This was their scheme, and I was a part of it. If I could learn and accomplish something, then I was but a chess piece within it—guess after guess, hypothesis after hypothesis, that was all there was to it.
Lin Suqing thought and thought, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of murky breath. Whether it was because he found himself in a maze or because of the ruthlessness he had towards the Ubume Bird earlier, it caused a tightness in his chest, making him feel heavy.
With his hands propping up his face, Xi Ye leaned on the desk and looked at Lin Suqing out of the corner of his eye, "You are quite rational." When he retracted his gaze, he looked absently at the roof beams and said, "If it were me, even knowing that it wasn't my mother, I probably wouldn't be able to stay calm."
"If I had attacked her, maybe you would have fought me to the death," Lin Suqing suddenly said.
Xi Ye expressed his surprise, "Eh? How did you know that's what I was thinking?"
