"Do you still remember where you used to live?"
"I..."
As I tried to remember, I crouched on the ground, my head aching a little.
"I remember a lot of things..."
"There was a very kind older sister who was always giving me food."
"I often went to her house to warm myself by the fire."
"I was in a welfare institute at first, then I ended up homeless on the streets."
"It was only because she took me in that I survived."
"But she was poor too, and only five or six years older than me."
"Later, you told me you could give me a chance to eat my fill, so I agreed without hesitation."
"Because I thought if I stayed, I'd only make the older sister starve too." I rambled on about the things that happened back then.
I was so young at the time, too young to think things through.
I hadn't even told the older sister I was leaving beforehand. It had become one of my regrets.
I shook my head.
I should already have had memories of my previous life back then.
At the very least, I had the life experience of a fourteen- or fifteen-year-old.
How had I not thought to tell the older sister?
I pursed my lips, looking back on my younger self and reflecting on the past with an adult's perspective. I immediately noticed how childish I'd been.
"Have you remembered anything?" Ye Qingxian pulled me up from the ground. "Don't squat on the ground for no reason. How come you always squat down whenever you're thinking?"
"Senior Sister~ I'm weak..." I looked at Ye Qingxian, my gaze growing increasingly resentful. The words she had been about to say were defeated by a single look from the little girl.
"Have you