The helicopter landed in the open field in front of Zhan's parents' country house. Yibo and the director rushed to the house and arrived there at the same time as Zhan's parents, who had immediately made their way back after Yibo called them in a panic and asked if they knew where Zhan was. The four of them rushed into the house and searched the whole place. The time was pressing. During the flight, Yibo and the director learned that the surveillance team outside the house of Kira Bell and the two men had been found dead in the car. Nor did they receive any better information from the surveillance team nearby. They too had been killed. So they hoped to find Zhan in the house. But there was no sign of Zhan anywhere.

A call from the headquarters explained that Zhan's cell phone signal had been tracked for the last time in the area. They sent the data to the cell phones of Yibo and the director. Yibo took a closer look at them. "Looks like he went for a walk." He said, tracing the line above his cell phone display that indicated the path Zhan's cell phone signal was taking.

Zhan's father also looked at Yibo's cell phone and said, "He's obviously gone off the road. But I'm not surprised. Zhan often gets lost in his thoughts and just wanders around aimlessly. And the last ping was over there at the edge of the forest."

"We'll wait here for the team and then go into the forest together. And until then, it would be good if you could tell me if there are any places in the forest where you can hide." Said the director, addressing Zhan's parents.

"There's not much. There's just an old forest hut there. But there's an entrance to a bunker in it." Zhan's father replied.

"A bunker? Is it accessible to everyone?" Yibo wanted to know.

"It shouldn't really be. But as far as I know, the bunker door has never been locked. Until a few years ago, a man from the village used to go there regularly to see what was going on. He once said that wild animals were always retreating into it and that's why the bunker door was never locked. As far as I know, no one has entered the bunker since he died." Zhan's dad explained.

"Can the bunker be reached by car?" The director wanted to know.

"No, you can't. The trees are too dense for that. And to be honest, the path through the forest is quite difficult. The closer you get to the bunker, the denser the overgrowth of trees and thorny bushes. But that also means that if someone has been there in the last few days, we can clearly see it in the vegetation." Zhan's mom explained.

"That's true. The bigger problem is that the upper part, the visible bunker, was supposed to be a guard post back then. There are openings to see if an enemy is approaching and openings for weapons. The door of the bunker is massive and cannot simply be kicked in. And then there are two more massive doors inside the bunker." Said Zhan's dad.

Zhan's mom remembered that a few years ago, when she and her husband had just moved into the country house and were exploring the area, they had taken pictures of the outer and inner bunker. She still had them on her cell phone and quickly looked them up. When she found the pictures, she passed the cell phone to Yibo, who then looked at the pictures together with the director. Yibo also sent the pictures to his own cell phone. "The pictures will definitely help us." Yibo said and then sent them to the director. Then silence fell between the four of them.

After about 15 minutes, they finally received the message that the first team would be there in about 10 minutes. Yibo felt that the time they spent waiting and still waiting and then having to confer was wasted time. And apparently Zhan's father thought so too. Because he secretly slipped Yibo a handgun with a silencer and 8 full magazines. They only communicated with each other by looking at each other. And the look on Zhan's father's face said: "Go!"

Yibo went upstairs to Zhan's room and took his Delta combat vest out of his suitcase. For some reason, he had packed it with him. Which he was glad about now. Zhan's father came to him and gave him a set of camouflage clothing that he had actually bought for hunting in the forest and hadn't used yet. Yibo thanked him, quickly put it on over his combat vest and then jumped out of the window and hurried towards the forest. Enough waiting! He would save Zhan!

Meanwhile, in the bunker...

After only 15 minutes, Kira Bell returned to Zhan in the room. She ate a banana, checked his restraints and smackingly told him that she was no longer angry with him. But Zhan didn't care about the latter. Yes, it was true that Isla Isari, the brothers and perhaps she too had had a terrible life. But that didn't mean that Zhan hadn't also suffered in the last few weeks. Although he had to admit to himself that he had coped well with it all because Yibo was with him. Yibo, his idol, helped Zhan to cope with everything.

At the thought of Yibo, Zhan had to fight back the tears that were welling up. He didn't want to give Kira Bell the satisfaction of seeing him cry. He wondered if Yibo had noticed what was happening to Zhan by now? Was Yibo perhaps already looking for him? And would Yibo find him before Kira Bell and those two giants could drag him off and take him who knows where?

"What's wrong with you? A few minutes ago you told me in a combative manner that your boyfriend would find you and kill me. And now you're silent?" Kira asked after Zhan refused to take a bite of her banana.

