Volume 3 Chapter 21: Little Brother’s Diary?
Lin Lin stretched and nodded.
Since there was nothing urgent to do, she might as well use the time to get some work done.
Otherwise, what would her mom think if she saw her being completely idle?
After all, what happened to Lin Yu really did have something to do with her.
In her head, the girl made a simple plan for the evening. First, she would organize the clutter and see if there were still any useful things she had thrown into the storage area long ago.
Then, she would start her stream for the night.
She hadn’t decided what to stream yet, but that could wait. She would think about it while cleaning.
Lin Lin took a sip of water, got up from the sofa, and went to the balcony.
Wow.
The moment she stepped into the pile of junk, she almost couldn’t stand properly.
There were so many old cardboard boxes stacked there. And the dust was everywhere.
Cough, cough—
Lin Lin reached out to move a box, and a cloud of dust flew straight into her face.
This… this level of dirt would make a neat freak pass out.
Just moving a few boxes made the air feel like old industrial-era London.
After digging through a pile of junk, she didn’t really find anything useful. Instead, she looked down at her arms, now covered in dust.
Great.
Her plan for tonight needed one more item.
Take a shower.
Seriously, what even is all this stuff…
Lin Lin, feeling a bit annoyed, kept digging through the clutter, checking if there was anything she had forgotten.
Suddenly, she pulled out a toy gun.
Whoa—this thing was actually pretty cool. Even though it was old, its design looked better than many toy guns today.
Then… a Barbie doll.
Lin Lin went silent.
She… she actually owned something like this?
Ahem.
Well, well—forget it. She almost forgot that she was a girl now. Having a few unusual toys during childhood was totally normal, right? Haha.
Then who bought this toy gun?
Lin Yu?
Lin Lin felt a bit discouraged. Her memories were too broken, she couldn’t remember much from her childhood. These items, even if she found them now, only brought brief nostalgia or a thought like, “Oh, so I used to have this.”
But really, the reason these things were forgotten, buried in dust, rusted, moldy, and covered in spider webs… was because they had already faded out of her life and no longer mattered.
As she thought about this, Lin Lin lost interest in trying to recover old memories. She lowered her head and continued searching in a dull, mechanical way, not even sure what she was looking for anymore.
Then, during this messy “rescue excavation,” she suddenly found a notebook with a faded cover.
From the cute cartoon pattern on it and the English word “diary” on the front, it seemed to be…
A diary?
And not just any diary, the kind sold at the small shop near elementary school, the most expensive kind back then. Buying it probably cost a whole ten yuan.
At that time, Lin Lin couldn’t afford it. And she didn’t write diaries anyway.
Who writes a diary, seriously?
Ahem.
But now that she thought about it, maybe it would’ve been nice if she had. At least many things would be much easier to understand now.
As Lin Lin was sighing to herself, she suddenly froze.
Then, she realized something.
Something feels wrong.
Then whose diary is this?
Lin Lin felt like she had found a treasure. No matter who it belonged to, this was a big deal. She had to look, she had to.
She brushed the dust off the cover, and the name slowly became clear. The handwriting looked childish, obviously written by a kid.
Lin Yu…
Holy crap!
This is her little brother’s diary?!
“Hahaha—!”
Lin Lin almost burst out laughing. With a mischievous grin, she happily turned into a villain for a moment and started digging through her brother’s childhood secrets.
Heh, don’t blame your sister, little bro. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for leaving your diary here~
Hmm~
Holding the diary with a very serious and focused attitude, Lin Lin opened the first page.
Honestly, she had never been this serious even when reading textbooks or the “must-read classics” from school. This level of focus was almost like secretly reading forbidden novels during evening study time.
She first flipped through the diary quickly, and soon realized there was a lot of shocking content.
First of all, the diary was very thick, with many pages, and her brother had filled almost all of them.
Reading from front to back, she noticed that the handwriting changed a lot over time. Especially in the later parts, the handwriting was almost the same as her brother’s current writing.
The handwriting at the beginning, just like the name on the cover, was very childish.
So…
Gasp—
This diary was written from childhood all the way to now?
Lin Lin froze for a moment, then realized how valuable this was.
Her brother’s diary, written from start to finish?
This was incredible!
Lin Lin was overjoyed. Wow—memories! Her memories were coming back!
She quickly started reading from the beginning, focusing especially on the parts where she appeared.
【Grade 1:
Today my sister took me to play with a skateboard. She’s so cool. I really, really like my sister.】
【Grade 1:
Today my sister and I secretly went out to buy snacks. The candy was so sweet.】
【Grade 2:
My sister is much taller than me now. I admire her so much.】
【Grade 2:
My sister seems to be popular with boys lately?】
【Grade 3:
My relationship with my sister doesn’t seem as close as before. Maybe we’re both growing up?】
【Grade 3:
Why is it like this? Without my sister, I don’t really have many friends. I argued with XXX again today. I told my sister, but she didn’t stand up for me anymore—】
【Grade 6:
Speaking of my sister… she’s getting weirder. She stays at home all day now.】
【Middle School, Year 1:
Doesn’t she have any friends? Why does she come to play with me?】
【Middle School, Year 2:
Hah. I dislike her more and more. Why did I admire her when I was little? That person…】
【Middle School, Year 3:
Maybe the current me and the old her are the same, both being childish? Trying to push each other away and act cool?】
【Middle School, Year 3:
I thought about what I wrote yesterday for a long time… I still think this is Lin Lin’s own problem.】
【Middle School, Year 3:
Let her go find her own friends. Tch—】
【Middle School, Year 3:
I… I saw my old elementary school essay. It was so silly. Sister…】
Lin Lin flipped to the last page and found an elementary school essay tucked inside.
The title was—
【The Person I Like the Most — My Sister】
【My favorite person is my sister, because she spoils me and is really amazing. She can take me to do all kinds of things… In short, I like my sister the most!】
“……”