Chapter 621: Insomnia

Chapter 621: Insomnia

Single dorm in the Snake Room, -6F of Millennium Tower, one o’clock in the morning.

Dispirited, Fat Jun went to bed early, but couldn’t sleep with all the thoughts in his mind. He rolled and sat up, taking out his phone and playing a simple game to kill time.

It only made him feel more frustrated, however, and he closed the game, unable to resist the urge to go through his call history to make sure if there was any missed call or messages. There was none.

He couldn’t accept it, and he clicked into the social media app to check his private messages. Outside of a few system notifications and ads, there was nothing.

Fat Jun cast his phone away and rolled around to bury his face in his pillow.

Brother Yang, you’ve gone independent. Why didn’t you call me?

You told me that eggs should be put in different baskets, and I believed you, but why did you forget about me?

I can’t reach Wang Zikai either. He must have gone with you. You would even take a monster with you, but not me?

Have you never considered me one of your people?

Someone knocked. Fat Jun started and jerked up into a seating position.

It’s so late. Who can it be? Brother Yang?

Very likely! Brother Yang’s strong. Maybe he’s snuck in with Teleportation.

Fat Jun jumped off his bed and ran up to open the door. His smile went still for a second before turning brighter in pleasant surprise. “Sister Rabbit, why...are you here?”

White Rabbit was wearing a cute pikachu onesie, her complexion dark and her hair messy. She looked irritated from insomnia.

“I can’t sleep, Adept Horse,” she said bluntly. “May I stay here for a while?”

“Yeah, yeah, of course!” Fat Jun quickly turned around. “Give...give me a sec to clean up. My room’s a little messy.”

“It’s fine. We’re not strangers.” White Rabbit walked through the door.

Fat Jun quickly cleaned up and hurriedly turned the swivel chair at the computer desk around. “Have a seat, Sister Rabbit.”

White Rabbit sat down and pressed her legs together, resting her hands on her knees. She looked around with a half-smile. “It’s not that messy, better than Uncle Tiger’s room anyway. And there’s no strange smell.”

“So.” White Rabbit put on a forced smile. “If you want to follow Dark Horse, I’ll respect your decision, but don’t lie to me. It’ll break my heart to have a family member lie to me.”

Fat Jun paused, feeling a clench in his heart.

The pitying look on White Rabbit’s face made blood rush to his head, and he threw reservations out of the window.

“To tell you the truth, Sister Rabbit, I’ve been frustrated the past few days too.”

“Why?” White Rabbit looked up at him like she didn’t understand.

“Back then, I survived hell with Gao Yang, Qing Ling, and Huang Qi! I thought I was one of them, but Gao Yang didn’t even think of me when starting his own thing. Ha, now it seems that they only see me as a replaceable tool...”

White Rabbit stayed silent.

“Gao Yang once told me that I should judge people by their actions rather than what I think they are thinking, and I’ve been abiding by it.” Fat Jun looked up at White Rabbit with a serious look in his eyes. “Sister Rabbit, I remember what you and the organization have done for me, and now I’ve come to realize how Gao Yang actually treats me.”

“As long as the Twelve Zodiac Signs wants me, I’ll be your family. I’ll devote myself to the organization...”

“It’s good enough.” White Rabbit turned away and wiped her eyes with the back of her hand. “I believe you, Adept Horse.”

“Yeah!” Fat Jun finally made up his mind, and he felt so much lighter, as if the energy paths in his body were all cleared up.

White Rabbit put down the cola in her hand and went up to him, leaning so close that her hair fell on his face. She slowly lowered her head like she was going to kiss him on the forehead.

Fat Jun froze, his heart racing and his breathing stuttering to a halt.

Of course, White Rabbit didn’t kiss him. She simply kept her face so close to Fat Jun’s that their breaths mingled as she gently put a white button on his collar. “This is a new SOS button. Every member keeps one on. Crush it if you get in danger.”

“I, I know...” Fat Jun’s mind blanked.

After putting the button on him, White Rabbit took a step back and smiled sweetly. “Thanks for the cola. Good night.”

“Good night.”

White Rabbit left the room and closed the door gently behind her.

Fat Jun remained on his bed, eyes widened and body unmoving, as if his soul had gone with her.