Jiang Nian had actually been raised by her brother.
Six years ago, she had collapsed alone on his doorstep. When she woke up, she had lost all her memories.
It was this brother, only three years older than her, who had taken her in, named her, bought her dresses, taught her everyday basics, and sent her to school to learn to read.
Calling him her brother wasn't entirely accurate, though.
He was an orphan himself. A lady had later adopted him, but she had passed away early, leaving him only a house to live in and a small inheritance.
Living all alone, her brother's heart had been full of fear and loneliness. That was when he found Jiang Nian unconscious outside his door.
Faced with Jiang Nian, who was like a blank slate, the first thing he said was that he would give her a name.
"Mother gave me a name after adopting me. Now that I'm the one taking care of you, I'll give you a name too!"
"My name is Jiang Wang. Wang means forgetting. Mother used to say that what you keep in your thoughts will someday find an answer. Since you're my little sister now, I'll call you Jiang Nian!"
Back then, Jiang Nian remembered nothing and knew nothing, but as she looked at the first person she had seen upon waking, she still smiled and took his hand.
"Okay, big brother."
With the inheritance Jiang Wang's mother had left behind, they grew up holding each other close, spending five ordinary yet warm and wonderful years together.
Just when they thought their quiet lives would carry on like this, something went wrong with Jiang Wang's health.
"The tests clearly didn't find anything wrong, so why are you getting worse every day?"
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