Jiangzhou is a coastal city with a tropical monsoon climate, often referred to as a "natural greenhouse" because of its ample rainfall and fairly strong winds, which carry a constant hint of salty moisture.
Although modern pollution is prevalent, the air in Jiangzhou is exceptionally fresh, and the sky is unusually blue—even when it's drizzling, the sky remains as clear and pristine as if it had been washed.
Yun Ya push the bedroom door open and entered. It was a child's bedroom decorated primarily in blue tones, yet void of any toys – extremely tidy and clean. A soft carpet covered the floor, stepping on it felt like stepping on cotton. On the carpet near the window, there was a set of children's building blocks which were already assembled into a castle-like, magnificent house. And in the open space in front of the castle sat two dolls, a boy and a girl, with heads touching each other, both cute and heartwarming.
The corners of Yun Ya's lips curved up slightly.
She walked over to the bed, her gaze tenderly falling on the little boy who was fast asleep.
Miaomiao, I'm back.
In this life, I will never let you get hurt again.
She slipped off her shoes and climbed under the covers, her head next to Yun Miao's. She looked at his peaceful sleeping face with tenderness and affection, her mouth curling up in a pleased and contented smile.
Although her rebirth hadn't changed certain tragedies, like Miaomiao's congenital disability or the intelligence he had lost to a high fever...
She was nonetheless overwhelmingly content.
Because her Miaomiao was still alive, she could feel his body heat, his breathing, his heartbeat...
It's better this way, you don't need to know the coldness and darkness of this world anymore. In the warm nest I've woven for you with my own hands, you can live a happy and carefree life.
She and Miaomiao were dizygotic twins; ever since they were in their mother's womb, they had been struggling for nutrition to grow, and in this vast world, only he was her life's sole warmth and hope.
Without realizing it, she fell asleep, while the drizzling rain outside the window went on incessantly, yet the room was filled with warmth and tranquility.
In this new dream, there were no nightmares anymore.
Suddenly, the door opened from the outside. Yun Ya abruptly opened her eyes.
"Young Miss Ji? Why did you come into the young master's room?" The newcomer was in her late twenties, with jet-black hair tied back in a bun, a fair and pretty face, possessing the delicate and graceful beauty unique to Jiangnan women.
Ji Die, the Ji Family's faithful servant, had grown up with her mother from a young age. It was this woman who had taken meticulous care of her and Miaomiao when their mother was preoccupied with social engagements or succumbing to seasons of melancholy, even more attentive than their biological mother.
Yun Ya sat up, "Aunt Die, from now on I want to sleep with Miaomiao."
She would not tell the person before her that she simply couldn't fall asleep without Miaomiao.
Ji Die was momentarily startled, looking into those bright eyes. For some reason, her heart skipped a beat., She felt that Young Miss Ji was different somehow, but upon closer examination, Young Miss Ji was still just Young Miss Ji, the girl she had been taking care of since she was an infant, whom probably no one knew better than she did.
Being excessively clever was akin to being uncannily precocious, so she had always seemed more mature than her peers, with none of the naivete expected of a child of her age. Only in front of the old master would she show a hint of coquettishness. But ever since the old master passed away and the mistress had vanished, Ji Die had not seen Young Miss Ji smile again.
It was only Miaomiao who could make Young Miss Ji a little happier.
Thinking of this, Ji Die couldn't help but tear up. "Alright, starting today, you will sleep with the young master." After the family catastrophe, they were just children, and as blood siblings, they could only rely on each other.
At this moment, Yun Miao also slowly woke up, his eyes as clear as glass beads, astonishingly beautiful. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Yun Ya and smiled happily, lips pressed together.
Yun Miao was a child born deaf and mute. Ji Lanyi had sought countless famous doctors and visited numerous top hospitals at home and abroad for his examination, to no avail. Because of this, the child became the largest blemish in Ji Lanyi's otherwise glamorous life. Whenever Ji Lanyi had a fallout with Yun Shen, Miaomiao would bear the brunt of her anger. On one occasion, Miaomiao had accidentally broken her jade bracelet, and she made him kneel in the courtyard during a rainy day, causing him to catch a chill and fever all night. After the fever subsided, he had become mentally disabled.
That time, Yun Ya had gone to participate in a children's intelligence contest at a TV station. Before leaving, she had told Miaomiao to wait for her to bring back a championship trophy, a shared honor between them. Although the outside world was abuzz with talk of Young Miss Ji being a prodigy, Miaomiao was even smarter than her. Their mother didn't know, their father didn't know, their grandfather didn't know, a congenitally deaf and mute child had been sentenced to life imprisonment from birth.