After Bin Guan got home, he opened the drawer by his bed and took out a sketchbook . Inside the sketchbook were pages of the same drawings of the back of Xiao Ling's ear, where there was a unique crown shaped birthmark on it .

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"This is the only memory I have of you . This birthmark, that I've seen plentiful times because you always had your back towards me . Xiao Ling, where are you? I was weak in the past and you protected me during the kidnapped days . What happened? Why did you disappear?" His fingers felt the rough sketches and a frown appeared on his face .

He recalled the incident from long ago . He and Bin Ruo were playing with Ran Ran when they got kidnapped that day . When they woke up, they were already tied up in a dirty, creepy room . After a while, a girl was shoved into the room with beaten bruises on her body .

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Even though the girl had terrible blue and black looking marks, she didn't shed a tear . It was as if she was already used to such treatment . Her cheeks were swollen, and it was difficult for her to even open her mouth .

The woman who pushed her into the room was Gu Wing . That evil smirk on her face was deeply imprinted, perhaps indelible, in his brain . After Gu Wing slammed the door shut, the girl brushed her knees and walked towards the them . Bin Guan's first impression of her was that she had a beautiful pair of eyes that showed her strength . She quickly untied the three and handed them some bread that she hid in a sanitized spot .

When Qiu Rei and Gu Wing came to take the kids to make a ransom phone call to their parents, the girl followed behind them, looking pitiful . Qiu Rei used the girl as an example, demonstrating what will happen to them if they don't listen to him while staying there . He beat her with his belt in front of them and left them terrified . That was the cost of untying them without his permission .

None of them knew how long they've been trapped in the same attic . They only knew that food was given to them at different times and slowly, the four became friends . The girl's mouth was still badly bruised, so she could barely talk . The only thing they managed to get out of her is "Xiao Ling," when they asked for her name .

Since then, they've been calling her by that name and she responded with either a nod or shaking head . One time, Bin Guan bit Qiu Rei on his arm and angered him . When he raised the wooden stick in his hands, Xiao Ling took the hits for him . She dodged in front of him and covered his body . He really wanted to push her off, but she whispered lowly, "No . Stay like this . It'll be over soon . "

After a few more strikes, Qiu Rei got tired and told the guards to throw them back into the attic . Bin Guan decided that he will grow stronger and protect her when he grows up . He swore to himself that he would definitely bring her with him once their family pays the ransom . Taking a closer look, Xiao Ling's hair was cut unevenly, obviously a forced trim . When he took care of her in the attic, he noticed the crown birthmark behind her ears and remembered how it looked because of its uniqueness .

While the others were sleeping, he linked Xiao Ling and his pinky together, "Xiao Ling, I promise that I will save you from this place . So you must be strong and get better . " She was running a fever, but could still hear him . She nodded in response before knocking out from tiredness .

One night, Xiao Ling woke them up after the guards came in to make sure they were asleep . She waved and pointed towards the wall where she started pulling out loosened bricks . They followed her movements and quickly revealed a secret pa.s.sageway out . Xiao Ling guided them until they reached a small hole in one of the walls that leads back to the neighborhood . She was still running a fever and couldn't go too far .

She handed them a piece of paper of a map she drew for them to continue after crawling through the hole . They really wanted her to go along with them, but with her current condition and pace, they would end up getting caught and their efforts would become a waste . Unwillingly, the three avoided the guards and ran to the nearest police station where they called their parents to pick them up .

They gave the map to the officer and pleaded for him to go to save Xiao Ling . Unfortunately, a day later, the officers said that they already went through Yang Mansion and found nothing . Worst than that, there was no evidence or tracking of the IP address, so the officers said that they couldn't open a case file against the Yang's . They also looked for the underground attic that the kids provided a detailed description of, but they couldn't find it .

Even though the officers said they couldn't do anything, the Bin's didn't let the incident slide that easily . They cut off all their business ties with the Yang's and terminated contracts with companies that are working with that corporation . The Bin's also asked private investigators to look for Xiao Ling, but for some reason, no matter how much they looked, there was no Xiao Ling .

At one point, Bin Guan and Bin Ruo's parents were questioning whether their children had hallucinated or met a spirit of a girl around their age . Either way, they searched for years and nothing showed up . Ever since then, the Bin's have been enemies with Yang family's Yang Qiu Rei . Whatever projects that Yang Qiu Rei wanted to obtain and the Bin's happen to also have an interest in it, the Bin's would offer thrice the price for it .

Bin Guan opened his eyes and ended his flashbacks, "Where are you? Are you doing well? I still haven't fulfilled my promise to you yet . Please let me find you or come find me . I wished I could've seen your face without the bruises, so it would've been much easier looking for you . All I have is this crown birthmark of yours . "