"Oh, believe me. That's how it's going to be. Yibo will find me." Zhan replied defiantly.

"Yeah, right." Kira laughed and ate the rest of her banana in one bite.

"Yibo loves me and will do whatever it takes to find me!" Zhan replied stubbornly. He would never doubt Yibo's abilities! He just knows that Yibo would never give up on him and would turn over every stone just to find him.

"Love? Love doesn't save anyone Zhan. Look at me. I loved Isla. And I couldn't save her either. She's dead because I couldn't save her, even though I loved her."

"Shit! If you really loved her, you would have killed Pete Kapajewski before he could kill her! You let him torture, rape and kill her!"

"You have no idea. Do you think it was easy to fight him? He was a murderer. He was manipulative. He even got Joe and Terry on his side! What could I have done?"

"You could have freed her when they were all asleep. You could have got her out. There's always a way!"

"You say that because you have no idea what it was like." Kira replied haltingly.

Zhan listened up. Was there a tremor in Kira Bell's voice? Had he hit a sore spot with her? He knew he couldn't stop now. Because that way he could keep her at bay. He didn't want to experience her rubbing against him, touching him or kissing him again. So he said: "Yes, yes. Just tell yourself that. I bet Isla Isari has spent every second of the rest of her life hoping that you will finally save her."

"You have no idea!" Kira hissed and slapped Zhan across the face, causing Zhan's lower lip to split and start bleeding. "I would have saved her if I could have! Isla didn't want me to put myself in danger. She told me to take care of myself."

Zhan ran his tongue over the bleeding spot on his lip, licked the blood off and spat it onto the floor. "And yet she was hoping you would save her!" He insisted angrily and spat again. Let her hit him. He didn't care. The main thing was that she didn't mug him again and kiss him.

"You asshole! Who do you think you are? Do you think I'm sparing you just because Isla Isari saw a son in you?"

"If she saw a son in me and you loved her. Then why are you doing this to me? Why did you blackmail me and even kidnap me? Why did you kiss me, touch me and rub yourself on me when you know that my heart and my body belong to Yibo alone? You didn't love Isla! You only loved the idea of loving her!"

"Keep it up and you'll see what I'm capable of!" Kira threatened him.

"Do whatever you want. Yibo will pay you back a thousand times over!"

"I'm not giving myself that shit again. Your Yibo is just a weak, spoiled idol. He won't hurt anyone."

"Don't fool yourself. He's a lion and you're his prey now. And he won't give up until he's found and killed you!"

"A lion?" Kira asked and began to laugh uproariously. "He's a tamed lion at best. As soon as he's scratched behind the ears, he starts purring."

"No one can tame him!"

"Yes, of course. Wake up Zhan. Your Yibo is about as wild as a newborn kitten."

"Well, you don't know him. That's why you have no idea what Yibo is capable of."

"You..." Kira stopped as Joe came running into the room. "What's wrong?" She asked Joe.

"Terry and I saw a rabbit. Should we catch it? We could barbecue it in the evening." Said Joe.

"A rabbit." Said Kira and thought for a moment. "Yeah, sure. Catch it if you can."

"Fine. We..." Joe broke off as a clatter was heard from another room.

"What's your idiot brother done now? Go and see!" Kira ordered. Joe nodded, hurried off and then Kira listened. She was about to turn to Zhan when Joe tumbled backwards into the room, falling to the floor and bleeding from a small round hole in his head. "What the hell?" Gasped Kira.

"It's him!" Mumbled Zhan. He could feel that Yibo was there.

Kira grabbed the scissors from the table and searched in her handbag for something. But she couldn't seem to find it and promptly dumped the contents of her handbag on the floor. "Damn it! Where's my gun?" She asked, without taking her eyes off the open door. She jumped up and held the scissors facing forward when a shadow appeared at the door. "Who's there?" She asked, and this time Zhan clearly heard the fear in her voice.

The shadow stepped forward and Zhan cheered, "Yibo." He shouted joyfully.

"Are you alright baby?" Yibo asked, pointing his gun at Kira.

"Not really." Replied Zhan.

Yibo looked at Zhan and saw his free upper body. An anger rose in him that he had never known before. "What did they do to you?" He wanted to know. Zhan told him and Yibo's anger turned into a sea of flames of hatred. With a few steps he had reached Kira, who held her hands up.

"I surrender." Kira said, dropping the scissors.

