She's so familiar
"It looks like the mole has left the industry"Liko said looking into his computer.
"What about her contract?"Lee asked,standing close to Liko,he stroked his chin.
"Looks like it's already expired"Liko said, Chynna hit her fist against the wall.
All attention was given to her immediately,she took in deep aggressive breaths.
"So we failed project 22air?"Chynna asked.
Lee and Liko fell silent,they had never failed at a mission before,not up until now.
"Guys,if it helps you feel any better, I'll go cook you guys the best fried rice...."Yu Yan tried to light up the moment.
Chynna glared her down,and left the room.
Lee walked to Yu Yan and placed her hand on her shoulder.
"I think I speak on behalf of us all when I say sorry. We were too hard on you,you deserved a better,slower introduction to all this."Lee said.
"No,it was my fault,she got away at the hospital,I could have tried harder"Yu Yan said,battling tears.
"No,you couldn't, you're not fit to be a spy..."
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16 years ago
It was the birthday of the much beloved Zhi Ruo,and her father said he would introduce her to two new friends.
She never really had playmates her own age,and she was excited about it.
She wanted to show off to her new friends,and put on her prettiest tiara,and her newest dress.
"Am a fairy princess model"Zhi Ruo said to herself looking into the mirror.
A woman,with beautiful black hair came in the room,and Zhi Ruo squeezed her tightly.
"Your new friend is here"Zhi Lee said,Zhi Ruo quickly sped past her mother,and ran into the garden to see a snow flake In human form.
All the guests were all admiring her,she had the prettiest set of eyes ever,and her dress and tiara put Zhi Ruo's to shame.
But nevertheless she was determined it would all play out right.
She innocently skipped to the girl,but tripped right in front of her,making the other kids laugh at her. Including the snowflake.
She stood up determined not to pout or cry,she had a straight face,hiding her tears barely.
"Hi,am Zhi Ruo"She said,as nicely as she could. Ru Shi looked at her without saying a word to her,then accessed her costume.
"What are you anyways?"she asked,Zhi Ruo smiled brightly.
"Am a fairy princess model"she said.
"A what! I've never heard of that!"Ru Shi said,everyone in the party all looked at Zhi Ruo.
"I will become one when I grow up"Zhi Ruo said,and the room echoed with the laughter of the children.
"Am already a model,am the beautiful Ru Shi can't you see?"Ru Shi said striking a pose.
"Really,can I be a model too?"Zhi Ruo asked, admiring her beauty.
"No silly, you're not fit to be a model"Ru Shi said,and the laughter continued.
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Present.
Yu Yan commuted to the Industry,she stopped to buy herself ice cream on the way.
She had made a mistake yet again,she knew she wasn't meant for that kind of work.
She sat down,not minding her short skirt,and licked her ice cream,she cried,and remembered Zi Tao,she cried even more.
"I can't even get revenge on him,am so so useless"She said to herself.
She waited for an hour or so,but no Zi Tao,she was convinced that he wasn't going to show up.
She decided to use the money she had on her to buy Ru Ai a gift.
Liko was talking about some latest memory card,or something of the sort and she had just enough money to get it for him.
She just bought the gift, and kept it in her knee socks,she got herself another ice cream to pass away the time,but three men had been tailing her.
She ran away,not from them,but away from where they could easily be spotted. She ended up leading them to a place where no one was,and faced them.
"Who are you?"she asked them,a little frightened,but she covered it up. The men clenched their fists,Closing in on her,cornering her.
"We're here to take you out"one of the men said.
She knew they must have been sent to kill her, that means,it was none other than the mole,that means she hasn't left yet,there was still hope,but as usual a kick to the thigh broke her resolve.
She found it hard to steady herself,and fell down,her knees up,the men came in,but a shadow was casted upon them.
They looked back to see Zi Tao,he had his fist drawn out,and his eyes were fiery.
"Feng Mian"he said,she stood up,and stood behind him,acting all shy and soft.
"Go,get in the car"he said,she ran away,but got through to Liko.
she looked over her shoulder to see Zi Tao being beat down, but not too badly,he landed some blows,but he was still getting beat up.
She wanted to intervene,but he would know she was not the average model.
"Zi Tao get up!"She yelled,Zi Tao got up,his feet wobbly,he fought,but got knocked down,a huge blow was coming.
Yu Yan couldn't bear to watch,she stood in front of him and took the blow.
She pretended to fall down in serious pain,she was hurt,but sparing with Chynna was worse.
"No..."Zi Tao said under his breath,and held her in his arms,he looked at the men,penetrating deep into their souls.
He was ready to destroy them,but a motorcycle rider,was already doing that.
The rider got off his motor cycle,and fought them all,without being hit,and in a flash,the police arrived,and the rider vanished immediately.
Everything happened so fast,Zi Tao could not focus,but he put her in his car,she was whimpering in pain.
"She scents of Strawberry ice cream"he thought to himself,just like his Zhi Ruo.
"Why? There's just something about her"Zi Tao thought,while starting his engine.
He passed her a glance while driving,"She's just so familiar"he said to himself.