RenRan began napping. A lot. Souls did not need sleep, but they could choose to do so. FanHai was one of those who seemed to never catch a wink of sleep. While RenRan slept, he stayed by her side, always keeping himself busy with something. This carried on for a good time before she began to catch him with his guard lowered after waking up. ‘A while more.’ RenRan did not believe that a man like him could keep himself entertained this long and resist a cat nap with her. At this point, BaoBao cried out in frustration. There were a few times she could have slipped away because he had already fallen asleep with her! He even dared to cuddle with her. That spot was only reserved for two people! Him and the familiar soul! “Is it really too much to assist by waking her up?” He challenged the elder one. “Is it so hard for her to stay awake in a world that doesn’t need sleep?” He challenged BaoBao back. “...That’s easy for you to say.” Then, BaoBao puffed his cheeks and returned to gl
"You still aren't performing well enough for a member of this family. Is this really your best?"This was the umpteenth time Luna has heard this sentence in her life, and the fourth time she has heard it today.It was another normal Sunday at home for Luna. Back to back tuitions for different subjects. Now that she was 18 years old, this was something she has long grown used. Her parents believed that she would one day find her talent as long as they kept trying. Once they found that talent, they would hone it without neglecting her other skills. It was exactly what her siblings went through, only that their talents showed themselves from much earlier on as compared to her.Her older brother, Desmond, was smart but his strength laid in his physical abilities. He was well-built and strong, but agile and flexible. He basically took after their father.Her younger sister, Erica, was overall intelligent and began excelling in subjects related to
"Jie Jie!" Erica happily bounded towards Luna.Just as she reached the table, she tripped over the leg of a chair and fell towards the tall bookshelf behind Luna.Luna dove towards Erica, placing herself between Erica and the bookshelf. Her arms wrapped around Erica's head and back. With Erica in her embrace, they crashed heavily into the bookshelf, causing books from the top shelf to topple down.They slowly opened their tightly shut eyes, wondering why they did not feel any pain from the toppled books, and found Lucas towering over their hunched bodies with his hands on the bookshelf. While this scene made Erica's eyes twinkle in admiration, it made Luna's eye twitch./ Cliche...? Erica's never this clumsy. What's with his insane reflexes? Did he jump over the table or something? /"Are you ladies okay?" Lucas's deep voice reverberated through Erica and Luna in different ways.Erica's eyes grew wide in surprise.On the othe
Days passed with Erica trying to heed Luna's words and forget about Victor./He's only the best in this school. Beyond it, he's just another fish in the sea./Erica repeatedly reminded herself every time she caught sight of him, which was considerably often.However, her ill feelings towards Rina remained.What made matters worse was that Erica felt as if she was being taunted everyday. Everywhere she went, there would be news or gossip about Rina. Whether it was about her kind act for the day, her beauty, her gentleness, or how she got saved yet again./What's so good about a damsel in distress? Does she even try to solve any of the issues herself? Some of the problems were even created because she was kind to people who held ill intentions towards her./Erica was plugged with thoughts like these. She hated weak people who did nothing but cause trouble to the people around the most.Her feelings were related to her fami
Erica felt like she was in a perpetual bad mood for the past three days. She had taken Luna's warning to heart but felt so unsatisfied.As she was about to turn around a corner in school to go to the library to find Luna, she heard two familiar voices that made her stop in her tracks."What exactly is that cream you gave to Rina? It worked wonders! There's not even a mark left on her arm!""I have my resources.""Can't you at least give me a hint?""Why should I make things easy for you?""Heartless.""Grow up."Victor continued whining and bothering Lucas to no avail./Some miracle cream huh… I wonder how it'd fare against my creation. Too bad I'll never find out./Just as she took a step forward, Victor changed the topic to something that made her stop again."Hey hey, before you go, I just want to know if the families' downfall is all your doing?"Lucas must have nodded because Victo
The next day, everyone in school heard the news that something big would go down in the hall after school, including the three siblings who just walked through the school gate.Before they parted ways to head to their individual faculties, Desmond turned to his sisters and ruffled their hair. "You girls stay safe and contact me if anything goes wrong, okay? I'll be here in a jiffy."Out of concern for Luna, Erica had told Desmond of everything that happened while they were in the car on the way to school.The two sisters nodded their heads with a smile on their faces. Erica's smile was brighter and more carefree while Luna's was much more reserved.Straight after class ended, Erica exited her classroom to find Luna outside standing by the wall and reading a book. Nobody paid her any attention. Erica asked her friends to wait then went to Luna."Jie? What're you doing here?" Erica asked with a slight tilt to her head."I'm takin
A month later, things returned back to normal.Victor's and Rina's reputation was restored and everyone knew by now that they had Lucas backing them up.Erica's friends made up with her, which was not a very hard thing to do since they had stopped throwing when Erica ran into the hall calling out to Luna as her sister.Desmond's life did not change much since the military academy, although essentially is another faculty of the school, has its own war zone which functioned almost separately from the other faculties. He has already successfully made his own connections there, who then helped to cover for him when he came to his sisters' aid.Luna experienced a little dissing and occasional harassment but it never got too bad because she seemed to kill their vibe each time. Not only did she have a very slack expression on all the time, she also knew the right things to say to satisfy their ego.Luna was now in the library as usual, compl
The days passed by uneventfully.Since Victor no longer tried to hunt Luna down in school, she could return to peacefully studying in the library once more. Although Luna could come up with several possible reasons for Victor's behaviour, she believed that it was no mere coincidence that he would suddenly be so obedient now.The same private investigator from before was hired to follow Erica again. The reports she received this time were very normal. Unlike before, nothing stood out to Luna. Erica went to classes in the morning, then went for her extra curricular activities or hung out with her friends after class. Like Desmond, Erica was doing a good job at establishing the contacts they may need in the future.Luna glanced at her laptop and books in front of her. Compared to her siblings, she already had her hands full with just her studies. As such, the only times she could attempt at networking was during class and group works. However, it was never successf