Chapter 851 - Sandcastles (1/2)

*Flashback Continued*

It took a long while for Han Bohai to come around from the turmoil of his own thoughts. He so desperately wanted to believe that they were indeed talking about the same person but every time voice in his head would throw a bucket of cold water on him saying, 'It was merely a coincidence.'

However, just how many coincidences can one really have?

Jackie was oblivious to the changes that he was internally going through as he continued, ”I'm just telling you this because I can tell you're hurting. And I can also tell you miss your sister Xiu. And I believe wherever she is, she won't like to see you like this.”

”Little gentleman,” began Han Bohai with a heavy tone laced with sadness. ”How are you so good with words at this age?”

Jackie shrugged his shoulders as he told her, ”I have superior genes.” Han Bohai couldn't help chuckling at his reply. ”Also, I have two eccentric sisters. I can't be dull if I want to win in the battle of wits with those two sisters. Trust me, being a little brother is not easy.”

Han Bohai sighed out, ”You're right. It's really not easy. You want to become strong to protect your sister but find yourself helpless most of the time. You want your sister to share all her worries with you but she doesn't want to burden you.”

The reason why Jackie grew even closer to Han Bohai after this was because he felt like Han Bohai shared a lot of his feelings. He could understand him even though they had decades of the age difference between them. But currently, age wasn't involved. They were just two little brothers who shared the same feelings towards their sisters. And that alone was enough to bring them close.

”Do you know my Sister Xiu loves to sleep?” said Jackie. ”But actually, it's just her way to hide from things. She says, she didn't get enough sleep in her previous life because she suffered from insomnia, so now, she was planning on getting all the sleep she missed out on. However, I know she wants to sleep just to avoid thinking about things.”

Han Bohai found it difficult to question but he still asked, ”What is she avoiding?”

”That I don't know,” replied Jackie honestly.

”There is something that you don't know?” Han Bohai wasn't faking his surprise, he was genuinely taken aback.

”Sister Xiu said if you don't know something, you should accept that you don't know it. There is nothing wrong with showing your flaws once in a while. Not everyone's goal should be to achieve perfection because it's the imperfections that make us beautiful and real.”