This was bad. What were you supposed to do when you accidentally wiped out your own friend's family? Waiting online, urgent.
In the awkward silence, Ji Jue and Wen Wen stared at each other—one utterly bewildered, the other wearing a complicated expression, both twice as hesitant to speak. Ji Jue suddenly began to wonder, Had I already gotten drunk? Otherwise, how could I be hearing something this outrageous?
He wanted to ask Wen Jie if she was joking.
Unfortunately, she was not. The familiar profile of her face remained complicated, but there was not the slightest trace of amusement or teasing.
"Wait, this is a little confusing... Let me sort this out..."
Ji Jue looked at her skeptically, scratching his head as he thought for a long while before asking once again, "Those two who came yesterday were your relatives?"
"Mm."
Wen Wen picked up the whisky she had just opened again. She did not even add ice, pouring herself a full glass and draining it neat before tossing the glass aside and taking up the bottle. "That Heart Pivot... is my younger sister."
"Mm..."
Ji Jue scratched his chin and remarked sincerely, "You really don't look alike."
"How don't we?"
"Your figures?" Ji Jue gestured across his own chest. "After all, yours is flat—"
Bang!
Wen Wen rolled her eyes and punched him without hesitation.
Fortunately, she still held back. Otherwise, a casual punch from a Waste Ruins Transcendence would have been no different from getting hit by a heavy truck. Ji Jue nearly had his brains shaken smooth, his vision going black.
"Stop joking around!"
Ji Jue sighed, rubbing his numb shoulder. "Wasn't I afraid you'd feel worse if things got too serious?"
"You little brat."
Wen Wen glanced at him, sighed, and looked at the strong liquor