QT: Against My Will

“...” This was what she would do when she felt insecure, spooning him from behind so that he couldn’t see her ‘ugly’ side. “No need.” Stroking her hands in assurance, Ru Quan closed his eyes. Did all of this happen so he could meet Bing Shi? A small fire started to stir up in between the sea of ashes. This was seriously bad. His memories of Bing Shi were affecting him in the way of no escape. Being with Bing Shi was a splendid adventure. She was a beautiful mess, a perfect match to his desperate chaos.

“Ok,” Bing Shi bit her lips, looking at his back, her eyes as gray and cloudy as a humid day. There was no sky, only a rugged, woolen cover of mottled clouds, blocking out the little sun from shining through.

‘Is this what you meant by being afraid of happiness?’

‘How long will this last before we get separated again?’

‘Why are they pushing other women to you?’

‘Am I not good enough?’

[Host, Fei Lan disappeared.]

[“Check the mansion, see if she didn’t leave behind anything dangerous.”]

.....

“She ran away,” Bing Shi got out of the bed, walking towards Hasan’s office, she evacuated the whole mansion.

“Typical,” Ru Quan tilted his head to check Bing Shi’s expression. Nothing was different, meaning, she didn’t trust him, yet.

A few moments ago...

A little boy fled towards Fei Lan’s room, waterfalls poured down his eyes.

{ Wuwu, I never thought it would be that Bing Shi... Host, we have to be careful.}

Pretending to be deep asleep, Fei Lan was cautious not to catch anyone’s attention. Despite knowing there was another Host, Ru Quan and Bing Shi shrugged it of fearlessly as if it was of no importance. Fei Lan’s confidence staggered.

{ “Who is Kuro?”}

{ A very powerful system. Rumors are spreading around how they are the most potent team.}

Fei Lan frowned. So Bing Shi had a system too? She waited for Bing Shi to make the first move. Usually, it was other women asking for death by overestimating themselves. It was easy to exploit their shameful side before the male lead. But Bing Shi? That woman didn’t have even a little speck of dust in her wardrobe, not speaking about a whole skeleton.

How was that possible? Fei Lan didn’t believe someone could live like a holy maiden from childhood till adulthood. Using her hacking skills, she found out about Bing Shi’s lavish use of Xuan Mu’s credit card. That’s how Bing Shi became known as a gold digger. (Remember how Xuan Mu made fun of Bing Shi on his death bed, before he died? When he said how she’ll finally obtain his wealth, but without a man to warm her bed? The rumors spread before XM got sick.)

Fei Lan spread Bing Shi’s childhood photos, for others to think that she went under a knife. Finding it wasn’t enough, Fei Lan also dug out past information on Bing Shi’s parents, who used illegal ways to avoid paying taxes. To top it all, Fei Lan took pictures of Bing Shi and Zhu Cai together. During that time period, Bing Shi’s reputation was at its lowest.

Bing Shi slowly disappeared from the public eye. She’d occasionally accept an interview with Xuan Mu, where she cleared the rumors with her charms. Their bond was as strong as ever; not a ripple could be seen. The scorn Bing Shi collected was tossed back at the haters.

Fei Lan didn’t know that her way of doing things brought suspicion upon the young pair.

Instead of creating more misunderstandings, Xuan Mu and Bing Shi started to think that someone was targeting Bing Shi. They used Zhu Cai and Bing Shi together as a bait to lure Fei Lan out. If it weren’t for her hacking skills, she’d be caught. That’s when Fei Lan gave up trying. Any more, and she’d be the one ending up dead.

Now, she felt the same. Without knowing Bing Shi’s full strength, she didn’t want to make sudden actions against Bing Shi and Kuro. Not after what her system told her. Yet again, she had no idea that she fell under someone’s trap.

Because if Fei Lan went against the current Bing Shi, she’d surely win. Bing Shi would break with a flick of her slender fingers.

When it came to systems, if one didn’t ask, they would remain silent. Bing Shi asked, and got to know about the system channel. Bing Shi knew she couldn’t compare to veteran Hosts. After what happened with Victor, she wanted to assure her safety, in case another host appeared. She had no idea if Kuro was the most powerful, but other hosts didn’t know either, so why don’t she suggest to them this little information?

Instead of complaining, Kuro would overboast itself and its host to the skies, telling other systems this and that accomplishment. How the world feared Kuro. How a female lead became Bing Shi’s cook, and the male lead her pocket dimension, making others be wary of this duo.

The little boy bit his nails as he stared at his indifferent host in worry.

{ Wuwu, what are we going to do? The rumors were true. Bing Shi is too good. If this continues she’ll break the bond between you and Ru Quan!}

After a long while, Fei Lan smiled bitterly; a cold glint flashed in her eyes. Stepping down her bed gracefully, she walked towards the closet in a carefree manner.

{ “Let it break. I was never interested in him anyway. I’m ashamed to have such a slag of a man for my soulmate.”}

{ What about your mission?}

Fei Lan changed to regular citizen’s clothes, opening her palm a teleportation scroll appeared out of thin air. The little boy’s mouth opened wide in surprise.

{ Host, is that an item from the cultivation world? Where did you obtain a secret space?}

{ “Stop asking stupid questions and tell me when will an assassin assault Zhao Rong.”}

When Fei Lan disappeared, the little boy flew out of the mansion in tears. It was expected for hosts to distrust their systems. But a job was a job. When a host was too secretive, how could they work as a team?