Earlier that night in the jail.

A girl was sitting inside a dark room. Suddenly, a ray of light came on her face when someone opened the door. That girl was no one else but Yin Xiu and the person who opened the door was a lady police officer.

She had a plate of food in her hand.

She went near Yin Xiu and stretched her hand to give her the plate while saying, "Eat it."

Yin Xiu took the plate and threw it on the officer's face saying, "I will kill you."

Hearing that, the officer couldn't control her anger and kicked Yin Xiu while saying, "You will kill me?! Before that, I will kill you."

The officer kept kicking Yin Xiu when suddenly, she saw a rod in a corner.  She took that rod and started beating Yin Xiu with it, but Yin Xiu didn't attack back.

That's when another police officer came and stopped the other police officer from beating Yin Xiu while saying, "What are you doing? She will die."

"Let her die."

"Stop it."

The officer stopped beating Yin Xiu and they realized that Yin Xiu was not moving at all.

The officers turned their torch on and saw that Yin Xiu's cloth was all bloody. Her face was filled with wounds and blood.

"Is she dead?" said the other police officer.

Hearing that, the officer who beat Yin Xiu got scared. She took her finger near Yin Xiu's nose to see whether she was breathing or not.

"She is still breathing," she said.

"Let's take her to the hospital before she dies."

They picked her up and took her to the police car that's when Yin Xiu opened her eyes.

She snatched the guns from the officers and pushed them.

Both the officers were shocked to see her conscious.

"You were acting to be unconscious?!"

"What else do you think?" said Yin Xiu sarcastically.

She pointed the gun toward them and said, "You think you guys will be able to knock me out? In your dreams. Give me the car key."

The officer took out the car key from her pocket and threw it toward Yin Xiu. Yin Xiu took the keys and went from there.

Back At Home (Present)

"Don't worry, Shawn. We will take care of ourselves," said Ting Hao.

"What happened, Senior Ting Hao?" asked Bai Cao.

"Let's go inside first, Bai Cao."

They both went inside. Everyone else was already inside.

"Ting Hao, what happened?" asked Chang An.

"Yin Xiu ran away from the jail and she has a gun with her," said Ting Hao.

"What!?" everyone said.

Disbelief and shock were evident on their faces.

"You are joking, right?" said Ting Yi.

"No, Ting Yi. Shawn just called me and said that a police officer called him and told him that Yin Xiu ran away when she was taken to a hospital because she was very injured as the police officer beat her really bad. They thought that she is unconscious, but she was just acting."

"What the hell! How can the officers be so dumb?" yelled Ting Yi.

"It's not their fault. They didn't know what type of a person she is," said Bai Cao.

"Yeah. And that's not important right now. What is important is our safety. I am sure that she will come here because we are the only enemy for her. We must stay together and no matter what, you guys will listen to me," said Ting Hao.

"Excuse me, Ting Hao. If you have forgotten, then let me remind you that I am the oldest one," said Chang An.

"Does it really matter now, Chang An?" said Ting Hao.

"It does. You should listen to me."

"Okay, I'll listen to you, but you will listen to me. Okay?"

"You think I am a fool?"

Ting Hao nodded, and everyone started laughing.

Half an hour passed.

As it was too late at night, Ting Yi and Xiao Ying were really sleepy. They kept yawning so they decided to go to a room.

Chang An and Ting Hao asked everyone to sleep while they will be awake. Even though Yi Feng refused, he was forced to sleep.

All the girls slept on the bed and Yi Feng slept on the couch.

Chang An kept walking back and forth while Ting Hao was sitting on a chair staring at Bai Cao.

Chang An noticed Ting Hao staring at Bai Cao. He went towards Ting Hao and said, "Ting Hao, I know you are hiding something. I know there is something more to this, and you know that you can tell me everything, right?"

Ting Hao was about to say something but before he could, Bai Cao got up.

"What happened, Bai Cao?" asked Ting Hao.

"Nothing, Senior Ting Hao. I am just a little thirsty," she said while taking the jug in her hand.

There was no water in the jug. So, Ting Hao said, "Give me the jug, I'll bring some water."

"No, Senior Ting Hao. I'll bring water myself," said Bai Cao.

"Okay, then, I'll come with you."

"No, Senior Ting Hao. I can go myself and don't worry. You checked that all the doors and windows were locked. I'll be fine."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. You two continue talking."

Saying that Bai Cao went from there closing the door.

"Ting Hao, what were you going to say? Is there something more into this Yin Xiu running away?" asked Chang An.

Ting Hao turned toward Chang An and nodded and said, "Yin Xiu wants to kill Bai Cao."

"What?"

"Yeah. Shawn told me that the officer who called him said that Yin Xiu has been beating all the prisoners who were with her. The only thing is that she would just yell "Bai Cao, I'll kill you." while she was beating the prisoners. To prevent all these fights, they kept her in a dark room while they were observing them through a camera. A psychologist said that there are possibilities of Yin Xiu hallucinating. She is beating the prisoners thinking that they are Bai Cao. She doesn't want to kill them but Bai Cao."

