Release Them (1)

"You think these things are so easy to make? If they were, we wouldn't need to capture you or lure that bastard Ye Lang here," Smirking Girl said coldly.

"So you mean... you won't be able to make any more in the future? That's wonderful." Ye Lanyun said happily, provoking Smirking Girl thoroughly.

Are you really not afraid of death? Or are you looking for death because you don't want to become his burden?

"For you, that is indeed good news. We can make at most a little more of those weapons; the materials are far too rare. Unless Ye Lang comes over to help," Zhao Yarou said. "Only he can come up with a substitute."

"He would never help you. Do you think he's an idiot? Knowing how deranged you are, why would he?" Ye Lanyun said directly. Though she sounded resolute on the surface, she had little confidence deep down.

Because—

"He was an idiot to begin with. I'm going to trick him into helping me; he's the easiest person to fool," Zhao Yarou said with a smile.

"..."

Most people would probably agree with that. In everyone's eyes, Ye Lang ought to have been the easiest person to fool—though sometimes, he was also the hardest.

"All right, you've seen enough sky for today. It's time for you to go back," Zhao Yarou said to Ye Lanyun and the other one. Every day, she let the two of them look at the sky for a while instead of keeping them imprisoned inside at all times.

That seemed rather lenient toward the two of them, though no one knew why Zhao Yarou did it.

"I've wanted to go back for ages. Being with a freak like you, I feel uncomfortable all over even for one extra minute," Ye Lanyun