29. When death has you on his list.

Sichen looked over at the person sitting beside him. He didn't seem shocked or taken aback to see him.

"What are you doing here?" He questioned.

The Grim reaper from the previous night was leaning against the passenger's seat with his eyes up at the car ceiling. "Why? Do you have a problem with me Being here?"

Sichen was bent on ignoring him and that was what he did. He had his eyes on the Stirling wheel, preparing to start his car.

"I can't believe that you were that stupid and anxious that you simply believed everything I just say" The man chuckled for some time in amusement.

Sichen hesitated and then looked at him ", Reaper Mo, why are you here and what do you want to say?" He asked again.

Reaper Mo smiled "I recall telling you about the hugging stuff...and taking care of her stuff... right? But..." His smile broadened "I guess all that was made up by me" He burst out into another chuckle.

Sichen stiffened at the shocking information. His hands-on the Stirling, he didn't dare to look at Reaper Mo!

"Well... Actually .." Reaper Mo was still recovering from the laughter "I wanted to test you and have fun as well...I .. I guess you fell hard for it... Interesting... really interesting" he finally managed to hold his laughter.

SiChen's hand gripped tightly against the Stirling. He didn't want to look at the annoying man else he might lose it!

With a smile on his lips, Reaper Mo looked over at the furious SiChen "It seems you're this anxious that you can do anything...How gullible...Well... Are you angry at me?" He raised an eyebrow.

Sichen said nothing.

"Well, You can't be mad at me. If you dare you're going to be the one losing" He smirked "Don't you remember.....The previous incident... yeah the one which led to your absent-mindedness and then your currently Great mistake.."

SiChen's hand's gripped tightly on the Stirling while struggling to restrain his anger...

The flashy image of a book appeared in his mind. That Time he was holding an old brownish book that seemed over a thousand years old...

Looking through it at that time had sent sharp and tormenting memories through his head...He had staggered at that moment as the book fell off his hand...

"So don't forget that..." Reaper Mo smiled "If you try anything funny with me...I'll do worse than that," He said as he looked ahead.

SiChen's grip on the Stirling had tightened as he panted softly...Sweat was all over his face already...

*****

The delicate smell of local dishes flashed through YiMing's nostrils as she walked into the restaurant.

All that was here were memories of NaYin. But she had managed to smile her way through it as they headed to a seat.

She was sitting opposite Her senior as her eyes strolled around the restaurant. The images of the dishes served and the happy people who had come there to enjoy the simplicity of the dishes.

They all reminded her of NaYin.

"Aren't you gonna order anything?" Her senior called her attention as she looked at him.

"Huh?"

"Aren't you going to order anything?" He repeated handing her the menu.

"Oh..." she said receiving the menu.

She took a while to go through it "Well...I want...This....This...." she was careful to select the cheap ones. She didn't want to bother him. "That's all," She said.

"Are you sure?" he confirmed as she nodded.

He handed the menu back to the waiter with their orders and they waited for their meal.

There was a long silence between them for a long while. YiMing was nervous to speak.

All she did was look around trying to but a bridge over the odd feeling between them.

Not long, their meal finally arrived.

"Dig in" Her senior had permitted as she looked at the meal.

"Aren't...you having any?" She asked.

"I'm treating you...so you should enjoy," He said folding his hands.

"Oh..." she slowly dug into the meal. Feeling as nervous as ever!

As she ate with her heads down to the meal, Her senior simply stared at her.

In the middle of the meal, she recalled a conversation to lighten the mood "Well..." She looked up "About what I wanted to ask you...."

"Eat, He said interrupting her. "Don't talk while eating...Eat first, then talk later"

"Oh.." She felt odd again as she dug her head, eating. Her senior continued Watching her.

After the meal, she looked up at him "Done..."

"Okey..." He waved for the waiter who arrived. He indicated their end of the meal by handing him the payment.

He then looked at YiMing "We talk on our way out" He said.

Both of them had gotten up and left the restaurant. They got off the restaurant as YiMing casually looked ahead to the busy roadside.

Her senior had just come out of the restaurant and stood behind her.

"Well.." She said as she slowly turned to face him.

He was busy with his book.

YiMing Watched as he stared at the book in his hands and the pencil he had...He was drawing...

A quick glimpse at the drawing could show a road...car...and a girl...

YiMing was now concentrated on this book...she recalled it...He was always with it... writing on it... always.

And once she had looked at it, she had only seen the heading "DEATH"

"Can I ask you about the book?" She Said.

"Go ahead...ask.." He said... still making his sketchy drawing with intense attention.

"Well... Why do you always..." She had suddenly stopped talking after hearing a cat meowing...

She slowly turned to the road and saw a cat sitting in the middle of the road...

Another glimpse at Her senior's drawing was a cat....in the middle of the road...

****

With his hands still clenched tightly on the Stirling, SiChen Was still furious over what Reaper Mo was saying. But he held himself...

And immediately, he felt a strange feeling as an image flashed into his head...He had seen YiMing.

In the middle of the road and approached a car that had failed its break.