Ji Ming came out of the washroom. She was finally feeling nice after so many days. Everything which she has bottled up was emptied in front of her friend. This moron of her always helps her to at least give courage or feel happy.
She noticed that Su Yeon was not sitting at their table, so she called her while looking outside the window. She saw that Su Yeon was talking to some people outside so she waited for her. When Su Yeon reached the gate of the café, a tall handsome man came looking for her.
Unexpected to her, Ji Ming was looking at him the whole time. He was tall, maybe because her little moron was so short that while standing with her, he was looking taller. He has classic taste in clothes, his black-rimmed rectangular glasses were complimenting his small face. Instead of aloofness, his face had a soothing calmness.
He came running towards Su Yeon and asked something worriedly which made Su Yeon stop her tracks. After few exchanges of words, the worry on his face was replaced by satisfaction. His smile… was very nice.
Ji Ming came out of her thoughts when she saw Su Yeon coming into the café. When Su Yeon reached their table and sat, Ming asked, "Who was he?"
Su Yeon was about to reply but she caught something unexpected in the eyes of her friend! 'Is she curious about a guy? Finally!' she chuckled at her thought and answered, "Ahh… he was the elder brother of my classmate. Just now we discovered that we had another mutual friend," Su Yeon decided to become the devil and purposely skipped his name.
"Ohh, is it," Ji Ming replied. Su Yeon felt defeated! 'What? That's it? You are not even curious about his name, what he does, etc?' Su Yeon started scolding Ming in her mind. Just then, heavens completed her wish. She heard Ming asking, "What is… his name?"
Yess!! Su Yeon cheered inside and told everything in the excitement, "Ohh.. He was Dr. Song Hao, a fourth-year resident in Cardiac Surgery…" she paused and regretted it. 'Ahhh! I should have teased her more!!' she thought and continued in a normal tone, "… umm I don't remember the name of the hospital… why did you ask about it?"
When Ji Ming heard that he is a doctor, she found it perfect for his personality, calm and composed. Just then she got flustered because of Su Yeon's question.
'Exactly! Why the hell did I ask? And that to this clever devil! She must have taken it differently...' she thought and to cover her mistake, she said, "Dr. Song Hao?... hahaha… then I mistook him for someone else… hahaha."
'A lame cover-up!' Su Yeon caught that but decided to end this matter here else she would get another beating from her. Since their lunch was done, they decided to leave the place. Ming had brought her car so she dropped Su Yeon first at her home and then left.
While driving back home, Ming kept thinking about the guy she saw earlier. His face was popping inside her mind again and again. His calm attitude can make any girl rely on him, also, he was quite… handsome. She smiled at her own thoughts and shook her head.
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The Song family reached the main mansion before the sunset. Qiang said excitedly, "Brother, let's have a match again! This time, I will definitely defeat you!" Song Qiang challenged his brother for a round of long tennis.
Song Hao replied indifferently, "You surely like to lose every time." Uncle Song laughed and reminded them, "Get fresh first and then do whatever you want." Song Hao asked, "Uncle, do we have plenty of tissue rolls?" Uncle Song got confused and nodded. Hao continued, "Qiang will need them later to wipe his tears." They both laughed and Qiang rolled his eyes.
Song Hao looked at Gon and said, "Mr. Secretary, you should rest now, I will change first and come to your room to give medicines." Uncle Song also nodded.
Gon assured him, "No worries young master Hao, I am absolutely fine. It's just that my body temperature rises when I worked up myself. I will be completely fine by tomorrow. Thank you for your concern." Song Hao nodded and said, "Ok then, but if you feel unwell, do tell me immediately, take care then," and left.
Even if Gon managed to convince Song Hao, uncle Song noticed that Gon never made eye contact with Hao during the whole conversation. This must be because… he was lying? When his little dumpling noticed the changes in him, then he realized that Gon wasn't looking well.
Uncle Song said, "Gon ah, you should take a rest now. You must have really worked up for past couple of days. Report me after dinner." For some odd reason, he was getting band hunches just by looking at the face of Gon.
Last time when he came with an aloof face, he came to know that his little dumpling died in the past life and now in this life, she was being followed by someone.
This time seems worse than the previous one since Gon was burning due to fever and his eyes seem lost, as if he remembered something grave. Uncle Song was getting afraid of knowing what happened but at the same time, he wanted to know exactly what happened to his both kids in these past two days.
