I escaped.

I saw a thin layer of ice on the Dong River, and the beautiful sunset fell on the ice, unreal in its beauty.

I didn't see my sister for the next few days.

I asked Mother where my sister had gone.

Mother touched my head and said, "Your sister has something to attend to and will be back in a few days."

After saying that, she handed me a bowl of pitch-black soup and said, "Good Panmei, drink the soup."

This is what Mother called "mother-child medicine."

Mine is the mother's medicine, while my sister's has always been the child's medicine.

I looked up and asked Mother, "Mother, what you said is true? Will I really die and exchange my life with my sister's?"

Mother held me gently, as if she wanted to make up for all the love she owed me over the past few years.

"Panmei, don't be afraid. You won't die as long as Mother is here."

"Mother has been so good in recent years, making up for what I owe you and her."

I wanted to tell Mother that my sister didn't owe me anything.

"All these years, I've made you suffer. It's all my fault for being bad and bullying you every day. Don't worry, I won't be like this anymore."

I caressed the bowl in my hand, and the rim of the bowl had turned black from long-term soaking in the medicinal soup.

I wanted to say to Mother.

Wasn't it you who doted on my sister and made her like this?

Clearly, you were also at fault, so why put all the blame on my sister?

At this moment, I suddenly felt sorry for my sister.

She took advantage of our parents' favoritism and troubled and bullied me.

Standing in front of me, hands on hips, arrogantly like a peacock, she said, "Brother, Mom and Dad don't like you. What's the point of you being alive?"

Children speak without restraint, and although I dislike my sister, I never thought she was extremely guilty.

Because all of this was silently approved by our parents.

But it turns out that everything my sister possessed was fake.

Li Wang.

So this hope wasn't our parents' hope.

It was the hope to exchange my life.