Chapter 1221 A Reminder
Lory quickly grabbed Zhao Li Xin's hand and then smiled with a pleading look so Zhao Li Xin not be angry. Cannot win against his wife Zhao Li Xin control his uncontrollable qi only then did the tension in the air gradually ease. The man immediately takes a deep breath as he is finally able to breathe again however, he is utterly traumatized by Zhao Li Xin's 'subtle' threat The man stares at Zhao Li Xin with silent horror.
Luckily, the sexy bunny waitress came to serve drinks but she didn't notice the tense atmosphere but she was dumbfounded by Jason's terrible expression. "Jason, why do you look so pale? I told you to drink less, honey?" The sexy bunny waitress put down the drink while looking at him with concern.
Lory tilted her head with a playful smile "Jason?"
Jason snapped back from his shock. He tried to remain calm but his knee juddered under the table no matter how hard he tried to stop on the contrary the man that just terrorized him beforehand had turned his attention back on his cell phone again as if nothing had happened.
His calm and detached demeanor made his chest tighten Jason subconciously swallowed nervously and felt certain that this man was very dangerous and he should not mess with this person.
"I'm fine," he said to the bunny waitress.
The waitress still worries but she doesn't want to bother him, "Okay take it easy baby?"
Jason forced a smile that he felt awkwardly the problem of drinking was known by strangers but he realized that this was not a servant's fault because he and everyone who had worked in that place had caught him passed out on the table and one time they had to call an ambulance because he drank too much until he got severe alcohol poisoning.
Lory pretended that she didn't know anything and continued her business, "So can you find Ethan Hamilton?"
Lory had estimated that there would be many people who were looking for Ethan, therefore she asked Jason's help who according to Garrof had quite good ability. Although the chances are small but perhaps by some luck she can find Ethan first.
"Jason is just an alias....just like you" he quipped but then he got anxious he would ruffle the scary man's feathers again, fortunately, the scary man was unbothered by his comment.
Lory scoffed while casually stirring the iced tea with the straw "I don't care, I prefer calling you Jason rather than your other alias"
"But.." Jason immediately clamped his mouth because the scary man beside had shifted his eyes back at him again.
'Stop looking at me!' Jacon cried inwardly.
An icy current went up and down his spine, Jason didn't want to be in this place with this scary man anymore, hence he cleared his throat then quickly said: "Whatever, I accept your assignment, I will call you in two days!"
"Good~" Lory raised her glass of iced tea to encourage their cooperation and then drank it but a second later she spat the drink back into the glass "Yuck!" Lory shuddered, she forgot all the drinks in this place were mixed with alcohol even tea and juice.
Lory's eyes became watery from bitterness, Zhao Li Xin quickly patted Lory's back and then opened the Mineral Bottle for Lory to drink while continuing to stroke her back. Jason couldn't believe the dotting man before him was the same man who threatened him with murderous intent.
All of a sudden there's a high cheers downstairs. The dj on the booth suddenly paused the music and then shouted "Ladies and Gentleman we got Miss Bella Quinn in the house today let's give her big applause!"
Everyone clapped their hands and cheered loudly while the woman appointed sat on the VIP table waving her hand elegantly. The woman called Bella gives a flying kiss to her fans and her fans roar in excitement. Lory looked at the woman who sat far away from their corner table with knitted brows, for some reason, Lory felt she had seen that woman before.
"Is she an actress?" Lory asked Jason.
"Yeah," Jason confirmed.
"Is she famous?" Lory thought she might have seen her on television or website news.
Jason shrugged indifferently, he was not interested in celebrities at all. "Almost after the Dark Ages war, people were so desperate for any kind of entertainment as an escape from grieve and trauma that this profession became more booming than doctors, farmers, and soldiers, especially the last two years..." he looked at the people worshiped the woman with disgust.
"You don't like celebrity Jason?" Lory looked at him with surprise. He thought a man like him would like a beautiful woman like Bella Quinn.
