'I was only telling the truth!' Thought Tang Hao Xie.
Yi Baiqi laughed at the father-daughter pair and patted Tang Hao Xie's head. Tang Hao Xie felt the warmness and was shocked as she wanted the hand to not move from her head. She always avoided physical contact with others as she hated it but when this mother touched her she not only didn't hated it she even yearned for it.
She remembered that when Yi Baiqi had hugged her, all her emotions were out of order and she had even cried... Tang Hao Xie remembered about the missing big brother for whom she was curious about, she had lived with her big brother from when she was a baby, so she was hoping to see him again but she will not be able to see him... How can she go to him and tell him,that he was the only person in her life who could guess what she was feeling just by looking at her... , 'Brother, I miss you...' She thought to herself.
Yi Baiqi seem to feel the coldness increasing near her daughter so she held Tang Hao Xie's hand and asked, "What are you thinking?"
Tang Hao Xie without another thought replied, "Big brother." Her voice was more colder than before, even more colder tan when she had killed Red Whales.
Yi Baiqi was surprised by Tang Hao Xie's reply, 'Tang Hao Xie had never been able to meet her son, so why was Tang Hao Xie so curious about him?' She thought. After finding no clue for answer she helplessly shook her head, "Your big brother is fine. He will come back sooner or later, totally fine." She sounded like she was telling Tang Hao Xie but actually she was consoling herself, her face no longer held any smile which Tang Hao Xie had seen in last few hours.
Tang Hao Xie asked, "Who was big brother?" But she regretted asking it.
Just by hearing Tang Hao Xie say 'who was' Yi Baiqi could no longer hold on and tears started falling from her eyes. She started muttering again and again ,"He is fine, just gone traveling. he is fine..."
Tang Hao Xie had never seen Tang Xiao cry and so she never consoled him, so how can she do so for Yi Baiqi? She could only see her cry endlessly, After an hour or so, she could not take it anymore so she asked in a hurried tone, "Can you tell me about brother?"
Yi Baiqi stopped crying and her mouth twitched, 'She was crying so hard, her daughter didn't even said anything to console her, when said, she was just asking what she wanted to know!!'
Yi Baiqi remained silent for a while and looked at Tang Hao Xie, "You both look alike! You and your brother both look like your maternal grandfather. When I was pregnant with you, you brother was already fourteen years old, he used to come to my courtyard and talk to my belly for a long-long time... He speially named you Little Devil... I asked him why he called you so, he used to say, 'Mother! Litthe sister of Little Genius should be Little Devil." Saying so she wiped the tears on her face. "Tang Xiao was his name. My Tang Xiao! He was titled as 'Little Genius' in his friends... But when you turned five, he was at age to marry so your father and I decided to marry him, he didn't want to marry, so he tried to tell us, but we thought he was shy! On the day of marriage, we recieved the news, his room was empty with a note, "Forgive me mother, I don't like this marriage, I will return soon and you don't need to worry about me... Do take care of my little devil! When she reaches her age of marriage, show her what her brother had prepared for her, I hope she will like it...
When I'll return, I promise I will not just be a Little Genius, but the biggest genius. Find a good brother-in-law for me! Tell Tang Hao Xie to wait for big brother... Don't worry about me..."
Yi Baiqi stood up and left the courtyard with eyes full of tears. She failed to notice the clenched fists of Tang Hao Xie who was also unaware of it... She raised her hands to her face, "Brother, I miss you, I can't come back. Can you come find me again like past when I used to hide in lab!" She lost all her will and didnt look cold at all but like a real child who was missing her mother. Yes mother, she was raised by Tang Xiao, he was the only person whom she was able to talk without any problem, he was the only one who talked with her for no profit, he was the only one she cared about... .
She flicked her fingers and entered Leviter Amor, she headed towards third floor of house, but when she reached to front of the canteen, she was shocked, the ever clean canteen now was a mess, then she heard a voice of utensil being thrown, she frowned ,'There can be no one here in here, so who is throwing these things??' She entered the canteen, dodged a plate and shouted, "Who is it??"
She raised her head, there she saw a white furball running here and there... No it was not furball it was a dog!! Just as she was going to stop it, another bowl came flying towards it and it dodged it and junped in her arms.
Tang Hao Xie was stunned! This dog was really bold! It jumped on her without thinking, her mood was already not good but after seeing this daring dog in her arms, her mood became worse...
She headed towards the source of the one who was throwing utensils.
She was shocked by looking at the criminal of her loss and 'whoosh' all her anger was gone... She stared dumbstruck at the man in font of her... The man was smiling warmly at her as always, he asked dotingly, "Now you remember? How much time have I been locked here for? Do you know this dog was not letting me eat anything and he even..." He was not able to complete his complaining because of the sudden hug of his sister... He was shocked, his sister hated someone touching her, even more touching them herself! But today she not even touched him herself, she was even hugging him tightly. So tightly as if she held loose, he would dissappear.
He was correct! Tang Hao Xie was first shocked, then happy, then she thought he will dissappear, so she ran to him and hugged him tightly. After a long silence she was only able to say a small sentence, "Don't leave me again, brother, I missed you."