Chapter 477

"Hmm."

Although it was a bit strange that there were only three people in the family portrait, Leon, who had seen other photos of himself with his parents, wouldn't think too much because of this photo, just asked casually:

"When was this photo taken? Why are you the only one in the family portrait, and not the three of us?"

"A mistake by the photo studio."

Seeing that Leon didn't think too much, Anna couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, then answered with as steady a voice as possible:

"When we were taking the photo, the previous family had just left, and the person who collected the set left the 'Family Portrait' sign behind, so there was such a photo.

Although Mother was a bit dissatisfied and wanted them to remove the sign and take another one, Father liked Mother's smile in the photo, and the photo studio was willing to charge only half the price, so we just left it."

"So that's how it is..."

After nodding in realization, Leon lay on the bed, sucking in air with a hiss, then said indifferently:

"Then what about the three of us? Why were you the only one there?"

"Because Meilanni and the others were born the second year, and this photo was originally taken for me."

Anna opened the photo album and flipped through it, took out a photo with the same background, and handed it over, then smiled:

"It was the community school exam. Your grades were the worst in the school, but I took first place. Mother asked me what gift I wanted, and I said I wanted a photo to commemorate it.

Look, the badge I'm wearing on my chest is the one the school gave to the first place at that time. Although I also wanted to pull you to take a photo together, you were being stubborn at the time, saying your grades were bad, and you wouldn't take a photo together no matter what. In the end, there was no way, so we only took us."

"Ah... was I that stubborn when I was young?"

Hearing the embarrassing things about his childhood, Leon, who had no relevant memories, couldn't help but scratch his head, looked up at Anna's expression, and said with embarrassment:

"Then you wouldn't be very disappointed at that time?"

"That's not it, because I was actually doing it on purpose."

After smiling mischievously at Leon, the sick girl smiled:

"When you were young, you always liked to snatch things from me, and even snatched my dolls, but you ran faster than me, jumped higher than me, your body was stronger than me, and you even ate more than me. I hated you to death.

Fortunately, you were particularly naughty at the time, and your studies were always very poor. I finally had something better than you, so I seized that opportunity and specifically angered you fiercely, which is why you were stubborn and wouldn't take a photo with me."

"You really are... holding a grudge since you were young."

After shaking his head speechlessly, Leon, who was lying on the bed, waved his hand to shoo her away:

"Alright, since the ointment has been applied, you should hurry back to sleep. We have to get up early tomorrow!"

"Then I'm going back. You should also be careful when you sleep, don't touch it and hurt it again."

You knew it would hurt if touched, yet you still used such heavy force!

"I know, I know!"

After giving her a look like his sister's, Leon turned his head to look at the small window in the second bedroom, turned his back to the door, and asked casually:

"By the way, is my birthday definitely correct?"

?!!!

Hearing Leon's question, Anna, who was preparing to leave, trembled, then said softly without looking back:

"How could it be wrong? Why did you suddenly think to ask this?"

"Actually, it's nothing, just met a fortune teller who is said to be very accurate."

Leon, who was lying on the bed, narrowed his eyes, then yawned: "She asked for my birthday and calculated it, but the things she calculated were all wrong. Maybe she felt she couldn't save face, so she insisted that the birthday I told her was wrong... Hehe, it's simply like three legs walking unsteadily, but complaining that the road is not flat. Don't you think it's funny?"

"That depends on whether you paid or not."

Hearing that Leon was just asking casually, Anna, who was relieved, returned to calm and answered with a smile: "If you didn't pay, then she is funny. If you paid, then you are funny~"

"Go, go, go, I think you are the funny one! It's so late, hurry back to sleep!"

After putting on the "dignity of an elder brother" and shooing away his sister who teased him, looking at Anna, who was relieved on the reflection of the small window and left in a somewhat busy manner, Leon's brows couldn't help but twist tightly.

Although Anna covered it up well, there were still some unnatural things.

For others, they might not notice, but for Leon, who had lived with her day and night for several months and spent two years in hell together, these unnatural places were really too obvious.

She is hiding something from me...

According to Anna's personality, after seeing the photo drop, she would mostly just say "Oh, why did it drop." instead of saying such a big pile, and later she stopped packing her luggage and sat on the edge of the bed, as if deliberately giving him a chance to ask questions.

Also, looking at her appearance in the photo, this was at least seven or eight years ago, or even longer, but after hearing his question, she didn't even have a process of recollection and gave the answer directly.

It was just a few words, and she told everything that happened back then, everything was explained seamlessly, and there was almost no place to question, simply as if it had been rehearsed countless times in advance.

Later, when asking about the birthday, her performance of being clearly startled on the reflection of the small window directly confirmed his judgment.

Just as the Black Goat said, the probability of the Lord of the Starry Sky making a mistake is almost zero, so the day he went to the water company was indeed his birthday.

And Anna's strange performance proved that she must know something, but she didn't want to tell him the truth for some reason, and even prepared lies in advance...

Facing these pieces of evidence that were simply ready to come out, Leon, who had been influenced by various dog-blood plots in his previous life, almost instantly had a matter-of-course guess.

So... was I adopted?

After this rather dog-blood thought arose, Leon, whose mood was exceptionally complex, immediately turned over and got out of bed, walked stealthily to the packed luggage, took out the old photo album, and flipped through it.

However, after looking at the old photos for a while, Leon turned his head again to look at the small window, looking at the black hair on the reflection that was exactly the same as his father's, and the heroic eyebrows that were extremely similar to his mother's, he couldn't help but be in a dilemma for a while.

Even if the adopted one was not a stranger, but a cousin's child, it is unlikely to have the characteristics of both sides at the same time, right? Could it be that I thought too much?

With a belly full of unresolved confusion, Leon tossed and turned until the second half of the night before he barely slept for a little while.

When the sky was just getting bright, although he was far from sleeping enough, he was awakened from his sleep by Anna and learned that the carriage had arrived. Leon had to climb up drowsily, carry his luggage, and walk to the entrance of the alley in the Old Soldier's Lane.

Supporting himself to stuff the luggage into the cargo box, and after telling the carriage driver he rented in advance the location, Leon, who had only slept for more than an hour, hugged his younger siblings who were also drowsy and got into the four-person carriage.

And Anna, who followed and boarded the carriage, looked at his appearance of being so sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyes, and couldn't help but complain with a mix of anger and amusement:

"Brother! Didn't you sleep quite early yesterday? Why are you so sleepy now?"

"Yesterday... hiccup... my brain was a bit messy last night... I basically didn't sleep in the first half of the night... hmm... let me lean for a while..."

Leaning on Anna's shoulder, who looked a bit flustered, as his body tilted to the side with the shaking of the carriage, Leon, who was indeed sleepy to death, squinted his eyes, with three points of temptation and twelve thousand points of seriousness, promised softly in her ear:

"Don't worry... things you don't want to say, Brother can not ask.

Also, you can actually rely on me just like I rely on you... I promise you, no matter what happens in the future, you will always be my sister."

(End of chapter)