He Mufeng, the personal assistant of Lu Ye Ze, knocks hastily on the door of the presidential suite of the Imperial Hotel in the capital, where his master was accompanying important guests.
"Come in"
"... Master!!!" after catching his breath He Mufeng starts his report "... there seems to be something wrong going on at the Phoenix estate"
The Phoenix estate is the main residence of Lu Ye Ze, although he rarely stays there, its the place where all his familial and important matters are dealt with. Besides his most loyal maintenance staff, Butler Gu and team A1 of security guards, nobody else lived there.
"Continue..."
"We have lost all the communications... Someone must have seized the house and changed the security system"
"Hmm... do you know about the situation on the inside?"
"No, Master" replies He Mufeng with sweat covering his forehead.
"Prepare the car"
Although a lot of people knew that Mr Lu Ye Ze, the owner of LT Corporation which is the leader in China's economy, doesn't reside at the estate, you must have a thousand guts to step on his tail and touch something that belongs to him. That is simple and stupid suicide. Somehow this has happened and someone managed to brake al the security system, get inside and seize the mansion. Not to mentioning that the system has been put in place, by the secret intelligence team at LT Corporation. Besides, crossing the river and getting into the mountain was a difficult task. A handful of people lived on Mount Belleville, they were the most important and powerful entities in China, which made the task of getting in impossible as it was heavily guarded.
That is why, to Lu Ye Ze, it seemed absurd. Something looked of, so going there personally was that only way to solve the mystery. Also he would like to see for himself the idiots that dared to do something as atrocious as to provoke him so directly.
After a 40minutes drive the black Maybach stops in front of the stoic grand gates of the Phoenix mansion. He Mufeng opens the back door and a pair of long powerful legs stepped out.
Lu Ye Ze, is a man built by Gods his features were carved extraordinarily, copmlemented by an aura that can shatter glaciers in a gazillion pieces, while his imposing manner can make one soul dissipate in an instant. Many thought that this man was soulless and unapproachable. A demon that surfaced from the deepest Hell into the common world that he started to rule, as soon as his foot stepped down. Only a few people that were closely working under him, knew that in fact, he was much more ruthless than what he portrayed on the outside. Not even a single person was close to his heart and he despised everyone and anyone, when he was a child he used to kill his pets, that were gifted by his parents intending to appease his emotional side, with tremenduos torture and cold blood, not even a flint of emotion was seen in his eyes. His parents were terrified of bringing into the world such a child, they have questioned many times their position in his heart, did it matter at all if they existed or not? Was he even born with a heart?
After a brief look around, the dark and silent air around made one shiver. There was absolutely no sound or soul in sight, it was pitch black and cold. Lu Ye Ze makes a hand gesture to his assistant to ring the intercom by the gate.
The piercing buzz seemed to have awakened even the most dormant ghosts 100 meters under. Complete silence, nobody replied at the other end.
Lu Ye Ze's gaze has become sharper and colder, the sweet beads on He Mufeng's forehead froze instantly, so out of fright and unable to control his body under this tense situations, his fingers clenched and the force pressed the buzzer again. Another piercing sound was echoed through the meticulously landscaped forest behind the closed gates.
Silence prevailed upon the two figures at the gate again... A few seconds have passed and before the call got disconnected an english familiar voice was heard from behind He Mufeng. When he turned he was instantly puzzeled... he saw his Master addressing the intercom in english.
"Let me in..."
A second before the call cot disconnected the light of the intercom flashed amber indicating that somebody has answered the call at the other end. As soon as it got connected a hushed breathing was heard as though the other person wanted to say something but stopped before it can utter a single word. In the next moment the button was released and the call got disconnected.
He Mufeng was terrified, who are they, what do they want and why have they done this atrocious action. Why has his master addressed them in english? Does he suspect anyone? Before he continued his trail of thought Lu Ye Ze interrupted him.
"Pass me the laptop"
He Mufeng hastily opened the passenger seat of the limousine and extracted a limited edition leather briefcase that held Master's personal laptop and other important documents. After he passed him the laptop, he took 2 steps back allowing his Master to insert his secret password that no one knew it. The tall and lean man took the laptop from his assistant and with his long slender fingers started typing various codes in to a program. After a short five minutes a loud clang was heard that made the sleeping birds fly from the trees around making an unsettling noise.
Lu Ye Ze, logged on the mansion's internet and managed to hack the security system, allowing him to open the large firmly shut gates of the estate.
"Start the car"
After the dazed He Mufeng woke up from his thoughts, he opened the back door for his Master and drove the car through the gates marching ahead towards the entrance of the mansion. A few minutes later he parked the car and lead his Master towards the solid wood double doors of the Phoenix Mansion. To his surprise the front door was unlocked.
As soon as he opened the doors, his eyes were blinded by a red figure and his souls was engulfed in a tormenting fire emanated from the presence a the top of the stairs. Her slender back was turned away from them, but her fiery big black eyes were gazing down, fixated towards the door. They were blazing an excruciating fire that could turn any living being into complete ashes. A fair delicate arm was resting on the balustrade, her long black hair was leisurely pinned back, revealing a long fair neck, her presence and mannerism emanated a royal like presence fit for the Queen of a Palace.
Lu Ye Ze, who was momentarily lost in his thoughts, quickly regained his composure and addressed the girl.
"I see you have settled well in my house"
"ha..." a mild chuckle disturbed the somber and profound silence of the manor.
"Your house?!" The melodious voice surprised both men. They wouldn't imagine that a gentile and calm voice would come out from such a fiery and domineering presence. She turned around and started to descend in her delicate high heels, the stairs of the mansion. Her movements were as fluid as water, she seemed like she was floating rather than walking, approaching rapidly towards the tall man standing by the door.
When she was three steps away from the man, his nostrils were enveloped in a fresh flowery subtle perfume. Her scent made his fine hair stand up on his hands and his spine unconsciously straightened abruptly. Her nonchalance amazed the icy man, who has never met anyone who would dare to stand so righteously in front of him. When he bought this red dress from Italy he hadn't thought much, it casually spiked his interest momentarily and decided on buying it. Although there was no woman that could wear it beside him nor he thought there would be one in the future, the way she was wearing it made even the most dormant sense at the bottom of his soul suddenly wake up. She brought the dress to life and gave it an identity. It looked like it was especially made for her and for this moment. He was blown away on the inside, but he didn't realised it, as these were foreign feelings for him. He tried to suppress his emotion and opened his mouth to speak, but the girls sudden voice stopped him midway.
"You, who have the power of terminating lives as you please in a lawless country where the rich thrive and powerful rule, have dared to trespass my territory as uninvited quests!!" Her tone delicate and calm was more powerful and frightening than a tiger's roar. Her words made He Mufeng question his life. Who I am, where I am, what am I doing here!
"... uninvited guests!?" the man quietly remarks
"Madam Lu, you are quite darring"
TO BE CONTINUED...
