'Can a man in the ice become warm just by your touch?'
'Can we forget all the misery and agony between us?'
'How long do I have to wait for you to come?'
Chen Sheng Lin
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I am so scared when Hong Yan Jing pulls me back into a hidden place that hides between the separated rocks.
"Hong Yan Jing! Let me go!"
I hear nothing except the big sound when two separated rocks are moving then become one without any trace. Hong Yan Jing picked me up and arranged me in his cold arm then flying with him. I am totally shocked because from above I can see city scenery tonight but it is just a second because in the next seconds I just see a thick haze then we are landing on the same bamboo forest but this time another big rock just opened in front of us and He brings me in.
"Hong Yan Jing!"
Hong Yan Jing put me down. I turned around but the big rock had closed already. I realized now, I am in a cold cave. I hugged myself because cold pierced into my bone.
"Hong Yan Jing, where is it?"
"You will serve the Young Master here." He said while we kept walking until stopped in front of something that made me startled.
"Wh…What.."
"He is Young Master Chen."
My legs tremble. I see a man laying over at the center of the bed. He slept over there. His face is so pale. His face is so identical with Hong Yan Jing who is standing in front of me. I don't know what it is. I am really scared right now.
"Hong Yan Jing, Who…no….You must not be the Young Master, right?!" I am shocked because that man's body is Hong Yan Jing but what makes them different are, Hong Yan Jing who stands beside me, his appearance is so modern and that man is Hong Yan Jing from last night with his silver hair and blindfolded applied on his eyes. "Hong Yan Jing! Please let me go! I am scared right now!"
"Bai He Lian, we cannot kill you so what are you afraid of?" His whisper just delivered goosebump all over my body. Hong Yan Jing doesn't give me the answer and now I have a lot of questions in my mind but I don't know how to ask.
"You…" I stared at him. "Hong Yan Jing, what do you want! Why are you hunting me like this?!" I am so angry but scared at the same time.
"Did you know already? Bai He Lian, I am sorry because you cannot get out of this place before you do your job here!"
'This must be something about serving the Young Master. Okay…He said make him warm, right? But How?'
"So tell me, what I have to do?"
"Make him warm." He said coldly.
"Make him warm?"
'What's that mean? How can I make him warm since I feel so cold as well?'
"Yes. Just do whatever as long as you can make him warm. If he can wake up then you can get out of this place…" He said then he turned into red smoke. I am shocked because that red smoke flies and gets into that man's body who is laying over the bed through his nostril.
My legs feel so numb. I am trembling because of the cold and scary atmosphere surrounding me. I am alone here. What can I do? Will I die here? To see that man just makes me scared but I am so curious so I decide to come closer to see what's happened to him.
"Hey…Hong Yan Jing!" I called him but I am not brave enough to touch him. "Hong Yan Jing…Hong Yan Jing…" I called gently.
That body doesn't move. His face is still pale. I don't want to come closer anymore. This place is so scary and so cold. I observe and find a lot of candles here but there is not something that can make fire here. I try to look for the matches or lighter or whatever as long as it can ignite the candles but I find nothing except an interstice that the moonlight gets in from. Since Hong Yan Jing disappeared, this place has become dark, just dimly lit from moonlight that can help to see vividly.
I sit near an intersection so I am not too afraid but sitting like this is like torment because the cold temperature is attacking me. A lot of candles become so useless without matches or lighter. Will I die here by hypothermia? I imagine…in a few days, people will find my corpse in the forest and at that time, will Luo Fei Yang find me and help to bury my body? Ah…I cannot think straight right now. I am trapped here without know, what I should do.
I remember about Hong Yan Jing's words. He said that I have to make 'him' warm.
I am standing and come near to that man's body who is still laying over the bed. What should I do next? Why does Hong Yan Jing disappear without any clue or at least he shows me 'how to', but he doesn't. He left me here being clueless.
"Hong Yan Jing." I call that man but he is still sleeping. I want to touch him but I am scared. "Hong Yan Jing, wake up."
I am waiting but that man still has not moved. Is Hong Yan Jing leaving me with a corpse? Oh…My God, I can imagine if I spent this night with a corpse. Is that okay if I touch him? Oh God…I never was in such a situation before but doing anything here is like waiting for the angel of the death brings me to eternity.
I decide to step away from bed. Why did I touch him? I don't know if he will kill me or…Oh! I don't want to think anymore but I cannot control my mind from being negative. I am going to be crazy if I am trapped here. I will die here not because of hypothermia or hunger but feared instead.
'Okay! I have to be brave. Bai He Lian, you have to be brave!' I said to myself several times until I got a little bit of encouragement.
I come closer and touch his hand. I can feel he is warm. Is he not a corpse?
"Your hand is so warm."
I realize a candle starting lit by itself. I am startled but I cannot stop to keep wondering about the man who has the same face as Hong Yan Jing.
"What are you doing here?"
I act as if that man in comatose. I know... I must be insane because I am talking to someone or maybe a corpse or mummy...who cannot respond to me back. I am laughing as I am doing something crazy.
"I don't know who you are but they told me if you wake up. I can come back home. I want to go back. Can I?" I am crying. Oh God. I really miss Luo Fei Yang and A Lin. I am here in an uncertainty situation. Even I don't know what are they?
In this place just one candle that lit but that is good because I can see that man better. I have to admit he is a handsome man but somehow, he makes me scared even in his deep sleep, I can't ignore his creepy aura that is always surrounding him.
"Could you please wake up for me?" I caressed his palm, now his palm is more relaxed than before then another candle lit again. I see the candle with a hopeful gaze. I think the candle is somehow related to his body. Even if there is a small chance then I will try it, as long as I can come back home.
'Young Master Chen…? Who is his name? Chen, right?'
I take a deep breath before deciding to touch his cheek. I am shocked because he has delicate skin. I think he must be younger than me. I put my palm on his cheek and caressed him gently. His long hair is sparkling in candlelight. Why is there a beautiful creature like him?
'Wait?! What am I doing? Bai He Lian, remember!!!! He is a demon! He is so scary!' I recalled a lot of reasons why I have to be careful of him. However, he is not an ordinary man.
The blindfold still applied on his eyes but then I just realized the white fabric that covers his eyes is wet when I caress his face. I open the white fabric that covers his eyes then wipe his tears away. I think I shall pity him more, than be scary instead.
"I don't know what's happened to you but I wish you can get what you want. I will help you if you wake up from your sleep." I said but that man still doesn't move. "Ah…How about this? I will give you a lot of ice creams if you wake up." He still is not moving yet. "Am I being crazy right now?"
Ahhhhhh!!!! I want to go home! Tell me how I can go back home! Someone please bring me back home!!!