Inevitably Trapped With The Amorous Husband 41 Chapter 41 : Shanghai Television Festival 2

Xiulan woke up from Hongqi's loud phone conversation so early in the morning. She glances at the digital clock beside the lamp and it was only 6:03 AM. She only had three hours of sleep. She was still sleeping in the masters bedroom due to Zhu was always in the penthouse.

It was STVF's D-DAY and Xiulan had to cram last night for more information regarding the TERRO group. Zhu has spilled more details about the TERRO group's plans for STVF so she had to somewhat change her plans.

When Dong Yong woke up from his operation, he has informed them more about the plan ever since the device was safely removed from him. He felt incredible amount of freedom after that device was removed.

"Just let them wear anything that will headline the fas.h.i.+on community. We have a bunch of new wardrobe collection from Guxxi and Versaxe. Make sure that there will be no wardrobe malfunction since that's the last thing I want to hear from the media." Hongqi impatiently said on the phone while he removes his gym shoes and socks. He was sitting on the side of the huge bed while he loudly converse.

Xiulan lazily glances at this loud husband. He was so noisy that for a person like her who sleeps heavily to wake up from someone's voice made her really grumpy.

"No. Make sure that each of their posts in their social media accounts will reach million likes and views before they post another one. I need to go. I'll call you later." Hongqi firmly instructed again before he ended the call. He removes his upper gym s.h.i.+rt and shorts and threw it in the clothes basket near the bathroom's door. Before he enters, he types on his phone again before he went inside the bathroom.

Xiulan was somewhat taken aback by Hongqi's good physique, plump b.u.t.t and nakedness. It woke her up a little that he was only in his briefs. She did not expect such an explicit sight so early. She was thankful that Hongqi was facing away from her so she didn't saw the front view.

Xiulan went back to sleep when she heard the gus.h.i.+ng of the water inside the bathroom. She should sleep as soon as possible before she witnesses Hongqi's wet look and dramatic s.e.xy display.

Once Hongqi was finished with his morning routine, he glances at the sleeping Xiulan. He's not sure if this woman will attend STVF. But to be sure, he grabbed a paper bag that contains branded clothes.

He picked a casual French lavender short dress with short laced sleeves. He neatly hangs the dress on a hanger and let it dangle in the handle of her closet. He wanted to make sure he can spot her easily later. He also put a sticky note on the hanger to remind her to wear this.

Hongqi was staring at the dress and was thinking of what to add when his phone suddenly rang. He answered the phone and hastily left the bedroom.

Xiulan managed to fully get her wits back after taking a few more hours of sleep. She realized that someone kept on loudly knocking on her door. "Mrs. Xing, I will leave soon. I left the food on the table." Bai Rong announced and it became quiet again.

Xiulan groggily sat up straight and took a moment to finally move to the bathroom to take a shower. She can now shower on her own since her injuries were almost healed.

When she's finished, she moves to her closet and saw the pretty French lavender dress. She reads the note attached to it and she grimaced at Hongqi's not-so endearing note. "Wear this or I'll ban your entrance for STVF."

"Jerk." Xiulan muttered and angrily grabs the dress. "Why would a fan wear such pretty dress in a war zone?" Xiulan commented but still she wore the dress.

She paired the dress with a nude buckled wedge pumps. She must wear shoes with heels because people might criticize Mrs. Xing's height again. She was never bothered by other people's comments but whenever if it's about her height, it somewhat triggers her.

Yes, she must present as Mrs. Xing tonight. She has the special VIP pa.s.s from Hongqi. It'll be weird and a ha.s.sle for her to create alibis how a normal fan got that VIP pa.s.s.

Xiulan puts on a light make up and a gradient red lipstick to make her look young and less sickly looking since she didn't sleep that long enough to get the healthy vibrancy on her skin.

She went to eat her breakfast before going to her company. She decided to make a quick visit to the company and work for a few hours before she attends STVF. She somewhat guessed that she might end up in the hospital again. She's not sure how dangerous it would be today but just in case she will sign some doc.u.ments and a.s.sign Secretary Dandan do work on projects that were pending ever since she got badly injured.

