Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 591 Cheating

"The price of doing so will be a bitter one that you cannot afford and that you will definitely regret."

"..."

Sun Qin swallowed hard and cautiously turned her head to look at Wu Huimin.

Wu Huimin's expression seemed to change briefly, and her ten fingers slid rapidly across the black and white piano keys for a while before the intense piano music instantly resounded throughout the dance floor.

When the piano music started, He Lingling and Shi Yuan, who were cleaning, subconsciously turned around and looked at Wu Huimin and the other two who were sitting by the piano.

"what happened?"

Shi Yuan frowned. "They've started practicing?"

"..."

He Lingling glanced at Sun Qin's pleading eyes that kept looking over, sighed, and continued wiping the table.

"Not yet. If they were really going to start practicing, would Sun Qin still have time to give us meaningful glances?"

Shi Yuan remained silent for a moment.

That's true, she should just "put in a little more effort" and keep mopping the floor for now.

On this exhibition stand, Mr. Yao was clearly startled by Wu Huimin's sudden piano playing and questioned her with a grim expression.

"What are you doing? I just asked you a question, why are you so aggressive?!"

"Just playing around."

Compared to the furious Mr. Yao, Wu Huimin tilted her head nonchalantly, looked at the restless Sun Qin beside her, and said:

"Qinqin, tell Brother Yao, do we pianists sometimes feel like playing a piano when the mood strikes and there's one in front of us?"

Sun Qin: "..."

Her lips twitched slightly, and she nodded in agreement: "...Although it sounds a bit strange, Mr. Yao, we really will do that."

...At this point, Sun Qin wouldn't dare to embarrass Wu Huimin unless she's thinking straight. After all, she and Wu Huimin have a "relatively good" relationship now, and it's just a matter of saying a few words; she might as well go along with it... Besides, some people who study music will indeed play a piece or sing when the mood strikes...

This doesn't count as lying.

After quickly comforting herself, Sun Qin looked at Mr. Yao with unusual calmness.

She didn't lie.

Mr. Yao: "..."

His expression turned somewhat grim after receiving Sun Qin's affirmative answer, but he didn't say anything more.

"...I'll just say one more thing."

Mr. Yao looked at Wu Huimin, who was still smiling, and his gaze lingered for a moment on the corner of her mouth, which was clearly bruised, before he quickly looked away as if he had been burned.

"Think carefully about what I told you last night."

"Huimin, you are a smart girl."

After saying this, Mr. Yao gave Wu Huimin a deep look, then turned and strode away.

"..."

Beside the piano, Wu Huimin, who had been smiling, slowly relaxed her lips and stared expressionlessly at Mr. Yao's departing figure.

Sun Qin, who was standing next to her, felt her hands and feet start to get cold. Despite her fear, she carefully touched Wu Huimin.

"Huimin, what did Mr. Yao mean by what he just said?"

Sun Qin felt uneasy about He Lingling and Shi Yuan going out together last night, not because of the two of them... but because of herself.

She's not some useless cripple, so why did she feel justified in hiding in her room and not going out just because she was scared?

She should have gone out!

Thinking about this, Sun Qin felt she should be bolder, at least she could subtly inquire about a little bit of something...

"……What's the meaning?"

Wu Huimin, who was standing next to Sun Qin, repeated Sun Qin's words word by word and then burst out laughing for no reason.

The sudden laughter startled Sun Qin, who thought she had said something wrong. She stared at Wu Huimin's face, too afraid to move, ready to run away at any moment.

Who knows if Wu Huimin, who seems normal to the little girl, might suddenly snap and bite her a few times?

Sun Qin was still a novice player and didn't have enough points to repair her injuries...

"Actually, there's nothing that can't be said."

Surprisingly, after laughing, Wu Huimin started rewriting the sheet music, saying casually:

“Brother Yao said last night that I was too disobedient. He said that the reason I was beaten was because I was disobedient and always thought about saving face with my words, which is why the guests beat me.”

"so."

Wu Huimin lowered her eyes, changed the tune to one she didn't like, and said softly:

"Brother Yao told me to be obedient, to say things the guests like to hear, and to do things the guests like to do... even if it means doing or saying things that insult my dignity, my body, or my character, I have to obey. Only that, only that..."

Wu Huimin's voice grew softer and softer, while the pressure she applied to the sheet music increased, and the "shush-shush-shush" sound of the pen tip rubbing against the paper grew louder and louder.

"...that way, I won't get beaten up."

Sun Qin's pupils trembled as she listened, recalling the brief conversation He Lingling and He Lingling had exchanged after returning to their room last night... She found it difficult to comprehend for a moment.

One-sided beatings are wrong in themselves, without any justification.

As a former victim of assault, Sun Qin understands this kind of thing very well.

"……wrong."

Sun Qin suddenly grasped Wu Huimin's hand, which was repeatedly applying the ointment, and said with a trembling voice:

"This is not right, this is not right."

"He's here, Mr. Yao. Mr. Yao is lying to you."

"...Liar me?"

As her hand was held, Wu Huimin slowly turned her head. Her pupils, which appeared dim under the light, seemed to dilate slightly, looking somewhat dazed and bewildered.

"Why would Brother Yao lie to me?"

"He kept telling me that as long as I obeyed, as long as I continued to fight against those guests, as long as he found... as long as he had the chance, he would definitely send me off the ship and give me enough money to finish my studies..."

“Every time I got beaten up, Brother Yao would come to my rescue. He would take the beatings for me, beg for mercy for me, and kneel down and kowtow to those disgusting customers on my behalf… That’s Brother Yao, that’s Brother Yao…”

"How could he possibly lie to me?"

"..."

Wu Huimin's voice grew louder and louder, so loud that He Lingling and Shi Yuan, who were busy mopping the floor and wiping the table not far away, looked over.

Sun Qin's face turned pale. She stared at the beautiful, delicate, and bewildered face that belonged to Wu Huimin, and for a moment she was speechless.

"Qinqin?"

Wu Huimin's face was close to hers, and the heavy smell of blood and ointment mingled in their breaths, creating an indescribable stench of decay between them.

"Why aren't you saying anything? Tell me, tell me why Brother Yao lied to me? Why did he lie to me?"

"..."

Sun Qin looked at Wu Huimin, who was getting closer and closer to her, and opened her mouth helplessly.

What should she say?

"wrong!"

Was Wu Hui's neck like this from the beginning?

When they saw that Wu Huimin's head had been twisted to a state that was impossible for a human to reach.

He Lingling was the first to notice something was wrong, quickly threw down the rag in her hand and ran towards the booth.

Shi Yuan threw down the mop in his hand, frowned, and followed.