Shu Yue chuckled, "Sister, are you feeling better?"
Shu Xin hummed in agreement, "Almost."
Leite felt even more dejected. No one cared about him...
With a yelp of pain, Ah Shui was sent flying by a tail whip!
"Wente! Can't you be gentler!" Ah Shui wailed from the ground.
The battle concluded, and Wente reverted to his human form. He was covered in bruises and cuts, but he seemed unfazed by the pain, laughing, "I'm just loosening your bones for you. Don't thank me."
The four defeated beasts glared at him with murderous intent!
Arrogant! So arrogant!
They hadn't ganged up on him. First, they let Leite fight alone. Seeing Leite easily defeated, the other three decided to attack together.
Although no one delivered a killing blow, it was enough to prove that Wente had truly become stronger!
Wente casually brushed the dirt off his body and approached the females, picking up the bamboo basket beside Shu Yue. "We should go pick corn now."
"Okay." Shu Yue's eyes sparkled. Her man was so handsome!
Leite asked from the side, "What is corn?"
Wente replied, "You'll know when you see it."
Wente scooped Shu Yue into his arms, preparing to leave.
The two tigers and one elephant, still groaning on the ground, picked themselves up and intended to join the fun.
Leite fawningly approached Shu Xin, "Xin'er, I'll carry you."
Shu Xin softly agreed.
Led by Wente, the group headed towards the cornfield.
Shu Yue was impressed. Upon arriving in the sky, she lost all sense of direction, but the beastmen were unaffected. To her, it was the same sky, yet Wente could guide her to various locations.
A familiar sea of flowers.
Leite stared at the vast expanse of vegetation, looking somewhat dazed. "Is this what you call corn?"
Wente gently set Shu Yue down and went to break off the corn, picking a cob. "This is corn."
He beckoned Leite over, "Come help too!"
Carrying two baskets clearly wasn't enough. Wente then instructed Ah Shui and the others to fetch bamboo to weave more baskets.
The two females were idle again. Bored, Shu Yue decided to start a fire, planning to roast corn there.
Shu Xin watched her skillfully start the fire and then skillfully stick the corn, handed over by Wente, onto a stick and roast it. A ripple of emotion went through her. Was this really her sister, who couldn't tell one grain from another?
After a long pause, she said, "Shu Yue, you've changed."
Shu Yue smiled at her words, "I was immature back then. Now, to survive, I have to learn more skills, don't I?"
"It seems you plan to settle down here," Shu Xin added fuel to the fire.
Shu Yue nodded, "Yes. I can't go back. The father of my child is here. Where else would I go if not here?"
"Sister, if you had the chance, would you go back?"
Hearing this, Shu Xin fell silent. She didn't know herself...
Perhaps sensing her confusion, Shu Yue smiled at her. "If you really can't go back, it's better to settle down. Maybe heaven doesn't want our sisters to be separated~"
Shu Xin froze, then hesitantly asked, "Don't you hate me for forcing you to die?"
Shu Yue shook her head, "I don't hate you. I was the one who pushed you away first, leaving you to wander alone in a foreign land. I hope you don't hate me."
"..."
Shu Xin was stunned. It was as if a shackle in her heart suddenly broke. What was she still holding onto?
Her sister had paid the price of her life for the mistakes of her youth. What reason did she have not to forgive her!
Moreover, it was ultimately her own fault. If she hadn't resisted having a sister when they were young, if she hadn't refused her sister's closeness, if she hadn't blamed Yue Yue entirely for their parents' favoritism, how could they have ended up like this?
Everyone called her a genius, but she hated how her intellect made her understand her parents' greater love for her sister at an age when she shouldn't have. They were only a year apart; the truly jealous one was her.
It was her coldness that pushed her sister to extremes. Ultimately, it was her fault!
Shu Xin suddenly broke down emotionally. For the first time, she hugged her sister tightly, apologizing in tears, "I'm sorry... I'm the one who should apologize!"
Shu Yue was taken aback by the hug. When she heard Shu Xin's words, her body stiffened, and her eyes welled up with tears.
"No, Sister, you don't have to apologize to me. I'm the one who wronged you!"
Shu Xin shook her head, "No, Yue Yue, it's all my fault. I was too selfish..."
No one knew that when she saw Yue Yue fall off the cliff, she didn't feel any satisfaction of revenge. Instead, she felt panic and regret. After the person fell, she immediately called for people to search.
However, it was too late. Only a body was found.
Her father was still unconscious. Her mother fainted on the spot when she heard the news. She personally handled Shu Yue's funeral rites.
She didn't even know how she managed to complete her father's surgery. She kept her promise and saved the Shu family company, but the family was shattered.
Her parents showed no kindness towards her for saving the company; they still detested her.
Was this what she wanted!
Of course not. The moment Shu Yue died, she was overwhelmed with guilt. She lived like a walking corpse for two months, and finally, she returned to the cliff. Perhaps her existence was a mistake.
Who knew that the cliff had no bottom, and by chance, she ended up here. Miraculously, she saw Shu Yue again. Even now, she felt a sense of unreality.
Afraid she was living in an illusion, she dared not get excited or touch her, for fear of waking from a dream. She was still alone...
"Yue Yue, please forgive your sister, okay? I didn't really want you to die back then!" Shu Xin seemed to be crying out all the suppressed emotions of the past years.
Shu Yue hugged her back, deeply moved. This was the first time she had seen Shu Xin cry so heartbrokenly.
"Sister, let the past be the past. We are reunited now, and we will both be well from now on."
Shu Xin nodded, "Yue Yue, let me fulfill my responsibility as an older sister for the rest of my life. Give me this chance, okay?"
Shu Yue wiped away her tears, "Of course, it's okay. I haven't experienced being taken care of by an older sister yet."
Shu Xin's heart ached at her words, "I will learn to be a good older sister from now on!"
"Yes, I will be a good younger sister too!" Shu Yue wiped her tears for her.
Shu Xin also raised her hand to wipe away her sister's tears. Although they had never been close, neither of them resisted now. The power of blood was great and magical.
After venting her emotions, Shu Xin gradually calmed down and turned the almost burnt corn.
Shu Yue couldn't stop smiling. She had never felt so happy. If their parents could see them reconcile, they would surely be very happy~
After the two sisters cried, they roasted corn together, completely oblivious to the two beastmen who had stopped picking corn in the distance.