10. The Haunting Past

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"There is no fingerprint on the letter other than ours," Li Jun relayed the unfortunate news, but the duo didn't hear it as they were way too busy with flirting. "Ahem!"

"Ha?" Finally Cheng Hao noticed the existence of Li Jun.

"No fingerprints," Li Jun repeated and this time the duo listened to him.

"It is okay," Cheng Hao patted Luo Hua on the shoulder.

"At least she still thinks I am an angel," Luo Hua said, faking a smile to reassure Cheng Hao that he was okay.

The tense atmosphere was broken by the director who wanted to talk to Luo Hua who came back after a few minutes with a devilish smile on his face.

"We will shoot another scene today, Cheng Hao, you need to watch it," he winked at the confused bodyguard and went to the dressing room to change again.

"It can't be good," Cheng Hao blurted out and Li Jun nodded severely before he took his leave.

Twenty minutes later, Cheng Hao watched Luo Hua walking backwards under the dim set lights, repeating "please don't kill me, we can talk about this!"

The bodyguard's body got cold and his breathing hitched as the mental pictures of that ominous incident filled his mind.

"I know that you don't want to kill me!"

Cheng Hao felt his knees got weak and he slumped to the chair behind him. His body broke into cold sweats and his vision got blurry as he couldn't breathe properly.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With his blurry vision, he saw red spreading on Luo Hua's white shirt as he fell down to the floor, feigning lifeless. Then, the bodyguard's consciousness slipped and he collapsed to the ground.

***

When Cheng Hao opened his eyes, he saw a familiar ceiling; hospital. He heaved a sigh and hearing it, Luo Hua rushed to the bedside.

"Are you okay?" He asked with pure panic in his eyes.

Cheng Hao nodded while straightening up on the bed. Luo Hua wanted to help him, but he realized his hands were still covered with artificial blood, so he retracted his hands.

"You scared the shit out of me, I didn't even notice that I was walking around like this," he showed his bloody shirt and hands, making Cheng Hao's heart filled with warmth.

"I am sorry," with a sudden move, he grabbed Luo Hua's hand.

"What happened there?" The actor asked softly while sitting on the edge of the bed without separating their hands.

Cheng Hao thought for a second about what to say, he could hide the truth, but he didn't want to lie to Luo Hua, he didn't deserve such a treatment. "I had a panic attack," he answered honestly.

"Why?" His voice was shaky with worry.

"It is about a past incident," Cheng Hao didn't want to talk about it. That incident belonged to the darkest corner of his memory and he was determined to curb it there forever.

"I see," Luo Hua didn't push him, he rather gave him a gentle squeeze on the hand, gesturing that he was there for him whenever he needed it.

"Good afternoon, did you sleep well?" Li Jun barged into the room, breaking the spell between the duo. "I already handled the documentation, we can go if you want," he said while giving a pullover to Luo Hua as he was attracting too much attention with that bloodied shirt.

"Thank you," Luo Hua got the pullover and went to the bathroom to change, hoping that the artificial blood could be washed away. When he came back cleaned, Cheng Hao was also ready to go, so they left the hospital.

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