Cold Water

Part 18 - Nightmare

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🚨 Trigger Warning 🚨

This chapter contains violence towards and by children. So please proceed with caution.

I'll give a brief summary of what happened, so feel free to just skip the italic script and read the summary in Bold. 😇😇

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Zhan walked alone in the dark. He could not remember why he had ended up in this dark place, without the slightest light shining.

He tried to walk using his instincts, when a child's voice was running towards him from behind while carrying a flashlight that was lit in his grasp.

Zhan tried to call out, but the little boy just passed by him, as if unaware of his presence. Even though the surroundings were quite dark, Zhan was able to see how his face and expression were quite clear. The child looked scared as if he was being chased by something. And just as he expected, behind him, was running a man with a knife in his hand.

That person intends evil. Zhan is sure of that. So following his instincts, he tried to block the man intending to stop him from chasing after the child, but once again the person seemed not to see the presence of him as if he was invisible.

Zhan was quite confused by what had happened, until he saw another child who was bigger than the boy running while carrying a cricket stump chasing after the boy and the man.

Zhan knew who that child was, that was him!!

Himself, when he was 13 years old!!!

When he saw himself as a child, Zhan wanted to chase to know where he was running. Just then, a sharp light blinded his eyes. When Zhan opened his eyes he realized he was in an unfamiliar place but he felt he had seen it. He turned his gaze and found a woman tied on a bed unconscious. Even though Zhan hasn't seen her in a long time, he remembers who she is. She is the biological mother of Yibo, the first wife of Mr. Wang!

Zhan knows where he is right now, though he isn't quite sure. Now he is in his memory or even a dream. He averted his gaze from Mrs. Wang when the door next to him was deliberately broken down and at that moment came the man who was chasing the little boy, who Zhan was quite sure, was Yibo.

"Let go, I want my mom" Yibo shouted while struggling in the man's arms. The man carried Yibo on his shoulder with Yibo's hands and feet bound.

Zhan knew he could only be silent at what he is seeing, as this was only a memory. But he did not stop to observe each and every detail of what's happening.

The man slammed Yibo's body on the bed so hard that it produced a loud sound. Zhan could see Yibo cringe in pain. He felt weak and useless because he could not do anything.

"Release me and my mother, otherwise I will report to father and you will go to jail" Little Yibo shouted despite being in pain.

The man burst into laughter after hearing the words of little Yibo.

That person faced the door right where Zhan was standing. He hopes he can see who that man was.

Damn, he was wearing a mask.

"Even before your father come, you might not be in this world, sweet boy," said the man, holding Yibo's chin roughly.

Little Yibo spit on the man right in his face, making him wrench in anger. His face immediately hardened.