Chapter 360 - Always knew (1/2)

She couldn't deny that Yue Yan eyed her with a predatory gaze, a look that promised many things, things that made her skin crawl and made her break into a sweat in the air-conditioned room. ”Ahhhh that's good” she blurted out, despising that her voice shook.

Yue Yan shifted away from the wall and stalked towards her. It was just like an animal stalking prey, Yan Mei felt the shoes slip off her fingers, quickly followed by the bag as she took one quick step backward. ”What are you doing?” she asked, hating that her voice was shaky

”You can't be that clueless” was the sudden retort.

Yan Mei tried another tack, ”why are you doing this?” she was not just stalling her, she really needed to know

”Because I can” Yue Yan shrugged in an apathetic move but kept moving forward.

”Is this a mental health something? Do you want to see a doctor?” The moment she said those words Yan Mei winced, knowing the words would just push Yue Yan into a raging mood.

Instead of the expected outrage, the words made her pause and laugh uproariously, the sound was loud and raucous, grating on her nerves in the room. Yue Yan shook her head after a while, the cruel mockery obvious from even across the room ”of course you want to help, of course, if I say yes you would believe me, you want to believe me so bad don't you human?”

Yan Mei swallowed and realized her throat was dry and got like a desert under a scorching midday sun. Of course, she knew something was clearly wrong, but she couldn't deny that she wanted the solution to be something really simple, like a psychotic break brought on by a three-year-long coma.

But even she couldn't deny it was much more than that, she suddenly felt lost and alone. An acute feeling that had her wondering where everyone was, several scenarios passed through her mind, each one worse than the one that came before it. It wasn't even an exaggeration, this Yue Yan looked capable of anything, the way she kept calling her 'human' with a sneer of disgust promised terrible things.

Yue Yan slowed her stride, stopping just an arm's length away from her, eyes fixed on her. Those eyes were terrible, even the warm glow of the room didn't detract from the sadistic nature gleaming there. Yan Mei flinched involuntarily, feeling alone in the big house. ”Where is everyone else?”

”Gone,” the tone was flat, final.

”No!” She couldn't help the gasping sob that erupted out of her, she couldn't allow herself to believe it even as the grief coated her tongue with a bitter taste and tears prickled her eyes

”Not dead, just gone” Yue Yan continued, the amus.e.m.e.nt in her eyes was hard to miss

”And Lei Zhao ?” Something drove her to ask, somehow she knew he was not part of everyone else

”Conveniently out of it” Yue Yan replied with another shrug but there was no missing the extremely satisfied look on her face, it was more than a taunt.