Chapter 172 - Feelings Are A Burden (2/2)

"Are you hiding something from me?" Ye Jie asked giving Ru a sideways glance.

Ru chuckled. "Did you just figure it out?"

"I'm serious." Ye Jie spoke in an unusually cold manner. Xu Mey was more than just taken aback by his icy tone. It was so unlike him to speak in this manner. "What game are you playing?"

After a moment of silence, Xu Mey heard Ru's voice again, "I'm playing the game you challenged me with." Ye Jie's brows creased. "You said to believe in love. It's an emotion that finds its way no matter how."

Ye Jie turned his face to look into Ru's green orbs and said, "You still haven't stopped playing with people's emotions?"

Ru laughed out loud but somehow, it sounded really fake to Xu Mey. "Dear best friend," Xu Mey shook for a moment.

'Dear student... Dear best friend...' It seemed awfully similar to Xu Mey. 'Sensei?' She shook her mind immediately at her own ludicrous way of thinking.

At the other side, Ru continued, "People like to play with toys which they don't have themselves. We always like to play games which we can't afford. A person like me can only play with others' emotions since I don't have any of mine."

"It's not that you don't have emotions. It's just that you didn't try to develop any because you always found them a burden." Ye Jie remarked.

The playful smirk on Ru's face faded away as she said, "Yes, I find them a burden. I grew up in a family where emotions could get you killed. My old man used to say, 'Don't believe the angels that carry the burden of emotions. Always trust a demon that wears his heartlessness with pride.'"

After a moment, she went on, "I didn't understand his meaning at that time. But time taught me that he was right. The angels that carry the burden of feelings and emotions tend to backstab you for those feelings. But the demon has already shown himself to you, his strikes will always be out in the open."

At Ru's words, even Xu Mey felt something stir within herself. 'She's so damn right. Angels are not worthy of being called pure anymore.'

"Do you know why I wanted to see you?" Ye Jie asked. Ru shook her head. "I'm scared of asking the question in my mind."

"Why?"

"Because I feel like if you gave the answer which I have in mind then a lot will change in my life."

"A lot is intended to change in your life already. Dear best friend, how far do you think, you can run from all the realities in your life?" She placed a hand over his shoulder and looked into his eyes. "Running will only get you tired. Trust me. It's not worth it. Who knows maybe your reality is not as scary as you're thinking it to be."

Ru turned to leave when she heard Ye Jie voice again, "Do you know my wife?" Before Ru could answer, he went on, "No, just tell me, do I know her?"

Ru didn't turn to answer, only said, "That's something for you to figure out and for me to see whether you know her or not."