Chapter 1986
Chapter 1986: My Name Is Daisy Deacon (4)
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"What’s wrong with her?" As soon as she saw her leave, Flossie Wright frowned and asked Ice.
"Silvery sent her over," Ice answered truthfully.
"For what?"
"To stay here for a few days to investigate Andrew’s clues."
"Oh," Flossie replied nonchalantly, her fingers playing with a cup as she casually glanced at him, "Speaking of which, it’s been a while since you’ve given me any news about Andrew?"
"No news." Ice’s expression became slightly stiff.
"Really?" Flossie’s narrow eyes flashed with a cold smile.
"Yes." Ice insisted on maintaining the lie.
Slamming the cup down hard, Flossie leaned closer to Ice, resting her elbow on the table, "What did Silvery tell you?"
"Nothing." Facing her approach, Ice frowned and replied rather coldly.
Flossie looked at him seriously, "If you care about me, you have no reason to hide anything from me."
With a slight frown and after a moment, Ice spoke nearly helplessly, "You need to heal."
"Fine, that’s an answer." Flossie raised an eyebrow, seemingly ending the topic, but then changed the subject, making Ice’s scalp tingle, "I’m healed now, so what’s next?"
"..." Ice was speechless, "I’ll give you the clues later."
Flossie finally smiled with satisfaction.
"One more thing," her fingers lightly tapping on the table, Flossie got straight to the point, "Belinda Nichols told me you’re her real brother, and she doesn’t want you involved in her affairs. I’m relaying this message, but I’m very curious about the two of you."
Flossie spoke very succinctly, but her meaning was clear.
First, the message she delivered was obvious: Belinda does not want her brother to interfere in anything related to her, but it actually has nothing to do with Flossie.
Second, she wants to know about Belinda and Ice’s situation, why siblings were separated, why Ice became a Mercenary while Belinda is in the Forces, and why Ice does not appear in Belinda’s family records.
She wants to know this for two reasons.
One, as Belinda’s Captain and friend, she has an obligation to find out about the "real brother" who appeared out of nowhere. Two, having spent such a long time with Anonymous, and having collaborated with Ice, the fact that this man is a sibling to her friend means she simply must investigate.
"What do you want to know?" After a moment of silence, Ice asked.
"Whatever you can tell me that I don’t know," Flossie smiled slightly.
Ice gave her a chilly glance.
Flossie remained composed.
Facing someone like Flossie, neither Ice nor Belinda ever had a way to handle them.
This kind of person never crosses your boundaries but states their demands clearly; you can do whatever you can, but often what you fear most is not meeting her satisfaction.
Even knowing you won’t be able to, she won’t mind, yet you’re still afraid.
Ice didn’t continue to drag it out and honestly told Flossie the story.
Ice and Belinda are siblings, with him being five years older, but the family was quite superstitious. Ice’s birth was considered bad luck for the Nichols family, leading to countless misfortunes. When Ice was eight, they sent him to live with relatives.
That arrangement lasted five years.
Of course, the Nichols family wasn’t entirely heartless and visited him often, especially Belinda, who loved following her brother around since childhood.
If life had continued this way, Belinda and Ice’s fates might have been completely different.
Unfortunately, Ice killed someone and escaped.
Relatives were often bullied, and Ice accidentally killed someone while trying to help. Though his age at the time spared him legal punishment, he had angered a local gangster with powerful connections, so he couldn’t let the blame fall on his relatives and began his life on the run.
Initially, Ice thought of returning, but after being exposed to the dark side of society for too long, he found himself deeper and deeper in, until he eventually couldn’t turn back. Later, he chose to go abroad, unexpectedly joining a Mercenary Corps and stumbled upon Gavin’s interests, resulting in a massacre that left only Ice standing.
Afterwards, Ice gradually got to know others like him who shared a blood feud with Gavin, and they established Anonymous. Yet he hadn’t expected the twist brought by someone like R shortly after Anonymous was formed.
For the sake of everyone’s survival, Anonymous began to shift its focus.
Ice recounted the later events briefly and concisely, without personal emotions.
However, by the end, Flossie realized that Ice never once mentioned his original name from start to finish.
After listening, Flossie didn’t press him for his true name.
Just as Ice chose not to return to the Nichols family, neither the person he was nor the one he is now can ever go back.
It’s fair to say that the moment he chose to flee, he shut the door to a normal life.
Flossie had a faint sense that Belinda’s decision to join the Forces might be related to her brother.
When you face many powerless situations, your first thought is to become stronger, to a point where no one can move you.
Just as Ice finished speaking, Flossie was about to say something when a figure burst in from outside.
"Half an hour’s up," Daisy Deacon swaggered in and, upon reaching Flossie’s side, grabbed her shoulder with one hand, challenging Ice with a raised eyebrow, "I’m borrowing this R of yours."
With that, Daisy began pulling Flossie out!
— End of Chapter 1986 —