The creepy man takes out a gun from the back pocket of his jeans. He points the gun straight at Shi Lian. Shi Lian gasps, her eyes widening.

"I have warned you earlier not to play tricks on me, yet you did" he barks, "did you took me for granted?"

She stays on the ground, a sharp pain shoots in her knees as she hisses. That man pushed her too forcefully.

"Wait" she manages to speak, "you don't need to be that hyper."

The man lets a bitter laugh, his head falling back. "Shut your crap, Shi Lian. There's no way you will be going from here alive" he threatens, pulling the trigger to make the gun ready.

She gulps because the man does not seem to be joking. Hell, there's no way he would let her off the hook. She cannot even call anyone nor does anyone knows about her whereabouts.

"YOUR.LIFE.ENDS.HERE" he bellows, his finger touching the trigger and he is about to pull when a voice thunders from behind Shi Lian.

"I dare you to do that!"

The voice sounds familiar to her. She turns around and finds Zichen coming towards them. His face is twisted in fury and his eyes are glued to the man. Shi Lian is more than relieved but at the same is pondering how does he know she is here?

Coming beside her, he offers his arm and pulls Shi Lian up on her feet. He looks at her with an unreadable expression. "You okay?" he asks.

She bobs her, managing to stand with his support. He turns his attention to the man standing some distance in front of him. He gives him a deadly glare and the man actually flinches slightly.

"Did you informed him?" he questions to Shi Lian, his tone loud.

On behalf of Shi Lian, Zichen answers, "She didn't. I came on my own."

The man scoffs, "So you came to save your girlfriend, huh? Fu Zichen."

Shi Lian is not surprised when he says about their relationship. He told her earlier he knows everything about her.

"Too bad, now I have to kill both of you" he barked, pointing the gun now in Zichen's direction.

Zichen stands fearlessly. Shi Lian worries about what will happen next. When she felt someone following her, it must be Zichen who was tailing her.

Shi Lian jumps out of her wits hearing the sound of the gun. She snaps her head towards the man who is still pointing the gun at them but his expression has changed. His face appears as if he is in a lot of pain. Suddenly, he drops to the ground and lets out a sharp cry. She then notices the blood flowing out of his right calf, his jeans wet and red from the blood flow.

She gasps and turns her eyes to Zichen who is standing unaffected. He does not have a gun in his hand. So who the hell shoot him?

"How..?" she asks, trying to process what just happened.

At that moment, another familiar voice called out. "Sir! Any further orders?" It is Rong. He runs towards them, coming from behind the man. Shi Lian's eyes widen when one by one they make an entry. Coming, he stops beside the man and steps on the man's hand, crushing it with no mercy.

Shi Lian looks away, her eyebrows pressed together as she witnesses the scene. The creepy man yells, trying to fight with him but Rong holds him tightly.

"Bitch! I underestimated you! You actually planned it all, didn't you?" he barks, accusing Shi Lian.

Shi Lian has told no one about him or her plan and God knows, how Zichen found her.

"Rong" Zichen calls and gives him order, "Tie him up." Rong nods and does what he is told.

Shi Lian, unable to comprehend any of these, demands answers from Zichen. "How did you know I was here? Did you follow me? What are going to do with now?"

Zichen gives her a cold look, the one he gives to other people except her. She gets a little scared seeing those looks. Zichen has never looked at her the way he is looking at her now. He always looks at her as if she is the only beautiful thing in the whole world.

"You are very bold to come here all by yourself. What were you thinking?" he scolds her, his temper rising.

Shi Lian flinches when he scolds her. He continues, "You thought you could handle this all alone? What would you have done when he was pointing the gun at you? Huh?"

She curls her finger into a fist, his words are sharp as a knife. She cannot argue because he isn't wrong. She might have died if it wasn't for him.

"How can you think that you could handle it by yourself? Why are you always so reckless? You should have at least told me!" his voice gets louder.

His words cut her deep and she cannot stop the tears falling from her eyes. She looks down at her now dirty heels. Tears make her eyes blurry and she blinks continuously.

He stops and takes a deep breath. He calls her name, his tone stern, "Shi Lian." but she does not respond. Her body shakes as she cries. He calls her name again, this time his voice calm.

He touches her chin and tilts her up to meet her eyes. She is ashamed to look at him. She isn't supposed to cry, it makes her feel she is weak in front of him.

She sniffs, avoiding his gaze. "Look, I didn't meant....stop crying" he wipes the tears with his thumb. "I am fucking worried about you and know it too well. When you do things like all by yourself, I couldn't help worrying."

Shi Lian meekly meets his eyes which are now gentle and the same he usually looks at her with. "I had no choice left other than to follow you when you started lying to me when I called you days back" he continues, "you never share your problems. I know you want to fight your own battles but Shi Lian, sometimes you need people around you, you should depend on them."

Sniffing, she says, "I understand what you are saying. I am sorry, I really am. I thought it will work out according to my plan but..."

"Plans aren't the future you make, Shi Lian. They rarely go according to what you think."

He pushes the hair behind her ear and says too gently, "Promise me, the next time you face any problem, you will inform me."

The promise is heavy. "I cannot always complain to you about my problems, Zichen," she says, shaking her head.

"I get it but at least when you are stuck in such a situation, call me," he tells her, holding her hands.

She nods a tight nod. "Okay."

He smiles. He then turns his attention to the man whose hands are tied behind his back and his mouth is shut using a ducktape.

"He is losing a lot of blood. At least..." she asserts, slightly worried, "at least try to stop the blood flow first."

"That bastard does not deserve kindness" he spits, fuming with anger. He then asks Rong, "Put him inside the trunk. Tie his legs as well."

Shi Lian protests, "Zichen, that is very cruel. He is a human too. He will eventually die if his injury isn't healed. "

Zichen ignores her protests and gestures, Rong, to go with what he says. Turning to her, he grabs her by her wrist saying, "You come with me" and leads her with him to his car.

Opening his car door, he pushes her inside and shuts the door. Shi Lian protests, "I have a car. I can drive! " She gets a glimpse of her car parked in front of Zichen's. She cannot abandon her car like that on this isolated road.

Getting inside the driver's seat, he says, "Your car will be sent to your house safely. You aren't going to drive."

"I am not drunk!" she snaps, her temper rising. It's unreasonable for him to not let her drive just because what she did earlier was reckless.

"The discussion is over, Shi Lian. Unbuckle your seat belt now" he asserts firmly, looking at her from the front mirror.

Shi Lian clenches her teeth together but did what he says anyway. Glaring at him, she puts the seat belt, securing it over her.

She gets the feeling that there's no use in protesting since he won't listen to her. He has made up his mind and only God can change it.

The car starts and they get outside from the road towards their house.

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Question for readers:-

What do you think Zichen will do with that creepy man? Will he kill him just like he did before or it will be something new?

Drop your answers in the comment section. I would love hear your thoughts in it~~