Then, she looked at Yan Huan for a long time and suddenly said,

"Xiao Huan, tonight... I'm very happy... really...

"This is the happiest, happiest day I've had in a while..."

Yan Huan was slightly startled. He looked up, but An Le had already closed her eyes, intending to sleep.

Leaving Yan Huan alone, his mind in turmoil, unable to sleep.

...

...

In the silent night, the restless Yan Huan struggled for a long time before sinking into dreams.

"Shh... shh..."

The familiar summer sunlight shone on the familiar sands of the South District, as if time were frozen, transporting Yan Huan back to the past.

This time, Yan Huan looked around with dazed eyes.

It was still the same shabby slide, the same inseparable boy and girl.

Only now, the girl's mood was very low, with an unapproachable demeanor.

That was An Le...

"An Le, shall we go fish?"

"...I... I don't really want to catch any..."

"Then, shall we visit the orphanage?"

"..."

An Le shook her head, indicating refusal.

Only now did Yan Huan suddenly remember...

An Le wasn't like this in his memories, always adorably following him.

At the start...

Because she was bullied, because she was slandered, because she had no friends, she was very reclusive.

Even when he played with her, she was like this, silent and uninterested in anything...

Indeed, how could she have been like that from the start?

But, what about him...

What did he say to her that made her that way?

"..."

Yan Huan watched as his younger self looked at the unyielding An Le, who only hugged her knees, trying hard to think of ways to make her cheerful.

"How about we play house?"

Until dusk fell slowly, young Xiao Huan, feeling helpless, sat on the slide and muttered this listlessly.

"..."

Perhaps because Yan Huan had been talking for so long with no response from her, he felt guilty.

So, when Yan Huan said this, An Le finally showed a little reaction,

"Play house... what's that?"

"Uh, how should I put it... for example, I am the husband now, you are my wife, and we run a household together!"

"Husband... wife... couple..."

An Le chewed over Yan Huan's words but suddenly thought of her parents' private matter she had accidentally witnessed before.

Then, her face flushed red all of a sudden.

She widened her eyes, turned to look at the small Yan Huan beside her.

Then, nervously turned her head again,

"So, would that mean Xiao... Xiao Huan becomes my husband?"

"Uh... yes, that's what it means."

The small Yan Huan blinked, but seeing An Le finally respond, he nodded and agreed,

"I am your husband, you are my wife."

An Le stared blankly at the smiling boy in front of her, as the initially dim eyes finally began to sparkle with beautiful light.

But on the side, at the edge of the sand.

Grown-up Yan Huan watched his younger self, who spoke these words, his form twisting little by little...

His smiling face slowly turned into a distorted, white giant snake covered in snake scales.

Yan Huan watched in horror as the white snake expanded, then opened its bloody mouth toward young An Le.

But young An Le, still with shining eyes and a slightly blushing face, looked at "him."

"Want... to... play... house..."

Faced with the horror, An Le smiled, then nodded and extended her little thumb...

Those words were a curse.

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