One day

Chapter 24

I'm Sen, one day I thought I came out of the dark.

“Hmm, I look like you're avoiding her. Did I think you two were good friends?”

"What?" I get annoyed when Bastard interferes in my private affairs, "Listen, Bastard, you don't know anything about us so stop guessing."

Bastard's face stiffened as if he didn't seem to know what to say to me, and after a long, he said dejectedly: "I told you my name was Rowan, but you keep calling me Bastard- hey, don't tell me you don't you remember my name?"

This time it's my turn to freeze, I honestly don't remember. I didn't call his name the whole time, so I never noticed what his name was, and actually remembering won't help, anyway, we'll be sure later Definitely not seeing each other again.

Bad luck is enough.

Rowan said, “You are really an idiot.”

Enough, why is everyone calling me stupid? I still clearly remember that I did very well in school, they don't have the right to criticize me like that.

I didn't have time to scold, Rowan again said: "You said you have no relationship with Sana, but you deliberately did not cut it off completely, so it was clear that you did not dare to face it with her because she was afraid of losing a friend. So what do you want?"

What do I want? Day after day I ask myself in the mirror and I still don't have an answer, how can I going to give Rowan an answer right now.

Later, when Rowan was discharged from the hospital, I was left alone in that ward, and as expected, when I was alone I could relax. It's just so strange, the feeling that no one knows how I exist is so sad, even though I try to be optimistic, I still can't forget that fact.

If I disappeared now, perhaps the first person to look for me would only be the nurse.

… Actually, I really want to do that, but thinking about it over and over will only make my parents more tired, so I should crush the idea. When the doctor told me I could move to the recovery room, I couldn't help but try to leave for a few hours, and I didn't return to the hospital until dark, unexpectedly no one cared all about me.

I had to adapt to this because from now on I was alone. But my immediate goal is to complete the important exam, then I can be free to be alone, not with my parents anymore.

Other than my parents, no one takes care of me, so I have to take care of myself first.

Then I was discharged home. Back in my familiar room, I didn't see Lilith anymore, she was already moved to another room by my parents, that was exactly what I wanted but the way I got there was reluctance.

Lilith and I live under the same roof but we can't see each other many times, it's like she's merely my neighbor and not a cousin. Every morning Lilith goes to school very early, at noon her class ends before me, so when I get home, she is already in her room, every day like that.

Our working hours are very different, basically, we don't have free time for each other.

I think, at this rate, I will soon forget what Lilith looks like.

My phone still has a recording of her admitting that she put a tracker on me to track me, and I still have those devices. But it seems they are no longer needed.

I destroy all the navigation devices I keep, delete the recordings on the phone.

I continued to go to the psychological clinic on time, the doctor praised me for making much better progress than before because I was able to keep my mind stable. I don't remember how I was before, so I asked the doctor to tell me again.

She said that in the past I used to worry too much, exaggerate every little problem, and scare myself, sometimes not being able to react to others.

The person I was at that time was so strange, I remember I was never like that.

Now she says that I am very calm, in terms of communication is also very fluent.

In fact, I know that I am not as calm as she said, I just have nothing to worry about, my previous problems have been dismissed by me. That's right, I'm not dealing with them, but getting rid of them.

I know there will be consequences in the future but I still make the same choice, now my motto in life is to avoid all annoying problems.

Life is simple, I don't need to complicate it.

The end time I went to the psychological clinic, the doctor congratulated me for being able to live a better life, I smiled and thanked her, but in my heart, I did not feel happy at all.

My phone always strangely turns on location mode even though I remember never turning it on, after many unsuccessful attempts to turn off location mode I discovered my phone was exposed to access.

That means someone else can control and steal all the data in my phone.

Recently the documents on my phone have been changing frequently, I thought it was me but it's not. Fortunately, I have to write everything I need to do manually in my notebook, otherwise just what the thief writes things in my phone yet I will do them.

Only this time I don't doubt Lilith anymore, because she can't do these stupid things forever. Suddenly I thought of another possibility, that the person who wanted to track me all this time wasn't Lilith but someone else, and Lilith stopped doing that when I threw the trackers at her face.

I'm not stupid enough to not realize how dangerous this is, so I told my parents.

“Someone is trying to track me down.”

My parents were shocked and told me to tell them everything, meanwhile, I also saw Lilith hiding in a corner to listen, so I didn't mention that Lilith had tried to spy on me.

After I told them everything, my mother nervous showed up, stood still, and went to call someone. I thought she wanted to call the police, but I guessed wrong.

My father said: "Don't worry, we will find a detective to investigate, we will definitely catch that person."

In fact, I'm not too worried, because I feel so safe when I'm with my parents. They give me an incomparable sense of security, I am sure they will protect me.

“Dad, you used to learn martial arts, right? Can you teach me again?"

My father said slowly: "In the past, I did a lot of work, learning martial arts was just a supplement. Of course, I also want to teach you martial arts, but your health has been weak since I was young, so I had to stop."

"But I think I'll learn it now."

My mother advised: "It's not necessary right now, you just need to try to study well, you don't have to go to dangerous places, so martial arts is unnecessary."

I sighed, resigned, and said to my father: "Did you learn it by yourself or was it taught by someone else?"

“Of course it was taught by someone else.” As always, he was very comfortable in telling me about his past, "Fortunately, there was a martial arts school, and the youths in the town, if they had the time and conditions, would go there to study and finish three classes. Then three years is considered a master.”

"So that means, you're a master?" I'm a bit doubtful.

"Of course it is, there are hundreds of people in the whole martial arts hall, I am always first and second." My father said arrogantly, and was immediately rebuffed by my mother: "Huh, don't fool her like that, there are hundreds of people in the martial arts but only you want to be first."

I saw my mother pretend to be whispering to me, actually to let my father hear clearly, she said: "In the past, your father was close to the bottom, but he did not know his own strength, so he kept trying to challenge the strongest person, the result is a total loss.”

“Come on, I just want to be cool in the eyes of my kids…” My dad said gloomily.

I found it a bit funny, but still enthusiastically pursued my goal: “So if you want to learn on your own, that's okay too?”

My father waved his hand, "No way, not careful self-study will cause that injury."

"That's right- but I thought you had tried to teach me martial arts in the past, but it turns out that you never wanted me to learn martial arts."

My father smiled comfortingly: "It's not that I don't want you to study, it's just that your health doesn't allow it. And now, if you really like to learn martial arts, then after taking the exam we will send you to school."

My eyes lit up, and I asked again, “Really?”

My father insisted, "Sure, so now you need to study hard."

So I will be able to learn martial arts officially to defend myself, not based on memory but confused as before. The fact that I strangled Kane was really an insult to me because I tried my best but couldn't hurt him even a bit.

"But why do you think that in the past, we taught you martial arts?" My mother thought for a long time and finally asked this question.

I immediately said, "Because I still remember some skills, the other day-" I was about to say the time I spent with Sana, but I closed my mouth in time.

My parents glanced at each other puzzled, when I was afraid that I was wrong, my mother said it was time to go to bed, everyone goes to their rooms to sleep or else we won't be able to wake up early tomorrow.

So I went back to my room regretfully, completely forgetting about Lilith sitting in the corner. Lilith must feel very helpless in this strange place, and she will miss home, miss her loved ones.

I once said that I wanted to learn her language in order to get to know her hometown and get to know her family members, but in the end, it was just a speech. Lilith doesn't let me understand her language, and I don't have time to care about anything related to Lilith.

I know that I'm not a good person, so I won't bother trying to comfort Lilith.

The two of us have the status of cousins, but even strangers are not equal.