"Boss, here are the doc.u.ments that company X requires us to do. They said it was okay to delay and they wish you to recuperate as soon as possible." Secretary Dandan informed and handed a file.

"Thank you." Xiulan courteously thanked Secretary Dandan. She checks the file and drafted a quick review on what to do to the project. She also added pointers and a 'to-do' list for her respective employees.

"I have to go. If there is anything else, you may call me tomorrow instead. I have something important to do today." Xiulan instructed and gave the doc.u.ments back to Secretary Dandan before she leaves the company.

It was already 3 PM when she left and she has an hour and a half to reach the venue. She took a cab going to the destination since Lau Zhu was already in the venue to monitor.

As expected when she arrived at the STVF's venue it was already crowded by fans and she did not expect that Hongqi's a.s.signed army of guards were waiting for her.

"Ma'am, per instructions of Young Master you need to stay inside the designated VIP room he a.s.signed for you." One of the ravis.h.i.+ngly dressed guardsmen said.

Xiulan glanced at the young handsome man and the rest of the other guards. She was rather surprised that they were all das.h.i.+ng to be a guard. Was it a requirement to be this handsome while working under Hongqi?

"I understand." Xiulan smiled at them and followed.

While Xiulan walk through the hallways of STVF she kept hearing people whispering about her every now and then. She even saw famous actresses, actors and models reacted when they saw her with the bunch of Hongqi's guardsmen.

"Is that Mrs. Xing? As expected! Prettier in person and wow she's wearing a limited edition dress!"

"Didn't expect her to be pretty. But she's too tiny. What a waste of good looks."

"Why is she even here?"

"Can someone tell me why she's here?"

"Ugh. I hate her."

Xiulan didn't even spare a glance at the nosy people. She kept her eyes straight and only listened to the das.h.i.+ng guard.

"Miss Lau Zhu's already waiting in the room." The das.h.i.+ng guard said before he gestured that she can now enter the room. Xiulan only nodded and gave a curtsy smile before she enters the VIP room.

"Please let us know if you need something. Cold drinks and snacks will be sent in the room after a few minutes." The das.h.i.+ng guard informed and then he quietly closes the door.

"Missus, I apologize that I wasn't able to escort you." Lau Zhu immediately said when she saw Xiulan coming inside the room.

"It's fine, Zhu. What happened by the way?" Xiulan asked as she walks towards a yellow fancy sofa inside the room and gracefully sat on it. She gestured Zhu to sit down. Then she moves her eyes to check the room's interior. She's impressed how retro and expensive-looking everything inside. They are like inside a Victorian room.

"It seems your husband has full control of this place's security. When I got here his men managed to surround the Tesla car in a blink and demanded I should stay inside this VIP room. I wasn't able to roam around anymore. Good thing I did some advance searching and monitoring a few days ago but it's not enough." Zhu was frustrated. She was supposed to check something in the fire exit but she can't leave the d.a.m.n room.

"I see. He's making sure that he keeps an eye on you. He still doesn't trust you." Xiulan commented and frustratingly rolled her eyes. She did not expect Hongqi to give her this much attention while she attends STVF. She thought he's being extra today just for show.

Xiulan slowly rubs her chin and started to think of ways how to move freely inside this place under Hongqi's scrutiny.

"I do have some of my men waiting in the parking lot in case we need some backup and information outside." Zhu helpfully informs. Zhu glances at her smart watch. Just one tap on the emergency b.u.t.ton and she will be able to send emergency signals to her team.

"That's great! Thank you for being always ready, Zhu." Xiulan praised Zhu. She was really happy with Zhu's enthusiasm for this case.

"Thank you, missus. This time, I promise I won't get easily knocked out." Zhu seriously promised. She will never let that embarra.s.sing failure to hunt her again. She will have her revenge and let the missus know how dangerous she really is.

Xiulan chuckled at Zhu's playful side comments. They talked more about the strategy they will initiate today.

The plan is; Xiulan will be concentrating on monitoring the CCTVs since she brought a powerful laptop with her that can render thousands of CCTV footages without lagging her screen. She'll remotely a.s.sist Zhu through a micro mic.

