He Wasthe darkness catch her!" The goons yelled vigorously while chasing the timid seventeen-year-old Yu Yan down the dark street of Hangzhou, the wind causing her ponytail hair to bounce behind her. How she vividly got herself into this mess, she couldn't remember and losing sight of them felt almost too impossible like they had studied her every track and knew exactly which route she was going to take."There's no escaping, you better stop if you don't want double the consequences!" One of the goons drastically warned but Yu Yan never turned back to look at them, acting ignorant like she didn't hear a word he just said, although her breathing was unsteady, she found herself still being able to run and thought surprisingly how easy fear can make one do what they've felt was impossible.The street was lonely and equally as silent as a grave yard, she doubts anyone would hear her if she makes an attempt to scream.Stopping at her tracks and  prostrating over with both hands on her knees, she tried to catch her uneven breath, glancing around the corner for a safe hiding spot. Luckily, her keen sight spotted a garbage truck which she wasted no time hiding behind, taking a sharp inward breath while forcing herself to stay calm as the footsteps suddenly stopped close to the truck."Dang it! Where did she go?!" One of the men raged while Yu Yan remained hidden behind the truck, the annoyance in the man's tone frightened her, she dared not make a sound. If they somehow manage to get their hands on her, they definitely won't spare her."Hey you, check the main street if you spot her there, the rest of you, search the whole place."Yu Yan absent mindedly bit on her nails and could hear the sound of her heartbeat ringing in her ear and the warning signs clouding her thoughts, she heard a light footstep approaching where she hid and cautiously moved away from there before she gets spotted and in her retreat to get away from the incoming footsteps, she ended up bumping into one of the goons while trying to hide from the other.Just when she thought the situation couldn't get any worse, she was surrounded by them and was trapped in their middle, looking like a helpless little bird.Yu Yan never expected to be caught so soon and they smiled wickedly at her, rolling a bat they held in their hands as if it was some toy."We warned you, now let us show you how we deal with those who refused to heed our words." His tongue was as viscous making Yu Yan flinch away from him, totally outnumbered at this point, how will she escape now? clutching tightly onto her school bag, her big starry-brown eyes darted a quick glance between them but unfortunately they made sure there wasn't any escape route for her and feeling completely helpless, she should at least question them."What do you want from me?!" She swallowed her fears and it took every tight clenching of her fist for those words to escape her trembling lips."You don't know?" One of the goons smirked and slowly began moving towards her causing Yu Yan to loose her balance as she tried to retreat and fell on her butt."After today, you'll know exactly what you did!" The tone of his voice was uncanny and filled with bitter words. Yu Yan already knew this was going to be her last day on earth cause she had 0% chance of escaping, cursing school for making her walk so late at night, there was so much she still planned on doing, they can't do this to her."But I have the right to know what it is you want from me, is it ransom, what? Just say it." Since they clearly aren't going to spare her, she wasn't going to hold back her words either but it seemed her sudden courage aggravated the man."You..!" Yu Yan had already looked away the moment she sensed a hit coming, blocking her face with her hands, expecting the terrible pain that was going to land on her, silently wishing her loved one's goodbye but it felt like the whole place had gone still and the hit she was expecting never came.Slowly detaching her hands from her face, the goon already had his bat ready to strike her with it but a hand had stopped him mid air. The goons face immediately turned ashen as he gazed at the person who caught his hand. "I'm not a good person, but hitting a lady is out of one's league."His tone was calm but yet, the dreadful sensation lingering in those words made the bat fall from the goon's hand and a painful yelp escaped from his throat as his wrist were brutally twisted. Yu Yan couldn't help but flinch as she heard the cracking of bones and the man's painful yelp justified whose wrist got broken.The rest of the goons immediately scurried away, leaving their leader to face the wrath alone. His wrist was finally freed and he slumped on the floor while the stranger casually walked up to the frightened Yu Yan who went still and suddenly found it difficult to move. She couldn't see who he was due to how dark the night was but she could make out his lean attraction and perfect physique.The darkness overshadowed his...