Chapter Thirteen  A Grim Woman

The horror of death,like a sharp knife,kept thrust into Xia's nerves which were at the edge of overwhelming.

He didn't know how long he was rolling.He felt nothing more than pain,by which he was almost blinded.He felt his every bone was broken.

Although he would neither like to admit,nor accept.But the truth was that he was finished.

Today...he would die here.

The cold air kept gus.h.i.+ng into his body,and the resounding footsteps in the infinite darkness above him was more and more clear.

He even started to picture the dead course of himself.

Maybe he would be broken by the neck,or was shot in the brain,or else,got eaten alive...

In short,he was dead for sure.

It was not that he won't stand up and run,but that he couldn't even move a finger in the condition that his body was not in his control.The only thing he could do was waiting to death.

He had a thousand unwillingness of dying,not in this way,not in this prosperous age.

He hadn't realize his goals,no villa,no luxury car,and no good day for his parents.

Of course,the most important thing was—he was a dame virgin yet!

He would not be so remorseful of dying here if he was an ugly person,or a brainless person.

But the point was,he was a pretty pretty guy with a fine height and stature,besides,he was a rather brilliant guy...

But he couldn't escape from the doom of being slew by the evil ghost any way.

The footsteps of the ghost was approaching,and Xia came a unbidden recall of his his cherish memories,which including mama's spoil to him,papa's expectation of him and grandpa's unceasing nagging.

He learn from somebody that if a man was dying,on his mind would emerge the things and people treasured by himself.

"Am I dying..."

He felt with dishearten that his head would be cut down and he braced himself to say goodbye to this world,but suddenly the darkness above him was pierced by a flash,which thrust into his eyes.

There was no doubt that somebody had turned on the light of the stairway.

Xia was blinded by the abrupt light.He was struggling to recover his sight,while a tall and slim female figure wearing a long hair,ghostly,appeared on the steps above him.

The woman threw herself into Xia and the ghost,blanking off the attack of the evil ghost.

At the same time,his sight restored outright and he began to observe the mysterious woman,the unexpected visitor.

She was in a black dress a little below the knees,which matched her s.e.xy long legs.her long curl hairs was brown,over her shoulders,which added some charm and lure into her appearance.

Although showing a back profile with out real appearance of her,Xia had to admit this singly could evoke a great imagination.

Luckily he was a f.a.n.n.y man rather than a poor loser whose eyes stuck to beauties,so at this flash he was not interested in the woman's fair statue.

Which he really concern for,or which he focused on,was the woman's ident.i.ty and her purpose of being here.

Obviously,it was her who turned on the light.

Xia thought she was probably a staff of the company,who went to this place for the purpose the same as the middle-aged man,anyway,he was not so conceit to thought she was here specially for rescuing him.

In a short time,he had make a rough conjecture.But he was not gossipy to ask who she was,after

All,it was pretty clear that the if woman appeared in this place and took the initiative to defend the ghost,she must be on the opposite side of the ghost.

It would make him a fool to ask more.

"No wander even Xutianhua was killed,it turn out to be a evil ghost at such great degree."

While Xia was in disturbance,he heard the woman's remark with a voice so dulcet and pleasant,as if a aeolian bells stirred by the wind.

But what surprised him,or astounded him,was her compose when met with such a evil ghost,as if,in her eyes,the evil ghost was nothing more than an ant,which could be crushed with her fingers easily.

Reckoning,he described the woman turning around and casting a look at him.

It was a sweet and agreeable face,not the kind of lure which her back profile suggested before.Xia even thought the dress didn't suit her,or black was not her color.

"You are a lucky guy that you should persist till now."

Hearing her words,Xia nodded vaguely with saying anything.

The woman's response to that was retreating her eyes afterwards and reminding.

"Go and find a place to hide.I'll come to you later..."

But before she saying something more to Xia,she suddenly sneered and said.

"Want to escape?It's too late!"

Xia didn't what had happened,because the woman stood on the steps above him,blocking his view.But he could guess with no trouble that the ghost had escaped.

The woman turned into a string of black phantom,in a flash,disappeared.The deserted stairway returned to stillness.

Opening his eyes,Xia couldn't believe that he was safe in such a way.

"My destiny...is so d.a.m.n uneven!"

Xia involuntarily exclaimed.But he didn't have 100 percent of confidence in the woman for the formal example of the middle-aged man.He had better to leave here with no time to lose.

After a short rest,Xia tried to move his body and he felt he had restored enough to walk downstairs.

Taking the time to crawl up,he found his body abound with bruise,and his ankle was broken,so he walked with pain,as if punched by needles.

With a head of cold sweat,clenching his teeth,he went to the window of the ground floor and  was about to lit the curtains with the lighter.If so,he thought,the fire would burn out the whole building.

But he soon found the idea was so ridiculous.Though the curtains was lit,it distinguished quickly.It was not like in the movie that lit what ever some thing,which turned out to a great fire and burned down every thing.

"I'm f.u.c.king insane!"

Tapping his head heavily,he didn't insist and accelerated to get to the door lamely and opened the door with the key,

But before he had pushed the door and got out,he heard the woman said.

"Wait for me outside."

Xia was not expected she would come to him so quickly,so he was surprise and stammered.

"O...OK." 

Although she let him waiting for her,she got out of the bookstore almost as fast as he did.

His limping prompted her to stop and asked."Why,are you injured?"

He felt extremely flattered by the woman's concern,nodding and stammering still."Yes,but..but it doesn't matter."

She didn't say more,lifting her hand and pointing to the car with it's indicator light flickering.

"Follow me later."

She went towards her car singly,ignoring Xia.

Staring at her tall and alluring back profile,he felt speechless,and,to the woman,he felt some inexplicable dread.

Xia signed reluctantly and shook his head,then hobbled towards the car.After all,the woman was his saviour now.

Besides,he might learn some thing from her.