According to Dong Yong, the TERRO group will have all their men scattered and surrounded the whole venue. Xiulan's team must also take note of the important people for the event since they will be targeted the most.

TERRO will be in casual clothes but have deadly weapons secretly hidden inside their bodies that even the security scanner won't be able to detect.

"According to Dong Yong, your husband Xing Hongqi might be targeted by TERRO. By the way, he doesn't have any idea about you or your relations.h.i.+p with Mr. Xing. He just remembered and spilled this information since Mr. Xing's name came up from one of our conversations." Zhu was so late informing such important information. This causes Xiulan to stop her movements and stared confusedly at Zhu.

This information really caught Xiulan's full attention. "And why is that?"

"TERRO and Xing Hongqi are currently in a petty battle to buy firearms and weapons from an exceptional source. Since your husband has an unlimited amount of funds, he's been buying all of them which madden the TERRO leader and he wanted to kill your husband because of this frivolous reason. Killing his number one compet.i.tor and creating panic to this country was like hitting two birds with one stone using STVF." Zhu informs and worriedly looked at her lady boss.

Xiulan was surprised by this wild and sudden information. She knew Hongqi was so obsessed in creating that dream security company. But she did not expect for him to have a feud with a terrorist. Actually, Hongqi might not know anything about this petty TERRO group. He might also not aware he managed to get their attention in a bad light.

"This makes everything complicated." Xiulan bit her lips from anxiety. d.a.m.n she must protect Hongqi and get him out of this predicament without exposing her secret. But how can she do that?

Xiulan sighed heavily. "We will still stick to our plan. I will try to meet my husband later." Xiulan calmly said and took a bottle from the table to drink some water.

"are you going to inform him about his impending doom?" Zhu was slightly shocked by the lady boss' reaction. She seems to be calm and saying this information to her husband will expose her.

"No." Xiulan didn't say much and only tiredly smiled at Zhu.

Zhu doesn't know what the lady boss was planning but she believes that she has a great plan.

They didn't talk anymore and Xiulan busied herself by setting up the laptop and kept on tweaking a weird controller device with a lot of wires on it. Zhu was curious on the purpose of that device since it looks really old.

Right on cues, the ever-das.h.i.+ng Xing Hongqi suddenly opened the door and add to Xiulan's dread; he even brought his entourage with him.
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Xiulan quickly put the device inside her bag and swiftly switched to a video of a Disney movie to hide the CCTV footages.

"Dear, what brings you here? Aren't you busy?" Xiulan greeted Hongqi with an endearing lovely smile and quickly gave him a loose hug. She needs to act as Mrs. Xing now.

"My love, sorry I am late." Hongqi hugged back and lovingly whispered but the people inside the room can still hear it. He even kissed her forehead which made some of his female entourage raise their eyebrows.

"I didn't know Young Master has this charming side." A balding man in his mid forties commented

Hongqi was already enjoying that little act of him and Xiulan when he suddenly remembered that these pesky, nosy and curious fellows followed him here. Apparently they were not his entourage but only curious acquaintances.

He sharply looked at the bunch of people who followed him and gave a very cold comment. "Now you have seen her, you can now all get out."

"What a ruthless guy! Hi, I am Meng Ru. I am Hongqi's ---" the bald guy weren't able to finish his introduction when one of Hongqi's guards already manhandled him and pulled him outside the room. The women were all shoed away by Zhu.

"What was that?" Xiulan asked and pulled away from Hongqi's hug and went back to her seat again.

"Curious rats must be fed by a little amount of cheese, right?" Hongqi shrugged and lazily sat beside Xiulan. He puffed a heavy sigh and muttered "I'm so tired. Glad this is the last awards event."

Xiulan understood what he meant. As long as there's a chance to flaunt their relations.h.i.+p Hongqi will always take advantage of the situation.

"The event will start within an hour. You can still nap. Let me ma.s.sage your temples." Xiulan suggested and ignored his rats and cheese comment. She glanced at Zhu who was busying herself on her phone yet her ears were all perked up to listen to the couple's banters.

