*Drip drop*
The sound of blood dripping on the floor echoed in the dark silent room. There was blood everywhere, making it an unsightly view.
There were many bodies laid flat on the ground, some dead and some barely breathing. And one particular man came to her view. She slowly approached his body, that was trying its best to stay alive. She stood there, not bothering to help him sit down or get him help, and just looked down on him.
Her eyes devoid of any emotion.
"*cough* ha.." a self mocking chuckle escaped from his bloody mouth.
He force him self to stare deep in her cold eyes. He could feel that she was looking at him as if he was already dead, and no doubt he IS going to die.
"No doubt, you are a monster..." he weakly said. Once again he laugh in self mockery.
Of course thats because he was the one who raised that "monster". Who would have known that the monster that he planned to use was the one who was going to kill him.
"You killed him." she said without any emotion on her face, but there was clear anger that resonated in her voice. Then she raised her hand that was holding a pistol and shot the man near his heart.
Before he died he pulled all of his strength to say one sentence.
But before she could understand properly that sentence, the whole room was enveloped in darkness. Much more darker than before which gave her a lonely feeling, making her suffocate. She tried to catch her breathe every minute until she was gasping for air.
And then... She woke up.
A nightmare... Thats what they call what she just experienced, right?
She was still gasping for air then relaxed, she just laid there motionless, like a dead body waiting to desolve in ashes. In her mind she was still thinking of that young boy, just slightly older than her for 4 years, looking at her with those warm eyes as he hugged her with his bloody hands.
She closed her eyes, not sleeling but just closed them and cleared up her thoughts.
°°°
Morning, 6am.
*knock, knock*
Then the door opened, revealing a young boy between 14-15 years old. He quietly walked inside, intending to wake his new sister up as ordered by his father and grandfather.
He walked over her bed, expecting to see her sleeping face. But when he lifted the quilt, there was no one in there. Just as he was still holding unto the quilt, dumbfounded that the bed was empty, the bathroom door opened. Revealing a newly bathe Lu Fan, her wet hair spread beautifully on her back like a waterfall, she was just wearing a bath robe and her colar bone and her middle chest were bare, as her jade like skin on full show for him to see.
It was clear to see that she didn't even put much effort to tying her robe as it was quite loose.
Looking at her right now, it is as if a goodess had just taken out a bath, and it rendered him defenceless. He just stood there dazed as she looks at him slightly frowning.
"What?" she asked him. Her voice was hoarse that sounded so nice in his ears. She walked towards him lazily, and sat on her bed, she leaned back her two arms supporting her as she looked at him. As she could perfectly remember, this "kid" infront of her is named Lu sheng, her brother.
"I was planning on waking you up, but nevermind that. Just put some clothes on and have breakfast with us downstairs." he said while looking away, pretending to be calm.
He then left quickly.
She was quite confused why he acted like that, but just shrugged it off. Now that he left, she dressed up in a simple oversized t-shirt and gray track pants.
Outside her room, Lu Sheng ran away as if she just witnessed something scary inside the room, but he was insanely red. And it was all seen by the made who was passing by.
After she finished putting some clothes and fixing her hair into a low ponytail, she went downstairs.
Lu Gao, Lu Pei, and Lu sheng was already there with food infront of them but were not eating, she could see that they were waiting for her.
Appreciating their sincerity, she apologized for being late, which they told her that there was no need to apologize, with smiles on their faces.
While on one side, Lu Sheng who sat beside his father just stared down on his food, avoiding her eyes. She didn't mind it, as she thought it was clearly normal for a young master like him to ignore some outsider like her. Looking away from him, she started eating with them.
Now focusing on her food, she didn't notice his heated gaze at her. As soon as she focued on her food, he looked at her as his face was unnaturally red, then he immediately looked away and also focused on his food.
After they had their fill, they all moved to the spacious living room. It was a European style, giving off elegant vibes. There were many sets of expensive furniture like Bentleys.
They all sat in pairs, she and her brother sat on one side and Old Gao and Lu Pei sat on the opposite side, facing each other.
"*Ahem* So Xiao(1) Fan, we decided to let you go to school, the same school with your brother so that he could look after you. Would you like that?" Lu Pei started their talk. Now that he is her father, it is just right to act like one, and naturally he wants the best for his daughter even though she was just adopted.
Lu Fan kept quiet, thinking of interacting with normal kids was tbe first for her, especially if she had to interact with multitudes of them. Just imagining it makes her frown with disgust. But with her current life, its just normal for a kid like her to go to school right? But what else could she learn in school? When she was in the organization it was natural to make them learn things that even college students dont.
Since she was 1 she was already been able to read, as those people would torture her if she didn't. At the age of 5, she was already doing the work of professionals, be it scientific, languages, mathematical, and so much more.
But the sole of their learning was of course, killing. Since she started walking, she already had her first kill, and at the age of 12, she already killed many of the other trained kids at the organization. It seems really cold hearted, but in that place the first and only rule there is "Its to kill, or to die. " Either way those people were also trying to kill her, so she had no choice but to kill them first.
But there was, a particular boy who stood by her side, guarding her. If he can, he would be the one to kill for her. But they killed him.... Thats why she buried that hateful place with him.
Knowing that it was really unnecessary to go to school she said, "ok." because being normal comes first.
Hearing her answer, Lu Pei smile widely and then said to his son to tour her to the mansion and He and their grandfather would talk about enrolling her to school.
Lu sheng hesitantly accepted.
He looked at his sister, and guided her towards the garden, because he thinks that all girls like a beautiful scenery.
They walked side by side in the maze-like garden, and didn't speak a word to each other. The garden was near the forest that surrounded the Lu estate, isolating it from other people. But just yesterday, the location was disclosed by one of their enemies, that's why those hitmen came.
They were already walking for half an hour and they reached the forest boundary. It was just a black metal fence that separated the mansion and the forest, but that was a special metal, made from the hardest metals on the world. It was very costly buying a single slab of metal like this one, but of course tbey were also undeniably rich and importantly, safety comes first.
Lu Sheng looked at the dark forest filled with unknown dangers, he knew that even tho with that protection dangerous animals could come out of no where. So he beckoned his sister to head back to the mansion.
She just kept on standing there, looking at a particular place in the forest. Near the fence, she looked at the dead body of a tigress and its babies, laying at the grass.
As usual, she had no particular emotion in her deep dark eyes, and just stared at the bloody thing with raised brows.
Lu Sheng came over by her side and tapped on her shoulder, "It must have been done by those bastards who came yesterday, dont worry I'll get the maids to clean it." He concluded.
Lu Fan faced him, her back facing the corpses. She was ready to go back with him but then, an animal at the size of an adult fat cat leaped over at her back, out of instincts, Lu Shend pulled her closer, hugged her and covereedher withhis body. Making the animal attack him instead of her.
His back that was facing the animal now had three deep cuts, making his blood flow out. Lu Fan who was in his embrace look at his pale face from up close, as his weakened body feel unto her. She didn't pushed him away, like what shewould do to a stranger, but caught his body in her arms, after all this is her brother, not a stranger.
She kicked the animal, or more specific a cub, away. She kick it as if it was just a mere mouse.
Having been kicked away just like that, the cub wimpered as it cried pitifully, but Lu Fan just walked away carrying her brother in her arms.