"Brother Yalei." Su Zhan repeated openly, "We haven't seen each other for nine years."
Ya Lei was stunned for a moment, then looked at Su Zhan in disbelief, and said blankly, "Nine years ago, at your seventh birthday party, did you know that I was there?"
Of course he knew it. Not only did he know it, the original owner secretly followed Ya Lei and saw him throwing something carved out of wood into the lake. He was so curious that he asked someone to fish it out and keep it to this day.
It was a naive iron-eating beast, holding a emerald-green bamboo in its thick, chubby paws and chewing on it. Not to mention how pretty it was.
Na Lei fell in love with it at first sight and carefully placed the iron-eating beast wooden sculpture in her treasure box. Especially after learning that this thing was a birthday gift from Ya Lei, she regarded it as a treasure.
Unfortunately, she has never seen her brother again since then.
The original owner was a very proud little girl at that time. She obviously wanted to see her brother, but after finding out that Ya Lei was avoiding her, she got angry and did not take the initiative to see Ya Lei.
Although they both lived in the palace, the two of them never saw each other again.
Children have great forgetfulness, and as a few years passed, the original owner gradually forgot that she had a brother named Ya Lei, and the iron-eating beast wood carving was also sealed in her treasure box and was never taken out again.
Based on Su Zhan's experience from reading countless novels, no matter what happens, as long as it is hidden and unsaid, it will inevitably turn into a misunderstanding in the end.
In novels, this kind of abuse is usually a preparation for the next exciting climax, so Su Zhan went straight to the point: "Not only do I know you have been there, I also picked up something from the lake."
As she spoke, she took out the iron-eating beast wooden sculpture from her arms. Su Zhan took it out from the original owner's treasure box in order to untie the knot between the brother and sister.
"This is..." Ya Lei's dull eyes fell on the wooden carving. This was his seventh birthday gift carved by himself for Na Lei. How could he not recognize it?
On the bamboo held by the iron-eating beast, there should be a few small words "Happy seventh birthday to sister Na Lei" carved crookedly on it.
There is only one person in this world who is qualified to call Na Lei her sister.
"Since it was a birthday gift for me, why did you throw it into the lake?" Su Zhan asked in a low voice. She didn't ask this question on behalf of the original owner.
The original owner was gifted since childhood, loved by her parents and respected by her servants. Everyone said that she was the sweet girl of heaven, and everything in this world was at her fingertips.
But from childhood to adulthood, when everyone saw her, they would always say something about her talent, as if she had no value and meaning if she didn't have talent.
The first time Nalei knew she had a brother was when she was more than six years old. She overheard a servant in the palace mention His Highness Alei in a disdainful tone, calling him a shame to the entire royal family.
The little Na Lei was immediately curious about her brother. Although she grew up in a noble family, she did not have any sincere friends around her, so she was curious about what it would be like to have a brother.
Can her brother take her to play, can her brother fold various interesting gadgets with paper, can her brother ride a horse, can she shoot an arrow...
These questions lingered in Na Lei's mind, so she excitedly went to find her mother, asking her to take her to find her brother.
