Although her family has not mentioned the unexpected death of her brother named Xiaoguang, as Anna grew up, she gradually knew what happened at that time. It was in September of that year, when Xiaoguang was just in the first week of middle school, the kindergarten on the street where she was located caused a fire due to aging of wires. When the fire broke out, the kindergarten was taking a nap, and Xiaoguang and more than a dozen other children failed to escape and unfortunately suffered.

This incident had a huge blow to the whole family. Grandma was sick for a long time. Anna's mother, who was a teacher at the time, also cried for a long time, and even reached the point where she had to stop paying. Anna's father was originally staying abroad for many years and rarely went home a few times a year. After this incident, she felt guilty and blamed herself. Finally, she decided to spend more time with her family, which led to his later transfer.

...

Anna had already seen the breakfast stall opposite the river. It was exactly the same as in her memory, and the fog was blowing. The stall owner and his wife were busy. Seven or eight diners were sitting at the low table on the side of the road outside. In front of them, a cake and a bowl of tofu flowers were filled with the air. The fresh and sweet taste of soy milk that Anna had long lost was floating.

Anna suppressed her sudden accelerated heartbeat, stepped down from the bridge, her eyes passed by the stall owners and her husband in her memory, and walked slowly towards her alley.

Suddenly, her steps stopped.

She saw an old lady carrying a vegetable basket in one hand and holding a little boy in the other hand, and walking out of the alley.

The old lady has a kind face and is dressed neatly. The little boy is five or six years old. He is wearing a woolen hat and a blue jacket. He is carrying a small schoolbag and jumping around.

"Grandma! I want to eat meat dumplings!"

The little boy went straight to the breakfast stall.

"Okay, okay," the grandmother behind her followed to the stall.

"Old Tang's family, a bowl of wontons and two brothels!"

"Hold on!"

Old Tang's wife was quick-handed and quickly cooked the food and brought it up, "Be careful, I'll bring it to your grandson."

"Old aunt, I heard that your son came home yesterday?" Old Tang's wife asked casually.

While giving money, the old lady nodded happily: "Yes! My son came home yesterday!"

"When will you leave?"

"Just say it's a day and leave tomorrow!"

"Oh, then we're going to make a good meal today!"

"Yes, yes! When I send my grandson to the kindergarten, I will go shopping for vegetables!"

...

Anna hid behind the telephone pole and was determined to look at her already deceased grandmother and her brother Xiaoguang whom she had only seen in the photos. She didn't have the courage to take steps.

Xiaoguang is a very beautiful little boy, even better than the one in the photo. His forehead is slightly curly and he has bright big eyes that are distinctly black and white.

The dumpling was a little hot. He took a bite and immediately spit it back into the spoon, pulled out a thread of saliva, then bulged his cheeks and blew hard. Suddenly, he seemed to feel something, turned his head and looked in Anna.

He saw Anna hiding behind the telephone pole at a glance and met Anna's gaze.

Anna looked at the little boy who had the same blood relationship as her, her eyes suddenly became sore, she held back and smiled slightly at him.

Xiaoguang seemed a little shy, immediately turned around and continued to blow up the dumplings. After a while, he couldn't help but turn around quietly and glanced at Anna again.

"What are you looking at? If you don't eat it, it will be cold."

Grandma finished chatting with several neighbors next to her, and when she turned around, she saw that the things in Xiaoguang’s bowl had not finished eating, she urged her.

Xiao Guangji swallowed the things in his mouth, turned around and pointed to the telephone pole, and said vaguely: "Grandma, there is a sister over there who just smiled at me..."

"Who--"

Grandma looked along Xiaoguang's fingers.

Anna's heart beat wildly, she hurriedly turned her back and hid behind the telephone pole again.

"I don't know anyone!" Grandma glanced at her and said indifferently, "Okay? Alright, wipe your mouth clean yourself, Grandma will send you to school!"

Xiaoguang picked up a handkerchief pinned on the chest of his clothes with a pin and wiped his mouth carefully.

"Goodbye Auntie!"

He carried his schoolbag and jumped off the stool, waved goodbye to the stall owner Lao Tang family.

"Oh, goodbye Xiaoguang! What a good boy!"

The old Tang family is so happy and authentic.

Xiaoguang was led by his grandmother to the bridge and passed by the side of the telephone pole. He couldn't help but turn his head and look at Anna who was still standing there, with curiosity in his eyes.

Anna watched the little figure being led gradually disappear from her sight, and an indescribable feeling surged deep in her heart.

When she was young, she always hoped that she could have an older brother like other girls, who would protect herself.

Now, Xiaoguang really appeared in front of her like this.

It would be a different wish to have such a young brother with the same blood as her body that she asked her to protect her?

...

Anna bought a bowl of wontons at the breakfast stall and finished it slowly. Then she sat there, her eyes turning to the entrance of Baihua Lane, but she didn't move for a long time.

It was almost eight o'clock now, and there were not many people eating breakfast. Old Tang's family didn't drive her away. They just thought she was a little strange. While cleaning up, they chatted with her in soft and soft dialect: "Girl, are you from other places? What's the matter?"

Anna would naturally speak soft locally. She opened her mouth and was about to answer, but suddenly stopped and her blood was frozen.

A man was pushing a triangle bar bike out of the alley.

The man is in his early thirties, with thick eyebrows and a tall figure, and a capable and heroic spirit all over his body. Aside is a young woman in her 25 or 26 years old. The woman is petite, fair and beautiful, dressed up in a fashionable style, and has a popular flying swallow-style short hair, a bag on her body, and walking side by side with the man.

Although the two did not hold hands, they looked like a sticky feeling of love.

"Guoqiang, do you send your wife to work in person? Xiaoyu went out much later than usual!"

The old Tang family saw it and greeted him with a smile.

Although the woman who was walking with him was a young woman, her eyebrows and eyes still had a little girlish charm. He could hear the kindness and joke in the words of the old Tang family sister-in-law, and he was a little shy. He quietly reached out and pinched the husband's arm next to him.

Her husband's expression remained unchanged at all, and she smiled and said, "Yes, Sister Tang! Xiaoyu said in the morning that her feet hurt a little, and she was delayed when she went out. Anyway, I'm fine, so I'll send her over."

"It's OK, it's OK! You're rarely at home, so you should be nice to Xiaoyu when you come back!" Old Tang nodded with a smile, "Your mother went to buy vegetables just now. Xiaoyu also got off work early in the evening, so your family had a good meal!"

"Thank you! Let's go first!"

The man pushed the bicycle and passed by Anna with his wife, and finally both went up the bridge and left.

When they appeared at the entrance of the alley, Anna recognized it at first sight, and they were their parents An Guoqiang and Xiao Yu.
Chapter completed!