IS HE RELATED TO MY STALKER?

Traveling from Suyin's apartment to Meixiu's office only frustrated Chaoxiang. Where could that woman be? Knowing Meixiu's schedule, he is so disappointed in finding out she is nowhere to be found at a time like this. It is still business hours.

The jarring thing is that no one, even Yang Sora knows where Meixiu is. Upon knowing that, her mother was so afraid about her daughter, so afraid of the possibility that Meixiu might be seeing someone from the Wu. On the other hand, Chaoxiang wasn't feeling any sense of danger. In his head, he's thinking she is with Jianguo probably going out with him on a date right now.

However, his gut tells him he should go home first. Meixiu could be there too. And before he could even park his car, he noticed Meixiu's car is already parked in his garage. "So she's here.", he said to himself.

"Meixiu!"

Chaoxiang banged the door and saw Meixiu casually lying on the couch. Her long hair is touching the floor, her left arm is extended from the edge of the couch. An inexplicable feeling of concern took Chaoxiang's anger away, in such a short period of time.

"Meixiu?"

He was about to shake her body but he was terrified in seeing her. Chaoxiang can't think of anything else to do than to just hold her hand with his right then placed his left hand on her waist. Her head is bleeding and she seems unconscious. She even looks pale and her lips are chapped. He had no idea about what's going under Meixiu's clothing but if she's awake, she will surely cry about the burning pain in her wrists. It will only remind her of her past, fortunately, she is asleep.

[•••]

"Miss Meixiu!"

"Help me please."

The baker from Meixiu's bread shop was horrified upon seeing Meixiu's wrists were handcuffed. The woman is in tears, as if she is a bird who was imprisoned in a cage. Meixiu is desperate enough to reach this place. She knows she could disturb her bakery's peace. The bakery is still accepting customers, however this is her only escape. This is the only place she could go where she knows she's safe.

"Miss Meixiu, what happened?"

She is still traumatized upon her stalker's attempt to take her with him. He almost succeeded this time. That man was able to throw her inside his car and almost drove the car away. Her wrists are now sore for she's wanting to break the handcuffs with all her might.

Her baker can still remember her smile earlier. She went here a couple of hours ago to buy some of the best selling breads their bakeshop offers. Meixiu bought those for she knows Chaoxiang is a sucker for breads. This is the first time that he asked her out so she went to the meeting place with a lot of preparations.

"Miss Meixiu, your wrists are swollen. Does it hurt?"

"I'm alright, thanks for helping me with the handcuffs."

"Miss Meixiu, I am sincerely worried about you, I'm not in the position to ask this but what is going on?"

"I have a lot of issues in the past and they're all against me now."

"Is it you who offended them?"

"There were only a few people who treated me as a human being before. I don't mind them doing that but if I'm aware that it'll only cause me a lot of troubles now, I could've learned how to say no."

"Miss Meixiu, if they are putting your life at risk, you could sue them."

"I don't have any idea of that person's identity. I mean I have a hunch. I have someone to figure this out but it is not going well."

"Your wrists are both sore and your head... Miss Meixiu, your head is bleeding."

"No worries, I should go home first."

"Go home but..."

She just chuckled and she stood up suddenly. Her head is in a spin, she feels dizzy but she is thinking of Chaoxiang. The real issue for Meixiu is if Chaoxiang is related to her stalker. She was about to meet him but she never saw any trace of him. Instead, her stalker showed up the exact time Chaoxiang mentioned.

Last time, she found a clue about the tattoo her stalker has. It is completely identical to what Liwei has in his wrist. Liwei honestly mentioned he and his brother has the same tattoo. If Meixiu will think deeper about it, Liwei and his brother could potentially have connection with Chaoxiang; Liwei as his brother-in-law's brother. Either way, her theory makes sense.