When Zhan and Yibo started the day that morning, they were in a good mood and were already joking around with each other at breakfast, teasing each other with their criss-crossing hair and still puffy eyes. They both pressed tablespoons to their eyes and even chased each other around the kitchen for a short time when Zhan took advantage of the situation where Yibo couldn't see because of the tablespoons and simply gave him a light kick in the butt.

They drove to the office in Zhan's car, stopping at Zhan's favorite bakery on the way, where they bought hot chocolate with lots of creamy foam for Yibo, an Americano for Zhan and three bagels topped with cream cheese, cucumber and tomato slices for themselves and Sia for their second breakfast at the office.

When they arrived at the office, Sia surprised them with fresh fruit salad, natural yogurt and sesame buns. They decided to bring the second breakfast forward and have breakfast together straight away. In the meantime, they discussed the day; Zhan actually had an outside appointment that had been postponed and there wasn't much else to do. Sia would answer the phone and reply to emails, Zhan would finish one or two designs and Yibo would be the moral support for the two of them and work on a new choreography that had actually occurred to him in his sleep.

Zhan had just started working on a new logo for a client when his cell phone rang. A video call from this woman. Zhan rolled his eyes in annoyance, waved Yibo over and accepted the video call. But what they saw was not Mrs. Isari. It was Isko and he was completely distraught, with blood on his clothes, on his face and nervously looking back and forth while sweat and tears ran down his face. "Oh my god! What happened?" Zhan asked, terrified and panicked.

"You... you... oh god this much blood... please you have to... please help me." Stuttered Isko.

"What happened Isko? Are you hurt?"

"What? Um, no... no I... oh no the blood is everywhere... no..."

"Isko!!! What happened? Are you hurt? What is this blood?"

"I... I'm fine... yes I'm fine. But... Zhan... she I think she's going to die."

"Who's going to die?"

"My boss. I don't know what happened... I don't know. She came back... she's... hurt. Yeah, hurt."

Yibo snatched the cell phone from Zhan's hand and spoke to Isko, "Isko, look at me."

"Um... yeah." Said Isko. The video image shook because Isko was shaking so much.

"Isko. Listen to me carefully now. You have to breathe! Don't look and just look at me. Breathe in and out very slowly and deeply. Do that a few times. You have to calm down and tell us what happened."

Isko cried bitterly, wiping his face with the sleeve of his sweater. His hand was covered in blood, as was the sleeve of his sweater. "I hate her and I always wished she was dead. But now I don't want it anymore. Not like this." Sobbed Isko.

"I know. Please breathe."

"I will."

"Good, when you've calmed down a bit, tell me exactly what you see, what happened and where the bodyguards are." Yibo said, pointing at his and Zhan's jackets at the same time. He whispered to Zhan that they would get dressed and make their way to Isko. Zhan, who was surprisingly calm, nodded and obeyed. He helped Yibo put on the jacket, then put on his own jacket, then went to tell Sia that he and Yibo had an emergency and needed to leave again. They then drove to Yibo's car, which was still in the parking lot in front of Zhan's apartment building, and got into Yibo's car, which they used to make their way to the villa.

