Chapter 34: Mei: Yes, I like Bai Ge (Please add the new book to your collection)

(Can't break free...)

Trying hard a few times but with no effect, Mei's face looked ugly, but she was no longer the crybaby who would only cry when bullied a month ago.

"Although I don't know what your goal is, this kind of thing is meaningless. Even if you tie me up, you won't get any ransom."

"... Raiden Mei, what is your hand touching? Is it this phone?" The girl smiled and threw Mei's phone to the ground.

Although she wasn't professional at kidnapping, most of Cocolia's subordinates had dirty hands and were very skilled at it.

Mei, who had wanted to secretly use her phone to call for help, looked ugly and bit her lower lip nervously.

"You aren't still expecting Bai Ge and the others to come save you, are you? Haha, don't worry, they won't be able to find you. By the way... you two are actually a fake couple, right?"

"!!!"

Because of her twisted jealousy toward Mei, this girl observed things most meticulously, and as a result, she noticed the two's fake couple relationship.

"This expression looks like I guessed right, but... it seems there's more to it. If I haven't guessed wrong, although Bai Ge hasn't fallen in love with you, our Miss Raiden Mei has truly given her heart, right?"

"Hahaha, how funny! How does it feel? Raiden Mei, who has been omnipotent since childhood, is this the first time you've encountered this kind of unrequited feeling?"

"You don't think you're the only special one, do you? Recall carefully, besides yourself, isn't there another person Bai Ge is also very good to?"

"That is your other companion, Kiana Kaslana. You like Bai Ge, but maybe the person he likes is your other friend?"

The girl said with a manic laugh. She really wasn't spouting nonsense; after all, Bai Ge's care and protection for Mei could be explained by his sympathy overflowing because her situation was so tragic.

But being so 'doting' toward Kiana as well was baffling. That unreasonable, seemingly innate favor looked to outsiders as if Bai Ge had fallen for Kiana.

As soon as these words were spoken, Mei clenched her small hands.

The girl's face showed joy. She wanted to sow discord between the three. No one knew better than her how fragile friendship was.

A little bit of suspicion and jealousy was enough to destroy it completely, however...

"... I know what you're saying." Mei actually acknowledged it herself.

This reaction made the girl freeze.

"What?"

"Whether it's Bai Ge or Kiana, they are people as dazzling as the sun. I am just someone who was lucky enough to have a better birth and thus be sought after. Once that halo is gone, I will be just like this, no different from an ordinary person."

Precisely because she was a close friend of those two, Mei knew it clearly.

Bai Ge and Kiana were both very special people. Compared to them, the 'current' Raiden Mei seemed so ordinary and plain.

"I... might indeed have fallen for Bai Ge. It might indeed be as you said, that he actually has no interest in me and is only good to me out of sympathy. Maybe the person Bai Ge likes is Kiana."

Mei took a deep breath. There was no wavering or any negative emotion in her eyes.

"But, I won't give up!"

This was the first time in Mei's life she had such feelings for the opposite sex. The boy's appearance surfaced in her mind. Perhaps it was impossible not to fall for Bai Ge.

That boy became a warm light shining into her heart during Mei's darkest time. He was the Prince Charming of Raiden Mei, met as if by destiny.

"I might fail, I might be rejected, but I won't give up. I am no longer the crybaby Raiden Mei you can bully at will. Kiana and Bai Ge, they both taught me a very important lesson."

"Even if complaining about this world is useless, if it's for my important companions, I will face everything strongly! I will never betray our friendship!"

Mei said with a firm expression.

It was good that she had plenty of time. Perhaps the current Bai Ge didn't have those kinds of feelings for her, but Mei believed that with time, there would eventually be an opportunity.

And didn't the books say that to capture a man's heart, you must first capture his stomach? She seemed to have already achieved that.

"You! You! What exactly are you saying? Friendship? Where in this world is there such a thing!"

"…………"