âI...â Her hands pulled into a clawing grip around those sleeves, indicating the lass didnât like what sheâs going to say, âI know Iâve brought shame to Shifu, Iâm sorry... Iâm sorry Sister Bai Yan.â
Bai Yi Yi understands that itâs a great fortune on her part to be taken as an apprentice by Bai Yanâs mother; therefore, itâs a great humiliation that she couldnât protect the things left behind for herself.
âYou donât have to apologize to me!â Seeing how hurt and pained her own foster sister was acting, Bai Yan hurries to pull the lass into a hug to reassure her itâs alright, âThe one who needs to apologize is me, itâs me...â
Back in the other world, Bai Yan had no choice but to leave Bai Xiao behind due to how urgent the matter was. While over here on Earth, leaving Bai Yi Yi behind was a deliberate and ignorant choice on her own part. Thatâs why the fault doesnât lie with the lass but herself who didnât think things through.
Then again, Bai Yan did have good reasons to not bring her foster sister along though. The woman wanted to grow strong, meaning the journey ahead at the time would be perilous and uncertain. Furthermore, she herself didnât think her own father would be such a bastard to steal the inheritance from under his own deceased wifeâs student! Just thinking about that idea infuriated Bai Yan to no end because it wasnât meant for him!
âOnce upon a time I disappointed a lot of people because I wanted to become strong,â loosening her hug, Bai Yan stares into her sisterâs eye to get the point across, âbut the heavens let me live again, let me understand affection and the value of family. The mistakes I made before. I wonât make it again.â
Thatâs saying it mildly... Technically its not the heavens, itâs the lightning bolts from that day striking her brains out and knocking her soul into another world. Guess that could even be called retribution for the mistakes on earth if it got down to the details.
âBut enough about me, I want to know whatâs happening here. That thug, who is he and why is he pestering you?â Bai Yan asks after noticing her own rambling.
Bowing her head again, Bai Yi Yi still had the dejected the look of a failure: âThey are... itâs your stepsister, they were called here by your sister. They want me to go work in the nightclubs to act as a escort, I always refuse them...â
âMy sister?â Bai Yan pricks her brow in confusion.
âMhmm, your father and your stepmotherâs daughter, and... sheâs about the same age as you.â Bai Yi Yi timidly explains, not daring to look up.
Bai Yan felt like someone just punched her guts out in that split second. True, sheâs heard of how flirtatious those wealthy heirs are on Earth are, but she always thought her own father was different based on the old memories they had together.
What love and being faithful? In the end heâs the same as everyone else, and also a coward that abandoned Mother in the last moments....
âWait, hold on, you said sheâs around my age. You donât mean....â Bai Yan asks again, trying to make sure sheâs not overthinking it and getting the wrong idea.