Chapter 1 Prologue

  "Hey, I'm going to the restroom, will you come with me?" Jin Xiaoan couldn't bear it anymore, her face was burning hot and she didn't even have the appetite to eat.

  Qian Shi Nuo hadn't reacted yet, and vaguely agreed, "Oh, okay."

  After walking out of room 707, Jin Xiaoan didn't go to the bathroom. "Shi Nuo, it's too stuffy inside, let's go out for a walk?" Jin Xiaoan said with a sigh of relief.

  "Uh-huh, okay." Qian Shi Nu understood that Jin Xiao An was worried about something now, so he readily agreed.

  Just out of the KTV, Jin Xiaoan stopped in her tracks because she saw a familiar figure wearing a light blue denim shirt, a pair of casual black trousers, paired with a pair of black and white sneakers, hands inserted into the belt, simple and refreshing.

  Qian Xino was taken aback by Jin Xiaoan's sudden stop, "Xiaoan, why aren't you moving?" Only after taking a closer look did he notice Qian Bing standing under a tree, pacing back and forth.

  Qian Ze turned around and met Jin Xiaoan's worried gaze with an incredulous look in his eyes.

  Qian Shi Nu looked at the situation and instantly understood that he was just a 200 million volt light bulb. At this time, it would be better to leave quickly, "That Xiao An, I suddenly have something, so I'll go home first, you go home and be careful." Qian Shi Nu's brain heated up, and he casually made up a lie, then ran away without looking back.

  Before she could react, Qian Shi Nuo had already slipped out of the KTV.

  "Hey, kiddo, I'm telling you, sis has left first. You, send Xiaoyan back home later, got it?" Qian Shi Nu whispered to Qian Ze Bing's ear as he walked up to him.

  "Hmm." Chizuru's normal response made Chino a bit dazed, and for a moment she even touched her own ears to see if she had misheard, but she didn't stay stunned for long and soon disappeared through the door of Hi-Five 321.

  Qian Ze Bing saw Jin Xiao An standing still, not moving an inch. Unable to help himself, he took a step forward with his long legs and walked in front of her, "How much longer are you going to be dazed?" Qian Ze Bing's tone was not as stiff as usual.

  "I... how did you come?" Jin Xiaoan stuttered out a few words.

  "What's wrong, can't I come? How did you get out?"

  "It's not that, I... uh, it's too stuffy inside, so... I just pulled Shino out to take a walk." Jin Xiaoan had never been so ladylike in front of Qian Ze Bing before, nor had she ever been so nervous. Her speech was always smooth and unhindered, but today she was a bit abnormal.

  "Cough cough, then I'll accompany you for a walk." Chizuru Ice said with a twisted tone after clearing her throat twice.

  Jin Xiaoan's head lifted up, her eyes widened in disbelief, "Ze Bing, you said you're willing to accompany me for a walk?"

  "Alright, let's go."

  "Oh, okay." Jin Xiaoan gathered her excited heart and said calmly on the surface, rarely able to keep her cool in front of Qian Ze Bing.

  Qian Ze Bing and Jin Xiao An had just walked out of Huan Fei 321 when Jin Xiao An's phone rang.

  "Hey Xiaoan, you've been gone for so long, why haven't you come back yet?"

  "I went back with Shi No earlier, I wasn't feeling well, so... sorry about that, didn't get a chance to tell you." Jin Xiao An lied, and she felt a bit guilty herself.

  "Are you uncomfortable? Do you want me to call someone to send you back?"

  "Never mind, we've already hailed a taxi, so don't bother."

  "Oh, really? Alright, I know. You go home and get a good rest."

  "Uh-huh, fine, have fun by yourself." Jin Xiaoan said before hanging up the phone.

  "Phone in the pool?" Chizuru's voice was icy.

  "Uh-huh." Jin Xiao'an replied stiffly.

  "You're still lying." Chizuru's tone remained icy.

  Jin Xiaoan was left speechless by Qian Ze's words, so she remained silent.

  On the other end of the phone, Luo Chi stared at the dark screen, feeling downcast. He leaned against the wall, his hand holding the phone limp and lifeless by his side. He had just seen Jin Xiaoan follow Qian Ze out, and Jin Xiaoan had lied to him. His heart felt hollowed out, and his body slowly slid down.

  He crouched outside the compartment for a long time, then supported himself with his hands on the ground, and pulled himself up against the cold wall, making it look like it was so difficult. He stumbled back to compartment 707 step by step.

  Kai Mu's sharp eyes noticed that Luo Chi looked different from when he left, and he supported him to the sofa with a whoosh. "I'm asking you what's wrong?"

  "Not bad, haha, let's drink." Lu Chi raised a bottle of beer and took a swig.

  "At first I asked you to drink, but you didn't. Now why are you drinking so happily?"

  After hearing Kaimu's words, Rakuto stopped his actions. At first, he didn't drink because he thought that if he drank, he wouldn't be able to send Jin Xiaoyan home, so he kept refusing again and again. Now that Jin Xiaoyan had Chizuru with her and he was also refused, why not drink? "Now I want to drink, no need for so many useless words." Rakuto said somewhat irritably.

  "It's because of women again," Kaimu said, raising his wine bottle and taking a sip.

