章節 179: The Key
That sound.
A kind of hymn Han Meixiu usually heard before sleeping in the distant past, not just at night but also during her naps.
It sounded nostalgic. It was as if she was transported back in her toddler years.
The gentle touch that was softly stroking her head was extremely relaxing.
She wanted to stay like this. She missed this terribly.
'My baby...Show me what you've got.'
'Baby?'
The sudden feeling disappeared.
Han Meixiu opened her eyes slowly. She felt she slept for quite a while.
That dream was kind of weird. When was the last time she dreamed about her own mother with an innocent and lovely feeling?
'Hold on! wasn't I with Madam Bai?'
'Where is she?'
Han Meixiu looked around and found out that she wasn't in the same room where she was talking with that woman.
She's currently alone in a living room. And this place looked overly familiar.
'Isn't this Chen Dewei's mansion? What the! I am abducted again?'
She cursed inwardly. Was she delivered by that woman to Chen Dewei?
Surprisingly, there's no other sound except from her own breathing. The place was eerie quiet.
It was as if the place was abandoned.
She abruptly stood up and walked towards the door when she heard a sound.
Something fell from her. She looked at the floor and saw a key. It was attached to a chain. By the looks of it, it's definitely not an ordinary one.
She picked it up while thinking that she might need it when going out.
Looking at the grand door, she thought if it was locked the key was definitely for that door.
She hurriedly walked towards the door but to her surprise, it wasn't locked.
She stepped outside and walked away.
'Something doesn't add up.'
It was way too easy to escape.
There was one thing she noticed. Even though she was wearing a high heels it was comfortable to move...
'Wait!'
She's wearing flat shoes? Madam Bai changed them? What for?
And where's Liu Zijian? He must have been worried.
She was conflicted if she would continue walking away or go back to check something.
'Let's look one last time.' She murmured. It was her hunch. She must have overlooked something.
She went back inside the mansion clutching the key. Unlike before, she swept her eyes around the place checking every nook and corner.
The originally painting decoration turned into a big screen. It must have changed when she left earlier.
She was surprised when she saw a sudden flash and the screen showed a countdown.
'One hour? For what?'
The screen changed.
It was divided into two while the timer's size was decreased and was now in the middle.
She moved closer to the screen and her eyes bulged.
It showed a man soundly sleeping. Half of it's body was exposed.
'Jian!'
The room where her husband was not properly lit but it was enough to recognize him.
Fear slowly crept Han Meixiu's body.
It didn't take long before she could analyze what's the meaning of this. She didn't even spare another glance to the other part of the screen as her focus was analyzing Liu Zijian's room.
Liu Zijian who was lying on a bed was still wearing the suit. It meant he must have been knocked out. He has bruises and there were even stained of blood on his suit. Beside the man was a small box displaying a countdown with the time similar to what was on the screen.
Han Meixiu wanted to pass out. That look looked like a bomb.
She hated Madam Bai. Even if she's not an instigator she still participated and she couldn't forgive this kind of shit.
Since this place is owned by Chen Dewei, she hated him, too.
They have been set up!
If this situation is indeed a set up, then she should forget looking for anyone's help.
'This key must have been for that room. I only have an hour to find it.'
Han Meixiu started to move. She tried to remember the information she got when she was still here, but because she wasn't really interested during that time, there wasn't anything useful.
She tried to open few rooms but they were empty.
If she would hop from one room to another, then an hour wouldn't be enough.
There must have been something out of the ordinary in the living room or the room where her husband was sleeping.
Rooms normally were in the second floor. She could start there.
Aside from the bed, she couldn't see any other distinct mark.
Her eyes started to moist as her heart was increasingly pounding as every second was decreasing on that screen.
She looked at the stair that was elegantly designed and saw a white flower?
'Flower? There's none around except from that location!'
She immediately ran upstairs and realized that the hallway above was divided into two opposing directions. The problem was, from her point of view, she couldn't see the end of both hallways.
'Damn it!'
Han Meixiu made only a few steps when an explosion shook the floor where she was standing making her lost her balance.
She looked at the location of the explosion and to the screen downstairs.
'10 minutes passed!'
'Don't tell me every ten minutes part of this place will explode?'
She must calm down as her heart started to sound deafening.
'Come on, think. There must be something...which was...'
She looked around with an extreme focus.
There wasn't anything out of the ordinary.
'The flower. Where was it facing?'
'The other direction!'
She ran furiously to the other side and she tried to open the first room she saw.
The bed was empty but she saw another timer on top of it.
She was right. In ten minutes, this room will blow up.
If she's not mistaken, the last room of the hallway would be the location of Liu Zijian.
She has enough time.
A spring of hope suddenly emerged within her heart.
'I'll get you out of here!'
She was just a few more doors away from the last door when suddenly a woman clad with a red gown emerged from the other side.
"Han Meixiu! Give me the key!!!" The woman shouted on top of her lungs.
Han Meixiu didn't want to stop but a gun shot rang into the air making her body immediately crouched down.
There was nothing she could use to cover herself.
'Damn! She has a gun!'
If she would continue to run, she would be exposed fully thus she decided to hide in the nearest room.
She should wait for a chance to snatch the weapon out of that person.
"I don't really want to hurt you. Just give me the key!" The woman continued to yell as she continued to close their distance.
Only a specially designed key could open it.
Although she could shoot her directly, she didn't really want to harm her. She just wanted to scare her and give her the key.
She's the only woman who could make Chen Dewei happy.
She recalled what happened earlier.
Han Meili after leaving the toilet room was escorted out of the venue. She didn't know what would she do next thus she only followed the people until they arrived at the mansion.
After that she couldn't remember anything as she was struck and passed out when they arrived in a room.
When she woke up, she heard the sound of the entrance door opening. She normally wanted to confront the people but upon observing further, they weren't Chen Dewei's men.
She also saw a woman sitting on the sofa. Although she couldn't see her face clearly, she realized she must have been the boss of these people.
To her surprise, she saw the Third Young Master Chen being carried as well as Liu Zijian. Both were seemingly unconscious.
Chen Dewei was carried to the left while Liu Zijian to the right.
'What's happening?' She was shaking endlessly as more and more people came. She didn't know what they're doing but she could feel the it's not a good thing. They moved swiftly as if they were trained to do whatever they were doing.
There were some murmurs that she didn't understand no matter how much she tried. Thus, she kept herself hidden. If she would eventually die, she wanted to choose the means of her own death and if possible, the person who would kill her.
When the entire mansion became quiet again, she rushed up to the direction where Chen Dewei was carried to. She didn't even notice that she wasn't the only woman alone in the mansion.
Han Meili tried to open the door but it was locked.
When she went down to find the master keys, she saw someone on the sofa. With a single glance, she knew it was Han Meixiu.
But she didn't pay attention to her as saving Chen Dewei was much more important. Besides her cousin looked like she was unconscious, too. Maybe after confirming the Third Young Master Chen's safety, she would wake her up.
With the set of keys on hand, she hurriedly went to the last room. She tried every piece on that set even if it didn't look possible. But her effort was futile.
It was the first time she saw this lock. When did they change it?
'Han Meixiu must have the key!' She thought and immediately turned around.
But an explosion happened that made her tumbled. When she got up and ran down, Han Meixiu was no where to be found.
She then took a gun from a secret safe in one of the end tables and went upstairs.
She was right when she saw someone running with all their might towards the end of the hallway.
'Han Meixiu! It must be her!'
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