Chapter 338 - Spectacular (1/2)

Xiang Wan’s hair stood on end as she listened.

She grasped onto Bai Muchuan tightly, but he suddenly laughed.

“These are not the worst thing ever!”

If these were not the worst, what was?

Xiang Wan felt her palms getting clammy and felt her heart aching for him.

She did not speak nor interrupt him. She kept her silence to show her respect for him.

After a while, Bai Muchuan heaved a puff of breath. “What’s terrible is the fact that it’s your closest family member who sent you to this hell… What’s worse is—they are clearly in the wrong. All of them are wrong, yet you are the one who must admit the mistake you did not commit…

“You saw how they inverted what’s right and wrong; you saw their smiling faces stained with the blood of innocent children… Yet you have to remember and recite the school rules and mottos by heart so when anyone comes to visit the institution, you can talk about what you have learned as well as what you have corrected and improved on…

“They’ve said countless lies!

“A father’s love, a mother’s love, a teacher’s love…”

“…”

Xiang Wan held her breath for a moment.

She was trying her best to keep calm amidst this appalling thought.

She did not dare to think about how the oppressed and abused children go through such suffering on a daily basis…

She did not dare to think that her “wise and brilliant” Detective Bai had come from such a place.

“Don’t be afraid!” Bai Muchuan suddenly hugged her tightly. “You don’t have to be afraid! Now… I can protect you!”

Xiang Wan couldn’t stop trembling.

No matter how she tried to control herself, she couldn’t stop the trembling.

He had noticed it and held her as closely as possible as if he wished to make her a part of him.

“Should I have not told you about this?”

“No… I like to hear you talk about it.”

“Mm? Won’t this… affect my glorified image in your heart?”

“… It won’t.” Xiang Wan sighed softly then tried to show a smile. “The netizens had already exposed your glorified image long ago!”

“Hur! Silly girl…”

Bai Muchuan ran his fingers through her hair.

He suddenly stopped laughing as if he thought of something before disclosing a piece of information.

“I got to know Xie Wanwan when I was there.”

“I’ve guessed it!” Xiang Wan smiled calmly. “I’ve stopped being jealous for a long time now, but are you still worried about it? Now that I heard all these, I feel that… you did right to help her and take care of her.”

“I’m a man after all.” Bai Muchuan puffed a sigh. “For a girl who ended up in that kind of place, she suffered greater hardship than me!”

“…” Xiang Wan felt as if there was a lump in her throat.

She felt as if she tasted a faint smell of blood.

“But I do not regret it!” Bai Muchuan suddenly said.

“Do not regret what?”

“That memorable journey to hell.”

Bai Muchuan was quite calm about it, compared to Xiang Wan who was trembling in fear.

“With such an experience, ever since then, no matter if I’m in the army or in the police force, even if I’m faced with some great hardship, I could get through them…”

“I understand. Those who have not experienced hell do not know the beauty of paradise. Those who have not experienced hardship do not know how to appreciate happiness.” Xiang Wan smiled. “I can now understand how you can joke around with me in such a calm demeanor…”

“Hur!” Bai Muchuan patted her head dotingly. “Now you know how tough I am…”

“Yes… Indeed, you are the best!” While Xiang Wan was in his arms, she could feel his arm suddenly twitching. She thought she might have leaned onto his wound and adjusted her head gently. “Is it painful?”

“Nope.” Bai Muchuan’s hand ran along with her hair and gently kissed her on the forehead. “Don’t worry, we can make it out of here alive…”

This kiss felt like a silver lining.

Xiang Wan was suddenly thankful for this fate!

After all, fate had brought her such a wonderful person—Bai Muchuan.

After having survived such a painful ordeal, his soul could still be so clean and pure…

He was unlike Meng Chi, that lunatic… She wondered what kind of suffering he had gone through…

“Hurhurhurhur…” The moment she thought about Meng Chi, they heard some casual laughter coming from the speakers.

It was Meng Chi!

“Have you both finished what you wanted to say to each other?”

The voice sounded dreadful and terrifying in the darkness.

Xiang Wan pursed her lips and kept quiet while Bai Muchuan laughed.

“There’s too much to say to her. I want to talk to her my whole life!”

“Your feelings for her are so deep! That’s something difficult to find. Hahaha…”

Meng Chi laughed again. This time, his laughter made Xiang Wan’s body tremble.

“Your whole life? I’m afraid that’s not possible! It’s because… I couldn’t wait to send you two on the road to nether!”