Sister... Bai Xue? Who's Bai Xue? She thought as she looked at the pretty Asian boy in confusion.
Slenderly built, raven-haired, sharp dark eyes. He looked more like a woman because of his small figure but his boyish and vibrant face said otherwise. He seemed to be the type of person to stare at his own reflection before getting in the shower. At least that was the first thing she thought.
The teenager had a stunned look on him but soon it changed into happiness. In the next second, he gave Lu Mengjie a hug which startled her.
"I know you'll come and visit me here!" He pulled away from the embrace just to look at her with a wide grin plastered on his lips. "Just wait until the others see you!"
"…" Just who the hell was this boy? He wasn't able to trigger any of her memories so she had a puzzled look on her face instead.
"Jiejie?" He blinked a few times when he realized that she was just looking at him in confusion.
"Who… are you?"
"Eh?"
"I think… you must have mistaken me for someone else." Her name was clearly not Bai Xue, it was Lu Mengjie.
"No! I can't be mistaken! There's no way! I'm very sure of it! One hundred percent sure! Cross my heart!" He exclaimed confidently. "What's wrong with you? Why are you looking at me as if you don't know me?"
"It's because I don't know you," she retorted, still looking at him with bewilderment on her face.
"What?! No way! How can that be?!"
"Mengxi, are you done?" Bai Jingye's voice was heard which made her turn to him.
He stood in front of them. He took the basket she was holding before he seized a sharp glimpse at the boy to which the boy ended up glaring back at him. He returned his gaze to her and asked, "Is he bothering you?"
"No…"
"Jiejie! How can you bring another man? ANOTHER MAN?! The rooms in our house are full! Brother Sloth will complain and scold you if he-"
"I'm sorry but I really don't know you," she interrupted. No matter how much she tried thinking of their connection, nothing came up. There were no memories of him.
"How can you not know me? It's me, Lust! Did you hit your head and get amnesia?"
"Yes. I have amnesia. I don't have memories of you therefore I don't know you." Lu Mengjie was honest with her condition. If this boy really knew her then she needed to gain more information from him.
A loud gasp escaped from his mouth as he looked at her in disbelief. "Seriously?!"
Bai Jingye reached out just to hold her hand with his free hand, earning her attention. "We should not talk here. We need to go, Mengxi."
"W-wait-"
"If you want to talk with her, meet us at the parking lot." He dragged Lu Mengjie away and headed straight to the cashier counter to pay for the souvenirs and sweets that were in the basket.
The boy was about to follow them but he was suddenly called by another staff member. He was scolded for leaving his pose.
Lu Mengjie couldn't do anything at that moment but watch him as she was being dragged away by Bai Jingye.
…
At the parking lot…
"Ah, finally," Lu Mengjie sighed in relief upon sitting at the backseat of a black Bentley car. She was so tired from walking around, especially when she was pregnant.
"Here, have some drink. You must be exhausted," said Tian Ruyi who was sitting beside her.
"Thank you." She grabbed the bottle and twisted the cap open before drinking its contents.
Bai Jingye, who was sitting at the shotgun seat, waited for her to finish drinking before he said, "The boy earlier seems to know you."
"Eh?" Tian Ruyi blinked a few times then turned to look at Lu Mengjie. "Someone recognized you?"
"He was calling me Bai Xue…"
Tian Ruyi tilted her head a bit in confusion and asked, "Bai Xue like the one in fairy tales? Snow White and the seven dwarves? He must be crazy. I think he must have mistaken you for someone else."
"I don't think so," she replied. "We are not on the Mainland. This country is filled with foreigners so it will be easier to recognize us."
"Even if you're right, we can't stay here and wait for him," Bai Jingye interrupted.
She looked at him, lines forming in between her perfectly slashed brows. "But you said that he should meet us here."
"I never said that we'll wait." He turned to the driver and ordered, "Let's go."
Tian Ruyi reached out to hold her hand. "We need to get out of this place as soon as possible, Mengmeng. Let's just come back next time."
The boy was a worker in this place so he would surely be here if they came back, right? Lu Mengjie sighed heavily in defeat as she finally gave in to them. "Alright."
