Sara bit on her lower lip and clenched her fists beside her. "I had my reason" She said.

Joreen just looked at the both of them quietly. She had also joined them in watching the video earlier and had seen the caption also.

"What were you thinking? Aren"t you be done with them, Were you planning on taking revenge, Is that even necessary?" He yelled at her and threw his phone on the old couch, then, he stood up in anger.

"Revenge?" Sara scoffed in disbelief. "I can"t believe you could think something like that. Why would I do something as pointless as plotting revenge? I went there for something important and I"m sorry, I can"t give you the details" She said as she also stood up.

"What do you think you have been doing? Look!" He pointed at his phone on the couch. "The whole world is talking about you. What are you going to do about it now?"

"I do not care if the whole world talks about me." She shot back. "It"s not like it is a new thing. I"m used to it" She tried to control her emotions as her eyes began to redden.

Jianjun moved to where she was standing and held both her shoulders tightly. "Yes. You do not care what people say about you. That is why you should have avoided those people at all cost." He looked at her eyes, made sure she met his gaze. He noticed she had nothing to say in retort. She was just staring blankly. No agreement or argument.

"You know nothing Sara." He shook his head in resignation and let go of her shoulders, then sat down on the couch dejectedly.

Sara"s phone began to ring. Joreen who had been quiet the entire time, pa.s.sed the phone over to her. Sara"s heart stopped when she saw it was a call from Ms Long. It meant she was probably back with Muchen right?

"Ms Long" Sara said through bated breath.

"h.e.l.lo Sara. I saw the news. Are you okay?"

Sara sighed dejectedly. If she has seen it. It meant Mr Li had also seen it. "I...am fine."

Ms Long noted her tone and asked "Are you okay Sara?"

There was silence before Sara asked in return. "Where is Mr Li.? He must have seen it right?"

"He isn"t aware yet. I just saw it right now and Mr Li is currently unavailable" She said smoothly.

Sara could hear some faint noises in the background and tried to make sense of the things she was hearing. She heard the tensed voices of nurses or doctors wheeling in, probably, a sick patient. She also made out the frantic movements of people.

"Where is he?" Sara asked anxiously.

"He...." Ms Long stopped when she heard someone call her name. The way the person called her and the manner at which she answered, Sara could vaguely guess it was her father.

"I"ll get back to you Sara. Just stay safe okay?" And with that, she hung up.

"h.e.l.lo, h.e.l.lo?" Sara"s mouth opened in shock when realisation dawned on her.

"What is it?" Jianjun asked.

"I think something is wrong with Mr Li" As usual, she was already pacing back and forth the sitting room.

"What do you mean? Did she tell you that?"

"No. But she is in the hospital." She didn"t even bother to stop her front and back pace even as her hands shook in worry.

"How come I didn"t hear from Mr Li all these while if he was really okay?"

"But you said he"s on a business trip. And it"s been just two days" Jianjun answered.

"Dad, the last time he was sick, they told Heya the exact same thing." She paused. "Oh my G.o.d. What if something bad happened to him? They"re certainly in the hospital, I am sure of it. She was speaking with her father. He owns the hospital. I heard voices. " Oh G.o.d. Oh G.o.d. Oh G.o.d."

"Sis. Please be still. What if you"re just imagining things?" Joreen chipped in.

She ran inside the room, took her coat and was heading straight for the door before Jianjun held her back. "What do you think you are doing right now?" He asked in a tone she could not really interpret.

"I have to go check." She said in shaky voice.

Jianjun could see her hands shaking also. "You can"t go out now. You have to be careful." He warned.

"Dad. Mr Li might be sick somewhere. I... I just want to check. Okay? Please." She didn"t wait any longer and suddenly opened the door in a hurry.

What welcomed her immediately she opened the door was a swam of reporters eagerly flas.h.i.+ng their cameras and throwing questions at her. Her brain was still trying to process what was going on but, Jianjun was fast and quickly pulled her in before shutting the door tight.

She still stood there frozen and watched her father give her a look that said "See?"

"Are you okay? He asked in worry when he saw she was still reeling from the shock and staring blankly into s.p.a.ce.

"What... what just happened?" She asked in what sounded like shock.

"Sara." He shook her shoulders "Come to your senses."

"What if he is really not fine?" She asked.

"Big Sis. I"m sure he is okay. You can"t go out now" Joreen finally said after recovering from the horror she just witnessed.

Sara looked at Joreen. No one could read her expression. And in the gentlest tone ever, she said. "But I want to go now"