"It's nice to have you in my house."
Huiqing said, opening the door as Roulan stepped outside with a smile on her face.
The smaller girl finally let Roulan go home after the taller girl begged her to. Huiqing didn't seem to want Roulan to go home.
But Roulan is still shy around her, considering they aren't even official.
Even though Huiqing invited her to sleep in her house, she still doesn't want to continue, as it seems a bit inappropriate for her liking.
Huiqing doesn't understand why, as they are both girls, and sleeping in one bed seems all right as it'll be like any other sleepover she imagines.
"Thank you for welcoming me."
Roulan bows down as Huiqing does the same thing, smiling widely.
"You don't have to thank me; it'll be your house anyway."
With Huiqing's straight-forwardness, Roulan couldn't help but blush a deep shade of red, her ears also getting a little redder.
Huiqing laughs at Roulan's expression before she hits the taller girl on the shoulder.
"I'm just joking, but that'll be a nice addition to my house."
Huiqing said, looking at Roulan shyly. The taller woman smiles before shaking her head and pointing back inside Huiqing's house.
"You go inside now; I'll be going down myself."
"I can drop you off."
Roulan shakes her head, grabbing Huiqing's shoulder and pushing her inside the house.
"I can manage; you still have a lot to do."
"Please, let me drop you off at least at the elevator."
Huiqing pouts, looking at Roulan with puppy eyes. The girl in question sucked her breath, not ready upon seeing the girl in front.
Huiqing has a very charismatic feature. Her face looks like a fox, and it did not do any justice to her attitude.
Upon seeing Huiqing on the first day, she thought Huiqing was someone who bullied anyone going her way.
But first impressions sometimes stink, and Huiqing is the one to prove it.
Roulan sighs before she nods, making the girl in front squeal and quickly lock her door.
"Come on!"
Huiqing said, clinging onto Roulan's right arm as the two strode forward towards the elevator.
"There are no classes tomorrow; can I go to your house?"
Huiqing asks, her upper body getting a little ahead as she looks at Roulan.
Roulan's big eyes bore into Huiqing's as she smiled and nodded her head.
"You're welcome as always."
"Aww, the elevator's here."
Huiqing pouts as she looks at Roulan. The taller patted Huiqing's head and held her hands.
"We'll still be able to see each other tomorrow."
"I'll miss you."
Roulan sighs as she pulls Huiqing into a hug, to which the smaller responds by hugging her tightly.
"You know, if anyone sees you like this, they'll think you're so dramatic."
Roulan whispered as she chuckled. Huiqing groans before she huffs a breath.
"So what? They're just jealous because I have you."
"You never know, Huiqing; I should get going now."
Roulan pulled away from the hug and patted Huiqing's head yet again.
She steps inside the elevator as the door slowly closes.
Huiqing smiles and waves. Before the elevator door closed completely, Huiqing sent her a flying kiss.
Roulan's face quickly became heated, and she shook her head, not wanting anyone who might come in the elevator to see her red face.
As the elevator door dings, Roulan goes out of the elevator and out of the building.
She inhaled the fresh air around her before looking around, furrowing her eyebrows when she saw someone standing on her side who seemed to be looking at her.
She shrugs her shoulders and makes her way out of the apartment building.
As she was walking, a light suddenly appeared on her back, indicating that there was a car behind her.
She didn't mind it at all as the car might pass by, but her eyebrows furrowed as it seemed to be following her.
She looked back and saw the man from earlier running behind her.
Her eyes widened, and she was about to run away when she bumped into someone. Her nose and lips were covered by a cloth, and she tried not to inhale anything.
She squirms under the person's hold but only wastes her energy as the person is a lot more powerful than her.
And at the end, she didn't have any energy and was running out of breath, inhaling the cloth as her eyes started to darken as she passed out.
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"Bastard!"
Roulan can be seen gasping as she is awakened by a bucket of water. She opens her eyes wide and looks around the room.
She saw a man beside her with a bucket in his hand. Not clearly sure if he's the one who called her.
The room looks like a warehouse. It has one light on top of her head as she's sitting up on the chair.
It was as if she were in a movie where the protagonist was kidnapped for a ransom.
Ha! She IS kidnapped!
But what will the kidnappers want from her?
She's just a poor girl, working multiple jobs just to live her life.
She's just a third-year college student, struggling to pay for her half tuition and her needs.
She's just her.
The door opens, and the cold man comes in. She gulps upon meeting his eyes.
"So, you are Li Ruolan?"
The man walks in front of her, lowering himself to look at her eye-to-eye.
"H-How did you know?"
Roulan stutter. She gulps again, feeling her throat dry as the man continues to stare at her soul.
The man's lips twitched. He smirks and releases a low chuckle, making the girl in front of him panic.
"Marry my daughter, you bastard!"
Wait, is this the man that has kept bugging her for the past few days? It can't be right?
Roulan observes the man's features. And it is the man who has the scar.
If her getting kidnapped by this man means his daughter wanted something, as far as Roulan remembers, then she is in big trouble!
"What do you say?"
The man asked, and his eyes bore onto Roulan's as he glared at her.
Roulan felt her soul dying inside her, her heart beating fast as if she were in a marathon, getting chased by a tiger just to win.
The girl in question can't seem to bring herself to say something.
If she disagrees, she'll be dead meat by dawn.
Just by imagining herself disagreeing, she can already feel the knife getting pierced into her chest. Bullet ran on her side as she felt the cigars getting onto her insides.
If she agrees, she'll suffer greatly. Considering this man will be her father-in-law and the daughter might be worse than him.
Just imagining it, she couldn't help but wince, to which the man noticed and furrowed his eyebrows as the girl showed an expression he wasn't expecting.
"Are you going to answer or not?"
Roulan snapped out of her thought and looked at the man squatting in front of her.
If she were to stay neutral, there wouldn't be anything that could save her from the things that might happen.
She still loves her life, even if it's hard.
She still has a lot of dreams to achieve, and one of them is to make Huiqing her girlfriend.
Speaking of the girl, she still has to spend time with her tomorrow.
"Can't I think?"
Roulan, just how dumb are you to ask that question?