Half an hour earlier.
“Xue Mei, do you have any idea where we are right now?” Ha Eun starts to feel uneasy when the route they take has no one else besides them.
“I think we’re still in the blue area.” Xue Mei took out her map and showed it to Ha Eun.
“Oh... then we should go down this road to get back to where we were before. They’re probably worried about us now, and I have to take my meds, too. I left it in my bag at the locker. Come on.” She slides down while Xue Mei follows just behind her.
On the way back, Ha Eun suddenly feels her heart race and she couldn’t breathe properly. She stops and kneels and squeezes her hand onto her chest. She gasps, tries to breathe using her mouth.
“Ergh!!”
“Ha Eun!” Xue Mei stops, too, and removes her ski. She jabs her ski pole on the ground before she goes next to her, rubbing Ha Eun’s back with her hands.<
“Risa.” Shou had just arrived at the Eagle Nest Restaurant and saw Risa was crying at a girl’s shoulder around her age.Risa went to him as she heard Shou’s voice; she hugged him after that with her wet face “Help me, Shou, Xue Mei is still out there and Xui Li went to find her but he also did not come back after that.”Akatsuki Shou did not come alone, the CEO of KSL group is also with him. Hearing that, he called the rescue team at the station to start the searching mission.Ha Eun already sent to the hospital with Ren Zhi accompanying her using the helicopter. While Ying Yue is still waiting for Xui Li and Xue Mei at the restaurant with Risa.“Calm down, Risa. They will be fine. We have sent the rescue team out.” He rubs Risa’s back softly to calm her down. He knows Xue Mei is Risa’s best friend ever since she was a child, it’s normal for her to feel worried right now.
Two hours of searching, finally they were able to locate their location.Xui Li was the one who heard the stepping sound nearing the hole. With his hoarse voice, he calls them and luckily one of them notices the back of the snowboard and the small hole made by him.They call the expert team to dig the hole and help them out. Once they open the way out, they find that the missing girl is injured and unconscious while the guy is also in a weak condition because both of them were trapped for quite long inside the hole. Both of them look pale and their skin is cold as ice.They took them to the hospital using the helicopter and called the Eagle station, reporting that the missing teens have been found and sent to the nearest hospital.…“Are Ha Eun’s relatives here?” A doctor in her forties comes out from the examination room.“I’m Ha Eun’s friend.” Ren Zhi immediately stands up.
All of Xue Mei’s remaining winter break, she spends it spacing out and she becomes quieter than before. Every day, Risa will come over. Risa's house is not that far from Xue Mei. Sometimes, she just paddles her bicycle to go to Xue Mei’s house.“Meimei~” Risa smiles and goes to Xue Mei’s behind before she hugs her shoulder.Turning her head to her shoulder, Xue Mei glances at Risa. “Oh, it’s you Risa, what do you want?”"Hmm, I am here to tell you that I will return to Japan tomorrow. I need to do something. You know... ‘bad’ things.” She shifts to Xue Mei’s side and takes a seat beside Xue Mei, who still looks upset after returning from Vail
Shove her hand slowly, he says, “Sorry, I really have an important thing to do.” Picking up his tablet and briefcase, Shou strode off from his office and went to his private elevator.Meanwhile, Risa looks at the clock hanging on the wall.She just placed her luggage inside the room and Shou still hadn’t come yet. Feeling a bit sullen, she went to the kitchen to want to find something to cook.“Stupid Shou!” She murmurs and takes the chopping board to the kitchen counter. She chopped the carrot like chopping someone angrily.Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!‘Ms. Risa-sama must be furious right now.’ Shinji is still guarding at the entrance of the house. Hearing the chopping sound, he could only shiver a little.‘Better if the boss does not come now. If not, he’ll lose his head for sure.’*...*...*Forty-five minutes after leaving his co
Ren Zhi lowered his head hearing Ha Eun’s sudden question, still, he replied it to her. “She’s okay. She injured her ankle and now she’s in her family house.”“What? How’s that happening?” Ha Eun’s clearly quite shocked to hear that. She doesn’t know what happens after she collapses that day.“It’s a long story. I’ll tell you later when you feel better.” He strokes Ha Eun hair gently.“Um, Ren. Where are we?” She finally notices the equipment in this room and the feels surrounding her which is familiar to her.“We’re in Arendell.”Stuttered a little, she asks again. “Ar... Arendell?”Ren Zhi nods his head.“How long have I been in sleep?”“Uh... you’re not sleeping. You went into a coma. It’s already been one week now.”“One...one week?&rdquo
