Who You Are Book 2

Chapter 4 - Empathy (Part Four)

To ensure safety, Xiao XingChen never let A-Qing follow when he was on night-hunts. After crawling into the coffin and lying for a while, she heard Xue Yang call her from the other room, "Little Blind, come over."

A-Qing poked her head out, "What?"

Xue Yang, "Do you want candy?"

The end of A-Qing's tongue felt sour, as though she really wanted candy. Despite this, she still refused, "I'm not eating it. I'm not going."

Xue Yang threatened sweetly, "Are you sure you're not eating it? Are you too scared of coming? But, did you think that I actually can't move? That if you don't come, I'm not going to go over and find you?"

Hearing the strange tone of his words, A-Qing shuddered. She imagined the malicious grin suddenly appear on top of the coffin, and felt that it was even creepier. With some hesitation, she finally picked up her pole and slowly tapped her way to the room's door. Before she could speak, a small object flew straight at her.

Wei Wuxian instinctively wanted to dodge, worried that it was some sort of weapon. Of course, he couldn't control this body. Immediately afterward, he finally realized, It's a trap! Xue Yang was testing A-Qing—if she was truly blind, she wouldn't be able to avoid it! As both a quick-witted person and someone who pretended to be blind throughout the year, A-Qing didn't dodge at all. She didn't even blink as she saw the object rush toward her.

Instead, she let it hit her chest, then jumped back and fumed, "Hey! What did you throw at me?"

With A-Qing having passed the test, Xue Yang replied, "It's candy, for you. I forgot that you're blind and can't catch. It landed by your feet."

A-Qing humphed and squatted down. Searching around as if she really were blind, she found a piece of candy. She had never eaten something like this before. She gulped, wiped it, then put it into her mouth, happily crunching it with her teeth.

Xue Yang lay on his side with one hand holding his chin, and asked, "Is it good, Little Blind?"

A-Qing, "I have a name. I'm not called Little Blind."

Xue Yang, "You didn't tell me your name, so I could only call you this."

A-Qing had always told her name only to people who were nice to her, but she didn't like the way Xue Yang said it, so she told him, "Listen up. My name is A-Qing. Don't keep on calling me Little Blind!" After she said it, she felt that her voice was somewhat harsh. Afraid that she'd anger the person, she immediately started another topic, "You're such a strange person. You're covered in blood and this injured, but you have candy with you."

Xue Yang grinned, "When I was young, I really liked candy, but I couldn't get them no matter what and I could only watch people eat. So, I've always thought that if I become wealthier one day, I'd carry an infinite amount of candy with me."

A-Qing just so happened to have finished the candy that he gave her. Licking her lips, she wanted more. Her desire for candy outweighed her fear of the person in front of her, "Then do you have any more?"

Xue Yang laughed, "Of course I do. I'll give you more if you come over here."

A-Qing stood up and, with her bamboo pole, she walked toward him. Yet, when she was halfway there, Xue Yang started to look at her in an eerie way, his smile unchanged. Without making a sound, he pulled a sharp-edged sword out of his sleeve.

It was Jiangzai.

He pointed the tip of the sword toward A-Qing. If she walked just a few more steps forward, she'd be impaled by the sword. However, if A-Qing hesitated for the slightest moment, the fact that she wasn't actually blind would be revealed!