She couldn't refute what he said. But she still found it hard to believe the general concept as well.
"Anyway, once the game starts you'll see," Hao closed this point by saying this, "but the point of talking about this is just to make your mindset prepared to deal with such problems once appeared."
"Ok," as he decided to close this matter, she shrugged. "About the contracts, I've already hired another lawyer firm. They are preparing papers as we speak, and I'll attend every single meeting with everyone here."
"Great," Hao said without any speck of enthusiasm. He knew she would deal with that matter fast and with efficiency. "I'll be busy tonight writing many tips about the game. Also I have to play as well. But that part about high school is a must for us to survive."
"I know," she sighed, "but to force this over the current board won't be that easy. They are already standing opposite to us, seeing us as enemies."
"But you still have some leverage there, right?"
"Not like what you think," she shook her head before adding, "but as I told you, I have a plan. Let me just perfect it before telling you about it."
"Cool," Hao stood up as he went in a direction away from his station.
"Where are you going?" She was puzzled when she saw him walking outside.
"I didn't sleep well last night," he yawned, "I'll get a few hours of rest before returning to play."
"Lazy bastard," she mumbled in a tone that was still audible to him. He only shrugged and left with a big smile over his face.
He went to the same couch he slept over last night. This time he made sure to leave a reminder to those in the room to not disturb him except if it was a life and death matter.
Hao slept well this time for six direct hours before he woke up.
There was no one in the room. It seemed everyone decided to play at other rooms, leaving this all silent and dimly lit for him to sleep well.
Out of habit, he moved while half opening his eyes towards the bathroom, the bathroom of the main big room here.
The hour was already late as the sun went down hours ago. It was almost ten P.M. and he was half awake.
"You… Stay out!!" Just as he opened the door of the bathroom, a loud shout that drove any remaining sleep out from his mind came like thunder in his ears.
He stood in daze in his place, looking with wide eyes at the sexy and alluring body in front of him. Cher stood there while hurrying to grab a pink towel and cover up her most treasured parts with it.
But that came too late without doubt. In fact Hao wasn't this awake to see clearly until she screamed at his face.
In just that brief few seconds, he saw things that made his heart palpitate. But as he controlled himself, he closed the door, not forgetting to throw a last gaze at her smooth skin before the door closed.
She was really mad! As she wore up her clothes, she intended to give Hao a beating worthy of what he did.
But when she got out, she found the room filled with many people. Her scream just now was so loud to be heard by many.
She realised she wasn't in her private villa anymore. Just seeing all these young faces who adored her as an idol and a mentor made her hesitate to do what she intended before.
"Lady…"
"Are you ok?"
"What happened?"
John was the first to notice her, and Hil was the first to jump at her side. In a moment, everyone here gathered up and started to ask and speak about what happened.
"It's just…" she hesitated, not knowing what to do. She looked at Hao, and just seeing his eyes reminded her of his daring eyes that exposed every part of her body moments ago.
Her blood boiled and she was this close from pointing at him and attack, but Hao was a beat faster.
"It was a big rat," Hao shrugged and said it in such a way like it wasn't a big deal.
"Ahh!"
"I won't stay here!"
Just as he said it, two screamed and even ran together in panic outside the room.
One was Hil, and the other was weirdly… Rayan!
"A rat?" John looked at Hao in doubt and the latter nodded.
"It was a big white one," he looked at Cher, waiting for her to make up her mind and support his little lie.
Would she keep up with his little lie here and cover up over such embarrassment or would she blow everything up?
"Y… Yes, it was such a nightmare," she decided to follow his lie and cover up over this. But she never intended to let him slip away like this.
"Where is it?" Ibra volunteered to move into the bathroom and even looked around for something to use.
"Not this," he seemed to want to use that stick in Hao's keyboard as a hammer to hit that rat, a move that made Hao scream in panic.
"Yes, take it and kill that damn rat!" Yet Cher was on the verge of jumping up out of her excitement. In her eyes, this was just perfect to make Hao suffer.
But Hao didn't wait for that dude to make up his mind as he ran to stand between his precious stick and Ibra.
"I scared him away," Hao hurriedly said before adding, "or perhaps her loud scream scared it away."
"She scared all of us," John sighed while Ibra stood in his place not knowing what he should do.
For a reason, Hao believed this dude was a little slow at a few things.
"Is… Everything alright?" from the direction of the corridor, Hil stood there, just barely extending her head through the opened door, fearing to even step inside the room.
"Come, it was scared away," John waved at her to come, but she didn't dare to do that.
"Don't be silly," Cher had to step in, feeling this bad for her little girl, "it already ran away."