It went silent again in the car. No one had the desire to speak anything. They looked out the window with their eyes wide open, only afraid that they might miss out a living person or a cry for help.
But after another half hour of driving, and as they began to move into places that had more buildings, there was still no sign of anyone or a cry for help.
The whole street was quiet as if it was an empty city. Only the blood on the ground was a sign that something terrible had happened here before.
What kind of h.e.l.l-like places they could turn to because those who had become monsters started to come out at night when there was no suns.h.i.+ne?
The more Xia Min thought, the more serious Xia Min got. Looking out of the window, he had a bad feeling about what happened ahead.
In this case, mom and dad might have gone already.
On the bright side, they were rescued. But on the bad side, they had been…
Having a bad feeling in his mind, Xia Min felt sour eyes. He blinked his eyes hard and looked at his sister who was sitting next to her. His heart ached because of the pale face his sister had.
Xia Liang used to be very dependent on their mother. If their mother was gone, she would be devastated by her grief.
"Liang, remember, you still have me, your brother. I will be with you and protect you as always." Xia Min said as he was holding Xia Liang"s hand.
Xia Liang looked down at their hands that were holding together. Her heart ached a bit when Xia Min said that.
She was not his real sister in some senses. She didn"t feel the pain to lose both parents. But Xia Min was different. His feelings were real and genuine.
But even at such a moment, he still tried to restrain his own pain but to comfort her first by holding her hand.
Xia Liang was moved by his action and felt sympathy for him.
Xia Liang, hanging her head, placed both hands that had been holding onto her face and said tenderly, "brother, don"t be sad. If mom and dad were gone, I will be with you."
It was at that moment that Xia Liang had an impulse to stay here after she completed her mission. She could stay here as his sister to spend the doomed difficult and lonely life that Xia Min was supposed to have, to the end.
"I will be with you to the end." Xia Liang added with a low voice.
Xia Min trembled as he heard what Xia Liang said. Just one sentence. Just one promise. She just simply said "I will be with you to the end". But he was thrilled and moved with tears in his eyes and his soul was trembled just because of one simple sentence.
It was the sentence that he had been longed for one life, maybe for many lives but never succeeded.
It was the sentence that had been carved deep into his soul and engraved there forever.
"Really? You will be with me to the end?" Xia Min asked with a hoa.r.s.e voice as he raised his other hand and touched her cheek tremblingly.
"Really." Xia Liang nodded, "I am your sister. I will be with you all the time."
Xia Min was a bit disappointed deep inside. Just his sister?
Fine! It was good enough that she was his sister.
As long as she was with him all the time and never disappear again.