Especially when he compared how clearly Mom cared for his older sister while neglecting him...
Xu He wanted even more to prove himself to Mom.
He was really capable.
So...
Would she please look at him?
"He saved me?"
Xu Ling finally came to her senses.
She cried out,
her face full of disbelief. "How is that possible!?"
Xu He opened his mouth, wanting to say something.
He had never actually thought he'd saved his older sister...
He had only wanted to prove how capable he was to her.
Although, in his original plan, he had indeed meant to prove himself by rescuing his sister from the fire...
But...
His sister had never acknowledged how capable he was.
His sister had passed out.
He had dragged her outside.
Did that count as saving her?
He didn't know.
Because his motives hadn't been pure, Xu He had always felt a little guilty about calling it a rescue.
"Why wouldn't it be possible?"
The woman smiled. "Firefighter Uncle said so."
"He said your little brother saved you."
Why would he make that up?
When she heard that Firefighter Uncle had said it...
Xu Ling pressed her lips together.
A fierce inner turmoil stirred within her.
Since Firefighter Uncle had said it...
Her first instinct was to believe him.
But Xu He had saved her...
She had been saved by Xu He?
Was Xu He really that capable?
The little girl found it hard to make herself believe it.
She couldn't help trying to remember carefully.
Before, because of how terrifying the fire had been, she hadn't deliberately thought back to it.
But now...
She wanted to know...
Had Xu He really been the one who saved her?
Xu He's heart pounded like a drum.
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