“Shou-kun… you know I love you, don’t you? Why did you say something hurtful like that?” She changes her voice to her sweet and girly voice.“I do whatever I like and I hate a woman who likes to order me around.” He states and continues to resume his work again.Indeed, he hates a woman who likes to take control of him, but not with that girl. The only person who can make him follow her order is no one else but Risa.Pout a bit, she then continues to study with a few guide books in front of her. She has been there for one week since the day she went back from Colorado. She really thought that they had slept together that night. While Shou never tells her the truth and just lets her drown in her own fantasy.*...*...*“Welcome back, Risa-sama.” All the servants greet the young mistress once she steps out of the car.Smiling at them, Risa walks into the hall and finds Mary, her loy
“I... I...” Erika stuttered and fished her phone inside her purse. She swipes her finger on her gallery folder and links her phone to the hall’s projector. A few seconds later, the picture from her phone is showing on the air.A photo that she took when she was drunk in a room. Shou was also there. But his face was covered with the back of the glass, so his picture is actually blurry.All the guests could only look at Erika with a questioning face.“What does she want to show us? A blurry man faces?”“Right? I don’t see a clear picture of Master Shou there.”“Is her eyes broken?”Shou lifts up his brow and Risa tilts her head a little. She secretly smiling wickedly to her stupid stepsister. It is amusing to see Erika’s confidence crushed in front of many people here.Grit her teeth, Erika swipes the photo to the next and the photo changes to the picture th
“Meimei. There’s a parcel for you.” Shen Ming Yi said and gave the parcel to Xue Mei in her bedroom. There’s also another parcel addressed to the entire family.Xue Mei, at the moment, was occupied with her report. She needs to submit it once the new semester starts. This is her application ticket to go to Paris! She’s decided she wants to continue her studies, even though she is no longer Ren Zhi’s girlfriend.She had been wasting her time crying over him for the past week. It is no use to cry when she still has a future she needs to take care of. After the last phone call, Ren Zhi never calls her again.Open the parcel, she tilts her head looking at the snow globe, red wool hand gloves, and red scarf. Even though red is not her favorite color, she likes it. When she tries it out, the color looks to match her skin.There’s a card inside the parcel. Took the card; she flipped it.‘I
It surprised Xue Mei to hear Xui Li’s replies. Her eyes turn soft and a little bit warm as her tears already pool. She feels like a thousand butterflies are flying happily in her stomach right now.“You won’t lose me. I will stick with you till the end and I hope you did not regret it though.”Chuckles, Xui Li turns his body to the ‘imagination,’ behind him. “How can you be so sure that she will choose me, huh?”“Because I am me. Say, darling, do you love me?” She blinks her eyes a few times while asking him.“I feel like déjà vu. How many people ask me the same question today, eh? And yet, I still am not bored to answer it though. Hmm, yes, I love you. I have loved you all my life. Are you satisfied now, imagination?”Xue Mei nods her head while grinning happily.“I’m so hot. Don’t you feel hot too?”“Aren
Ren Zhi lowered his head.“You know, Xue Mei, I wanted to apologize to you sincerely when I came here. I’ve been abandoning you from the start. And I’m not aware of that; I’m the worst boyfriend ever. I’m not alert about your feelings whenever I actually hurt you without me knowing it. You always say you’re okay when actually it is not okay at all. I love you, Xue Mei. Even until now, I believe that I still love you. In our memory, we said we would not meet again, but for some reason we ended up meeting again in this lifetime. I know I can’t redeem my past sin to you in this lifetime too. Seems, this time too, I didn’t own your red thread of fate. However, I do not want us to end up like our past life again. If you are really sure about your decision this time, then, I guess... I would back off. You deserve to be happy with the man who you really love.”Xue Mei smiles a bit to finally be able to make R
“Xui Li, it’s been a while since last I met you.” Ren Zhi went to Xui Li and gave a brief hug.Ren Zhi was surprised to see the man in front of him, to be honest. He’s changing so much. His hair is no longer long as before, his body figure improved and he had a very charming aura all around him now. Just like a real idol.“What is this about?” Xui Li pushes Ren Zhi’s body a little before he turns to look at Xue Mei again. Totally ignoring Ren Zhi’s greeting just now.Xue Mei diverted her eyes to the floor. She seriously doesn’t know how to face him anymore. What reason should she come up with after Xui Li saw all that? And would he believe her?“I came to take Xue Mei back. I know you have been taking care of her these past years, but now I want her to return with me.” Ren Zhi was the one who firmly replied to Xui Li’s question.Xui Li shot him with a murder