"Really?" Hongqi's face suddenly brightened and quickly laid his head on Xiulan's thighs. "Be careful with the hair. My hairdresser will get mad."

"Hm." Xiulan started pressing his temples, forehead and the back of his neck with pressure. While she was giving a very satisfying ma.s.sage, she quickly sticks a small black circular pin the inner parts of Hongqi's collar.

The black pin was a tracking device. She must always know his whereabouts in case the event tonight would suddenly get serious and b.l.o.o.d.y.

While XIulan continues to ma.s.sage Hongqi, Secretary Yang Bo suddenly entered the room and informed Hongqi that the event will start soon.

Honqg lazily got up from the sofa and stretched his long muscular arms. Xiulan's ma.s.sage was so effective that he got a satisfying power nap.

"You can visit the artist room later if you want to take a picture or talk to the celebrities. Also don't talk much with Andy Gao. Understand?" Hongqi warns Xiulan while he sooths the creases on his suit.

Xiulan coughed from Hongqi's accusations about Andy Gao. He can never let go of that issue with that actor.

"Dear, please don't think much of my little crush to Andy Gao. You will still be the only one." Xiulan sweetly said and winked at Hongqi.

Secretary Yang Bo and Zhu coughed from the missus' display of affection. She was really cute but somewhat it made them blush how corny it was.

Hongqi sneered and really liked how Xiulan answered him. He went back closer to Xiulan and kissed her forehead. "Be nice here and don't roam around without the guards." He said before he left the room.

Xiulan remained smiling until Hongqi was fully out of the room. Fake smiling and flirting made her exhausted.

She went back to whatever she was doing and set up her laptop again.

"Zhu, the event will start soon. I want you to roam around the audience area and in case the guards in the hallway ask you just tell them you need to talk to a fanclub admin." Xiulan commanded and gave a small circular pin to Zhu. "Attach that to your bra or underwear. I need that to track wherever you are."

Zhu nodded at hastily attached the pin on her bra strap. "Please don't go out without any guards. I'm afraid I might not be able to save you on time in case they suddenly attack." Zhu warned the little missus. The audience are is too big. In case the terrorist suddenly attacks, then it'll be hard for her to come rus.h.i.+ng here.

"I won't. Don't worry. I'm not that courageous." Xiulan teasingly smiled and jokingly shooed away Zhu to start her work.

Zhu took her time to roam around the VIP area before she went to the audience area in the upper box level of the arena. There aren't that much of Hongqi's guards in the audience area so she managed to roam around without any pesky and nosy guards.

The first half of the event was peaceful and there weren't much any problems or any dangerous signals until Xiulan caught sight on a huge armored vehicle at the lowest level of the bas.e.m.e.nt park. It wasn't there before and it boggles her how it managed to get inside and pa.s.s the security.

The armored vehicle looks like it can accommodate 40 people inside.

She quickly track how the d.a.m.n armored vehicle managed to get inside by reviewing the CCTV footages. It surprises her so much that the vehicle was there since three days ago and no one even reported that something eye-catching and shady was there for three days.

Add to her dismay, there were like five of them. Gosh she almost flinched when she saw armored men with expensive bulletproof armors and high cla.s.s weapons suddenly came out of the vehicles.

"So they stayed and waited there for three days? What dedication!" Xiulan can't believe it.

Xiulan quickly buzzed Zhu. "Zhu, there are suspicious armored men in the parking bas.e.m.e.nt. Call over the backup and --" Xiulan wasn't able to finish her command when a loud explosion and chilling screams suddenly can be heard from Zhu's side.

"What was that?!" Xiulan exclaimed and quickly move her CCTV monitor to where Zhu was.

The stage exploded and most of the audience near the stage were caught in huge debris and were injured badly. This has caused a huge amount of panic to the audience in the other floor levels.

