As Chyou turned to exit she was hold up by Meilin as she asked, "Any update about what I asked you to look up?"
She turned around to reply," The CCTV cameras have all been checked at the location you mentioned. None of them has spotted the figure you mentioned except for one."
"Send me all the information about the location that holds the footage."
"Yes, I understand."
"No word should go out about this."
"I will make sure."
As Chyou exited the cabin she thought 'what does boss has to do with the footage. Strange.'
As soon as she received the information, Meilin took her laptop and hacked into system with the footage. She cleared everything leaving no trace of it. Then she busied herself with work.
She wanted to get done with the day. She always wanted to leave the company but due to the contract with Su Lin she was tied down to stay. She was waiting for the day when she could leave everything here behind. 'Just a year more' she recited in her head as she comforted herself.
As dusk arrived she headed out of her office, tracing her track back home. The city slowly started to grow lively with the light and noise of the night life.
She took the stairs to head upstairs. As she opened the door, the darkness that engulfed the room was sparked up with the flip of the switch. The dim light helped dissipate the utter darkness.
She took a moment as she settled down and closed her eyes. She enjoyed the silence as she took deep breaths. She stood up and headed towards the kitchen and grabbed a glass of juice. As she drank the juice she arranged all her stuff and tidied her place. Then she headed to take a bath.
She changed into her all black combat pants and fitted full sleeve tee paired with the black hoodie and her thick leather jacket. She grabbed a pepper spray, a black procedure mask and wore a plain black mask with a ripped of bottom part; just leaving her eyes covered.
As she glanced through the window of her room she could see darkness and secrecy. She smiled to herself she took out the laptop and disabled the nearby cameras before heading out through the window.
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The Hai Family
"Mey, where are you heading to?" asked Hui seeing his sister all dressed up.
"Meeting friends." Mey replied shortly.
"And where is it?" he asked with a serious tone.
"It's a party with my friends. So we will be gathering a club."
"So where?" he asked again impatiently.
"Jia will sent a text now about the location." replied Mey.
"I will drop you."
"It should be fine. Why bother brother. Also someone is coming to pick me up." said Mey.
"Tell them I will drop you off. Now follow me." said Hui leaving no room for rejection.
She followed him to their underground parking. He randomly got inside one of the car and headed to the address sent by Jia.
Hui started lecturing his sister about not drinking and all the annoying things that she really didn't want to hear.
As he dropped her off at the bar he reminded again,"Be Careful. Let me know when you are done. I will come pick you up."
"Fine. I will keep everything in mind and also let you know when its done. Okay."
Hearing his sisters response he couldn't help but smile. As he left he made a call,"Make sure you keep an eye on Mey she is heading to club Three. Be sure to ensure everything is under control. I don't want anything happening in this short span of time. Do you get me?"
"Yes boss. Understood" came the response from the other end of the phone.
"Hmmm..." he ended the call as he thought about his sister. She would always come across or jump into some trouble. She can't tolerate something that is wrong. So each time she finds something wrong is happening she involves herself, in one way or the other. He had to keep a close eye on her to keep her unscathed every time. He couldn't help but shake his head thinking about her.
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The night view of the city was indeed beautiful. She captured the view of the city while sitting at the edge of one of the tall buildings. Her hair and ribbon that held the mask flew along with the wind. The stars seem to be slightly shadowed by the bright lights from the city.
As she enjoyed the moment her attention was caught buy a scene happening in a narrow alley. She saw a girl being cornered. She climbed down the building to catch a better view of what was happening.
She could see that the eyes of the girl held fear and helplessness.
Each time the girl took a step back, the distance between the wall and her reduced. She watched patiently to see what happens next.
"Standing up for yourself is great. Standing up for the weak is much better."
