When the young man looked downwards at her, he froze for a few moments. He blinked his eyes multiple 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!
Something fell at a distant corner, but it startled both of them...
Subconsciously, he pulled her towards him. She felt a strong muscular arm around her waist holding her securely. They both realized that it was just the sound of falling an object.
She froze when she heard a deep voice, "Are you ok?"
She clenched her fists to control her undefined emotions and nodded. She took a deep breath, looked up and asked in a hushed voice, "D-Do you k-know who are t-they?"
He replied while checking the surrounding, "Hmm, you are in danger, they are…" he looked at her and replied, "I-I don't know who are they… you have to be careful next time." He left his grip around her waist and turned around, "Follow me."
She nodded and held his hand while walking behind him. Soon, they entered a residential building. He took out his phone with his free hand and did something. There was dark in the basement so he turned on the flashlight and told her to sit on the bench beside them. Just in a minute, they saw a taxi stop near the gate. "Here is your taxi, tell them where you want to go."
Su Yeon agreed and stood up. When she was about to take a step ahead, he stopped her, "Wait."
Su Yeon stopped her tracks and at the very next second, she felt that something was wrapped around her from behind. She touched the cloth and found a big overcoat around her shoulder, which covered her white hoodie entirely.
When she was about to turn around towards him, he held her shoulders to stop her from doing it. Later, she felt that he pulled her hair tie and just like that, her waist-length silky hair fell down. He fixed them a bit, "Remove your specs, they can't recognize you now."
Su Yeon removed her specs and went outside. As soon as she sat in the cab, she took out the overcoat and passed it without looking at him, "Th-Thank you so m-much." Her voice was shaking due to unexplainable reasons and the taxi went away.
.
While reminiscing it, Su Yeon subconsciously clenched her heart. Even now, she was feeling a sudden outburst of unexplainable yet deep emotions…
When their eyes met, all types of emotions took over her mind and soul…
"Happiness? Yes,
Sorrow? yes,
Anger? yes,
Longing…"
Su Yeon started listing down the words coming into her mind.
"Why d-did I wanted to hug him tightly…" she asked herself while thinking about the moment when he hugged her at the sound of a falling object. She discovered this feeling when she heard his voice.
Why did a couple of minutes with that stranger man leave such a lasting impact on her…
Ring! Ring!
Su Yeon came out of her thoughts when her phone rang. It was a call from Lufan. She looked herself in the mirror… red teary eyes and a heartbroken face…
She cleared her throat and accepted the call, "Hello,"
Su Yeon told him everything that happened today including the incident with the stranger.
Wang Lufan replied from the other side, "Hmm, judging from his precise behavior, he must not have ill intentions towards you."
"Yes, he saved me at a perfect time."
"You must have done some good deeds in your past life."
"Haha, what good deeds, I always like to annoy…"
Just then Su Yeon remembered the incident with the Silver masked man. She widened her eyes when she realized something, "Both of their eyes and voice seem awfully similar…"
"Whose eyes and voice? Su Yeon ah, what are you talking about?"
"Huh? Ahh nothing. Brother Lufan, you should take care. They might attack you soon."
"Hmm, you too. Sleep now, it is already late. Good Night"
"Bye, good night."
Su Yeon hung up the call and thought about her previous realization.
The surprised eyes of that silver masked man… his deep voice… are way more similar to the young man she met today.
"No-no, this is not possible, he would have recognized me then," Su Yeon thought about this possibility and went to sleep.
…
At Life Hospital,
After the call ended, Wang Lufan clenched his phone. No matter what, he couldn't make himself accept the fact. He quickly called someone, "Hello"
"Yes Dr. Wang"
"…Thank you."
"It's my duty."
"Little one doesn't know that they are from BlackJack, she just observed that people with the spade tattoo are behind me."
"Dr. Wang, I think you should tell her, then she won't take this big risk next time."
"No, I want to keep her away from this world as far as possible, and if I tell her, she would try to follow them next time."
"Hmm, she is indeed like that."
"But… how did you manage to save her? She didn't even recognize you."
"It wasn't me. Since the last factory incident, I have assigned a guard for her.
But before he could do anything, fortunately someone has already saved her from them. He didn't want to take any risk so he came as a taxi driver in front of her. She thought that the person who saved her called it and paid the bill."
"What if she has been attacked on the way? And who was that person?"
"Don't worry Doctor, my guard was trained personally by me. It's just that, if he would have been more alert, she wouldn't suffer this much.
About that man, my guard couldn't see his face since that man was wearing a mask and specs, and unfortunately, there aren't any CCTV cameras so I couldn't check. Dr. Wang, you should be more careful from now onwards."
"Hmm, I am more worried about Little one… she is getting involved in this again and again."
"I am continuously monitoring her, so you don't have to worry about her. Miss is completely safe under my protection."
"… Thank you once again, Mr. Secretary…"
"It's my duty Dr. Wang. Good night."
Wang Lufan hummed as a reply and hung up the call. Earlier, he got the call from Mr. Secretary the moment Su Yeon was being chased by the two people from BlackJack. He could concentrate on his surgery only because Mr. Secretary had assured him about her safety.
Now she reached safely at her home, Wang Lufan went to sleep without any tension.
…
Meanwhile, somewhere in the Imperial City,
A person couldn't sleep out of worry. The short girl was constantly coming in front of his eyes. Her safety was constantly bugging his mind.
Who took her away?
Is she in danger?
What if they must have done something to her?
Countless questions were coming in his mind, but a single question outweighed all of them…
Who was she?
He was tossing and turning continuously. Ultimately, he got down from the bed and went to his study table. He opened his laptop and took out the notepad. When he was about to start typing, his fingers stopped abruptly, 'What I was going to do?' he couldn't remember why he opened the laptop and what he was going to search.
He buried his face in his palms and remembered the whole incident,
.
Initially, he just wanted to help her escape from their sight. He took out his wallet and asked them. When he saw the girl was out of that place, he didn't ask any further.
He turned around to leave but his legs stopped...
Something inside him was telling him to follow them and save that girl… no matter what, he has to save her!
Before he could think of anything, his feet were already moving towards the other exit door. He chose a different way and saw that she was already coming in that direction.
Somehow, he knew that she will take that turn so he hid behind a gate and waited for her. "5 meters, 3 meters… now!" He caught her at the correct point of time and pulled inside. When they were in the corner, he saw her half-covered face and one question came to his mind,
'Have we ever met before?'
.
Those surprised eyes… he has definitely seen it somewhere…
'Right! That small girl!'
He remembered that her eyes were the same as the short girl he is seeing for a few days. But still, one question remains the same,
Who was she?
Another thing, when he looked at her, he felt extreme happiness...
As if he finally found his precious belonging after ages…
When he hugged her for protection, he didn't want to back off. Her warmth and the faint sweet scent were giving his heart an undefined relaxation, as if a huge burden has been lifted up…
He shooed away his perverted thoughts and tried to look for some clues. There wasn't a single CCTV camera and he didn't memorize that taxi plate number!
"Great! Now from where I am supposed to start?"
When he was busy cursing himself, an idea popped up in his mind. He opened the map and looked for that place. There was a single highway that connected many different short roads. He smirked and decided to hack the highway security camera. He clicked his fingers and started typing.
After fifteen minutes of hard work, he finally could hack the system. He anticipated the time and started checking the cars of that time.
Right at that moment, he saw that someone is tampering with the footage…