Facing their respective women who were gleefully playing the game, Malcolm and Keith waited in silence for a while, being afraid to spoil their fun.
One of them touched his nose and looked at the moon in the sky, while the other fondled his wristwatch in boredom.
After standing and waiting for several minutes, they heard the voice of that game failure coming in.
Lyra and Melissa both sighed in disappointment and began to take stock after their defeat.
"Melissa, you should not be in the lower lane. You should come to the river to support me to end the opposite for bounty. It is more expensive than your last hitting. You still had a chance."
Melissa was very impressed, "Okay, let's start over next time. I'll follow your lead on this one, okay?"
The two hit it off and were about to reopen another round of game.
Malcolm cleared his throat.
Keith glanced at him and immediately followed him, which was louder than his.
The two young women looked up resentfully and saw that they had come to pick them up.
Lyra: "Honey, why did you come along?"
Malcolm stared at her, looked sullen and spoke in a gentle but disgruntled voice, "Look at the time. If I don't find you, are you not going to go home?"
Lyra turned off the game interface as an afterthought, looked at the time, and only to find that playing the game made her forget the time. It was already more than nine o'clock.
Night time was when it was the peak of her manic onset and it was indeed too dangerous to stay outside, not to mention that she did not want her family to worry about her. She had not told them yet.
If she played for a few more hours, Melissa will probably be frightened if she ventured to bump into her attack.
She put away her phone and looked at Melissa who was beside her in a serious manner, "Are you in a better mood now?"
Melissa nodded, "It was fun to play the game with you tonight, but ..."
Her face gradually lost its smile, and she quietly glanced at Keith's face which was not far away. Her uneasy fingers were stirring the hem of her shirt.
Mr. Keith will be angry if they got back tonight, right?
Keith was indeed very angry. She was a young girl and went to the wilderness late at night. He'll regret it if she met some bad guys. She did not have sense of safety at all
Seemingly the more he thought about it, the more he was angry. Keith took a few steps forward and clutched Melissa's wrist, "Come on, don't bother them. Let's go home."
He was so strong that Melissa clearly felt his anger, but she could not break free from his shackles and could only be led by him. She looked back to Lyra in fear and asked for help.
Lyra received her distress signal, but this was after all the affairs of the unmarried couple. She can't interfere, so she can only try to help and say, "Keith, Melissa's learning base is poor. Be patient. Give her more confidence. Don't hit her too hard. Go back and talk to her."
Keith replied with low voice, "Got it. I will."
After this answer, Melissa was forced by him to take his own limousine.
The roar of the limousine was tearing through the silence of the dark night, and the car disappeared into the moonlight in a walk of smoke.
Lyra sighed and was very worried about how Keith could properly coax Melissa.
Malcolm seemed to see what she was worried about, and coldly interrupted her thoughts with a voice, "Rara don't think about it. This is a matter between them. We can't control."
Lyra nodded. She was aware of that but she was still a little scared, "Keith looks so angry tonight. He's not going to fight with Melissa when he gets back, is he?"
"I don't think so." Malcolm stepped forward and gently took her hand, leading her back.
Lyra twisted her head to look at him, "How can you be so sure? You two came over together tonight. What did you talk about?"
Malcolm was silent for a while.
Luckily, there was nothing to talk about, except for asking Keith to deal with his own relationship, and leave him and Lyra's married life alone.
"Hmm? Why aren't you talking?"
"Nothing. I made small talk and told him to be gentle with the girls."
Lyra was reassured that since it was Malcolm's instructions, Keith would be able to listen to.
The two got into the car and headed back to Lyre Spiti.
Because of the late hour, they both had no intention of going upstairs and went straight to the basement as if it was the bedroom.
Before entering the basement, Lyra was a little worried, "Honey, if you accompany me to fight, can you do it? Will you get hurt? Would it be physically exhausting because you feel too tired? Is it really possible?"
The first few sentences were quite normal, but her last two sentences directly made Malcolm's eyebrows tighten.
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