Bai Xue = Snow White
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While they were heading to the next city, Lu Mengjie couldn't help but think of the pretty boy she met earlier. He was insisting that he knew her. He called himself Lust, she also remembered him saying something about 'brother Sloth'…?
Lust? Sloth? Weren't those two names part of the seven sins? Could it be some sort of alias? If that was the case then 'Bai Xue' could be an alias too!
Snow White and the seven dwarfs… seven…
Lu Mengjie's eyes lit up upon realizing something. The seven dwarves were replaced by seven sins!
What… kind of nonsense was this? Was it some kind of organization or something that was based on Snow White and the seven dwarves? It was so childish. Who would even think of giving such names?
She kept on thinking more about it, trying to make sense out of it. She really wanted to get more details from the boy who addressed himself as Lust. Maybe it could trigger the mind to remember some part of her memories if she further spent time with him.
What kind of organization did he belong to? Was it a criminal syndicate? Business? Or... something horrible? Using the seven deadly sins as aliases... She was sure that those people, that boy, could be a part of something dark. If he really knew her, did that mean she was a part of that too?
All these speculations... she wouldn't know if she wouldn't ask him.
"I should have gotten his contacts…" she mumbled, regretfully.
Tian Ruyi turned to her and said, "Basel is just the neighboring city, we'll come back to meet him, Mengmeng."
…
Upon arriving at Basel, the group stayed at an apartment that had three rooms. It was going to be the place where they would have to remain until Lu Mengjie's due date arrived.
Since the couple has already escaped their stalker. They knew that Bai Keran would not be able to complain or ask them about their whereabouts since he was supposed to be clueless on where they were.
For the following days, Lu Mengjie didn't leave the apartment but it wasn't the same for Bai Jingye. He had to return to Japan and go back to the Mainland for work so Tian Ruyi was left to take care of her. Even if Bai Keran would wonder why he returned, his grandson could easily make up an excuse.
"My first impression of him was not really good. He was such an asshole you know," said Lu Mengjie. She was sitting at a teakwood bar stool while she watched the other woman peel the apples at the counter.
"He only did those things to make you hate him," Tian Ruyi said with a chuckle.
Lu Mengjie rolled her eyes. "Yeah, I almost hated him for being a jerk."
"He's a good person though. He may not look like it but he actually values the friendship he has with others. It's just… after what he had been through, he doesn't trust anyone so easily so if you prove to him that he can trust you, he will turn to an angel and treat you kindly. That's the kind of guy he is."
"Then do you like him?" Lu Mengjie inquired upon remembering what Bai Jingye told her about his fake relationship with Tian Ruyi.
"He's totally not my type at all. Let me be honest, okay? My relationship with him is not real. He is not my lover. He's like a brother to me and having feelings for him will be disgusting!" She was expecting Lu Mengjie to be surprised about the revelation but when she saw how calm she was, she couldn't help but ask, "Did he tell you about this already?"
"Yeah… that day when I was in the hospital."
"See? Even he doesn't have feelings for me! I'm totally going to reject him if he begins having such weird romantic feelings!" She scrunched her nose in disgust when she thought of dating that guy.
"Really? You don't like him that way? Not even a little bit?" Unlike before where Lu Mengjie wanted to try to work her relationship with Bai Jingye, she has long changed her mind. They were not married and she didn't want to think of falling for him especially when she was pregnant with another man's child. It would only complicate things for them both.
"Not even a little bit," Tian Ruyi replied confidently. "Why? Are you going to make a move on him?" She paused from slicing the apples just to look at her, wiggling her brows as she gazed at her teasingly.
Lu Mengjie waved her hand in front as she quickly denied, "No way! Of course not! I'm pregnant and I might be a married woman already, you know."
"That's true…" She heaved out a sigh as she mumbled, "Although it'll be nice to see Jingye dating someone already. He's always so busy with work."
"He... never dated?" She asked, wide-eyed in shock upon hearing her friend's revelation.
Tian Ruyi placed the plate with sliced apples in front of her before she replied, "I told you, that guy has some serious trust issues. He avoids everyone the same."
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