kvmb Chapter 148 Crux
Chapter 148 Crux
The necklace on her chest was shining, as if she wanted to draw attention to herself.
Although it was a faint flash, Paper Letter Circle noticed it and smiled knowingly. But before she could make a move, Sarah across from her frowned.
"Where did you find something like this? This thing..."
Before she could finish her words, her sister reached out to pull the thing off and take a closer look. As a hybrid with the power of the occult flowing in her blood, even though she had never seen that thing before, she felt a sense of familiarity.
But noticing her sister's actions, Zhixinquan, who had always been quite well-behaved in this regard, covered her hands and took a step back in resistance:
"this is not OK……"
While trying to avoid his sister's crossing the line, the paper letter circle, which had only said half of its words, accidentally bumped into someone while backing away.
He was interrupted and stopped talking. When he looked up, he saw a shadow:
"Chen Xi!"
Seeing that familiar face, the memory that had been a little hazy just now became completely clear at this moment. She walked around behind him and poked her head out to look at her sister who was staring at her with confusion and lingering anger.
"You are……"
However, before Sarah could finish her words, a surprised sound came from the paper letter circle again.
"Sister Lantern Operator!"
Since then, the sounds of surprise from the paper letter circle have not stopped. Since the lantern girl appeared here, it means that she agreed to live outside!
This means that you don’t have to part with the first friend you make!
Of course, some were happy and some were sad. Sarah was really angry after being rejected and interrupted repeatedly.
Not to mention that his sister disappeared for a whole night and suddenly became so close to a member of the opposite sex he had never seen before, just from the way the man in front of him was dressed, he could tell that he was from a completely different world from him - a high and mighty "aristocratic" lord!
I almost force my body to work like a machine every day to get just enough wealth to feed and clothe myself, while these nobles who don't have to do anything can squander the wealth they create at will!
"Liberty, you've really grown in skill. You hooked up with a noble lord in just one night. I'm afraid the money he gave you last night was more than the food you've eaten since you were born!"
Chen Xi frowned slightly when she heard that. You two are sisters, but how could you say such harsh words?
However, Chen Xi had not expected that the hatred of the lower class people towards capital had reached this point. Not daring to tease Chen Xi, she turned her spearhead towards her sister, even though she did not realize the inappropriateness of this statement.
Turning around, I saw Zhixinquaner was about to speak, but Chenxi picked her up from the ground first.
“Ugh…Wow…!”
Without much resistance, Chen Xi held the paper letter in her arms. For her, the memory of being treated like a child like this was too distant, or perhaps... it had never happened before.
So, without her realizing it, the last bit of mental barrier disappeared, and the paper letter circle rested naturally in Chen Xi's arms, enjoying the unexpected tenderness.
"Hey! Put her down, you sewer-bound Kabunkru!"
Seeing her sister being bullied in front of her, Sarah finally let her anger break through the threshold. She took a step forward to Chen Xi and tried to snatch the paper letter circle back.
But Chen Xi seemed to have calculated it well. He took a step back slightly and her outstretched hand just missed.
Turning around and carrying the incompetent and furious Sarah on his back, Chen Xi raised his hand to scratch the nose of the paper letter circle and said:
"How about I take you and Sister Lantern to buy some clothes today and then have a good time all day?"
"Huh?! Play all day?"
Liberty's expression immediately lit up. After all, he was just a child. No matter how mature he behaved, his playful nature was hard to conceal. What's more, following Chen Xi, he would definitely see many things he had never seen before!
But…she glanced back at her sister, who was gasping for breath in anger. Noticing Liberty's gaze, Sarah subsided slightly, snorted coldly, and stared at him, her arms folded.
"I still have work to do today, and I still need to make money."
With a snap of his fingers, a purse fell to the ground at Sarah's feet. Sarah looked at the purse that suddenly appeared at her feet in surprise. She didn't see the man in front of her make any necessary movements. It seemed as if it appeared out of thin air.
Mystic!
Furious, Sarah picked up the purse on the ground and threw it at Chen Xi's back:
"Put my sister down! You...freak!"
The money bag didn't hurt when it hit his body, but when the two came into contact with each other, it was like rubbing a flint on alcohol, which immediately aroused Chen Xi's anger.
"Chen Xi?"
The roar that had just been raised in his heart was turned into a long breath by the gentle call of Paper Letter Circle. He put Liberty down, and in her puzzled, reluctant and worried eyes, Chen Xi turned around and stared at Sarah with anger in his eyes.
"You said you were working three jobs to support the family when you were Liberty's age, but she doesn't need that now. She wants to inflict her own suffering on her younger generations, claiming it's for your own good. This is how she should be.
Absurd, how can this be justified..."
"What do you know? You high-ranking nobles, don't you know the lives of us lower-class people? Do you know that I worked in the factory all day long, in front of those roaring machines that exuded the smell of death? What can I get in exchange for 16 hours?
A bag of bread is just a bag of bread! It’s only enough bread for our family to eat for one day!
What do you know? "
"You feel good standing up to others and accusing them of something, but you're nothing but vermin sucking our blood! Occultists!"
The overwhelming roar had attracted many people on the street to stop, but most of them were well-dressed and elegant people, and only a few were ragged homeless people, holding bottles of wine and grinning at this side.
Chen Xi could understand her anger and her loss of composure. He was well aware of the desperation of trying one's best just to survive and to have no choice but to survive.
This is the disease of our times and society, a nearly incurable, incurable disease. Society under capitalism is simply what it is, powerless and unwilling to change.
After all... after a rainstorm, how many people can remember their stories?
After figuring it out, Chen Xi no longer planned to argue. It was foolish to waste time on unsolvable problems.
But even though he was trying hard to control himself, Chen Xi couldn't help but reveal a look of pity, which caught Sarah's eyes and once again pierced her sensitive heart.
So even when Chen Xi took out another purse and handed it to her together with the previous one, she slapped it away and refused it again.
"Put away your fake mercy and stop trying to bribe me with money. Return my sister to me!"
Glancing at the purse not far away, Chen Xi sighed as he saw a few golden coins slip out of it.
"No matter what, the child is innocent. I still want to give Liberty the childhood she deserves. Can I use this money to rent her to accompany me for a day?"
"dirty!"
Although she still said she was not convinced, Sarah's momentum was much weaker than at the beginning.
"elder sister……"
The letter circle frowned at Sarah, but received no response, as if tacitly agreeing that she had a day off.
Seeing this, Chen Xi also called the paper letter circle and planned to start today's plan. However, when he looked at the lantern attendant, he found that her face was pale and bloodless, and the hand holding the staff was shaking constantly. It was obvious that Sarah's words just now brought back some bad memories.
With a light sigh, Chen Xi did not blame Sarah again. Instead, he let Youmeng enter the other party's consciousness first, protect the lantern operator's "heart", picked her up, and took Liberty away from there.
At the same time, Sarah turned and left with a look of loss on her face.
The two unclaimed money bags immediately attracted a crowd of people like flies:
"Mine, mine! Hahahaha, with this money, I can also try the wines in the cabinet!"
"Get out of here, you bastard!"
And then... hum——
"Oh, my hand, my hand! Ahhhhhh!"
“My feet—! Ah!”
The invisible wind blade almost instantly cut off a part of the person who attacked the two bags of coins, leaving behind wailing on the ground.
Attracted by the screams, the paper letter circle was about to turn back, but was stopped in advance by Chen Xi.
Gently stroking her head, Chen Xi asked softly:
"Miss Paper Circle, what would you like to play today?"