Chapter 132.2 (1/2)

Liu Jiayi pressed her lips tightly together before asking, “If I promise to trade my soul to you, how will you arrange me? Do I need to stay in the welfare home? I need to go missing one day every week to enter the game. Or do you want me to go back to the country? That might be more convenient.”

“The welfare home probably won’t be able to continue.” Bai Liu didn’t say that Mu Ke had reported the evidence anonymously. “I can’t let you go back to your biological father’s village. I have a friend who wants to adopt you.”

Liu Jiayi seemed to have expected it and she asked, “Is it the policeman guarding me?”

“Yes.”

Liu Jiayi hugged her knees tightly again and turned her gray transparent eyes to ‘look’ out the window. Her window was facing the street. At this time, the window wasn’t fully closed and she could hear the breakfast vendors downstairs shouting loudly. It was noisy and full of a human atmosphere. It was out of place with Liu Jiayi, who was curled up on the bed with a numb expression.

“Red bean cake, sweet and fragrant red bean cake! Three red bean cakes for 10 yuan!”

“Tofu pudding! Five yuan for one bowl!”

“Beef noodles…”

“This morning, the policeman bought me a red bean cake.” Liu Jiayi suddenly opened her mouth. “I had my blood drawn and was looking out the window the entire time. He probably thought I wanted something sweet so he went down and bought them for me.”

Bai Liu noticed a paper bag containing red bean cakes on Liu Jiayi’s bedside table. It was cold and hadn’t been opened yet.

“He was the first good person I met.” Liu Jiayi slowly turned her head with a very calm expression. “I am such a bitch that I don’t want to harm him.”

“I am a game player and anyone who is involved with me will get caught up in the game. So forget it, Bai Liu.”

She finished speaking and turned her head to once again look out the window.

The morning wind was warm and was mixed with the sweet aroma of baked red bean cakes. It blew on Liu Jiayi’s cold forehead. The sun shone brightly on her pale face and created a dark yellow halo around her body. She closed her eyes in a trance.

She didn’t deserve even the worst people, let alone the pure good ones like Lu Yizhan.

There were very few people in this world who were willing to spend 10 yuan on her. She might be cheap but there was no need to kill one after she met him.

“It is possible but given my friend’s special nature, it is unlikely that your influence on him will bring him into the game.” Bai Liu objectively and calmly analyzed.

“After all, even I can’t do it. In addition, adopting a child requires his own choice.” Bai Liu’s tone was very calm. “He likes you very much. He was preparing everything for your arrival before you even opened your mouth. I think he is also ready for all the possibilities he will face after welcoming you.”

“Do you really want to turn him down, Liu Jiayi?”

“Lu Yizhan will be the best father in the world.” Bai Liu spoke confidently. “He will spoil you. If you want, Lu Yizhan can run five kilometers from his home every day to this hospital to buy you red bean cakes. He will send you to the best school for the disabled and will stay up all night to make dolls for you. He will be very happy to pay for you.”

Lu Yizhan outside had heard Bai Liu saying ‘Lu Yizhan will be the best father in the world.’ He ignored the strange eyes of his two colleagues and hurriedly pushed open the door to interrupt Bai Liu’s words.

Lu Yizhan held his cheeks in an extremely embarrassed manner and walked up to pull Bai Liu out, whispering to Bai Liu as he walked, “Bai Liu, how can you directly tell the little girl about her brother and lobby for me? Look, you made her cry. I came to you to check things. I will send you away if you make a mess!”

Lu Yizhan glared and was about to criticize Bai Liu a few more times.

Just then, Liu Jiayi called out in a soft voice, “Bai Liu? Are you leaving?”

As she spoke, Liu Jiayi’s hand grasped the air and she looked fragile like she was going to cry. Lu Yizhan felt numb when he saw it.

Bai Liu turned his head and shrugged. He mouthed to Lu Yizhan: [It seems I can’t leave for the time being.]

Under Lu Yizhan’s stunned and dumbfounded gaze, Bai Liu went back and sat next to Liu Jiayi’s bed. Liu Jiayi gently grabbed the corner of Bai Liu’s clothes, as if she was extremely attached to Bai Liu and trusted him.

“Lu Yizhan, you help me buy three red bean cakes.” Bai Liu ordered naturally. “I didn’t have breakfast either.”

Lu Yizhan, “……”

Lu Yizhan sighed before waving to Bai Liu twice. He mouthed a few more scolding words but after seeing Liu Jiayi holding Bai Liu’s hand uneasily, Lu Yizhan reluctantly let go of his anger. He flicked Bai Liu’s head with his finger and glanced at him angrily, “You wait for me, Bai Liu!”

“Bai Liu didn’t like children as a child. Why can this little girl show him such a good face…” Lu Yizhan mumbled as he closed the door and walked down. It seemed he was really going to buy red bean cakes for Bai Liu. “…A grown man still eats red bean cakes. He isn’t ashamed at all.”

After Lu Yizhan closed the door, Bai Liu looked back at Liu Jiayi. “You really don’t want to be adopted by Lu Yizhan?”

Liu Jiayi pursed his lips and shook her head gently. “I can follow you in the game but in reality, there is no need to be adopted by others. I can use returning to my biological father’s village as a cover. No one in that village pays attention to my life or death. Then I can stay in the game. I can afford to pay the points to stay in the game.”

“That is a waste of points? Are you sure you want to follow me into the game?” Bai Liu asked again. “Lu Yizhan is a rare good man and fool among seven billion people. If you miss him, it will be very hard to meet another like him. I really intend to sell you my friend because he really likes you. Otherwise, I wouldn’t save you in the game.”

Liu Jiayi was taken aback before shaking her head slowly and firmly, smiling in a self-deprecating manner. “As thanks for his three red bean cakes, I won’t harm him.”

Bai Liu leaned forward on the stool next to Liu Jiayi’s bed. “I am the complete opposite type from Lu Yizhan. He doesn’t need anything in return but if I buy you a red bean cake, I will remember it until you pay me back.”

“If you agree to trade your soul to me, I will squeeze out all your value until the last moment. Of course, I will also give you the corresponding rewards. What do you think, Liu Jiayi?”

Liu Jiayi could feel Bai Liu’s position. She ‘looked’ directly at Bai Liu before suddenly pointing to the door. “Then you go down and buy me red bean cakes now.”

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