Why not together.
Why not together.
"How was her mood? Was she crying? Did something else happened?" Lu Xion didn't spare a glance at the bodyguard and continued sculpting the ice sculpture.
The bodyguard shivered in cold. He didn't understand whether he was shivering due to his boss's angry look or is it because the temperature of the room was scarily cold enough to freeze someone's blood. He gulped looking at the half-completed sculpture of a woman and then eyed Lu Xion's naked upper body.
'How can someone make a masterpiece in this cold temperature? Is the boss a vampire to not feel cold at all?' He wandered and felt ashamed of himself for unable to control shivering despite being wrapped in layers of clothes.
'SHEK''SHEK''SHEK'
The bodyguard jolted at the sound of Ice pick smashing the ice block.
"No! Not crying! But I sensed madam's mood was a bit off. She didn't look back when Mr. Feng called for her and went straight to the car. Later, it was CEO Feng who carried her inside the villa."
'STAB'
The ice pick was left inside the block as Lu Xion took his gloves off, picked the towel to wipe the remnants of ice from his body. "Hm! Keep protecting her. But do not interfere in her work! Let her do whatever she wants."
"Yes, boss!"
Lu Xion dismissed him with a wave of his hand. He poured himself a glass of cognac and sat down facing the sculpture, eyeing her intently.
"Beautiful she is!" A woman's voice echoed in his ear before she walked to the masterpiece and aired her hands above its surface, maintaining a small gap.
"Indeed she is!" He sipped alcohol. It slipped down through his throat into his body, warming his extremities.
"I was talking about the sculpture!"
"I was talking about the woman."
She let out a cold sigh, "Can you please get over this? It's been six years."
"I'll be the same even after sixty years. Don't bother about it." He answered leisurely.
She crouched down in front of him. Her eyes scanned the various cuts and bruises on his upper body and hands that he received while sculpting. "Please don't torment yourself like this. It was not your fault that day! By punishing yourself, you're hurting everyone around you."
"I'm not hurting anyone." He poured another glass of whiskey and looked as she moved to stop him from drinking but something stopped her. She retrieved her hand back with the dejected look. Lu Xion's mouth twitched seeing the pain in her eyes. The glass reflexively turned upside down in his hand, emptying the content on the floor. "Don't feel sad. You know I can't withstand your and Mei's tears." He picked his shirt and left the place.
She followed him outside towards the garden area where they sat down on the grass, facing the bright moon hovering in the sky. "You can't see mine and Mei's tears, yet you hurt both. How ironic!"
"Ask me anything you want except that one thing! As far as Mei is concerned I'm just being cautious. What's wrong with that?"
"You're not being cautious but fearful. You are fearful what if history repeats itself and she ends up like me…. DEAD! You're desperate to protect her to somehow lessen the guilt of not saving me on time! That's why you panicked upon knowing Feng Jianyu's parents' involvement in Mei's case. You were afraid what if you'll lose her too." She looked at his side profile as he kept his gaze glued to the moon. "In your heart you know Jinayu is not that type of person who'll betray Mei. In fact, he loves her more than his life; I've seen their true love! Yet you did all that to an innocent man, just because of this fear embedded inside you."
"Get over this X…. get over this! Face the fact that I'm dead. Face the fact that it was not your fault! Stop hurting yourself and the people who love you." Her voice echoed, coming from a distance as she slowly faded away into the wind, "Some people are meant to fall in love with each other. But not meant to be together...."
Lu Xion lay down on the grass, "Why? Why not together...…."
Slowly the fatigue took over him, taking him into a deep slumber.
*****
BREAKING NEWS
"Kong Da's wife Shen Lina goes missing! Last time she was seen entering R-Tech's building!"
"Is Shen Lina alive or dead?"
"Did President XM killed another innocent?"
Early in the morning, another gossip crawled up on the media. The fire against XM had not died yet and someone poured kerosene into it. Great! Just great!
Once again a hail storm of scathing remarks started. It was as if XM had become the favorite topic of discussion in the city. Everyone was posting their unnecessary opinions.
Due to this news, everyone gathered at the mountain villa after receiving an emergency message from Feng Jianyu.
However, Wang Shi and Feng Junjie had just stepped out of the car when they received a notification on their phone. Assuming it to be another message from Jianyu the opened it casually. However, the next moment their eyes widened in shock.
A video?
A video where Shen Lina was shown in a tattered state, crying her eyes out as she pleads for justice for her husband and kids who supposedly died in Country B. It was self-made video as she sat down in a room, facing the camera.
In the video, she blabbered the nonsense of how XM falsely accused her family and took away their wealth. She mentioned the doubt of XM's involvement in the death of her family members and sought support from the public. In the end, she cried for a good one minute before ending it on the note that she was threatened by XM to meet her at R-Tech's office if she doesn't want her daughter Kong Liu to be auctioned in the black market. She mentioned that the video was set on an automatic timer; if it's posted online….. you know to whom you should contact.
"What the hell is this?" Feng Junjie fumed in anger.
Wang Shi frowned, he had an ominous feeling about it and immediately dialed a number. "Where's the woman?"
"S-Sir sh-she died last night. Big bo...."
Wang Shi hanged up abruptly and cursed. "F*ck"
"What happened?" Feng Junjie was shocked for a second hearing Wang Shi curse. It was so not like him!
"Shen Lina died last night."
"WHAT?"
"Tsk… tsk… tsk…. You two!? Taking tension early in the morning!" Wang Shi and Feng Junjie's head snapped at the direction where the owner of the sweet voice was sitting. "Take a deep breath, hold it in for a few seconds and then release it out slowly… slowly….. Just think that negative vibes are leaving your body as you breathe out. Calm mind, healthy body!"
"….."
"….."
"We've not invited you to stare at us! Come on, join in!" Feng Jinayu said in his usual stoic tone, and Xiu Mei nodded her head eagerly.
Feng Junjie pulled Wang Shi's arm: "We entered the wrong house. Let's go!"