Hard to Escape

Chapter 33

It wasn't until the next day that Yin Li finally returned. He came in the room and turned off the TV. The entertainment gossip channels were currently broadcasting the press conference clip with Yin Xuan and Yin Li. Even though Yin Li had tried to suppress the news, there still were stations that were willing to offend him for the sake of getting more viewers. Currently, the anchor was excitedly deducing why the Yin siblings had both called out for "Yan Xiao", but with entirely different attitudes. From old newspapers, one could see that Yan Xiao was Yin Li's supposed fiancee and the actress for the main supporting character in "Only I Dance."

Because the press conference was cut short so abruptly, many people believed that there was something going on behind the scenes. The drama from the three of us caused the media and spectators to concoct a crazy, melodramatic story of the rich and wealthy.　

"Yan Xiao, I've rescheduled all my work and have half a month of free time." Yin Li came over to brush my messy bangs into place.

I looked up at him. "I want to go away to a place where no one will recognize me, and just quietly stroll around." Yin Li had already planned to send Yin Xuan back to France to avoid the tabloids and do some introspection. But I didn't want to go back there, too.

I was unable to confront Paris and ballet. I only recovered a small portion of my memories. Why exactly did I want to end my life in that horrific manner?

This was the first time I had felt afraid of France. I tried to use Tchaikovsky and ballet to calm myself, but facing the row of mirrors in the studio, my fears only deepened. I was unable to face myself, and I was no longer able to dance peacefully. Right now, I only wanted to go to an unfamiliar country and wander around alone. I even didn't want Yin Li to come with me.

When Yin Li heard my thoughts, he surprisingly didn't object. He was shockingly calm. "That's fine. You and Xuan Xuan both need some time to yourselves. I also think solo traveling is good. Traveling and experiencing different cultures will help you be kinder to not just the world, but also to yourself.

I saw his beautiful smile and became a little lost in it.

"But I only have one request. Even if you want to travel alone, bring me along as your luggage. I just want to see the world with you." When he said that, his tone softened considerably.

His gaze concentrated on me, but was still calm and composed. He was sure I wouldn't reject him, and he was right.

I nodded.

We packed our small backpacks just like that. Without knowing a lick of Spanish, we appeared in Mexico City.

Mexico City was dusty. The streets were filled with bright, colorful graffiti. This was a wild, crowded, lively, and unfamiliar place.

Yin Li and I quickly became lost in the crowd. The various foreign people and languages made me happy. Here, there were no Asians. All the natives that passed us gave us strange looks and pointed. We only walked the length of one block before we were stopped by four people asking for a picture. Surprisingly, I wasn't offended. Here, away from the close gaze of the media, there were no paparazzi. There was only the naive curiosity of the people.

We were only passing travelers. I felt at ease and happy.

They thought of us as novel, and likewise, we thought the same about them.

Yin Li could speak beautiful, fluent French and English. But when it came to Spanish, he was hopeless. The locals didn't seem to know much English either. I saw Yin Li gesture and wave his arms around when he tried to order food and ask for directions. When he became anxious, he lost his calm, restrained demeanor. "Dos! Dos!" Sometimes, his eyes would bulge and he would stick up two fingers. He wanted to use his newly-learned Spanish to stress that he wanted two orders of the dish, not one. Surprisingly, it was kind of cute.