away, and a few times, he accidentally pushed her to the ground, making her burst into tears. Only then did he feel a bit worried and want to help her up, but Ji Chen's father and mother, who arrived in time, got there first.

He had thought that they would neglect him because of this, but they never did. Little Ji Chen was like a goldfish with only a seven-second memory. After crying, she would stand up again and even take out the snacks from her pocket to share with him...

And Ji Chen's father and mother continued to be kind to him without any hesitation.

Although time passed and he began to accept the care from this family, he had never smiled no matter what... until one time...

One day, Zhen Yu was staying in a corner of the school. Since he never wanted to talk to others and no one played with him, little Ji Chen was the one who always came running to find him, but he ignored her.

On this day, he was alone in the corner, lost in thought, when suddenly several older primary school students ran over, grabbed his clothes, and threw him to the ground.

But he didn't pay them any attention. He just got up, clapped his hands, and wanted to leave.

However, one of them grabbed him back and threw him to the ground again.

This time, he didn't get up but just lay on the ground. The people who were bullying him thought it was boring and switched to verbal abuse: "I heard he doesn't have a father or a mother. How pitiful!"

"I don't need your pity. People who can only enhance their deterrence in others' eyes by bullying others are the truly ridiculous ones!" Zhen Yu, who was lying on the ground, propped himself up with his hands.

But the people beside him were really provoked and started punching and kicking little Zhen Yu vigorously.

Little Zhen Yu just endured it silently and didn't make any reaction. Because compared to a peaceful life, the physical pain could better prove that he was still alive and not a walking corpse...

"You're the ones without parents! My dad and mom are his dad and mom. All of you get out of here!" No one knew where little Ji Chen rushed out from. She was even holding a small broom in her hand... With an angry look on her face, she actually looked extremely cute.

When those people saw little Ji Chen coming, they let go of Zhen Yu at their feet and turned towards her. Little Ji Chen took a few steps back: "If you keep this up, I'll tell the teacher!"

Those people laughed and said, "Go ahead and tell! Let's see if the teacher comes first or if you die first!"

Seeing those people rushing towards Ji Chen, Zhen Yu ran towards them desperately, picked up Ji Chen's broom, and started fighting with them. But how could he possibly win?

Realizing that he couldn't win, Zhen Yu protected Ji Chen in his arms. He was beaten black and blue, but Ji Chen in his arms was still unharmed...

"The teacher is coming! The teacher is coming!" The lookout shouted at the group of people.

Only then did those people run away in a hurry.

Ji Chen raised her head and looked at Zhen Yu, whose face was as swollen as a pig's head. Tears immediately streamed down her face like water from a faucet that had been turned on, unable to stop.

"Hiss... You're so silly! Hiccup... Why did you stand in front of me!" Ji Chen sobbed as she looked at Zhen Yu.

Zhen Yu then pinched Ji Chen's face, which was streaming with tears: "You said that our parents are the same, so you're my little sister! How can an older brother not protect his little sister!"

Only then did Ji Chen smile: "You said it. Don't go back on your word! I have an older brother now! I have an older brother!"

"I won't go back on my word!" Zhen Yu's face, which was as swollen as a pig's head, finally showed a smile...

From then on, Zhen Yu began to study martial arts desperately. Whenever someone bullied Ji Chen, their fate would definitely be that they couldn't get out of bed for a month...

He was also a top student. Because he wanted to deal with the wolf demon and avenge his mother, he began to study with all his might, hoping that one day he could create something that could eliminate all evil demons.

Day after day, year after year, Ji Chen got into one trouble after another, and Zhen Yu followed behind her, dutifully cleaning up one mess after another.

Ji Chen naively thought that she was so powerful that everyone was afraid of her. Every time after fighting with someone, she would loudly announce her name, which actually caused a lot of trouble for Zhen Yu.

Every night when Ji Chen got into trouble, in a certain alley, those who wanted to take revenge on Ji Chen would be knocked down one by one.

Sometimes, when that person got injured and Ji Chen saw it when he got home, little Ji Chen would slam the table, stand up abruptly, and say, "Tell me, who dares to bully my little lady! I'll teach them a lesson!"

Every time at this moment, that person would look at Ji Chen foolishly, supporting his chin with his hand and smiling indulgently.

"What are you giggling about! Do you think it's really impressive to have a young master like me!" Every time at this moment, Ji Chen would lift Zhen Yu's chin and then raise her small chin triumphantly to tease Zhen Yu.

Later, both of them grew up, and Zhen Yu began to feel afraid, afraid that one day Ji Chen would be taken away by someone else.

So he secretly followed Ji Chen. As soon as he saw someone confessing to Ji Chen or heard that Ji Chen had someone she liked, he would immediately give that person a warning from behind.

As a result, every time Ji Chen seemed to finally have a boyfriend, they would be scared away.

Remember one day, it was raining heavily outside the window. Ji Chen, who said she was going to a party with friends and wouldn't let Zhen Yu follow no matter what, still hadn't come home by 9 o'clock at night.

Zhen Yu called Ji Chen more than a dozen times, but no one answered. He became anxious and rushed out without even having time to grab an umbrella.

The rain was so heavy that Zhen Yu was completely soaked through in no time.

Zhen Yu searched almost all the places that Ji Chen often went to, but he couldn't find her. All night long, Zhen Yu wandered around the streets in a desolate state...

The next morning, the rain stopped. Zhen Yu returned home in a sorry state. His soaked clothes were still dripping water, but he didn't care.

He just sat on the steps in front of the house, like a stray dog, with his head buried, sobbing softly.

That was the first time he had cried since his mother passed away, crying so desperately...

He thought he had lost Ji Chen. That feeling was like losing the whole world! It was as if he had been abandoned by the whole world on the night his mother died.

With a creak, the door opened.

"Why are you here! You didn't come home all night. Mom and Dad were so worried about you! Also, what happened to you? Why are your clothes all wet?"

Ji Chen, who was holding a garbage bag and preparing to take out the trash, chided Zhen Yu, who looked like a drowned rat in front of her.