Chapter 75 - I need your help.

"HELP! JIHAI! PLEASE HELP ME!" Shen Ji looked at the man in black suit standing in the shadows like a devil as two men pinned her to the couch, spreading her legs wide apart. Tears streamed out of her eyes blurring her vision, her lips trembling when they gagged her immediately.

Sakai Natsuhiko rubbed his ears hard before he walked towards her. "How noisy! Is that how you were planning to scream when you were in bed with my cousin? Such a turn-off."

She kept shaking her head, her teary eyes pleading desperately with his. She continued to struggle but could not overpower the two men holding her down. Her eyes widened when she saw him take off his suit jacket and unbuckle his belt.

At the same time, Jihai and his two friends ran down to the scene in shock. Their eyes landed on his unbuckled belt before they stopped at his face.

"What are you doing, ani?!" Jihai furiously came down the stairs and grabbed his cousin's shirt.

Sakai Natsuhiko's indifferent eyes strayed to his own, his hands calmly removing the hands that was wrinkling his shirt. He said in Japanese. "Enough, Yukiharu. I was only trying to scare her."

Jihai grimaced when he finally released him, responding too in Japanese. "Scare her?! What if she reports you to the police? Do you even realize that you are no longer in Japan? You can't keep behaving this way, ani."

Sakai Natsuhiko only smiled, his bright smile sending chills to the onlookers, Longwei and Bingwen who shared a worried look. He signaled the bodyguards to release her and simply passed Jihai to go upstairs. Shen Ji immediately removed the cloth in her mouth before untying her legs, wailing.

Jihai didn't spare her a single glance but instead commanded one of the guards who were leaving. "Transfer to the house by the lake and make sure you keep an eye on her."

Shen Ji didn't struggle when the guard dropped his jacket on her shoulders and grabbed her, forcing her to leave the house. She looked frightened out of her wits, sobbing incoherently.

Jihai finally closed his eyes, sighing wearily when he heard his cousin's voice reverberating from the room. "Yukiharu, by the way, I suggest you call a doctor for the woman tomorrow."

Jihai paused. "Why?"

"Because I poisoned her with an aphrodisiac. The effects will wear off tomorrow by itself but she still needs to be checked."

Jihai was very close to pulling his hair, frustration seeping into his mind. "Why does she still need to be checked?"

Pause. "Because I gave her two types of poisons. When the aphrodisiac wears off, the second poison would be activated."

Jihai. "......"

Natsuhiko shouted. "Oh, don't behave that way. You know she deserved it!"

Late at night, Chunlan noticed that there were still some sounds coming from her father's study. She quietly wore her robe and walked to her destination, guided by her experience and the sounds she heard. "Dad?"

Tang Huizhong who had ransacked his whole office in search of an important document was finally in a good mood, holding a red document when he saw Chunlan enter his office. He jerked in surprise, hiding the document when he remembered that she was blind. He visibly relaxed. "Lan'er, why are you still awake?"

He took her hand and guided her to a chair. She smiled sadly and said. "I wanted to talk you in private."

"About what?" Tang Huizhong kept a straight face even though he had an inkling about what she wanted to say. He prayed for abundant patience for what he knew he will have to face.

"I want to marry Jihai." Chunlan said. "Just give us your blessing, Dad."

He sat down on his chair and stared at his daughter. "No."

"Why don't you want me to marry him? Are you still placing your hopes on Wen Honglin?" Chunlan asked.

Huizhong leaned into his chair. "I no longer have any intention to fuse the Wen and Tang family properties together. They already have a big war coming from the Sakai clan and we don't need to get involved."

"But I love him." Chunlan said.

"I know you do. But that's none of my concern of the moment. My priority is and always be my family. Only my family." Huizhong replied, opening another document to read.

"Is it because you are afraid that after Jihai destroys the Wen family, he will come after us?"

Huizhong narrowed his eyes as he closed the document abruptly. "What are you talking about?"

"Stop taking me for a fool. I am aware of what you did to Sakai Harumitsu. Of what the six families did to him. Did you think that you could hide this secret forever?" Chunlan heard her father hit the table in anger, making her flinch as she closed her eyes.

"I will not repeat myself, Lan'er. Don't get involved." Huizhong sternly warned her. "Go back to bed. We will be going to the underground hospital tomorrow morning."

Chunlan stood and exited the room, bumping into another person who steadied her. The woman asked her concerned. "Are you okay, Lan'er?"

She didn't speak, merely shaking her head as she tried to conceal her eyes. Haifeng noticed it and looked through the small space between her and the door to see Huizhong rubbing his eyes. Her heart hurt when she saw her daughter trying to evade her. "Lan'er, did you fight with your father again?"

Chunlan nodded solemnly.

Haifeng ċȧrėssed her honey brown hair as she advised her. "Your father and I will always want the best for you, Lan'er. But only you can choose what's right for you. Don't let anyone take that decision away from you."

Chunlan sighed as she entered her room and became determined when she realized that in this life, once again, she will not be able to convince her father to let her marry Jihai. She wiped a tear that slid down her cheeks as she dialed a number, waiting for it to ring.

When it clicked, she said. "Jihai, I need you to pick me up in 5 minutes."

His sleepy voice asked her. "Why? What's wrong?"

"I want to do what's best for me. For us.. Right now, I plan to leave this house and I need your help."