He stared dead into her eyes. The rain sounded louder with the silence between them. He wanted to prove her wrong so badly. The blood that was slowly mixing with the rain seemed more concerning. He stepped away from her and rummaged through the car looking for an umbrella. As soon as he found one he opened it and handed it over to her. He looked at her and said, "Suit yourself. Make sure you make it." He then turned around and walked away.She stared down at the figure that was slowly shrinking in size,'Should I or Should I not? This will be a pain in my ass.' As she stood and contemplated she heard light screeching sounds. She spun to see two cars headed down the their direction. It seemed like they were coming for him. She moved as on cue, she got into the car and started the engine and headed to the direction he was walking. She braked right beside him and shouted, "Get on now!". Hearing the sound he turned to look at her, "What? You already are making the fi-" before he could co
Hui had impulsively decided to head to her place to return the jeep. It was halfway that he thought about her staying back at Xue’s place. Therefore, he was not expecting to run into her. This unanticipated situation that leads to their encounter brought him a millimeter of joy. He wanted to know her more. As she turned around to leave, he called her out, “Wait!” She looked back at him. He was fidgeting not knowing what to say. Just then he saw her bandage turn to a darker shade of red. “Bl.. Bloo.. Blood” “Wha-” before she could question what he was saying she felt something trickle down from her forehead. She lifted her fingers and brushed the side of her forehead. She saw blood on her fingers. Irritated she rubbed it of with her sleeve. ‘I should have been a bit more careful. Where the hell did, I hit my head.’ Before she could complete cleaning, her forehead Hui grabbed her hand and pulled her along his direction. She struggled to
Mei decided to go out for a walk to enjoy the night breeze. She wanted to organize herself after coming across loads of information. She paired a random hoodie with sweatpants and a pair of shoes before heading out.She walked down the street with no direction and destination. The moonlit night created an ambience for healing and relaxing. She took a turn into the alleys and went where her legs took her.After searching up Hui she understood the farther she was away from him the safer she would be. She could also guess for sure that he would look her up based on his background.She was halfway out of the alley when a loud bang caught her attention. She halted and went in the direction of the sound. She walked faster towards it.She halted seeing the scene that unfolded. It was something she was not expecting to be. Hui stood at the center facing two bulky guys. He was in a bit of a situation. She scanned him and the surroundings once again to see what she
Mei didn’t utter a word as she stood there staring a hole at Xue. Not knowing what to do Xue just pulled out an awkward smile before continuing with the phone call.Mei ignored it as she walked to the kitchen to grab a glass of water.“How is Mei?” asked Su Lin from the other end.“What do you think? You should have an idea?”“It was my mistake.”“You are always ready to apologize but also the first one to hurt her. How could you even think of something like that? I really don’t want to spend another minute on you. If you wanted to know about her you called up the wrong person. I’ll leave you here.”She hung up the phone and looked around to see Mei exit the kitchen.“Mei!”Mei turned around to see her walking towards her. “What did he call for? Routine Checkup or what?”“You could probably say that. Anyways what are you up to
The dark sky laid the perfect background for the bright moon that hung up high above. Hui drove to his base to investigate further into today’s incident. As he parked the car in the compound, he saw Lei right outside walking towards him.He got out and gave the keys to Lei and said, “Find whose jeep is this and get me all the details related to it. Also look into this license plate number and find me whose car is it. Hunt them down.” Hui handed a piece of paper with the mentioned license plate number.“Yes Boss, I will work on it.”As they walked into the building Hui stopped midway turned around and told him, “One more thing. Look into a person called Mei. Get me all the details you can get about her. Don’t leave out any details. Do you get me?”“Boss, I don’t think I will be able to dig deeper with just one name.”“Ah… That is right”“We have no clue
Mei pondered about the events that happened as she ate her sandwich. She got up and went into the kitchen to grab a glass of water. She decided not to waste her time and give up her thoughts to go get a good nap. On the way to the room, she bumped into a table nearby. As the books on the table fell on the floor an old photo slipped out from one of the books. She slowly bent down to pick it up. A single tear escaped from her eye as she looked at the picture.The picture had a lively feeling. A man held a child high up in the air and a lady was sitting on the ground looking at you and waving. It seemed like she was calling someone to join her. Mei stood there not moving.Xue had come around hearing the sound. She was met with the sight of Mei looking at the picture longingly.“Mei…”Despite the call she didn’t make a movement.“I still can’t get over it, Xue. It still hurts….. I still see them in my sleep.