Once Upon A One Night Stand

This conversation ended on a sour note.

Shu Tian was escorted to the detention center. Looking at the surroundings there, she sighed again that human beings were of great potential. No matter how bad the environment was, as long as they got used to it, they would be indifferent.

Like now, sitting on this wet bed, she didn't feel the uneasiness and discomfort which she had when she first came here. As long as she got used to them, everything would seem to happen naturally. This feeling made Shu Tian scared. She was fearing that her enthusiasm and thoughts would be erased in such an environment.

From Li Han's anger and the atmosphere of the court, it could be felt that the result of this trial would be more serious than what she had expected. But she still had to wait since the real written judgment would take about a month to be issued.

What the result would be?

Would it be fixed-term imprisonment or life imprisonment? How long would the fixed-term one be? Ten years, twenty years, thirty years, or even more?

Shu Tian had no courage to further think. She wrapped her arms around her knees to warm herself up as if she could only dispel the oppressive chill in this position.

"Number 0485!" At this moment, a high voice sounded outside the door, which belonged to the prison guard in charge of her area.

Now she didn't have a name, but only a string of cold numbers that were easy to remember: number 0458.

"Here!" She stood up from the bed and walked to the door. There was a small push and pull iron window which could be opened from the outside to see others' faces.

"There's a call for you. Do you want to answer it?" The attitude of the prison guard was very impertinent and his words also sounded impolite.

Hearing that, Shu Tian felt very confused. At this very juncture, was the call from Shu Changlei and Ye Lihua?

Thinking of her parents, Shu Tian could hardly retain her composure, "Yes. I'll answer it!"

The guard cast a glance at her and then opened the door to let her out. She still wore the handcuffs, but there were no anklets on her ankles. Li Han probably had pulled a lot of strings to make it.

Shu Tian walked into a room dedicated to answering the phone. It was a transparent one with several tables inside. There was a phone at the corner of the table that could only be connected but could not be called out. She picked it up and answered carefully, "Hello?"

"Hello, it's me." Unexpectedly, it was a charming male voice.

Shu Tian was confused, "Who are you?"

"Have you forgotten my voice so soon? It seems that I have to say a few more words when I see you next time." The man was skilled at making fun of her.

There was only one person who could speak to her in this tone... Meng Shichuan.

Shu Tian could not help but tighten her grip on the phone. Before she could speak, the man at the other end of the phone seemed to have read her feelings and said first, "Don't be nervous. Why are you always so afraid of me?"

She didn't reply.

Meng Shichuan stopped teasing her when he heard her breathing, which had become rapid because of the nervousness. "What's the trial going on today? How are you feeling?"

Shu Tian's eyelashes began to slightly tremble. She swallowed and then answered, "Not good."

"In my opinion, you must be unable to restrain yourself from retracting your confession in court, right?"

Shu Tian's heart skipped a beat and then she asked with a frown, "How do you know that?"

Why?

Meng Shichuan smiled, "Because I know you."

This woman had a kind of magic that made people couldn't help exploring more from her. Every time he saw her petite body, he always wanted to see how much energy it had contained. Shu Tian partly closed her eyes with a sigh and then said, "Mr. Meng, you do know me very well."

Her affirmation stunned Meng Shichuan. From their first meet to now, they had contracted each other many times. But it was the first time he heard her...affirmation for him. "It's my pleasure."

"But you don't only want me to praise you by calling me now, do you?"

Hearing this, Meng Shichuan suddenly laughed. His vocal cords vibrated and made a deep sound that was as pleasant as that of the strings of a cello being plucked. "You're right. I do have other purposes." He paused for a moment and said, "Still remember what you have promised me before?"

Shu Tian certainly understood what he meant, but this man was faster than she had imagined. He had already gotten the news not long after she left court.

But...

"I just said that I would consider it, but I didn't promise you."

Her calm reply made Meng Shichuan feel that things were getting more interesting now. "Then have you made your decision?"

Shu Tian pursed her thin lips tightly and let them go after a long time. Then she answered, "Now, there's no need to wait for the trial results."

"So?"

"I should get a severe sentence. I don't know what Li Han will do with it." Her voice sounded unperturbed, but underneath it was her helplessness and confusion.

Imprisoned here, she was unable to do or know anything. Apart from the passive wait, she had no other way to save herself and was even not allowed to have the thought of doing that.

"Shu Tian, you're stronger than any woman I've ever met." Meng Shichuan suddenly said such a sentence to her.

Shu Tian got a little bewildered because of his words, "Why do you say that?"

"Because I like you when you are so strong." Having finished his words, Meng Shichuan found that he also seemed to be a little funny. He sneered at himself, "Do you want to wait for the verdict?"

"I...haven't decided whether to leave or not."

"Listen." Meng Shichuan ignored her hesitations and then said to her word by word in a serious tone and a low voice, "On the day the verdict is to be issued, you will definitely go to the court. If you go there, you will return back. My man will drive you back. The code for you to contact is 'I want to go to the toilet'. He will reply to you 'wait a minute'. If it goes like this, that person will be credible. Then he will help you get away on the way back. And if you don't want to leave, just tell him and then he will send you back safely. I will have a Plan B to let you make your choice."

Shu Tian's heart tightened. She didn't expect that he had arranged such a detailed plan. Suddenly, she remembered something and said "damn it" in her heart, "This phone can record!"

"It's okay. I've already dealt with it. You don't have to worry."

"But..."

"Think about it. Although I have threatened you many times, this is the last chance for you to leave." Meng Shichuan was more serious than ever. "Don't worry, as long as you're willing to leave with me, I won't prevent you from returning back, and I'll give you a lot of protection. As for my purposes, they are very simple. You once saved my life and I should repay you for that. And another one is..."

Shu Tian pricked up her ears, asking, "What?"

But Meng Shichuan didn't finish his sentence, "Forget it. I'll tell you face to face in the future."

After he finished speaking, he was about to hang up when Shu Tian hurriedly called him, "Meng Shichuan!"

She would only call him by his name every time she was in an emergency, instead of a polite and annoying "Mr. Meng."

The man paused and then put the phone back to his ear, "Anything else?"

Shu Tian put her other hand, which was originally placed behind her, on phone now as if she could ask more confidently in this way. The expression in her eyes looked very complicated. Since time was limited, she had no time to think about it and just blurted out, "You like me..."