***********\nWhen Yuan Zong arrived, Yuan Ru along with other trainees were happily chatting away in the corridor.\nHowever, a smile on a student's face quickly froze in place when he saw Yuan Zong. He nudged Yuan Ru in warning. Yuan Ru's twinkling voice immediately stopped, all eyes moved from Yuan Ru towards Yuan Zong. The once bustling corridor was now basked in silence.\nYuan Zong's gaze coldly swept over the crowd, his voice questioning, "What's going on here?"\nThe group of people that were squatting on the ground or slouching against the wall... All bolted right up. Two rows of eyes stared at Yuan Zong in dismay.\nRight at this moment a harsh curse came from inside the room.\nDue to the quality sound proof walls and because the trainees were a nervous wreck at that moment, nobody heard the sound. But Yuan Zong heard it as clear as day, and it was the sound of Xia Yao's screams.\nYuan Zong immediately ran to the room's door. Before Yuan Ru had the chance to give him the keys he had already kicked it wide open. The door crashed against the wall, then rebounded off, it's handles breaking into pieces, a scary crack appeared on its hinges, striking fear in everyone watching.\nWhat was going on inside made Yuan Zong's blood run cold, his forehead's veins visibly twitched. Anxiety was evident in the faces of the trainers holding Xia Yao as Yuan Zong paced in; but they not forget to call out in synchrony, "Director!"\nThe result? These four trainers received an iron kick, not your normal kick but the one that makes you practically paralysed. The four men laid immobile on the ground, they didn't dare to take a breath while trying hard to not moan from the immense pain.\nOn this side, the two doctors were terrified whilst the psychologist snuck out carrying an ashen face. The andrologist still had a needle in one hand while his other one was grabbing Xia Yao's foot.\nYuan Zong picked him up by the collar and grunted, "What do you think you're doing?"\n"I... I'm just treating the patient..."\nHis words were cut short as his body was flung two meters across the floor. He shook violently, losing all feelings in his arms.\nYuan Zong used his bare hands to rip the bindings around Xia Yao's body off. Yuan zong had intended to carry Xia Yao out but Xia Yao coldly pushed him away and angrily stomped out.\n\nThe students outside had their eyesight glued to Xia Yao, all had a confused expression on their faces. What just happened?\nYuan Zong stepped out and yelled, "Return to your post immediately!"\nThat group of people who had been cheering on with all their might a few minutes ago was now a bunch of puffed out balloons, moving quietly along the wall in a single file.\nYuan Zong grabbed Yuan Ru, his bloodshot eyes stared her in the face.\n"What the hell were you trying to do?"\nYuan Ru was now a bit dazed, "Curing him of his illness."\n"What illness does he have?" Yuan Zong growled.\nYuan Ru, who hasn't been scowled at by her brother in a long time, was now feeling self-pity.\n"Why are you suddenly so aggressive with me? I only want what's good for him, you know! You can't let this kind of illness prolong. In comparison to letting him train day and night, this is the much better solution."\nYuan Zong finally understood what his sister was getting at. She had definately talked about this once but he hasn't been paying close attention. He had believed Yuan Ru would just forget about it but apparently, she has not...\n"Then what was your point in calling so many people along?" Yuan Zong suddenly had the urge to skin Yuan Ru alive, "How do you expect Xia Yao to turn up at the company now?"\n"They don't know what I brought Xia Yao here for!!" Yuan Zong harrumphed with conviction, "You think I'm dumb? How can I speak about this particular illness to just anyone?"\n"Illnesses?" Yuan Zong asked in a mocking tone, "Let me tell you this, he doesn't have any problem regarding that matter!"\nYuan Ru wasn't buying it, "How do you know that?" (Oh he knows alright...)\nYuan Zong sucked in a deep breath, pointed at the for bodyguards in the room and said, "Take her home for me. She is grounded for a week, do not let her escape!"\nAfter a clear "yes Sir!", Yuan Zong walked away, not caring for Yuan Ru's wails from behind.\nThe group of students who "took part in the activity" were all punished hard upon their return.\n* * *\nThat night, Yuan Zong made Xia Yao a delicious table of delicacies, but it did little to console his fragile heart. Even after he had finished the meal, Xia Yao was still not feeling very good.\n"How am I suppose to live now?"\nYuan Zong replied, "Don't worry, none of them knew they exact situation, they only came for the fun."\n"Does one actually need a proper explanation for that type of situation? A man like me, suddenly caught and locked inside a mysterious room, them two doctors walks in, anybody with a brain can figure that out!"\nYuan Zong pulled Xia Yao onto his lap as he settled his hand at Xia Yao's crotch, coaxing, "Our white turnip is of such great quality, who would ever dare to say otherwise?"