When a frozen man with a cold heart sees his nightmare turning into reality...
Chen Sheng Lin
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He ask me as stupid question! Definitely I don't want to die here. I don't want to die in his hand. His grip on my neck makes me suffocating. Let me tell him! Even he wants to kill me but I will showed him that he cannot bully me like this. If he want to take my life away, just do it! I do not want to be his slave!
"Bai He Lian can I say that you are so lucky because I cannot kill you. Oh…how fortunate I am." He let me free as his evil smirk curved on the edge of his lips. My body fell on the floor. I still don't understand why he has mood swings like this?
I cough several times and try to take in oxygen into my lungs.
"Are you happy right now?!" I shout at him.
"Owh…Bai He Lian, don't you remember? I let you go last time but now…what are you doing?"
"I am the one who has to ask that question! What are you doing?! You cannot treat me like
this!"
"Bai He Lian, you just make me laugh. You act as if you are my victim." He said.
To be honest, I am still curious why this man still closes his eyes. Is he really blind or is he just acting here? But why does he have to act? I think that thought is impossible. Now…how can he be playing victim? He is stronger than me so how can I make him become a victim? What can I do to him?
"Don't you trust me?"
"Why do I have to trust someone like you?" I stared at him but I know he is not opening his eyes so staring at him is useless.
"So…are you trusting someone else now?" He asked me a weird question.
"What do you mean?"
He doesn't respond to my question. I just see his smirk in this dimly lit. I have to admit he is a beautiful creature indeed but he is still a demon. My head is still looking for a way to kill him but I can't find a way. Oh…why am I so unfortunate like this.
"Bai He Lian, I've told you already…" He stopped while taking some steps forward to come closer as his lips in my left ear. "You will never kill me."
My eyes widened as I pushed his chest away but he is unshakeable. He is still in his position and not moving.
"Bai He Lian, I cannot kill you indeed but I will torture you until you want to die but the death will leave you alone." He said with an intense voice and delivered goosebumps all over my body.
I am shocked when I hear his words. Why does he have so much resentment toward me?
"Are you insane?! What I have done to you! I don't know you!"
I am so angry that I almost explode. If he wants to kill me just kill me but why does he have to treat me like this?! I don't deserve to get this!
"I am Chen Sheng Lin." He said calmly as he took a deep breath. At that time I realized he is breathing so I know that he is still a human being. "Yes, I am a human." He said as if he wanted to answer my question. "Why? Do you think that I am a ghost?"
I don't know what I am supposed to answer but I become calm after I know that he is a human.
'Yes! I think you are a ghost, devil, demon! If you are human, why do you make me scared like this?'
"Bai He Lian, even though I am a human. I tell you that I am so dangerous." He whispered and made me get numb.
'This man is weird indeed. He is always said that he is so dangerous but until right now he still let me stay alive. I think he is a blind man. Bai He Lian, you have to have compassion toward him instead.' I manage to calm down. As he said before, he cannot kill me so what should I have to be afraid of?
"I don't know why but I feel you become more stupid during this time? Forget it." He said as if he is so helpless right now. His scary aura disappeared suddenly. Why does he have mood swings like this? He looked more calm and looked normal enough to ask him.
"Chen Sheng Lin…"
Gruk gruk gruk…
My stomach is grumbling. Oh…God…why!? I am so embarrassed. Even Chen Sheng Lin cannot see but he can hear my stomach's sound. Oh…I just want to go but I am trapped here with him. I turned my body around to avoid him.
"Why?" He asked me. I can hear his voice clearly because he is behind me now but there is something in front of me that makes me so startled. I see a lot of food over the rock table but wait… I am so sure there were no foods a few minutes ago but why are there so many dishes right now? Is this just an illusion?
Gruk…gruk…gruk
'Oh...the worms in my colon please don't embarrass me now.'
I turned around again then I realized there is a smile curved in Cheng Sheng Lin's lips but I don't want to care. He can do whatever he wants here so do I…, right? I step forward into the food direction.
"Hey… Bai He Lian."
"Uhm…"
"I can feel there is a mouse that is looking for her food here."
'What?! Mouse!'
"Arrrrghhhhhhhh!"
I screamed out loud and grabbed anything near me. I don't care about anything as long as the mouse does not surround me. I jump and grab everything.
"Where is the mouse! Where is the mouse!" I screamed as I hid my face.
"Owh…where is the mouse?"
"I don't know!"
Wait…Why is Chen Sheng Lin's voice so close? Eh? I …I…I looked around and I realized …that I jumped into him. I hugged his neck as my legs wrapped his waist tightly. This position is so absurd because I looked like a monkey that was wrapped at the branch of a tree.
"I just saw a monkey here." He whispered in my ears.
"Uhm…I…"
"Don't you think that I just woke up and now shall I bring you like this?"
"Uhm…." I am speechless right now. " I am scared."
"Then I tell you… Don't you think the mouse just disappeared as it heard your scream?" He said.
"Is it really?" I am smiling to know about this.
"So…"
"Owh…I am sorry." I apologized as I let him free. I nodded. I feel like a fire on my face right now.
Cheng Sheng Lin swiped away his clothes as if I made them dirty. Why do I have to be in this situation? Owh God… I just want to eat then back home.
Gruk…gruk..gruk…
"I think your worm needs food to survive in your colon." He mocked me.
"Uhm…"
This time, I accepted I am so hungry...I just want to enjoy my dinner.
"Then just eat. Don't mind me. I pity your worm instead." He said. Even though I know he just made a joke on me, what can I do? I want to eat all the food on the rock table. All dishes looked so tempting as if they invited me to eat them until my saliva dropped.
I take a chicken thigh and bite it…It's so tasty…but I stopped as I looked at Chen Sheng Lin who was standing some steps in front of me. Chen Shen Lin must be so hungry as well, I am running toward him and without thinking any further I feed him with chicken thigh in my grip.
"How? Is it so delicious, right?" I asked him happily but his face looked so weird. What happened to him? "Isn't it tasty?" I asked again.
Cough…cough…
Is he just choking because of me? I ran to the rock table to take a cup of water. I know this cup is so small but at least he can drink. I help him to drink while I rub his back gently.
"Chen Sheng Lin, are you okay?" I asked him as I worry about him even in dimly lit but I know he looked so pale. "Chen Sheng Lin, tell me if you do not feel right." I said again.
"Uhm…"
"Bai He Lian…" He called me as he opened his eyes. Is he not a blind man? The candles create such a weird atmosphere because Chen Sheng Lin is staring at me with his sharp gaze right now.
"Chen Sheng Lin…don't you feel hungry?" I asked him nervously.
"Uhm…I am so hungry…" He said with a strange gaze.
"If you are so hungry how…how…if we have dinner? I am so hungry also…"
Chen Sheng Lin closed his eyes again while taking a deep breath as if he held something but…I don't understand what it is.
"Uhm…then let's have dinner."
"Yes!"