Love Me Harder, Mr. Fu - Chapter 77

“Dammit!” he curses at the phone, hearing the vile words the kidnappers are saying. Zichen is on his way but it is taking longer than he expected. Zichen called his men and they are following him from behind in case he needed them. He brings his eyes back to the monitor n which the small dot of light is Si Lian’s location and the other one, miles away from it are them. It’s been more than fifteen minutes since they hopped inside the car and started moving.

“…our fun before that, right?” the man’s voice comes through the other line. Zichen’s jaw flexes as he grits his teeth. He grips the phone so tight that his knuckles are white now. If the man was right in front of him, Zichen will kill him for sure for even laying a hand on Shi Lian for sure. Rong looks from the corner of his eyes as he too hears what the man has just said.

“Sir, we will reach the Eastern block in half an hour!” Rong reports, tracking her location on his laptop. The driver drives the car at its highest speed without fearing what will boss will say. even at this speed, they will need half an hour at most. All they can do is wait patiently because they cannot anything else at this moment.

The car stops farther from the actual location so s to not make the enemies suspicious. “It’s a warehouse? An abandoned one?” Rong whispers, hopping out of the car, leaving his laptop inside. The Eastern side is filled with warehouses and it took a little longer to find her but they finally did. Zichen’s me stand by his side, all tall and muscular with black suits adorning them. the plan how to save her because it will be too reckless to just barge inside not that they are afraid but they may harm Shi Lian. Zichen looks over Gui who also wants to go with them but judging by his condition he cannot.

“You rest here. We will handle it inside. Trust us” Zichen assures him. Gui isn’t very sure of them because he does not have any interaction nor has he seen him with Shi Lian before so cannot just put his trust in him but what else can he do anyway? Her father has called over twenty times, they may even report a missing complaint after not getting a single call from her daughter.

He slowly nods and sits indie the car with full focus. “Please save her” he begs, tears welling in his eyes. Zichen, Rong, and the seven other men set off to attack the warehouse where Shi Lian is held captive. They plan that the seven men will enter through the backside of the warehouse and Zichen and Rong will head from the front. This place is deserted with nothing but big wild grasses and bushes on the land. They run but trying to not make any sound. Giving Zichen a small nod the men split up and go the other side.

“Sir, what we will do?” Rong asks, breathing hard as he runs. Zichen hasn’t told what they will do after they the front door and he is scared already to do anything wrong.

He smirks, “We will break the door and kill those bastards.” Although Rong has seen the fightings and blood, all thanks to Zichen, he never really engages himself in it because he faints whenever he sees blood. He was doing well for a few years now but looks like the war will start again.

Calming their breaths, they take steps and inspect the big wooden door. They thought to barge in destroying the door but the door too strong and big for them. So they cannot get through eh door. He thinks while looking around to see anything for help. And then his eyes go to the windows, perfect! They run to where the windows are and start inspecting it swell. the window is locked so they have to break the glass. “Sir, what if they hear us?” Rong asks with concern.

“There aren’t any other options” Zichen bit out, getting ready to break the door. With his elbow, he breaks the glass. The glass shatters, creating a clanking sound as it falls on the ground of the inside of the warehouse. Carefully he inserts himself and steps down on top of the broken glasses. Rong follows him, hopping down through the windows, these shoes making a thud sound she lands. The warehouse is pitch black. They cannot see properly what’s coming in front of them but the light shadow of the light is glowing from inside so Shi Lian must be inside with the kidnappers as well. they take steps cautiously, trying to not hop onto something that gets the enemy’s attention. Big barrels, iron stands, cardboard boxes, they are filled everywhere. A sound comes and Zichen looks down to find an empty water bottle he has a step on. “Shit” he mumbles and finds a place to hide because the enemies must have heard and are coming here to check. They hide behind the barrels, breathing slowly but it is getting harder to breathe in here.

“I heard something from here?” the red hair man says, scratching his head and searching for what makes him come here. He heard sounds from here twice but the big man told he is scared ad overseeing everything. “I did hear something” he mumbles, searching behind the iron bars, and barrels on the right side. Rong is so scared that he may pee any second. Zichen grips his shoulder assuring him to stay calm while eyeing the man. Finding nothing, he goes back and Zichen follows him quietly. They follow the man where he goes. The man turns back suspicious but finds nothing, shrugging, he keeps moving forward. Zichen is hidden behind the stands before the man turned back and due to the darkness and his black coat, he camouflages pretty well.

As Rong and Zichen move with all their senses on, they see the light getting brighter as they approach, they are near the main area it seems. Getting more closer, Zichen stops, frozen when he hears Shi Lian’s snarling. He suggests Rong wait here behind the bars until they see an opportunity to attack. He can see Shi Lian from here, although not clear but still. His heart starts relaxing getting to see her ut at the same time anger boils in his nerves watching how hurt she looks. There’s a slight cut on her lower lip from where marks of blood remain. Her hands and legs retied along with the chair in which she is sitting. Her hair is all wet from the sweat and is sticking to her face, he neck making her look like a mess. Dust, greases covers her pale calves and her blouse is torn from the shoulder.

“We will kill you but before we have our fun” the big man sneers, leaning closer to her face. She glares at him, setting her teeth. “Your skin is so delicate….so soft,” he says, trailing his big fingers over her cheeks.

“Just you wait, you assholes!” she snarls, struggling with the rope in her hands. Zichen’s is in rage and he can hardly control himself from not jumping out of here and breaking his fucking hands with whom he touched her.

“Wait for what?” he asks, looking amused. “You still think someone will come to save you?” both the men laugh, their hands on their stomach as they laugh too hard.

“Yes, you will pay for it.” They stop laughing and look over her as she glares at them. now to think of it, what if she is saying the truth? But she does not have anything to call for help. Furrowing his eyebrow, he walks up to her and checks if she has any special devices on her.

“Let’s see what tricks are you pulling,” says he and starts inspecting her body. he checks behind her ears, her neck, and her hair, nothing they found yet. She protests, but they are of no use. The red hair man reaches back to her tied hands, he checks for a moment, and then something lights through her fingers as she covers it. bending down, he looks more carefully and his eyes go wide.

“Shit!” he yells, “She has a goddamn watch!” the other manages to him to find what he is talking about. He roughly pulls out the watch and comes in front of her, looking angry. Shi Lian smirks, her red eyes looking straight at them.

“Soon” she states. Zichen smiles to himself learning how she made the call. As much as he is hurt and angry, he cannot help but smile a little learning how Shi Lian managed to call them.

“You bitch!” he slaps her. blood seeps from her lips as the intense pain starts to pressure upon her face. she hisses as her cheeks as well as her neck starts paining. slowly turning her head she glares at him, not giving up. It is enough, it’s time for Zichen to end this right now.

Pressing a button on the walkie, he orders, “Now” and he charges forward, breaking the wooden log lying in front of him.

Both the men startle and snaps their head o they’re left as Zichen approaches, his eyes locking with Shi Lian as she looks at him surprised. His eyes warm as he tries to assure her that he is here and nothing will happen to her. her eyes water and she starts sobbing because she didn’t expect him to come.