Chapter 358 - 359 Nightmare
Qin Mobai was truly exhausted. After the evening’s social engagements, he flew directly to the Capital. The airplane was noisy, and he’s always had poor sleep quality, so he couldn’t fall asleep at all.
That’s why, shortly after lying down on the bed, he fell asleep within a few minutes.
It was also because Lou Xi was right by his side, making him feel particularly tranquil and focused, allowing Qin Mobai to finally get some sleep.
The main reason Qin Mobai couldn’t sleep was due to being kidnapped at the age of sixteen, moved several times, and finally sent to Hai City.
Back then, Qin Mobai went hungry for three days and nights, leaving him completely weakened; even if he was clever, he couldn’t outsmart his own feeble body.
He didn’t understand why the ransom from his family hadn’t reached the kidnappers even after three days; perhaps they had called the police, or maybe they never intended to pay. After Qin Mobai was rescued, no one in the Qin Family talked to him about it, nor did he ask.
But that incident indeed became an indelible pain in Qin Mobai’s heart.
In the dimly lit storage room, Qin Mobai was thrown into a corner, barely conscious.
Through half-open eyes, he saw a thin beam of moonlight pouring in from a very high window, illuminating the damp ground.
Where was this place? Was he still alive? Or was he about to die and go to meet his mother in heaven?
"Hey, are you okay?" Suddenly, a thin, weak voice reached Qin Mobai’s ears.
Little Qin Mobai, leaning against the wall, glanced toward the source of the sound and saw a faint outline of a girl in the darkness.
"Were you also bullied by other kids and locked in here?" The girl gently walked to Little Qin Mobai’s side, catching sight of the dried-up bloodstains at the corner of his mouth in the weak moonlight.
She had just arrived at the orphanage, where the kids liked to bully newcomers. She was excluded, pranked, and locked in this pitch-black room.
"You look strong, how come you still get bullied?" The girl continued to ask, undeterred by the boy’s lack of response to her question.
The girl’s voice was pleasant to hear, transforming from initial timidity to a sound as clear as a spring, thus becoming the most delightful sound in the world to Little Qin Mobai.
After the girl had been talking to herself for a long time, he spoke up: "I... was kidnapped."
"Huh? Kidnapped? Like how they often show bad guys kidnapping people in TV shows?"
"...Yes."
"But this is the orphanage. Although the kids here are bad, they wouldn’t kidnap you, right!"
"...Not the kids, it was adults." Little Qin Mobai didn’t know how to explain the kidnapping to a seven or eight-year-old child. "How can one leave from here?"
"Only through that big door over there, or that window."
That small, high window where the moonlight streamed in.
"Your voice sounds weak. I have red velvet cake here; my dad bought it for me. If we ever get out, I’ll make you egg and tomato noodles. My egg and tomato noodles are really delicious."
The girl brought the cake close to Qin Mobai’s mouth.
So, after all these years, despite not liking sweets, Qin Mobai loved red velvet cake exclusively.
For Qin Mobai, who pursued an extremely high taste in life, his favorite main dish was egg and tomato noodles.
"Ring-ring-ring—" The alarm on his phone rang, waking Qin Mobai from his dream, sweat covering his forehead.
Waking up to see Lou Xi beside him, without thinking, he held her tightly in his arms.