  "Maybe," Luo Chi said softly, only audible to himself, and continued with the act of drowning his sorrows in wine.

  On the bustling streets of C City, Jin Xiaoan and Senaka Akira walked quietly along the road...

  "Ze Bing, did you come here tonight just to wait for me?" Jin Xiao An asked with a lack of confidence, not knowing why she could imagine that Qian Ze Bing would definitely respond coldly and say no.

  "Yeah, I guess so."

  "Really? But what does that mean?" Jin Xiaoan listened to Qian Zebing's answer, although it wasn't what she had in mind, but somehow it didn't sound very comfortable either.

  "Don't think too much about it, I just...just passed by." Chizuru also had a stutter sometimes.

  "Hmm, is that so? It was just a coincidence that you were passing by, how lucky. " Jin Xiaoan smiled slyly, she knew Qian Ze Bing too well, he wasn't good at lying, and whenever he lied, he would stutter, and now, she had seen through him.

  "It's late, I'll send you home"

  "No... never mind, I can..."

  "It's so late, do you still want to bother your family's driver to take you back?" Qian Ze Bing knew Jin Xiao An was just that kind of person, she knew what she wanted to say, so before she even finished speaking, she had already sentenced her to death.

  "Are you... serious?" Jin Xiaoan asked for the first time when she heard Senaka Ice say he would send her home, as it was always her sending him before. Today's unusual Senaka Ice made her suspect that he had a fever. Jin Xiaoan stretched out her hand and touched Senaka Ice's forehead, saying inexplicably: "No fever."

  "You're just feverish." Chizuru Ice turned her head away in disgust, a faint smile rising to the corner of her mouth that even she didn't notice.

  After walking for almost forty minutes, they finally arrived at Jin Xiaoan's home.

  "Come on in."

  "Uh-huh, okay, be careful on your way." Jin Xiaoan reluctantly went upstairs, turning back three times.

  Qian Ze saw Jin Xiaoan safely arrive home and turned around to leave, this was the second time he had sent Jin Xiaoan home... however, only he himself knew about this matter.

  On the other hand, someone is still worrying about which road to take.

  Qian Shi Nu, this road idiot, after wandering left and right, finally managed to get himself lost. "When I came here with Xiao An, wasn't it this road? How can it be different between day and night?" Qian Shi Nu muttered to himself, but he couldn't remember which road they took during the day at all.

  The road, which was originally illuminated by the streetlights, was led into a dark alley by her. As the saying goes, "If you don't do something stupid, you won't die." Qian Shi Nu really brought herself to a dark and gloomy place.

  It seems there's no other way, Qian Shi Nu took out her phone thinking of calling someone to pick her up. Ze Bing, nope, he had to accompany Xiao An home. Mei, also not an option, she would be humiliated if she knew she was a road idiot. Zi Mo Ge, what was he thinking? Maybe he's accompanying You Nuan, such a sensible woman, how could she disturb them? Qian Shi Nu shook her head repeatedly, and finally her gaze was attracted by three words: Feng Jian Chen.

  Qian Shi Nu's fingers involuntarily dialed the number, and she connected the call.

  "Hello." The voice from the receiver made her feel at ease, and her heart also slowly calmed down at that moment.

  "Fēng jiàn chén, wǒ... wǒ mí lù le." Qiān shí nuò shēng rú xì sī.

  Translation: "Wind Creek, I...I'm lost." Qian Shi's voice was as thin as silk.

  Feng Jinxuan suddenly sat up straight on the sofa and asked anxiously: "Where are you?"

  "I... I am in City C, it's very dark..."

  "Beep beep beep..."

  Qian Shi Nu hadn't finished speaking when the phone automatically hung up. She pressed it a few times, but her mobile phone didn't respond at all. This can't be happening, right? The sky is going to collapse on me - my mobile phone actually ran out of battery at this critical moment!

  "Hey! Qian Shi Nu, speak up, where are you?" On the other end, Feng Jie Xun was anxious and burning with worry, but there was no response. "Damn it." Feng Jie Xun cursed loudly.

  Qian Shi Nu put her phone in her pocket, thinking that she still had to rely on herself. She tried to head back, but after walking for five minutes, she was still groping in the dark. Suddenly, she saw a beam of light in the distance, and it was like seeing hope. She hastily rushed towards the light.

  But she was suddenly covered by a rough big hand on her mouth, and her waist was also tightly locked. Qian Shi Nu struggled hard, but the hands covering her were even more forceful, almost suffocating her. She could feel that the person behind her had great strength, and she couldn't break free or shout for help. Step by step, they pulled her into the endless darkness. Qian Shi Nu's hands didn't stop trying to pry open the hand that frightened her, but she was just making useless efforts.

  What is this man going to do to her, Qian Shi Nu didn't dare think about it. She helplessly kicked her legs and her elbows also kept hitting the person holding her from behind, but none of it worked. Qian Shi Nu was extremely terrified, tears started falling from the corners of her eyes, was she going to die unjustly? Or would there be something even more terrifying? Qian Shi Nu tightly closed her eyes, and with one last effort, she struggled, but only heard a vicious voice coming from behind, "Don't move, move again, I'll kill you." Scared, Qian Shi Nu didn't dare to move again.