Wei Jianglin's Pov:
As Zhao Chang delivered the file to me an hour later, I contemplated on the absurdity of the situation for only a moment before opening it.
I hesitated only for a second before the impatience took over and I opened the file to read the information inside.
The file only contains her information with the name, photo and the basic information about her like the family and history.
Her name is Wu Tian, she is twenty two this year, with her photo on the side.
I read through everything without skipping over any minor details as I don't really wanted to skip over everything.
Halfway through I found myself impressed with her credentials which recorded an astonishing amount of achievements.
She is a music major with some insane but genius talent in the field as spoken by her peers.
Her family background also seemed normal and everything. Though coming from Wu family is a bit surprising. I didn't know she is the foster daughter of the Wu family. I didn't heed anymore attention on it while carrying on reading the rest of the report.
After reading it and re-reading it again and again almost obsessively to not miss on any details though the file didn't contain anything of her daily life but only her basic information. I still mulled over it for some good amount of time before I finally snapped out of it when it was time for my scheduled lunch meeting with some foreign delegates.
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Wu Tian's Pov:
I woke up to total darkness and my tired body felt like it was hurtled through loads of work. The pressing need to relieve my bladder made mather strength to finally stand up from the comfortable bed.
As slowly as my injuries allowed me I walked upto the door which I used earlier and entered in the bathroom.
After quickly relieving myself, I walked upto the mirror and took a first look at myself.
I look like a train wreck with multiple bruises and injuries littered all over my body. These past few days had been hard and had made me realise how unready I was to face the world on my own.
Though the Wu were my parents, I for the first time realised how utterly alone I was in this world, with almost no support and a family full of backstabbing people along with them.
Not trying to delve fully into the topic, I opened the faucet and washed my face with the cold water. I also realised I might have not taken a shower in almost four days if my accident did happen yesterday.
Not feeling really good, I brushed my teeth with the spare toothbrush I found under the cabinet and stepped into the shower while not caring about the injuries.
It took me rinsing myself thrice and almost rubbing myself raw in places before I was able to stop and get out of the shower.
I towel dried my hair and since my clothes which I were wearing looked dirty, I could only wear the bathrobe I found on the hanger.
After thoroughly straining the water, I left my hair to air dry as I felt too tired to blow dry them.
As I stepped out into the room, which was still dark as the curtains were drawn shut.
As I drew the curtains away, I found a glass door which opens up in the balcony it seems.
I stepped out into the silent night, taking in the view before me.
I gasped at the view in front of me, Because for almost as long as I could see it was completely black, almost pitch black, except for the navigating walking lights i could make out in the sand. The complete black part it seems to be the vast sea. It looks fantastic if not a little gothic.
I was lost in the scenery of it all when a knock sounded and the maid from earlier came in to check up on me. She left after making sure I am still here and didn't runaway. She again came a little later with a strolling tray, full of food.
All the kinds of foods.
My stomach growled loudly at the spread and I realised that I haven't eaten in how long I don't know.
Hunger pangs hit me all at once and I almost doubled over, looking at the almost too good to be true feast before me.
I immediately took a seat at the couch and transferred the dishes onto the coffee table in front of me. And almost immediately started gobbling up the food as I felt way too starved to wait a moment longer.
I was too hungry to notice when the door to my room opened, not giving it much thought while too busy eating the food in front of me, when the voice interrupted me, startling me from my eating session.
With mouth full and sauce smudged fingers, I turned to find the source of my interruption. Who currently is sporting clear bouts of amusement on his face with the way he is looking at me as if he has never seen something this unique before.
And I only stiffened for a second before I felt my face flushing with heat. I feel I might just die from the mortification of it.
Food still in mouth I could only sit there and chew slowly so as to not chok on the food and actually die after like this after facing all the deadly struggle for the past few days.
The sound of a snap and the sight of flash made me actually aware of my situation and I swear I blushed so hard I could feel heat emanating from my ears.
But with my mouth full, I couldn't utter a single word and could only sit there staring at him while he took a photo of me, all dishelved, messy hair from the shower with puffy cheeks from sleeping the whole day, food filled mouth and saucy fingers. I swear I must be a sight for sore eyes.
Not able to do anything but sit there, I could only glare at him and start chewing as fast as I could, I cleaned my fingers with the tissues as best I could and then stood up and reached him, trying to do something or anything than to sit there while becoming the object of his amusement. I tried to reach for his phone with my hands since my mouth is still too stuffed to utter any word in my defence.
"I am glad I came when I did or I would have hated to miss this sight I swear." he said with a mischievous tone.
I could only lunge at him in defence trying to take the phone form his hand but he put his hand high in the air before I could grasp his phone and I could only flail like fish out of the water because this tall mamoth of the man held the phone high up in the air where I could not reach him and could only smack him on his chest, my limbs flailing around me like an octopus.
"You know you look like a burrito all stuffed up full." he said his tone carrying a hint of silent laugh.
Since my hands were doing some job of trying to stop him anyway they could, he suddenly clasped my wrists together and held them behind my back tightly while I stood glaring at him, still too full to say anything.
I swear I could have killed him with my glare alone but he still stood before me— too smug with himself and I could only watch as he without giving me a chance put the phone inside his pocket.
"You want to say something to me?" he paused for effect, "Are you trying to say how you would like to pay me back since I saved your life and all." He asked his tone overhearing and not serious at all.
My glare turned all fierce at his words and I wish I could actually say something because this man before me is infuriating me to the bones.
I stood all red faced—my face pouting and my eyes fierce while he looked too smug that I actually want to hit him with something really hard to snap off the irritating look from his face.
"Now before you say anything, I would say my house, my room, my food. So you really can't tell me anything." he stated factly.
"It's my...." I started, finally I was able to utter a word but before I could say more, he cut me off again—this time with his fingers on my face.
My eyes widened and with his hand still clasping mine tightly behind my back, his other gently swiped at the corner of my lip, all the while my eyes stayed glued to his.
"You got something there" he told me while looking down at me.
I only snapped out of it when I felt the weight of his hand disappear from around mine and he took a step back, away from me. All.ghe while his eyes still locked onto mine, while he did a quick sweep of my face and attire and smirk pulled over on his face.
"Eat more. I'll tell Ming Xi to bring more food" he said while his eyes flickered at the almost finished food in my plate as he started walking backwards to the gate and pointing at my robe, "And clothes too." and then got out without another word.
I could only stare at the spot where he was standing and the soft click of the door made me snap back while I flushed with embarassment of it all.
God I really wish the ground would swallow me up. I stood feeling bad only for a moment before resigning myself to this absurd situation.
I sighed before diving back into eating. This time I ate slowly, savouring every bite.
Ming Xi came with more food but I politely declined as I was already full. But couldn't say no to desert. So I ate the desert, silently fuming at the man whose name I still don't know.
After washing up and changing into the clothes Ming Xi brought out for me from the closet which I haven't seen until now as there was another door interconnecting the bathroom and a closer it seems. I wore the clothes which were a t-shirt and light joggers. The t-shirt hung up just above my knees and the joggers I folded a good deal until it loosely hung around my waist.
It's a male clothing which I didn't mind, too tired to think too much over it. I got back into bed, ready to sleep like a baby.
Must be the medicines making me feel lethargic and drowsy.
The earlier incident already stashed in the back of my mind. I felt too embarassed to think about it.
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