After a few days in China, Yun Shen finally returned to the island where he hid Elizabeth and Little Yan. He already suspected that the girl"s father have placed someone to track and follow him.
"How is she?" Yun Shen asked the caretaker he a.s.signed to watch over the girl.
"Master Yun, I"m sad to tell you this but Miss Li Zi hasn"t been herself lately. A few nights, I witness her running outside the house and crying outside. The Little Miss has not been feeling too well as well since she was upset with the fact Miss Li Zi been strange."
Yun Shen did not expect the situation to have gone the other way around than he planned. He thought the girl would be fine and happy now that they are together.
"Where is she?" He asked.
"Master Yun, I advise you not to see her now. She in her room and she"s painting. All she does is paint and paint of strange places." The caretaker explained with such confusion on her face.
"What do you mean?" Yun Shen inquired.
"Master Yun, Miss Li Zi, has such gift to recall strange places, or she"s just so talented at painting. I mean, the details of her painting are amazing."
Yun Shen was not interested anymore to hear what the caretaker has to say and wish to see it for his own eyes. He did not expect the girl to have lied about her current situation. She was regaining her memory, but she was hiding it from him, why?
It made him upset and annoyed with the situation, but he realized it must have to do with the fact that he kept her away from seeing her own family.
As he reaches the girl"s room, he was surprised to see his daughter standing by the door. The door was opened slightly and Little Yan was peeking through the small opening.
"Little Yan?" Yun Shen called for her.
Little Yan smiled hearing her name being called by her father"s soft voice. She has missed him and was longing for his warmth. So she bloated towards him and jump into his embrace. "Father, I"ve missed you..."
Yun Shen wiped the tears on Little Yan"s face. He did not expect that he"ll be making two people suffer because of his greediness to protect them and the greatest fact that he loves them. "Don"t cry, I"m here now..."
"Father, Auntie, Auntie Li Zi been acting strange. Auntie sometimes cries at night. She"ll walk out of the house and wander around. She hardly eats and Auntie hasn"t played with Little Yan at all. Auntie looks so sick but Auntie won"t take medicine." Little Yan"s tears were huge amongst the same size as a.d.u.l.t tears.
"Stop crying, I"ll take care of you, Auntie. Why don"t you go and play." Yun Shen suggested as he placed the little girl down and watched her vanished.
Yun Shen took a deep breath before entering the girl"s room. He felt so nervous as if he was stepping into battle. His hands were all shaky and his sweat was falling down his forehead. He didn"t understand why he was so nervous. He hasn"t seen the girl"s for weeks, and he thought the first thing he"ll be seeing is the girl"s beautiful smile greeting him. But who would have thought he"ll be facing a soulless girl instead?
As Yun Shen pushed opened the door, he was breath taken by the amount of painting in the girl"s room. He couldn"t believe his eyes and froze on the spot.
Inside were piles of painting hanging and standing around. They were arranged at all and was layout messily around. As if the girl did not care about them and just painted whatever comes into her mind.
There were different painting for a beautiful garden, a lake, a mansion, a white tiger. She also painted her house in Imperial Garden Plaza and Blenheim Palace. The image of each place she painted looked so realistic that one would be amazed she has painted so many in such a short time. It could only mean that the girl has not slept a wink.
Yun Shen was too frightened to even face the girl. He could already picture out what she looked like. The amount of painting was already proof that the girl has not taken good care of herself and have wasted herself painting.
He felt so suffocated and his throat was aching. He found it hard to breathe for he was suffering seeing the girl so torn into pieces. But... He needed to face his fear.
So, he went ahead and went closer to the girl. As he came standing behind the girl, he saw the painting she was working on. A strange silhouette of a man was stood behind a gigantic Greek pillar. At the same time, the beautiful silhouette of a woman was standing beside him. The image of the man and woman"s face weren"t painted yet, but they looked so realistic that it felt like they were just right in front of them.
"You"re back?"
The faint voice snaps Yun Shen back to his senses as he immediately turned his attention back to what he intended to do in the first place.
"Li Zi, how are you doing? I heard you haven"t been sleeping well, haven"t been eating and you won"t take any medication." Yun Shen said as he went even closer to the girl and stood beside her but has a clear view of what the girl looked like.
Yun Shen"s expression looked as if he was seeing a ghost. He did not expect the girl to look so worn out. She was so pale, her lips were almost blue, her cheekbones were popping out, her panda eyes were so deep that it was so black. She looked so different that even her own family won"t be able to recognize her.
"Li Zi, what happened to you? Why didn"t you tell me you were suffering this much? Li Zi, tell me, what can I do to help you?"
"Shen, tell me... How is my family? Tell me?" Elizabeth answered with such coldness in his tone.
Yun Shen was dumbfounded as to why he senses such hostility in the girl"s voice. What confused him the most was why the girl seems to be so interested in her family when he has reported how they are doing.
"They are fine, as I told you before, they are just searching for you." He answered.
Elizabeth got up, she went to the drawer where she hides quite a pile of doc.u.ments she has printed out. Even though Yun Shen blocked her access to the other world. She was not an idiot and won"t be able to break the lock on her phone.
After she regained quite a lot of memories, she decided to take action and find out about the man whom she needs to look for. But painfully enough, the first information she received was the news about her family.
That Elder Lady Knightley ended up in Hospital. Her friends suffering and news of Young Master Feng being rushed to the hospital for malnutrition and depression.
The news brought such a sacred to her that she dare couldn"t believe them. But the more she investigated the more news about what happened to lead to be true.
Since she was able to break the lock on her phone. She could contact her father but she didn"t. Instead, she went ahead and contact Jackie.
Jackie, of course, kept everything to herself and informed the girl that all the information online was true. Even her family has gotten involved with the search. What"s worse, she brought bad news to the girl when she informed him that the person she"s been looking for has suddenly disappeared and can"t be contacted.
In the end, she asked Jackie to search for the man in her dreams she already regained what his name is.
Yun Shen continues to stare at Elizabeth with a blank expression. There was much more to Elizabeth than meets the eye. He never thought that the girl could be this intimidating. Yes, he already expected her to have such a cold side for her could easily and brutal kill men without showing and care for them. But to think she"ll give off the same aura towards him was shockingly surprising.
However, seeing her in person, interacting with her, has finally brought Yun Shen to realize that he is too weak and handle her. He really can"t protect her at his current state and eventually in the end, I"ll be the girl who"ll be protecting them.
"Li Zi, I"m sorry to tell you this. But, I only kept..."
Yun Shen was interrupted when Elizabeth kicked him away in his lower abdominal. She was so angry and despite how she looked, her kick was still so powerful that it blew Yun Shen a few steps away from her.
"They are my family. If one of my family died would you have kept it from me? Shen, I trust you with everything yet you kept something so important to me. My grandmother is everything to me. Xiaotong, Xiaotong is your friend and even though he did something so painful to you. He only did it to protect me. Shen, he did everything to protect me. In the end, in the end, he let me go and follow you. So why? Shen, tell me? Why did you have to be like this? I don"t understand why you"ve turned into this!"
Elizabeth cried in anger and continued to vent out her frustration at Yun Shen. After she let out all the pain she"s been bottling since he left. She left the room and left the man facing her cold and hostile words alone.