Chapter: Chapter 38
“What brings Miss Bai here again?” After Bai Ling left with the soy sauce, Xue’er quietly asked Leticia, who was standing at the main entrance with a look of extreme complexity on her face.
Leticia lowered her head and remained silent for a long time. She tightly gripped the book that Bai Ling had returned to her. This book was no longer just a book; it was imbued with Bai Ling’s trust.
“What would happen if I handed this to Qiyila?” Leticia wondered. Perhaps Bai Ling would be incredibly disappointed in her judgment and cut off all contact with her from then on.
No, that’s not right. It wouldn’t be cutting off contact; she’d likely come knocking with her sword to exact revenge.
What should I do?
Leticia rubbed the pages of the book over and over, feeling conflicted.
She was wondering if she should betray Bai Ling’s trust in her.
The answer was obvious.
“Xue’er… do you have a way to contact Qiyila?” Leticia asked Xue’er, closing the book with a snap and turning to her.
Hmph, she was the Demon King. Hesitating because of an enemy’s trust was not her style.
Damn Bai Ling, I, Leticia, will show you with my actions that you misjudged me.
Xue’er’s eyes widened. Leticia’s question momentarily left her speechless.
“This…”
“Is there a problem?”
“I’m afraid only the Four Heavenly Kings know Princess Qiyila’s whereabouts. My usual channels can’t access such confidential information,” Xue’er said, lowering her head in shame. “But I will do my best to find out.”
“Yes, the sooner the better,” Leticia said, pacing slowly into the living room with her hands behind her back.
“Does Your Majesty wish to meet with Princess Qiyila?”
“Certainly not! If that girl knew where I was, would I ever have a peaceful life?” Hearing this, Leticia, who had been looking grim moments before, immediately changed her expression. “I just want to give her a small gift.”
A small gift she had been seeking for many years.
Speechless at Leticia’s masterful change of expression, Xue’er nodded helplessly. “Yes.”
…
While Leticia and Xue’er were plotting downstairs, the atmosphere in the Bai family’s rooms upstairs was also extraordinarily strange.
When Bai Ya took the soy sauce bottle from her older sister, who was covering her right eye, she was surprised to find her sister actually shedding tears.
“Sister, what’s wrong?” Bai Ya quickly grabbed some tissues to wipe the tears from her sister’s face.
Did Qianqian make her sister sad? But if that were the case, why were tears only coming from her sister’s right eye?
Could one eye cry while the other did not?
“It’s nothing, I just borrowed something from Qianqian,” Bai Ling said calmly, shaking her head. “Anyway, I just need to take a look, and then I can remove this little thing from my eye.”
She would have to tell Leticia later that it wasn’t a good idea to set up things like this. Such a strong magical aura surging so close to her eyeball was quite uncomfortable.
“Is Sister Bai Ling okay?” Su Qi noticed the unusual situation in the kitchen and also stood up to come over.
Bai Ling immediately moved her hand away from her right eye. This opportunity was perfect!
The moment Su Qi saw Bai Ling’s right eye, she instinctively wanted to cover her face. Her intuition told her that being seen by Bai Ling’s right eye would have very bad consequences.
But her reaction speed was too slow.
Bai Ling had already seen her, the real her.
The ‘Insight’ produced by Leticia was indeed powerful. The disguise magic that Bai Ling had been helpless against moments ago dissipated like ice and snow.
Of course, the magic had only lost its effect on Bai Ling; Bai Ya still saw the disguised Su Qi.
“So that’s how it is…” Bai Ling covered her right eye again. The conflict between the two magics made her eye even more uncomfortable.
Fortunately, she had already seen Su Qi’s face, a face very similar to the girl downstairs.
Su Qi?
To think that these two sisters would appear here at the same time.
If she were to act now, what price would it take to keep these two sisters here forever?
Bai Ling calculated in her mind. Killing the girl in front of her would only take a few moves, but dealing with Leticia afterward was an unknown factor.
After many years, Leticia’s strength had become even greater. If she fought with her life on the line, Bai Ling might be dragged down with her.
Not only that, but the residual effects of their battle would destroy a large part of Central City, and countless innocent people would die in this great war, something Bai Ling could not accept.
“I’m going down again.” Since she had already seen Su Qi’s true appearance, there was no longer any need to keep the thing in her eye. Bai Ling planned to go downstairs immediately to have Leticia help her remove it.
But to Bai Ling’s surprise, Su Qi intercepted her.
“Sister Bai Ling must be uncomfortable with wearing contact lenses, right? Coincidentally, I have experience removing them,” Su Qi said to Bai Ling with a smile. “No need to trouble the neighbor downstairs.”
“Ah…” Bai Ling nodded blankly. These two, Qiyila and Leticia, were truly like sisters. Seeing their confident demeanor, they looked exactly the same.
It’s just that Leticia’s confidence was feigned; whether Qiyila’s confidence was real, she didn’t know.
