18 Dark Nightmare
"Senior Brother! Senior Brother!" The ten-year-old Su Ci Yi was the epitome of clinginess towards him. Lu Feng adoringly looked at the small child beside him. Despite being a ten year old already, Su Ci Yi's stature was too small for her generation. Lu Feng gently caressed the child's forehead and was able to feel a small wound that had not yet been healed fully.
"Yi Yi, did you fight against the disciple today?"
Su Ci Yi once heard him her mood turn sour. "I didn't." But her eyes were downcast.
"Yi Yi?" Lu Feng once again asked her but she decided to stand firm on her lie.
"Ahhhh!" Not long after, she shrieked in alarm as she was hung upside down with her foot bound by a vine. Looking at the person who made this to her, she shuddered.
Lu Feng's expression was pretty scary. She knew he was angry and exuding a heavy and dark aura making her gasped for air.
Cough! Cough!
"Senior Brother, I can't breathe…" She tried to beg him. "Yi Yi, you did lie to me again. I hate kids who are lying."
Su Ci Yi gasped, "Senior Brother, they started it. I was only provoked. I can't handle them anymore and I lost control. Senior Brother, please spare me! I won't do it again." She said in between sobs.
That moment when she said it, the binding in her foot loosen and she falls straight into the hard ground.
"Yi Yi…"
Su Ci Yi's eyes are wet with tears. Lu Feng wiped those wet beads on her eyes through the hems of his robe. His facial expression now returned to being the gentle type. The one that Su Ci Yi admired.
"Hush, your Senior Bother accepted your apologies already. Promised that Yi Yi must never lie to her Senior Brother again."
Su Ci Yi swore and slowly inch towards Lu Feng, hugging his well prim waist.
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Su Ci Yi and Qin Tao was standing in front of an abandoned building. The two people were out of place against the people running here and there all over the place. There were also a few high-quality types of equipment being a hurdle inside the mansion.
Some by-stander who happen to be in the same place beside them were flocking in a single direction. It is already night time yet the whole cast was alive and active.
How could Su Ci Yi cultivate on this place? She even regretted coming here!
A few hours earlier…
"Dad, I want to sleep over with the master, can I?"
Qin Yu didn't bother with him and decided to ignore his son. Seeing him being obedient and submissive there must be something behind it. And sure enough, he didn't get it wrong. The kid was up for another favor again.
"Request Denied"
"Daddy!..."
"The hospital is not something that a child should frequent. I am already allowing you to go to her by midday and don't let my leniency a luxury that you could afford. Young man, if you urge me this time, I will have no choice but to ground you again."
"Daddy, I can't cultivate if the master is not guiding me."
Cultivate? Did the woman go along with Qin Tao's absurd hobbies? Is this how she caught the attention of the kid? Surely she was not an influence that would make Qin Tao even slumped on his fantasy world of him right?
Qin Tao had already seen the different faces of people pretending to have an inclination with the supernatural, however, he found it all scams and fake.
Qin Yu believed in the perseverance and strong will of this child. But such gifts and character should match their purpose. Qin Yu was beginning to become worried about Qin Tao's future.
Qin Tao saw his father's strong resistance and decided not to pursue it anymore. If not now, there's always the next time anyway.
As of this moment, there was something that he needed to participate in.
***
Dark Nightmare
An old-time TV series, that was competing against the long-time airing Secret Files of Supernatural. The TV series, SFOS was a very well known supernatural documentary. They are airing once a week with avid viewers growing more and more each and every day.
Dark Nightmare was on the brink of its disbandment. Director Fu, an old and heavy man was about to retire in the film industry and would only like to produce his best film before retiring. However, fate as cruel, his viewer ratings decrease each and every day. The exact opposite of the SFOF.
People's reviews and ratings of their short film were negative and low. They complain about the lack of thrilling and interesting stuff. As well as they couldn't even make their viewers panic in horror. They blame them for being boring.
The investors behind this film agency were backing down one by one. Their equipment where also on the brink of destruction but Director Fu didn't bother to repair it. The agency will disband and the film series will reach its end. He didn't even know if it's still beyond saving but one thing for sure, the Secret Files of Supernatural was still soaring out be on the top documentary series of all times!
