“Sister, do you still want a younger sister? I… wuuuuh!”
Lin Ling’s words were startling, but the next moment, she was silenced by Ye Liu and Liu Fei, each holding one hand over her mouth, preventing her from saying more.
They had just been amazed that Fire Finch’s sister was actually the heir to one of the four major guilds in the country, the Jia. They never expected their own silly sister to have already skipped the surprise and jumped straight into self-promotion.
“Me?”
Fire Finch paused mid-stroke as she preened her feathers, Lin Ling’s words surprising her too. Seeing such a normal girl, who would have thought that a social butterfly resided within? Truly, one cannot judge a book by its cover.
“You’re not so bad yourself,” Aya Tone chimed in.
Fire Finch, seeing the fun in this, replied with a playful tone, “Well, if you want to be my little sister, you just need to win over my mom.”
“Oh, right, my mom is in Huainan City. How about we go now? We could even stop by the police station to get your paperwork done, too…”
“Ah, no, no, no, Chairman, please just pretend she wasn’t talking. She was just rambling,” Ye Liu hurriedly declined on Lin Ling’s behalf.
No way. Who doesn’t know who this person’s mother is? If her good friend dared to go, she might come back in two pieces. Cut in half, that’s the kind of strength we’re talking about.
“Oh, what a shame. I was hoping for a more lively younger sister,” Fire Finch said, glancing meaningfully at her little sister.
Fire Wushuang: “I feel like you’re dissing me. If I could, I’d give you a good whipping!”
But the sisters’ encrypted conversation sounded different to Ye Liu, who frantically waved her hands, “No, no, no, Lin Ling was just talking in her sleep. Please don’t take it seriously, Chairman.”
Just as Fire Finch was about to continue teasing the bewildered girl, Big White tugged at Ye Liu’s sleeve, which was already disheveled.
“Don’t worry, Chairman is just playing with you.”
“Chairman, you shouldn’t play with them.”
The students entrusted to her by her master couldn’t be bullied under her watch, not even by the Chairman!
Resultantly, Fire Finch, acting like a skilled performer, weakly let go of Fire Wushuang and pretended to be hurt, wiping at the non-existent tears from her eyes.
“You all bully me, I won’t play with you anymore.”
Midway through, she might have felt it was too fake, changing her expression again. No matter how she changed, it always felt like something was missing, so she stopped pretending.
“Fine, if you bully me, I’m leaving!” She grabbed the cup of milk tea in front of Fire Wushuang and walked over to a nearby seat, pulling a fully armed suspicious person out of the store.
The whole scene was so swift and decisive that everyone was left stunned. Could that person have been a criminal who just escaped? Were they sitting next to a criminal, chatting casually? How exciting!
After a brief commotion, the store quickly returned to normal.
“Damn! My milk tea!” Fire Wushuang realized, her face darkening as she was tricked again!
Outside the store,
“Let go!”
The mysterious person struggled to free herself from Fire Finch’s grasp, but her slender hands lacked any strength, and her struggles against Fire Finch seemed more like flirting.
Fire Finch lifted the mysterious person with one hand, pulling down her mask.
“Little Jia, I’m just warning you, human trafficking is a crime.”
Instantly, Li Jia’s exquisite face was exposed to the air. Her struggling hands paused, and her eyes flashed with avoidance, “What are you talking about? Human trafficking? I don’t understand.”
“You don’t understand? That’s why I need to take you back, so the police don’t come to chat with me.”
“Wait, wait!” Seeing that Fire Finch wanted to take her away, Li Jia panicked.
This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Although she lacked the strength to capture Aya, she could start by capturing Big White. Once she had Big White, her master wouldn’t be far behind. And in her spatial prison, she would be the ruler! No one would find Big White!
“Thud!”
A smack on the head cleared the darkness from Li Jia’s eyes.
“Why did you hit me?”
“…”
…
Starlight softly fell upon the earth, but it was repelled by the eternal brightness, leaving only a patch of darkness in the human eye.
“Master, what are you looking at?” Big White, just returned from outside, curiously walked to the window and looked in the direction of Aya Tone’s gaze.
There was nothing but darkness.
“Big White… can’t you see it?”
“No…” No matter how hard Big White stared, all she could see was the dark sky and the bustling night market below.
“You can’t see it either, huh…” Aya Tone turned away, his voice filled with disappointment.
This made Big White’s curiosity piqued. What exactly was her master seeing!
“Master, what are you really looking at?”
Aya Tone hesitated for a moment, “You want to know?”
“That’s an ancient taboo. Knowing too much will get you noticed. Do you still want to know?”
Big White swallowed, her eyes firm with resolve.
“I want to know!”
“Good!” Aya Tone praised, truly proud of his offspring.
“Look carefully at that spot.” Aya Tone randomly pointed at a different direction.
“Master, that’s not where you were looking just now.”
“Cough, cough, that was then, this is now. It moved, you understand?” Aya Tone coughed nervously, but his expression remained mysterious and solemn.
To deceive others, one must first deceive oneself!
“Like this?” Big White focused intently on the void, trying to find a hint of the mystery her master spoke of.
The starry sky was hidden behind the clouds, revealing not a trace.
Aya Tone felt a bit embarrassed. He had just been making things up, and there was nothing meaningful to it. All that talk about ancient taboos was just something he’d seen in a show that afternoon, blurted out unconsciously.
“Dad, Big White is glowing!” Little Aya Jiu popped her head out from the sofa, blinking her big eyes.
Big White was glowing, how amazing!
“Wow! She really is glowing!”
Big White’s body was now covered in a gentle starry light, like a thin veil, draping over her.
It made her youthful face appear noble and elegant. But before Aya Tone could examine it further, the light vanished in an instant, revealing Big White’s confused little face.
“Master, I think I saw what you were talking about.” Big White murmured.
She had just felt a connection to the starry sky, a force flowing into her. But this connection lasted only a moment, vanishing like an illusion. Yet Big White was sure it was real, not a dream.
“Uh…”
So it was real?
Aya Tone awkwardly turned his head, caught off guard and unsure of how to continue his lie.
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