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Yingying unceremoniously reached into Liang's trouser pocket and took out the banknotes:

"For example, we have never been to the trap stall."

"Snapped."

"I found a piece of money."

"Snapped."

"I found another piece of money."

"Snapped."

"I picked up a lot of money."

Yingying pretended to shake his head, imitating Ryo's expression just now:

"I decided to use the money I picked up to eat free ramen!"

"Is there a possibility that the ramen shop is closed tonight?"

Ryo bluntly shattered Yingying's fantasy. He confirmed the amount of money in Yingying's hand and muttered:

"It's equivalent to fifty hoops. If you can spend fifty hoops, you can win the ultimate prize."

"Okay, I'll take it and buy you some clothes."

He easily took the money back into his pocket:

"Go back and eat. The smell here makes me hungry."

"Oh, let's go home."

Neither brother nor sister was interested in fireworks, and their attire was indeed a bit out of place in this increasingly noisy area, so they simply left the scene and walked home.

"I'm back."

Under the dim street lights, Ryo and Hotaru walked back to the basement where they lived. Facing the dark and narrow living room, they inserted the key into the keyhole and Ryo spoke softly.

"Welcome back."

"No... Ying Mingming just got home just now."

"But if I don't say 'Welcome back', wouldn't my brother's 'I'm back' be echoed by no one?"

"Then the two of us can say 'I'm back' together."

"This won't work."

Firefly said seriously:

"There's no need to say 'I'm back' and be lonely if no one says 'Welcome back'."

Leaning against the wall and taking off her shoes, her sister was the first to walk into the house. She easily found the light switch on the wall in the dark, and the soft light that seemed warmer than usual quickly filled the living room.

Although it is said to be the living room, in fact, there is only this slightly larger room in the entire basement. The bed is also placed here. The rest is only a small kitchen and bathroom.

"Hurry up and take a shower. Turn off the lights after you take a shower."

Liang warned her very seriously that this month's electricity bill seemed to be a bit higher than expected, so it would be better to save a little at the end of August.

Before his father left and he had not found a job with a stable income, every little bit of money he had left could not be wasted.

The two of them moved very quickly, and it only took less than half an hour in total. At about 8:30 in the evening, they lay on the bed together and turned off the lights in a daze.

The basement had only one vent and no windows, so once the lights were turned off, darkness quickly enveloped the house.

"tell a story!"

Yingying lay next to Liang and shook his arm. Although the child got sleepy early, he really couldn't fall asleep for a while after taking a bath.

"Well, tell a story."

Liang didn't feel sleepy at all, so he simply got up and leaned against the wall to grab a fan.

On the fan is an advertisement for a men's hospital. This was distributed for free on the streets last month. It is now the only summer prop when there is no air conditioning and fans are reluctant to use.

"...Where did you talk about yesterday?"

"I forgot too."

"I forgot to be so confident."

"Didn't my brother not remember it first?"

"Okay, then start over?"

Liang used a fan to fan the lying firefly. There were three fires on the child. It might be warm to hold him while sleeping in the winter, but it would be a bit torturous to be close to him in the summer.

"Well, let me think about it, I'll use the life simulator today."

"First, please give Hotaru a name for your character."

"Hotata! Hotaru is Hotaru!"

As if answering the teacher's question in class, Hotaru suddenly raised her hand.

"Okay, then let player Yingping draw his own talent."

"1. Good health. Yingying's body will always be healthy and will not get sick."

"yeah!"

Firefly was super excited and kicked the quilt at her feet aside:

"I can draw this talent every time."

"Second, the family is happy. Yingying has a father and mother who love her. The family is harmonious and beautiful."

"Firuta needs to add a little more."

"I need a brother."

"Well, okay then."

"Firefly has a father and mother who love her, as well as an older brother."

"Brother is Ryo!"

Hotaru rubbed in the direction of Ryo, because this would allow the wind from the fan to hit both of them at the same time.

"Third, everyone admires her. Firefly will grow into a beautiful girl in the future."

"Four..."

"There's no need to have so many. Too much is greedy. The first three are enough."

Hotaru opened her mouth to stop Ryo from continuing, she seemed really satisfied, squinting her eyes and giggling.

"Okay, let's officially start."

"The first year: Yingying was born, the second child in the family. Both your father and mother were very excited about your birth, thinking that you were a treasure given to them by God."

"Where's my brother?"

"My brother is only two years older than you. Do you expect me, who is two years old, to applaud you happily?"

"It's okay in the story!"

"All right."

Liang sighed softly, and he added:

"My two-year-old brother Ryo was also very happy. He clapped his hands excitedly."

Firefly then started to laugh again, and a series of silver bell-like laughter was particularly moving in this dark basement.

"In the second year, Yingying grew up healthy and healthy. Doctors said Yingying was the healthiest child they had ever seen."

"In the third year, Yingying grew up healthily. The family bought Yingying blocks and puzzles."

"In the fourth year, Yingying is growing up healthily and is ready to go to kindergarten."

............

Children's sleepiness always comes suddenly. Yingying, who was obviously full of interest a few minutes ago, has fallen asleep next to Ryo, breathing evenly.

With Yingying's physical condition, it's quite difficult to go out and take a spin at the fireworks display. It's normal to be tired when she comes back.

