Reign of the Hunters (200+)

Chapter 305 & 306

Chapter 305 Willingly taking the bait

What a shame. Doing everything with rationality is not fun at all! Thought Fleeting Time when he noticed that Gongzi You's wits had finally returned to her. Then again, it might not be a bad thing if I win in the long term, isn't it?

Fleeting Time shrugged, "I'm talking about the process of me wooing you." he said innocently.

"And what do you mean by that?!" Ye Ci had completely calmed her nerves, as if what happened earlier was just a dream. But the heat lingering of her face was a constant reminder to her that it was all real.

Fleeting Time sighed, Gongzi You had returned to her usual demeanor. This is... What a shame..

"I meant what I meant." Fleeting Time blinked. The smile on his face was so innocent and yet one could feel danger lurking beneath it.

Ye Ci narrowed her eyes and stared at Fleeting Time, appearing to be trying to tell spot the lies and deception within his words. But she did not realize that she had missed the entire point of what he had said, for in her effort to find the lies that might be hidden in his words, she had completely missed the intention behind those words.

Fleeting Time's mood significantly improved when he noticed that Ye Ci was deep in thought. "Since you thought that the result of me trying to woo you would end in failure, then the process of me doing so would not matter, am I right?"

It sounded so right, and yet something still felt wrong. Ye Ci narrowed her eyes at Fleeting Time. She was silently processing Fleeting Time's words.

"And?" Ye Ci finally raised an eyebrow after a long while. She did not know why the man standing before her was beating around the bush and what he wished to achieve by doing so.

"And that's why..." The smile on Fleeting Time's face was mesmerizing. He stood up, and spoke in a soft voice, "And that's why... I've decided to continue wooing you."

Snap!

Ye Ci could the threads holding her sanity together snapping. It took her a short moment before she finally reacted, "Do you even know what you're saying?!" she bellowed at Fleeting Time.

"Of course I do." Fleeting Time remained calm in the face of Ye Ci's rage, as if he was stating a simple fact.

The two cellmates were a direct contrast of one another. Fleeting Time was calm like the surface of water in a pond, while Ye Ci was raging with the force of an erupting volcano.

"What do you know?" Ye Ci's voice was laced with danger, "There's something wrong with your brain! You don't even know what you're talking about!"

"I know, Little Gongzi. Of course I'd know what I'm talking about." Fleeting Time's smile was so despicable to Ye Ci that she had an urge to wipe it off his face, "And I think you know too, don't you?"

"How do you expect me to understand what you said? You're like an alien! It's impossible to try and understand you with conventional wisdom!" Ye Ci took in a deep breath, "I'll say it again. Whatever the process is, it will end the same! Do you understand me? Yes! I rejected you!"

Fleeting Time's head bobbed up and down as he nodded at her, "I understand what you say. Of course I do! But you've said that the end does not matter, and what matters is the process and the journey." he smiled at her, "And I've given it a long thought. I agree with that. Since it'll end with your rejection anyways, why don't you let me enjoy the process of doing so?"

Ye Ci was dumbstruck. She thought of her own words, and the words that were spoken by Fleeting Time, and was finally able to make a connection! Fleeting Time had been digging a hole all this while, waiting for Ye Ci to fall into his trap. And Ye Ci who was sharp with her wits was rendered speechless. She could only glare at him in silence.