"Ling Feng! Open the door! Ling Feng!!" Ling Yue hit the door to her room many times. As soon as he dragged her home, Ling Feng put her under house arrest. Old Fu and all the servants were given instructions not to approach this room unless there was an emergency problem concerning life and death.

Ling Yue leaned her forehead on the door. She doesn't care if she has to be locked up. At least someone could told her what really happened. Just when she wanted to confirm her feelings, Ling Yue was thrown in another state. Ling Yue's chest was squeezed by an invisible wall. The back of her eye socket was burning hot, ready to form and drain her tears again. Xi Jian face was covered in blood earlier kept swirling in her mind. How are things now?

She hurried to find her phone, fortunately Ling Feng did not take her bag. She pressed Xi Jian's number which she found rather long in her trembled fingers. Every second the ring tone sounds without answer knocked her ear, her feel worse.

"Why isn't he picking up?"

Ling Yue tried many times. Still no answer. She then called Bai Xu. Xi Jian had just recovered from his injury, she didn't want to think what Ling Feng had done had made it worse.

"Hello?" Bai Xu's voice slightly made Ling Yue's anxiety fade.

"Mr. Bai, is Xi Jian with you?" Ling Yue went through all the formalities and immediately asked.

"Mr. Xi? No, of course not. Why am I with Mr. Xi at this time?" Bai Xu answered while frowning. He cast a briefest glanced at the clock which was past midnight. He hasn't slept yet so he can pick up the call from Ling Yue. But what made that young lady call him so late at night? his hunch said something had happened to his boss.

"I see ..." Ling Yue could not hide her disappointment. "If ... if Xi Jian contacts you, can you please call me back?"

"Of course, Miss Ling."

Ling Yue lay on her bed after said goodbye. Tonight was really a long night. Ling Yue won't be able to sleep. Certainly. Until everything were clear.

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Xi Jian leaned in the driver's seat. His hand gripped the cellphone that was vibrating earlier. He won't pick up the phone now, even if he wants to. Xi Jian gazed to city border . Only the engine's sound of his car was heard in the middle of the abandoned basketball court.

From a distance, another car was seen entering this abandoned area. The car made a U-turn suddenly and stopped quite far beside his car. Xi Jian turned off the engine, opened the door and lowered his legs.

The other party stepped down too, but keep its engine on.

"Do not come close. I can barely maintain my emotions. I hate you now. You know? "Ling Feng leaned back in his car and said immediately as he looked at Xi Jian who took a step forward.

Hearing Ling Feng's voice in the darkness of the night stopped him. "I will not apologize for my actions. I only apologize for breaking my promise to you." Xi Jian said in low voice, but it was clearly heard in Ling Feng's ears.

"I hate betrayal."

"I know." Xi Jian looked straight into Ling Feng's eyes. His best friend is very well trained in the dark. Compared to Xi Jian who had to squint a little at the sight but also because his face hurt, Ling Feng didn't need to. Thus if Ling Feng, who said 'hates' him, decided to do something, Xi Jian could only hope in his instincts. He was the one who asked Ling Feng to meet him and fix this problem, without knowing how.

The long silence was finally broken by Ling Feng. He put his palm in his pants pocket, then asked,

"Do you love her?"

"...I want her."

"Vent your lust to someone else."

"No, it's NOT!" He stressed that.

Ling Feng let out a scary laugh. "What is not? You aren't after her because of lust? or you do NOT love her?"

It was not love. But Xi Jian didn't accept that being called lust. He really wanted Ling Yue and willing to risk his friendship. Before that incident happened, Xi Jian had no problem spending a night with a woman he didn't even know. They did what should be done, then did not meet again. There was no sense of wanting to protect them. He did not care all of them. He was could clearly call it lust.

But with Ling Yue, every second that he spent with Ling Yue was fun. He wants to protect her. He scared to death if she gets hurt. He cared for her. Xi Jian wants to protect her from anything. If that was only lust, he would never think to protect her. Xi Jian admitted that his body always reacts when he was near her. Yet before he wanted her body, Xi Jian wanted overall Ling Yue. Not only her body, but...all of her part. And it included her heart and mind.

That reality hit him hard.

He loved her.

All this time.

"I want her," he said again, firmly and loud.

What is love?

If love describe how he craved her for his life, then call it love. If love is the only word which can make her stay beside him, then let it be. And if love the right symbol for his crazy heart, then it must be true. He loved her. In case he was wrong, Xi Jian know Ling Yue could show him the right one.

He would say it first to her than this stubborn friend.

Ling Feng felt like he wanted to dig a deep hole and throw this idiot there. He didn't know when this friend turned became so stupid. Everyone could see how pathetic he is now but still dares to face the other party just because he purely 'wants' his younger sister.

'I want her'? why not instead say 'he loves her?'

Ling Feng sighed. He needs to calm before he changes his mind and hits him more. He looked once again at his friend.

"Treat your wound first. I won't apologize for that either," by saying that, he got into the car and left Xi Jian.