Qin Xue"s mouth opened into an "O" shape. She thought that Yue Ling was like other daughters from prestige families, who never likes to drive anywhere by themselves. Of course, this wasn"t the only reason as Yue Ling was also a celebrity. Wasn"t it dangerous for her to go around without any bodyguards?

However, quickly remembering their encounter with Chu Li Xiang"s men, she chuckles inside at her stupidity.

How can she forget that Yue Ling isn"t an ordinary person? She (Yue Ling) can defend herself against anyone who dares to try and harm her. Nor does she like the attention. If she did, she wouldn"t have kept her personal and work life away from the media.

Even she (Qin Xue) never brings any guards with her, let alone allow the Qin family"s chauffer to drive her anywhere.

She looks at Yue Ling and smiles faintly. Now, she can finally say that she has met someone who is not self-center and only cares about herself.

"I also drove here, but I picked up s.h.i.+ Yan. I guess this where we part ways."

Yue Ling slows to a stop and turn to look at Qin Xue. She also smiles and nod her head.

"When there"s time again, we can meet up to have another meal. We can even go shopping together."

Hearing that they were parting ways, s.h.i.+ Yan was reluctant to go home. However, when she heard what Yue Ling said, she couldn"t help but smile brightly and hug the woman around the waist.

"Yay! I can see Yue Ling again!"

Yue Ling was surprise at her sudden gesture, but she didn"t find it offensive. She felt s.h.i.+ Yan was like Ji Jingxu but in the girl version. She gently pat the girl on the head and her smile becomes soft.

On the opposite side, Qin Xue rolled her eyes at the young girl"s childlike behavior. If she were also ten years younger, she would definitely hug Yue Ling too. However, she is older, so she has to keep a mature att.i.tude.

Putting on the demeanor of an older sister, she pulls s.h.i.+ Yan away from Yue Ling to help give the retired model some s.p.a.ce. Of course, she did it in a polite and gentle way.

"Alright, that"s enough s.h.i.+ Yan. Yue Ling has to leave, and I promised your parents I would have you home before 3pm."

s.h.i.+ Yan was dumbstruck by Qin Xue"s sudden change of att.i.tude. Her mouth opened and close, but she was unable to make a sound.

Isn"t Qin Xue supposed to be her friend? Why is the woman acting like her bodyguard… no, more like her babysitter?

She quickly shakes the thought away and looks back at Yue Ling. Her lips pout in disappointment for a second before deciding she should listen to Qin Xue.

Ever since she was rescued from almost being sold off to another country, her parents have been stricter with her. Especially since she is the oldest and only have one younger sister who is four.

"Okay, okay. I will listen to you."

s.h.i.+ Yan and Qin Xue said their goodbyes as Yue Ling waited the two women entered the car and leave the restaurant. She did this to make sure that they weren"t being followed by anyone suspicious.

As their friend, she cannot allow them to experience the same thing twice.

Once Qin Xue"s car was no longer in view, she makes her way to her car that was parked not too far from Qin Xue"s. Pressing the key alarm, she unlocks the door and reach for the driver side door handle.

However, the second the tips of her fingers touched the cold metal, she stops.

For some unusual reason, she couldn"t help but feel the sensation one gets when someone is looking at them from a far.

Moving in a calm and natural way, she continues to open the door. However, her eyes didn"t forget to scan her surroundings.

Through the crowded street with people and cars, her eyes caught sight of a figure standing directly across the street from where she was.

Even with the many people walking around him, he did not move an inch. He wore all black with a dark gray wool coat and stood like the calm before a storm. He was far from her, but it was like he was standing on the same side of the street as her. She could also see that his dark eyes were staring straight into her own.

Her entire being froze and she forgets to open the door. Everything around seemed to turn inaudible, but the only thing she can hear is her own heart that shook like a beating drum.

Losing her grip on the door handle, her hand falls to her side as her lower lip began to tremble.

"Qin Jun…"

She whispers the familiar name and turn her body to face to street. Her steps were small and felt like heavy stones, but she still force her legs to move towards the street.

"Jun."

Her eyes never moved away from his figure, but the second she blinked her eyes, a bus drives pa.s.s and blocks the man from her view.

And like a ghost standing in the crowd, he disappears without a trace left behind. It was like the wind had swept him away with it.

"Jun!"

Yue Ling raise her voice as she increase her steps and runs towards the street to search for the man. She didn"t know if it were her eyes playing some kind of trick with her, but she was sure it was him.

She stops in front of the street and looks in every direction. There were people who walked pa.s.s and stares at her like she had gone crazy, but she didn"t care and continue to look for the familiar figure.

Even with the many people around, she can and will always recognize him right away.

However, no matter which direction she looked, Qin Jun was nowhere in sight.

*pitter-patter

One drop, two drop, gray clouds cover the entire sky and rain begin to fall as it trickles onto the cemented street. A petrichor smell soon fills the air as the crowd quickly scatter to find shelter from the rain.

Unlike the people, it was like time had slow down and Yue Ling didn"t care about the rain or getting wet. She stood in the same place and let the raindrops fall onto her.

She looks back in the direction she had saw Qin Jun and her eyes turn moist. The only question repeating in her mind is, how is he here… no, why is he here?

"Yue Ling."

A dark shadow slowly covers over her head to keep the rain from touching her, then a deep voice softly calls her name from behind.

She quickly swung around to look at the person and like time had resume its pace again, her bluish green eyes that held millions of mix emotions is suddenly met with the dark pupils of an even more familiar person.

Her eyes shook uncontrollably before she tries to calm herself and a faint smile curls on her lip.

"Tian…"