bad alive {dong sicheng}

06

"i'm back and someone better get me coffee so i can sober up," winwin announced, walking through the door and dragging keni.

yangyang peaked from the couch, "ooo, who's the lucky girl today."

keni raised an eyebrow, "it's me. and i wouldn't say i'm lucky."

yangyang jumped up, "keni???" he whipped his head around to winwin, "how did you find her?"

"she tried to steal my wallet and then i had to help her get away from jackson wang," winwin was unamused.

kun came in from the kitchen, handing winwin a cup of hot coffee. he sat down and faced keni, acting all serious, "keni. i truly want you to stay here with us. you may have thought we didn't take you seriously last time and i'm sorry. but you would be an asset to our team."

keni looked wary, "what would i do?"

kun smiled, "we'll find out after we test you."

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lucas turned to keni. they were now sharing a room because xiaojun was so embarrassed that he had let her run away last time. he frowned, "keni, why did you leave last time?"

keni turned away from the window she had been staring out of, "i've been alone my whole life. i'm used to doing everything myself, and it's made me into a bad person. people are scary lucas, you think you can lean on them and they'll turn right around and stab you in the back. i just don't to be a disappointment or be a disappointment."

lucas propped his chin up with his hands, "where's your family?"

keni looked at him blankly, "i never had one. i grew up in an orphanage and then ran away."

"how did you survive," lucas was frowning.

keni smiled sadly, "it's like what winwin said. i'm a con artist."

lucas nodded understandingly, "so you think you're a bad person?" he took a deep breath, "that's what i thought about myself and the rest of us for a long time too. but sometimes good people have to do those bad things because there's nothing else we can do."

"is winwin okay?" keni asked.

lucas sighed, "no not really, he's been heartbroken over someone we all love very much. it's not her fault though. she can't control who she falls in love with."

"no, you can't." and stared at winwin, who she had noticed eavesdropping outside of lucas's bedroom door.