chapter 3 A sleepless night

Lin family, jin city, China

 In the dining room Mother lin is sitting with father lin having lunch. " what's wrong with you. Why are your so restless, is everything okay?"Father lin asked seeing mother lin lost somewhere.

"Ah... nothing happened " mother lin replied.

Oh, really, then why didn't you ask me about the meeting like you usually do, you are not even paying attention to food." Father lin asked again.

"I am just a little worried about xiao yi .. I don't know why I feel something is going to happen something that that... I just can't explain but I am scared .... you know what happened in the past.... I..."mother lin sounded anxious as if something was destroying her within.

"Enough. Relax dear. Nothing will happen air daughter is strong and we are all here to protect her the past won't repeat." Father lin tried to assure mother lin .

"But.."

" No but , everything is fine. And she will be coming back soon so don't worry. And just because of fear we can't just not let her see the world . You know how she is . She is independent and is mostly out of the house somewhere far away and you worry like this every time. But you should know she is not like any other ordinary teenager. We should respect her decision. Remember the Daoist master's word we cannot change her fate and all we can do is our best to protect her. If you are still worried go to the temple tomorrow and talk about this restlessness to the master he will surely be able to tell about it." Father lin tried to convince her.

"Hmm... you are right hubby, I will go there tomorrow and also ask for a safety amulet. "

Newyork city, 2: 34 AM

on the bed lin xinyi was sleeping , but it wasn't peaceful at all, she was frowning and and she was sweating all over and looked restless . It seemed like she was having a nightmare.

As if a horror film was going over in her dream. She woke up all of a sudden heaving loudly.

Her eyes were shockingly red. She looked at the time it was 2:34 am . It's been less than 2 hours since she slept here it was again. It was an other sleepless night .she went to the balcony of the room for some fresh after sitting for a while she back to room and bought a cigarette and lighter from the side table. She leaned against the balcony railing and lit the cigarette and took a puff. She was having an other headache. ' Seems like there is not a single night when I can sleep peacefully.' She thought to herself . This has almost become a routine. She stood there for a whole but the headache was just decreasing she went back and took out a white bottle from her black bagpack. There was nothing written on the bottle. She took out two pills from the bottle and chucked it down with a sip of water. She left the room and went out. She took the elevator straight to the top floor of the building. On the top floor there was a beautiful peaceful open cafe set up at one side and a star gazing area at the other side and a deck type area in front of the star gazing area and it had a railing for safety. She went to the cafe and ordered a coffee.

Her figure looked quite frail and weak like porcelain from afar it was inadvertently garning attention to herself . At a distance in another corner two young men were sitting and talking about something serious. One of the young man was reporting something to the other man who seemed to be his superior. That man had a magnificent aura and seemed to be a very powerful figure. Just by sitting there simply yhe man can make anyone unable to endure the pressure he gave . He was the young master, the heir of the most powerful family of China the Leng family. The president of the one of the most richest and powerful corporation of the world. He was the most richest man on earth. He was the mysterious young master leng , Leng tingxiao. He was such a person that anyone in Beijing would tremble at his name. And he was so handsome that he was second to none . He had peach blossom eyes that were as dark as night and as deep as ocean. Just sitting there he was looking like a greek god, or a royalty. He was listening calmly to his subordinate's report.

It was his assistant, assistant Li .

They were talking about the fight that happened in the slums.

"Sir the police have caught the criminals but they still haven't found out that who fought with them. And the criminals also didn't see their faces .but it seemed to be the work of dark cave."

"Hmm" young master leng replied as his gaze went to the other side at the figure sitting alone.

That figure's solemn aura was disturbing him. He watched as the figure took a few sips of coffee and and laid back in the chair. 'What a thin frame.' He thought and in the next moment he was surprised by hi own thoughts as this was the first time he was thinking about someone he didn't even know that too a little girl.

Rooftop has slowly become empty amd only the these and that figure was left other than the staff.

He watched as that figure went over to the star gazing side to the deck and leaned against the railing. He frowned as he watched and suddenly stood up and went to that figure seeing that she was so close to railing looking like she would fall . He pulled her arm took her a bit away from railing. This took lin xinyi off guard amd she hurriedly freed herself from his clutch but was unable to do so as his grip was quite strong.

"Hey mister what do you think you are doing."

"Little girl what were you doing standing so close to the railing. Aren't you afraid of falling down. And where are your parents go back to them and don't come to such dangerous area."

Young master Leng said to her as he let loose his grip.

"I'm not a kid , I won't fall."She said while rolling her eyes.

"You're so thin even a little wind can make you sway and you're saying you won't fall."he replied while frowning.

Lin xinyi didn't want to argue with him anymore and left .

He went back to his seat and saw his assistant Standing there as if he has seen some ghost.