Fan Xiao Yao and Lu Weichun arrived shortly and saw Shi Enxi lying down on the sofa, watching a movie with Lu Xingyan who was sitting on another couch.

    "You''re back," said the younger twin upon turning her head towards the two women who just arrived on time.

    "Are you feeling better?" Fan Xiao Yao asked Shi Enxi as she placed the shopping bags down on the floor and approached her.

    "Yeah, better." Shi Enxi replied without even glancing at her.

    Lu Xingyan stood up and hugged the bride-to-be''s arm. "Jiejie, I think you should take a bath and get some rest. Tomorrow is a big day for you, you need to look your best." She wanted to distract her so that she wouldn''t be able to notice that Shi Enxi was actually avoiding her.

    On the other hand, Lu Weichun gasped out loud as if realizing something, "I''m going to sleep early tonight! I don''t want to look like a zombie tomorrow! Yaoyao-jiejie, meimei, I suggest we sleep early and have enough drinks!" She rushed to the guest room after, taking the things she bought at the mall with her.

    "I''ll follow after this movie..." Shi Enxi muttered, enough for the two other girls to hear.

    And so, Shi Enxi was left alone in the living room. She wasn''t really focusing on the movie. She was just staring blankly at the TV screen with her mind flying off to somewhere again. A few moments after, she got up. The movie has not even ended when she turned it off.

    She took out her phone and stared at it for a second before she began taping on the screen.

    ...

    Later that night, while Shi Enxi was sleeping, she was woken up by a knock.

    She g.r.o.a.n.e.d in annoyance and grumbled, "Who is it?"

    "Xiao Xi, it''s me." Fan Xiao Yao''s soft voice was heard from outside.

    "..." The sleepiness in her eyes disappeared the moment she heard her voice. She shut her eyes and buried her head under the blanket, pretending to be in a deep sleep.

    "Xiao Xi?" Hearing no answer from inside, a small creak was heard instead as Fan Xiao Yao pushed the door open.

    Oh shit! She should have locked the door!

    "Are you sleeping?" Her soft whisper was heard inside the quiet room.

    Shi Enxi tried her best not to give a sarcastic reply. She was sleeping. Sleeping. She needed to pretend that she was in a deep sleep.

    The next moment, she felt a part of her bed sunk as Fan Xiao Yao carefully got on and went to her side like a child wanting to sleep together with her parent.

    "I can''t sleep..." She snuggled close against her back.

    Shi Enxi opened her eyes and frowned. "Just because you can''t fall asleep doesn''t mean you have to disturb me!" Oh how she badly wanted to say that to her but her lips remained shut and she could only complain in her mind. It was a good thing that her head was hidden under the blanket or else Fan Xiao Yao might have noticed that she was actually awake.

    Her body suddenly became stiff when she felt an arm wrapped around her.

    This girl... She truly was taking advantage of her!

    "Thank you for coming..."

    Hearing her words made Shi Enxi''s mind go blank. The frown on her face was long gone.

    "But you know... I''m really happy right now." Fan Xiao Yao continued.

    Did she know that she was awake? If so then there was no use in pretending to be asleep.

    "You better make Huang Li happy." Shi Enxi whispered, finally lowering the blanket from her head. She turned her body to face the other woman beside her only to see the surprise look on her face.

    "Y-you''re awake?"

    "..."

    Shi Enxi covered her face with a hand and a laugh came out of her lips as she did.

    Fan Xiao blinked a few times, watching her laugh like a crazy woman.

    "You''re so annoying right now." She said, chuckling after. She lowered her hand and let out a helpless smile. Who would have thought that she would end up being this close to her? That she would end up having a genuine friendship with a woman that she never treated as one in the past? "Still is annoying as ever."

    Uh... Why did that sound more like a compliment than an insult? Fan Xiao Yao was looking so perplexed by her. Only Shi Enxi could make an insult sound like a compliment.

    "Go to sleep. It''s already late." Shi Enxi used the pillow beside her to cover the other woman''s face to which Fan Xiao Yao ended up lowering it.

    "I can''t sleep." She pouted.

    "But I can so good night." Shi Enxi shut her eyes again just to ignore her.

    "Xiao Xiiii!" Fan Xiao Yao w.h.i.n.ed. She even reached out just to pinch her cheek.

    "Oww!!" Shi Enxi g.r.o.a.n.e.d, snapping her eyes open just to glare at the woman in front of her.

    "Are you awake now?" Fan Xiao Yao asked with a grin upon releasing her cheek.

    "..." This woman... She truly never change. She was still the same even in the past whenever they were together, whenever Shi Enxi was pretending to be her friend. She has always envied her for being happy, for being able to attract luck on her side. They both don''t have parents but Fan Xiao Yao was like the real Cinderella who soon got her fortune and happy ending. She was surrounded by people that loved her and cared for her. She never thought that she would end up joining those people.

    She truly thought that life was going well for this friend of hers until she found out about her depression. She never thought that Fan Xiao Yao was actually hiding darkness behind that smiling facade of hers. She thought that she was happy but she never really tried to know her. She was not able to get close enough to her to see how broken she actually was.

    While Shi Enxi decided to take the path of evil, Fan Xiao Yao on the other hand continued on taking the path of goodness but at the same time, she was being drowned in darkness, in pain. Fan Xiao Yao chose to keep quiet, to do nothing while Shi Enxi chose to do something, which was to ruin the lives of the people around her.