Ten Years of Yearning. My Love, Let Me Protect You.

"Yanli, is that you?!" Ji Yanli stopped humming when her hand was grabbed by a strong force from behind.

As she turned her head, she saw the man who was frowning and was staring at her without blinking.

"What are you doing here?!" 

Ji Yanli turned around her body and looked down at his hand, "Let go. You don't need to touch me when speaking." 

Feng Alin removed his hand and chuckled. "Sorry."

"Hmm." Ji Yanli patted his head and said, "Good boy~" Feng Alin blushed slightly and hurriedly asked.

"Sis, it's very late now. What are you doing here, moreover alone?" Feng Alin asked as he looked around but didn't see anyone.

"Just wanted to walk. Nothing else." She waved her hands and said, "Goodbye then, Alin. I need to regain my walk." 

"...Uh."

Without saying much, Ji Yanli turned around and began to walk on the street.  Feng Alin looked back and didn't notice anybody.

'They must be busy with themselves…' As the man thought of this, he stealthily ran towards Ji Yanli. The woman stopped walking and asked, "Why are you following me?"

"Let me accompany you. I am bored and feel like I will become a withered grass soon." Feng Alin chirped aloud and flashed his rows of dazzling white teeth. 

Ji Yanli tilted her head to one side and pondered for a while. Then she nodded her head and began to walk slowly. Feng Alin went beside her and walked side by side.

"Do you always walk at night? Like this?" Feng Alin felt like asking her more even though she didn't say anything.

"Don't you fear some bad person will come and rob you?" Ji Yanli stopped walking and looked at him, her looks said 'If you say something more, you will get a thrashing!'

Thus Feng Alin closed his lips and walked beside her. When they reached a road where people were walking, some stopped in their tracks and stared at their way. 

When Ji Yanli glared at them until they retracted their phone,  they would hurriedly walk away. 

She turned at the man who was too obvious not to notice anything of these. For this reason she felt even more displeased.

"Hey, don't you have something called a mask? Wear it or don't come with me." She  said and then hurriedly walked ahead.

"Wait sis!" Only then Feng Alin glanced around and hurriedly left with her. Then he took out a black mask from his pocket and put it on.

"Is it okay now?" He asked. His voice was full of expectation to be praised. 

"Yeah." Ji Yanli replied curtly but the man chuckled. He glanced around and said, "Ah, people these days can even recognise you through your back. We shall not give any chance to create trouble for us…"

Ji Yanli pressed her lips into a thin line. When the 24th person, who took out her phone to take pictures of Feng Alin even though the man was wearing his mask even when he was reluctant.

"I think you should go back. These people are staring at us. Just look at their faces, so creepy!" Ji Yanli said as she began to walk in large steps. "Can't even walk in peace!"

"It's not my fault. I am too famous for people to not recognise me." Feng Alin caught up to her and said, "Sis, don't leave me behind. I don't know the roads here."

"Whatever!" Soon, they came to a deserted place. There was no one around the area as they looked around. 

"This place…" Ji Yanli glanced at the lush green trees on the ground. This was the first time for her to see such a place in this area.

"It's very familiar." Feng Alin said as he glanced around. "Ah, I remember. This place…"

Ji Yanli glanced at the car which had come beside them and stopped. As the window  glass rolled down, a man hurriedly said, "Hurriedly get in the car. Your photos have been posted on social media. People are coming towards this place."

"Ah?! But didn't I cover my face?" 

"It's too easy to recognise people like you. Moreover, our crew just posted out photos earlier. So it's more than easy to say it's you. Get in or wait for me." 

After saying, the man excited the car and opened the backdoor.

"Please go inside. Hurry!"

Feng Alin didn't go in. Rather he saw Ji Yanli's face and said, "Let's go together. I will drop you at your place."

Ji Yanli shook her head. "I won't."

"But many people will come…"

Ji Yanli again shook her head and said, "The problem is you. As long as you leave, everything will turn okay." 

Feng Alin felt displeased and pondered for a few moments and so his agent started to nag him. He told him to keep quiet and spoke out. "I will be leaving then."

"Go ahead!" Ji Yanli waved her hand and saw the car leave the premises. She rubbed her eyes slightly and regained her chest.

"If there isn't any disturbance, everything will be like that of the spring breeze that always goes away after caressing a human's face." Ji Yanli murmured. She followed the way the car went and left the unknown area. 

But her so-called peace didn't last long because people had already posted pictures of her with Feng Alin. So it didn't take long for people to recognise her.

"Ah, why are you glaring at me? Do you know me? We have met before?" Ji Yanli asked the young girl. 

At her question, the girl sifted her sight somewhere but she was ashamed as Ji Yanli pointed her out before so many people. 

"Miss Ji, please." The driver told them and was impatient. He glanced at the small group of people ahead and urged, "Hurry!" 

Feng Alin's car came beside her at an incredible time. The man was smiling so brightly but the others didn't get to see. 

"Sis Ji,you…" She didn't have anything to say more and directly went to sit on the passenger's seat. Feng Alin moved to one corner and gave her space.

"You are really a troublemaker!" Ji Yanli snorted aloud and turned outside. Feng Alin smiled slightly and signaled the car to speed up.

After thirteen minutes, Ji Yanli stepped out from the car and said goodbye. She slowly walked towards the lift and reached her floor.

After the woman had finally reached her apartment, she was at a loss as to what to do. 

"I have returned!" Her loud voice was greeted by none. She glanced around the empty home and threw away her shoes.

"Let me sleep for a while… " Slowly, her eyes became happy and she closed her eyes in exhaustion.

Even in dream she couldn't bear to see Sheng Haotin's figure. She began to sweat a lot as the old man took the shape of a villain in a drama and began to torment them with a lot of paperwork.

"Ma! I quit!!! I won't work anymore!" 

The woman screamed in her sleep and continued to watch those scary dreams until a soft hand patted her cheek and murmured softly, "It's alright. Don't be scared. I am here."

Ji Yanli grabbed the hand and squeezed it as much as possible.  At her action, the person's face distorted in pain.

"Violent even in dreams.... Huh!" The person's voice was filled with sarcastic remarks. 

The woman who was experiencing nightmares, frowned and mumbled, "Get out."

But only a chuckle was heard in the whole room.

*** ***

"Am… ah! Ouch!" Ji Yanli fell on the ground with her whole body. Luckily she was wrapped in a soft blanket like a cocoon and didn't get injured.

"Ah, my head… my neck!!!" She tried to move her neck but felt a little pain. "What bad luck… argh!" 

With the super-soft blanket, she stood up and glanced around. As the memory of the last night played in her head, Ji Yanli blinked her eyes heavily and murmured, "Was there anyone beside me? Or I was dreaming? Um…"

She let the blanket fall on the carpet and went to the door. "It's locked… It must be my dream."

The woman was still sleepy and felt slight pain all over her body. As her eyes fell on the clock, she froze in place.

"Are you serious?! 10am?!" Ji Yanli felt like someone had thrown a huge rock on her head and her brain stopped working in that instant. 

*** ***

"Where is she?" Zhou Lei pointed to the empty seat of Ji Yanli. Wang Haixiao didn't say anything while Chen Shubin shrugged his shoulder.

"Wah! Today is really an eye opener for us. The woman who is headstrong to come to the company before everyone is late?! Aiyo~" Zhou Lei smirked as he went to sit. 

After thirty minutes, the door of the room burst open while Ji Yanli rushed in. She was inhaling a lot of air and glanced at them, her complexion was strange.