Chapter 7: The Foolish Younger Sister Min Xianyi

  Min Xianyi

  "You sit first, I'll send my classmate to the emergency room!" Mu Zi Qiu carried Zheng Xiu Yan on his back, glanced at the girl, and rushed towards the emergency room without stopping. After handing over Zheng Xiu Yan to the doctor, Mu Zi Qiu wiped off his sweat and went out to the hall to register, sitting down beside the girl.

  "What's wrong?"

  "It's nothing..." The girl's pale face flashed with a hint of shame and fear, her right hand hastily tidying up her disheveled hair, her eyes flickering, not daring to look at Mu Zi Qiu beside her.

  "It's all right......" Among the people who knew Mu Zi Qiu, there were only a handful of them, and this girl was one of the few that Mu Zi Qiu was relatively familiar with.

  "Brother Zi Qiu, I...I want to quit..." After a long time, in the bustling hospital lobby, where many people passed by, a low sobbing sound finally came from beside Mu Zi Qiu.

  "Leave? You..."

  "Min Xianyi? It's your turn!" Just as Muzi Qiu was about to ask a question, a nurse came over and called Min Xianyi away.

  "Has she left? She persisted for so long..." Looking at the figure that had disappeared around the corner, Muzi Qiu's heart kept thinking, how could her silly sister think of quitting and giving up on her dreams.

  ……

  Jung Joo-yeon's allergic reaction was treated by a doctor in the emergency room and quickly improved, and the red rash that had spread all over her neck also began to subside.

  "This classmate is a pseudo-food allergy, taking some medicine and relaxing her emotions after waking up can be discharged from the hospital. This time it's not very serious, but try to avoid touching allergic foods in the future if possible, take her to see a psychologist if you can." The doctor took off his white mask and said seriously to Muzi Qiu before leaving the ward.

  "Pseudo-food allergy? A psychological doctor?" Mu Zi Qiu gazed at Zheng Xiuyan lying on the hospital bed, seemingly lost in thought. (My own speculation...)

  ……

  On the chair beside the lawn outside the hospital, Muzi Qiu grasped some feed grains, scattering them one by one to feed a large group of pure white pigeons in front of him. However, only a few grains could hardly satisfy this large group of pigeons. Every time Muzi Qiu scattered a few grains of feed, it would trigger a burst of noisy scrambling...

  "Are you sick today?"

  "No." Min Xianyi was very embarrassed at this time, tightly grasping the medicine bag he had just received, lowering his head and staring at the ground.

  "You said you want to quit? Isn't that the dream you've always held onto?"

  "Yes, it is my dream, but my family can't afford to support me with this light-as-a-goose-feather dream! My grandfather, my father, my grandmother..." Does Min Xianyi want to give up? She doesn't even know herself. Thinking of her bedridden grandfather at home, her hunched and frail grandmother, and a similarly weak father, she doesn't know what else she needs to hold on for!

  "You're already very fortunate to have all these! It's as if brother has never told you, my story, want to hear it?" Mu Zi Qiu turned around, lightly brushing past Min Xian Yi's ear, tidying up the scattered hair ends.

  "Brother Joo-ah..." Considering the age setting that Lee Hyori had set for Moo-joo-ah, he was actually only a few months older than Min Se-yi. The two could have been friends of the same age group, but Min Se-yi treated Moo-joo-ah like an older brother, cherishing him as her own brother.

  "Do you still remember the bridge where we first met?"

  "I remember."

  "We were only 8 years old back then! That day, I had just been kicked out of my sister's parents' house, and even my surname was taken away. Seeing my sister's sad face, I really didn't want to drag her down! So, I returned to that bridge cave and met you." Mu Zi Qiu paused for a moment, trying to calm herself as she faced her past, and after fermenting her emotions for a long time, she finally shed the deep-seated fear that had been buried in her heart.

  "What I didn't expect was that you actually occupied the bridge cave where I lived for a very long time..."

