Bai Rong and Gu Mingchen requested for one room each.
Soundproofing at the guest house was almost non-existent.
The next room was making so much noise that it was keeping Bai Rong awake.
Those two people next door… didn’t they need to sleep?
Each time Bai Rong thought they were done, the sounds started shortly after again.
Their bodies kept knocking against the wall between their rooms and the woman’s cries were so loud they sounded almost tragic.
Bai Rong felt like she was going crazy from listening to all that action going on next door.
She decided to go out to take a breath. Hopefully, when she got back, they would finally be done.
The air in the suburbs was much fresher than in the city. Although it was still very warm, there were also a lot of mosquitoes.
There was a bright, full moon that night, and Bai Rong could see fireflies dancing among the bushes.
She had not seen fireflies in a long while.
She recalled her childhood days where she would catch fireflies in a jar and trap them in a mosquito net. However, fireflies hardly glowed in mosquito nets. They could only be excited within their natural habitats.
Suddenly, Bai Rong felt something hit against her back.
She turned around, and saw a woman leaning out of the window from the room next to hers.
The woman seemed to be not wearing any clothes. She pointed to the ground and quickly drew the curtains again.
Bai Rong looked towards the ground and saw a pink blouse. The words SAVE ME were written on it in black ink.
Bai Rong’s chest tightened. Has she been held in captivity? She wondered.
Bai Rong had no time to lose. She immediately dashed to Gu Mingchen’s room and pounded on his door.
“What’s the matter?” Gu Mingchen asked when he opened the door.
“Gu Mingchen, I think the woman who is staying in the room next to mine is being held captive. Look at this blouse! It is her S.O.S.” Bai Rong said worriedly.
He scanned the words on the blouse and reassured her, “Relax. I need to confirm how many people there are in the room first.”
“They were… “ Bai Rong felt awkward saying it out. But for the sake of the woman, Bai Rong knew it wasn’t the time to feel awkward.
“They kept doing that thing… They were making so much noise that is making it impossible for me to rest. Why don’t I use this as an excuse to knock on their door and find out how many people there are. I’ll tell you after I get the information.” Bai Rong suggested.
“It’s too dangerous for you to go alone. Let’s go together.” Gu Mingchen reached out for Bai Rong’s hand and started walking there.
Gu Mingchen knocked on the door when they arrived.
A man with yellow-dyed hair opened the door. “What’s up?” He asked, standing at the door.
“It’s already so late. There is so much noise coming from your room that it’s affecting our rest.” Gu Mingchen said, while he glanced inside the room.
There were two women and five or six men. All of them seemed quite young.
“Heh heh. Uncle, you are not young anymore. Since your girlfriend is so pretty, you should have some fun too. Why don’t you two join us? It may help to fire up your passion by looking at us.” The yellow-dyed hair man mocked.
Gu Mingchen’s mouth curved into a smile. An unreadable glint appeared in his eyes as he said, “Sure, I’d love to.”
Gu Mingchen entered the room.
Bai Rong knew that his intention was to save those two women. But hearing him say those words was enough to cause her to flush with embarrassment.
She held on tightly to Gu Mingchen’s arms.
“Darling, how many of us would you like to take on? Or… how about all six of us? Uncle will take on those two. What do you think? We are definitely better than uncle.” The yellow-dyed hair man teased, as he reached out for Bai Rong’s chin.
But before he could touch Bai Rong, Gu Mingchen had already pulled her behind himself. “Rong, go back to our room to get that night gown I bought you.”
She looked at him.
When had he bought her any nightgown?
Then, she realized it might be Gu Mingchen’s excuse for her to get out.
“Will you be OK alone?” Bai Rong tried to sound him out.
Gu Mingchen let out a laugh and said, “What do you think? Go.”
“I couldn’t tell that uncle is so kinky. We already can’t wait to have fun with you, darling.” The yellow-dyed hair man said, while staring straight into Bai Rong’s eyes.
