Book 6: Chapter 10: Meeting up

Book 6: Chapter 10: Meeting up

The endless wait was torture for everyone. Some who couldnt endure this stifling atmosphere started banging on the formless foggy gates while crying and shouting!

Their words werent discernible and it wasnt clear who was crying. The scene was filled with fear and despair, as if they had given up all hopes of survival.

Everyone, shut up!

Before Xiao Xias fear turned to anger, Zuo De started yelling first. He took a large step towards the center of the plaza and yelled at the lake, What are you trying to do? Seek justice for injustice, take revenge for grudges. All this hocus pocus is making even the dead look down on you! Go ahead and throw whatever tricks you have left at us. This daddys waiting for you!

There was silence at first, and then came the sound of sobbing. It didnt come from the surrounded people. Instead, it came from everywhere within the impenetrable fog. It started off quietly, but grew gradually louder. It sounded as if many people were crying at once, becoming a sort of sinister humming that seemed to come from the ground. It stabbed into their ears and soul, making them shiver!

Ah! Liu Hong screamed after being stunned for a moment. She swiftly ran from the edge of the plaza to Zuo Des side. There are many, manyghosts. There are many, many, in the fog She was out of breath from her crying.This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com

Before she finished speaking, everyone else had come to the same realization and swiftly ran to the center of the plaza.

Yet as they ran, the fog seemed to have been dragged along as it also gradually shrunk towards the center. In the blink of an eye, the space remaining in the plaza grew smaller and smaller. As the nine people crowded together back to back, the white fog drew up to them like a white wall.

Heavy, nervous breathing came from the nine of them. They all knew the slaughter was about to begin.

Zuo De angrily rammed against the wall of fog but was bounced back. His sturdy body happened to bump into Xiao Xias injured shoulder and she cried out in pain.

At the same time, there was another cry. The tightly packed space suddenly loosened as three people were pulled out by invisible hands and thrown out to the ground. The moment they fell, the fog parted irregularly, allowing the rest of them to clearly see the state of those three.

One of them was the middle-aged man surnamed Song who was responsible for propaganda. There was another who worked in the education and culture department while the last one was the head of the towns secretary department. They kept desperately trying to stand up, but seemed to be firmly pressed down by something.

Zuo De and Xiao Xia wanted to charge out and grab them, but werent able to break the wall of fog no matter what. They could only watch helplessly!

They watched as the three gasped for air, both hands clutching at their neck. The writhed painfully on the ground, their veins and eyes popping. They were clearly suffocating, as if they were in a vacuum!

Kill them if you must, no need to use such cruel methods! Xiao Xia couldnt bear to keep watching. Especially since their muffled moans were being maliciously amplified. This made Xiao Xia feel sympathetic to the extent that her own breathing became irregular.

She was ignored and the torment continued. It lasted until the despairing struggle for life ceased and the three victims had all suffocated to death. The sobbing sounds gradually started up again. At the same time, the fog withdrew to the plazas edge like the tide.

She had never experienced her longing for Ruan Zhan so deeply before. Perhaps from their first meeting, when she saw him through the glass of the bars door, when she saw his gentle yet distant smile towards the numerous female customers at the bar, when she realized that beneath his polite and refined appearance was cold indifference, she had already fallen in love with him.

Someone had said that love was like lightning. You never knew when it would strike you!

She once thought her type would be an outstanding man like Wan Li: gentle, entertaining, humorous, steady, intelligent, confident, warm like a clump of fire that would never leave you cold, yet also wouldnt burn you. Unexpectedly, she had fallen in love with a man who secluded himself in the cold darkness, unwilling to let anyone get close.

But she had fallen in love. She had unwittingly fallen in love. He was so tough and yet so frail. He was so tough that nothing could knock him over, yet so frail he could shatter at a touch. He made her involuntarily and recklessly want to get close, warm him, bring happiness and light into his life. She wanted sweep away the clouds in his heart, to have the frigid ice melt into spring waters for her!

Ruan Zhan! Ruan Zhan!

She fervently whispered his name, and really wanted to fall to her knees and beg the heavens. As long as he could appear before her, she would speak the words hidden in her heart. No matter the outcome, she would tell him!

Screw her villages encroaching the city plan. No one knew how much time they had left. The world was too unpredictable. As long as she got another chance, she would definitely not miss it again!

As if in response to her prayers, she suddenly heard Ruan Zhan calling in her mind again as she wandered blindly in the fog!

Was it him? Had he come to save her, or

She didnt dare speak. She looked vigilantly yet expectantly around her, afraid she was hallucinating. Or perhaps that family of wooden people was using Ruan Zhans voice to trick her again!

Step, step. The sound of footsteps slowly rang out. It was a little hesitant, not quite the same as Ruan Zhans normally firm and steady pace. This made Xiao Xias heart tighten, despair slowly rising within.

The footsteps grew closer as if its owner was right in front of her.

In her nervousness, Xiao Xia made a decision: run! It wasnt whom she was waiting for. He couldnt have come so quickly. This was a haunted place. The heavens couldnt have heard her prayers!

She turned to run but a hand suddenly shot out from the fog and wrapped around her waist from behind. It gripped her tightly, and she was sure that Shuan Zhu had returned to bother her. Therefore, she struggled desperately!

Let go! Let go! Let go of me! She twisted her body desperately, kicking, punching, and biting. She was like a captured animal, trying everything in her power to escape. However, it was no use. She was forcibly pulled into an embrace.

Shhhh.its me! Its ok now! Its me. The person held her firmly but the tone was extremely gentle. Shhhh.shhhhdont yell, Xiao Xia. Im glad youre ok. I was terrified. I thought I might not make it in time! Alright, its ok now.

The familiar voice and the persons unique scent of sweet alcohol mixed with bitter tobacco made Xiao Xia stand frozen, no longer struggling. Was it him? Was it really Ruan Zhan? Why was he here? How did he know she was here?