  "For a very long time? Brother Muzi Qiu has been living there for a very long time?" Min Xianyi asked, still deeply impressed by the bridge hole where she first met Muzi Qiu. Next to the bridge hole was one of Seoul's most notorious smelly sewers, and not far away was a large garbage dump. When she went there in the summer, the sour smell filled an area of hundreds of square meters, and as soon as someone approached, the smell would cling to them like a parasite, making them feel unbearable pain! Moreover, the bridge hole was dark and humid all year round, never seeing sunlight. Could someone really live in such a place for a long time?

  "Hmm, I don't remember how long it's been. Since I can remember, I've always been there, muddled and unaware of the passage of time. The beggars who lived with me came and went, one after another. In the end, only I was left. Because there was a garbage dump, I could often pick up some tattered clothes. I recall that at the time, I had never had a complete set of clothes on my body. When I was hungry, I would rummage through the garbage for something to eat. There was a kind-hearted old beggar who always shared food with me, but he left too, and I don't know where he went. Later, I met my current sister, who took me away from that place..."

  "Brother Zi Qiu! Brother Zi Qiu, I don't want to listen anymore, I don't want to listen anymore!" Now she could imagine why he was so mournful when they met at the bridge and cried together...

  "When I saw you, I gave you a piece of bread that my sister left for me. At that time, I said a sentence to you, do you still remember?"

  "Remember, remember!"

  "Was I very old-fashioned back then? Very pretentious? And now, won't I also be old-fashioned?" Mu Zi Qiu's mouth curled up into a brilliant smile as he gazed at Min Xian Yi, whose face was streaked with tears.

  "Not at all! Brother Zi Qiu is very handsome after taking off his glasses!"

  "Alright, tell me, what's wrong with you today?"

  "I... my grades from last month's exam, I didn't get first place, I'm so sad, I was afraid of Grandpa and Dad finding out, so I ate a bunch of vitamin pills... sorry, Mu Zi Qiu gege, I..." Mu Zi Qiu remained surprisingly calm, while Min Xian Yi's face turned red, then filled with shame, her eyes welling up with tears as she stared at Mu Zi Qiu.

  "Failed to get first place in the monthly exam and wanted to commit suicide? You're really my silly sister! Wanting to commit suicide like this, you even took the wrong medicine! In a few days when I have time, I'll properly train you! Now, repeat once what I said to you at that time!" Muzi Qiu patted her on the back of the head, comforting her emotions.

  "Live well..."

  "Yes, live well! Min Xianyi, sometimes dreams, if you insist, may not come true, but if you don't insist, they will never come true. Only by living well and continuing to work hard can you get closer to where you want to go step by step. Look at this pigeon, for a few grains of food, it's fighting so fiercely! Life is tough, brother knows it too, but in this world, there's nothing that can be gained without effort!" When Min Xianyi said she wanted to be a star back then, he was very supportive and took her to interviews everywhere. After entering JYP, until now, it's been almost two years...

  "I'm sorry..."

  "Will there be a next time?"

  "No way! Absolutely not! Brother Zi Qiu!"

  "It's better if you don't."

  "Zi Qiu gege, I'll go back and take care of grandpa first. Meng Xiang, I will work hard! I must stand at the highest point of my dreams, then...then shed all my glory and marry you!" Min Xianyi saw a girl walking towards her from not far away, immediately stood up, took a glance at Mu Zi Qiu who was still unaware, turned around and ran out of the hospital, seemingly shouting something with purpose...

  "Silly girl!" Mu Zi Qiu's smile was radiant, and he wouldn't be stingy with his enthusiasm towards this younger sister who had a similarly difficult life as him.

  "It's great to have a dream! What is my dream? My dream is to always help sisters and become the queen standing at the top of Asia!"

  "Was that your girlfriend just now? You're actually engaged! I didn't think you were so romantic. And, you actually smiled!" Not far away, Zheng Xiuyan walked towards Mu Ziqiu with a bag of medicine in her hand, still with some red marks on her neck, and a hint of a smile on her face, looking at the now thawed-out Mu Ziqiu...