Liang Fang gently slowed down his tone:

"In the fourteenth year, Yingying is growing up healthily, becoming more and more beautiful and cute."

He patted his sister's back and hummed a lullaby softly.

You can hear the faint sound of fireworks exploding, but you can't see any glorious scene.

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Online cemeteries are an emerging industry due to the rise in land prices in recent years, and are also a helpless choice for many families.

Liang finished today's work. He shook his tired wrist, stood up and stretched his somewhat stiff body, and stretched out his hand to wake up the dormant mobile phone screen.

He used the automatic linker software for about three hours. After finishing more than 300 advertisements, Liang was able to buy all the virtual goods in the entire store.

[You chose a stuffed bear]

[You have chosen a blueberry pie]

......

[Your balance is insufficient, items cannot be selected]

[May the living be well and the dead rest in peace]

Get up, take a shower, turn off the lights, and go to bed.

Damn, I can't sleep.

ps: The reality chapter will probably fill in quite a few pitfalls from the past few volumes.

ps2: The purpose of this article is to complete Ryo's character design, and also to explain some of his very strange choices in Karuizawa Megumi's second simulation, such as why he spent two times on the cat named "Hotaru". Tens of millions of personal points. Although Hotaru played a considerable role in the sports festival, in fact this was not in Ryo's plan. It was just his personal obsession.

ps3: Thank you for reading and subscribing. I said before that what I write is a story of redemption and redemption. If the first few volumes are about redemption, the main line in the back is about redemption.

The Abyss of Youth: Chapter 2: The Thief and the Hot Cocoa

The night my mother left home, it was snowing heavily outside the window, and it was a cold winter.

It is said that Yingying saw her for the last time while lying by the window. She was wrapped in a thick cotton jacket and scarf, her whole body was like a tightly wrapped rice dumpling, and her pockets were bulging. She stopped a taxi and left without going anywhere. Take another look in the direction of home.

Later, Ryo and Hotaru learned that their mother had taken away all the remaining cash, bankbooks, and gold and silver jewelry when she ran away from home.

Ryo first noticed her mother's disappearance because her father was hanging out in a casino at that time.

Liang knocked on the door of his mother's room, but no one answered. He pushed in, and the quilt on the bed was empty. He was huddled there thinly, as if there was someone lying inside, but when he reached in, there was only one person left. With the last remaining warmth, Liang crawled onto the bed and touched the entire quilt, but in the end he couldn't find any trace of human beings in any nook and corner.

Yingying has already woken up. She, who is almost ten years old, is leaning against the window and looking at the ice flowers. After a night, the outside of the glass window has been covered with snow-white ice flowers. Yingying's mouth is firmly attached to it, and it looks like It was like trying to lick it through the glass.

The white breath she exhaled hit the glass, and she stretched out her hand to draw patterns on it here and there.

After his father came back, he didn't get angry immediately. What made him really angry was that the other party actually took away all the valuable things in the house before leaving. He scratched his hair irritably, his fingers shaking so much, as if he had been beaten to death. Card.

Ryo and Hotaru followed their father to another house with cheaper rent. Their father did not change anything because of their mother's death. His state switched back and forth between alcoholism and gambling. He would only come back for a few naps in the morning every day. When I was young, it was like treating my home as a temporary hotel.

At that time, a multi-functional pencil case became popular in the elementary school where Ryo and Hotaru attended. It was said to be the latest technological product. When the power button was pressed, it would unfold on the desk like a castle, with various All kinds of stationery are neatly arranged everywhere. Every time I take out pencils, erasers and other stationery, it is like a king selecting his favorite treasure in the treasury. It became an enthusiastic pursuit among the students at that time.

One, two, three...

There are more and more students in the school who have this kind of pencil case. Every time the students who have it come to the classroom in the morning and open their schoolbags, they look like mighty knights. They can't wait to show this as soon as they sit down in their seats. All they need is Click a button and a magnificent castle rises from the table.

Hotaru showed interest in this thing. At that time, she was not aware of the changes in family conditions at all, but fortunately, she found Ryo first.

Liang hurriedly stopped Firefly from asking her father for this pencil case, but Firefly pouted and said that it was her tenth birthday soon and she just wanted this as her birthday gift.

Because other people and my friends have it, so I have to have it too.

Liang knew very well what his sister was thinking, and he knew even better that he couldn't stop the thought. Although he could temporarily suppress it at this time, as long as his sister went to school tomorrow and saw the castle a few more times, she would start thinking about it again.

So Liang decided to find a way to buy one for Hotaru by himself, because he felt that this thing was not only a stationery, but more importantly, he needed his sister to be sociable.

Yingying, who was two years younger than him, looked like a little carrot. He had been teased by other children because of his weak physique. At that time, all the classmates had finished, and Liang ran to Yingying's classroom and saw her sitting there. A man was crying quietly on the ground. After hearing the noise, he raised his head and looked at him with eyes like a small animal.

But later, Hotaru still made friends. Once she became gregarious, she would not be isolated and would not be the target of bullying. After thinking that her sister might become unsociable because of a pencil case, Ryo felt that she could still try harder. .

Theoretically speaking, there is no way for twelve-year-old Liang to find a place to work, and places like convenience stores will not accept him.