327 Opening Up (1/2)

Liling could hear some shuffling and then the light under the door dimmed a bit, showing that someone had sat down, at that moment she knew she had no choice but to open the door.

''Are you alone?''

She asked; her right ear on the door to know if there were other people there.

''I'm alone '' Liling felt her heart sink, as though her hopes were smashed; she had actually wanted him to be there.

Slowly, she unlocked the door and Xin Yong stood up pushing it open, she walked into the room, her hands at akimbo.

Liling locked the door and turned to look at her friend, who was still staring at her and not speaking, as though shocked at her present state.

''I just drank a little, '' Liling said, as she noticed that the room was so messy.

Her statement made Xin Yong look towards the floor and she scanned the floor with her eyes, ''Twelve bottles is little. I see. ''

''It wasn't at a time. '' She walked to the bottles and tried picking them up, but her strength failed her,  so instead she sighed and walked towards the bed and sat down.

''What happened? ''

She didn't need to go into details, she was sure that Liling knew what she was talking about.

There was a brief stillness, then a drop of tear fell from Liling's eye, then another before it became a downpour. Xin Yong walked to the bed and sat down, she waited for her to finish crying, not saying a word.

''they have my father. ''

At the mention of father, Xin Yong's initial anger melted away, her brows arched immediately.

''Who? Who has your father? Wait… your father who chased you away you mean or is there another I don't know about? ''

Xin Yong inched closer to understand her explanation better;

''Yan Ran , she has him. I know she doesn't have so much money as to do all those stuff, so I'm sure she teamed up with Da Xia. They threatened me to leave him else they would kill my father; I didn't know what to do. My original plan was to obey them, then come back and tell Liu Wei, I feared that Liu Wei would go after them when they had him in their custody and he may die in the process, although he chased me away from his home, I couldn't bear to let him die. But when I left the country, thinking that they would let him go, they didn't go according to plan…

''So you mean they still have your father? ''

Liling nodded, tears pouring from her eyes.

''You're so funny. So this is what made you leave your husband for another country, all for some bunch of crazy women? Even though you were afraid, you should have told someone, at least, you should have told me! Now the media is blown up with some crazy ass news and you are going for a gala tonight with no obvious date, thus giving the reporters what to prey on the more. ''

''Have you spoken with him ever since? ''

She shook her head; Xin Yong sighed.

'You got Liu Wei so worried; he's always calling and asking if there is any news from you; he says you told him not to worry and trust him, but here you are in the city yet you haven't contacted him, so much for trusting you, huh? ''

''What do I do? They threatened to hurt him. I was so helpless. ''