Serie embellished the fragmented information she knew, pouring it out vividly.
The core meaning hadn't strayed: those people had betrayed her for greater gain.
Billy's parents listened, their hearts pounding.
But as they heard the end, Billy's mother's eyes reddened, and she grabbed Serie's hand, shaking it vigorously: "I knew it! I knew my Billy was a good kid! Your aunt even mentioned on the phone that you… saved a lot of people back then! This is my rainbow pony!"
Bili's dad, standing nearby, pushed up his glasses, his back straightening a few inches: "Robbing a bank, an idea that could cost you your head, how could that be your doing? It must have been those scoundrels who came up with the terrible idea and forced you into it, wasn't it?"
His gaze was burning, with an eagerness to "clear his daughter's name."
"Uh…" Serie felt the back of her neck itch a little and instinctively scratched it.
Saving people was true, but the idea of robbing a bank…
How much the original Billy was involved… she really had no idea.
Meeting her father's eager "just say yes" gaze, her eyes wavered slightly.
She mumbled something vaguely in her throat as a response, quickly lowering her head to pretend to study the patterns on the tablecloth, afraid of giving herself away.
The bathroom door opened.
Lyley walked out, having haphazardly wiped her face, a small patch of her eye makeup smudged, like a dirty oil painting.
"So, according to you," she leaned against the doorframe, her voice a little hoarse, "all six of your 'good brothers' completely sold you out?"
She deliberately emphasized the words "good brothers" with full sarcasm, "Even Bewitching Fox?"
"Bewitching Fox?" Serie was genuinely bewildered, "Who?"
Lyley was stunned for a moment, then, as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world, her shoulders shook, and a truly hearty laugh rolled from her throat: "Ha! Hahahahaha! You really forgot her too? Now I have no objections."
Billy's parents exchanged a quick glance; it seemed their daughter's amnesia was quite severe, not only had she forgotten Lyley but also Bewitching Fox.
That's good… if she still remembered "Bewitching Fox" but forgot Lyley… the two of them secretly glanced at Lyley, not daring to imagine the scene.
"So," Serie felt a little unnerved by the laughter, digging for answers, "who exactly is Bewitching Fox?"
Billy's dad cleared his throat, "Ahem, well… a few months ago, didn't you join a… hmm… small group? Called the Wild Beast Gang."
"The people in it… all liked to use animals as nicknames." He counted on his fingers, "They were Fiery Lion, Greedy Jackal, Bewitching Fox, Deadly Viper, Evil Toad, and Multi-Armed Centipede."
"Wow… that's… quite chuunibyou-ish." Serie's mouth twitched uncontrollably.
It felt like a group of rebellious middle schoolers cosplaying as a gang.
It seemed these six "zoo escapees" were her mission targets.
"Tsk—" Lyley folded her arms and let out a short, cold laugh, "Seriously, Billy, I thought you'd be like this your whole life, but it turns out a bump knocked some aesthetic shame into you?"
Serie didn't know what she had done to provoke Lyley, so she simply pretended not to hear: "By the way, what's my code name?"
"Hmm…"
As soon as she spoke, the air suddenly became quiet.
After three suffocating seconds of silence.
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