Two years have passed,Xue Mei was sitting on the comfy seat in the business class cabin. She is now on her way back to Paris. She has an exhibition tour in Japan for a week and before; she was in Singapore for a different event.Her life has been quite busy since she started working a few months ago. When she was in her university days, she started saving money from all the artworks that she sold and bought one lot of buildings near the city. She decides to open up her own art gallery.She becomes a successful painter when she receives a lot of awards and winning some competition ever since she’s in university. Xui Li, who stands strong behind her, keeps supporting her career and always encourages her to keep going and pursue what she wants and likes.When she was in Japan, she met Risa and her small family. She is now already being a mom. She married a year ago and has a healthy baby boy nine months after that. Time does fly fast, Ri
At dawn, Xue Mei suddenly awakened from her sleep. She feels thirsty. Seeing how intimate their position right now, Xue Mei blushed a bit. She removes Xui Li’s hand from her waist and she shifts down slowly from his king-size bed.Find her satin robe, Xue Mei put it on and tied it before she leaves the bedroom to go to the kitchen.She opened the fridge and took a glass of juice from it. Drinking it; she looks at the clock hanging on the wall. It is 5 AM right now. Perhaps because of the changing time makes her body unconsciously wake up at this time. After drinking, she went to sink, wanting to wash the glass she uses. That’s when she heard a click sound from the kitchen door.Xue Mei turns to look at the person who just came in as the person is also a bit shocked to see Xue Mei at the kitchen. She thought there’s no one to wake up yet around this hour, but she forgot about Xue Mei.“What are you doing here in this e
A few months have passed since Xui Li went to Paris.Luckily Milan told Xue Mei about the morning-after pill. If not, who knows what will happen to both of them. Xue Mei takes the pill that day after getting advice from Milan, and she also learns a thing and two about sex. She's a totally newbie and knew little, unlike Milan. She got plenty of experience about sex.Xui Li called her when she was putting her clothes on her luggage. It is now her turn to visit him, as promised.“Baby, have you already packed your things?” He sounded excited to meet her.“Mhm, I’m doing it right now.” She nods her head. Even though she knew Xui Li couldn't see it.“Good. And your passport?”“Checked.”“Okay; I will wait for you here. Tomorrow, Ivan will pick you up at the airport. It’ll be a bit problematic if I were the one who fetches you. I hope you’re not mad, baby.
"Baby," Xui Li said once they were almost done with their dinner. He thought that this is a perfect time to tell Xue Mei about his schedule which suddenly changed."Hm?" She looked up and stared at Xui Li patiently."I have bad news." He feels a bit guilty since he already promises her to stay for a week but he now had to go because of work."Oh? What is it, darling?" She lifts her brow."I… need to return back to LA tomorrow morning. Something came up and they had to drag the date earlier than it was supposed to be." Xui Li explains his situation to Xue Mei."Hm, seems it can't be avoided then. It’s okay darling, you should return as they say. And when my semester break starts, I will visit you there, how’s that sound to you? Is it a good idea?""It’s wonderful, but are you okay with me leaving so soon? I promise to stay with you for a week and suddenly I have to leave you now.""It's okay, real
Having dinner with one of your favorite celebrities, of course, would make you keep grinning all the time, but that grinning also brings someone else's storm. For example, your celebrity’s lover.“Hey, keep eating. If not, I will kick you out of my apartment.” Xue Mei warns Milan, which is now grinning like a fool ever since Xui Li’s back to her apartment.“I-I think I’m already full...” She still grinning foolishly and stares at Xui Li with an adoration expression.Xui Li could only chuckle to see Milan act that way. From her reaction to her gesture, he was sure Milan is one of his hardcore fans.“Stop grinning like a fool, you idiot. You almost drop your drooling on your food.” Xue Mei flicked Milan’s forehead with her finger.“Baby... don't be too harsh with your friend.” Xui Li turned his head to Xue Mei and patted her hair like petting a grumpy cat.Xu
Imperial city,“Have you found her yet?” Ren Zhi loosens his tie a bit. He is now working with his father since his family requested. Also, he needs to earn since he is married now.“Yes, Master Ren, but from the investigation, she lives alone and had no contact with any men.” One of Ren Zhi’s informants reporting to him about Xue Mei, who is now studying overseas.“That’s good. Just keep an eye on her.” Ren Zhi was satisfied with the report before he ended the call after instructing his men to monitor Xue Mei.Not long after, Ha Eun knocks on his study room’s door. Ever since they get married, they are now living together in Ren Zhi’s apartment. Well, Ha Eun’s house is also just next to him but Ren Zhi prefers to stay in one house because it’s easy for him to take care of her.“Ren...” She brings him a tea and snack for his evening hi-tea.&ldq