Only when they had already reached the city limits was Isko able to tell them a little about what had happened. He began to tell them in the frightened voice of a little boy. "I was sitting at my laptop, going through business emails, when I heard a loud bang outside. The bodyguards immediately ran to the door. Then bang, bang, bang, bang. Then I heard a scream. I hid behind the desk. I heard footsteps in the house, then bang, bang, bang again. I crept into my room and hid in my closet. Bang, bang, screams, bang, bang. Shots fired in quick succession. Someone entered my room and opened my closet. Then a voice: "Come on." The closet was closed. The man left my room. More shots. Then my boss's voice. She screamed very loudly. A man laughed. She screamed again. Then the man laughed again. Stifled screams. Footsteps passing by my room again. I heard someone come into my room. And my boss was there. She was crying. I heard him choking her. Then she shrieked and I heard my bed squeak. The man laughed and asked: "Have you forgotten who you belong to?" He had a heavy accent. Then he laughed again. The bed continued to squeak. My boss cried. And then the man again: "Where have you hidden your son? Where is my brother's son? Where is A-Si? How old is he now? 26? Or 27? It doesn't matter. If I find him, I'll kill him just like I killed his father." Then my boss cried again. She replied: "A-Si is dead! He died the night he was born!" He asked again where A-Si was. She said: "You murderer! First you killed my lover, your own brother. And then you wanted to kill my son and me! And all because my heart belonged to Wang Mao alone and not to you!" Then he hit her again. She gasped. Someone from below shouted something I couldn't understand. I think it was Russian. A shot, very loud. Then the man left. I heard a car drive away. I came out of the closet. I saw my boss lying on my bed, bleeding and with her panties torn. She put her hands out for me. I went to her. She cried and stroked my cheek. "Shhh, it's all right my dear. It's going to be okay." She said and kissed my hand. Blood ran from her mouth. I started to cry. She smiled. "Shhh, it's okay. It's alright. Please call Zhan. Tell him I need to see him. I need to tell him something before it's too late." I nodded. Then she coughed and blood splattered on my face. She tried to wipe it off. "Shhh, it's okay, it's okay. I'm with you. I won't let them hurt you. Not you my dear Isko." Then she passed out and I called." Isko cried again.

Zhan sat looking out of the window. A tear had formed on his eyelid. He wiped it away and whispered softly, "What kind of sick world is this?"

When they arrived at the villa, Yibo went to his trunk, lifted the lid where the spare tire is and took out a gun case. He opened it with his thumbprint, took out the 22 Magnum, loaded it with the magazine and said to Zhan: "You stay behind me! You don't touch anything! You will ignore the bodies we will find there and only look at me. If I move, you move! Do you understand that?"

"Yes Yibo." Zhan said calmly.

"Good, I'm going to enter a code into my cell phone and send it to Agent Lee. This code means that there is an emergency and we need help. They will track our location and come here immediately. So we'll only be here alone for a short time. You don't have to be afraid. I will protect you."

"Yes, I trust you." Said Zhan. Yibo typed the code into his cell phone, sent it to Agent Lee and they walked towards the villa. Three dead men were already lying in the entrance area. One was Mrs. Isari's driver. Zhan didn't look and only looked at Yibo's back as they entered the villa. Out of the corner of his eye, Zhan saw two dead women lying on the floor. They were wearing maid's uniforms. Zhan gulped but didn't stop.

"Isko?" Yibo called out.

"Up here." Replied Isko. They went to the stairs, three more bodies. They went upstairs, again Yibo called for Isko. He looked out of a door. They went there, past two more corpses. Isko broke down crying in front of them and pointed into the room.

Yibo and Zhan entered the room. They saw Mrs. Isari lying on the bed, exactly as Isko had described. She was coughing, blood running from her mouth. There was a large bleeding wound in her stomach. Her face was swollen from the beating. "Zhan." She said in a weak voice and held a hand out to him.

Zhan went to her, covered her naked lower body with a blanket and offered her his hand. "I'm here. What happened?"

"We don't have time to explain. Zhan, I wanted to tell you on Saturday..." She coughed again "... already tell you something. Your biological parents... they were murdered!"

"What?" Zhan stared at her, stunned.

"They burned to death in the birth house. I saw a woman. She had a baby. It had deformities on its head. She strangled it until it stopped moving. I was pregnant myself and had contractions. I was scared and hid. But she had noticed me. She dragged me out of my hiding place and into the baby's room. She was standing in front of your bed. You were only a few hours old. She wanted to take you out of the crib. I managed to get up and push her away from your crib. I somehow managed to push her out of the baby room and lock her out. She was running wildly back and forth, talking to herself. And then she was gone. Shortly afterwards, screams could be heard. I saw smoke and flames. I grabbed you and another baby and managed to get you outside to safety with the last of my strength. But your parents and those of the other baby died."

