Chapter 169 Rent
“I was rejected.”
In the magnificent lobby, Phoenix stood by the window, looking at the white world outside. Recalling how Hevinia had backed away like a frightened little rabbit, shaking her head continuously, muttering "No, no, no, I'll ask my teacher about such a big thing" before fleeing the scene in a panic, he couldn't help but slightly raise the corner of his mouth.
"What an interesting guy."
Seeing that Phoenix cared so much about Hevinia, Olenna behind him clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging deep into the flesh.
"Brother, are you here just for that woman?"
"Hmm?" Phoenix turned around, looked at his sister, and then smiled, "What else? Could it be for you?"
These words instantly made Olenna's face turn pale, and her body shook unconsciously, as if she might fall at any time.
But she still tried to stand firm, then raised her head and looked at her brother stubbornly: "I can do it too, she and I have the same pronunciation, I'm just a little bit worse than her."
After hearing what Olenna said, the smile on Phoenix's face became even wider.
He did not refute his sister immediately, but walked slowly towards Olenna and spoke slowly. Every note he spoke seemed to fall precisely on the keys of the piano.
"You should know that before coming to your Third Hospital, I went to the Second Hospital first, right?"
Olenna pursed her lips tightly, then nodded: "I know, otherwise you wouldn't come here by boat, brother."
"Then do you know why I have to go to the Second Hospital first?"
Olenna shook her head.
"I've convinced Tupac to join my band."
Olena's eyes widened little by little: "Tupac is..."
"The fifth tone of the golden level."
Olenna opened her mouth unconsciously: "Doesn't that mean..."
"Yes, we already have two Golden Level Yins." Phoenix said calmly, "And according to Tupac, he can also contact a Golden Level. There is a high possibility that he will join us. In this way... there will be three Yins."
Olenna had never expected that Phoenix would act so quickly.
Before the news of the ceremony was officially announced, he had already found three golden steps in advance.
In that case...
"Then I..." Olenna was about to speak.
But Phoenix interrupted him lightly: "If that's the case, why can you join my team when you are only at the Silver level? You must know how important this ceremony is to the Lawrence family."
Olenna was silent again.
And Phoenix was still speaking slowly.
"Unlike the time 20 years ago, this time there is no figure like the principal, so it is impossible to put together the Seven-tone Divine Song. Then, whoever can put together more golden sounds will have a greater chance of receiving the grace of the Lord of Holy Sound. The Lawrence family has been waiting for this moment for 20 years." Having said this, Finnis paused for a moment, then looked into Olenna's eyes again, and his tone gradually became colder. "And the two of us are the hope of the family... at least originally. We were both cultivated by the family with great efforts and concealed our strength. Logically, you should also be at the Golden Rank, so that before the ceremony begins, the Lawrence family will have two Golden Ranks, and then everything will develop in our favor."
"But you fell behind, my sister."
"It's because of your incompetence that we've ended up like this. If I hadn't found Tupac, the Lawrence family's ambitions over the past 20 years might have come to naught... Don't you have any shame at all?"
Olenna was about to lower her head to her chest, but she still tried to defend herself: "Brother, the seventh tone is the most difficult to achieve the gold level. I have tried very hard. Even if I didn't become the gold level, I would still be the first choice among the silver levels... If it weren't for that woman, we would never have..."
Before he could finish his words, a crisp slap was heard.
Olenna widened her eyes and looked at Phoenix in disbelief.
"You disappoint me so much, Olenna." Phoenix withdrew his hand and said in a calm tone, "That's why you can't become a gold rank... You don't have that kind of tolerance."
Olenna covered her cheek, looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar brother in front of her, and unconsciously took two steps back.
This was the first time Phoenix had hit her.
...How could this happen? When did it all start?
Clearly in her memory, Phoenix gave her a feeling as warm and friendly as the sun, which was why she liked Phoenix so much.
But suddenly one day, everything changed.
The sun changed from the morning sun in spring to the scorching sun in summer, and finally to a flame that could burn and hurt people.
