"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth..." The pastor continues.
"And in the end one was destroyed for a new earth" she says standing up, she'd heard enough. She'd also already showed her face and sent a gift. It was time to leave before he went on to talk about the sanctity of love, ignoring the numerous eyes upon her, she walks out.
Stepping down from the stairs, she walks to the black uber she'd called waiting outside the church.
"To the airport right? You have no bags?" The driver asks turning to look back.
"Bags?" She says and smiles. "I guess you can say I'm going to get my bags," She replies. Thinking she means her bags are at the airport, the driver nods and asks. "Ready?"
She turns her head towards the window and looks out, her eyes glancing over the London church she was to see for the last time as she heads back to china. Her eyes deepen.
"You have no idea," she answers.
To which he nods and drives off.
***
"Have you heard?" A lady says to another at the Ground where the thirteenth year alumni of X-university where all gathered. X- University was a school were only the wealthiest and most intelligent attended. Hence, everyone in the room at the ground were dressed to a T dripping in wealth.
"Heard what?" she says moving closer conspiratorially.
"She's coming back," she says.
"Who?" The ladyreplies.
"Tong Yao," she whispers back.
The other girl jumps up.
"Tong Yao is coming back?!!!" She says in shock.
"Ren Mi!" Her friend exclaims looking around.
The otherwise noisy room had suddenly gone eerily quiet. Ren Mi looks around noticing all the eyes on her.
A plate of food crashes on their table spilling everywhere.
"What da... Wu Xi!"she screams meaning to scuttle away realizing who was in front of her. A young handsome man, with phoenix dark eyes and a domineering charisma holds her top and drags her back onto her sit.
"Now now, you just announced something extremely interesting, you weren't planning on leaving us all confused now where you?" He says.
"I...i it was Lili ...Lili said it not me" she says shivering.
He smiles, that's never a good sign. Wu Xi doesn't do smiles, her body was starting to shiver.
"Enlighten me," he says turning to the rest of the table.
"Please..." he says eyes gliding over everyone and stopping at her.
He just pleaded that's a second red flag. SHE REALLY REALLY WANTED TO RUN, but he had his hands on her shoulder.
"Who spoke?" He asks.
"Ren Mi" the room collectively erupts.
He turns back to her with his blank eyes devoid of emotion.
"Care to repeat what you said and heard?" He says.
"Lili...Lili..." she says looking at Lili for help but that traitor lili had already somehow sneaked away.
"We have all day do take your time," he says pulling out a seat and sitting down.
She shakes her head. That's not good, that's not good at all.
"Tong Yao, Tong Yao returns today!" She says and jumps up running far away from the devil that is Wu Xi.
The hall immediately erupts with people talking as his eyes deepens.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in Tower 34, a bunch of water comes sprouting out of a beautiful ladies mouth onto the face of the girl in front of her.
"Jin Jie!" The girl drenched in water says annoyed.
"Tong Yao is coming back? Today?" The girl who was now using a napkin to wipe the water nods when her hand is grabbed tightly.
"Tong Yao? Are you sure? The same Tong Yao we both know?" She says almost all in one breath. The little girls flinches. "Jie my hand hurts," She says but instead is rewarded with a tighter hold.
"Answer my question!" Her Jie all but thunders.
"Yes that Tong Yao, your Tong Yao, Wu Ji Ge's Tong Yao, Wu Xi Ge's Tong Yao, Fan Ge Ge's Tong Yao all of you's Tong Yao!" She says or rather cries out wanting to be released.
That's not possible!" Sujin says finally releasing her. Grabbing her purse, she all but runs out of the room.
***
Sujin rushes into a room at Wu corporation headquarters topmost floor where Wu Ji ceo of Wu corporation is with his best friend Fan Renting.
As she rushes in Wu Ji turns his back to the window, hands held together at his back.
"Wu Ji, Wu Ji, Wu Ji...she's... she's, " she starts eyes wide, scared.
Fan Renting sighs.
"Alive, I know Wu Xi called," Wu Ji says to which Sujin loses her balance staggering and falling to the ground. How does a dead person come back to life?
***