Chapter 114: Love Welfare Institute (1/2)
The game hall’s central screen, the Nightmare Rising Star Hall.
It was bustling in front of Bai Liu’s small TV. Ordinary players looked up at the small screen of first place on the nightmare rising star.
“Bai Liu is rushing too fast! What is he eating that is making him rush so fast?!”
“He is eating Little Witch. That child is already stunned. Who did he just call Little Witch?”
“Liu Jiayi.”
“What Jiayi?”
“What Liu?”
“What Liu Jia?”
“…You Little Witch fans, don’t deceive yourself. Liu Jiayi, Liu Huai’s little sister. Bai Liu just pushed her out. I think it is 80-90% correct.”
“I won’t listen, I won’t listen! The Taboo Witch is so cold, elegant and mature. There must be a 28 year old beautiful woman under the black veil!”
“Wake up, the Taboo Witch is so short. It is around the same height as an 8 year old girl.”
“…Isn’t it said in the character book published by the King’s Guild that Taboo Witch is an undeveloped person? I always thought the Taboo Witch was a dwarf! It turns out that this is what it means by undeveloped!”
“I’m flying to eat melons. The forum posts have exploded and countless Little Witch boyfriend friends are mourning about how their wife has suddenly changed to a daughter. They aren’t ready to become fathers.”
“Hearts seems to be dealing with this matter but it is more troublesome in the game. I don’t think Liu Huai’s situation is good. Tsk, this league’s cheering season is great. There is such a big melon among the popular newcomers.”
“I don’t think it is good for Bai Liu. Little Witch has always been cruel to non-team players. I feel like Bai Liu is going to be cold.”
“It is the first collision between the new and old nightmare stars. Who will be the nightmare in the end? The forum has opened…”
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Liu Huai collapsed to his knees in front of Bai Liu. His mouth opened and closed for a long time, as if wanting to say something but in the end, he was silent.
There were hazy tears in his eyes and the blackness was dark and dreary, like a dark sky that didn’t emit light.
Liu Huai’s head hung down as he knelt in front of Bai Liu. He was like a puppet that had been drained of its soul and whose limbs had been inadvertently torn off by a naughty child, leaving only the torso that couldn’t stand up straight. Once the puppet strings were cut off, he curled up in place.
Tears could no longer flow. Liu Huai’s eyes were wide open while his face was streaked with tears. Everything seemed to be far away from him.
Liu Jiayi’s blind eyes curved into a crescent moon and she raised her small face to call out to her brother loudly. After that, she flew toward him with open arms, like a bird, a butterfly or a sun that didn’t know it was shining.
What a reckless and innocent little girl. She fell into Liu Huai’s arms with scars all over her body after being beaten. Liu Huai choked up and touched Liu Jiayi’s hair, saying that he would take her away after the exam. Just hold on for him!
Liu Jiayi meekly leaned against his chest and answered softly that she would hold on for her brother’s sake.
Liu Huai walked out of the mountains on a rainy night with Liu Jiayi on his back. From that day on, Liu Huai vowed to let her see no darkness in the world. He would bring her the brightest future and be worthy of what she had given up for himself.
They both had the blood of the man they hated. They relied on this evil blood to connect and depend on each other for life, stuttering and daring to grow up.
Liu Huai had told Liu Jiayi that they were siblings who experienced terrible things together. Therefore, they would never let go of each other’s hands.
Liu Jiayi was his most important person. Liu Huai was willing to risk his life in this terrible game to give her a bright future. He was willing to be a puppet for her, pick up a dagger to betray his best friend and he was willing to die for her.
However, she deceived him anyway.
Just like he lied to Liu Jiayi, Liu Jiayi lied to him.
Liu Huai was in a trance as he recalled Liu Jiayi’s dirty face hidden under the bed… was this retribution?
Due to what he did to Jiayi, due to his cowardly inaction, Jiayi was getting revenge on him?
“Do you know why I followed Puppet Zhang and betrayed Brother Si?” Liu Huai’s head seemed like it was going to touch the ground as he spoke gently, “It is because at that time, Puppet Zhang used Jiayi’s real-life news to threaten me to join the King’s Guild, to become his puppet and surround Brother Si…”
Liu Huai’s eyes showed no spirit at all. “He promised to give me good treatment and ensure my safety. I was indeed the one treated the best out of all his puppets… However, I had always found it strange. I never told anyone in the game about Jiayi. Why did Puppet Zhang know about Jiayi and why did he know she was my sister? Why did he know so many details about us, as if I had voluntarily told him?”
Bai Liu listened quietly and didn’t speak.
Liu Huai smiled while tears rolled down his face. “It turns out that he and Jiayi were a pair. Jiayi must’ve told him these things. Why did Jiayi tell him such things? Bai Liu, you said that Jiayi is so smart. Is she, is she….”
Liu Huai finally choked up and murmured to himself in a daze, “Did she do it deliberately? She knew what was going on from start to finish… she was punishing me… punishing me for what I have done and for not being a good brother…”
“If you ask me—” Bai Liu replied calmly. “I think she probably thought it was best for you to join the King’s Guild as a puppet under Puppet Zhang. It was the safest thing for you in this game. As for Puppet Zhang’s manipulation of your betrayal against Mu Sicheng under her orders, it truly wasn’t safe to follow Mu Sicheng with your ability.”
“If her purpose is to keep you alive in the game then I think her actions toward you are completely reasonable. She let an advanced player take you through the game while helping you train your ability. She chose the best guild for you and teammates she can control. She provided you with shelter and can follow you to save you in some of the more high-risk games. Everything she does is to protect you.”