Next Moning, 9:00;

As the cold private hospital ward drowned into Andrea's sorrows, Rong Xinghe just sat by her side silently. From the minute she'd walked in until the one when she'd told her about the abortion, everything was a blur for the girl. As if her mind had gone numb. Truth be told, she didn't want to be the bearer of such awful news in the first place. And yet, she was the only one from whom Andrea deserved to hear it.

Rong Xinghe remembered how Little Alix's grave state had broken, terrified, her Sister-in-law, when she'd gone through premature delivery. For the first time in her life, Ningtao was on the verge of losing her sanity. She was literally in a state of total denial; going crazy worrying over her child admitted in the NICU, not even considering the possibility of its loss. But Baby Alix fought through it. Andrea's baby couldn't.

The woman sitting next to her was one of the strongest people Rong Xinghe had ever come across. But a blow like such could affect the mightiest of people, let alone a twenty-six-year-old woman. The girl did not know of any word or consolation that could provide her with peace. Nothing could ever make up for what she'd lost. Not even revenge.

"I can't d...do this anymore.", Andrea said after calming down a bit. It'd been almost an hour by then. "I want to go home."

"Understandable enough.", Rong Xinghe nodded, "Arrangements shall be taken care of. Where do you want to head?" She was still not sure as to where Andrea really came from. She knew it was some town or village in southern Israel, but she didn't know the name of the place.

"I don't have a home anymore, Xinghe!", Andrea yelled, frustrated, breaking down again, "They were all... killed. My family, my mother, my husband. All of them! What home is even left for me now?!"

"I am sorry.", the girl looked down at her shoes, "I thought so too, once. I know it's a terrible feeling." Unable to understand the meaning behind the girl's words, the woman looked at her. What did she mean by that?

"When I left the Rong family, I felt like... I had no home to go to. It was so scary; the loneliness, the uncertainty. I was what, fourteen, then. I feared that my brothers wouldn't want me, and even if they did, their families wouldn't. Why would they? A girl from nowhere was what I was, after all.

"I even tried to commit suicide. The darkness was consuming the whole of me, and I did not know of any other path to walk onto, any other path to escape its claws. Look how I turned out.", Rong Xinghe smiled, "And home? Who's stopping you from making it here?"

Andrea did not reply. Rong Xinghe had always been her inspiration. Even though Rong Xinghe was younger than her, Andrea used to look up to her. Why wouldn't she? That girl was someone who had fought like a warrior through every up and down in her life. The entire nation admired her for her willpower, and resilience, and thoughts. Andrea was no different.

"I want that man dead.", the woman said in the end, looking into the girl's eyes.

"I will bring him alive to you.", the girl shook her head, "You kill him. No one is more rightful of it."

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Xi Corporations Headquarters, 10:00;

Xi Fang looked at his brother as he browsed through the documents on his table calmly. Why did he want to meet that guy? Why Diablos, the man whose name itself meant the 'devil'? Couldn't he just talk to Rong Xinghe? Why keep her in the dark, and walk into the dangers himself?

"Good job.", Xi Yuan nodded at the man, a smile making way up to his lips, "Once Dad's birthday celebration is over, I shall proceed with the next step of the plan. Until then, let's not act on it, alright?"

The man just nodded, a pinch of worry evident in his eyes. Xi Yuan wanted to assure his brother that everything would be fine in the end, but he was himself no more sure about that. Not after last night. He hoped it would be, though.

As the disquieting silence spread throughout the office, Xi Yuan's phone rang up. It was an unknown number. "Who's this?", the man picked up at the fourth ring, his expression indifferent.

"Nice to listen to Mr. Xi's voice after so long.", the person on the other end answered.

"Diablos.", Xi Yuan raised his brows, confounded. Xi Fang was no less confused as he walked around the table, by his brother's side.

"The one and only.", the man laughed, "By the way, did you like the 'gift' that day?"

"A dead snake with a note? I've had better.", Xi Yuan laughed back sarcastically.

"I guess.", Diablos sighed, "By the way, how is my Xinghe?"

The moment the man's words reached Xi Yuan's ears, a darkness, a volcanic rage, ran through his heart, his eyes turning a few shades darker, dropping down the temperature in the room to a negative. How dare he address her like that?! Was he tired of living this soon?

But Diablos resumed, "I bet she's just as beautiful, alluring, and sensationally radiant as I saw her last time. I can still remember her unique compelling scent when she'd pranced through my base. You remember?

"You know, it's a shame she got engaged to you. I mean we've had quite the nights together; we could surely--."

Before Yang Bolin could say any further, the call got disconnected. Letting out a manical laugh, Diablos leaned aginst his chair. He couldn't wait for the dramas to unfold in the days to come.

Meanwhile, Xi Fang stared at the device lying in the corner of the room, shattered down to hundreds of pieces, shocked to his core. He had never seen Xi Yuan get so angry; but he'd heard the two men's conversation a moment ago too. And he knew for a fact, that no man would want to hear something like that.

"Brother, I think you've misunderstood--"

"I need to talk to Xinghe. Now. Give me the car keys.", Xi Yuan cut in, his tone firm, infuriated even.