Chapter 1648 - 527: An Eye for an Eye

Chapter 1648: Chapter 527: An Eye for an Eye

Wen Xishu began to recount what he knew.

These things were supposed to be deep secrets of Nini’s heart, circumstances absolutely impossible for those around to investigate.

Especially those few relatives of hers from the past, all of whom met "Death" as their end. Wen Xishu couldn’t possibly have learned about them from anyone else.

Besides, families in Balance City were always changing.

After Wen Xishu finished telling everything, Nini suddenly started to believe him, even though it was absurd. Of course, she still wondered if this was some sort of ploy by Wen Xishu.

In truth, there are two kinds of people here: those who become numb to avoid getting hurt, and those who are exceptionally good at acting to climb the ladder.

Wen Xishu also knew how to tap into Nini’s psychology:

"I’m not lying to you. I need to achieve high-level goals, milestone targets. I want to leave here. Only by leaving can I change everything."

"However, if you have goals, I can also help you leave. Your milestone tasks can be shared with me, and together we can win."

Wen Xishu suspected that milestones might require heartfelt... recognition and acceptance of certain things. Acting is easy, but genuine judgment is difficult.

Thankfully, he had a good impression of Nini; after all, she was a child he once saved.

Nini shook her head:

"I don’t want to leave. I’m doing my best to stay here."

Wen Xishu asked,

"Why?"

Nini thought for a moment and started to push around her food:

"Hmm... I’ll tell you for the sake of the good food, but it’s a trade purely because of the good food, not because I like you."

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Then my cooking must truly be good, go ahead and tell."

Clearly just a moment ago, he was saying the food tasted bad. Wen Xishu liked straightforward people.

"I don’t want to go to the men’s restroom."

"Huh?" Wen Xishu was puzzled.

Nini was somewhat embarrassed to speak, but she had already started and said:

"I don’t want to go to the men’s restroom. I don’t want to leave here. Here, I have a father, but if I ascend to another family, or descend to another family..."

"What role would I play? Wife? Husband?"

"I wasn’t always in this family, Wen Xishu. I’ve been to other places. There was a time when I was continuously falling, endlessly falling, just to find a less twisted role in terms of identity."

Wen Xishu fell silent.

Nini gritted her teeth:

"I was once someone else’s child, but I pretended... No, I played the brother. That was when I was thirteen. I actually had to be the brother to an adult."

"Do you know, in this city, your assigned identity determines your gender? Because you’re already classified with a male identity, going to the women’s restroom would actually be out of character."

Wen Xishu could imagine how agonizing that time must have been.

Nini raised her head, her throat slightly moving:

"I had to go to the same restroom as those men, every time facing malicious looks, and even some... Forget it, it’s an experience from school, when I was really upset, crying terribly, not knowing what was wrong with this world."

"Fortunately, on that same day, a cleaning woman, who was in the same situation as me, noticed it was my first day experiencing this, so she took me under her wing, protecting me. She would let out fierce sounds to scare off those who tried to look at me."

"I wasn’t bullied, but... do you know, in such an environment, there were many other children, girls who were bullied."

"After I changed back, I never dared change my identity again. So here we are. Isn’t it quite good as it is now?"

"You probably don’t know, there are many who envy me."

Wen Xishu indeed did not expect such... a seemingly absurd yet deeply saddening reason.

He said no more, choosing instead to eat in silence.

The "father and daughter" finished all the food together, evidently showing, through the earnest expression of Nini’s body, that the meal was delicious.

Afterward, Wen Xishu cleared the dishes.

He said:

"I can only dismantle these wrong and twisted rules by continually moving closer to the Inner Ring. So I will definitely leave, but I want to do something for you before I leave."

"I’ve mentioned earlier, you fear some people, don’t you? The marks on your arms and face, is it intended to warn certain people that you’re not to be messed with?"

Nini responded with a hum.

This time, she was clearly more cooperative.

Wen Xishu said, "Tell me."

"You better not know, you can’t afford to provoke them. Besides,

I’m already... mingling with them." Nini said softly.

Wen Xishu while washing the dishes:

"So, the Seven Rings are a gathering place of delinquents and lower class, and fallers, right? Don’t be afraid, just stay with me later. I can assure you, they won’t be your trouble from now on."

Nini was puzzled:

"What... what are you planning to do?"

Wen Xishu turned back, washing the dishes as he spoke gently:

"Of course, seek revenge, an eye for an eye."

Nini was taken aback.

Wen Xishu said:

"We will part ways, I will definitely leave. But I don’t want, after I’ve gone, for those I care about to be bullied, or for them to remain trapped in the past life."

Nini shook her head:

"I’ve already accepted things as they are now..."

Wen Xishu interrupted Nini:

"Listen, girl, you’re not my daughter, but in that history you did not experience, I truly wish for you to be well."

"I don’t want you to sit by the bed crying over and over again, nor do I hope that someday in a Land of Obsession, I find a diary that says a girl named Nini was once trapped in life."