Rough fingers tapped against a wooden table. Xi Long was impatient. It has been twenty minutes since he first told Shufen to find his kitten but there was no updates as of yet.
Picking up his phone he dialed his secretary "why is it taking so long."
"Boss..." Shufen trembled. He kept on running programs but the cctv from that night had disappeared. He even hacked into the ones surrounding the area but he could not find even a glimpse of her. Someone had tampered with the records before he could get to it.
Hearing Shufen's voice Xi Long knew that he would not like what he was about to hear.
"Hm."
His boss barely uttered a sound and Shufen was ready to collapse. He knew that when his boss when silent, it was 300 times worse than him angry.
"Boss...I cannot find her. Someone has tampered with the records and there is not even a single second where she was captured on video. I hacked the surrounding cctvs and there is still nothing, a filler video has been deposited in the time frame where you interacted with her."
Ice blew through the phone almost freezing Shufen. 'Hu hu boss, I have been threatened by you so much tonight, please spare me. Sally juseyo (1).'
Keep searching. With that, Xi Long hung up the phone. Raging with anger he clenched his phone in his tight grasp.
'Who could be supporting her? Li Shufen was a top class hacker, if someone managed to hide it from even him that meant there was someone strong behind her. An elite computer programmer who had the skills to hide her from him.'
The idea that someone was keeping her hidden angered him but he was strangely delighted. He knew that the kitten he met tonight was no white lotus. She fought him like she was a trained fighter, anyone else less experienced than him would've been severely injured for messing with her.
Amusement filled his eyes, 'Mhmm seems like my kitten is good at hiding. But she forgets, that no one can hide from me. I'll find you and when I do - you're never leaving my sight again.'
...
Dressed in a maroon suit, roughly styled hair, and an ice cold face Xi Long looked like the devil himself. Ready to burn and freeze anyone who disturbed him today. It has been a night, a night since Xi Long had made a promise to find her and he was still unable to find out even her name. Memories of her black hair and piercing brown eyes haunted him in his dreams. He had dreamt of her and woke up just as he had reached over to pull her hood down. He was frustrated throughout the entire time he had her in his arms he memorized the feel of her body, her size, her eyes, etc but failed to take a full glance at her when he had the chance.
Laying back in his car, he held his forehead as Shufen drove them towards the office. Feeling a mild headache, he rolled down the window. The view outside blurred as the car sped down the highway.
'Where are you Kitten.'
Lazily glancing out the window he watched the blurry sights. As the car slowed down his eyes watched as a little girl begged her mother for ice cream. The mom adoringly looked back at the child and took her towards the ice cream stand. As he watched the child light up with joy his eyes locked onto a small body wearing a black hoodie walking past the family. His body turning on autopilot, he threw open the car door and nasty walked towards the figure. His gaze and body was locked, he could not even hear the sounds of his secretary calling out to him - his attention was focused on the hoodie.
The crowd divided like the red river as his tall figure commanded them to move out of the way. Catching up to the black hoodie, he reached towards their shoulder turning them around.
"Kitten?"