cradle of life (the forsaken #2) [WangXian FF]

9

The doorbell rang just after Jingyi finished eating lunch, and Xiao Bai went to have her nap with crow Xiao Hei, and he wondered where they were going to drown him.

At the pool maybe?

Eh, it didn't really matter anyway since Wei Wuxian's crows were around, and they would report to their master if anything ever happened. 

He went to the door and opened it to see Marie Weiss was standing in front of the door with the baby carriage and she was smiling and bringing a big plate of homemade tuna casserole.

"Hi.. Jingyi isn't it? I don't know much about Asia's culture, but I made tuna casserole and I want to send your masters some. Are they home?"

Hmm…

Of course he knew how ignorant people could be, but this woman… 

He did not know how to respond to the insulting words.

Master.

Like he was some kind of a slave.

Jesus.

Jingyi sighed but he put on a smile and took the casserole dish from her hands.

"Oh, Mrs. Weiss. I'm sorry but my masters are not home." He spoke sweetly and exaggerated the word masters, but it seemed like the woman wasn't paying attention, since her eyes darted around the place as if she did not believe the slave's words.

"Uhm, would you like to have some drinks?"

The woman smiled and nodded as she entered the home and took a look around with such curiosity, while the baby was cooing inside the carriage.

Jingyi looked at the smiling baby, and then at the mother – who was now peeking inside the bedroom. 

Such a rude woman.

"Ah, excuse me, that's my masters' bedroom, and it's private. Sorry." Jingyi moved in front of her and closed the door.

"Your masters are not here, aren't they? Why don't you be a good boy and let me see the inside of Lan Wangji's bedroom? You know, I never know that he's actually… gay. He always played a very romantic character in his movies, you know, so it's really hard to see that he's somehow married to another man, no matter how handsome the man is. Tell me, did Lan Wangji's husband actually have something that could ruin his career? That's why he blackmailed Lan Wangji to marry him? Not that I can think of anything that could ever make Lan Wangji to agree to marry another man when there are so many decent young women out there."

Jingyi was flabbergasted by the blatant insult that came out of this woman's mouth and he looked around to see if there was any crow in vicinity, but he could not see a thing. Those crows would not be easily spotted if they did not want to be spotted.

Either way, this woman would be dead sooner or later after she insulted his uncle and the King of Mythical Beasts like that.

No wonder she easily took other people's lives judging by how selfish she was and how small her mind was.

After those words that came out of her mouth, even Jingyi knew that this woman must be the one who killed those people in the name of saving her child.

Yes, Wei Wuxian already told him that the boy – Max – did not have a good fate at all, it was like he was not supposed to be there. And that's how they knew for sure that the Weiss wefe the ones behind those deaths.

"I think, they love each other, that's why they married each other. You do know that Lan Wangji is a very famous and very rich man, and he could have anyone to marry but he chose Wei Wuxian. Have you ever wondered why?"

Jingyi was so pissed, he slammed the door in front of the woman and he looked at her with such pure an unadulterated disgust that Mary Weiss took a step back.

"Huh? Why are you so angry? They're just your employers, aren't they? No one supposed to like their employers, and I bet you have a lot of juicy gossips. Tell me, I will pay you accordingly."

Disgusting.

These humans were all so disgusting.

They thrived on other's misery and always treated anyone lower than them like they were just some kind of bugs.

But then he held himself back.

The goal here was not to defend his uncles but to be a victim for their fucked up mind, and he had to act like he was a stupid human after all.

So he took a deep breath and put on a fake smile on his face.

"Oh? Now we're talking. How much are you willing to pay me for hot juicy gossips about Lan Wangji and his male partner?" Jingyi clenched his hands but he tried to look nonchalant.

Humans.

He never liked them when he was Lan Wangji's assistant, but now, he hated them.

Such a contemptuous creature who were on the path of destroying themselves.

Even a normal animals were so much better than them.

"I will definitely give you something that will satisfy your need." Marie smirked as she held Jingyi's arm and led him back to the sunny kitchen. "By the way, where's the little girl? Is she around somewhere?" She looked around to search for Xiao Bai.

"She's taking a nap right now, so we have some time to talk. Would you like some iced tea?"

"Sure." 

Marie sat on the chair after she positioned the stroller next to her and Jingyi poured both of them iced tea, then he took his time to return the jug back to the fridge – giving Marie time to do whatever she need to do.

When he turned around slowly, he saw how the position of the glasses were slightly changed from where he put them on the table, and he smiled. 

Finally.