Ting Hao - Chang An, please tell me. I will trust whatever you will say. But just tell me. For Bai Cao's safety.
Chang An - What do you mean by that? Do you think that I am betraying you guys?
Ting Hao - No, Chang An. I am just afraid that they will manipulate you with what they told you.
Chang An giggles
Chang An - Manipulate me! With what? With the information that Elder Chen gave me? Never. And who will manipulate me, Elder Chen? He will never do that. We can trust him.
Ting Hao - Why do you trust him so much? Don't you know that he is Chen Zhou's dad?
Chang An - Obviously I know that.
Ting Hao - Then, why won't he manipulate you? He will manipulate you if his son will ask him to do so.
Chang An - No, he won't.
Ting Hao - Why?
Chang An(in a loud voice) - Because he chose me over his own son.
Ting Hao - What do you mean?
Chang An - You guys want to know the truth, right? I did not wanted you guys to know about it like this, but you didn't leave any choice for me.
Chang An took a deep breath.
Chang An - You guys know that I was in Feng Yun Hall since childhood, right?
Everyone - Yeah.
Chang An - But do you guys know why I was there? Do you? Why am I even asking you guys these questions when I don't even know the answer to them.
Flashback
At Feng Yun Hall
A child was entring with Chen Zhou's right hand.
Chang An - Yin Xiu, who is this kid?
YIn Xiu - How would I know? But I think, he is the child of the Yuan Wu Dao Champion who recently died in a car accident.
Chang An - So, he is the only one who survived?
Yin Xiu - Yeah, I guess.
Chang An - Okay. Let's continue practising.
Chang An was all the time looking at the child. He noticed that he was asking about his parents but Chen Zhou's right hand was not answering his questions.
At night.
It was a stormy night and Chang An was not able to sleep. So, he came out of his room and started walking. Then suddenly, he bumped into a board.
Board - Only for board members.
Chang An(thinking) - Why no one can enter this room? Only board members are allowed to go in. What must be going on inside?
Chang An was really curious to know what was going on inside. So, he decided to go inside the room. He opens the room and sees many laboratory equipments kept there. Then suddenly, he saw two men coming inside the room from another door. They both were wearing white doctor coats. Behind them, Chen Zhou's right hand was also coming with the same child. The child was lying on the stretcher unconsciously. They inject something into his body and then sticks some wires on his head. Then they started giving electric shocks to the child. Chang An was taken aback. He took some steps back in shock and bumps on a table. A glass testing tube was kept on that table which fell because of Chang An. Hearing the sound, Chen Zhou's right hand turned towards where Chang An was standing, but he could not see Chang An's face and Chang An ran away. Chen Zhou's right hand followed him but he could not catch Chang An. Then Chang An went to his room.
The next day, Chang An woke up and was thinking about the same thing.
Chang An(to himself) - What the hell was going on there? I need to find out.
Then Chang An came out of his room and saw that child inside the practice hall. Chang An went near him. The child had a cold look on his face.
Chang An - Hi!
Child - Hi!
Chang An - What is your name?
Child - Kim Li.
Chang An - Okay, Kim Li, what are you doing here?
Kim Li - I was waiting for you.
Chang An - Why?
Kim Li - I want to be trained by you.
Chang An - Okay, I will train you, but will you tell me what happened with your parents?
Kim Li - Parents! Which parents? I don't remember.
Chang An - You don't remember your parents!
Kim Li - No.
Then suddenly, Chen Zhou's right hand enters the room.
Right hand - Chang An, Chen Zhou wants you to train him.
Chang An - Okay, I will train him but why doesn't he remember anything?
Right hand - Actually, he lost his memory in that crash. I will talk to you later.
Then Chen Zhou's right hand went from there.
At night,
Chang An - How is this possible? I clearly saw that he was asking about his parents, then how can he forget everything? Is it because of what they did? Was that a mistake or was it planned?
Then Chang An again came out of his room and bumped into Elder Chen.
Elder Chen - Where are you going, Chang An?
