In the twinkle of an eye, my life had turned around and probably for the worse, I thought deeply while staring at the white, hospital ceiling hovering above me. Up to a week ago, I used to be the beloved heiress of the Qi family, Qi Rui. I was beautiful, smart, loved and envied by everyone simply because I was the successor to the fortune of the Qi's; one of the wealthiest families in City A. However, things took a drastic turn for me last week. First, it was the accident at the banquet. It was grandpa Qi's 70th birthday and a huge banquet was thrown in honor of that and during the banquet, a chandelier was accidentally set loose, and it fell on me. I didn't know what happened after that because I fell unconscious but when I woke up, terrifying news awaited me. Due to the accident, I lost a lot of blood and needed transfusion, but it turned out that my blood group didn't match any of my parents which was very strange and when a DNA test was carried out, it turned out to be that I wasn't the real daughter of the Qi family. It turned out that during childbirth, I was mistakenly swapped with their real daughter, and I was just the ordinary daughter of a poor couple who moved to the countryside 15 years ago and were now dead.

     It suddenly had me thinking why life was acting cruel to me. For almost 16 years, I had lived with people who turned out not to be related to me at all and when I finally found out my true identity, it turned out that my real parents had passed on, which meant that, I'd never gotten a chance to meet my biological family, and never will. In the end, the Qi family might just decide to throw me out on the streets, after all, I wasn't related to them at all, and I had been eating up their wealth for good 16 years. If they eventually did, I'd have no one to turn in the end and I dare not complain. The Qi family have been very good to me for all these years after all. My heart squeezed in pain as I realized that I was all alone in this world with nobody.

         While I say down on the bed, deep in my own thoughts, the door flew open and three familiar faces marched into the private hospital room. One of them was Qi Liang, also Mrs Qi, the daughter-in-law of the famous Qi family. As usual, she looked dazzling, and she was beautifully dressed in a long, red gown and red heels, adorned with expensive jewelries, and she wore light makeup. Beside her was Qi Longfei, Mr Qi, the only son of Grandpa Qi and the president of the Qi Corporation presently. As usual, he wore a black tuxedo, and he looked handsome, like his beautiful wife. Then, there was Old grandpa Qi, also wearing a black tuxedo. A shabby looking girl tagged behind them and her demeanor appeared very low. She had shaggy, dark brown hair, same color with Qi Liang's and beautiful crystal clear, ocean blue eyes like Qi Longfei and grandpa Qi which had me guessing that she was...

       I greeted grandpa Qi, my "dad" and "mom" to which I received quite a cold response. Qi Liang walked over to me and took my palm in hers. "My dear, how are you feeling?" she asked. I flashed her a small smile and replied with an 'I'm fine'. "OK. RuiRui, I want you to meet Yunru, the Qi's biological heiress and my real daughter" It wasn't much of a surprise to me when Qi Liang introduced me to the girl behind her. She looked very much like Longfei and Liang except that she appeared quite weak. I took the moment to access her from head to toe. She was quite pretty; fair skinned, a little above average height, she appeared to be timid, and she was skinny.

       "Nice to meet you, Miss Qi" she said in her tiny voice, and it seemed as if she was about to cry. Honestly, it was irritating when she spoke in that manner. At first, I thought she was just innocent but now, it felt like she was being forced and bullied. Also, she knew quite well that I was not the biological daughter of the Qi family, why then did she address me with such title? It felt like she was actually mocking me. I just flashed a smile to hide my irritation while Qi Liang continued... "And, that's not the best part. The best part is that, we've decided to adopt you as our daughter. You will be the second miss of the Qi family" Qi Liang said with a huge smile across her face. Hearing her words, my heart fluttered, and it melted my heart to know that even after everything, these people still wanted to take me in. It was heart-warming to understand that they still cared for me and weren't kicking me into the streets, so I could die.

