“Mm!” Still an obedient puppet, a puppet without consciousness, a puppet without memories. But at least now I have a place to stay; at least I’m no longer an orphan. I don’t know why, but I actually really dislike being an orphan, as if there was a terrible memory.
He slowly took out the mountain of books beside him, with no expression.
“I will arrange your study schedule. I will teach you everything personally, including martial arts.” Firm and cold, without the love a brother should have for his sister, but a small expectation grew in my heart. Perhaps he was just eager to cure my illness. But since waking up last time, I haven’t felt any abnormality, except for not experiencing the periodic disorientation and loss of consciousness; there were no other discomforts.
“Mm!”
I murmured in agreement, even with doubts in my heart, unable to make any other response.
In the days to come, there was nothing but training. I would still only fall into a coma for two periods each day, with no other abnormalities. I just didn’t know what happened during those comas and would always feel exhausted upon waking. Whenever images began to appear in my mind, they vanished without a trace after the coma.
I was no longer eight years old. Day after day of practice had almost made me forget the passage of time. After studying medicine for eight years and martial arts for eight years, I never knew what the outside world was like. All this time, I remained Yincan’s puppet, allowing him to teach me medicine and accompany me in martial arts training.
I had always known that he was not my brother, and I had always known he was lying to me. Yet I was still willing to be his puppet, my consciousness following his lead. He didn’t seem to mind me hearing about his affairs, as if he was certain I would remain his puppet.
Just like today, he seemed truly happy, a faint smile hanging on his cold face. Although he had never been stingy with his smiles during all the time I’d followed him, I could always see the falseness behind each smile.
“Hui’er!
