1000am
As Li Heng stood in the private visitor room, he looks at Yu Ting and a file of documents in front of her.
Yu Ting: "I suppose long time no see…" She slowly stood up
Yu Ting: "Please sit"
Li Heng froze, still paranoid about what happened as he try opening the door however was locked
Li Heng: "...I prefer standing"
Yu Ting said nothing and began opening the file documents.
Li Heng: "...…Are you still the club president?" His voice awkwardly asked while holding his rage
Yu Ting: "I have…drop out of the university... and resumed my duties"
Li Heng stood confusedly as his mind turning gears constantly as he processes her words
Li Heng: "Is my parents and friends okay?"
Yu Ting: "They're but your parents were constantly trying to get you out-"
Before finishing, Li Heng slammed his fist onto the table, making a loud *BANG* across the room
Li Heng: "Enough, why are you here?!" He angrily shouted while Yu Ting flinched a little
Yu Ting: "Because-" She paused and lowered her eyes to the document before continuing
Yu Ting: "I owe you…A truth"
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Yu Ting: " I am Yu Ting, a Police Superintendent Class III or almost former, I'm planning on resigning soon enough"
Li Heng froze and looked at her. His mind couldn't comprehend more information than it already should
Li Heng: "…You're a police officer?...…So, it was fake? The Club? The activities? Our passion?"
Yu Ting: "...I needed a disguise"
Li Heng: "Why? I should've never join your club when on the recruitment day!" He shouted angrily towards Yu Ting
Yu Ting: "I'm sorry…"
Li Heng: "What really happened?"
Yu Ting slides several photos towards Li Heng, revealing Cheng Xi's phone messages, notes and threats messages.
Yu Ting: "Upon investigation, we do found several threat messages from unknown callers and several blackmail materials sent from these callers"
Li Heng: "Then, what happens next?"
She paused for a moment before sliding another photo, this time showing a middle age couple soaked in their bloods on the floor, shocking Li Heng as he flinched
Yu Ting: "Unfortunately, Cheng Xi's parents were both found murdered from each other...Of course, that's what the top says when something's went wrong"
The room went silent for a solid 5 minutes as time slips by quicker than average before Li Heng opened his mouth
Li Heng: "You're lying...Tell me you're lying"
Yu Ting: "Li Heng...Calm down"
Li Heng: "Please…You have to let me out. My parents…They're not safe...…"
Yu Ting: "I...…Can't...…The hospital won't let us take you away"
Yu Ting: "And another thing I need to tell you personally and secretly..." She leaned towards Li Heng nearly touching his face
Yu Ting: "The court is proceeding the charges on you, the court still thinks you're guilty even though it's probably self-defense"
Yu Ting: "Worse case according to the current situation…I would presume eternal solidarity"
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Hearing this, Li Heng breathing began unstable and more faster, his legs and arms as he slowly trembled and sank to the ground, a loud thwart was heard but he couldn't care less
Li Heng: "What...You're lying...You're lying to me..."
(Me? Getting sued?) He thought to himself
Yu Ting: "...I think I said too much...…I've came here unnoticed..."
As Yu Ting began to pack up the files and leaves, Li Heng immediately shouted
Li Heng: "Wait!...We're not done...…Why did you come here?...Who ordered you and Cheng Xi?"
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Yu Ting stood frozen, expression slightly uneased and unsettled. She tried to mutter but quickly shut up
Yu Ting: "...…Maybe...Someone or...…Perhaps a powerful family...…Is involved...My superiors don't reveal much"
Yu Ting: "Ever since the operation success, I had been thinking...…Sleepless nights, heavy alcohol. I don't know why I came to you...…Perhaps it's the guilt from within..."
She muttered to Li Heng or rather herself while beginning to leave
Yu Ting: "...Maybe when the court summoned you, I would be by your side...…As your defendant..."
Li Heng: "…Wait-!"
Before Li Heng could finished, Yu Ting had already leave the room, leaving Li Heng still on the floor, confused and overwhelmed
1030am
Outside as Li Heng slowly walked on the hallways, his same tiredness eyes and body returned. He continuous thought on his situation, his actions, his solutions…If there is any and most importantly-His loved ones.
