chapter 23- Encounter

Dongmei lost her soul as the liger looked into her eyes hungrily and furiously, it was at this moment she wondered why was she there? she should have run away like the worker.

"Please save us!" Mumu cried, shaking the body of Lin Bao who had fainted, the scream attracted Dongmei's attention and her frozen eyes shifted it's gaze in the direction of voice.

It was that voice of help that made her unconsciously march at the scene without a second of thought of what was waiting for her.

"Bai An???" Dongmei yelled, mistaking the little boy Mumu who was struggling with his new friend, he thought that Lin Bao died because he couldn't face the beasts ferocious roars.

"Bai An??? why are you here?" Dongmei had become completely delusional and she saw her little brother's face in Mumu.

The liger looked puzzled who to hunt, it was the beast power that was making him weak and was causing the delay. A beast like it, needs to stare at their target for a long time before hunting successfully.

The liger was about to make a move on Dongmei but due to the slippery tiles, it fell in the empty pool. It was deep enough but it manage to make a safe landing and fell.

"No!!!!" Dongmei screamed and ran toward the pool.

"Bai An!! come out!"

In the time of chaos, Mumu ignored what she called him and thought it must be an address for little kids because he lived in London and only knew basic Chinese.

"But....he..." The little boy screamed back at the sight of fallen beast which was trying to stand back.

Dongmei looked at the child and then looked at the men who were standing at the entrance like pillars. Fan Xian, was trying to convince them to attack but they all refused.

She was enraged and before the beast could take a grip of the floor she climbed inside using the steel stairs which was closer to the kids.

The beast was like at the extreme end of the huge pool but it won't take much of his time to tear the flesh of two kids with soft bones.

"Bai An! sister is coming to you."

"Don't be afraid."

"I will save you." she kept mumbling as her hands trembled and tears didn't stop streaming down her pale cheeks.

"Ya!!! stinky boy?? are you alive?"

"Speak!!"

"Breath!"

The water of the pool had bloated Lin Bao's tummy, fever had started ruling his body as he remained unconscious.

Dongmei reached the two boys and the beast was still trying to stand, his paws didn't support him to.

Dongmei jumped near the two boys and checked the pulses of the one who looked familiar to her. She was puzzled and shook her head to see that he was the one she thought he was.

"Lin Bao??"

"How come he is here?" she muttered, looking at the beast who stood up on it's feet, she spared no time in picking the fainted boy in her arms and take him up.

"Bai An!!! follow me!" She said trying to gather her courage to make her numb limb get some strength to handle the boy. She commanded to Mumu who himself could not stand up.

"Don't sit here! you fool! come with me!" She said taking a few steps toward the steel stairs. After commanding him again she didn't look back and struggled to move up.

She climbed up the stairs with one hand and placed the boy at the edge of the pool and waved her hand at the so-called guards with guns who were supposed to save them from the beast.

Few of them even slided away from the pool without anyone noticing them. Fan Xian was still in dilemma as to how to save his nephew and the other kid. He had no courage to jump in like Dongmei or may be the position he was standing didn't supported the plan or the act this woman did.

"Bai An?" she looked behind to help her mistaken brother but saw he was still there crying.

Anxiety and nervousness attacked Dongmei's body as her heart pounded out and laid out at the floor. She yelled at him,"Bai An? Run! come here! I will pull you up."

"Are you waiting for that liger to eat you?"

"Come!!!" she kept screaming at him. Her eyes fell on the man named Fan Xian who was running towards her. But then the roar of the liger gave her shivers.

She climbed down once again and ran to the little boy who was crying his last breath and had given in upon his life. "Bai An!" She hid the little boy in her embrace and held him tightly. She picked him up and was about to ran back to the steel stairs but unfortunately stumbled and tripped on her ankle.

The two people fell but Dongmei made sure her Bai An ( Qian Mu) wasn't hurt from the fall. She had sprained her ankle and cried out in despair as the Liger was running towards them to avenge it's agony of slipping into the pool.

Dongmei closed her eyes that kept shedding tears of regrets and covered the boy who was streaming down tears, thinking it was the last moment of his life.

~~SHOT~~

A sound bullet shot from a rifle was heard, it was too loud that it made Fan Xian slip as he was about to reach the unconscious boy rescued by Dongmei.

Dongmei's slowly opened her eyes and looked at the injured liger which was lying at a distance of around two meters from her.

She could still see it breathing and moaning in pain as the second bullet hit the same vital point of its neck. She looked up at the direction of the second bullet and saw a man in white shirt and sleeves rolled up wearing blue pants.

He was panting and drenched in sweat, as his eyes made sure that the liger was dead. He sighed taking a breath of relief and shifted his eyes at the woman who was completely hiding his little cousin, with only his slightly brown hairs visible to let him be sure that the boy was his cousin,Qian Mu.

Dongmei looked at her saviour in disbelief and was relieved as well. Her heart was filled with gratitude for both God and the angel sent by him. Their eyes met and Qian Jin was stunned to look at the woman from the lamented photo.