         "Thank you so much, mom... I mean... Mrs Qi... "I stuttered, changing the way that I addressed her. Qi Liang only smiled the more. "You don't have to address me formally, my darling, alright? I'm still your mother" She said and hugged me. I also wrapped my arms around her back and returned the hug. I was honestly grateful for all that these people were doing for me. In the nearest future, I would make sure to pay them back for all they've given to me and all they've done for me for all these years.

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   The adoption process took a whole week and then, it was finally official: I was the second miss of the Qi family. I spent the entire week recuperating while at the hospital and I also had my parents and grandpa Qi visit me a few times. However, it was obvious that the attitude of grandpa Qi and my "father" had changed towards me, and it was no surprise to me. After all, I had caused more harm than good to them. For almost 16 years, I had lived with them, claiming to be their child and living on their wealth, whereas, I was the child of a nobody. It was pretty clear that they were only visiting not because they wanted to, but because they needed to and also because they did not want gossip circulating around. I understood perfectly well.

It was my last night at the hospital and honestly, I couldn't sleep because I knew that with this new identity, things were really going to turn around for me, and it might not be for the best. Actually, it had me really worried. After tossing on the bed for some time, I finally got up, and decided to get some fresh air outside. I disconnected all the shots from my forehead and dragged my IV along with me outside. Outside the hospital, the air was fresh, and it made me relax a bit, forgetting all about my worries.

Suddenly, I felt a big arm pull me into a dark corner of the hospital, forcefully disconnecting the IV from my wrist and pinning me to the wall. Just as I planned to scream my lungs out, the kidnapper placed his big palm over my mouth, causing my screams to become muffled sounds. When I looked up to see the person, it was a huge, tall, muscular man with a tattooed body and with one eye. He grinned widely, showing off his set of yellow, dirty teeth. Eeek!

"The Young Miss is such a pretty lady. No wonder the lady spends such a fortune only to see your downfall... "He touched my face with his other hand and then, slipped his hand under my loose, hospital dress. I wriggled, trying to free myself from his grip, but he was just too strong. "Just stay calm, miss. Let me do what I have to do, and then, you can go" he said in his deep, hoarse voice while his hands made his way to my underwear. Tears began to flow down my cheek freely. This can't be possible. I can't lose my virginity like this... No! No! No!

Just then, his hands stopped whatever they were doing and the next minute, he was lying down on the floor, knocked out. I looked up from his lifeless body and standing before me was a handsome boy with curly, jet black hair. I just started at the angel standing before me, equally dressed in a loose hospital gown. His icy blue eyes matched his jet black hair, and he was just beautiful. He had a fair, baby smooth skin and a perfectly oval shaped head with thin, red lips just below his high bridge, pointed nose, and he was tall. Furthermore, he exuded a dark and domineering aura that went along with his gorgeous looks. He... he was the one who helped me. He saved me.

A smile appeared across my face and just then, I felt dizzy and everything went completely blank.

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I woke up the next morning to the sound of the mechanical ventilator beeping. Looking around, I realized I was back in my hospital room. Last night's images flooded into my head and then, a throbbing headache followed. I remembered the man who tried to rape me, all the gibberish he spoke, and finally, the handsome boy who saved me. I looked around the room, expecting to see him, but to my surprise, the room was empty. The next minute, the doctor stepped into the room and walked over to my bedside. She checked the IV and my heartbeat, then she asked me a few questions to which I replied.

"Um... Doctor... who brought me back to my room, last night?" I asked. She looked at me with a small frown. "Speaking of which, why did you leave your room last night? It was the nurse that brought you back to your room. She said that a boy saw you lying unconscious outside the hospital and brought you in. Your IV was even disconnected! What exactly were you thinking?!" I looked down on my fingers.

"I'm sorry" I whispered. She sighed and said "You'll be discharged this afternoon, so make sure to rest. And don't get our of bed" she said, turned around and left the room. I wasn't really satisfied with the doctor's information. Who was the boy that saved me last night? That man... what happened to him? Why did the boy even save me? All these questions and many more swirled in my head and I didn't know who would answer them if I don't see that boy again. My mysterious saviour.