The white rose I picked up cried and said she liked me.

"Xu Nian, what's wrong?"

The burly man noticed a timid little girl following behind Xu Nian and asked in confusion.

"This is my sister. Something happened at home, so I brought her here for the day. She'll stay here and won't interfere with my work."

After this incident, Xu Nian was no longer comfortable leaving her younger sister alone at home.

Although the instigator has been thoroughly defeated, there might still be some daring scoundrels who might return after he leaves for work, posing a threat to Xu Xi.

The burly man waved his hand.

"It's alright, but it's your turn to go to the capital with Qi Yu today. I see you're covered in blood, are you still able to do it?"

Xu Nian nodded.

"I'm fine, this is all someone else's blood."

The burly man gave Xu Nian a meaningful look.

"Let's get to work. Qi Yu has been waiting for you on the Beijing line for a long time."

......

"Brother, you've finally arrived."

Qi Yu stood in front of the stack of goods, and when he saw Xu Nian coming, he grasped at her like a lifeline.

"Brother, what's this?"

"My younger sister, Xu Xi."

Xu Nian introduced it to Qi Yu.

"Xu Xi, this is Qi Yu. He's older than you, so you have to call him 'brother'."

"Hello, Brother Qi Yu."

"Hey, hello, hello."

Qi Yu quickly tidied his messy hair. His terrible appearance in front of the pretty girl made him feel ashamed.

"Xu Xi, sit over there and don't leave your brother's sight, and don't disturb the others while they're working."

Xu Xi nodded obediently and sat down where Xu Nian pointed.

She curled up, cautiously surveying her surroundings.

The workshop was unbearably hot, the conveyor belts never stopped running, and the goods piled up like mountains.

Cursing workers, forklifts unloading goods everywhere, and the endless urging from the supervisor.

After only a short while, Xu Xi felt sweat pouring down her body.

She turned her gaze to Xu Nian and saw that her brother was soaked in sweat, as if he had just been caught in a downpour.

He struggled to lift a refrigerator taller than himself and placed it with difficulty on the conveyor belt.

Before he could catch his breath, another forklift pulled up behind him, and he quickly called to Qi Yu to help unload the truck.

Faced with mountains of goods, Xu Nian was like a swaying foxtail grass. Every time it seemed he was about to be crushed, he would grit his teeth, prop himself up, and be like an unkillable cockroach.

Xu Xi's eyes welled up with tears.

She knew her brother's job was hard, but she didn't expect it to be this hard.

She carefully clutched the few coins she had left over from buying groceries that morning.

Every penny here was earned by my brother with countless drops of blood and sweat.

"Qi Yu, come help me!"

Faced with a large item, Xu Nian weighed it in her hand and realized she couldn't carry it.

"They're here."

Qi Yu put down the goods in his hands, panting as he approached Xu Nian and examined the heavy cargo.

"What is this thing? It's so heavy."

Qi Yu found the shipping label, wiped his eyes with his sleeve, and let out a gasp.

"Who the hell would buy a concrete mixer online?!"

"You lift that side, I'll lift this side, I'll say 3, 2, 1, pull together!"

"good!"

"3...2..."

"1!"

Qi Yu struggled to lift the heavy item onto the conveyor belt, feeling as if his hands were about to be crushed.

"Brother! Your hand!!"

Xu Xi suddenly stood up and rushed towards Xu Nian.

Upon hearing this, Qi Yu turned to look at Xu Nian's hand and was shocked.

"Brother, what happened to your hand?"

Xu Nian looked down and saw that the white glove she was wearing on her left hand had suddenly turned red.

Blood was still seeping from the gap between the gloves and wrists.

Xu Xi carefully removed Xu Nian's gloves, and saw that fresh blood was still flowing from the wound that had been cut a few days ago.

Xu Nian frowned. The wound hadn't fully healed before, and it must have been reopened because she had exerted too much force today.

"Hey! You guys on the Beijing line, what are you doing?"

A warehouse manager was passing by the Beijing-Chengdu Railway Station when he saw the mountains of goods piled up there and shouted in displeasure.

"Hurry up! There's already so much stock piled up, how are you doing this? If you can't do it, get the hell out of here!"

"Okay, coming right away!"

Xu Nian immediately tore off a corner of her clothes and tied it to the bleeding wound.

Then, without pausing, he quickened his pace and began moving the piled-up goods.

"Brother, you can't squeeze your hand any harder!"

Xu Xi quickly stopped Xu Nian. She ran to the range hood that Xu Nian was about to lift and stretched out her two slender hands, trying to lift it.

But she wasn't strong enough to lift the range hood; she lost her grip and it almost fell on her feet.

Fortunately, Xu Nian reacted quickly and immediately caught the range hood.

"Let go! This isn't something you can do! Go back and sit down!"

This was the first time Xu Nian had yelled at Xu Xi since Xu Nian accepted her.

Xu Xi was stunned for a moment, then her eyes filled with tears.

She dared not disobey Xu Nian's orders and returned to where she had been sitting.

Watching Xu Nian struggle to lift the goods one by one, Xu Xi could no longer hold back her tears.

Sweat and tears mingled on her face, turning Xu Xi's fair cheeks into a mess.

......

"Finish work on the early shift, start on the late shift!"

The burly man's voice rang out, and Qi Yu's tense nerves instantly relaxed, causing him to plop down on the ground.

After Xu Nian injured her hand, Qi Yu would snatch away any heavy objects he saw, leaving Xu Nian with only lighter items.

Today was definitely the most tiring day he had ever had; he felt like he was being completely drained.

Xu Nian took off her gloves and looked around for Xu Xi.

The little girl who had been sitting there obediently suddenly disappeared, and Xu Nian's heart tightened instantly.

"Xu Xi!"

He was shouting around the workshop.

"Brother, I'm here!"

Xu Xi came running up, panting, carrying a bag of alcohol swabs and gauze.

Xu Nian breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Xu Xi was alright.

Xu Xi carefully unwrapped the strips of cloth from Xu Nian's hands, and saw that blood was still seeping through them.

However, the blood that seeped out was no longer bright red, but a very deep red, almost black.

She held back her tears and slowly disinfected Xu Nian's wounds with an alcohol swab.

Every time Xu Nian wiped the wound, she would wince in pain.

After patiently bandaging Xu Nian, Xu Xi was still a little worried, so she wrapped another layer of gauze around the outside.

"Okay, thank you, Xiaoxi."

Looking at Xu Xi's earnest expression as she bandaged herself, Xu Nian felt somewhat ashamed of the words she had yelled at her earlier that day.

He didn't know how to apologize, so he just patted Xu Xi's head.

"Xu Nian, I heard you hurt your hand while working. Are you alright?"

A burly man hurried over, followed by Qi Yu.

Clearly, Qi Yu had mentioned this to him when he received his salary.

"Thanks to Qi Yu, he carried most of the heavy goods today, so I'm fine."

Xu Nian stretched out her hand and showed them the beautiful bandaging technique that Xu Xi had just used.