The Psychotic Girl’s Revenge

The breaths he heard near his ear were anxious and hurried, amid the pouring rain.

Suddenly, Enrico’s chest ached intensely, and his tone changed abruptly. “Fine, I’ll live a long life.”

If he doesn’t live long, how can he protect her for a lifetime?

With this, Paige still didn’t speak, but the hands clutching his neck loosened noticeably.

“……”

Enrico paused for a moment, a hint of a smile unconsciously appearing at the corners of his mouth.

Alright then.

He felt a bit more at ease.

“This way.”

Enrico stopped again under a narrow eaves, turning sideways to let her shelter from the rain.

Paige shone the flashlight on the house number. It wasn’t the one. She pointed the flashlight towards a few small houses in the distance. “Let’s check over there.”

It took nearly three hours to find the place. What appeared before them was a very dilapidated house, almost a hazard. The sound of the rain leaking through the roof indicated that it was indeed leaking.

“No key,” Paige said.

“Bang!” Enrico raised his leg and kicked the door open with force, solving the problem violently.

Paige turned on the light switch on the wall. The overhead light was an old, glaring fluorescent lamp. The furniture inside was simple and mismatched, clearly second-hand from a market.

In such an environment, Arjun said he’d lived long enough.

“Which room?” Enrico asked.

“The basement.”

In such poor conditions, Arjun couldn’t afford the rooms above.

What kind of life has he been living this year?

As Paige spoke, Enrico walked towards the stairs. A middle-aged man, wearing only underwear and with a disheveled appearance, stumbled out of an adjacent room, cursing, “What’s that noise… Is the door broken again?”

Seeing two people inside, the man was startled.

Enrico looked up, seeing the man’s exposed and disgusting attire. He kicked a nearby stool towards him with a murderous glare. “Get out!”

The middle-aged man was thrown against the wall by the kick. Terrified by Enrico’s menacing gaze, as if facing a butcher in the rain, he scrambled back into his room and shut the door, too scared to come out.

Enrico carried Paige down the stairs and kicked open the basement door.

Paige turned on the light while on his back and was surprised. Although the furniture here was old, it was clearly well-maintained and warm. A white lace tablecloth covered the table, and everything was clean and tidy.

A small bed with a neatly folded blanket occupied one corner. The walls were covered with various photos.

All of them were of a couple.

Photos of Arjun and his girlfriend, showing them close and affectionate.

“He has a woman?” Enrico also noticed.

“Yes,” Paige replied.

Enrico’s chest relaxed even more, and he asked, “Where’s the candy?”

“Under the third tile from the left in the southwest corner,” Paige said.

Arjun must have anticipated that something like this would happen. Fearing that if he died, the disordered tenants would come and take the candy meant for her, he hid it very well.Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

She wanted to get off Enrico, but he said, “I’ll get it.”

Paige didn’t refuse and told him, “Then put me down by the bed.”

They were closest to the bed now. The bed was clean and neatly made. Arjun wasn’t a messy person even in the slums.

He had carried her for over three hours and needed a rest.

Enrico turned and set her down on a chair by the table, making sure she didn’t touch another man’s bed.

Paige didn’t think much of it and watched the southwest corner. Enrico, in his wet clothes, walked over and pulled a cabinet aside. The tiles on the floor were indeed loose.

He crouched down, lifted the third tile, revealing a drawer-sized hole with a padlocked iron box inside.

Enrico took the iron box out and placed it on the table.

Paige looked at the somewhat rusty iron box and touched the padlock with a complicated expression.

“Don’t know the combination?” Enrico asked, glancing at her.

“Arjun didn’t say, but he knew I could figure it out,” Paige said.

Since it was meant for her, the numbers must be related to her.

She thought for a moment and turned the combination lock to the date they met.

With a click, the padlock opened.

Enrico’s face darkened. “You really know him well. If I set a password for you, what would you guess?”

Always comparing.

Paige looked at him, her lips tinged with a faint blood color. “The day you brought me back.”

“Wrong, the day before.” Enrico snorted coldly. “If I hadn’t brought you back, would I be standing in this rain for so long?”

“……”

Paige remained silent, aware that his mood was worsened by the rain. She opened the iron box in front of her.

Inside was a whole box of candy, various kinds, big and small, with different flavors.

She thought that Arjun must have bought every kind of candy he had ever seen for her.

Paige picked up a piece, it was even past its expiry date. He had been buying candy for her ever since he started earning money, and he never stopped for a year…

She grabbed a handful of candy, biting her lip tightly as the taste of blood rose again in her throat.

What use was buying so much candy if he never came to find her?

Paige bit her lip, put down the candy, and suddenly noticed a different color beneath the candies. She reached in, cleared away some candy, and found a notebook.

She took it out; it was a thick notebook.

Opening it, she saw it was Arjun’s diary.

Arjun had grown up on Wind Island, knew few words, and his handwriting was poor, crooked, like that of an elementary school student.

Enrico stood behind her, leaning over, his arm around her shoulder, his face almost touching hers, watching as she flipped through the diary-

Some year, some month, some day.

[Little Paige, I washed dishes all day today and finally managed to buy a diary.

Am I impressive? I actually swam back to the mainland, and I successfully avoided the electric grid!

The mainland is completely different from Wind Island. It’s so big, with skyscrapers everywhere, and the ground is covered in white lines. I didn’t know how to walk and got hit by a car today. People scolded me for being blind.

The mainland has its flaws. In Wind Island, we don’t scold people. When we’re angry, we just fight until someone dies.

Little Paige, wait for me. Once I make a lot of money, I’ll buy a big ship and come back to Wind Island to get you.]

This was a diary written for her, recording the little things.

“He really missed you that much?” Enrico glanced at her, feeling nauseous.

“……”

Paige remained silent, continuing to read. Enrico suddenly turned away and cleared his throat.

Paige looked at his rain-soaked face, thought for a moment, and closed the diary. “Let’s go back.”

“Let’s go!” Enrico was pleased with this response.