Chang An - I was just going for a walk.
Elder Chen - You don't need to lie to me because I know where you are going. You are going to that same room where you went yesterday, right?
Chang An did not answer.
Elder Chen - I saw everything.
Chang An - Saw what?
Elder Chen - Whatever you saw. I know, many questions are running in your mind right now and I am willing to answer them all. Come with me.
Then Chang An and Elder Chen went to Elder Chen's office.
Elder Chen - You must be thinking how did that child forget everything, right.
Chang An nodded.
Elder Chen - He forgot everything because of what they did. That was the purpose. They killed his parents because they were coming in their way.
Chang An - Chen Zhou killed them!
Elder Chen - Yeah. Everyone who is here since their childhood has gone through that process.
Chang An - You mean, I went through this process too.
Elder Chen - Yeah.
Chang An - Why?
Elder Chen - I don't know whether your parents were killed too or not. But I remember that you were brought here when you were five. They erased your childhood memory too.
Chang An - But why?
Elder Chen - I don't know. Maybe you saw them doing something.
Chang An - Seriously, they erased my memory, just because I saw something!
Elder Chen - I am not sure, but maybe yes.
Chang An - Will I be never able to regain my memory?
Elder Chen - No, you can regain your memory but only if you meet someone whom you know or someone who knows you.
Chang An - But, how will I know that he or she knows me.
Elder Chen - And also keep a childhood photo of yours.
Chang An - But, I don't have any of my childhood photos.
Elder Chen - Then, have faith.
Chang An - But how will meet someone who knows me? We are not allowed to go out of this hall without Chen Zhou's people around us.
Elder Chen - I have an idea.
Chang An - What is it?
Elder Chen - You can go out of this hall in the night. If anything happens, then I will call you.
Chang An - That is really a good idea. I will start sneaking out of the hall from tomorrow.
Then Chang An stood up and was going towards the door but suddenly, he stopped.
Chang An - Why are you spouting against your own son?
Elder Chen - Because I love him and I don't want him to walk on the wrong path.
Then Chang An came out of the room and went towards his room.
One month passed and Chang An was sneaking out of Feng Yun Hall. But he did not meet anyone whom he knows.
At Elder Chen's office.
Chang An - It has been a month and I haven't met anyone who knows me.
Elder Chen - Chang An, don't lose hope. I am sure you will meet someone. Now go.
Then Chang An again sneaked out of Feng Yun hall. He suddenly felt hungry and went inside a hotel. There he bumped into a guy. And the guy's wallet fell down. Chang An picks the wallet and saw a picture. Seeing that picture, he was shocked.
Chang An - Do you know, who this is? How are you two related?
Guy - He is my friend. I don't know where he is now.
Chang An - Can I know, who are you?
Guy - I am Chu Yuan.
Chang An - And I am Chang An.
Chu Yuan - What a coincidence! My friend's name was Chang An too.
Chang An - It's me.
Chu Yuan - What!
Chang An - The boy in this picture, is me.
Chu Yuan - You are Chang An!
Chang An - Yeah.
Chu Yuan was really happy and he hugs Chang An.
Chu Yuan - Chang An, where were you? I thought you were dead.
Chang An - In Feng Yun hall.
Chu Yuan - What! Why were you there?
Chang An - I don't know. They erased all my childhood memory.
Then Chang An tells everything to Chu Yuan.
Chu Yuan - Don't worry, Chang An. I will help you to regain your memory. We will meet here every day and at this time too. Now, you go back to Feng Yun Hall.
After few months, Chang An remembered everything except that fire accident.
Chang An - Why am I not able to remember anything about that fire accident?
Chu Yuan - Relax, Chang An. I am sure that you will remember it too.
Chang An - Remembering all these things, I can't stay in Feng Yun Hall anymore. I am going to Feng Yun Hall and I will tell Elder Chen that I am going to escape from Feng Yun Hall.
Chu Yaun - Are you sure?
Chang An - Damn sure.
Then Chang An went to Feng Yun hall. He sneaked inside the hall and went directly towards Elder Chen's office.
