Yu Sha knocked on the door and shouted, "Hello?"
After a moment of silence, she knocked again and waited for answers . Her gut tells her she can't let this be until she finds out more about the situation of the boy .
In the room next door, the little boy tended to an older woman and a baby girl . When he heard the knocks and someone called, his motion stiffens . Did that woman follow me home? He ran at full speed . Any normal person wouldn't be able to catch up to him even a grown man .
The woman lying on the bed with a toddler sleeping in her arms perked her head up to the voice calling outside the front door . Her eyes worried, she stuttered, "Lali, is someone here?"
Lali, the little boy slightly nodded his head, "Mama, I think someone might have followed me when I went out to play . " He lied that he went out to play to ease her mind . "I'll go out and check . "
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At this moment, Yu Sha jolted the door open and let herself inside the rusty little house . She observed the inside which looked ordinary plain, there is barely anything in the living area, then a hallway that led to the kitchen area . Nothing seems out of place .
Across the living area is the door where she saw the boy went into earlier . Just when she took a step towards the room, the doorknob turned . The little boy came out of the room to see Yu Sha standing in the house already .
His facial expression froze not understanding how she got in when he clearly locked the door . He does not remember seeing her face at the inn before, so she is either a new employee or a guest, with a guilty expression, "Who are you? I didn't steal anything . " His body trembles afraid he could get in trouble for digging the trash .
Seeing his tiny, timid body, her heart feels unsettled . Before opening her mouth to reply, she inhaled a breath of helplessness . "I haven't said anything . " She walked closer to the boy and leaned down to his height . "I'm not going to harm you . Are you alone here?"
The boy's body tensed up while his pupil dilated, but he remained motionless and silent like he's in a dilemma of what to say .
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She could tell that he didn't have an answer for her but she has a clear visual of him to observe for clues . Then her eyes spotted something that looked like the edge of a mark on his left shoulder by the base of the neck . She quickly reached her arms to pull the collar shirt for a closer look . Her eyes widened at the evidence on his body . She lifted his shirt and saw more marks .
Lali shouted, "What are you doing? Let me go . " He tried to free himself from her hold while trying to cover up the marks on his body .
The door to the room next door opened and a woman who looked skinny, pale and exhausted stood leaning on the door to investigate the commotion . Yu Sha turned her head to observe the woman and on her body was more of similar marks but her right hand is wrapped in bandages . This looked like mark of abuse! If I'm not wrong, the boy and the woman could be victims of domestic abuse .
Yu Sha walked up to the woman and in a cold tone, she asked, "Where is your husband?"
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The woman lowered her head and avoided eye contact in a timid low tone, she murmured, "He's currently not home . "
"When will he be home?"
"I . . I'm not sure . " The woman answered with uncertainty . She clearly does not know when he'll come back and plus, she does not know the identity of the woman barging into her house, so she couldn't give an explanation .
Soon, a voice of a baby cried from inside the room . The voice started both Yu Sha and the woman .
There is another child in the room?! Is the child okay? Those two questions were the first thing that rushed through Yu Sha's mind .
The woman quickly turned around, went inside to check up on her child .
Wanting to know the condition of the child, Yu Sha also followed after the woman .
In the parking lot outside of Floating Cloud Spa parking lot, Keng and the bodyguard waited patiently for Yu Sha to come out . They looked at their watch and it's been 30 minutes past the time Yu Sha told them to meet her . Anxious, the bodyguard took out a hand size device to check if Yu Sha is still inside the inn and hopefully, she is just running behind schedule .
When he turned on the device, he saw that her location is not inside the inn but roughly 20 minutes away from the inn towards the express freeway . He zoomed in the location in satellite view and it looked like Yu Sha is inside the little house . How in the world did she get there? How does she know that a house is there?
Afraid that something ominous might happened, he ordered Keng to drive towards the direction . Keng took off at high speed and 5 minutes later, they arrived at the destination . The bodyguard got his weapon and body camera on and headed towards the house .
The bodyguard approached the house cautiously and listens for noise . He went up to the door which was not shut . He can see through the cracks of the door to the living area . He slowly opened the door and poked his head in the living area but didn't see anyone but the area seems safe to step inside . When he entered inside, he soon, he heard a woman's voice sobbing begging from the room across, "I can't . Your life is surrounded by light, what can you possibly understand?"
Yu Sha paused unable to retort . No one has blatantly pointed out how blessed she is . That's right . She has a wonderful life, she lives in the light, surrounded by love and kindness . She wouldn't know what she would be like living in the repeated cycle of abuse, but what is wrong with wanting to give someone the same light?