I Want A Lifetime With You

All of a sudden, some unknown force seemed to have grabbed Shi Nuan’s feet in the dark. With a thud, she fell sitting on the ground, and her phone dropped right out of her grasp.

Shi Nuan seemed to have hit on the countertop basin before she fell on the ground. The acute pain radiating from her back was so intense that she almost shed tears. The washroom was still pitch-black, so she reached out her hands and tried to find support to stand up. However, at that instant, a sharp jolting pain shot up her legs, plopping her right back onto the floor again.

“Help! Anyone there?”

It took Shi Nuan a lot of strength before she could finally crawl her way out. Yet, when her hand reached the doorknob, Shi Nuan found that the door had been locked from the outside. She tried everything she could to open it, but her efforts were to no avail. A wave a terror washed over her as she sat alone in the dark.

Unconsciously, Shi Nuan’s breathing had become shallow. Fear slowly crept up on her, swallowing her alive as time ticked past in the gloomy washroom. Right then, it had felt like a déjà vu moment when Shi Nuan recalled her childhood incident. It happened when she was at home. At that time, she was accidentally locked in the closet. No matter how much she screamed, no one came to her rescue. She thought she was going to die in there. And she most probably would have suffocated in the closet if it was not for Mr. Yang. He was the only one who had bothered to look through high and low to find her when he realized that she went missing.

I need to calm down. Ok. Breathe. Shi Nuan gnawed on her bottom lip and forced herself to keep a cool head. She reached out her hands again and felt every inch of the floor, trying to find her cellphone, but couldn’t.

Meanwhile, Fu Chengyan had heard Shi Nuan’s scream just as he was going to hang up the call. His eyes darkened and he stood up abruptly. “May? May? Say something!” But there was no reply.

“What happened?”

Li Heng narrowed his eyes. The room that was noisy and happening had turned into complete silence instantly. He looked at Fu Chengyan’s rigid expression and realized that it was no simple matter. Then Li Heng slightly lifted his arm, motioning to those who were still joking. Everyone stopped their chattering instantly.

Nonetheless, Fu Chengyan pursed his lips and just stared at his cellphone. The call cut off from Shi Nuan’s side. But when Fu Chengyan tried calling again, he could not get through.

The usually calm Fu Chengyan looked like a totally different person now. He seemed to have lost his wits as his face paled. “Zhou Zheng.”

Zhou Zheng, who stood outside the room, immediately came in when he heard Fu Chengyan. “Yes? Master Chengyan.”

“Cut off all exits of this place and lock it down immediately. Do not let anyone in or out. Ask your men to check everyone in this building, and do not miss out on anyone. Focus on those who were at the same gathering as May,” growled Fu Chengyan as he fixated his gaze on Li Heng.

“Gathering?” Li Heng’s eyes darkened when he saw Fu Chengyan’s serious appearance. Then, he raised his hand to signal Liang Lin to come in, “Did anyone special come in today?”

Liang Lin took a look at Fu Chengyan then said, “Master Chengyan’s wife is here today with her friends on the second floor. Song Shen was the one who booked out the whole floor.”

“Song Shen? I don’t care who it is, no one leaves today,” Fu Chengyan squinted his eyes and looked at Li Heng with a snarl.

Liang Lin was feeling a bit troubled, so he darted his eyes towards Li Heng. However, Li Heng merely waved his hand, “You heard Chengyan. If anything happens to his wife, I will make sure you are the first to be punished.”

he adjusted his glasses

and Zhou Zheng led a whole search party. This was the first time they saw

and asked, “Are you suspecting that someone

at Li Heng. He appeared gravely somber and said, “Watch your

the other hand, quirked his eyebrows and patted Fu Chengyan on his shoulders. “Don’t worry. No one would dare to make chaos at Jingxiu’s territory.” Li Heng then turned to look at Su Shaoqing, who kept himself quiet this whole

“I think someone is trying to challenge Chengyan’s limit,” Su Shaoqing

Why not?”

obligated to save lives, and someone’s life is at stake now,” Fu Chengyan said as he grabbed his coat and left the room in

hand on Su Shaoqing’s shoulder. “He is looking for his wife. Why would you want to join

have met with the woman a couple of times. She looks pretty and even looks somewhat similar to that person. However, Chengyan had always only lost his

“Well, there is nothing to worry about. Chengyan is the most dependable among the four of us, other than Jingxiu.

in the dark for a fairly long time, had finally got up from the floor. After adapting herself to the darkness, Shi Nuan had come to realize what was actually happening. All the lights in the washroom had

Shi Wei, Anna,

tricks. Shi Nuan calmed down after she had pieced the puzzle together. It all made sense

to the door and forced it to open but could

“Anyone?”

“Anyone out there?”

she heard a hissing noise, causing her

one of them, and that was true for Shi Nuan. Shi Nuan couldn’t see, so she sensed that this hiss was more than mere imagination. The

Crap! There’s a snake!

the snake, it sounded like it

goosebumps all over her. She did not dare to move or make

were heading towards the washroom. After

voice. Shi Nuan could tell instantly since she just heard that voice earlier. It’s Qin Yue! ”Yes, I’m here. I need help,” Shi Nuan’s voice trembled as she spoke

you?”

that her sudden movement would startle the snake. But even so, she still spooked the snake. In just a split second, it’s natural predator instinct acted and attacked

was too unbearable that she fell on

Nuan! What happened? Nuan? Answer me!” Qin Yue tried to unlock

is a snake,” Shi Nuan said through clenched