Your prison is so cruel then leaves me alone with misery and pain.
Bai He Lian
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I still don't understand why…why…why…I have to encounter the monster that follows me almost all day? Hong Yan Jing walked beside me but I know he just sent here by his master's order to kill me someday. No one knows about him here. Everyone told me that Hong Yan Jing is a sweet guy but I know he is not. It's just a superficial mask. I think he can kill me anytime and anywhere. His presence always delivers a scary aura and sometimes terrified me.
In the café, a lot of customers are waiting for him. I have to admit that Hong Yan Jing have a perfect image about a man but unfortunately, they don't know Hong Yan Jing is a devil. Hong Yan Jing helps me a lot in the café but still he has a mission to bring me to his master. I don't know what I should do to serve his master because until now, I don't have any idea how I can get out of that place. I just had dinner with Chen Sheng Lin yesterday but how about tonight?
'Bai He Lian, don't think too much.'
'Then set me free!' I stared at Hong Yan Jing bravely but some girls who were sitting on the serve table stared at me like I had committed a big sin just because I stared at Hong Yan Jing too long. Hello… Hong Yan Jing is not a God! He is a demon!
'Bai He Lian, I can be a god and I can be the demon as well.'
Hah?! He hears me? I think he is a mind reader indeed! Hong Yan Jing always makes me terrified when he gives me the answer from my question, even the questions just in my head.
'Hong Yan Jing! Why do you always make me terrified!"
'Owh?! Is that so? I never think that way, I never know if you are scared of me.'
"Hong Yan Jing!!!" I shouted out loud and made all customers look at me.
"Bai He Lian, are you okay?" A Lin asked me.
I nodded as I apologized because I made a dramatic scene in front of the customer. I see Hong Yan Jing hold his laugh. Oh… God! Why I have to meet this demon. I know Hong Yan Jing must be intended to do this.
"I am not okay as long as Hong Yan Jing is still here." I said to A Lin.
"Bai He Lian, can I ask you?"
"What?!"
"Why do you hate Hong Yang Jing?" A Lin asked me but I don't give him an answer. "Bai He Lian, you have to be careful because love and hatred are just bordered by a thin needle."
"Thin needle?! I hope I will never meet again."
"What?! A Lin, that's better if you help the customers. Look! They need you to help them to deliver the customer's order."
"Okay!"
A Lin's face looked so annoyed but he cannot protest. A Lin takes the order tray and brings it to the customer.
'Bai He Lian, why are you angry?'
His voice again? I think Hong Yan Jing is sent by Chen Sheng Lin to annoy me. Why does that demon make me want to explode by angry and terrified? His mood swings make me confused. Today he can be an angel but another day he becomes a demon who wants to take my breath away. Does he think my anger is just a joke for him? Oh! Why can't I kill him?
'Bai He Lian, don't be angry.'
'Hong Yan Jing, could you please just stop following me? Tell your master that he has to set me free!'
Hong Yan Jing takes a tray and delivers the order to another table. There are three women who are waiting for Hong Yan Jing to come and bring their order. I think their eyes are blind because they cannot see the demon in front of them.
'Bai He Lian, why are you looking so mad?'
'Hong Yan Jing, just let me be alone!'
'That is impossible because Chen Sheng Lin will kill me if something happens to you.'
'Are you his dog or what?'
Hong Yan Jing doesn't look at me. His eyes fixed on the beautiful woman who sat on the table. At the same time, I know Hong Yan Jing listens to me but acts deaf. I have to admit that Hong Yan Jing helps me a lot in this café. He treats the customer so kindly so I am not startled if a lot of his loyal customers, not only the young generation but the oldest generation also like him. He can talk nicely with the elder as if he understands whatever the topic they talk about. Sometimes I am so curious what time he was born?
'I am so old.'
Hong Yan Jing responded to my question again. He looked at me with his smile curved on his face. I don't understand why he has to give me that smile? Perhaps for another woman his smile is so beautiful but for me his smile is like a bad omen.
'I don't care.'
'Chen Sheng Lin will come to you.'
'Then please say to him that he doesn't need to come.'
'Bai He Lian, how can I give an order to Chen Sheng Lin? I told you Chen Sheng Lin is my master.'
I take a deep breath as I hear what he said and continue to work. I want to forget everything that makes me distressed.
"Bai He Lian, Chen Sheng Lin will come here at six." Hong Yan Jing whispered to me.
I don't want to give any response because I know whatever I do is useless. Chen Sheng Lin still comes and no one can change his decision. I am so tired of debating with him so let him do whatever he wants but I am still working here because this is my responsibility.
"Tell him-"
Hong Yan Jing just raised his hand to make me stop.
"Just tell him by yourself because you are not my master." Hong Yan Jing smirked at me. Why is he so cunning?
"What?!"
"I don't think that you should be angry with me."
I take a deep breath again. This man really makes me want to explode.
"I will go and my shift is over." He said to A Lin.
"Wait! Since when has he become part timer here?"
"Bai He Lian, don't you say Hong Yan Jing is a part timer here to help us?" A Lin said as he sided with that demon but why I cannot remember that I said that word?
"Then I go now…bye…bye." Hong Yan Jing takes off his apron and walks out from this place.
What is it?
"A Lin told me. When I said that Hong Yan Jing is a part timer here?"
"I forget as well but I am sure that Hong Yan Jing is a part timer." A Lin said. "Bai He Lian, why don't you check this matter by yourself? You always make notes, right?"
"Oh Yes…You're right! How come I forget about that notebook?"
So I turned around to look for that notebook in my bag but I cannot find it. Even if I look for that notebook at every edge of this place, I still cannot find that notebook. This makes me so frustrated because of a lot of things that I write in that book.
"Bai He Lian, are you looking for this book?"
I see a pale hand grab my notebook in his grip. I am so happy at first but after I see who is the hand owner, I am shocked and step backward.
"Chen Sheng Lin."
"Yes. This is me."
"Chen Sheng Lin, how did you come here?" I asked nervously.
"Because I want to see you."
"Just that?"
"I want to give you this book to you. It looks like something that you need this time. Hong Yan Jing asked me to give you this book."
"What?"
"Bai He Lian, who is he?" A Lin asked.
"I am Chen Shen Lin." Chen Sheng Lin introduced himself. "I am Bai He Lian's husband."
"What?!"
"Chen Sheng Lin! What do you say?!"
How dare this demon claim that he is my husband?! I never married him. How can he become my husband?!
"Am I your husband?"
"Bai He Lian, I am… I think I have to go to the kitchen." A Lin said nervously.
"A Lin, I am not married yet!"
Chen Sheng Lin held my hand and eyes fixed on me. His sharp gazed makes my heart beat faster.
"Bai He Lian, why have you become so cold like this? How can you forget everything about us?"
"Chen Sheng Lin, how can you become so shameless like this?!"
"I become so shameless just in front of you."
Why does this demon turn into a shameless man like this. Can I just vomit as here his words?