Gon was looking downwards and replied to his master, "I am fine master, I… I have to report you as soon as possible…" while saying this, his eyes turned red and he clenched his fists.
Uncle Song got the seriousness of it and hence nodded, "Ok, follow me. Let's go to my study." With each step, his heart was thumping crazily… He couldn't even get over the fact that his little dumpling died that time, now he can't think of any worst possibility.
When they reached the study room, they went inside and uncle Song locked them from inside. He went to his desk and sat on the chair. Looking at Gon's worsened face, he asked, "Gon ah, you should also take a seat. I want each and every detail of the past two days so it's better if you sit and relax a bit."
Gon nodded and sat on the chair opposite master Song. He took out some files and his laptop from his bag. Gon took a deep breath and started to tell, "Master… three days before, we got information that someone was keeping an eye on young master. So, I hacked the security cameras of Life Hospital. It seemed that they just wanted our young master to know something. When they felt that young master will now look for them, they started running."
Master Song started feeling restless. It was clearly a trap! Someone wanted to set a trap around his elder child. If it was Lufan from the previous life, being an invincible warrior, he would have already realized that it was a trap. At least, it is good that Gon had learned about hacking, many things have become easy.
Gon continued, "Young master later went to the apartment of young master Qiang, so I thought that he might have realized that it was a trap.
Later I got a signal that someone has hacked into our Miss's phone. I immediately tracked that IP address and turned out that the owner was none other than our young master. I was monitoring his activity; he was just tracking her location… nothing else. I wonder, do young master know hacking?"
Master Song shook his head and said, "Since he went to Qiang's apartment, Hao must have taught him how to do it, Hao knows a little bit of hacking."
Gon agreed and said, "Yes, that would be possible because after few minutes, young master Hao also hacked Miss's phone but he was checking the information of the owner of the phone, it must be out of curiosity.
On Saturday morning, I saw that the young master was not going to the hospital but towards the closed factory. It was near the library where our Miss always goes."
While Gon was explaining every detail, Master Gon stood up from his chair and started pacing around their table. He connected the dots and said, "Hmm… That means those people who came in the hospital weren't following him but actually must have told something to him intentionally; they also made sure that Lufan heard it and then ran away. In that information, this place must be mentioned, that is why Lufan went there to check out."
Gon was amused. He thought, 'Once an Emperor, always the Emperor. Not anyone could have become the Emperor of the Song Empire. Only our master and young master deserve it. After all, the young master has trained personally by his majesty; he must have got his skills, perspective and quick-wittedness from his majesty.'
Gon nodded and told, "You are right, master. Those people wanted to capture our young master. They pretended to kidnap our Miss so that young master will show up himself. To their dismay, instead of him, I came out. I have no idea that young master was hiding in the dark…"
"What!!!!" Master Song shouted. "They dared to use my little dumpling as a bet!!!!" he punched on the table and continued, "And what about Lufan? He didn't show up himself, right? No-no, I am sure that he didn't… he is smart enough to realize that it was a trap."
Master Song was battling inside his mind. He wanted Lufan not to show up himself but at the same time, he wanted Lufan to take care of his little sibling if by chance they would have done something to her.
Gon replied, "You don't have to worry master. Both young master and Miss were safe. I managed to capture three of their guards, but the leader… he somehow escaped," while saying this, he clenched his fists.
Master Gon sighed in relief and patted his shoulder, "How can I worry when I have you by my side! I trust you. Then, what happened later? I am sure that Lufan must have caught you immediately."
Gon nodded and replied, "Yes master. In both lives, our first encounter was still the same. He pushed me inside the factory, kept the surgical scalpel on my throat and asked me why did I save our Miss, just like that time… back then, he held the dagger on my throat and asked the same question.
I wanted to see his face so… by few secret moves, I managed to tear down his mask… when I saw his face, it felt like the big gaps in my memories started to fill up. I asked him not to follow me and escaped. He looked a bit shocked because of my behavior."
Master Song nodded. He also felt the same the first time. After coming into this world, he barely managed to adjust to this new lifestyle.
During the business trip abroad, he went to meet his nephew and then he saw Lufan for the first time. He couldn't think of anything when his elder child suddenly showed up in front of him...