Unexpected Second Chance at Love

Ji Chu Hua was annoyed by his sudden movement. If she had not held onto him, she would have fallen.

Not only that, she was just about to climax.

"What is wrong with you? I was just about to—"

Before her words could finish, Gu Ting Fei covered her mouth. His eyes scan the room with a look of confusion mixed with horror.

He swore he heard a ghostly moan, but seeing nothing and not hearing anything, he looked at Ji Chu Hua and moved his hand.

"It's nothing. I thought I heard something, but it must have been a mistake."

Ji Chu Hua scoffed in annoyance when she heard him. Her night was already ruined because of her dress. She thought that coming to the room would make her feel better, but the mood was no different than earlier.

However, she isn't going to let this ruin her night.

She pushed Gu Ting Fei back onto the bed and repositioned herself.

"Just focus on me and nothing else. We're the only ones in this room."

Just as her last word fell, the lights in the room dimmed, then brightened, and a repeated cycle began.

The couple froze and looked at each other, only to have the lights returned to normal.

"Let me inform the front desk."

Gu Ting Fei was about to get up but Ji Chu Hua firmly held him down.

"I'm sure the hotel staff are working on it. Let's continue."

She smiles at him, trying to get his attention back on her. However, the stiff rod that was once underneath her had turned soft, and this made her disappointed.

"Gu Ting Fei."

She calls out to him in her sweetest voice and he looks at her.

"Aren't we here to enjoy our time together? Why is your attention elsewhere?"

Gu Ting Fei opened his mouth to speak but didn't know what to say to her. How can he tell her that he heard a ghost?

Wouldn't that make her think he was insane?

Not wanting to be called a lunatic, he forces a laugh.

"You're right. I must have been overthinking. Let's enjoy the time we have tonight."

They had planned to meet because he was going overseas tomorrow to meet a few clients and would be unable to see her for a whole week.

He can't let his imagination get out of control and needs to focus on the woman before him.

Brushing all thoughts aside, he looks at Ji Chu Hua and caresses her cheek.

"Sorry. I'll make sure tonight goes smoothly."

Ji Chu Hua was glad to have his attention back on her. She laughs in a singsong voice and gets off of him.

Her hand traces over his chest and then down to his groin.

"But first, we have to fix this problem."

She places her palm around his softened rod and starts to stroke him. It took longer than usual, but she watched as it grew harder and harder.

Even the sound of Gu Ting Fei's breathing grew heavier with her hand movements.

His eyes closed, and his hands clenched the bed sheets.

"Hua, hurry. I want to be inside of you. I can't handle it anymore."

His words put a smile on Ji Chu Hua's face. She moved her hand and rode him again, slowly letting him enter sweet walls once again.

"Ahhhh~"

"Woooo~"

Her moans resonated again, and she felt the pleasure she was missing.

This time, she wasn't going to let him stop.

Her hips moved again as her body moved up and down over him. She moaned each time she felt his stiffened rod re-entered her.

However, that stiffness didn't last for long.

She could feel him gradually turn soft before going limp.

Her movements stopped, and she looked down at him. She wanted to slap him in the face for ruining another good moment.

However, she was stupefied by the look on his face.

Gu Ting Fei lay motionless on the bed, eyes wide open and staring at the ceiling. He looked horrified rather than pleased.

She pursed her lips only to notice that the lights in the room were flickering again.

Her frown deepens, and she scoffs.

"This hotel needs to check their electricity."

She mutters and looks back at the man underneath her. Seeing his expression still the same, she hits his chest.

"What's wrong this time?"

She watched his hand slowly rise before pointing up, exhaling in frustration.

"I swear, you better have a good excuse this time."

She looked up, and what she saw made her entire body stiffen.

Floating above them was a ghostly figure with long dark hair flowing.

"Wooooooo—!"

The figure moaned loudly and sent shivers throughout Ji Chu Hua. She wanted to scream, but for some unknown reason, she was unable to make a sound.

"Ji Chu Huaaaa—"

The ghostly figure moaned her name, and Ji Chu Hua turned pale. How did it know her name?

The ghost's arms stretched forward, and it flew down towards her.

"Giveeee it baaack—"

"Ahhh!!!"

Ji Chu Hua screamed in fear and squeezed her eyes shut. At the same time, Gu Ting Fei shoved her off him and jumped out of bed.

However, what came after was silence.

The couple looked around the room but couldn't see the ghostly figure. The couple looked at each other before Gu Ting Fei grabbed his pants and put them on while throwing Ji Chu Hua's dress at her.

"Get dressed. We're not staying here."

Ji Chu Hua was too scared to move. She sat on the bed, trembling uncontrollably at what had just happened.

"Hua!!"

Seeing her in a daze, Gu Ting Fei grew impatient and yelled at her. He knew he heard something when they were doing it but decided to put it up as his imagination.

It turned out he wasn't just imagining it.

"If you don't hurry, I'm leaving without you!"

He wanted to leave in case the ghost came back. However, just as his words fell and he stepped towards the bed, the ghostly figure reappeared.

Only this time, it stood on the bed before Ji Chu Hua, blocking Gu Ting Fei from reaching her.

