Chapter 182 - Bothering (2/2)

Xiong Wuyue was on the floor, she fainted.

The butler was fl.u.s.tered as they don't know what to do.

Linfeng supported Xiong Wuyue's head.

”Call the doctor now!”

The butler ran out quickly.

Linfeng checked Xiong Wuyue's pulse and her breathing. He checked for any bruises. Xiong Wuyue was a bit wounded in her arms. Some glass shards scr.a.p.ed her skin. There's a little blood coming out from them.

'Shit.'

Linfeng knew this would make a mess. Ms. Wuyue, the treasured daughter of Xiong De got hurt under his watch. He would surely be reprimanded.

But that's not what important for him right now. He needed to solve this quickly and hoped that Xiong Wuyue would not have suffered any kind of internal injuries.

He carried Xiong Wuyue to one of the couch while waiting for the medic.

Even he wanted to leave right now, he wouldn't be able to.

*****

Xiong Zhi stared at her phone.

Thinking of the woman's voice she heard from the other line.

It sounded so familiar. She had a guess who owned that voice.

But, how come?

Linfeng said he was in the Zhou Mansion.

Xiong Zhi was familiar with their family's strict rules. So what's happening?

'Did that snake do something?'

She remembered Linfeng's text.

[...Father just passed something bothersome to me...]

Xiong Zhi knew Linfeng. He would not say the word 'bothersome' easily if it was not really so bothersome.

It means that Linfeng encountered things that he doesn't have the power to decide on or to do anything against.

Hmm.

Xiong Zhi kept thinking about it as Song Xuantin began to call them again for another round of practice.

****

”Cut!! Zhi!! Can you at least recite your lines while daydreaming?! You're doing well earlier. Is something wrong?!” Song Xuantin was still on a mega phone.

Xiong Zhi put her hands in her ears.

Lu Yin Ze was the one who answered.

”I think we practiced too much. Let's wrap it for now. ” Lu Yin Ze also noticed that Xiong Zhi seems to be distracted. She was doing good earlier-except for acting, but it was still bearable than his own acting- but now, she seems like she lost the will to act at all.

Song Xuantin sighed.

Yeah. Maybe she was being too much.

”Alright!! Let's take a break!!” Song Xuantin put down her megaphone. Her throat was hurting a bit from all the shout and directing. She massaged her neck and reached out for her bottle when she noticed that it was empty.

'Aww. ' She was about to get another one when a cold sensation touched her neck.

”Eeeeeek!!!” Song Xuantin's surprised scream resounded on the theatre. She looked at the man who was at fault.

It was Gu Zhen who was holding a bottle of cold water.

He was a bit surprised too.

Song Xuantin coughed to erase her embarrassment for the unladylike shout and eyed the bottle of water in Gu Zhen's hand.

”Is that for me?” Song Xuantin was fighting her smile from coming out.

Gu Zhen looked at her face for a moment then opened the cap of the bottle.

”No. It's for me.” Then he drank it.

”...” Song Xuantin was saddened and speechless for a moment.

While the two on the stage, Lu Yin Ze helped Xiong Zhi up.

”Are you okay? You look like your mind is elsewhere.”

Xiong Zhi shook her head.

”I'm just a bit troubled.”

”Troubled in what?”

”I've been thinking.”

”Thinking?” Lu Yin Ze parroted.

Xiong Zhi suddenly faced him. Her face had a deep frown.

”Have you felt like you've been bugged of a certain thought and want to badly find it out?” Xiong Zhi asked seriously.

She wanted to find it out. Why that snake was there? What she was planning? And why she was with Linfeng? What kind of trouble she was bringing to Linfeng? Was he okay?

She had been thinking about this.

Seeing Xiong Zhi was seriously asking him, he turned serious too.

'A feeling of wanting to find out that thought that has been bugging you.'

Was it like the feelings I have about the two mask man that day?

So he answered.

”If your thoughts keep bothering you and you want it to badly find out, then find it. Maybe you will have a peace of mind.”

Xiong Zhi considered his words.

”Even though I am afraid that I would bother that important person?”

Lu Yin Ze was speechless for a moment.