A young man, who was sitting behind them had seen everything. Being able to read lip movements, he knew that they must be some kind of gangsters. He smirked when the small girl decided to sneak out after eavesdropping on their conversation…
The young man saw their 'Catch me if you can' game. He adjusted his black-rimmed specs and started to follow them.
...
Su Yeon saw that the two men realized her trick and thus she started going through the crowded places. The two men were successfully reaching near her, just then someone stopped them from behind.
"Is this your wallet?" the young man asked with a blank face.
Both of them looked behind and saw a tall young man asking about a wallet. They quickly denied and once again ran to look for that girl.
The young man smirked and adjusted his specs. But just then, while looking at the running girl, a scene appeared in front of his eyes,
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A young and short girl with a white hoodie running away…
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He blinked and the scene got vanished once again…
Su Yeon came out of the subway station but unfortunately, the volume of the crowd was decreasing and by this rate, she is easily going to get caught. As she was busy getting afraid, she rushed out of the station door and entered the dark road.
Outside, the roads were have been started covering with the snow. Now she would either slip while running or her footprints will definitely guide them about her location. "Shit!" she regretted but couldn't turn back.
It was a market area but most of the shops has been closed. There were many turns in front of her. She was trying to run on clear roads but realized that the chances of her getting caught had increased since they both can split and caught her in different ways.
The sound of footsteps was getting clearer to her and thus she started getting panic. The two men could finally catch up and were getting nearer.
Su Yeon quickly took a turn and after a couple of steps, someone caught her from sideways...
The two of them also took that turn, but saw an empty ally… There was no one, they couldn't see her footsteps too. "She must be hiding somewhere," one of them said. They both started looking at each and every corner.
There were few shops open and some residential buildings. Few people were shopping, some were returning back to their home, some were going out… the two men were successfully got trapped in this mess.
"Let's start checking people," they both decided to check every passing person. While taking a quick look, one of them saw a familiar person sending off someone in the taxi. The girl sat inside, returned his overcoat from the window and the taxi drove off. He was looking at the departing taxi and sighed.
When he wore his overcoat and was about to take off his mask, the two men asked, "Excuse me, did you see a short girl with a white hoodie?" The young man replied with a blank face, "The girl you were chasing in the subway?" The two men nodded.
The young man kept his hands inside the pocket and replied, "Bad luck, you just lost her" and eyed them to see behind. They turned around, at some distance, a short figure with a white hoodie was walking fast. They almost ran towards that person.
The young man took off his mask and smirked while adjusting his black-rimmed glasses.
Just then, a taxi came once again, "Sir, did you book the taxi, please tell me the code displayed on your mobile."
The young man got confused and checked his mobile, it was showing that the taxi he booked just reached his location. 'Huh? Wait, how it is possible…' He started feeling restless and looked in the direction where the taxi went earlier. He quickly sat inside and went away.
Within a few seconds, the two men reached near that person and caught, "You little bitch! Trying to run away from us…" They got shocked when the person in the white hoodie was a teenage boy. An old lady came towards them, "Who are them Bong?" she asked her grandson. The teenage boy shook his head, "Granny, I don't know them."
The two men apologized with an irritating face and returned to the place where they met the tall young man. Unfortunately, there was no one.
One of them roared, "He tricked us! Did you remember his face?" The other one, who was equally frustrated replied, "No, he was wearing the mask. He wasn't wearing it at the subway but I didn't pay attention that time, Ahhh!" Defeated, they went back to their base.
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The taxi stopped in front of a residential complex. "Thank you, how much is the fare?" Su Yeon sighed in relief when she reached near her home and asked for the fare. "You're welcome Miss, your fare has already been paid, good night!" replied the driver.
Su Yeon gave a confused smile, put on her hoodie cap and got off. Just then, the driver came out and held an umbrella above her, "Miss, it's snowing heavily, let me drop you till the basement." "Thank you, Sir," Su Yeon thanked him.
After seeing her going inside the complex safely, the driver's face became serious and called someone, "Boss, I dropped Miss safely at her home."
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When she reached inside the complex, she hurriedly took out her phone and called Wang Lufan. She had already messaged him 'Beware of that Nurse, they will attack you at any time, I will call you at night' when she was in the taxi.
As the call connected, she asked worriedly,
"Hello, brother Lufan are you alright? Where are you?"
"In hospital, leave about me, how about you? What happened? Are you alright?"
"Yes, I am alright, I just reached my complex, Brother Lufan, I have something important to tell you…"
"Ahh… unfortunately an emergency came right now. For now, go home quickly and calm yourself down. I will call you later… and I need an entire explanation, Little one!"
"Ok, bye then."
"Bye."
The call was ended just when Su Yeon reached her doorstep. She went inside.
"Su Yeon ah, where have you been? and what's wrong with your face?" Mother Yoon asked when she saw her child's unusual expression.
"Did dad come home?" Su Yeon asked and looked inside. She would get an earful if he is at home. "No, he will be late today, but where were you?" Mother Yoon asked. She squinted her eyes, Su Yeon's hair was left open and she was not wearing her glasses too. Mother Yoon asked, "Did you go to some party or… date?"
Su Yeon who slumped on the dining chair and was drinking, almost spit out the water, "Mom! What date?" She saw Mother Yoon was glaring at her face and hair.
She realized the reason and assured her, "Don't worry mom, actually the hair tie broke and it was a bit crowded in the subway so I kept my glasses inside the bag… I will take a shower now." Mother Yoon believed her and nodded.
Su Yeon went inside but just then, she heard the doorbell. Since her father came already, she decided to just freshen herself.
The dinner went unusually quiet today. After dinner, she took a quick warm shower since it was already late. While drying her hair, she remembered the life-saving yet a bit disturbing event...
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When she took the turn in hurry, just after a couple of seconds, a pair of strong muscular arms caught her and pulled her inside. She kept struggling as she didn't know who was the person and what is their intention.
Her mouth was held tightly by a big hard palm, still, she wasn't feeling suffocation or any pressure on her face. That person was behind her so she couldn't see, but feeling the hardness of muscles and the masculine scent, she knew that it was a man.
She was almost lifted up by that person so that her footprints won't appear on the snow. With light and quick steps, he took her inside a residential building from the backside. Just then, they had to hide in a corner as the two men were somewhere near them.
That person quickly kept Su Yeon in the corner and covered her with his tall body. His palm was still covering her mouth.
Finally, Su Yeon was able to see the person...
The person who saved her was a tall young man. He had a thin yet muscular physique. When her gaze moved up and stopped at his face, she could only see the side profile of his half-covered face. He had a sharp jawline and was wearing black-rimmed specs. Just then, he moved his face towards her and looked down at her petite face.
Under the calm moonlight, his cold yet sharp eagle eyes met with her round doe-like eyes…
The time around her stopped…
and her heart tightened due to a sudden gush of emotions…
Even if she could breathe in his grip, she started feeling suffocated…
He too blinked his eyes a few times, because something must have happened with him, just like her...
He shook his head as if brushing off his thoughts and moved his face aside to get an idea about their presence.
Bang!!