The night gradually lifted its thin veil that shrouded the earth, and the horizon gradually turned pale with a hint of dawn.

Charlotte's mother lay in bed, holding Charlotte, and fell into a deep sleep. Charlotte's father lay on the other side of Charlotte, just as before, sleeping on his side with steady breaths...

Charlotte quietly got up.

She took a lingering look at her parents and whispered, "Mom and Dad, Charlotte has left. You must be happy."

Charlotte took three steps back and carefully cleaned up the cake wrappers and trash in the living room, struggling to carry them away.

The door opened silently, and Susie had already been waiting outside. Wade immediately took the trash from Charlotte's hand.

Charlotte turned around and glanced back, her eyes filled with nostalgia.

A clean and cozy home, she never came back again.

"Let's go!" Susie took Charlotte's hand.

No matter how much attachment there is in the world, eventually there must be a sorrowful parting.

At the nearest intersection from home, Charlotte, wearing a pretty skirt, stood by the roadside, waving happily to Susie and Wade.

"Goodbye, older brother. Goodbye, older sister. Goodbye, both uncles! Thank you, older brother, older sister, and uncles!"

"Remember to go and check on Lena for me!"

She had no regrets!

Before people die, it seems like there are still many, many things left undone, many, many things to worry about.

After a person dies, it seems that only one thing they cared about the most remains.

Now Charlotte has fulfilled her wish and no longer wanders as a vile ghost in the human world. She can leave contentedly.

Wade sent a Vile ghost on its way for the first time, feeling a sadness and nostalgia he had never felt before. He said, "Goodbye, never to be seen again. I hope you have a smooth reincarnation."

Charlotte couldn't help but burst into laughter, then turned around and hopped away, eventually disappearing from everyone's sight.

As Wade was watching, suddenly a dark light flashed in mid-air and injected into his brow, leaving a shallow mark on his forehead.

The mark shimmered and vanished, disappearing without a trace.

Wade quickly touched his forehead and exclaimed, "Damn, what is this? Am I possessed by a ghost?"

He quickly took a talisman and stuck it on his forehead!

Susie crossed her arms and said, "Ugh, brother, you were really dumb!"

"That wasn't some ghost possession, it was my brother's 'progress bar'."

Wade: "..." There was a progress bar above his head??

What the hell!

However... sob sob sob, my sister actually said he was stupid, so does love disappear, right?

Kellen stretched and yawned, "Alright, let's go. Your grandmother will be waking up soon!"

Wade said, "Grandma probably wouldn't get up so early..."

Susie quickly jumped into the car and said, "Brother, hurry up! If we don't hurry, Grandma will use a frying pan to scold us later!"

"I calculated with a finger pinch, brother, you had a 'great difficulty'!"

Wade immediately felt his hair stand on end. What his sister said was definitely a real disaster!

So when Wade returned home, he didn't even dare to breathe.

After safely returning to the room, I didn't dare to fall asleep.

Pretending that nothing had happened, I woke up early and took a look...

Grandma was carrying breakfast to the table and said, "What are you standing there for? Come and eat quickly."

"Your sister probably didn't get up so quickly, I left something else for her..."

"You ate all of these."

Wade stared in astonishment at the table full of delicious meat and fish.

Is it really good to eat such greasy food early in the morning?

After Wade ate half a roasted chicken, half a fish, a bowl of lean meat and preserved egg porridge, and a bowl of soup, he was then forced to eat fruits and yogurt for digestion by his friend, Sese.

He finally knew what his sister meant by "great difficulty".

It was indeed a great difficulty!

***

The sky was bright, and Charlotte's mother opened her eyes.

She stared blankly at the ceiling.

Familiar room, familiar coldness.

She looked around slowly and indeed, there was no sign of Charlotte.

Charlotte's mother quickly got up and hurriedly ran to the living room to take a look. The living room was clean and tidy, with nothing there.

There was no cake, and there were no traces left from last night's birthday celebration.

"Her father..."

Charlotte's mother called out, but there was no one else in the room.

She sat down on the sofa in a daze, and it took a long time for her to come back to her senses.

It was just a dream...

But, this dream felt so real, so happy.

In the dream, Charlotte was fine. She was wearing her favorite dress, had grown her hair, and tied it into beautiful braids... and someone gave her a big surprise.

What a big surprise for...!

Charlotte's mother thought of something and quickly stood up and ran back to the room.

This time, she saw a glass bottle quietly placed on the bedside table. The glass bottle contained pale purple orchids, golden osmanthus, as well as a dried rose and peach blossoms...

Colorful stars scattered among dried flowers, appearing dreamlike and enchanting.

Charlotte's mother was afraid that this might also be fake, so she carefully picked it up and felt the icy touch of the glass bottle.

It's true!

Charlotte's mother couldn't help but cry.

"It's true, Charlotte really came back..." Charlotte's mother held onto the glass bottle tightly, collapsing onto the bed.

Charlotte's father pushed open the door and came in. He had just gone to buy groceries.

After getting up in the morning, he, just like Charlotte's mother, rushed out into the living room and felt disappointed and sad to see the empty house. Finally, he noticed the glass bottle on the bedside table.

For a long time, much of the discomfort in his heart had dissipated. Thinking about his wife who hadn't eaten properly for the past few days, he went to buy groceries early in the morning.

"What's wrong?" Charlotte's father sat down on the ground and hugged Charlotte's mother's shoulder.

Charlotte's mother shook her head and choked, "It's nothing. I just miss Charlotte."

I missed Charlotte, although I felt sad, but for some reason, there seemed to be an indescribable anticipation in my heart.

"See what Charlotte said to you," Charlotte's dad smiled. "I resisted the temptation to open it this morning for a long time. Look, you have a surprise from Charlotte, and I don't."

Charlotte's mother couldn't help but laugh along.

The couple carefully opened the glass bottle and took out the topmost little star.

Carefully opening the star, I saw that both sides of the colored paper had a crooked line of words.

Happy birthday to Mom, Charlotte loves Mom!

Charlotte also loved her father, and her father took good care of her mother.

The couple instantly hugged their heads and cried in pain...