Chapter 375 - 375: You Two... (1/2)

”YOU?”

The startled exclamation didn't come from Lillie's side of the table, but from the two Trilled Phantom leaders instead.

”I knew it!” The eighteen-year-old boy said, mostly to himself, as he pumped his fist in triumph.

”Wait, you knew? How?!” The girl demanded vehemently.

”I had my suspicion.”

Lillie was too shock that no words were forming in her mouth even though she desperately wanted to say something.

On her left, she felt Ethan shaking. But from what, exactly? It's hard to distinguish.

The Elders, however, might be gaping behind their masks.

Of all the people...why did it have to be them?

”So that's why you were upset when I investigated Lillie Bai; she's your sister! Do you have any idea what this means for us, Gab?”

”Well done figuring that out, Sherlock. And care to enlighten me, Feifei? What would it mean for us?”

”You're my boyfriend! And I've been flirting with Daunting Spirit for years before dating you! Does this mean you like me better as Yifei than Thrill Seeker?!”

Gabriel, her dear brother, spluttered. ”Now is not the time to talk about our relationship, Feifei!”

”You better give me a reasonable explanation, mister.”

The now-confirmed couple continues to bicker with one another, blissfully unaware of the inner pandemonium they've caused among the people across the table.

”You two...” Lillie muttered as she let out a deep, tired breath—which was left unheard by the bickering couple, too busy to notice the restless stares they're being subjected to.

Her younger brother and Ethan's younger sister have been going around the Underworld for years...from right under their noses. This is an embarrassment to her name and status as one of the most influential mafia organization in the Underworld!

She was supposed to be keeping a close eye on her family. How did Gabriel manage to slip out of her radar?

According to the data she'd gathered about Daunting Spirit, his earliest record of him showing the intention of joining the Underworld was when he was fourteen.

Just a year after the Bai family was invaded and attacked at their weakened state by assailants hired by enemies who were eyeing the Empire and their family's wealth.

He started by asking the resident street gangsters of their city for a fistfight and coming out as a winner. This became a routine for him until he gets stronger.

The stronger he gets, the more he searches for stronger opponents. And as a result, the deeper he finds himself affiliated with the Underworld.

Fourteen...younger than Lillie when she joined the Underworld. Gabriel was barely a teenager at that time when he went off to the dark society alone.

It was her who taught him how to fight, how to protect himself. After the attack in their household, she and her parents worry about his safety.

She didn't anticipate the probability of him using what he'd learned from her as his stepping stone to achieving what he has today.

Conflicted, she's not sure whether she'll feel proud or saddened. Probably both, maybe it's leaning more on the saddened part.