On a silent road, in the middle of the night, a car was driving slowly and inside, a girl"s sweet voice was ringing, "Jun-Ge, this place is perfect!" Azalea spoke with excitement from seeing such a secluded and silent place.
"You really are weird. How is this perfect? Little princess, this place is one of the unsafest places in City Star." Ye Jun calmly informed Azalea.
"Oh!" She nodded her head and silently looked out the window pane.
After reaching a juncture, Azalea immediately shouted, "Stop!" Ye Jun stopped the car on reflex and stared at her.
"What"s wrong?" She wasn"t focused on him instead, she was gazing out the window at something intently.
"Jun-Ge, they are trying to take advantage of that vulnerable girl over there," Ye Jun looked in the direction Azalea was pointing and sure enough, a couple of thug looking guys were surrounding a girl.
"Zelie! There are plenty of girls who willingly come here. You don"t have to focus on that."
"I don"t think she"s one of those willing ones," Azalea argued and Ye Jun looked again.
This time, he did notice that the girl was like a lifeless doll. Just sitting there. He frowned and walked down the car. "Stay inside," he instructed Azalea before walking in those thugs direction.
"Hey, man! Is everything alright here?" Hearing Ye Jun"s voice one of the guys looked at him.
"We are fine. Off you go! Don"t disturb us."
Ye Jun didn"t like his tone at all. He tried to talk to the girl. "Miss, do you need help? Are you okay?" Hearing a familiar voice, Jun Li Na lifted her head a bit. Ye Jun blanked out when he recognized her. Even though her face was swollen and her eyes were puffed up, he could still recognize her.
"Jun!" She called out faintly looking at him in a daze.
Ye Jun felt his blood flow backward as his gaze fell on her torn clothes and different wounds on her body. With a furious rage, he clenched his fists and threw a power-packed punch to one of the guys.
As the other two attacked him, he nimbly avoided their attack and pushed them to the ground. He twisted an arm of the guy in front of him and asked, "Who did this to her?"
"We don"t know." The guy answered honestly.
"Don"t lie!" Ye Jun warned.
"I"m telling the truth. She was already sitting here like this when we came here. We know nothing. Please, let us go!" Ye Jun loosened his grip and let the thugs leave. Then he peeled off his jacket and wrapped it around Jun Li Na"s body. He picked her body off the ground and carried her to the car.
"Zelie, go in the back seat." Azalea listened to Ye Jun obediently and sat in the backseat. Ye Jun buckled Jun Li Na"s seatbelt and came around to take his seat behind the wheel.
"Jun-Ge, do you know her?" Azalea asked curiously as she noticed that he was really angry with his hands clutching the steering wheel tightly.
"Yes, she"s sis Mey"s friend." Ye Jun chose to answer this way while Azalea observed the ragged look of Jun Li Na. She wasn"t a child who couldn"t tell what her state meant but she chose to be sensible and silent.
Ye Jun drove Azalea home and brought Jun Li Na to his own apartment in the suburbs after that. "Take a bath and I"ll find some clothes of mine that could fit you." He pushed Jun Li Na to the bathroom and walked to the closet to look for something in her size.
After spending 15 minutes, he finally found some old pajamas in a bit smaller size. He knocked at the bathroom door but no response came from inside. He knocked again for 3 times but still nothing. He felt scared and used the key to enter the bathroom. The sight before him made his heart bleed.
She was standing before the mirror with a scissor on the counter and a mess of her long hair on the floor. Only shoulder-length hair was left on her head and that too cut in an unruly manner. Her tears had dried up completely but she was left with her hands rubbing her body clad in torn clothes. She was trying to rub herself clean to peel off the skin to remove all of his presence that lingered on her.
Ye Jun"s eyes moistened up at the sight as he came closer to her and touched her shoulder lightly. She immediately went into defense mode and pulled away from him. "Relax! It"s me. Your idiot Jun." Jun Li Na stared at his face for a long while before relaxing in his presence.
"Jun!" She called his name softly and he pa.s.sed a sad smile to her.
"One and only."
Ye Jun carried her into the bathtub and turned on the water for her. He personally picked up the showered head and poured water on her head. She jolted as the water touched her skin. When the water filled up the tub, he helped her take off her clothes while keeping his eyes closed.
As he helped her take a shower and clean up, she kept staring at his handsome but anxious face. She could only see that he was upset but she didn"t know that he was actually breaking apart slowly. The more wounds he saw, the more Ye Jun had the urge to murder someone.
He clad her in the pajamas and dried her hair before carrying her to the bed. After placing her under the blanket, he went to get some milk for her. When he came back, Jun Li Na was snuggled up in the blanket and breathing steadily. He placed the milk on the nightstand and stroked her hair saying, "I"m sorry for being late. I"m really sorry."
On one side, his tears were trickling down and on the other side, Jun Li Na"s tears were rolling down as she listened to his sincere apology. Even when he wasn"t the one who needed to be sorry.