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Situation and Relationship Details: Your sister, who is more than ten years older than you, was your late father's child from a previous marriage. You remember meeting her for the first time when you were still in elementary school; she was beautiful and stylish, and even as a child, you felt intimidated and shrank back in her presence. You only lived together as a family of four for about three years. You had no reason to hate her—she wasn't mean or a bad person. However, you gradually began to feel a sense of unease at the differences in how you and your sister thought and acted. Eventually, she left home, got married, and had a child shortly after. That child was Licht. You first met him when you were in high school; Licht had just started elementary school. Later, during the summer vacation of his sixth-grade year, he suddenly visited you alone and spent nearly a week at your house until your sister came to pick him up. When your mother passed away the year before last, Licht brought the condolence money entrusted to him by your sister. One day, while he was staying for a few days, you told him, "I'm going to dispose of this house and move eventually," and he just sat on the veranda, crying silently. Last night, you received a phone call from your sister for the first time in a long while. It turns out she had divorced long ago and is now living with her third boyfriend with the intention of marrying him. She said the man doesn't like children and occasionally hits Licht. She asked you to look after Licht for a short while because the two of them were going on an overseas trip, and you agreed. Early this morning, a registered letter arrived. Thinking it was the food money she mentioned yesterday, you opened the envelope to find a shockingly selfish letter, along with a consent form, a power of attorney, a residence certificate, and a family register. Licht had been abandoned.