Bai Rong did not want to be a burden to Gu Mingchen, so she left. When she got back to her room, she dialed 911.
Gu Mingchen scanned the room when he got in. Beer cans and tidbits were strewn all over the floor. There were even injection tools for drugs on the table.
“This room is in such a mess. Why don’t we go over to my room? It’s much neater there.” Gu Mingchen said, as he grabbed the arms of the two girls and started walking out of the room.
The six men looked on with beady eyes and gestured something behind their backs.
Gu Mingchen knocked on Bai Rong’s door.
When she saw that it was Gu Mingchen, she opened the door.
He pushed the two women into the room and reminded Bai Rong to keep the door locked.
When the six men realized they had fallen into Gu Mingchen’s trap, they started attacking him.
As Bai Rong was worried for Gu Mingchen’s safety, she looked out from the peephole.
The situation outside was chaotic, and it was difficult for Bai Rong to tell who’s who.
“Can your boyfriend handle them? Yellow Hair can really fight.” The girl who threw the shirt asked Bai Rong nervously.
“You two stay in the room. Don’t come out no matter what.” Bai Rong said, as she searched around the room. The most potent weapon she could find was the ashtray.
As she bent forward to pick up the ashtray, she suddenly felt something cold against her neck.
Bai Rong realized she had been held at knifepoint.
Feeling shocked, she looked towards the girl who threw the blouse.
“What are you doing?” Bai Rong was confused.
“Sorry, woman. We are a bit hard up at the moment. Maybe you could give us some cash?” The girl who threw the blouse said, while the other girl searched Bai Rong and Gu Mingchen’s wallets and took their phones.
“Did you deliberately throw that blouse to lure me to your room” Bai Rong suspected.
“We thought you were alone. Yellow Hair took an interest in you, but we didn’t expect that there is a man with you. Yellow Hair is pretty good in bed. Just treat this as your payment for some good enjoyment.” The girl laughed.
“Take the knife away first.” Bai Rong said coldly.
“I can’t do that. Your man is such a good fighter. We need you to be able to escape unscathed.” The girl threatened, as the other girl opened the door.
Bai Rong saw that Gu Mingchen had already knocked out six men. They were whining in pain on the ground.
“Stop.” The girl said, as she dragged Bai Rong out by the arm.
Gu Mingchen’s cold eyes shot daggers at the girl.
“Hey Yellow Hair! I got you your girl. Don’t forget my five carats yeah?” The girl who threw the blouse said smugly.
“Of course.” Yellow Hair responded, as he climbed up from the ground.
Then, he looked towards Bai Rong and said, “Seems like we are in luck to encounter such a beauty in this deserted place. We are going to have so much fun tonight.”
Bai Rong creased her brows tightly. Just then, she caught a moment when the girl was distracted and quickly pushed her hand away and ran towards Gu Mingchen.
Seeing that Bai Rong had escaped, the girl who threw the blouse raised her knife and stabbed Bai Rong.
Gu Mingchen saw through her intentions and quickly pushed Bai Rong behind him.
Suddenly, the girl changed her trajectory and stabbed towards Gu Mingchen instead.
He could not dodge. If he did, Bai Rong, who was behind him, would be stabbed.
He stood firm on the ground and blocked the knife with his bare hands.
The knife pierced his palm.
Just as the girl was about to stab him a second time, Gu Mingchen grabbed her wrist and gave it a good twist.
The girl winced in pain and dropped the knife onto the floor.
Bai Rong picked the knife up immediately.
Blood dripped down from Gu Mingchen’s fingers.
A while later, the sirens of police cars sounded outside.
Yellow Hair and his friends immediately dashed towards the stairs, but were caught up by the police before they could reach the top of the stairs.
“They were doing drugs and also participated in armed robbery. Everything should have already been caught on the surveillance cameras. Do your job.” Gu Mingchen said to the police officer in charge.
