Misfortune Slip

[Livestream comments]

Old Crock Shancai: "I can't take this... Ugh, that's way too gory! @A Silly Bird, can you censor it next time?"

Bai Amian: "Has Smiley lost his mind? She was his own teammate!"

Meat Buns for Dogs: "Juliet probably never imagined she'd die at her own captain's hands instead of Ling Chu's!"

Green Lemon: "He said it like it was perfectly reasonable. He doesn't see his crew as people, does he?"

Spring Is Late: "How does someone like him deserve to be captain? Juliet was unlucky to follow him..."

Chen Piaopiao staggered over to Juliet.

She dropped to her knees in the pool of blood, but she had no idea where she could touch her friend. All she could do was stare at the mutilated body and sob.

She and Juliet had bickered plenty, but Juliet had also looked after her more than anyone else in the Circus.

"Why did you kill her?"

Chen Piaopiao whipped around. Tears and blood streaked her face as she glared at Smiley.

"She followed you for so long and did so much for the Circus! Smiley, do you even have a heart?!"

Smiley's expression did not change under Chen Piaopiao's questioning. Instead, he raised a hand and pointed at Ling Chu.

"I didn't want Juliet dead. Ling Chu did."

"Ling Chu had already cut her down and left her badly wounded, then took her hostage. I simply wouldn't let Ling Chu use her to threaten us."

"If you want to avenge Juliet, kill Ling Chu. Sitting here crying won't bring her back."

Chen Piaopiao trembled.

She looked down at Juliet's mutilated body, her eyes so red they seemed ready to bleed.

The captain was right. The dead could not come back.

If Ling Chu had not wounded Juliet and taken her hostage,