she dropped the magazine and walked towards the direction the figure had left, she didn't directly look for it and just took her time in sight seeing that wing of the house. His house was no different from hers, it was divided into two wings.
she didn't walk into any room but just walked through the corridor looking at the painting hanged on the walls. she noticed the small figure trialing her stealthily but just focused on examining the fine pieces of art before her., when the figure had come quite close she suddenly turned and grab into it's petite figure, lifting it up in the air with it's legs dangling as it's struggled to break free from her hold
It's a child_a girl to be exact
"if you stop struggling I'll put you down, but you have to promise you won't run away" she told the little girl still holding her in the air
The girl hesitated for a minute the finally stopped struggling and nodded her head to show she agreed, Lu yao yin gently dropped her on the floor and took off the hoodie blocking her face. The little girl was a beauty, she had a deep blue eyes that light up her small chubby face with small pouty pink lips,
"what your name?" Lu yao yin knelt on the floor and asked her. she lifted her finger and pointed to the name tag attached to her hoodie.
"Zi zhiyan?" the girl nodded in response
"well zhiyan how old are you?" she lifted five fingers and showed it to Lu yao yin,
"what are doing here?" this time the made some gestures with her fingers, it seemed she was using sign language, luckily Lu yao yin understood sign language so it was easy for her to know what the girl had just said
"you live here? well I live here too so we're neighbours. how come I have never seen you before, don't you go to school?"
The girl made a gesture that said she was not allowed to go out and that she was homeschooled.
"I see you two have met" a voice sounded from behind them, Lu yao yin stood up and saw Zi yichen standing with an amused look on his face
"aren't you supposed to be in bed?" this question was directed at the little girl. She pouted the scurried off into one of the rooms
"is she yours?" Lu yao yin asked as they made their way back to the sitting room
"why? jealous?"
"yeah very jealous" she replied sarcastically,
"she's my sister's daughter"
"you have a sister?" she was shocked to hear this piece of information, she could bet she wasn't the only one that didn't know he has a sister, like he was super popular but there was totally no info about his sister. maybe only close friends and relatives would know about her.
"had" he corrected "she died some years back" this explained why his sister was totally unheard of
"I'm sorry" Lu yao yin could tell he really loved his sister
"Zhiyan...she can't speak?" she curiously asked
"yeah it's a long story" Zi yichen didn't want to talk about it so he changed the topic, Lu yao yin also didn't ask him anything pertaining to it again
"there you are, I was wondering were you guys ran off to" Jin Shenyang joked when they got back
"it's quite late already, it's best if we start heading back"
Zi yichen nodded then together with Lu yao yin saw them off to where their car was parked
"ahh I almost forgot_ Zi yichen my brother asked to send his regards soon and he said to tell you that he would be meeting you soon."
"he also said something like 'stealing his Jasmine back' or something of that sort" He shrugged indifferently but his words had struck Zi yichen mind, he clutched his his finger and a dark storm brewed in his eyes. Lu yao yin curiosity was piqued as she saw how much he was affected by what he just heard, she wondered what the history between him and this so-called 'brother' was to affect him this way
"Lu yao yin I don't see your car anywhere, why don't we drop you off on our way home?" Lui shenhui gave a cheesy smile, trying to hide her anger behind the smile only made her face look contorted
"no I wouldn't want to bother you"
"miss Lu yao yin, it's really not a bother, we could dropped you off if you don't mind" Jin Shenyang suggested too.
"you don't need to bother yourselves, I'm sleeping over here" she meant a different thing but Jin Shenyang and Lui shenhui understand another meaning, even Zi yichen looked amused at her, he didn't expect her to say something like that although he understood what she really meant.
Lui shenhui was even more agitated but she couldn't respond because she didn't know what to say, she didn't know whether to argue or to insult her but even if she wanted to she couldn't cause it would only make her look stupid,
"uh okay, then we'll get going" He got into the car and Lui shenhui reluctantly followed him and they drove away.
"they are gone now so I'm also going," after the car had moved out of sight she bid him goodbye and turned to leave
He caught her hand and stopped her from leaving "I thought you said you were sleeping over here?"
she scoffed sarcastically "yeah I'm sleeping over at my house"
"so you lied?"
"technically speaking I live here so I didn't lie tsk" she winked and waved as she walked away
****
it was midnight and raining heavily
A young man knelt chained to a wooden pole, the cold rain fell ceaselessly on him, damping his hair and what was left of his battered clothing, mark and wounds left from an obvious whipping filled his skin andcould be seen from the torn parts of his clothes
"Si Lu ten did you ever believe that you would end up in my hands? you had always seemed to be invincible but now that all ends cause i will get rid of you for good once and for all!"
sitting under the shade of an umbrella, another young man boasted arrogantly, his face holding immense pride and hatred for the man kneeling before him. He nibbled on the fruit offered to him by the men standing round him
Si Lu ten lifted up his head gradually, his eyes spat fire and the aura he emitted was capable of suffocating whosoever he looked at
"where is my mother?" he asked coldy. he has been in the Si family residence for days now and he still haven't met his mother, he didn't want to act rash since he hadn't confirmed if his mother was with them or not if not he would have killed his way out of this place.
"your mother?" Si tianmo laughed out hysterically
"bastard do you really think your mother is with us? haha, I knew that was the only thing that would make you obediently come here that was why I instructed him to say it"
"haha you're such a fool to have believed that till now, what makes you think that your mother would have lived this long if truely she was in our hands...I personally would have killed her and stopped grandfather from looking for you two bastards," he boasted, and tossed the hot cup of coffee in his hands on the tied up man before him
The hot drink splashed on Si Lu te neck but he didn't flinch or ask as if he had felt the burn at all, he just lifted his head and asked "so you don't have my mother?"
Si tianmo thought he had asked the question out of dispair so he felt exceptionally proud with himself "no we don't but don't worry hahaha after I've sent you to help I'll look for her and send her to join you hahaha"
He was laughing so heartily that he didn't notice the smirk on the corner of Si Lu te lip, he smiled to himself like a burden has just been lifted off his chest. thoughts of his mother being held by the Si family had been a restraint to all he wanted to do but now he could break bone and take lives and there was nothing stopping him!