Jason raked his fingers through his silver metallic hair "Nah, my problem is with the people who worship these celebrities even though this profession gives the least contribution to society during and after the Dark Age war, yet these people worship them like a god, heck if they wanted to worship someone they can worship the Lucient family, like princess Lorient instead"
Lory shrinks her neck "You like her too?"
Now it was Jason who looked at Lory in shock, "You are not?!"
Lory spread her hands "I don't know, I heard rumors about her running away from L'Markieth thus leaving her people alone, there was also a rumor she was a stuck-up snob that's why she refused to use her healing gift to help the commoner, also..."
"Stop it!" Jason unconsciously slams his hand on the table which attracts a few people nearby.
Lory's brows shoot up in surprise and so does Jason, panic surges within him. Jason looked nervously at Zhao Li Xin but against his expectation the man remained indifferent as if he didn't hear what he was saying. Jason didn't know why the scary man let his behavior slide but he was relieved nonetheless.
However, unbeknownst to Jason behind the mask the corner of Zhao Li Xin's lips curls upward. Jason doesn't realize he has won a favorable point in Zhao Li Xin's eyes.
Lory was amused, she propped her chin and smiled "You really like her, huh?"
Jason's face turned red as he blushed like an innocent boy. "He saved me when I was fifteen years old, I was left alone by my so-called 'friends' to become bait for the Demon Beasts, I was supposed to die that day but Princess Lorient saved me..." Jason's eyes look down in melancholy as he remembers the past but he quickly collects himself and says: "...And she used her gift of healing to save me even though she also was injured quite badly, she didn't even hesitate to save me....so..." he swallowed the next words then lift his beer glass then finished it in one gulp.
From the corner of his eyes, Zhao Li Xin stares at the side of Lory's face. Just from the story Zhao Li Xin could imagine Lory covered with wounds and brush helping other people as if she was obligated to do so, Zhao Li Xin shifted his eyes back to his phone screen though he didn't pay attention to whatever was on his phone.
"Okay then, thanks for your cooperation, I'll wait for the good news!" Lory suddenly got up from the chair then she stretched out her hand.
Jason subconsciously reaches for her hand as if he is hypnotized he only realizes when they are handshakes. Jason held his breath under Lory's glittering eyes suddenly he felt he had seen those eyes before...a long time ago.
"Oh, just a word of advice, you better reduce your drinking habits if you feel indebted to her, don't let her gift go to waste" There was an inexplicable smile on her face that Jason failed to comprehend. She tightened her grip before finally letting go of his hand.
Jason watched her figure walk away. Jason then looked at his hands and a distant memory suddenly hit him like lightning in broad daylight. It was a long night of fighting as usual, he was sure he would die as the beast fodder but then a woman with wide, snow-white wings appeared out of nowhere.
Her bluish hair flutters on her shoulder and her purple eyes sparkle as if all the stars in the sky gather in her eyes. The woman's body and face were covered with blood and scars, and all of her clothes were tattered and covered with dirt even so in his eyes, she was and still till this day is the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.
The purple light blinding his sight and the torturous feeling that tormented him gradually disappeared and then was replaced by a comfortable sensation after which amidst his unconsciousness he heard a voice saying: "Don't waste my gift boy, live on..."
He doesn't know how he could forget these words, is it because those beautiful memories were buried under numerous trauma, heartache, loss, and pain he experienced during that dam* war, and for so long he was consumed by his own pain and misery until he forgot that the life he had now was a 'gift' from someone who sacrificed herself to protect him and the others, so how could he waste his life like this? Doesn't that mean he's being ungrateful to his benefactors?
Another waitress came, she found the chair empty and Jason was alone then the waitress noticed Jason's empty glass "More bir sweetheart?"
Jason stared at his empty glass for a moment then shook his head, "No...I think I'm going to quit..."
The waiter's eyebrows rose in disbelief and Jason could only smile dryly.
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