An office belonging to a director of instruction that was on the verge of ruin
The power had been cut, leaving only candles to provide light,
As though a magnitude-eight-plus earthquake had struck, the violent shaking made it seem as if the office might collapse at any moment. Several snapped steel rebars were already visible through the shattered walls.
Even so,
Three people were sitting inside and chatting,
Director Cao, still possessing a certain mature charm, sat behind the desk, using rouge to cover the deathly blotches on her face,
Opposite her sat a young man and woman. The woman had a tear mole at the corner of her eye and spent the entire time leaning against the man's chest.
When Director Cao finished applying her makeup, those pitch-black, demonic eyes stared straight at him. "Yi Chen, are you really going to do this? Your good friends are at the scene, after all. Your teacher is quite relieved that you managed to find some friends. It would be a shame if they died, wouldn't it?"
"No, they won't."
"Since you don't mind, then your teacher won't mind either..." Director Cao propped her chin on her palm. Her curved red lips looked exceptionally eerie—not like William's clownish grin, but rather an excessively benevolent mother's smile.
"After all, your teacher has been missing the old you as well—the pure crystal that had just been cultivated by the Orphanage.
Come, let your teacher cover your eyes for you. I'll cover up those unnecessary thoughts in your mind and return you to your most primitive state, to the form your teacher likes best."
Director Cao slowly rose and, in her High Heels, leisurely walked around the desk to arrive behind Yi Chen's seat. Ten cold fingers gently slipped into his hair and pressed against