Chapter 2 - "Similarity"

Lai Jiayi's heart almost jumped out of its place. The girl widened her eyes and abruptly looked at Yaya.

[How did he– Wait. Did you tell Tianjin??] The girl raised her voice.

[I did, quack.] Yaya didn't try to lie. The duck stared at Lai Jiayi with a serious expression. [But I did that because Tianjin said Zhao Yang and Zhao Yun would help you, quack!]

Lai Jiayi paused. The girl touched her forehead and sighed.

'So that's why Tianjin kidnapped Yaya…'

The girl felt something block her throat, and there's a weird feeling in her chest, but she couldn't explain what she felt.

'They...want to help me? But I'm just someone they know.'

Lai Jiayi fearfully looked at Zhao Yang, not forgetting to act like a drunk girl.

"Bu...lly? Bully w-who?" The girl tilted her head, acting innocent.

'They might have a good intention to help me, but still. I can't just rely on them. This is not their problem.'

Zhao Yang slanted his lips. The man repeated his question, "I asked you. Who bully you?"

'This girl is drunk, right? It should be easy to ask her anything.'

Zhao Yang subconsciously touched his bangle.

'I need to know the whole story. For someone to bully an innocent girl just because of her phobia. That's the worst.'

Being asked twice, Lai Jiayi gulped. She knew she couldn't lie since drunk people tend to be honest.

"T-that…" Lai Jiayi scratched her cheek. Her eyes dimmed down. "A few c-classmates…"

"Do you know their name?" Zhao Yang crossed his arms and gripped his left arm tightly.

'I need to get to the bottom of this case. If not, that kind of case…'

Zhao Yang's mind traveled to the past. His body suddenly hardened. The man's aura turned even colder.

'There's no way I'll let others experience the same thing I felt back then.'

The man swore in his heart.

'I wanted someone to help me, and Biyu helped me in the past. Now, this girl was also like me…'

Zhao Yang looked at Lai Jiayi and felt the need to help her.

'I...need to be like Biyu.'

Zhao Yang inhaled.

'That's what Biyu wants me to be.'

"If you know their names, tell me." Zhao Yang touched his bangle, ready to give an order to his men.

Seeing this, Lai Jiayi didn't know whether she felt grateful or burdened instead.

'Why does he care a lot whether I'm bullied or not? It's not like we are THAT close…'

Lai Jiayi bit her lips. She thought of saying she didn't know their names but then…

'When someone offers me help, I should accept it, right? It will be dumb if I ignore it.'

"I-i know their nameees. They are...sons of influential peeeeople…" Lai Jiayi lowered her tone of voice. The girl's voice was still shaking, so Zhao Yang thought she was still drunk.

"If you know their exact names, tell me." Zhao Yang urged.

'No wonder this girl feels so down. The bullies are from influential families! This is similar to my case.'

Zhao Yang felt more connection between his past self and Lai Jiayi's current self. The more he felt the similarity, the more he couldn't leave the girl alone.

As someone who went through a similar situation, there's no way the man won't help others with the same case.

Lai Jiayi hesitated for a few seconds before finally telling Zhao Yang the names of the guys bullying her at the university.

She even explained the full chronology since the guy asked her.

"Those bastards." Zhao Yang silently cursed right after he heard the details.

'It's because of these people that Lai Jiayi can't recover from her phobia!'

"I'll deal with them. You...just relax, " Zhao Yang spoke to Lai Jiayi without looking at her. The man was busy typing something on his bangle. He was giving out orders to teach a lesson to those people.

Once again, seeing Zhao Yang was serious about helping her, Lai Jiayi felt something warm enter her heart. Her eyes slowly turned wet.

'No, no, don't cry.'

The girl pressed her eyelids, trying to hold back the tears. Right when Zhao Yang was giving out orders, and Lai Jiayi was trying not to cry, Zhao Yun came back from the restroom.

He spent 15 minutes or more there.

"I'm back!" Zhao Yun plopped to the sofa while grinning from ear to ear. The boy then looked at Lai Jiayi with a smile on his face. "Miss, did I go for too long?"

His question actually meant something different.

'Did anything happen between you two when I'm gone? Did I give enough time?'

That's what the boy meant.

Lai Jiayi subconsciously touched the hangover soup's bowl near her hand and nodded. "N-no, not thaaaat long." The girl resumed her unclear speech.

She was also stuttering when she talked to Zhao Yang before, but since it was rather serious, she chose not to use this kind of speech often.

"I see, I see, I thought I went to the restroom for too long." Zhao Yun smiled sweetly as he silently nudged Zhao Yang. The boy then spoke in a hushed voice without looking at Zhao Yang.

"How is it, uncle? What's her problem?"

Zhao Yang slid his bangle's screen and stopped whatever he was doing. The man glanced at his nephew on his right and whispered,

"Let Tianjin explain to you."

As he said so, Tianjin already flew to Zhao Yun's place and started to tell the boy the whole incident. She said all the details, including the name of the bullies.

Once Zhao Yun finished listening to it, his eyes widened in shock.

What? What the??

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