Storm

Xin Xiulin smirked and lifted the textbook flipping to the specified chapter.

Fluent English sputtered out of her mouth, the one with a perfect British accent. It was completely different from the teacher's Chinese-styled English. It was so pleasant to hear that the classmates were stunned.

"Teacher, are you referring to this paragraph, then the translation would be…"

After that, she did a perfect translation of the part she read.

Looking at her, the teacher was dazed. Her face looked even more awful, she felt humiliated,

"Teacher, may I sit down?" asked Xin Xiulin as she smiled.

"Okay, sit down," said the teacher reluctantly, her face pale.

Jun Bohai looked at her in admiration and remarked," Xiulin you are awesome, where did you learn such perfect English? You should teach it to me. She smiled sheepishly," yeah sure, why not"

Xin Xiulin was feeling very bored after some class so she turned to look at Jun Bohai who was talking to a few guys and he turned at the same time to call her.

"Xiulin come here"

"Guys , this is my friend Xin Xiulin she is your friend too from now on," he said while all others nodded and started to introduce themselves.

She couldn't help but feel touched by his consideration.

"Xin Xiulin it's great to meet you"Han Feng replied.

"I'm Lu Jin and this is Han Feng" he introduced himself and the other guy who greeted her.

"Nice to meet you both"Xiulin replied politely.

"Any friend of Bohai is ours too, "Han Feng said as Lu Jin smiled and nodded with him.

"Let's go to lunch?"Jun Bohai asked her.

They all started walking towards the canteen while people were all staring at them as the F3 just got an addition which was the biggest news of the Beacon High today.

They all walked to the top floor of the canteen. They took the far corner and Jun Bohai told them that he would go get lunch with them while they sat along.

"So how are you feeling now Xiulin? Bohai has told us about everything" Lu Jin said.

"We are sorry for your loss"Han Feng said as Lu Jin nodded.

"It's fine. So how long have you guys been friends? "Xiulin asked them curiously.

She searched online that time also plays a huge part in friendship so she wanted to know how long they have been friends.

"Oh, we have been friends since we were in preschool so it has been 14 years I think"Lu Jin replied.

Xin Xiulin came to the conclusion that Lu Jin is the more talkative one while Han Feng is the silent one. Lu Jin looks like a guy with a very cheery and outgoing personality while Han Feng is kind of a who chooses his words carefully and talks politely only if spoken to. Xiulin thought to herself as she observed the two guys in front of her.

" Oh that's nice" she said.

"How about you?"Han Feng asked her.

" We weren't exactly friends but I know him since he was born, "she said which was indeed true.

They both looked at each other and didn't say anything until Bohai came back.

"Mom told me to get you the light food so here it is"Bohai said as he sat down beside her.

It was some chicken soup and some fruits. She ate them slowly while Han Feng and the other two were talking with themselves. Everyone in the canteen was looking this way. Because they could clearly see Jun Bohai's special treatment towards Xiulin and now his friends are also treating her very especially. Shen Lihua and Yan Xing were also observing them afar.

After going back from the exhausting school. Xiulin felt very relieved. She just wants to go back to sleep in her room and then try some methods to contact her brother. It was 7 pm when she woke so she went down because she was supposed to go have her dinner.

" Grandma Jun "she called out when she saw her sitting alone in the living room watching television.

"Come here, dear, Did you come for dinner?"She asked as Xiulin descended down the stairs.

"Yes, is everything okay, why are you alone?"Xiulin asked as she went near her and got on her knees to her side.

"Yes, everything's okay. Everyone still didn't come back. They all are busy with work" She replied as Xiulin just nodded and sat down beside her to see television. The news was playing on the TV.

A headline caught her eye, "Russian Mafia has been as silent as the weather is before the storm. What is happening there? "Xiulin looked at in a daze. Grandma Jun has been calling Xiulin but she was staring at the Tv in a daze.

Until Grandma Jun shook did then only Xiulin looked at her, "Grandma, I'm feeling a little sick. Can you please inform the maid to send me my dinner to my room? "She asked Grandma Jun.

"Is everything okay with you, my child? Would you like to go to the hospital? " Grandma Jun asked her.

"Yes, I'm fine. I just want some time alone," she said and left. Grandma Jun looked at her as she rushed upstairs. Xiulin went into her room as she panted heavily and started searching for a laptop, realizing she didn't have one so she went to Jun Bohai.

She went and knocked on his door, He came after a few minutes, which felt like days to Xiulin. He opened the door with his headphones. He was about to tell her something, but looking at her face which was pale as a sheet.

"Hey, are you okay?" he asked her in worry.

"Do you wanna go to the hospital?" he asked, but yet there was no reply from her.

"Do you have an extra laptop?" she asked him in a hurry.

" Yes, do you want it?" he asked. She nodded quickly, urging him to get it. While he went in got it for her.

" You can have it for yourself," he said with a smile when she looked at him, but she didn't smile like she usually does she thanked him and rushed to her room.

Xiulin opened the laptop and searched only to see that they were no updates and that everything was eerie silent in Russia which only made her heart speed up. This isn't normal she thought. She went into the black market with a new name, credentials not getting more attention upon herself to see if there are any updates.