9 The crossroad still had to be crossed

Zhi had an ominous feeling of the road ahead.

That sort of 'the male and female leads meeting each other at the crossroad of life' aura was gleaming on the lonely four-way intersection in front of her. Her instincts told her she would be in big trouble once she landed her feet on that road. Nevertheless, no trouble was big enough than the trouble that she was currently facing - a life and death situation!

Just a moment ago, Meng Xun and her were merrily eating their candied kumquats while leisurely strutting towards a direction. The fireworks performance was starting soon, so Meng Xun had enthusiastically dashed ahead of Zhi. She was trying to secure a viewing place for both of them as she surveyed left and right.

Finally settling her eyes on an empty spot slightly above the hill, Meng Xun turned around to call Zhi over. Only to have no shadow of a person returning her call...

Taking advantage of the crowded area, someone had grabbed Zhi from behind! Firmly putting a big palm over her mouth and the other hand circling Zhi's waist, that person absorbed Zhi into the obscurity of the night.

With a strong hold over her body, Zhi was dragged somewhere like a storeroom. It was lit by a sole lamp. Zhi who was roughly thrown on the ground could only make out black outlines of her perpretator. He was also wearing a mask to hide his identity.

Seeing him in a close-up, she had a momentary feeling that this incident was not supposed to happen to her. The man was not supposed to target her!

"Lady, blame your fate in this lifetime." The man delivered his lines as he was ordered. "The wheel of life is turning."

He unsheathed his dagger from his waist and plunged forward to Zhi's chest!

In the nick of time, Zhi intuitively jumped aside. She loosely dodged the critical attack to her heart but suffered a stab to the lower area of her chest. She winced at the pain.

The man did not give up and continued to slash his weapon at Zhi. He had planned at the start to first tie the woman up but someone was messing up with his mind unconsciously and made him forget.

His actions were also sloppy tonight unlike his usual clean strike to his victim.

During his slight hesitation, guided by a voice, Zhi found an opening from the man and focusing all of her body weight, she pushed the man away vigorously.

Not expecting such force from a weak female, that guy stumbled backwards and fell into a stack of chairs, breaking them up in the process.

At the sound of a doorlock clinked open, Zhi made her escape without looking back. She ran with all her might with no particular direction in mind.

That was how she made her way to the current situation of running towards a crossroad.

Zhi braced herself and leaped towards the road - no matter what, her life comes first!

'Boom!'

Loud bang of fireworks reverberated throughout the city, illuminating the night sky with their colorful lights.

At a certain four-way intersection, two people intertwined each other.

A tall man was holding a woman in his embrace, the scene looked like the long awaited reunion of two star-crossed lovers.

As the woman had came from the adjacent side from the man, their collision caused them to spin in a circle.

Under the fireworks-lit sky, Zhi's veiled face brought attention to her big and pretty eyes. The curly ends of her eyelashes looked more prominent with the illusion of the shadows. They seemed to flutter like a butterfly as Zhi's casted her eyes down.