Chapter 210 - Recompense (2/2)

{...O_O) He gave me this stupid painting? Why?!...}

”Take it back.” Lei Xing dismissively said with a disappointed wave as she knit her eyebrows. The maids immediately rolled it back up and turned to take it back into storage, until Lei Xing suddenly went, ”No, wait!...Bring it back.”

The maids came back and stood there holding it, not sure what she wanted them to do with it. As Lei Xing just stood there staring at the rolled-up painting for a while. Finally, she sighed and said, ”Follow me.” And then she began walking and ended up at her study. She entered the room, glanced around for a bit and then walked over to a wall space, by the bookshelves and said, ”Clear this area and hang it here.”

Xiao Ruo smiled and immediately took on the task of directing the task as Lei Xing walked over to her desk and sat down. Ah Jin sent one of the maids for tea and then brought a cup to Lei Xing, who was absentmindedly watching the scene of the maids and eunuchs clearing the area and setting up the painting. She thanked Ah Jin for the tea and sipped it as she continued watching the scene.

{...*Why do you choose to hang it up if it bothers you?...}

{...( ≖_≖) Wouldn't you like to know...}

The moment the bracelet asked the question, her mind immediately began to form a response. But she quickly distracted it by picking a brush and drawing randomly, willing her mind into a state of nothingness. If it wasn't going to divulge, she won't either.

Although this was not a long term solution, Lei Xing knew the bracelet had quite the impatient character and she still had her trump card as well.

{...Since you're not going to talk, I hope you enjoy your evening swim tonight...}

{...*But that's UNFAIR! You didn't ask me about that, I volunteered that information!...}

{...That is an ”irrelevant” point, I asked a question after, so you need to respond...}

{...*YOU SHAMELESS, UNGRATEFUL BRAT! >_

{...I know, I'm brilliant~  ^ 3 ^ )...}

{...*Fine, if you tell me, I'll tell you about it...}

Lei Xing raised an eyebrow and snorted.

{...Do I seem like an idiot to you -_-)...If you want something, you have to give something first...}

{...*(≖_≖ )...It's Jun Wei! Happy now? Your turn....}

Lei Xing stopped drawing and knit her brows as she thought over the name, it sounded familiar. She glanced around the room for inspiration and then her face lit up when she realized she had just seen it on a plaque.

{...Jun Wei...the late Emperor? You knew him?!...}

{...*It's your turn -_-)...}

{...No, tell me this first...}

{...*Tch, I didn't know him, I just knew of him...}

{...( ≖_≖) Of? You sure know ”of” a lot of people...}

{...*It's the truth ( ￣^￣ )...}

{...Suree...So his life was altered? What do you mean by that?...}

The bracelet went silent again and after waiting for a bit with no response, Lei Xing picked up her brush and resumed her drawing with a song.

{...~Drawing, drawing, someone's going to get swallowed by a fish, a piranha or two would be nice, precious gems, sharp teeth~ Hey, can you talk to fish? ⚆◡⚆)...}

{...*Fine!... He was a kind and noble soul on the path to being a great and kind leader, one who would have set the pace for future generations but then he became corrupted by a dark energy which turned him into what he became. His legacy was ruined and he was reduced to a tyrant...That's what his recompense is for!...}

{...(↼_↼) Really? Dark energy? Sure...Sooo, how do you know about all this stuff?...}

Lei Xing honestly did not really believe the bracelet's words. But it definitely was more knowledgeable about things than she was, at least it had explanation for stuff while she had nothing, so her mind was open to its theories, no matter how absurd. The bracelet let out a long sigh before finally responding.

{...*There are many things I know of...Many truths and theories I want to believe to be truths...But it is all beyond your current understanding...Anyway, enough about me...Now, about that painting~ ^_^)...}

Lei Xing knit her brows, she wanted to inquire more but when the bracelet assumed a serious tone like this, it unnerved her a bit and she could not muster up her tyrannical streak. But there was one thing she could not help asking.

{...This recompense...Does it have anything to do with...me? Being here?...}

{...*Ahhhhh...Yes - No, no, no...}

Lei Xing frowned.

{...Which is it? No lies -_-)...}

{...*Weeelllll....How to put this? Ah! It's like this~...The former generation became corrupted and so the later generation is ahhh...meant to fix things? To re-establish the order of the universe, yes fix things...So I didn - It's not lik - Bottomline is, you two are meant to be together. The Most Perfect Couple~ And I'm just facilitating things on behalf of the Universe! That's all ( ￣^￣ )...}

Lei Xing's frown deepened and she massaged her head.

{...So is that a yes or a no?...}

{...*Exactly!...}

Lei Xing pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes, unamused

{...Can't you just give simple clear-cut answers? -_-)...}

{...*Does your life seem like a simple clear-cut situation?≖_≖ )...}

{...Touché -_-)'...}

{...*Now about that painting~ ^_^)...}