When was it...Ah, she remembered.
It was after she lit up the musical note and confirmed that she would not become a golden level that her brother's attitude immediately changed, and it became even worse after he learned of Hevinia's existence.
Today, my brother's attitude towards Hevinia is the same as his attitude towards himself in the past.
Olenna bit her lips tightly. She wanted to say something, but Phoenix had lost his patience.
"I don't have much time to waste on you." Phoenix said coldly, "The ceremony hasn't officially started yet, I can't stay here for too long."
Olenna lowered her head: "I understand. I won't bother you."
"Bother me? Do you think you can stay out of this? No, Olenna, you have things to do too." Phoenix said calmly, "In a sense, I came here for you."
Come for me?
A glimmer of hope rose in Olenna's heart, but it was extinguished by Phoenix's next words.
"I heard that your relationship with Helvinia was not good." Phoenix said, "So I came to urge you to repair your relationship with her."
Olenna didn't react: "Repairing my relationship with her...how should I do that?"
"It's simple. You give in and apologize to her."
Phoenix's words left Olenna stunned for a while before she understood what Phoenix was talking about.
"I apologized to her?!" This was perhaps the most exciting moment for Olenna after meeting Phoenix. "Why?! I didn't do anything wrong! She and I..."
"Since you are her inferior," Phoenix said calmly, "it's that simple."
Olenna choked again.
She stared at Phoenix intently, her eyes turning red.
"This is what my father told me to do," Phoenix said. "Any questions?"
silence,
There was a long silence.
Olenna bit her lip, and the sweetness spread in her mouth bit by bit.
For a moment, Olenna felt that she should say something, do something, even rush up to Phoenix and punch him in the face would be better than just standing there.
But she did nothing, just stood there like a puppet.
"Any other questions?" Phoenix asked again.
"……there is none left."
"Very good." Phoenix nodded slightly, "Then you can leave."
Olenna nodded stiffly and turned to leave.
But when she put her hand on the door handle, she stopped.
Her body was shaking so much that she had to take several deep breaths before she could steady herself. Then, as if she had made up her mind, she looked back at Phoenix, gritted her teeth, and spoke word by word.
"Isn't it just the Golden Steps?"
"I will definitely become a gold rank, no matter...what the cost."
"Just wait!"
After saying this, Olenna suddenly opened the door, walked out of the room quickly, and then slammed the door shut.
From beginning to end, Phoenix didn't say a word. He just stood by the window, watching the angry Olenna run out of his lounge and quickly disappear in the white snow.
Then, he spoke softly.
"I didn't force you to do this."
…
Helvinia was also trotting in the snow.
Her brows were furrowed, as if she was thinking about something.
Then, she heard Bai Wei's lazy voice in her mind.
"You look troubled." Bai Wei said, "Is it because the prey suddenly appeared and you don't know how to bite it?"
"…I don't understand what you are talking about."
"Hevinia, it's already this late. Do we still need to play dumb about such a basic matter?" Bai Wei said, "People shouldn't lie to their own hearts."
"You mean, you are my heart?"
"At least I live here." Bai Wei said with a smile.
Hevinia pursed her lips, as if tacitly agreeing to her purpose of playing the seven-tone divine song.
But at the same time, it seemed like he didn't want to argue with Bai Wei.
Anyway, as long as we keep it ambiguous and don't give a clear statement, there will be room for maneuver no matter what happens next.
"Women should always remain mysterious and should not let men see through them easily."
This was what Hevinia heard two senior students talking about on the day of enrollment. She wrote it down and has been following it ever since.
Of course, it is not only used on men, but on everyone. After all, once your own purpose is seen through by others, it is easy to be controlled by others.
Especially for a completely unknown existence like Bai Wei, the last bit of...mystery should be preserved.
Bai Wei seemed to have no idea what Hevinia was thinking. He continued to talk to himself with great interest: "From your reaction, the young man named Phoenix should have been in your plan for a long time, but it is obvious that you are not ready to hunt him. Hmm... the word hunt seems to be quite descriptive."
