Encounter

“Alright, can you stop being so picky?”

Cohen sighed, clutching his head.

It seemed Remiande was throwing a tantrum.

The reason was simple: she didn’t want to eat the food made by the other children.

“Sigh—”

Seeing this, Cohen had no choice but to go into the kitchen and start preparing Remiande’s three meals a day.

It wasn’t that Cohen didn’t want to cook for Remiande; on the contrary, he was happy that someone acknowledged that his cooking was pretty good.

But Cohen had a job, which meant he had to take a lot of extra time to prepare meals for Remiande.

This made his daily schedule very tight, and Cohen had already felt quite tired these past few days.

But food is essential, and you get hungry if you skip a meal.

Cohen would still fulfill his responsibility and take good care of Remiande.

“It’s ready! Please enjoy.”

Remiande quickly began to gobble it down.

Because the dinners from the day before yesterday and yesterday weren’t made by Cohen, which meant she might not have eaten three meals in three days.

“Slow down! Don’t choke!”

“Cough—cough cough—”

“I told you to slow down!”

Cohen went over and gently patted Remiande’s back to ease her discomfort.

“Wow! Cohen, Remiande actually let you touch her?”

“Huh?”

A friend who played with Cohen in the orphanage suddenly asked him.

Cohen was instantly confused.

What do you mean she actually let me touch her?

In an instant, Remiande gently pushed Cohen away and created some distance.

She hugged her legs and began to lower her head silently.

Cohen immediately noticed something and his mind couldn’t stop thinking about the absurd plots from games and novels.

Could it be…

Since you came here, you haven’t spoken to anyone your age except me?

Oh my god!

What kind of silent girl is this?!

But Cohen quickly let it go.

After all, he had just remembered that he was also a clown character in this crappy game.

Oh well.

I’ll be a good person to the end!

“Have you not talked to anyone else?”

Cohen began to deliberately approach Remiande.

Remiande remained silent, with no actions expressing her attitude.

Cohen had to find a topic. If it continued like this, it would negatively affect the other children, and it wouldn’t be good for her either.

Most importantly,

If she could open her heart to others, wouldn’t that mean he could be freed from endless labor?

The director was probably busy, and asking him wasn’t a wise choice.

Or—

Cohen thought of an idea.

“You look a lot like my older sister used to.”

Cohen sat next to Remiande and began to pour out his heart to her, looking at the pure white ceiling.

Perhaps because he talked about family, Remiande couldn’t help but be touched.

Her body trembled slightly, unable to hide her excited emotions.

She slowly began to raise her head.

Seeing that it had an effect, Cohen continued to chat.

“She was very similar to you, also having that touching appearance.

I always told her everything, we had conflicts, we had hurt each other, but we were always loving siblings.”

At this point, Cohen couldn’t help but sigh. His eyes flickered with a few tears.

“But she’s gone, she disappeared not long after I started remembering things. I loved her very much.”

After speaking, he looked at Remiande.

“Seeing you always reminds me of her. I thank you very much.

Our encounter was accidental, but the feeling you give me is warm. Thank you so much.”

Cohen looked at Remiande’s face, sincerely and sincerely confiding in her.

In fact, he had made it all up. Fortunately, the original owner of the body had been a professional liar, and his acting skills could definitely be called perfect.

He didn’t have any sisters. Cohen’s world had always been a single bloodline.

That’s how only children are, but inevitably they would feel an unspeakable sense of loneliness on some nights.

“By the way, I haven’t asked you what your name is yet.”

Cohen looked like he had successfully touched her, so he seized the opportunity to open her heart.

Remiande had already raised her head at this time, making eye contact with Cohen.

She, who had never felt warmth in her family, found it difficult not to be moved by this story.

She had imagined countless times in her room that she had such a life.

Being able to laugh and talk with others, everyone treating each other sincerely, being ordinary and happy.

Such an ordinary wish.

She told Cohen her name.

It was a very wonderful feeling.

She knew that she now had a true friend!

At this moment, Cohen thought of another idea! 

“You look a little older than the children in the orphanage, can you…”

Cohen looked at Remiande’s pink-gold eyes, pretending to be naive, and said to her.

“Hmm?”

Remiande was still immersed in the story that Cohen had described to her, simply responding to Cohen’s question without paying too much attention.

He said that she looked like his sister, and he missed his sister very much.

And now she was his friend, a true friend who confided in each other!

She now really wanted to talk to Cohen about her past and interesting things.

And now she just needed an opportunity.

Coming back to her senses, Remiande saw Cohen’s expression.

Could it be—

“Can you be the children’s sister?”

“Do you want me to be your family?”

The two spoke at the same time.

Huh?

What!

What did she say?

Cohen instantly turned into a stone statue in shock.

Wasn’t she being too quick to jump to conclusions?

I was just saying it randomly! Did you really take it seriously?

Hearing Cohen’s words, Remiande prepared to lower her head again.

Was he still trying to win my sympathy? Was it another hypocritical mask on his face?

Did I misjudge him?

“Ah—yes yes, that—that—”

“Can you be my family?”

Seeing this, Cohen quickly changed his words before Remiande could react.

He couldn’t let his vacation slip away.

Protect your vacation at all costs.

“Really?”

Remiande looked at Cohen again, and there was a glimmer of hope in her delicate pink-gold eyes.

“Really—”

Cohen paused for a moment, looking at her with a bit of shyness, and said

“An-jie—do you believe me?”

Cohen still called her very formally.

Thump!

A very heavy sound.

A sound from the bottom of her heart.

She realized that maybe Cohen didn’t just want to be friends with her.

They could even become something beyond friends!

They could become family!

People always only know how to cherish things when they lose them and get them back.

Remiande yearned so much for the love of a family member. Those who have never lost it will never understand the pain of separation.

Having a haven called home, having heartfelt conversations with family members.

What greed and extravagance that was.

But someone said, I want to become family with you.

Be my family.

“I have a family now?”

“Yeah.”

“I have a home?”

“Yeah, An-jie.”

“Really?”

“Really, An-jie.”

Tears began to flow uncontrollably from Remiande’s eyes.

Yes, a lost soul had found a haven.

A girl named Remiande had a new home.