Chereads / Darling in the Mask / Chapter 21 - Chapter Twenty One: Next Day

Chapter 21 - Chapter Twenty One: Next Day

The next day a statement from Jin Hyun was sent out on his personal Weibo account. He was searching for his mystery dance partner. He had even added an image and video that he had bought off one of the paparazzi from the party. Within an hour all of his fans were on the hunt. It was like a fairy tale romance story.

"We won't let you down."

"That girl is as good as found."

"We will find your Cinderella."

The girl was so beautiful that, Jin Hyun's fans could all get behind their idols wish. If they were going to lose there chance to marry Jin Hyun themselves, they agreed it could only be this girl. The woman was such a beautiful dancer and matched Hyun so well, it could only be her.

***

Back in the office of CEO Gao, Tadashi's father was in a horrible mood. "What do you mean Jin lei didn't kill the girl? After what I had to do to get that girl's information? I had to give that maid more money than I pay you in three months. Do you know how hard it was to get that bi**h to turn against my son?" Wham!! A hard slap fell across the cheek of the man on his knees. "Chun liwei and his brother Chin liwei were the perfect covers."

The man on his knees looked pitiful. All he could do was listen to his boss.

***

Zhi Ruo was lying in a hospital bed. She had bruised ribs and a swollen face. Luckily, Tadashi and the others had gotten there before Shi Chi could get to serious.

Howin was on one side of the hospital bed holding one of Zhi's hands. Howin had brought a special cream to apply to Zhis raw wrists. "She must have been fighting so hard to get free. She must have been so scared."

Tadashi was pacing back in forth in the room. Tadashi was dealing with surges of emotions and was barely able to handle it. Maybe it's better to be disconnected from humanity. This was all caused because of him and he had to figure out a way to live with that.

Zhi Ruo medication was wearing off and the barely awake Zhi let out a panicked scream. She opened her eyes to see was no longer tied to a chair in a small, smelly, dark room. She was no longer being kicked or punched my little Shi Cho.

"How?" Because Zhi had completely shut down, she could hardly remember what happened or even differentiate between reality and her imagination. While her brain shut down her mind placed her in a dream-like state where she was being rescued by her hero. But now that she looked around to find Tadashi's handsome face in the room and the beautiful Howin by her side, she wondered if that fantasy had actually happened.

Howin answered her question, 'how' with a calm and sweet voice. "Minzhe tracked that Shi women to a landfill. Tadashi charged in and saved you. Your safe now."

Zhi was confused, "A landfill?" That explained the smell. "I don't understand?"

Howin and Tadashi felt ashamed. Of course, she didn't understand. How could she? She was only in that position because of them. Howin stood up, "are you hungry? I'll go get you something to eat."

Tadashi felt abandoned. How could it be up to him to explain? "You should rest now. I'll go and get your doctor."

"Please don't leave." Zhi's whole body started to involuntary shake.

"You're having an anxiety attack, I need you to calm down!" Tadashi ran to Zhi's side and quickly placed her head close to his chest. His heartbeat singing a sweet lullaby that only Zhi could hear.

Zhi felt so comfortable her whole body started to relax. She breathed in Tadashi's sweet smell and buried her head deeper into Tadashi's embrace, ignoring all of her pain.

"I'm here Zhi Ruo. I'm here."