After a long while of crying she fainted in his arms. He carried her to her room. But she was too dirty so he wiped her dirt with a wet towel and changed her clothes. He cautiously avoided his gaze, yet his gaze unconsciously fell on the delivery Mark.
His heart winced in a sharp pain.
He laid her on her bed and sit beside her. He was looking at her exhausted face for a long time till his phone vibrated a message.
It was an unknown number. He opened the message and his face drained of color at once. It was a photo message.
A young girl was laid in an unidentified surface and her upper body was not covered. Her face was hidden with a blur. But there was a big mole in the right side of her abdomen. From the mole Lian identified it was Aalia's photograph.
It was an accident that he was known about the existence of the mole. Three years back, they went together with Yash to the countryside to visit her grandma.
When they were playing in the woods her tops torn by a thorn and her abdomen was also got scratched. That was when he accidentally noticed her mole.
But now who can it be? He couldn't call the number no matter what.
After about a half an hour, there was another photo message from the unknown number. It was the same photo but the blur face was visible in that photo. But as Lian predicted it was not Aalia's face, it was an unknown face.
But, what does that mean? He clearly saw the mole now as well when he changed her clothes. It's the same. Who's playing with him? He sat down idly for a long time that someone got the guts to prank him.
He silently went to her own room and stood before his closet. He pressed the closet lock three times and the door before him opened. But, inside the door there was no sign of a closet, it led to a whole new compartment.
He entered through the door. There were more than twenty computers. He switched on a computer and logged into his account. He connected his phone through a usb cable, then the screen displayed a popup alert.
After the device was connected to the system a message that the IP address was hidden. His lips curled into a perfect smiling, but the smile carried a hint of malice.
"You dare to hurt my girl and humiliate me. Don't worry I'll show you who is the real bully.", he said in a sarcastic tone.
The moment he finished his words, his slender fingers taped the keyboard in a rhythmic way and countless zeros and ones appeared on the screen and continuously moved top to bottom.
Finally a message appeared on the screen.
"The target matched!"
He clicked the window and saw the profile displayed in the screen. A murderous glint shone in his eyes.
"Again, it's definitely you. But you messed with a wrong person. I'll pay you back soon. Till then, enjoy the appetizer."
Lian said to himself with a hostile smile.
He cleaned the computer and associated account data with a strong virus, after the process ended he shut down the pc and went back.
Apparently far away from here, in a dark room a young woman was sitting on a rolling chair before a system.
She looked around 20 years old, and she had a stunning face with a perfect shape. When she looked at the message popped up out of nowhere on the screen, her lips crooked with a smile yet her eyes were cold to the point of freezing.
"My dear Lian, let's see who got a smile at last.", she said in a mesmerizing voice and laughed out loud. Her laugh echoed in the dark room and made it like a whisper of a devil.
As her voice faded, her computer screen started to blink, she input the coding skillfully, yet the the system incessantly blinked. The warning message popped up frequently.
"The input method is wrong."
"What is happening?", she looked at the screen flabbergastedly and input the decoding code.
"Triple one destroyed! Triple one destroyed! Triple one destroyed!", the system message popped up again. After the warning, the data in the associated accounts and other devices deleted once for all. She didn't know who interfered her plans, yet her evidence disappeared just like that. She threw the paper weight on tha screen and laughed maniacally.
The next day Lian brought Aalia to the hospital for the treatment.
"Doctor, how is she? How long it'll take her to recover?", Lian asked in anxiety.
"Well..., Mr. Lian...", the doctor deliberately paused for a moment.
"She'll definitely be alright in just three months.", after paused for a good while he said with a laugh.
"Are.. are you sure doctor?", he asked in a quivering voice.
"Of course, why would I lie to you?", the doctor said assuredly.
"And doctor, I want you to do me another favor.", Lian said with hesitation.
"Don't hesitate, shoot it.", the doctor said smilingly.
"Well, that is...", he started but paused for a while. After he deliberated for a while with a deep breath he said worriedly.
"But, this is... I can't do that, I have my principles.", the doctor said with a troubled expression.
"Well, doctor, she is still young, she can't handle this. Please help me! I can do anything for you. Please!!", Lian begged him incessantly.
" Well, I don't need anything. I accept your suggestion as for the patient's sake. Don't worry, she'll be alright.", as he listened to Lian, the doctor looked at him with a pensive expression. After a good while, he agreed to his suggestion.
"Thank you doctor, I am very grateful for you.", Lian said.
The treatment period, seperated into three phases and the first session of the first phase treatment started next day.
Even though the treatment was continuing in a smooth manner, the original treatment period extended to another two months, because of poor mental stability of Aalia.
The bright moon was hanging in the clouds. In the balcony, a young girl was staring into the distance gloom, with no regards of the bright moon. Her dark eyes held an unspeakable sorrow.
In just three years, she seized every opportunity that came her way. She enrolled in a prestigious business school and emerged with a gold medal, after that she also secured a year-long internship abroad.
When she was staring into darkness, a young man was staring at her back.
His memories drifted back to years ago.
A little girl was on the short tree and searching for something. A little boy stood under the tree and anxiously looking at her.
"Aali, come down. I lied to you. There's nothing in the tree. I hid it in the room."
"You lier! Don't talk to me!"
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to!"
"Go away! I'm not going to talk to you ever again."
"I promise, I'll never lie to you, I promise! Please come down."
She swiftly came down the tree and smiled mischievously.
" Finally, I got to know!", she was beaming with bright smile and her eyes turned to crescent. That smile was still vivid in his memories.
Once a vibrant and lively little girl, she was now consumed by darkness. Her once innocent and joyful spirit was replaced by a cold and aloof demeanor. He wondered if he could see her old self again.
As she felt an intense stare, Alia turned her head and looked at him.
"Brother."
He stood still and lost in thoughts.
Alia called him again.
"Brother!"
"Aali...!", he came back to his senses and smiled at her.
"What happened to you?", she asked him gently.
"Nothing, why are you standing in the wind?", his anxiety mixed in his voice.
"Brother, I'm not that delicate. What are you anxious about?", her tone tinged with mockery, yet who she mocked was unknown.
"Alli, Alli, Alli... ", a childish voice sounded from outside.
A little girl in four years ran towards her and hugged her legs.
"Little Mila!", she bent down and picked up the child.
She looked at her brother and her expression grew heavy.
"Brother, why don't you date someone?", she asked suddenly.
Lian tried his best to calm himself down.
"Aali, we have talked about it countless times. Don't ever ask me this.", his suppressed voice carried a melancholy.
"Brother, I'm sorry. But, you can't be alone forever, right?", she persistently tried.
"Aali, I can't think anyone other than little Mila's mother. Don't try to force me.", he said.
" But... ", before she could finish her words, he shook his head and left the room.
Almost for a year, she tried to convince him as far as she could, but he still refused to consider.
Outside of her room, he leaned on the wall and thought to himself as a fool.
Now, I'm just her brother after all, heh!
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