Meteor froze.
Huangfu Miaomiao looked up and glanced at her, afraid she might get the wrong idea, and hurriedly said, "Don't get cocky! You were just lucky that time. There's absolutely no way you could kill Feng Ling again!"
"Absolutely no way!!!"
Huangfu Miaomiao's tone rang out, forcefully emphasizing every word.
Meteor stared blankly at her, then slowly began to smile.
As she smiled, tears welled up in her eyes, and no matter what, she could not stop them.
Huangfu Miaomiao was startled by the way Meteor was crying and laughing at the same time, and asked in panic, "What's wrong with you?!"
Meteor said with a smile, "I have to thank you. You've let me die with no regrets."
Huangfu Miaomiao could not help feeling a little awkward. She turned her face away uneasily and said in a muffled voice, "I just thought... you gave me the Key, so you... you're not that bad a person..."
Meteor laughed even harder. "Miaomiao, you're a good kid, and a foolish one too. I could have simply told you the Key, but I insisted on having you read my memories. Didn't you see it? I was using all those painful experiences from the past to win your sympathy."
Huangfu Miaomiao instantly grew angry. She had not expected that even reading the memories had been one of Meteor's tricks.
She immediately glared at Meteor, but when she saw the tearstains still left on Meteor's face, her anger deflated a little. She lowered her head dejectedly and said in a low, distant voice, "But I can't help sympathizing with you. I can't control it... Ever since leaving the Incubation Center, life has gotten harder and harder by the day. You're right. These Keys are our only chance to change our fate. After I log