Ling Yi remembered the first time he saw Poppy was when he first entered the Black Tiger Clan.
More than a dozen children were in a training room. They were all in pairs, practicing with each other.
She was the only one who stood alone in a dark corner, as if she was being ostracized, watching the others practice.
He was brought in front of her, and that person said to Poppy, "He's new. Guide him."
"Okay." Poppy's answer was short, and her gaze only lingered on him for a second before she looked away.
Later, Ling Yi found out that she wasn't being ostracized. She was the leader of this team, and these people were under her command.
Ling Yi was a street kid. He didn't know who his parents were. He was raised by a street kid, and when the street kid died, he became a street kid.
He wandered the streets every day. Sometimes he could get money, and sometimes he couldn't get anything. He could only pick up garbage to eat.
Being brought here by the Black Tiger Clan, he was able to eat and wear warm clothes. He didn't have any objections, but the training every day was a little painful.
Especially when he was training alone with Poppy, she was always very cruel, to him and to her.
He found that the people in the team were a little afraid of Poppy. They didn't eat or bathe with her.
He also often heard people talking about her in private. There were good and bad things, but Poppy didn't care. If she bumped into them, she would teach them a lesson. If she didn't, it was fine.
The first time Ling Yi had a conflict with the people in the team, it was because of Poppy.
One of the boys in the team said bad things about Poppy, and Ling Yi happened to see it. At that time, Ling Yi and Poppy were friends. Poppy would say a few more words in front of him, so he was very protective of Poppy.
When the boy said bad things about Poppy, he didn't even think about it and attacked.
This incident caused Poppy to be punished, and he and the boy were punished as well.
However, Poppy, as the leader, was not up to standard. She was punished much more severely than they were.
Ling Yi always remembered clearly that after he was punished, he went to find Poppy and saw a bloody person in the dormitory.
If she wasn't lying on her bed, he wouldn't have recognized it as Poppy.
He also remembered that it was the first time he cried since he became sensible.
Poppy lay on the bed as though she was dead. He felt for her pulse but it was so weak that he almost could not detect it.
The organization did not allow anyone to treat Ying Su, so Ling Yi could only wipe Ying Su's body and bandage her wounds himself. During that period of time, the weather was hot and cold, and Ying Su's wounds could not heal. One night, she had a high fever and was about to die. Ling Yi panicked and did not know what to do.
A girl on the bed next to his saw that he was crying so hard and whispered to him to find Hall Master Wu.
Hall Chief Wu was the one who had brought him before Poppy back then.
There were a total of six Hall Masters in the Black Tiger Hall. Hall Master Wu was one of the six Hall Masters.
Ling Yi didn't know if he could do it, but he still went.
He was just a child who had not officially become a member of the Black Tiger Clan. It would not be easy for him to meet the Clan Leader. He had asked around for a long time before he found out about Clan Leader Wu's itinerary. He had stopped him halfway and asked him to save Poppy.
He originally thought that Hall Master Wu would ignore him, but to his surprise, Hall Master Wu strode over in that direction as soon as he finished speaking.
With Hall Chief Wu around, Poppy was quickly sent to the hospital. But because he had left the training room without permission, he was punished for a long time.
By the time his punishment was over, Poppy had already been discharged from the hospital.
He dragged his tired body to see her. When he reached the door, he found Hall Chief Wu inside. He instinctively avoided him.
"Poppy, are you really not going to consider it?"
Hall Chief Wu blocked Poppy from inside. He could not see what was happening to her, but he could hear her voice.
"Hall Chief Wu, you know the rules of the organization better than I do." She was clearly just a child at that time, but she did not flinch in the face of a high-ranking person like Hall Chief Wu.
Hall Chief Wu snorted coldly. "As long as you are willing, I can let you leave the organization."
"Thank you for your kindness, Hall Chief Wu."
"Poppy, I will give you one more chance. You can come and find me if you regret it."
Hall Chief Wu left with those words and strode away. Ling Yi paced around outside for a long time. For some reason, he did not go in.
Later, he found out that Hall Chief Wu had always liked Poppy. It was just that Poppy's performance was extraordinary. There were people watching her from above, so Hall Chief Wu did not dare to act rashly.
He only found out about this after Hall Chief Wu died.
And Hall Chief Wu's death was related to him.
He still remembered that day when he went to look for Poppy. Before he reached her room, he saw people guarding it.
He recognized those people. They were the people around Hall Chief Wu.
Ling Yi had a bad feeling. He quickly went downstairs, went around to the back, and climbed up from the outside.
Poppy's room was on the third floor. When he climbed up, he happened to see the window. The curtains were not drawn. Through the window, Ling Yi saw Poppy lying unconscious on the bed. Hall Chief Wu was on top of her, unbuttoning her clothes.
Ling Yi's mind exploded. His mind was filled with murderous intent. It was probably at that time that he found out that he liked Poppy.
The bed was facing the inside, and Hall Chief Wu's back was facing him. In a fit of anger, Ling Yi climbed in through the window and stabbed Hall Chief Wu in the back.
Then, he jumped onto the bed and stabbed Hall Chief Wu in the neck. Blood spurted out and splattered on Poppy's face.
Hall Chief Wu was immersed in lust, so Ling Yi was able to get his hands on him. Normally, he would have been discovered before he even got close.
Ling Yi woke Poppy up, but Poppy did not panic at all. She only asked him to find another hall chief.
The six Hall Masters were at odds with each other on the surface and Poppy had used the other Hall Master who was at odds with Hall Master Wu to successfully fake the entire incident as Hall Master Wu had tried to rape her and she had killed Hall Master Wu in self-defense.
Although Hall Chief Wu's people had objections, they could only grit their teeth and swallow their blood under the rules of the organization.
They could go outside to find other women, but the girls in the organization were not to be trifled with.
Ling Yi and Poppy escaped, but from then on, Hall Chief Wu's people secretly targeted them.
In the end, no one dared to partner with them. Poppy and Ling Yi became fixed partners. Even if there were people secretly targeting them, under Poppy's leadership, their mission completion rate was far ahead of other teams.
He accompanied her through the darkest times, through life and death, but in the end, she fell in love with another man. He was still excluded from her world.
But he was not willing to give up. He would spend more time with her.
One day, she would forget that man and fall in love with him.
He would replace that man and become the most important person in her heart.
He could afford to wait.
When a person did not give up on you when you were at your worst, no matter what you became, he would not leave you. Then he might be able to accompany you through life and death.
— — Ling Yi
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