"Big sister, if you don't eat, you'll get hungry." A little girl with twin ponytails squatted in front of a child who looked eight or nine years old, holding a sweet potato in her hand.
But the child just glanced at it and refused to take it. She continued to bury her head in her arms. "I don't want to eat."
The little girl opened her mouth wide and kept looking at the big sister in front of her.
The big sister had suddenly appeared in this village. Gu Sisi was still very young at that time, only five years old. Since her parents were busy with work, she had been sent to her grandma's place.
She loved adventures and was full of interest in this beautiful little village. So she had almost explored every corner, which she found really interesting.
Until one day, she discovered a remote cave. After thinking for a while, she felt there must be something interesting inside. So she summoned up her courage and walked in, only to find nothing.
However, that small cave became her regular temporary base.
Then one day, she suddenly found a big sister inside.
Gu Sisi was overjoyed. Finally, she had a playmate. The older kids here wouldn't play with her, so she was always alone.
But the big sister just curled up in the corner all the time and didn't like to talk to her. When she invited the big sister to go home with her, the big sister refused to go.
This made Gu Sisi, who was always called back home by her grandma every day, extremely envious. The big sister could play to her heart's content, while she had to go home on time every day.
Gu Sisi admired her even more and decided to get on good terms with the big sister.
So she took the sweet potato that her grandma had cooked for her and went out, wanting to share it with the big sister. But it seemed that the big sister didn't like it.
How could there be someone who didn't like sweet potatoes?
The young Gu Sisi couldn't figure it out. She knew that the big sister must be being "polite", so while the big sister wasn't paying attention, she directly stuffed the sweet potato into her mouth.
"Delicious, right!" Gu Sisi asked with a beaming smile, happily munching on the sweet potato in her own hand.
It was the first time this person had eaten such food. She immediately took the thing out of her mouth. But seeing the smiling and happy little girl in front of her, she hesitated. Then she took a small bite and chewed it in her mouth.
"What do you think?" the little girl leaned over and asked.
"Not... bad." This was the first time she had tasted such a texture.
"I knew it." As if she herself had been affirmed, the little girl looked very proud.
So she brought sweet potatoes there every day and happily came to find the big sister to eat sweet potatoes together.
But it wasn't long before the little girl's mom and dad came. The little girl was extremely happy. That day, she even forgot to go find the big sister to share the sweet potato and only remembered the next day.
But after that day, the little girl was taken away, not even getting a chance to say goodbye.
... Gu Sisi stared blankly at the ceiling. She was very sure that this was something that had happened to her when she was a child. She had forgotten a lot, but she still remembered that cave.
And that big sister.
Gu Sisi sat up and looked out of the window. It was completely dark outside, but the unique city lights were shining into the hospital ward. She stared blankly outside, a bit confused as to why she had this dream at this time.
She looked at the drawing board beside her, got up, and wanted to tidy it up.
A few strands of moonlight shone on the drawing board. Originally, Gu Sisi had been bored and was sketching the view outside the window, but last time, a cat had suddenly appeared in the drawing, looking extremely strange.
Gu Sisi reached out her hand wanting to throw the drawing into the trash can, but when she picked it up, she froze.
She remembered that she had dreamed of a cat before, and it was something from her childhood.
Time seemed to stand still. Gu Sisi's thoughts started to race uncontrollably. There must be some connection here. What was it?
She hurriedly turned on the light and drew the scene in her mind on the paper. Looking at the drawing paper in front of her, Gu Sisi froze.
She quickly took out her phone and wanted to find Jiang Lihao's number. After looking for a long time, she remembered that when he had lost his memory before, she had found him too annoying, so she had deleted his number.
Unable to get in touch with him, Gu Sisi was extremely anxious. She paced back and forth. Suddenly, she thought of Yang Qian and called her.
"Hello? Is that Sister Sisi?"
Yang Qian was sitting on the sofa, eating fruits and watching a TV drama.
When she came out of the hospital ward today, she hadn't even seen a trace of Jiang Lihao. When she called him, he didn't answer, making it seem as if she had offended him.
Yang Qian was so angry that she walked back by herself. She was starving and had bought a whole bunch of snacks. Now she was in the final stage, which was like a dessert after a meal.
"Jiang Lihao. Can you get in touch with him?" Gu Sisi asked anxiously.
Yang Qian was stunned for a second that Sister Sisi would be looking for him. She flipped through her call log. "I'm not sure."
She had his number, but whether he would answer was another matter.
"Sister Sisi, how about I send his number to you?"
"Okay, hurry up." After saying that, Gu Sisi hung up the phone in a hurry.
As Yang Qian was editing the text message, the more she thought about it, the more something seemed off. She still remembered the conversation between the two just now. Although she hadn't understood a lot of it, she could tell that the atmosphere wasn't harmonious.
It had even caused that person not to answer the phone. No, she had to confirm.
So Yang Qian made another call.
"What's the matter?" came the calm voice from the other end.
Caught off guard, Yang Qian, who had thought he definitely wouldn't answer, paused. She took the phone away and looked at it again to confirm that the call was still on.
"You just..." Yang Qian was going to ask him why he hadn't answered the phone, but that wasn't the main point now. She quickly said, "Just now, Sister Sisi asked me for your contact information. She seemed really anxious. Do you have her phone number?"
"Really anxious?" There was a hint of surprise from the other end.
Yang Qian nodded. "Yes." Then she frowned and thought for a while. "Let me tell you, if you don't answer Sister Sisi's call, you're in big trouble."
She threatened him seriously.
"Got it." The call was hung up.
Yang Qian stared at the phone speechlessly.
Gu Sisi didn't wait for Yang Qian's text message but received a call from an unknown number. When she answered it, she knew it was Jiang Lihao she had been looking for.
"I remember you and Huo Cheng are childhood friends. I want to ask you, was his hair very long when he was a child?"
Gu Sisi got straight to the point.
Jiang Lihao hadn't expected this question. He thought for a long time, and his tone was still a bit uncertain. "Not really very long."
"Shoulder - length?"
"Yes, it was at one point."
Getting the affirmative answer, Gu Sisi's conjecture in her mind was confirmed. She opened her mouth but couldn't say a word for a long time.
The other end kept asking, "Are you still there?"
"Yes." Gu Sisi looked at the cat in the drawing and said into the phone, "Are you free now? Let's go find him together."
Without her having to say more, Jiang Lihao knew who the "him" in her mouth was.
"Have you remembered something?"
"Yes." Gu Sisi answered firmly.
She was very sure that the "big sister" she had met when she was a child was Huo Cheng.
There were still many questions, but Gu Sisi couldn't wait any longer. She wanted to ask Huo Cheng in person.