"Missus, the stage suddenly exploded. Good thing I'm here in the upper box area. I will come down and check what's going on. Please stay safe and remain inside the room." Zhu said and ended the conversation. She quickly and smoothly jumps from the upper box floor to the lower box floor. There she saw bunch of armored men emerging from the exploded floor. The suspicious armored men didn't hesitate to shoot the marshals and guards that were trying to stop them. She also noticed the green and red badge on their chest area. It's definitely the emblem of TERRO.

Zhu realizes that these p.r.i.c.ks are the terrorists. Since she now spotted the enemies, she quickly threw a flash bomb at them and didn't hesitate to shoot them on the head.

The b.l.o.o.d.y battle started and Xiulan can hear everything through the mic.

"..." Xiulan is speechless. She doesn't know what to react anymore. People are dying outside and she can't seem to think any plans on how to save any of them.

She glances at the CCTV footages and the VIP area is now surrounded by TERRO's men. The room that Hongqi was staying in is now infiltrated as well.

Xiulan gulped and quickly think of ways to save people and also fight against TERRO.

She must stay alive and get this over. She quickly put her items inside her big gym bag and went to the comfort room inside her VIP room. Thankfully there was a small door in the ceiling of the comfort room. She used the toilet as a platform to elevate and reach the small door. Good thing that the height was reachable.

As soon as she managed to get inside the ceiling, she started looking for an outlet to charge her laptop. There in the dark ceiling, she quickly types a bunch of codes that will hack into TERRO's database. She will connect this thru TERROR's wireless connection and plant the virus. All the hacked data will proceed to a very private and secured cloud database that she created just for this mission.

She must get all the necessary information they have available. Actually the most important data she must hack is their HQ's coordinates. She can get this data through the armored men's inbound and outbound conversation.

Once she got the HQ's coordinates, she will send this data to a government intel and declare an emergency signal to the government's military and they will fire a missile to that coordinates.

Her university and her father already grant her the permission and power incase this type of emergency happens. Also this will call more backups to help them escape.

"You really have the guts to fight back huh?" A loud raspy voice exclaimed and a woman's grunting can be heard.

Xiulan's attention concentrated on the noise. She almost forgot about Zhu. She quickly panels to where Zhu was and unfortunately Zhu was captured with the rest of the celebrities and some fans. Zhu was being apprehended by the TERRO group.

They were all inside the VIP room near the backstage. She quickly look for her Hongqi. The poor husband was also captured and has a huge black eye and some blood on his mouth.

"Who is this?" a cold yet domineering voice asked. In the CCTV footage, a man with an armored headgear was talking.

"That's the girl from last time incident. She was with another girl but she seems to be not here. I suppose she's already dead?" The brown haired college kid guessed and he has his full armor as well.

"Oh really? So you guys are the ones who kept on hacking our system? Great! Really great! Who's your master? Tell me!" The scary full armored guy started questioning Zhu.

"Isn't it obvious? We are working for the government." Zhu sarcastically answered. Zhu quickly took a glance at the bruised up Hongqi. She must be careful at answering; she might expose the missus' secrets.

"We have been dilly dallying the government for such a long time and they never acquired anything useful until someone with a very distasteful skill in hacking suddenly came. We had to hire and kidnap bunch of great hackers to deal with that pesky teammate of yours. I presume that person is currently in here?" The scary full armored man deduces and started looking at the people inside the room.

"Obviously that person is working remotely. We also had to hire that person to track you. It is not wise to bring our long range player in the battlefield, right?" Zhu said to distract them more and give more time to whatever Xiulan was planning.

"Touché. But as of the moment, your secret mic is sending data to someone inside the building. Hehe, do you want us to track that person?" The scary man sneered and gave orders to find Zhu's partner who is also inside the building which is Xiulan.

Xiulan heard the scary man's threat. She quickly unplugged her laptop from the outlet and started putting all her items inside her bag again. As soon as she's ready to escape, she quickly crawls towards the nearest turn and found the entrance to the rooftop. She hid behind the dragon statue and pull out her laptop again.

The hacking process was already at 87% and she only needs a few more minutes then this mission will be completed.