His body started to fail him, nearly collapsing on several occasions as he couldn't even keep up his own thoughts and mind
Li Heng: "Aurielle?" He whispered
Li Heng: "Aurielle?" This time, he whispered louder
Before he snapped, he accidentally bumped into a tray being pushed by two 'nurses'. The medicines and syringes all fell to the ground with continuous second banging
Li Heng: "Sorry…"
Li Heng said as the three of them quickly respectively picked up the items on the ground. While Li Heng observed the abnormal speed of the two 'nurses' and the lack of the usual reactions and speech
('Is the short one looking at me?') He glared at them however couldn't see any abnormality
('Looks…Korean to me? Didn't know the hospital has recruited koreans?') He thought to himself
Not long after the encounter, Li Heng saw Mr Goh looking out at a nearby window to the field where Xiao An and several other children were playing tags
Mr Goh saw Li Heng walking towards him and faced him. His expresssion slowly turns into neutral and his body began grabbing a nearby water bottle for Li Heng
Mr Goh: "...You good, boy?"
Li Heng never spoke, just sat down on the bench and looked onto the field, Mr Goh standing behind him, waiting for him to speak
Li Heng: "I got into trouble...…Days, weeks...…My life...…Is fake"
Mr Goh stood there…For a few minutes before moving to sit on the bench
Mr Goh: "You know? You really resembled my son when he got out of university...Confused, scared but...…He was tough...Very tough and passionate on his likings.…"
Mr Goh: "I was too…Very tough life as a particularly Ma family salesperson. Everyone in China knew that Ma Family and Zhong Family...Are like two tigers within a mountain...Ma family always being crushed by the Zhong family…You can only fit one in one industry"
Mr Goh: "...…But unlike me, my son...…He would always do reckless experiments to achieve success...And I see you have the same eyes too"
Li Heng looked up, never spoke and grabbed the water bottle tightly with his fists
Mr Goh: "…Mistakes are temporary...Solution is key. We can only live to the fullest. Don't do reckless things without a plan"
However Li Heng suddenly got up and whispered 'Thank you' before hastily running off to his cell, leaving Mr Goh in confusion
At Li Heng's cell, he quickly shut the door tight and leans at his bed
Li Heng: "...Aurielle..."
Li Heng: "Aurielle, I know you can hear me...…" He muttered again
Li Heng: "My parents…My friends…They're not safe...Please…"
Li Heng: "...I want...…I want to break out"
After finishing, Li Heng's head grew slightly in pain
Aurielle: "Fine" She softly said
Aurielle: "For weeks...…I have been secretly modifying your blood cells and body to ensure you're ready"
Aurielle: "However…If you fail, I will catch you but your body might enter a painful state...Are you sure to proceed?"
Li Heng though about this choice. His actions, his regrets, his cowardness. Now, he had made his decision
Li Heng: "I'm ready" He firmly said
As Aurielle began chanting a unknown spell, Li Heng could felt the sensation and the touch of something divine being put on his body
Aurielle: "Now, it required our mental and physically cooperation...Now, stay calm...…It would let our minds bonded together"
As the two minds began to bond together, Li Heng began to absorb some unfamiliar fragmented memories. Mostly peaceful and extremely positive. People interacting with an unknown female perspective. Casual talks, job promotions...…Until one particular memory came up. A being with long unrealistical long body suddenly appeared and the bonding sequence was suddenly unstable even Aurielle couldn't stable it.
Aurielle: "Li Heng! Stable!! I almost got it-!"
Eventually, Li Heng's body and mind couldn't comprehend the information when he began to split out bloods onto the bed as he passed out.
Aurielle: "Li Heng?" She whispered
Aurielle: "Li Heng!!! Get UP!"
Li Heng could only watched as his vision began to blacken out while hearing Aurielle shouting within his head
Li Heng: "Did we succeed…?"
Li Heng then began entirely lying on the bed while the bloods continuous dripping down the sheets and onto the floor