Magic lantern ——1

" And lastly, I will like to thank my school and my headmistress for guiding me."

A woman dressed in a pale blue dress was standing in the middle of the crowd while holding a bouquet with yellow and pink flowers stacked neatly inside it with a blue cover and a pink ribbon tied around it.

With her bright smile and the light which was glowing on top of her, she looked like a star, the brightest one at that.

While she was the one who was shining brightly, the rest who did not have the opportunity to shine like her were watching her being surrounded by reporters and the ones who wanted to interview her on their television show.

" She is so young but already so talented," the florist who was selling the white roses to the young woman who came to buy a pot of them couldn't help but sigh as she looked at the television which was sitting on the side of her desk as she stared at Lu Biya who was smiling while flashing her bright white teeth to the world as the reporters crowded her, looking like she was made for such things.

Xua Ying Yue turned to look at the television, she had listened to the entire speech which Lu Biya gave just now and she was already aware of the fact that not one word of that speech was written by her but still, she was being treated as a young, budding talent who was going to bring glory to the country.

" Yes, she is," Xua Ying Yue smirked as her eyes fell on Su Meirong who was standing beside Lu Biya with a brilliant smile on her face as she told the world, how excellent Lu Biya was and how her writing was something that she adored and admired as the stories which were written by Lu Biya brought light to her dark thoughts.

' She really knows how to butter someone up, look at Lu Biya, she looks like she will pass out from all the praise,' Xua Ying Yue thought in her head as she looked at the two young girls who were enjoying the attention.

The florist did not hear the mocking note in Xua Ying Yue's voice, she thought that she was agreeing with her and sighed before ringing up the pot of white roses for Xua Ying Yue and said, " It is just unfair, those who are rich have millions of resources and thus they can reach the top with ease, I think that she does not even deserve this hoo-hah, she had teachers and what not, if she cannot even do this with her luck, is she not useless?"

" And those who are poor like us, they have nothing, we can only stare at them like some peasant looking at their king, it's annoying, don't you think? I mean if I was that rich, I could have done the same thing!"

Xua Ying Yue did not wait to listen to the florist's remarks about how her life was not good enough and then picked up the pot before she turned around and walked out of the shop after paying.

As she stepped out of the shop which sold flowers with the white roses bush in her hand, a mocking smile etched on her lips.

' Those who are poor can only look up to people like her.'

Though Xua Ying Yue did not agree with the words of the woman who said that people like them cannot do anything lest they were given the resources, Xua Ying Yue did admit that she was right about one thing —— those who were born with power cannot be defeated by those who were born in rags.

With her hands empty, right now she can only watch Lu Biya climb up the stairs of success while carrying the magical lantern upon which she worked hard without stumbling and creating a world which belonged to her and no one else but —-

" Keep shining hard, Lu Biya …because the day you reach the top, I will be there to drag you down with me," Xua Ying Yue muttered as she leaned back and tilted her head while looking at the moon which was hidden in the clouds.

The lantern which Lu Biya was holding will one day lose its magic and the entire world that Lu Biya had made with the magic which did not belong to her will start crumbling bit by bit because the last wicker was in her hands.

Xua Ying Yue raised her hand and then covered the top of her eyes as she stared at the moon with a smile playing on her lips, " I would love to see whether or not you will be able to smile as brightly as you did tonight, Lu Biya when that fortunate day comes."

But for now, she will let that girl enjoy the sweetness of success for a few more years.

….

" White roses?" Xua Yenay looked at the pot of white roses which was sitting under the old shed which was empty till now outside their room and then turned her gaze at Xua Ying Yue who was standing in front of the pot of white roses. " Why did you buy them?"

" Nothing, I thought that the shed looked empty and there is nothing to do these days in this new city which I don't know about, which was why I thought that buying a few flowers to take care of should take my mind off things," replied Xua Ying Yue as she turned to look at Xua Yenay and smiled softly.

When Xua Yenay heard Xua Ying Yue's response, she felt a bit guilty. It was her negligence, she should have allowed Xua Ying Yue to go out and look around the town but she was worried about her sister getting into trouble again with that Qi girl which was why she asked her to stay inside the room.

Now that she thought about it, she was indeed in the wrong. It was that girl who was in the wrong so why did she ask her sister to stay inside?

Xua Yenay who trusted her sister a bit too much did not even know that just now she was played by Xua Ying Yue.