There was no such thing as a perfect family. Happiness was only temporary. Ever since Tian Ruyi found out the truth behind those kind facades, she saw the mbers of the Bai family in a different light. The only good person there was Bai Jingye. She hated his parents for turning a blind eye, for doing nothing for their son. She hated Bai Zichen, his brother, for making things hard for her precious friend, and among them all, the person she hated the most was the old man. The root of all evilness in the family.
"It was his punishnt whenever Jingye did sothing Bai Keran didn't like. He would be locked in that room for weeks. He was only fed once per day, water, and a small piece of bread. I would usually sneak in so food whenever I have the chance. Jingye would always co out thin at the end of it." She was now sitting on the sofa, her hands clenched together. "Since then, Bai Jingye had already made up his mind. He didn't want to be his grandfather's puppet like his family. He wanted to do sothing to cut those strings and I swore to help him. I was his only friend, ngjie…"
Now Lu ngjie understood why Bai Jingye grew up as a decent person despite having such a past. It was all because Tian Ruyi was there. He was never alone. He had soone he could lean on. She was his pillar and light during those dark days.
Tian Ruyi turned to look at her with a small bitter smile. "I was happy when he began considering you as one as well… even more actually. He likes you."
Lu ngjie already knew his feelings for her that was why she had already put distance from him. She didn't want to give him hope that they could build a romantic relationship.
"I'm not telling you to like him back. Actually, I was hoping that you could fall for him but that's impossible." Tian Ruyi chuckled. "Besides, Jingye is not soone who is interested in dating."
"He once told that he doesn't believe in love," Lu ngjie recalled. "He considers it a hindrance."
The other woman chuckled. "That is so like Jingye. He has long closed his heart just so he could focus on his grandfather's demise otherwise, he had already pursued you when he began liking you."
Lu ngjie reached out, placing her hand on top of Tian Ruyi's hands. "We have to help him, Xiao Ruyi."
"We can't. We have to wait until the duration of his punishnt ends."
"But – "
"I hate to say this, but Jingye can handle it. He has been receiving the punishnt since childhood. Also… we will only be making things worse for him if we help him now. You don't know what Bai Keran can do even to his own family. I saw how cruel he could be, ngng. We can't put Jingye in danger while he is in that place."
She gritted her teeth as she lowered her head. Lu ngjie badly wanted to help him. She was not the type of person to sit and watch her friends get abused by soone.
Tian Ruyi placed her hand on her friend's shoulder. "I know it's hard… doing nothing." She has already been there. She knew the pain of watching soone get punished for a mistake they didn't do. It was unfair. Bai Jingye has always taken the bla. He has always protected her in this way. For once, she wanted to do sothing to protect him but she knew that it was not possible. She was that useless friend who could watch and cry knowing that she was his weakness.
"I guess we will have to make a move while Bai Keran is distracted. We can't waste the opportunity Jingye made."
"What do you an?"
"We will be removing that old snake's pawns one by one and turning them against him."
…
anwhile, back in the parking lot, slow music was playing on the car's radio.
Boom!
Bang!
Xia Liqin was playing a mobile ga. His thumbs tapping and sliding. Despite the lively fighting sound effects, he had a plain look on his face.
Wei Sianqi was sitting in the backseat with her arms crossed. She was curious about what kind of ga he was playing. She wanted to take a peek. Just like him, she was soone who liked playing mobile and computer gas. Based on the sound effects coming from the man's phone, she could tell what kind of ga he was playing and what kind of character he was using.
"Let's fire it up! Explosive puppet!"
From that character line, she could easily tell that he was using the ga character 'Theresa'.
She bit her lower lip as she heard his kills from the ga. Damn, he sure was good. She wanted to watch his playstyle and maybe even check out his ga ID. If only she brought her phone, she would be able to play along with him.
'Arena Collision' was the na of the ga he was playing. A famous ga that players around the world enjoyed. She has always wanted to join a professional team but sadly, she has to wait for an invitation from them. She could only level up and work hard on topping a character rank just so she could be noticed. One of her favorite strears was called 'Black Cat'. He belonged to the top professional team in the country, the 'Cyborg Cats'. Since it was her dream to join their team, she changed all her ga nas to 'Grimalkin'. It was an archaic na for a cat. Aside from that, the word was often used for won who were tried as witches. It was believed that they used cats as their familiar. Wei Sianqi liked it and she found it cool.
Not being able to tolerate the temptation in the car, she slowly and quietly shifted her legs just so she could move close to him from behind. There, she finally took a peek at his phone.
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