\nXia Yao humphed, but didn't say anything else.\nA little while later, Xia Yao suddenly creased his brows, inhaled a deep uncomfortable breath, and grabbed Yuan Zong, "How come the soles of my feet are itchy?"\n"Maybe they're sensitive to needles?" Yuan Zong suggested.\nXia Yao pulled off his socks and saw that the part where the skin was punctured was indeed a bit swollen, so he gingerly scratched it but the itching didn't go away.\n\nYuan Zong grabbed Xia Yao's hand, "Don't be hasty, let me."\nHaving said so, Yuan Zong stood up to boil dinner water, he then poured it into a bucket, adding only a little bit of cold water. He picked up a face towel, dipped it in the water, wrung it out, and pulled Xia Yao's foot closer.\n"No need, I can do it myself." Xia Yao reached out for the towel.\nYuan Zong used his elbow to keep Xia Yao at arms length, "Don't touch it, it'll burn you."\nXia Yao was about to fire back: but aren't you holding it? But he didn't get a chance to when a burning heat engulfed his foot, steam dissapating from between his toes. So hot was it that he had to cry out and quickly stop Yuan Zong's hand.\n"Don't don't don't, I'll be burnt."\n"It's the heat that will help you." Yuan Zong said, "Just try to bare with it, okay."\nSo Xia Yao didn't even have the chance to compose himself before Yuan Zong soaked and rinsed the towel and pressed it against his foot again. Xia Yao cried out once more, instinctively pushing Yuan Zong's hand away.\nYuan Zong's tightened his hold determinately, not willing to let go.\nA lump in Xia Yao's throat suddenly appeared as he saw Yuan Zong's hand submerged under boiling water, steam evaporating from his fingers after wringing the towel, "Does it burn?"\n"There's only dead skin on my hand, so it's not too sensitive to high temperature." Yuan Zong continued his work on Xia Yao's feet.\nXia Yao sucked in a deep breath, only after he has really calmed down did he say, "Fuck! How can they call themselves Oriental medicine practitioners? They must be swindlers!"\nYuan Zong didn't say anything.\nXia Yao continued, "I am officially regretful. Gah, what was I thinking using that excuse as a get-away? This is surely like stabbing myself! I honestly thought your sister knew my hidden intentions, who would have thought she took it seriously... Ahhh...HOT..."\n"I am so frustrated right now, did you leave the army because of that blinds sister of yours?"\nYuan Zong tried to avoid this topic, "Is it getting any better?"\nXia Yao wiggled his toes a bit. The itchiness seems to have gone away.\nYuan Zong picked up the bucket and was about to leave when Xia Yao suddenly said, "Give me that towel."\nYuan Zong handed Xia Yao the towel.\nXia Yao grinned devilishly and cheekily covered Yuan Zong's face with it. Yuan Zong slowly pulled it down, expressionlessly stared Xia Yao in the face, and right Xia Yao was going to make his escape, Yuan Zong pounced and pushed him into the bed.\n"No teasing, no teasing, wait..."\nXia Yao withdrew another damp towel from inside a cupboard and wiped Yuan Zong's face for him. From his strong forehead to his sharp eyebrows, then downwards towards his pointed chin, Yuan Zong's perfectly sculpted face was drawn over, line by line, by Xia Yao.\nYuan Zong watched Xia Yao's serious expression remembering about how he was tortured by those men in white on that bed, it made his gut churn with pain. So he pressed Xia Yao's wrist down and roughly kissed those awaiting lips.\n(Ahhhhh!!! >_< Cuteness overloaded! 😆😆😆)\n* * *\nThe next day, Xia Yao arrived at Yuan Zong's company after his shift as usual.\nThe newly dismissed students were huddled in group of fours and fives walking out of the training ground. It was as if nobody remembered what happened yesterday and were all greeting Xia Yao enthusiastically. Xia Yao didn't hesitate to be a man and replied with equal enthusiasm.\nWang Shuang had arrived before Xia Yao and was inside Yuan Zong's room begging forgiveness for Yuan Ru.\nWhen Xia Yao reached the front doors of Yuan Zong's office, he saw Wang Shuang from behind those glass panels, and couldn't help but think: What is she doing there?\n"So, what do you think about that girl?" A trainee said from beside Xia Yao.\nXia Yao was taken aback, "Very good looking...She's cute."\nThe student laughed, "She's the girlfriend we introduced to Director Yuan."\nXia Yao's face suddenly froze up.\n"Girlfriend? Who told you so?"\nThe student was surprised, "You don't know yet? This is the girl who Yuan Zong's sister, who's also your...haha, I won't say it out loud, introduced. She has been here twice today, I think they really fit well together."\nXia Yao coldly laughed. You're something Yuan Zong, you truly went to find yourself a girlfriend!\n***********\nSPOILER: Wang Shuang, girl, you really don't want to mess with a jealous Xia Yao! The Game is just beginning 😉.\nOkay guys, it is regretful to tell you this but from now on, updates will be more spaced out because I will be busy this month. ^^\nLove,Ann\n