invisible brother

Ji Yan stood in the middle of the road in a daze, with a child passing through his chest, laughing happily, innocently.

……

That should be a pair of brothers.

One was about seven or eight years old, and one was older than the other.

Two running children hold hands tightly.

"Run! That person is catching up!"

They shouted, but there was no panic on their faces, only smiles of successful pranks.

He watched them silently—running farther and farther, and finally disappeared from his field of vision.

……

It rained lightly at night, and pedestrians ran away from the open space, looking for a place that could shelter from the rain.

"Hey!"

"What are you doing standing there, come here."

He looked over in confusion, and saw a girl with curved eyebrows.

"you……"

"Hey, I just called you over."

The girl pulled him, and his soul was easily lifted up.

"Hey, I'm really strong."

She acted like they were normal people sitting under the eaves to get shelter from the rain.

But they all know that rain does not bring cold and wet feeling.

"Hey, he's out."

The girl touched him and interrupted his train of thought: "Are you new here? Be careful, don't be swallowed by him."

A dark blue "person" appeared on the street, tall and tall, wandering around and patrolling like a ghost.

There is a newborn soul hidden in the corner, beating steadily like a heart, the "man" found it, raised his hand and sucked it bit by bit-the soul turned into a gray mist, and was involved in his body at a speed visible to the naked eye .

"Remember, when you meet blue souls, stay away from them."

The girl warned him seriously, and then Maoyao left here.

Ji Yan killed an evil spirit.

He went back to visit his brother, and on the way back, he ran into a light blue soul.

Its face was vague and ferocious, and the dark blue fire danced on his chest, reflecting the soul into blue.

It roared at him, wrapped around his transparent body at once—

"let me go……"

The burning sensation in his soul made him groan in pain. He thought of his brother and remembered that he still couldn't disappear, so he shouted angrily:

"let me go!!!"

He stretched out his hand vigorously and stuffed it into the chest of the evil spirit. He frantically grasped the blue soul fire, and before his consciousness was about to disappear, he heard the sound of the flame going out.

"Ha ha……"

He fell to the ground exhaustedly, watching the big hole in its chest form a vortex, only to disappear in an instant.

……

He raised his hand to cover his eyes, but no tears came out.

"Little Yan, wake up."

He opened his eyes and saw the other one rubbing his eyes and walking out impatiently.

The elder brother stroked his hair intimately, and even stretched out his hand to turn out his shirt collar and tidy it up.

……

He walked out in silence without anyone noticing.

4.

He doesn't want to be called Ji Yan anymore.

No more.

5.

A year passed, and he ushered in a lonely summer.

The sun is so hot that ghosts want to touch it...

"Don't stand in the sun!!!"

He didn't listen to the persuasion, and took a step down, just one step, and he came into contact with the sun.

He actually felt warm.

As in memory, my brother was lying on the bed reading a book, and he was lying on his lap...

Can he [meet] him again?

6.

"It's not impossible."

A soul who was a scholar in life made a movement of lifting his glasses:

"You're not like us."

"You won't get burned by the sun."

"only……"

"Are you sure you really met, can your family accept you?"

7.

I do not know.

8.

The ghost quietly lay beside Ji Yan, stroking his cheek tenderly.

"Brother." He lowered his head, his lips almost touching the pinnae: "...Brother."

if you could see me...

if you can……

9.

Please don't be afraid.

……I love you.

I will not hurt you.

10.

The real [encounter] came without warning.

Even if he already knew that he already had the ability to be seen...

11.

The downtown area was ablaze.

"hey-hey!"

The old ghost concentrated his energy and bumped into Ji Yan mischievously, and looked at him threateningly at close range.

The ghost stood stiffly in place.

There were only a few steps between him and his brother, and he clearly saw Ji Yan's sharply constricted pupils and his frightened retreat, and then he saw him...

Full of confusion and shock.

Only... no joy.

12.

He sealed Ji Yan's eyes.

"Cut~ it's boring."

The old ghost followed beside him resentfully, pointing to the blue evil spirit in the burning attic.

"That's a poor man, too. He couldn't bear the tragedy caused by a fire at home. His mother died, and he died in there."

The ghost nodded, but didn't listen to anything.

He still thinks about those eyes.

to him……

I shouldn't exist, right?

13.

However, he found that his brother cared about him very much.

When alone, he would ask in a low voice:

"are you there?"

And he said to himself: "It really is an illusion."

He wanted to grab his brother's clothes and say that it was not a hallucination or a dream.

But in the end...just watching silently.

14.

That's it.

such……

Will suffice.

15.

But he underestimated his greedy soul.

16.

Ji Yan went to Nanshan Temple to ask for a string of Buddhist beads.

The ghost watched him hide the Buddhist beads, and worried about how to send them out-it was both funny and sad.

Is he going to protect Ji Yan?

Why bother.

He won't hurt him.

17.

The role of the beads made him confused.

It is like an invisible thread that connects two souls across the body.

He simply stood in front of his elder brother openly, staring at him openly and greedily.

Silently being a little tail with a strong sense of presence.

He watched his brother chop vegetables, the beautiful silhouette of his shoulders...

The eyes stare without blinking.

My brother's uncomfortable reaction also felt good.

18.

On the dining table are delicious meals made by my brother.

He watched helplessly as Ji Yan put down the last dish, and

Ji Yan and the two started eating in silence.

As he was eating, he should have noticed his gaze, and his elder brother's eyes were a little erratic.

He got up and took another bowl, which he placed in front of him seemingly casually.

"Just two people, what are you doing with three bowls?"

"Put some soup and let it cool down."

"..."

The ghost couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled. He was holding the small bowl of wax gourd soup, feeling warm in his heart.

19.

But this moment of happiness did not last long.

Brother celebrates Ji Shan's birthday——

How he wanted to say, this is my birthday too!

But what is he?

And why?

20.

He can't find his place.

21.

The ghost looked downstairs, it was pitch black.

In the distance, he heard Ji Yan's footsteps approaching——

The elder brother lit a cigarette beside him, and leaned against the railing to puff out the smoke.

He couldn't help but look up at his brother, but he met his gaze - the dark eyes were the same as in his memory.

He lowered his eyes, not daring to look any further.

22.

My brother talked about their past, but in the words, it was [my brother] instead of [you].

They are all warm memories, but when I think about them now, I just feel that things are different.

He listened silently until his brother talked about the present.

He said he didn't understand why the brothers became more and more cold...

There was bitterness and helplessness in his eyes.

He didn't know how to remedy this family relationship.

Feeling sore in his heart, the ghost grabbed the hem of his clothes and looked up at him:

"elder brother……"

"do not be sad."

23.

The ghost's hands trembled - he said the title.

He said brother.

But the person in front of him didn't mind, instead he smiled and asked him:

"Xiao Yan..."

"Can I call you that?"

He looked at the slightly doting smile, and nodded in a daze.

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