Secretary Yang Bo was so worried that Xiulan was not in the room and her bodyguard is currently captured as well. He doesn't understand what they were talking about but he guesses that Zhu might be only bluffing right now. How can she and the young mistress working for the government right under their noses? They have been monitoring her ever since her name was involved to the Xing family. It will be a huge blow to their side that the wife of Xing Hongqi was this great in hiding secrets.

He looks at his poor master and he noticed that he was listening attentively. He must be thinking of a plan how to save the young mistress. With Zhu's bluffing, they can buy more time to distract these people.

They were all shocked that these guys suddenly started punching Hongqi and accusing him of gathering all of their resources. He really didn't understand their point.

Right now the backup they have are on the way and Secretary Yang Bo is not sure if the backup could even help them right now. Such magnificent armors are impossible to penetrate with simple bullets.

"Have you seen my wife?" Hongqi suddenly asked and it surprised Secretary Yang Bo. His thoughts were thinking of some plan then his quiet boss suddenly talked.

"I'm sorry, Young Master. She's not present in this room." Yang Bo apologetically said. He could see how Hongqi clutches his own hands out of frustration and veins in Hongqi's hands were almost popping.

They were all trapped inside this room and most of the guards they have earlier are dead or injured. How can they even escape this place without any further damage?

"Master! Our HQ was attacked by missiles!" Someone from the TERRO group suddenly came in running and screaming.

"What?!" everyone from TERRO gasped.

"Our HQ is currently under emergency. Our people and weapons were all in vain." The guy explained. His face was really purple and obvious panic was evident on his eyes.

"F*ck! Let's get out of here! Abort mission!"

"You! You f*cking a.s.shole! You did this aren't you? Son of a b.i.t.c.h! Bring him with us. We will use him!"

Hongqi was dragged away with the TERRO group and Secretary Yang Bo got shot in his arm when he tried to fight back and protect the young master. Zhu immediately helped Secretary Yang Bo. Good thing that her backup were on time and managed to get hold of the other TERRO group. But first she must save the missus' husband.

Xiulan saw everything what was happening inside and it distresses her so much. They were kidnapping her husband! Gos.h.!.+

She knew where these punks are heading and she must get there before them. She already successfully nuked their HQ and now she must at least save her husband.

"Ugh! Hongqi you better treat me better after this!" Xiulan exclaimed while she runs toward the hidden TERRO helicopter. Fortunately she has some weapons and explosives with her. She must use this tactfully or else she might hurt herself and Hongqi.

"Zhu, head to the rooftop. They are going to escape using a helicopter." Xiulan commanded. She must get a backup here in case she unsuccessfully saves Hongqi.

"F*ck, who the h.e.l.l attacked us?" the leader of the TERRO group shouted as his team dragged the poor Hongqi quite brutally. Hongqi was not moving or fighting back anymore and this alarmed Xiulan.

"Why is he not moving anymore? Is he dead?" Xiulan quietly mumbles as she watches the TERRO group quickly fleeing the place and dragging Hongqi like he was a sack of rice. Their helicopter was ready to fly anytime and she must stop them and save this darn husband.

Xiulan quickly rummages her gym bag to search for any of the explosives she currently have. Her sight hovered over the five flash bombs. She quickly pulls them out and using all of her possible strength to threw it one by one to the fleeing TERRO group.

Due to her effort to throw it in a long distance, the first flash bomb hit the head of person before the leader. The flash bomb exploded on top of his head and made a huge impact that causes him to tumble. The bomb also created a deafening sound and created a screen of white smoke.

Xiulan never thought that the flash bomb she threw was premium quality since it created such thick white smoke. If it was a regular quality it wouldn't create such thick smoke.

The preceding flash bombs she threw hit on the right spots and made the fleeing group to tumble, panic and scream for help. The bad news is they also suddenly went haywire and fired their guns in different angles. It causes to hurt their own team.

Good thing Hongqi was not hurt from the random firing of bullets but the way he was tossed to the side was extremely unpleasant.

"Mother f*ckers!" The leader screamed and went rampage in firing his gun. He doesn't care anymore if he hits his own men.

Xiulan quickly hid herself back to where she came from. Her heart was beating so fast from the nervousness and adrenaline.

