QT: Against My Will

Edited by Psycho S.

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Bing Shi patiently taught Ying Xiong that their home should be protected instead of destroyed. Her baby seemed to watch and observe his surroundings a lot, she took advantage of it and would tidy up their place as a part of their regular playtime routine.

While she was repairing the faucet, she called out to the toddler on stand-by, “Stinky bun, could you find your dirty clothes and put them in a laundry bin?”

Ying Xiong looked around the marble bathroom, searching for a blotch of black that he wore today. He suddenly strolled into the living room, picked up the black onesies from the leather couch, and brought them to his mommy.

“Good boy,” Bing Shi helped him to open the lid to the laundry bin, so he could throw them inside. Walking with the boy to the living room, she spoke to her parents, “Ying Xiong cried so much because you strayed too far from his cleaning routine. We would always do it directly in the bathroom.”

Nobody would risk their couch getting dirtied.

The little boy moved his knees like broken door hinges, wobbling to and fro, he salivated at the mere sight of his mommy walking towards the kitchen, “Mommy, mommy.” He shook his hands up and down in excitement when Bing Shi began to peel an avocado instead of the yucky vegetables.

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As soon as Bing Shi handed Ying Xiong his lunch, he brought the food pouch into his mouth and sucked on the buttery taste as he fled to the kitchen towards the exhausted ‘nannies’ to play, no longer interested in helping his mommy with cleaning the house.

Silika’s parents didn’t know what to say; they just stared at the little boy as if entranced. How could their daughter hide such important information again?!?! When did she give birth?! It had to be during the time she became sick and went on a hiatus!

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“Come in,” Bing Shi invited Su Luqin who brought four shopping bags to her home. Her husband and Li Jie returned from the business trip, and her parents wanted to throw a big family party to celebrate their success and stinky bun’s birthday.

“No,” Su Luqin put down the bags in front of the door and left.

“I wasn’t asking for your consent,” Bing Shi gave Su Luqin a slipper, though she held onto the other. It was like she was waiting for a cue.

“Leave me alone!” Su Luqin wanted to shove Bing Shi away, but instead, she got hit by the other slipper that Bing Shi was holding, “You bitch!” she shrieked out of her lungs, “I’ll kill you!”

“Mom!” Bing Shi called out to her mother while defending herself with another pair of slippers, “I think I found your biological daughter. Doesn’t Su Luqin remind you of you?”

“You little wrench!” Silika’s mother ran to the entrance with an iron whisker. She shouted while closing the door, like she was afraid of disturbing the non-existent neighbors, “You come in!” She pointed at Su Luqin, “I would rather have an ex-convict for a daughter than an ungrateful, walking calamity!”

Silika’s mother’s words didn’t match her proud tone. Nobody had ever brought her so much shame and pride like Silika Lin, her daughter. Even if Silika Lin brought home a serial killer, there was nothing they could do. Even the serial killer wouldn’t have a choice but to accept.

“Are you sure?” Bing Shi stared at Su Luqin’s stomach, quickly running to hide behind Li Jie. She did rabbit ears behind his ears like an indication of something. She was acting childishly, which was opposite to the mighty politician she showed in the news, “I’m not the only one who hid my child for years. I at least know the whereabouts of the child and the name of the father. I wonder if the drunk father remembers the fateful night.”

Everyone’s eyes switched between Li Jie and Su Luqin in surprise. Even those two stared at each other in terror.

“Dinner is ready,” Carrying Ying Xiong, who now looked like a four-year-old child on his shoulders, Xuan Mu threw his son’s snake plushie at his wife. He wasn’t sure whether Bing Shi wanted to help or put more fire to the damage. She was trolling, obviously. Yes, Su Luqin gave birth to a child, but there was nothing between her and Li Jie. Yet, everyone began to believe that Li Jie was her baby’s daddy, just because of his wife’s made-up gossip.

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“I have something to tell you,” Bing Shi interrupted the lively chatter after everyone finished their meal, “I’m dying. And I don’t know how much time I have left.”

Bing Shi felt it for some time now: her ending was knocking at her clock.

“...” The people present stayed still, staring at the mood killer, unable to comprehend what she just announced. Their gazes quickly jumped to her husband, to see if his wife was serious or not.

Xuan Mu’s skin was as pale as hers, his dark under-eye circles were almost black, so much they thought he must be the one gravely ill. They didn’t react until her nose started to bleed, not knowing it was due to the man losing control for a millisecond. The ruby liquid spread into her t-shirt, the bright red quickly darkening, taking on a brownish hue.

Making the chair fall, Xuan Mu hastily picked up his wife and made a precise turn out of the apartment.

“Oh, so it has already started. People who want me dead will get their wish granted soon,” Bing Shi waved cutely at the horrified people, the trail of blood from her nose magically disappeared, “Yay for them!”

Using that relieved stare of hers, she bade them farewell, warmer than a florist’s. Her smile was passive, untroubled at the parting.

“BING SHI!” Xuan Mu yelled out of his lungs, causing her to shut up with his scream of pain, paying no significance to his surroundings. The despair in his emotions was black, no light was able to penetrate it, forming wounds so deep that no matter how much salve would be poured on, it would never heal.

The dining room’s morose vibe, interweaved with the aroma of the meal, confused the minds of the tight-lipped audience that was left behind. Silika spoke about her death as if her existence was of no importance.

They never saw her husband lose so much composure up until this moment. Even in his wife’s presence, Lu Kai would always carry a lofty aura; like he was more than what the people around them could perceive. If not for their long-lasting relationship that spanned across many years (even if said relationship was at times rocky when they were arguing), many would have doubted the love he had for her.

“It’s because you cursed my daughter!” Mrs. Lin began to choke the startled Su Luqin; there was a strange madness inside of her reddening eyes, “This is how you repay our generosity?! You dirty slut! You should have been sentenced to jail for all your pathetic life!”

Mr. Lin held his wife in place while Li Jie called the ambulance and the police with a grim frown gracing his usual gentle face. With each second that drifted through their fingers, everyone’s hearts beat fast like a spinning blade inside a blender.

Xiao Pu bit his nails as he flew around hastily, unable to follow after Bing Shi. When he became Bing Shi’s new system, she forbade him to tell her husband about what happened: about how Guan Fei’s unique soul was able to injure Bing Shi’s soul after his ex-host was killed by Bing Shi’s bare hands. In the end, Xuan Mu still figured this out on his own. He wasn’t called a genius for nothing.

Xiao Pu expected Xuan Mu to become a prisoner of revenge like his ex-host, but that man acted as if the new-found knowledge had no effect on him. Guan Fei’s existence in Xuan Mu’s heart was of lesser importance than any random passerby in the streets.

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