Trapped (EDT)

One Hour before the incident.

Ming Su was preparing a special dish to serve as his welcome approach to his fellow participants. He likes to socialize with people but it seems that people always run away from him.

"You still not finish on that? Can you be a little faster, it's not you own the kitchen here!" Shui Zi went down for a while to satiate her stomach. Her aim was to rummage through the refrigerator, but seeing that someone was occupying, she became irritated.

"I-its only a couple of minutes to finish, after that..."

"Who said that you could make me wait here!" Shui Zi's irritation flared up. "Move out!" She didn't listen to him and even shoved him to the side.

Ming Su obediently makes way to her.

"What is this?" Shui Zi opened the lid of a pot that Ming Su was cooking. Feeling curious about what's inside she took a look.

The aromatic smell of minted herb wafted the air.

Ming Su, seeing that the pot was boiling took a rag and lifted the pot away from the fire and put aside to cool off. Next, he took the handmade fresh noodles that he set aside for a while.

Ming Su's passion for cooking was showing and he beamed on excitement while doing it.

Shui Zi's irritation even worsens seeing the ugly face that was like carve from a pig showing a disgusting smile.

People like this were pollution to the beautiful earth.

So when Ming Su was washing the dishes that he had used in his special recipe, Shui Zi's evil smile surface. This ugly Ming Su would like to win the goodwill of the other participant here, especially when almost all of the people here were big names on the industry. Is he trying to suck off on them?

She wouldn't allow it!

Her slender and delicate hand travel to the handle of the pot and push it over the edge of the table.

It 'caused a loud crashing noise which makes Ming Su startle and look back. Seeing that his newly made spicy-mint noodle with chicken nuggets were all littered on the floor, he horribly look at the person nearby.

Shui Zi innocently pouted and raises her two hands as if it is not her fault. Seeing the mess on the floor, she just shrugged and turn around to go back upstairs.

Ming Su was left alone, he bent down to get pieces of the pot that have been broken. His heart was bitter and heavy.

Why can't he be used to these things?

Everywhere it's all the same.

But why, why do they need to do this? They can insult him, harassed his personality, prank his ugliness, but why can't they leave his cooked dishes?

The food had nothing to do with their grudges.

Bully him all they want, but don't let his creation suffer...

He made these dishes with all his effort and energy...

It's like that they are already his babies...

No, cooking was his life that saves him from misery...

Why...?

Why...?

Why...?

Why does she need to do that...

His freshly cooked spicy-minted noodles...

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Ming Su didn't know that at that time, a dark mist was already surrounding him, whispering the miseries, regret, and anger of life. The dark mist continuously flowed inside his body at a fast-paced and first thought that register to his mind was to find the woman who ruined it...

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"Get the door open! We are leaving here!" Ling Mo shouted the moment Su Ci Yi retrieved Shui Zi. All of them fled the way to the door.

But as soon as they open it, it's locked.

Ming Su was following beneath them in a rigid zigzag form.

Su Ci Yi was not in good disposition right now. Her energy was only enough to carry the woman while they are escaping.

Good thing that she's still breathing. It only seems that she only fainted from extreme terror earlier.

Ling Mo's frantically searching for any path that could lead to the outside. But there was no luck on the first floor.

They got no choice but to run through the second floor and lock themselves inside the room.

Su Ci Yi immediately flopped down on the bed together with Shui Zi. She really needed to replenish her energy.

The loud banging outside made them nervous and panicky and it took all the movable things put on beneath the door to strengthen its defense.

"So what should we do now? We're stuck on this?" Despite their trembling, Chua Ting managed to voice her fear.

"We can't do anything now but to wait for outside help." Ling Mo depressingly sigh.

The crew outside should have already known that there's something's going on inside, however, it's already been an hour yet no one came.

Ling Mo was thinking that it might be possible to subdue the man. There had three of them while Ming Su was only one. If the three of them cooperated, there was a great chance that they could go out alive in here.

However, Su Ci Yi refuted her suggestion explaining that they won't match the strength of Ming Su since he was a big man. Aside from that fact, there's the mist that possessing him. Wounding him would have an effect on the dark qi on his body and would cause spiritual abnormalities.

Left without no choice, the three remain silent.

Su Ci Yi only had woken her eyes when she felt someone in the other room. Then after a moment, Ming Su who's violently banging the door became quiet.

Ling Mo went near the door to slowly observe but it was Su Ci Yi's voice was heard "We can now go outside. Ming Su had just been taken care of."

Slowly, Ling Mo tiptoed near the door but when he heard another knock from outside, he instinctively jumped away from it.

"It's okay to go out now. " A deep man's voice that Su Ci Yi's familiar with was heard inside.