16 Excuse me

"Yesterday." He replied.

"Yesterday? But I was in the hospital..." Yi Meng paled. "No way. You didn't!"

He laid his cool eyes on her. "Didn't do what?"

"How could you marry me when I was unconscious?"

"I have my ways." He says shrugging, running a hand through his gorgeous hair.

'Wait. Calm down Yi Meng. There must be a loophole somewhere. Hmm... Yi Lan is now officially the wife of Sora Long. This man must be Sora Long.'

Yi Meng went through Yi Lan's memories to find a loophole.

'Ah! Got it! In this world you have to be atleast twenty to get married. I'm still seventeen so I can't get married. I'm still underage.' A triumphant look appears on her face.

Sora says looking at her "Read your bio data."

Yi Meng looks and her brain stops. "Wha-? Yi Lan, age twenty? But I'm seventeen!"

"Not anymore." He said.

"How? Ugh." Yi Meng says on seeing the borth certificate in the pile. Her birth certificate had been changed and her age was written as twenty.

"Is this even legal?" She asks frowning. "Do my siblings know? Of course they don't." She says to herself.

"They are aware."

"... Excuse me?"

"I said that they know about our marriage and have no objections." His cool voice only made the usually peaceful Yi Meng infuriated.

She threw the documents on his face. "I don't care if you got these documents. I won't accept being married. Besides, I haven't even completed my studies yet."

"You will continue your studies. In your school only. Accept it. You have no choice."

"But why me?"

"You remember the car accident? The car was mine. You survived but that car didn't. I need you to either pay back for it with money, or pay back by being with me for the rest of your life." He said in a bored voice.

"Eh? How much did that car cost?" Yi Meng asked. Surely it wouldn't cost much.

"One billion dollars."

".... Can you repeat that?"

"One billion dollars."

'How much was that again? I'm unfamiliar with this currency. Let's see..... I'm sure it was more than a million. Currently, I don't even have a million, forget about billion!' Yi Meng felt like laughing and crying at the same time.

Yi Meng once again went through Yi Lan's memories and saw the one just before she died.

"You're the man who held me after I hit the car?" She asked frowning.

He nodded."If you're done with the questions, go take a shower and join me for breakfast." He said and walked out of the room.

Yi Meng was still unable to accept that she had gotten married to a stranger. Her usual calm demeanor had disappeared. Her mind was dishevelled.

'I don't believe Big brother and Sister would readily marry me off to such a person. Could it be that they know him? For the time being, I have to contact them.' Yi Meng thought.

She walked to the bathroom and pulled off her clothes. She slowly unwrapped the bandages on her body. Her pale skin glowed slightly as she stepped inside the bathtub.

"So this is called a bathtub." Yi Meng commented referring to Yi Lan's memories. "Looks like I'll have to brush up my knowledge about this world. I can't keep referring to her memories every time."

Yi Meng slowly washed off the dirt from her body. Her hands roamed around, lingering over faint scars. Yi Meng couldn't help but gasp when she felt the scars on her back. Thick, jagged lines were carved on her back. Yi Meng rose up from the warm water in the bathtub, steam hiding her beautiful jade rabbits.

She stood up in front of the mirror and turned slightly, so that she could see her back. Her eyes widened in shock. Her back was covered with huge whip, burn marks and cuts. But what stood out the most, was the black ink like mark on the area just behind her heart.

1313

Those were the digits tattoed on her body.

"1313. This was her number right? She was the 1313th Test subject." Yi Meng muttered. "It seems permanent." She said rubbing her fingers on the tattoo. "How cruel. Making a permanent mark, that couldn't be removed life long, making her always remember those horrible memories. Maybe that's what they wanted to do."

She sighed and went back to the bathtub. "Now about this Sora, what should I do? We just met and he already..." Yi Meng's cheeks were painted with a light blush. "Isn't this the same as that time?"

Yi Meng was reminded of the time when she was assaulted by those men. She shivered. "Somehow, I wasn't disgusted when Sora touched me. Why? Wasn't he doing the same as those men? Touching me without permission."

Yi Meng was confused. She didn't even realize that she had actually returned his kiss unknowingly.

"I can't even tell anyone about it. What if he tries to ki-kiss me again? Some way or the other, I have to stop him from going any further. If he sees those scars, he'll only question me."

"Wait. Why am I acting as if I have already accepted the fact that I am his wife?" Yi Meng groaned.

The water in the bathtub became cold and Yi Meng stood up. The water droplets slid down from her hair to her navel.

She wrapped the towel around herself, frowning when she realized that she didn't bring her clothes.

She opened the door and stepped out only to see that someone was already there. Sora, who had been sitting there looked up to see Yi Meng in a towel.

His face remained cool and his expression didn't change. But seeing the just bathed Yi Meng, his eyes became filled with lust.

Yi Meng stood there frozen, unable to decide whether to scream or go back to the bathroom.

Her dilemma was solved when Sora himself went out of the room. She didn't notice that his previously cold face was slightly red.

Maybe this handsome man was more innocent than it seemed.

Yi Meng let out a breath. She locked the door and then dropped her towel. A black and white dress was lying on the bed, along with some undergarments.

Yi Meng wrinkled her nose on seeing the undergarments. "What's with this lace and holes in the cloth?" Yi Meng said picking it up.

Seeing that she had no other option, she wore it.

Yi Meng grabbed the black and white dress, only to notice that it was a full suit with a zipper in the back.

"Isn't this.. Yi Lan's panda jumpsuit?" Yi Meng muttered. She zipped the jumpsuit,feeling surprisingly comfortable. Yi Meng then leapt on the bed, to check of she could move properly.

"Ah, this feels so good. It's soft and fluffy." Yi Meng comments, rubbing her hands on the hoodie of the jumpsuit.

She closed her beautiful lilac coloured eyes. The next moment, she fell asleep.

Outside, a handsome young man was wondering why the girl inside was taking such a long time.

When he saw her sleeping, he let out a sigh. He caressed her head and gave a kiss on her soft, pale cheek.

Yi Meng stirred a little, but went back to sleep.

The door closed as Sora left the room.

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