When Bright Moon Encounter the Dark Clouds

I continued to tell her, “Zhu Shuyun had previously received grueling training from a thieves syndicate and had been homeless for quite some time. Despite that, he had always wanted to go home. Of course, that was until he turned ten and found out that his father had been avoiding him like the plague. From then on, his only purpose in life was to get his revenge. Although he seemed dumb when he was young due to his slower development, Zhu Shuyun was actually really smart and egotistical. He was able to create a successful business later on and went back to the Zhu family as his sister’s fiance. On the other hand, Xu Zifeng, who was a previously normal person, became somewhat disabilitated from all the beating he received while he was in the thief syndicate. The two were perhaps best friends, so Zhu Shuyun decided to use Xu Zifeng as the lead character in his perfectly orchestrated play. For Zhu Shuyun, this was definitely better than just killing his family on his own. Then he planned a series of abductions and even staged a moral dilemma so that the Zhu family could face their ugly and selfish souls. In the end, he had to do it himself and immediately drugged his entire family before slowly torturing them with the intent of killing them. If it weren’t for Wu Yu and I, Zhu Shuyun would have succeeded.”

Zhuang Yu listened to me for all this while before letting out a sigh. She said, “What an utter degenerate.”

“Zhu Shuyun’s actions are nothing compared to the other killers. Want me to tell you some crazier stories?”

“No thank you!” Zhuang Yu replied firmly.

Funnily enough, although the two of us are best friends, our interests in writing were completely different. I would feel a headache when I heard her talk about complex sci-fi theories. On the other hand, even though she has no fear of spirits and supernatural things, she was scared of gory scenes. In fact, she would get so scared that she would not be able to sleep.

That was why we were a match made in heaven.

“Let’s have dinner together? Let me soothe your trembling soul that went through a terrifying ordeal.”

I was about to accept her offer when my phone suddenly let out a beep. Having a strange feeling, I told Zhuang Yu to hold the line while I checked my phone. Sure enough, it was a message from Wu Yu: Are you awake? We should meet up to have a chat about the matter.

Making up my mind instantly, I picked up the phone and said, “Zhuang Yu, I have something up at night. Let’s get together some other day.”

She let out a brief chuckle and said, “Someone’s busy. What else could it be? You’re not writing a book, and you don’t have many friends.”

“You youngsters wouldn’t get it,” I said casually.

“You’re going to see the repairman?”

A surge of joy gushed into my heart. “Yeah.”

“Geez… Are you about to be conquered by him? I noticed those eyes of his that are fixed on you like some delicious meal. You can’t give in this easily. Where’s that mature lady I knew?”

I fell silent briefly, trying to repress the joy in my heart. I finally asked her with a calm tone, “You’ve noticed his gaze? Does he really seem interested in me?”

“Damn it! I don’t want to listen to this anymore!”

“Oh. I’ll hang up then.”

“Hold on!” Zhuang Yu paused before saying, “So, you and that dull detective, Shen Shiyan, is impossible?”

It hit me two seconds later, and I felt like laughing my as* off. Using all my effort to hold back from cracking-up, I replied nonchalantly, “There’s absolutely nothing between us. Nada. It’s none of my business who he goes out with.”

Zhuang Yu acknowledged my reply with a very casual ‘oh’. Then we ended the call happily.

An image sprung into my mind just then: Shen Shiyan becoming my best friend's boyfriend and getting ordered around like a dog. I felt somewhat pleased by that.