𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭

twenty-six

"Is she really -?" Yilong asked, looking at Shuzhen's picture.

"That's what I wanna ask," Zimo said, "Does she look familiar?"

"She has my sister's eyes,"

Minghao leaned in to take a closer look of the picture, "Isn't that Li Shuzhen? Yanchen's ex-girlfriend?"

Yilong bit his lip, "I need to see her in person. Where is she?"

"Maybe not now," Zimo said, stopping him. "She's a bit sensitive right now. We - uh - I mean, we had a fight. She locked herself in her room."

The older male raised his eyebrow, "Are you two dating?"

"Wait!" Minghao butted in. "Didn't you say you like Mingzhu? The flowers you gave me on the talent show - wasn't that for her?"

"That was a long time ago, Minghao. Get over it,"

"Wait!" Yilong raised a hand, "So you've moved on from this Mingzhu girl and now you're dating my sister?"

"We haven't confirmed that yet," Minghao reminded him.

"That she's my sister?"

"That they're dating," Minghao pointed at Zimo, "But please confirm it."

Zimo sighed, "We're not dating. We're just friends."

"But you kissed her,"

"That was -" Zimo pointed at Shuzhen's picture, "Can we go back to the topic at hand? I didn't come here to ask for Yilong's blessing."

Yilong slowly nods, "So, you're planning to ask her out?"

"I -" Zimo cut off his sentence. He didn't know what to say either. He hasn't sorted out what he truly feels for her. All he knows is he doesn't want to let go of her. Not anymore.

Yilong was still grinning, "You love her, don't you?"

Zimo was about to answer what he truly felt when he's phone rang, "Hold on,"

He laughed when he saw Yilong's smile turned upside down, "Is that more important than my blessing?"

Zimo rolled his eyes and answered the phone, "Peiyao what's wro -?"

"Shuzhen ran away!" Peiyao exclaimed.

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"And there I ask, how? What were you all doing when she ran off?" Zimo asked, trying to calm himself down as he walks back and forth in the living room.

Peiyao scratched his head, "Yankai was wrestling with Zuo Ye, then I decided to walk upstairs to asked her if she wants anything. But she didn't answer."

"But you opened her door?" Yilong adds.

"I asked Yankai to climb up her window and when he went inside, she was gone." Peiyao explaIns. "She took her phone and wallet."

Zimo gritted his teeth and called out for Zuo Ye, "Is she answering?"

Zuo Ye shook his head, "I also asked Yanchen-ge, Ruibin-ge and the others if they've seen her."

"Where's Chunhua?"

"She's on her way back with Xingjie-ge," Zuo Ye replied, still tapping on his phone. "Yanyu-jie and Kaihao-ge are on their way here, too."

"It's all my fault," Zimo muttered, fiddling with his fingers. "If I hadn't gone too far, she would still be here."

"It's not your fault, Zimo. You were just protecting her," Yilong pats his back and looked around the room, "You all were,"

Yankai raised his eyebrow, "And you are?"

"He's Wang Yilong," Zimo introduced. "And he might be Shuzhen's brother."

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"Found her?" Yanchen asked, walking towards the crew.

Ruibin shook his head, "We've searched the whole town. Kaihao, Lifen, Mingzhu and Yanyu are at the mall."

"Are they searching or are they malling?" Xiao Gui asked, mocking the two.

Zhou Rui clicked his tongue, "Where could she be?"

Xingjie arrived with a very worried Chunhua, "Have you guys found her?"

All of them shook their heads again.

"X-xingjje," Chunhua held on to his hand, on the verge of tears. "We need to find her. We need to find my cousin."

Xingjie pulled her towards him, burying her face in the crook of his neck as he held her waist, "Sshh, we'll find her."

Chunhua couldn't take it anymore, so she cried. Xingjie not minding the tears on his shirt. He pats his back assuring her that he's there.

"Still no sign?" Peiyao arrived with Yankai and Zimo.

"Wh- what if she's with the twins?" Yankai asked out of the blue.

Chunhua let go of Xingjie as she wiped her tears, "Was she planning to meet them again?"

Zhou Rui shrugs, "Who knows what goes on inside that girl's head."

Zimo scrolled down his contact list, hoping to see Yunyi or Yuntian's name. He finally spotted a familiar name that might have an idea on where the twins are.

He was about to press call but the person called him first, his voice a bit shaky, "Hello?"

"Zimo? I found Shuzhen."

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

I've already laid out a plot in my mind haha and all I wanna say is.... after this chapter...prepare your heart.

I have no idea what's going to happen but just brace yourself, and we'll see