Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 1030 The Happiest Day

The bedroom was dimly lit, with only a small nightlight on the bedside table casting a yellowish glow.

The single light source made the light and shadow in the bedroom more distinct, and the light and shadow on the wardrobe flickered, but the room was so quiet that only breathing could be heard, except for the slight creaking of the floor from the bed legs.

Xia Shou breathed in the sweltering air.

In the end, I still didn't hear the sound I wanted to hear.

Throughout, the other person gazed at him with that doting look, with occasional blank emptiness in their pupils, but those moments were so brief that Xia Shou felt as if it were an illusion.

Shangguan Yan ruffled his hair and said:
"awesome."

Her praise was like the lines a parent would say when a child has worked hard to build a block tower and is showing it to their child.

It's not that the building blocks are particularly ingenious or beautiful; it's simply to encourage children's confidence and make them more motivated.

This gave Xia Shou a strong sense of frustration. He had thought that he might be able to make her lose her usual composed demeanor and make her show an uncontrollable panic.

"Sister Yan, don't you feel anything at all?"

Shangguan Yan adjusted his breathing and said gently, "Out of a hundred points, I'd give you ninety. I'll deduct ten points for the question you just asked."

"Then why don't you..." Xia Shou hesitated, unable to finish his sentence.

"What do you think? It's incredibly inappropriate for a 26-year-old working professional to speak like that in front of a young person who has just graduated from high school."

Also, I don't really care, but if Xiao Shou is with other girls in the future, he should be a little gentler, okay? Not everyone can be like me the first time.

"Sorry……"

"It's alright."

"However, if I had known you would repay kindness with enmity fifteen years later, I probably wouldn't have saved you then," she joked.

Suddenly, Shangguan Yan's expression froze, as if he had sensed something.

Then, she gave a meaningful smile:
"It seems like we don't need to rest anymore."

Looking at the mature, charming, and flawless face before him, Xia Shou was enveloped by a powerful sense of happiness that was difficult to describe in words.

That joy can no longer be simply described as happiness, or it should be described as a sense of fulfillment.

At this moment, Xia Shou felt that he had gained many unexpected experiences. When he looked at the familiar face in front of him, many past events flashed through his mind.

Although he was eight years younger than Shangguan Yan, it could still be said that he watched her grow up.

When he was three, she was eleven and in elementary school.

When he was six, she was fourteen and in the second year of junior high school. He remembered that his sister at that time did not have the enviable figure she would later have, but she already had red braids, just like she does now, and often leaned on the sofa to read.

When he was eight, she was sixteen and in high school. A high school student often led elementary school students around during winter and summer vacations. He also remembered that the boys who pursued her would often come to the vicinity of her home during the holidays. Those boys always felt that he and Xiao Liang were in the way, and even threatened them in private, telling them not to stick to his sister all the time.

Then came university. Shangguan Jiejie became increasingly reliable and mature, to the point that it was impossible to distinguish her from other adults. In fact, in discussions about certain matters, the adults valued her opinions more... because she was too smart, she could succeed at anything, and she was always right.

Every time she came back from university for vacation, those same high school boys would still come to see her, ostensibly as friends. Who would have thought she would be so unforgettable? They would try to seize even the slightest chance.

Xia Shou remembered that at least three men had secretly given him game consoles and asked him to help cover for them and act as a wingman. Two of them were guys who had secretly bullied him and Xiao Liang when they were kids.

Xia Shou didn't want to agree, but Shangguan Yan said to her, "That's great, take it. Haven't you always wanted a PS5?"

Ha...who would have thought? Back then, my sister had already started rewarding him!
He had witnessed all the changes in her from childhood to adulthood. When he looked at her face, Xia Shou felt a sense of temporal dislocation, even though he was the one who had always been cared for, indulged, and pampered by her.

But in the present moment, he has everything he asked for. The present and the past are all beneath him. The sister who tutored him, the sister who brought him gifts, the sister who played with him on the swings and in the sandpit—they all belong to him now!
The next second, Xia Shou's mind went blank, and all he could hear was a buzzing sound.

Something resembling electricity coursed through his body, and it felt as if something was flying out from the top of his head. His vision went completely white, and time seemed to stand still in that perfect moment.

It's like eternity.

In an instant, Xia Shou's mind returned to clarity.

"Go back, it's getting late."

The voice gently entered my ears.

I don't want to go back.

……

……

At 5:30, Xia Shou, dragging his noodle-like legs, slipped back home and lay down on the bed again.

He witnessed firsthand how terrifying Sister Yan could be when she got serious; she was practically a demon.

Even now, Xia Shou hasn't recovered; he feels like his bones are about to fall apart.

It feels like... today is the happiest day of his life.

Perhaps, from this day forward, there will never be a day that surpasses today.

Thinking about it this way, it's really sad, so sad that it makes you want to cry.

Deep exhaustion made Xia Shou close his eyes.

Extreme fatigue leads to dreamless sleep. Xia Shou felt as soon as he closed his eyes, and the next second when he opened them, it was already dusk.

My senses and thinking are clearer than ever before.

Sitting up in bed, I could hear my family's voices coming from the living room.

(End of this chapter)