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#R18
#MYSTERY
#DARK
#SWEETLOVE
#FASTPACED
#POWERFULCOUPLE
#TWISTED
#KIDNAP
#COOLGUY
#DOCTOR

Crimson Instinct

[COMPLETED] It's a race against time. But the challenge gets even harder as there is a certain difficulty that they both have to overcome. With Bai Li facing his own inner demons, will their quest for truth spiral out of control? Will he get his honour back? Who is the enemy hiding in the shadows that Xin Lei and Bai Li would have to fight? Along this journey to find their answers, will it also spark the flames of love between them? *** Amidst the booming crack of ear-piercing gunshots, Xin Lei bumped into the ex-army officer, Major Bai Li, who recently got a dishonorable discharge. He was the only hope for her who could help her in digging the truth behind not only that syndicate chasing after her life but also to find about her father and brother who have mysteriously disappeared. Together, they set out to search for the truth, but it shapes into something much darker and sinister as they learn about the case Xin Lei's father was working on - to prove a father innocent of his little daughter's disappearance, plunging them into one of the dangerous worlds, hidden from everybody. --- Scene Excerpt --- My foot was stuck in the pit and I pushed Bai Li away from me who was trying to get me out. There was no time. The sounds of sirens were growing closer and closer. How can I let the police catch him? But my strength wasn't enough. I tugged his shirt. I begged him. 'Please go.' Bai Li grabbed my arms. "Don't push me away, Xin Lei. Soldiers never leave anyone behind. It's either we are caught together or we escape together." Before I knew it, his lips were on mine. "Whatever it is, sticking together is the only option I give you." #WSA2020. Theme - Sweets love. --- Discord - https://discord.gg/CbhNys444r Follow me on Insta - enthu_reader7 --- My other novels : 1. Because I simply love you 2. Because I cannot hurt you 3. The Mafia King's First Love **Novel cover is commissioned. Credit goes to Chainslock**

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273 Chs
#R18
#MYSTERY
#DARK
#SWEETLOVE
#FASTPACED
#POWERFULCOUPLE
#TWISTED
#KIDNAP
#COOLGUY
#DOCTOR

Not alone this time

*Xin Lei*

"It's a cipher." Bai Li said.

I typed. "Yes. Brother Zhen and I used to play a lot using secret messages during childhood. He always loved to give me puzzles."

"Right. Since he knows that, he would relatively give a simpler message for you to decode since he has already disappeared, and he has yet to warn you about the danger. There is no time. At the same time, it should also be difficult to crack the code if the letter falls in another's hands, or it should at least look useless at a glance, which is exactly what Xin Zhen has done."

I nodded.

"There are three sentences. Ciphers are a play with the letters. If you take the first letters out, we get I, L, C, N, O, P, O, T, L, I, C, A, E, T, G, Y, R. In the second sentence, Candy sounds more like a nickname to me. Is it yours?"

I smiled and typed. "Yes. He always teases me with the name Candy because I have a sweet tooth."

"I could also guess because when you crashed into me, I smelled something sweet like caramel from your mouth. It was probably a caramel flavored candy. So, when I heard Candy in the message, it clicked to me."

Gosh, it was so embarrassing! Damn my mouth!

"I tend to eat candies when I am stressed." I awkwardly typed.

Bai Li nodded.

"Right. Coming back to the code. Since it's a name, we take Candy as the full word, not just it's letter C. Now, we club the letters together according to where the full stops are placed. So, it becomes - IL. Candy NO. POTLICAETGYR. The message starts with Candy because from there, he addresses you. So, IL is of no use. It's just window dressing. In POTLICAETGYR, remove both T's and A because 'the' is an article and 'to' and 'at' is a preposition. They are only for grammar not to make it look abrupt. So, we are left with Candy. NO POLICEGYR. With 'police' as the first six letters, the message is clear. 'GYR' as 'Get your reward' is just to mask it in a proper sentence, same as 'I lose' - just a window dressing."

I looked at him, dumbfounded. Even I had to take five minutes to decode it, but he did it just by listening to it once.

Brother Zhen would have mocked me for being so slow.

He asked, "Is it handwritten?"

"No. It's typed."

"What else is there apart from the message?"

I once again took a good look, turning the paper back and forth, but found it empty.

"There is nothing."

I saw him slightly squinting his brows together. He seemed to be in deep thought.

I typed. "Is there something on your mind?"

"I thought that perhaps Xin Zhen would give a hint about his location."

I nervously worded my message. "What if he is kidnapped?"

Bai Li put the coffee cup down on the table and said, "Possibly. Or he might be in hiding. What about your father?"

"No, he didn't leave me any message."

Bai Li said after a pause. "Alright, we have a note given by your brother, and your father was working on a case. We have to know the details of that case to get a direction here."

I typed a long message. "The goons have smashed our house in Chaoyang where we all three lived together. I don't know about his office at the Central business district because I never got the chance to go there. I was in hiding."

Bai Li said, "So, let's go there. And before that, do you have any clothes or personal items of Xin Nianzu? Cocoa will register his smell. The note has already given him Xin Zhen's."

I gave one of the shirts to Cocoa, and he smelled it just like the note.

"Let's go."

As Bai Li said that, I felt a strange nervousness but also excitement surge in me. I felt the fear of the unknown, but when I looked at his tall, muscular figure and his broad back, it gave me a sense of security.

Cocoa barked and looked at me.

I giggled. I bent down and kissed his head.

And of course, Cocoa too.

---

The third minion who ran tail in between his legs from Bai Li was kneeling in front of a fat man with a chubby belly. Everybody called the fat man as Gen Gen.

Gen Gen punched the minion in his face.

"Useless bunch of craps! You three men can't even handle a woman? Just how difficult it is! She is just a woman, and you are still cannot drag her out her fucking hiding!"

"B-boss…" the minion stuttered. "The woman wasn't alone this time."

"What?"

"A man was with her. He was the one who beat them up."

Gen Gen gnashed his teeth. "Now who is this man? There was never a man before! When did he pop out?"

"I don't know…"

"And you still lost even when you were three against him!? You are fucking three men, and he is just one!" He roared and kicked him. "Useless!"

"Fan! Fa!"

The two men came forward. "Yes!"

"Go get the job done. I want that man and woman dead!"

Fan sneered. "Yes, boss."

*Bai Li*, ---

Central business district.

I stood in front of Xin Nianzu's office and from the message that Xin Lei just said, it didn't seem to be how an office should look like.

Naturally, I had expected that. Whoever they are, are really thorough.

I heard a faint pitter-patter of Xin Lei, knocking her fingers on the phone and then a robotic voice.

"The office is completely messed up. All files and papers are thrown here and there. Even the computer is broken. Now what?"

This novel is written in both first and third person. So as to not confuse you regarding the POV, I will mention the names between asterisks whose POV it would be.

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