"Pu was born with the ability to suppress sound, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to kill the real Hevinia."
"But this suppression power is not infinite. It was already the limit to deal with the original Hevinia, a young lady who had not even attended school for a day. But if you want to eat Phoenix, who is also a golden sound but has already fully matured, the suppression power of the spectrum is not that great. You can see it from the fact that you had such a hard time dealing with that guy who was only at the silver level last night."
"What you need is time, but what you lack the most is time, because the grand ceremony is here."
"But... I'm curious, Helvinia."
Hevinia felt a tug on her left hand. She subconsciously lowered her head and found that her middle finger had completely stood up, and her index finger and ring finger were bent and overlapped together. The overall feeling Hevinia gave was as if someone was holding his hands and looking at her with a smile.
"Even the big families and big forces in the Holy Sound don't think about playing the most perfect divine song. They just want to be better than others so that they can get the most from the grace of the Holy Sound."
"As for the ultimate grace of divine revelation obtained by playing the seven-tone divine music, no one wants to obtain it anymore."
"But you want it."
"What is it that you must play the seven-tone divine music to accomplish?"
Facing Bai Wei's naked question that seemed to shoot straight into her heart, Hevinia had to refute him: "Mr. Visas, these are just your guesses. I have always said that I just want to live."
"Ah, of course, this is just my guess." Bai Wei did not defend himself, but smiled and said, "Maybe in my eyes, you should be that kind of person, right?"
"I'm sorry to disappoint you," Helvinia said, "I don't have such ambitions... Come to think of it, I feel that your spirits have recovered a lot."
Bai Wei naturally heard Hevinia's "order to expel me", and he didn't pretend not to understand, so he smiled and said, "Indeed, my soul has almost recovered, but I still want to stay in your body for a while longer."
"Do you want to grow old with me?"
"Of course... not that long. If I must say, I just feel that something interesting is about to happen, and I want to see it from your perspective." Bai Wei said, "Of course, I'm not doing this for free, I will pay the rent."
As soon as Bai Wei finished speaking, Hevinia saw her index finger and ring finger separate, and then her thumb moved forward uncontrollably and pressed against the tip of her middle finger.
Helvinia raised her pretty eyebrows: "What does this mean?"
"This is the rent I pay you." Bai Wei said calmly, "Can you snap your fingers?"
"……meeting."
"When you are in trouble that you can't solve, just snap your fingers like this."
Bai Wei controlled two fingers and made a light "snap" sound.
At that moment, Hevinia felt a sudden tremor deep in her heart, and a powerful force spread from her two fingers, spreading to the surroundings in the form of waves, and even her music score began to become extremely irregular and disordered.
It's like someone is madly hitting the keys of a piano!
This has never happened before!
What kind of power is this?!
Hevinia was greatly shocked. Although she tried hard to keep her expression calm, her obviously abnormal eyebrows still exposed her current mood.
"What's this?"
"You can call it... [Termination]." Bai Wei chuckled and said, "You are Jinpu, your perception is better than that of ordinary people, so you should understand what it does?"
Helvinia was silent for a moment, then asked, "What's the highest level you can reach?"
"Given your physical condition, you can interrupt anything that is not a divine song."
Bai Wei said this lightly, and then he did not give Hevinia a chance to continue thinking, and slowly raised three fingers.
"three times."
"……What?"
"I said, I will pay you rent three times," Bai Wei said, "I allow you to use the power of this finger... three times. Of course, you can also not use it once, just like you said, be a stable person, but you can only use it three times at most."
...three times?
Hevinia's pupils narrowed slightly.
The three fingers were standing right in front of her. Although her intuition told her that using Bai Wei's power was not a good thing, but...
She whispered, "What will happen after three times?"
"Then you will need to give more, Miss Hevinia." Bai Wei slowly put down his finger, then chuckled and said, "Nothing in this world is free, right?"
"Think carefully about how you are going to use these three chances, Miss Helvinia."
(End of this chapter)
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