Chapter 24

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No Plagiarism!cx2Gfc8glUvGMgvMn3k7posted on PＥNAＮＡ It was the dead of night. Barefooted, she stood in the empty alley alone. With the wind howling through the pouring rain, chills seeped into her bones. Her long ponytail was drenched by the rain, and it almost weighed her entire body down. Her body temperature dissipated through her thin nightgown, which reminded people of unmelted snowflakes. Her youthful visage had lost all tenderness she once held proudly. All that was left was deathly white.8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡPn7wURIJEz 維尼

‘You really should go home.’ A well-dressed stranger approached her with an umbrella and talked to her gently. ‘Don’t make your mother worry about you.’8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbz3MhvKaG 維尼

‘You know that witch?’ She squinted at him, her long, curly eyelashes shedding clear and heavy tears. She could barely see through her blurry vision.8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡCodjhlWu8T 維尼

‘No, I don’t.’ The man forced a smile. He was surprised by how ungrateful youngsters were nowadays. ‘I was just passing by.’8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8j0au888z 維尼

‘Then get lost!’ Harsh words spat out from that vile tongue of hers with ease, despite she was only fifteen. Her fiery presence made an amusing contrast with her flushing red nose.8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JEnffY9Cz 維尼

The stranger didn't leave, but instead he stood beside her capriciously and held out his umbrella for her. Yet, what he didn’t realise was that this natural act of kindness was not only the concept of ‘mercy’ he had learnt from books, but also a sense of superiority enough to save ordinary souls.8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0Ja6UYWlR 維尼

‘What the hell are you thinking?’ She took a few steps backwards with vigilance, standing in the heavy rain once more. Her fragile body didn’t feel any warmth from the man’s gesture. Instead, she was shivering with fear.8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiVxHa1Jek 維尼

‘I want to see how long you can stand this.’ The man examined this poor little bag of bones with cold eyes, the thought of lending her his coat dismissed in his mind. Young people should suffer from their misbehaviour.8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QgnNUqQjs 維尼

‘Ha! Yours truly is the toughest!’ She laughed her head off maniacally, mocking the man’s shallowness and how he had looked down on her.8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKZykAmcWQ 維尼

‘Is that so?’ The man let out a dry chuckle. ‘Let me ask you this. What is the most bitter food in the world?’8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡo60GdoVioZ 維尼

‘The food my mother from hell makes.’ The thought of the acrid taste swarmed her mind, and her pride was wounded. Her vulnerability crept out. ‘Even the toughest person can’t deal with that.’8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡisIdhmJdmL 維尼

‘During these times, everything on people's plates are the most bitter.’ The man wasn’t aware of the oddity in her smile and told her, ‘Nobody has tasted each other’s food. That’s why they only know theirs is the most bitter.’8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhRrzc4c8A 維尼

She stood in silence, hanging her head low while going over the man’s words again and again.8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xsx9ExxUI 維尼

‘Time for me to leave.’ He peered at his Rolex, his mind occupied with the thought of his lovely wife who had dinner for him. ‘Think this through.’ He made his exit afterwards.8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8kpzpzsNK 維尼

‘What do you think is the sweetest food in the world?’ The girl blurted out.8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUZ7OwfJ4P 維尼

‘Food at home,’ the man replied sincerely yet casually without giving her a second glance.8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyQT1kYhGu 維尼

After a good night’s sleep on his soft mattress, the man had almost forgotten about the encounter the night before.8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5C9iTrikF 維尼

With the hearty breakfast in front of him, he flipped open the newspaper, and his eyes were immediately stuck to the headline which played to the gallery.8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡFk0vIqj1nl 維尼

‘Short-lived young lady force-fed with poison. Cold-hearted mother arrested.’8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkYcf6pAfn 維尼

He read the details of the article. What a clichéd story, might as well skip over it.8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuNjg3CebQ 維尼

The man spent a few minutes studying the victim’s face several times. She resembled the young lady he met last night. But he couldn’t be sure whether she was really that girl.8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaWAn33T8h 維尼

He couldn’t recall the girl’s facial features. They were very vague, as if they were faeces mixed together, with bits and pieces of undigested rice and meat embedded.8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiqw5ZK2zQ 維尼

Never mind.8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVkNPPGfAC 維尼

Be it delicacies or simple meals, all of them would eventually become faeces and return to whence they came.8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡffm3Y6Zria 維尼

The man slowly put down his newspaper. The thought of the face resembling that of faeces had gone astray, along with the fatal case that had dominated the papers today.8964 copyright protection190ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iEyRdOeeY 維尼

He put a spoonful of abalone and chicken congee into his mouth. How delicious and sweet it was.194Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFn5JAT1jU

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