While she was still gasping for air, she suddenly heard someone talked beside her. She almost lost her breath when a very tall bulky man wearing a full armor was standing beside her.

"Missus, are you okay?" the tall man inquired. Concern can be seen from his eyes.

"Gosh, you startled me!" Xiulan growled at Ming He once realized that it was an ally. Ming He is one of Zhu's trusted men. "How did you find me?" she eventually asked when she managed to get her heart to calm.

"I followed Zhu's instructions where to locate you. I am sorry for startling you." Ming He apologized and peeked at what was happening outside. The leader is still firing his bullets while the other armored men from TERRO are badly injured because of what Xiulan did.

"Missus, stay here. I'll finish this." Ming He courageously said and darted outside the battlefield.

Xiulan didn't even manage to say anything to him since he was so fast. It took her a few minutes to regain her composure and move to check what he will do outside.

Ming He instantly and easily takes down the bad guys with his gun and mix with martial arts during close combat. Xiulan was utterly amazed by how professional and cool Ming He was during this moment. Since the TERRO fools were dazed and confused by her flash bomb, Ming He quickly defeated them.

The TERRO leader was also apprehended, finally. He was still spouting curses and suggestive remarks at Ming He while he was lying down and his hands were handcuffed.

Xiulan immediately looked for Hongqi when the coast is clear and went to his side.

"Hongqi! Hongqi!" she helplessly shouted while she carefully held him. "Wake up! Everything is fine now."

Hongqi slowly flutter his eyelashes and open his eyes. His vision was filled by Xiulan's beauty and her concerned expression. His heart finally calms down after seeing her face without any injuries. He was so worried awhile ago that his mind can't even think properly. Add that he was badly beaten up and can't even do anything to protect himself. The gruesome events awhile ago happened so fast that his own men were blocked by this mysterious group and he was almost kidnapped. He doesn't know what to feel about this. But after seeing his wife, every bad thoughts he had awhile ago were now forgotten.

"Missus, young master Dejiang wanted to talk to you." Ming He intervened while the husband and wife were having their moment. He was a little far away from the couple and he can't leave his spot right now so Xiulan must go to his side to answer the call.

Xiulan hesitated to leave Hongqi and answer the phone call but when she saw that Hongqi was now fine and his eyes were open, she decided to leave him for a little bit to answer the call.

Hongqi immediately held Xiulan's hands when he felt that she's going to leave him. "Where are you going?" he panicked. The anxiety he was feeling awhile ago came back.

Xiulan was taken aback by Hongqi's sudden fearful expression. "I'm just going to answer a phone call. I'll be back in a minute." Xiulan gently coaxed Hongqi and kindly smiled at him.

Hongqi calmed a little bit when he saw that beautiful smile but still he doesn't want her to go anywhere. "No, don't go. I need you."

Xiulan can't help but give in to his request. She guessed that he's currently experiencing PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder). His is more important than that call.

Xiulan glanced at Ming He and apologetically mouthed that she can't answer the phone right now. Ming He nodded and went back apologizing to Dejiang that Xiulan can't answer him right now.

She put her attention back to Hongqi and caressed his head. "The paramedics will come here soon. Where do you feel the most pain?" Xiulan carefully asked.

Hongqi didn't say anything but only stared at Xiulan's face. His mind can't help but to mark this moment as something important. This woman helped him a million times in a span of months only. She seems to be the best good thing that happened to his life. Now during a life and death situation, she's the first one to appear to save him. Isn't what those hopeless romantic called fate?

Because of this cheesy realization, he suddenly felt like hugging her. He rose from his awful state and didn't mind the pain. He wanted to hug her.

Xiulan was surprised by Hongqi's sudden clinginess. She did not expect for him to rise from his dreaded state and hug her. His hug was so tight like he was so afraid to lose her. Xiulan gently hugged him back and caressed his back.

"Now now, I'm here. I won't leave. I'll be always here." She sweetly said to comfort him. With those words and the calming fragrance from her body, Hongqi's heart knew he found the person that made him feel home. A person that made him feel that being with her is the safest thing on earth.