"You surrender? Mhhh... no. That's not good enough for me." Yibo hissed and shot her in the left hand. Kira cried out in pain. She pressed her wounded hand to her body and her healthy hand over it. Yibo pulled her healthy hand up and shot it. "That's for touching my husband!" Yibo roared, seething with rage. Then he rammed his fist over her mouth. "And that's for daring to kiss him!"

Zhan had hoped that Yibo would avenge him. Yet he couldn't look and only heard what Yibo was doing to her. And finally, after Zhan had not only averted his gaze but also closed his eyes tightly, he heard Yibo finish her off. He shot her in the head. And just to make sure she couldn't get up again, Yibo shot her in the head a second time.

Zhan kept his eyes closed for another two or three seconds. Then he slowly opened his eyes as Yibo appeared beside him and began to undo his restraints. As soon as Zhan was free, he wrapped his arms around Yibo and cried with relief. "I knew you would find me." Zhan said, sobbing.

Yibo kissed Zhan's face and hugged him tightly. "I would find you anywhere, anytime." Replied Yibo.

"What about Terry?" Zhan wanted to know. Because somehow he hoped that at least Terry was still alive. After all, Terry is a child in a man's body.

"He's alive. When he saw me come into the bunker, he threw himself on the floor. And when I saw how tightly he clutched his sheets and crayons and immediately started crying, I couldn't hurt him. I tied him up."

"Good." Zhan said and walked with Yibo to Terry, who was still crying.

"Don't hurt please." Whined Terry.

"If you don't hurt us, we won't hurt you." Said Zhan.

"Terry promises not to hurt Sean and his friend." Replied Terry.

"Good, then we'll take you to a place where you can live with other people and paint a lot." Yibo said and helped Terry to his feet.

Zhan took the sheets of paper and colored pencils from Terry and also the pictures he had painted. Terry looked at him with relief, then followed the two of them out of the bunker without any problems. They stopped for a moment because Yibo had to call the director, then they made their way back. Yibo held Zhan's hand tightly and was relieved that he was able to free Zhan so quickly.

After a good hour, they reached the country house. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Zhan and Yibo safe and sound. Zhan's parents and grandfather ran up to them and hugged Zhan. They thanked Yibo and wondered why the two of them had brought Terry with them. Because they assumed that Yibo would kill all three of them.

"Terry surrendered immediately. I would like to ask that he be taken to a special facility. He's a murderer, but he's still a child in a man's body. What he needs is not prison, but a facility where he can be cared for the way he needs to be cared for." Said Yibo.

"I want to ask for that too. Terry didn't hurt me and even gave me something to drink." Said Zhan, showing his grandfather the pictures Terry had drawn.

"All right, then. I see what you mean. I promise we'll take him from here to an institution. I suppose there's no point interrogating him without a psychiatrist anyway." Said the director. Then he put an arm around Zhan and whispered: "I'm only doing this for you because you're my grandson. Otherwise, I would have just put him in jail and let him rot there."

Zhan nodded to show him that he understood. Then he handed Terry the pictures, sheets of paper and crayons after Yibo had taken off his handcuffs. "Thanks Sean. Um... where do I go now?" Terry wanted to know. Since no one had spoken English in his presence, he didn't know what had been discussed. So Zhan explained it to him and Terry nodded. "Will you come and visit me there too? You said we were friends. So will you come and see me?"

"Of course I'll come and visit you. And I'll bring you something great to paint with." Zhan promised. Although Zhan was aware that Terry had killed and looked like a colossus, he couldn't help but see a vulnerable boy in him. And apparently he wasn't the only one. Because someone from the Federal Intelligence Service team put the painting materials on Terry's lap after they put him in the van. They also refrained from tying him up so that he could continue painting.

Two more hours passed in which Zhan and Yibo had to make their statements and the team recovered the bodies of Kira Bell and Joe Brice from the bunker before Zhan and Yibo could finally go upstairs to Zhan's room and be alone. And as soon as they were in Zhan's room, Zhan fell into Yibo's arms, kissed him and said, "I'm so grateful for your love. And thank you for saving me."

Yibo gently stroked Zhan's cheek, kissed it and replied: "Thank you for your love and trust. No one can separate us. No matter where you are, I can find you anywhere. I would move heaven and hell to find you. I love you Zhan."

"And I love you." Zhan replied. Then the two of them went into the bathroom, showered together and fell into a deep, restful sleep.