"Is that true?"

"Yes. Your father was an important judge. Your mother was a very good and respected prosecutor. But they no longer had families. That's why I kept you with me for the time being. You and my son A-Si. But I couldn't keep you both. You would have been in danger with me. So I took you to the youth welfare office and said that I had been your surrogate mother and the couple who wanted you had changed their minds. I gave my son to my sister. She lives abroad. He's safe there. I always kept an eye on you. There was never a rich uncle. I orchestrated this for you. I wanted to help your parents and you. I gave them the country house."

"That was all you?"

"Yes. I'm a dangerous woman. I killed many people in cruel ways. People who did cruel things to me. I am a murderess. I killed out of revenge and greed. After my journey of suffering, I finally wanted something for myself and killed to get what I wanted. But Zhan, I would never have done anything to you. Never. I loved you like my son. I never wanted to show myself to you. Because I am a dangerous and cruel person. I never wanted you to see me like that."

"I... I understand."

"Zhan. I have something to ask you."

"For what?"

"Make sure Isko is safe. I have a lot of money in an account that only you can access. Give him some of the money and make sure he can leave the country. And Zhan?"

"Yes?"

"Find that woman who killed your parents! Find the other boy. His name is He Peng! He's a police officer. He knows that his parents died in the fire and is also looking for the woman. Team up and find her. Don't let her get away with it. Take my money and use it to find her. And don't worry. This money is not blood money. It was the inheritance my late husband left me. You will get a letter from my lawyer, it will tell you all about me and everything I know. He'll tell you where the account is and help you get the money."

"But I..."

"No, please. Let me finish. You and Agent Wang, yes I know he's an agent, shouldn't trust anyone! And certainly no one in the agency! They were never after me, they were only after my money and a USB stick with information about influential and powerful people who have a lot to lose. You'll get the USB stick from my lawyer. Give it to Agent Wang. He'll know what to do with it."

"I know that." Said Yibo, who kept his hand pressed on her bleeding wound.

"Where is my dear Isko?" She asked, her voice getting weaker and weaker.

"I'm here ma'am."

"Isko. I know I did terrible things to you and you have every right to hate me. I want you to know that I love you. I fell in love with you when you were so young and I couldn't resist my feelings. I'm sorry."

"It's okay ma'am." Isko said and sobbed.

"And Isko. Don't worry. John is alive. He's fine. I deported him back to the Philippines then. I'm sure you'll find him there."

"That was a long time ago. He'll have forgotten about me."

"No. I don't believe that. He's never been with anyone else. Find him. You can find the address in my contacts under J.K."

"Okay."

"Zhan?"

"Yes?" Zhan asked, still holding her hand.

"I hope you will be happy. Don't suppress your feelings. Even if you get a rejection, it's still better than doing nothing."

"I know."

"Be brave. Throw yourself into life and don't waste your time making plans."

"Okay."

"I'm so tired. I need to sleep."

"No! Stay awake!" Yibo shouted. But Mrs. Isari had already closed her eyes. She breathed, coughed up blood again, breathed and then her chest remained motionless. Isko fell to his knees, weeping, and stroked the face of the now dead woman who had done so much to him, but with whom he had spent almost his entire life.

Yibo grabbed Zhan and took him outside. "Don't tell anyone what she just told us." He said as they saw several SUVs and ambulances approaching the villa.

"Don't worry. I'll keep quiet." Zhan replied.

While Yibo explained to his colleagues from the agency what had happened, two paramedics took care of Isko, who had suffered a severe shock. Other paramedics found two survivors who were only slightly injured. The agents found two women who had hidden like Isko. And Zhan stood on the sidelines, watching it all and saying to himself, "Let the games begin. I'll find you bitch! You'll pay for killing my parents!"

A/N: Well? Who would have thought that Isla Isari wasn't the real threat to Zhan and would die? But if it's not her? Then who is? And I can tell you this much already. It's not Agent Nax either!