Addicted to My Cutie and Sweetie-Chapter 916: You’re Drunk

When Zhang Lingying was young, she would often wonder where her family was when she saw others with their parents.

Later, as she grew up, she gradually understood that life is often imperfect, and being too obsessed isn’t a good thing.

Meeting the grandmother at the orphanage, being saved, and then adopted, living a life without worries and receiving a good education, she already considered herself very fortunate.

She didn’t want to waste time on finding her roots. Her adoptive father chose her because of her talent, hoping she would engage in research and do more meaningful things.

Zhang Lingying pulled a smile at the corner of her mouth, raised her glass, and took another sip.

A cold beer in the summer quenched her thirst with a refreshing taste.

Zhang Lingying wasn’t a strong drinker, and after a few sips, her cheeks turned a rosy hue. She squinted at Leng Jian, her gaze slightly hazy.

Leng Jian reached out and pressed down her glass, saying in a low voice, "Stop drinking. If you have more, you’ll get drunk."

After speaking, he turned and asked the server for a glass of warm water, and also ordered some food for Zhang Lingying.

When everything was brought over, Zhang Lingying was studying the snacks in front of her, pondering how they differed from what she used to eat, when he suddenly spoke: "Can I be your brother?"

"Hmm... huh?" Zhang Lingying had just put a fry in her mouth, and hearing Leng Jian’s words, she forgot to eat it, just holding it there, bewilderedly looking at him.

"You’re right, some things shouldn’t be overly obsessed with. I believe your parents must love you very much. They just accidentally lost you and would never give up on you. Even where you can’t see, they must be living happily."

Leng Jian gazed at Zhang Lingying without blinking, slowly opening his mouth.

"Didn’t you say you remember having a brother? From now on, let me be your brother, alright?"

"Brother..." Zhang Lingying absentmindedly repeated the word, resting her head on the table. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Many strange yet familiar scenes flashed through her mind.

A small figure ran along the riverbank, hugging a large bunch of freshly picked wildflowers, running forward happily.

These were the New Year’s gifts she prepared for her brother. He said that after New Year’s, someone would come to pick them up and take them abroad to start a new life.

She loved her brother very much and picked many flowers for him.

But the flowers clutched to her chest blocked her view, making it hard to see the path ahead. She ran too fast and accidentally fell, tumbling from the bank into the river.

The river water was very cold.

Water surged from all directions, pouring into her nose, her mouth...

She was terrified, calling for her brother all the time, then realized that she had snuck out secretly, wanting to surprise him, he surely wouldn’t be able to find her.

The images in her mind became increasingly blurred.

Such a small person, she didn’t even understand what death was, she was scared her brother would be mad at her for not finding her.

She was even more afraid of never seeing her brother again...

At that moment, she remembered many people.

A very busy father, a gentle mother.

Every time Father came home, he would always hand her off to her brother, then secretly take Mother on a date, Brother said that was called a world for two.

She wasn’t upset at all because she had a brother.

Her brother was the best person in the world to her.

But where was her brother?

The little girl splashed anxiously in the water, only to see her brother’s figure getting further away...

"Brother—"

Zhang Lingying suddenly sat up, opened her eyes, and anxiously turned her head to look around.

Her forehead was covered in sweat, and she looked like she had been fished out from the water.