Elder Chen - Chang An, what are you doing here?
Chang An - I can't stay here anymore. I want to be free.
Elder Chen - I can understand. But Chen Zhou has returned.
Chang An - I don't care. I want to escape.
Elder Chen - Okay, Relax. I will help you.
The next day at night, Elder Chen gave Chang An a new bike. And Chang An drove it away. He travelled that full night and reached Chicago, US.
Flashback ended.
Chang An - This is why I trust Elder Chen.
Ting Yi - I did not knew that Feng Yun hall is this cruel.
Chang An - Now, you are satisfied, Ting Hao?
Ting Hao - Chang An, I am sorry. You went through a lot.
Chang An - It's okay. I think we should sleep now.
Then Chang An went to his room. And everyone else went to their respective rooms.
The next day, they all were ready to go towards Feng Yun Hall. They sat inside the car and went towards the hall.
After reaching there, they went inside. They saw Yin Xiu and Kim Li talking to each other.
Ting Yi - Is he the same Kim Li about whom you were talking yesterday?
Chang An -Yeah. He is Yin Xiu's right hand. The most loyal person.
Then all started practising. Yin Xiu was continuously trying to practice with Bai Cao but she could not.
In the evening, they all came out of the hall and were sitting inside the car.
Ting Yi - Let's go for an outing.
Xiao Ying - Yeah, we should go out.
Ting Hao - Okay, let's go then.
Yi Feng - But first, let's go home and change our dress.
Everyone - Yeah.
Then they all went towards home and went to their respective rooms.
After twenty minutes, they all came out.
Yi Feng - Walking or car?
Everyone(at the same time) - Walking.
Yi Feng - Okay then. Let's go walking.
Then they all started roaming around. They all were having a good time with each other. Then suddenly, they all started feeling hungry.
Ting Hao - Let's eat, guys.
Everyone - Yeah.
Then they all went to a hotel and started eating.
After half an hour, they all again started roaming.
Ting Yi - Let's split up and see who will reach first.
Ting Hao - Are you mad? Your leg is still not healed fully. And you want to roam around alone. We are not doing this.
Ting Yi got sad after hearing Ting Hao.
Chang An - Okay. Let's make groups. We are eight people. Let's split up into four groups. What say?
Ting Yi - Please, brother.
Ting Hao - Okay, then let's make groups.
Ting Yi - I will make the group because it was my idea.
Ting Hao - Okay.
Ting Yi - Group no. 1 - Xiao Ying and Yi Feng. Group no. 2 - Fei Yu and Xiao Ba. Group no. 3 - Brother and Bai Cao. Group 4 - Me and Chang An. Is it okay with everyone?
Everyone - Yeah.
Ting Yi - Let's do one more thing. Each group will have to bring something which is popular.
Yi Feng - Yeah. We can do that.
Ting Yi - Let's start the game then.
Then they all split up in four different directions.
Ting Hao and Bai Cao.
Both of them were walking, Bai Cao was rubbing her shoulder because she was feeling cold. And Ting Hao notices it. He took off his jacket and put it on Bai Cao.
Bai Cao - Thank you.
Bai Cao smiles. Both of them kept on walking. They didn't care about the game. Then suddenly, a car was coming. Bai Cao was walking at the roadside. As Ting Hao saw the car coming near Bai Cao, he pulled her against the car. And Bai Cao landed in Ting Hao's arm.
Ting Hao - Bai Cao, are you okay?
Bai Cao - I am okay. Thank you.
Then suddenly, Bai Cao's eyes fell upon a burned palace. Even if it was burned, its beauty was still there. She went towards it. She touches the nameplate of the house.
Bai Cao(thinking) - Why does this place looks so familiar? Why does it feel like I have come here before? As much as I remember, I never came to the US before, then why? I haven't even seen this place before, then why? Why do I feel so connected here?
Bai Cao was thinking all this and suddenly, she passed out.
Ting Hao - Bai Cao!
TO BE CONTINUED