Abena felt nostalgia, and the tears she had managed to keep at bay began to rush out. She grips his shirt and began to weep. Her voice carrying a deep sense of sadness that the man could not feel.
He might be unfeeling with no human emotions but he only cared about her and knew what to do in such situations. It seems he really didnt waste his money on those expensive therapy sessions with Mrs Mo.
Her grip on his shirt became even stronger and she bit his shoulders lightly to muffle her own sound.
He pats her back and continued to hum the song as he let her cry. In the past, when he was studying at a prestigious university, there had been a foreign girl that liked him, and she had boldly confessed her feelings to him after a class. He had rejected her in his own way. A way he was later told was considered cold for someone who had feelings for him.
The girl couldn't take it and stood there crying. Bawling her eyes out while he just sat at his usual seat and calmly read a book. It was after that, the rumours of him being a psychopath started to ensue and somehow it followed him hack here.
Several years before, when he had just met Abena, she was being bullied by an older boy and he beat the boy up for her. With tears in her eyes, she had smiled at him and called him big brother. But later that night, some girls had picked on her and so she walked to him who was sitting outside and staring into the sky.
With clothes that had been half torn and filled with brown clay, she wipes her face with her dirty hands, further staining her face witat with. Her nose was running and at that moment, he found her more gross than anything else.
Back then she had stood there, looking like she came from a farm with one of her eyes swollen. Her little fingers reached out to him and pulled his sleeve.
"Big brother…"
He didnt say a word and just got on his feet so that he could stare down at her. Earlier when he had saved her, it was just because he didn't like the boys and has been looking for an opportunity to beat them. It was not that he did it because it was the right thing or anything good. So when she had come to find him after being bullied again, he got irritated and removed her dirty hands from his sleeves.
"Dont come and find me. I am not your big brother." He had coldly responded.
Abena raised her head to look into his eyes, the moonlight casted a soft glow on her face. Her puffed cheeks that was usually swollen from smiling too much was now swollen due to violence. Her eyes were misty and and lips began to tremble. She reaches out to grab hs sleeve again. With trembling lips she called out to him.
Again.
"Big brother…"
Back then Pei Shandgi couldn't believe himself. He couldn't believe what he had said next. "What is it?Tell me who did this and big brother will take care fo them." He thought later that he must have said it to get her off him and allow himself a peaceful night of star gazing. He had expected her to list names and all but instead, her trembling lips slowly began to turn wide and she bestowed him a genuine smile. Fat drops of tears started to roll down her plump face.
"Abena likes big brother. Big brother is nice to me." She then rushed to hug him with her dirty body.
He had stared down at the small bundle hugging his leg and something tugged at his heart. Hearing her cry while hugging him, he knew he wanted to do things to make her pain go away but he didnt know what to do. So he just stood there gazing into the sky while he let the little child hug him and cry her eyes out.
After that, she had follwoed him around and called him big brother and he had saved her from being bullied all the time. Although when he left two years later, he didnt really think what would become of her life after he left. Such emotions did not come to him and he didnt know why back then.
As he hummed her a song and patted her back, he felt the girl tremble slightly against his body. She sniffed in her tears and raised her head up. Leaning back to look into his eyes, she have him the same smile she had given him back then.
"Mr pei.." her voice was hoarse from crying and her face was puffed. With red eyes she poked his cheek. "You arent as bad as I thought."
He didnt know what that meant, and didnt bother asking but he didnt care. It sounded like a compliment him. "Ok." He continued to rub her back while giving her time to adjust her emotions.
"Dont mind me. I am quite emotional."
"I know." Of course he was well aware. Back then, she would cry over the slightest things and rush to him to save her.
"Mr Pei…" her voice was hesitant and she avoided looking into his eyes. "You… have a lot of money don't you?"
A mysterious smile appears on his lips and he adjusted her position so that she was now straddling him.
"Yes. A lot."
"Can I borrow some?" She leans closer and pressed her chest to his. "I will pay you back in other ways."
Pei Shangdi didnt know why, but the moment she spoke, he started to laugh. It was very rare for him to laugh except when he gave people sinister laughters that made ants crawl on their skin. This time it was a sincerely amused laughter.
Was she insinuating that she would sleep him in exchange for money?
"Is it funny?"
"Yes. Dont stress too much. There are better ways you can pay me back."
Better ways that includes the sex package as well. "How much do you need? 100 million?"
Abena eyes went wide. That much money? Even if she decides to sleep with him for the rest of her life, she didnt think she would be able to pay it back.
"Actually, I am good with a few thousand. How do i pay you back?"