"Ji Chu Huaaa… You are going to pay for what you did…"

Gu Ting Fei was in a dilemma. He was too afraid to go to his woman, so he could only do the next thing.

Run.

He booked it out of the room, leaving Ji Chu Hua alone with the ghost.

The door slamming against the wall woke Ji Chu Hua from her daze. She clutched onto her red dress, and tears streamed down her eyes, ruining her makeup.

"Go away! I didn't do anything!"

"You took what isn't yours, and now you must pay."

The ghostly figure moaned, and with arms reaching out, it flew towards her. It wanted to grab hold of her and never let go.

"Ahhhhh!!!!"

Ji Chu Hua shrieks and frantically crawls out of bed, unaware she just went through the ghost.

Once her feet touched the hard floor, she didn't dare to look back and ran out of the room naked. The only thing in her hand was the red dress.

Silence engulfed the room with only the ghostly figure.

However, if Ji Chu Hua had glanced back, she would have seen the glitching of the ghost.

It was being projected from a drone outside the window.

As Ji Chu Hua and Gu Ting Fei ran out of the hotel, as their life depended on it, neither knew the masterminds sitting on the roof.

"Do you think they left?"

Lian Ni Shang asked as she leaned over the edge, eyes peering down to the hotel entrance. Next to her was Shan Sinan. He shrugged his shoulders, indicating that he didn't know the answer to her question.

Hearing his response, she looks at the drone's owner.

Noticing her stare, Gui Tian Lan, crouching beside them, looks up at her. He grins at her and scratches his head.

"I don't know. Maybe."

Hearing this, Lian Ni Shang scoffs in disbelief. She looks down at the drone controller in his hand and then back at him.

"How do you not know? Don't you have visual?"

Gui Tian Lan gave her a nonchalant shrug and stood up.

"I do."

He raises the controller and shows her a blank screen.

"But I went in blind."

He ignores that his words have flabbergasted Lian Ni Shang and peers over the edge of the building.

"You seriously think I want to see those two without clothes on? I'll dig my own eyes out if such a thing happens."

Lian Ni Shang crossed her arms and stared at the tailor.

"Then how did you know what you were doing? Did you even get the right room? What if you had scared off some stranger?"

Gui Tian Lan couldn't believe the questions being thrown at him. He exhaled and turned to look at the cold woman when he was in front of the edge of the building.

"Don't worry. In this line of work, I got everything under control."

He looks away from the woman and nudges with his head.

"See for yourself."

Lian Ni Shang doubted his words and took a look. However, her eyes widened, and she laughed at seeing a disheveled Gu Ting Fei and Ji Chu Hua's exposed figure not too far behind him.

"Oh my. These two really are thick-skinned."

The two frantically got inside Gu Ting Fei's car and drove away at full speed. Behind them was a crowd of confused and curious people.

Lian Ni Shang taps her fingers on the edge railing and smiles.

"Looks like Miss Ji is going to be the talk of Imperial tomorrow."

Gui Tian Lan watched the sudden chaotic scene below in silence. Seeing that his job here was done, he decided to leave.

"Calling it a night."

"Gui Tian Lan, wait."

He only took two steps when Lian Ni Shang called out to him. He stops and turns to the side to look back at her.

His silence was enough to let the woman know that he was listening.

Lian Ni Shang stared at the tailor and slightly pressed her lips. Her eyes held mixed emotions before she gathered herself and parted her mouth.

"Have you found him?"

The question was simple, but only silence came in response.

Gui Tian Lan's eye slowly moves away from her as he looks ahead. His fingers curl into tight fists as if he was angry by her question. However, as quickly as that emotion came, it disappeared, and his clenched fist loosened.

"No."

Hearing this, Lian Ni Shang and Shan Sinan felt their hearts stopped for the tailor. The couple approaches him as Shan Sinan places a hand on Gui Tian Lan's shoulder.

"Gu Tian Lan, I hope you know that we are all here for you."

Lian Ni Shang nods her head and stares at her comrade.

"He's right. We are no strangers to you. When one is suffering, so is the rest."

Gui Tian Lan was grateful to have them as his friends. He looks at the couple and gives them a small smile.

"I know this may sound selfish of me, but I want to find him on my own."

His last word fell, and he walked away without waiting for a response.

The couple watched his figure disappear from the roof, and Lian Ni Shang leaned against Shan Sinan. Her head was on his shoulder with worry in her eyes.

"Do you think it was wrong of me to ask him? Will he think we are being too noisy? I only asked because it's been so many years, and he's never asked us for help."

The moment they knew of Gui Tian Lan's goal to hunt down the man who murdered his girlfriend, they wanted to help him. However, no matter how many times they offered to help him, he would always turn them down.

His refusal gave them no choice but to stand back and watch, as they did not want to lose his trust.

Shan Sinan puts one arm around his girlfriend, bringing her closer to his embrace. His head leans down to kiss the top of her head.

"No, you did nothing wrong. We wouldn't have asked if we didn't care about him."

He stares at the place Gui Tian Lan had gone and rests against Lian Ni Shang's head.

"All we can do now is continue to wait and be there when he does ask for our help."