Xiaoyu flipped the door sign of the tea shop to CLOSED and turned to the two handsome young men seated at small cafe. There's minimal lights on now since she is about to lock up, but Ximen and Meizou arrived without notice. With the dim lighting, the two looked a bit intimidating. Tall, lean and handsome.

Very handsome, she thought giddily, looking at Ximen. Sometimes she wonders what she did in her past life to have such good looking guys within her periphery.

She jokingly smiled at them, "Ximen, we just saw each other yesterday. Don't tell me you miss me already?"

"Yes, I miss you already. But there's really something important I wanted to talk to you about, Xiaoyu" Ximen pulled a empty chair beside him and gestured for his girlfriend to sit down, trying to look serious but failed when Xiaoyu sat beside him and leaned her head on his shoulder.

"Can you two please not be lovey-dovey in front of me?" Meizuo scoffed.

"We'll try." Xiaoyu giggled and gave Ximen a peck on the cheek.

"Seriously!" Meizuo rolled his eyes and playfully punched Ximen's free arm.

"Hey!" Ximen laughed and gently pushed Xiaoyu away so he can look at her face. "Xiaoyu, there's something urgent we wanted to talk to you about..." his expression suddenly serious. "Something you should know."

Xiaoyu looked at both of them, confused. "What's going on?"

"We tried to keep silent about for a while but somehow, the world just suddenly wanted to conspire against us..We knew it was bound to happen.." Ximen said nervously, watching Xiaoyu's reaction. He knows she's not going to like whatever he was about to tell her. She has said so, so many times before. She looked at him, confused.

"Tell me already!"

Ximen sighed, "You have to understand we didnt..."

"Daoming Si is back in Shanghai." Meizuo blurted out.

A stunned silence. Xiaoyu's eyes widened, her mouth agape. "What? That a**hole is here?!" she stood angrily.

Ximen braced himself, here we go.

His girlfriend, who's petite frame he knows too well, began furiously wiping the already clean tables. Meizuo doesn't know if he should be worried or amused at the sight.

"After what he did to Sanchai?! After all this time?! Does he even know that I haven't seen my friend since she left for London?! Does he even know she's gone?! He may be Daoming Si but he can go screw himself!"

Meizou listened on as she shouted colorful expletives to describe Daoming Xi. He knows Xiaoyu is a very gently girl, but he's actually surprised at her temper. She must have gotten it from Sanchai.

Ximen though, tried to beg Meizuo with his eyes to say something.

"Xiaoyu..." Meizuo started, "We understand how you feel. Sanchai was our friend too. You know we tried to look for her in London. We just cant find her. We dont know where she is now. Heck, even her parents have been gone, probably mourning for her--"

"She's not dead!" Xiaoyu slammed her hands on the table startling the two boys.

"She's not dead." She whispered to herself, tears already falling across her cheeks. "Why would she be? She's Sanchai! She may be dumb to go after that idiot guy but she's Sanchai! I know she's out there somewhere!"

"But it's been over a year now...." Ximen said, his voice almost a whisper.

Sanchai has been missing for a long time. No trace, not even the police have any leads. Somehow there was something off at the way the police handled the case before, they were quick to dismiss their missing report. Saying it was probably one of those common cases where tourists go into hiding and start working as labourers. F4 had utilized all their connections to no avail. She just cant be found.

"What is he doing here anyway?" Xiaoyu snapped, wiping her tears away. Her sudden change of mood surprised both boys. They know who she was talking about.

"He's here to look for her again."

Daoming Si pulled back his shoulder length hair into a messy bun and stared at his reflection in the glass window. His eyes are hallow with lack of sleep, His beard has grown longer, and his cheeks pale.

He inwardly smiled, if only Zhuang jie could see him right now, She'd probably have a panic attack and disown him. Huh, he's not even sure if disowning him is a good thing or bad thing right now.

When he found out from Ximen and Meizuo that Lei went to Sanya for business, he couldnt wait for a day and decided to go there himself. He needed to talk to Lei. He doesn't know what to tell him, after such a long time of not seeing each other, and just talking through internet calls and emails. But he just needed that one person who can make him feel better about the whole situation. And Sanya also holds a special place in his heart. The memory of being here with Sanchai that night. Their first kiss. He sighed.

Daoming Si checked in to one of the hotels his family owns, after discretely telling the General Manager to keep his presence unknown. Even though a large photo of the Daoming Family is framed in the lobby, The General Manager can barely recognize the scruffy young man, let alone the hotel staff. He knows Lei is also staying in the hotel, but he was told his friend was out for now, so he decided to walk around the small town. Walking thoughtlessly is no longer new to him. He has been a wandering soul since Sanchai was gone. He operated like a robot, doing what he needed to do to help with the business.

Ah Si has been sitting at this cafe for almost an hour now, just looking at the view outside. The cafe was small and he mostly just ignored the people inside, who were also minding their own business. He glanced at his reflection again but something caught his eye. Somewhere behind him, a tall familiar looking man stood sideways talking to a girl with long hair whose back was towards him. Ah Si blinked to be sure he wasnt hallucinating. I must've had too much coffee or is that really Lei talking to another girl aside from Jing? He grinned.

He continued to stare through the reflection, trying to hide his amusement. Yup, that is definitely Lei. Business my ass, he's dating this girl. Ah Si still very amused, wanted to surprise his friend slowly turned towards the two. He couldnt see the girl's face anywa, but she looks to be petite, her long hair hiding the side of her face.

He didn't pay any attention to the girl, he just sneakily walked up to Lei and jumped on his back. "Aha! Lei! Caught you!"

Lei turned to look at Ah Si, his usually deadpan eyes was wide with surprise --or was that fear?

"Ah Si? You're here! What are you doing here?"

"I came to find you, you weirdo! Surprise!"

"I thought you're in Shanghai?" Lei was caught off guard. He didnt expect to see Ah Si today. They were supposed to meetup tomorrow, thus the reason why he had to rush back to Shanghai tonight. Much less in the same cafe where Sanchai---Ming Xi is also meeting with him.

"And now I'm here!" Ah Si smiled. Lei saw the surprised face of Ming Xi looking up at the tall good looking boys.

Lei discreetly turned to cover Ming Xi away from Ah Si's prying look. "Let's go to the hotel, we'll talk there." He led his friend towards the door.

"Arent you going to introduce your girlfriend? Hey! I didnt even see her face! Hey, stop pushing me Lei!"

Lei looked over to where Ming Xi was seated and called, "Sorry, I'll call you later!" and pushed Ah Si out the door.

Ming Xi sat there, confused at what just happened. She was a bit surprised that the scruffy looking guy from the corner was Lei's friend.

What surprised her more was he just left like that, it was so out of character of Lei.

If she cant get answers from him, she'll look for them herself.