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Xua Yenay nodded as she walked to the back room with Boss Lin, who did not say anything for a long time and simply stared at her before raising her head and asking, " Are you leaving because of your sister?"
Boss Lin was a woman who had seen it all, she was someone who watched her husband get killed and then the officers spun the entire incident into a tale which made it sound like it was her husband who was in the wrong all because the one who knocked into his delivery motorbike was a person of the rich class.
With everything that was going around them, it was impossible for Boss Lin not to know that something was up with the two sisters. But she did not want to pry since the matter seemed to be a bit sensitive, however now that Xua Yenay was resigning out of nowhere, she had to at least ask if the two of them were all right or not.
" It has nothing to do with her," Xua Yenay knew that Boss Lin was suspecting something but this matter was not a glorious one and she was scared if she told Boss Lin about this, then maybe the old woman would be in just as much danger as them which was why she smiled awkwardly and then said in a determined voice which sounded fake no matter how anyone listened to it, " Now that Yin Yue has cleared her high school and is going to leave for university, I think I will follow her. You know how I am, right Boss Lin? I cannot leave my sister alone, I need to see her every day or else I will start going through serious sister complex withdrawal."
Though Xua Yenay said that, her hands were trembling slightly because she was unsure of the future that she and her sister have to face in the incoming days. Boss Lin, of course, noticed her anxiety, and she sighed but did not say anything, she knew that Xua Yenay had a good heart and if she was not telling her the truth then there must be something that she needs to hide very much.
" Where will you be going?" Boss Lin asked.
" To M city," replied Xua Yenay, she wanted her sister to join a well-known college through the scholarship program since she was smart enough to join one but after what happened to her sister, Xua Yenay did not want her sister to go through the same thing again which was she decided that this time she will rather work hard and send her sister to a community college than a renowned one.
Boss Lin nodded and then she turned around to face the table which was sitting against the back of the room from where she took out a card which belonged to another restaurant and said to Xua Yenay, " Take this, I can't help you much but this card belongs to one of my friends, she owns a restaurant in the city M, I will tell your name and drop a word, go to visit her as soon as you can, she will help you settle down."
Xua Yenay looked at the card that was handed to her, her eyes started to blink furiously as took it from Boss Lin and then bowed in front of the elderly woman with a grateful smile on her face. "Thank you, boss!"
She thought that her sky was going to be covered with dark clouds for a very long time but even the darkest clouds sometimes filter rays of sunlight.
" Take care of yourselves," said Boss Lin gruffly as she knew that the two sisters were going to have a hard time from now on, she wished she could help the two of them but she was getting by with barely any money in her hands there was nothing much she could do for them.
" We will," Xua Yenay nodded as she stepped out of the room with Boss Lin and headed straight to Xua Ying Yue who was looking mutinously at Li Mo who was telling her a joke that used to be popular in first-grade of school ages ago.
" Mo, my sister looks petite but she is seventeen," said Xua Ying Yue as she looked at her sister who was dressed in baggy clothes, making her look even smaller than she was.
" What?" Li Mo turned to look at Xua Ying Yue before turning to Xua Yenay and then back to Xua Ying Yue who was glowering at her unhappily. " But she looks so tiny."
Xua Yenay chuckled before turning to look at Xua Ying Yue and saying, "Let's go, we will take the midnight train."
" Are you really leaving, sister Yenay?" Li Mo asked with a sullen look on her face as she reached ahead and hugged Xua Yenay. " At least promise me that you will come and visit us?"
Xua Yenay's breath hitched but she still patted Li Mo on the back and said with a smile, " Sure I will come to visit you soon."
Xua Ying Yue looked at her sister silently, she knew that her sister was hurting and yet there was nothing she could do for her sister because of her, even her sister had to let go of everything.
' One day, I will make them cough up everything,' swore Xua Ying Yue as she stepped out of the restaurant with her sister after bidding goodbye to the staff of the restaurant where her sister used to work.
The two sisters took a cab to the railway station before taking the train to M city. Xua Yenay who was sitting opposite Xua Ying Yue on the sitting seat turned to her sister who was looking out of the window and caressed her sister's hair before saying, " Don't worry we will be back soon, I will curse that evil man every day!" As she spoke she clenched her fists with a funny expression.
Xua Ying Yue saw the expression of her sister in the reflection of the window and curled her lips before saying, " You look, funny sister."
" I do? Then do me a favour and laugh!" Xua Yenay roared as she tackled her sister and started tickling her.