Chapter 9: All To His Plan

Li ZiChen. In Beijing, no one has ever once heard the name "Li ZiChen" throughout their entire life. Even the people living in the countryside, those who lack knowledge of the new technologies, could never miss hearing the name "Li ZiChen". He was someone that his admirers would describe as "God" while his enemies describe him as "Lucifer." It's a known fact to everyone how Li ZiChen was someone who seemed to love chaos, there were even rumors that said his family belonged to the underworld gang, someone everyone fear to incur the wrath of. Throughout his life, Li ZiChen's information wasn't well-known. Only the fact of his age, his name, and his face are known. Nothing else, including his high school life, his love life, and his family life, was ever known by the public, all this because they believed Li ZiChen himself was the one to hide it. Other than the fact he came from an underworld family, the reason why he was feared happened six years ago but now everyone who dared to speak up about that "incident" six years ago, they also have to be prepared having a few fingers to be cut off their bodies by Li ZiChen's men. However, for someone who had spent her prime years in prison ever since her coming of age when she was eighteen, AiLin doesn't know much about Li ZiChen. She only heard from the girls earlier in the bathroom that he is someone wealthy, too wealthy, even. Having spent six years in a prison cell, she doesn't know if the wealth has shifted; thus, she has no way of measuring the wealth and power Li ZiChen possesses. Though there are a few things the clever-headed AiLin could tell. One, this man smiles, but those smiles don't reach his eyes. He seemed to smile because he was finding everything amusing, something that only people who enjoy seeing chaos and bloodshed would enjoy. He opened himself to be friendly to her for some reason, but she could tell he wasn't usually THIS friendly of a person. Rather, he would have been someone cold to the woman who had attacked him earlier in the hotel; he was someone who wouldn't mind resorting to violence. Though she disliked violence, AiLin believed in the prison that one should be prepared for the outcome they had caused, like the girl being attacked for attacking Li ZiChen himself. Second, she could tell that Li ZiChen didn't come to her purely out of interest. His eyes were gleaming with desire, meaning there was something he wanted from her. Something badly. But what can she offer to him? She was someone who had just come out of prison. If it were the money in her black duffle bag, then that would be even more impossible since the watch he is wearing now seemed even pricier than the money in her duffle bag. That was why his current kindness to her now feels discomforting. He wants something from her, something she couldn't comprehend what it would be. But it worries her even more that he is someone sent by the Jiangs, or wants to help the wants. She doesn't think it's possible, but she couldn't possibly rule out all the possibilities yet, when nothing is certain. "What do I want from you?" Li ZiChen hummed, his breath brushing the tip of her cold nose, a nd she could see as his eyes brooded over his answers. "No one had sent me after you. As for what I want from you, well, it is something you cannot give to me now,w yet." AiLin narrowed her eyes and, feeling how he seemed to be staring so hard at her red lips, she released her grip on his necktie and shooed him, "Let us make this our last meeting once and for all. I'm telling you, but I am someone dangerous. You wouldn't want to mess with me or bother me, for your own sake, that is." She refused to trust him, and although he had helped her before, she now feels too skeptical to be anywhere near him. "I'm warning you," she said with eyes narrowed and coldness covering her face, "Come again near me and you will be in danger. You are someone you should fear, know that." Li ZiChen watched as she walked away, her red bottom heels tapping on the floor with bravery and confidence. His smile, which had disappeared from his face, appeared again, this time wider and more flushed. He leaned his head on the wall behind him and tapped his lower lips with his thumb., "That was hot," he remarked with a faint chuckle. He stared at her back again, disappearing into the party hall, his eyes burning brighter until he couldn't see her anymore. AiLin had bravely asked him what he wanted and threatened him, but he knew she wasn't someone dangerous to him. The only thing he wanted to do was to help her, but instead he had made a flaw in his plan and made her be on guard again. That was something here heregrettedt. He had told himself to be patient, to make it seem as if he wanted nothing to do with her, so he could break down her guards. But each interaction that they made urged him to quickly cut the distance between them, so he could bring their distance to nothing and make her closer to him. But he knew he was far too hasty with his actions and now made her pull away. Though it seemed that sooner or later that his plan would go into full motion and she would need him, all going according to his plans. He wouldn't force it as his job is merely to make a pathway for her revenge to be as perfect as he could. After all, he is someone who could only do that for her, someone who merely wishes his affection would support her.