"But why does she want to kill Bai Cao only? We all made her get imprisoned in jail. Then why only Bai Cao?"

"That's what I am thinking. Well, why isn't Bai Cao back yet?"

"Let's go check," said Chang An. They opened the door, and both went down towards the kitchen.

As they reached there, they saw that Bai Cao was not there. The jug she had with her was on the floor shattered.

"Where is Bai Cao, Chang An?!" asked a distressed Ting Hao.

"The main door is open Ting Hao," said Chang An.

That's when everyone else came down running.

As they reached, Ting Yi said, "Brother, Yin Xiu is calling."

Ting Hao quickly answered the call and said, "Don't you even dare to hurt my Bai Cao!"

"Your Bai Cao? How come she is yours? She doesn't even love you. She has broken your heart a lot of times, drillmaster. She should die," said Yin Xiu.

"Yin Xiu, don't do any stupidity. If anything happens to Bai Cao, I swear to God, I will kill you."

"Okay, fine. I won't do anything to her but on one condition."

"Spit it out."

"You all will have to come to the place I'll tell you. But if you guys tell this to anyone else like police or Shawn, then know it that Bai Cao is dead."

"Fine. We all will come without any security."

"Good. I'll text you the address. Come here," said Yin Xiu and hung up the call.

"What did she say?" asked Chang An.

"She asked us to come to the address she is sending without any security."

"With us, you mean every one of us?"

"Yeah. I can't understand how she did this. How come we didn't hear the jug shatter?" yelled Ting Hao.

"Maybe because the door of the room was closed," said Chang An.

"We underestimated Yin Xiu. She is smarter than I thought," said Ting Hao and then Ting Hao's phone beeped.

He took his phone and saw that Yin Xiu has sent the address.

"She has sent the address. Let's go," said Ting Hao.

They all were about to move that's when Ting Hao said, "Always remember, we are strong when we are together and you guys including you, Chang An, have to listen to me. No one will take any stupid and dumb step with telling me."

"It goes the same for you, Ting Hao," said Chang An.

Ting Hao nodded, and they all went towards the place.

Soon they all reached there. That place was a dense forest.

Ting Hao called Yin Xiu and she told him the way to reach that place.

They went there walking as the car couldn't go there.

Soon, they reached a small house.

They opened the door and saw Bai Cao tied up to a wooden pillar.

They all went inside and were about to go near Bai Cao when suddenly, Yin Xiu came out from behind the wooden bar.

She pointed the gun at Bai Cao's head which made everyone's movement come to a halt.

That's when Yin Xiu shot at the glass bottle and suddenly a lot of men came inside the house.

They all tied everyone to different wooden pillars except Ting Hao.

"Why aren't you tying me up like them?" asked Ting Hao.

"Because you are special, drillmaster," said Yin Xiu.

"How am I special?"

"Because I love you."

"Stop joking, Yin Xiu."

"I am not joking at all. I love you. I have loved you for a very long time but you... you always cared about this dumb, useless Bai Cao. You never saw my love. If she will be gone, then I am sure that you will see my love."

"Yin Xiu, don't even dare to do anything to her."

"I will. She is the one coming between us. If she will be gone, then you will surely fall in love with me. I just want her dead."

"If she will be dead, then there are two more people who will be dying with her. One is me. Now you guess who the other one is." Both Ting Hao and Yin Xiu kept looking into each other's eyes fearlessly. Ting Hao smirked and said, "If you still haven't guessed, then I will tell you the other person will be. If something happens to Bai Cao, then you won't find me alive, nor I will leave you alive. So, it's better that you leave her not just her but everyone."

"Ok. I will leave them all. But in one condition. You have to be with me. You have to love me with all your heart."

"If you want me to be with you, then I can do that. But if you want me to love you with all my heart, then I can't do that ever."

"Why?"

"Because this heart belonged, belongs and will always belong to Bai Cao. You can never be in my heart. Not because I don't want you in my heart. It doesn't mean that I want you in my heart. It's just that I don't have my heart with me."

"Fine then. If you can't be mine, then you can't be anyone else's," said Yin Xiu and pointed the gun at Ting Hao.

"No, Yin Xiu," yelled Bai Cao.

"It's all because of you, Bai Cao. He has to die so do you," said Yin Xiu.

"Yin Xiu, please don't do this. Please don't do any stupidity. Please leave Senior Ting Hao."

Yin Xiu didn't listen to Bai Cao. She turned her gaze back towards Ting Hao and pulled the trigger. Ting Hao closed his eyes so did everyone else as they couldn't see this. Tears kept rolling down from everyone's eyes and then suddenly, they heard the gunshot.

It took a few seconds for anyone to open their eyes, but when they did, they found Ting Hao standing alright.

They all were happy to see Ting Hao alright but the moment they turned their gaze to the side, they saw Bai Cao standing in front of Ting Hao like a shield.

Ting Hao wasn't the one who got shot. Bai Cao got shot for Ting Hao.

"Bai Cao!!" They all yelled as Bai Cao fell to the ground.

TO BE CONTINUED