Chapter 42 - He Met Her Again

Yang Mi knew that Gu Wang Ji wouldn't give up the necklace no matter what she tells him. Just from his expression, she could tell that the little trust he had put on her was slowly disappearing, and only hatred was left.

She didn't know how someone who had begged her to help him could turn on her like this? Was this guy in front of him now the real Gu Wang Ji was even before he got that necklace? Or was he always like this even without that necklace?

Hundreds of questions entered her mind and confused her a moment; she even forgot that she was currently bleeding from her calf. All because of the man before her who wanted death than to be saved.

Nevertheless, Yang Mi didn't linger around. 

She picked up her small pouch that was thrown aside on the sofa and faced him as she told him, "Then, suit yourself.."

She turned around and continued to walk towards the door. 

She heard Gu Wang Ji shouting from behind her, saying,

"Where are you going? Don't leave me here without solving this ghost problem!" Gu Wang Ji reached out to get a hold of her.

Yang Mi frowned in pain as his grasp of her was not gentle at all. She could already tell that it would bruise later, and her manager would scold her for leaving a mark on her body.

"Let go of me, Senior Gu." Yang Mi looked at him warningly. "You don't get to order me around nor tell me what to do when you, yourself, can't do that. I received nothing from you, so do not assume you can keep me here."

Gu Wang Ji looked as if he wasn't impressed by her words and was irritated that she wouldn't stay. So, he tightened her grip as if it would secure her to stay there with him. 

But Yang Mi was as determined as he was to get out of this room and forget about ever being involved with him or his matters. 

"Are you just going to watch me die then? What will people think if they heard that you are the last person I met before I died because you didn't help me?" 

Yang Mi was stomped out of words to say to him. She was in disbelief that he would gaslight things and put the blame on her when she did nothing but help him. 

If Gu Wang Ji did as he said he would do, Yang MI was sure people would camp outside her apartment. But that is the least of her problems, as her parent's jobs will surely be on fire, and they would be dragged along with all the dirty mud thrown at her.

That was certainly something she wouldn't let happen.

However, helping an ungrateful bastard who will eventually put the blame on her was not something she could do. 

Out of his expectation, Yang Mi said, "I dare you to do it then. But one thing you should keep in mind." She stepped closer to him, leveling her eyes to his as she added, "I will make sure you won't only face one ghost before you die."

Pulling her hand out of his grasp, Yang Mi pulled open the door and didn't turn to look at him before she closed it behind her.

It will be the last time she will see him.

Walking down the hotel corridor, Yang Mi finally breathes a sigh of relief when she arrived next to the elevator. She leaned against the wall while waiting for the elevator to come up and get inside it.

Today was really a tiring day. It would be a lie if Yang Mi told everyone that she was unaffected by what was being said about her on social media. The first time she got criticism over the smallest things, she almost cried herself to sleep only to wake up with swollen and bloodshot eyes. Thankfully, her manager and parents didn't come to see her that day and saw her haggard appearance, or else she wouldn't be able to keep up her pretense.

However, as days go by and these criticisms multiplied like bacteria on a moldy sandwich that was left uneaten for a month, she grew numb to the criticism and ignored them, but ignoring things that were not good was never the best thing do to get over them. 

'Ding!'

Hearing the elevator had arrived on the floor she was in, Yang Mi stood upright and faced the elevator doors. 

As the metal door slid to the side and revealed the insides of it, Yang Mi paused as she saw that no one else was there. Of course, other than a man who was wearing a suit and had his hand in his pocket.

It was the man from earlier. Yang Mi recognized him as the man she bumped into earlier down the lobby. Didn't he just get down earlier? She wondered.

Her eyes met his as he raised his head to look ahead. She saw how his eyes were staring at her coldly, and if she didn't know that they were strangers, she would've assumed that he didn't like her.

However, before her mind could swirl in thousands of negative ideas on why would the man hate her, she heard his deep, magnetic voice from ahead of her.

"Aren't you going in?" The mysterious stranger asked, snapping her out of her own world.

Quite embarrassed that she was momentarily lost in her thoughts, she nodded her head and went inside the elevator. 

As soon as she entered, the elevator went down. Yang Mi could swear that the time she went up earlier was faster than when she was going down now. Has it been five minutes? Ten? She didn't know.

But there was one thing she noticed. Just like when she bumped into him, a strange feeling was starting to climb up to her chest. 

Putting a hand over her heart, Yang Mi felt her heartbeat and counted them. Alright, her heart was rapidly beating inside her like a drum. 

Not clear about what was happening to her, Yang Mi leaned her back against the walls of the elevator. She kept her head down and tried her best to calm down.

While she was focused on trying to calm herself down, Kaisar, who was also inside the elevator, noticed her strange actions and went closer to her.

"Are you alright? You're looking pale." Kaisar asked her worriedly. He was supposed to go to a dinner date his family arranged for him, but when he bumped into this woman, his feet and body didn't listen to him. 

Instead, they brought him inside the elevator again. 

And surprisingly, he met her again.