"I need proof that my son is with his uncle." Said the politician.

"Then call him!" Yibo replied.

The politician took out his cell phone from his coat pocket and dialed a number. After a short wait, someone answered the call. "It's me. Can I please speak to my son...? What?.. Um yes, I'm alive... Please let me speak to my son... Hello my darling, it's daddy... Yes I'm fine my son. I am sorry. It was all just a misunderstanding. Daddy is really fine... Yes of course I will come to pick you up soon... I love you too... Yes, see you soon my son."

"See? We told you so! Your son is fine!" Said Yibo.

"But why did Chu lie to me?"

"Because she knew that only then would you go with her and join in." Replied Zhan.

"If you free us now and help, it will have a positive effect on any possible case against you." Explained Yibo.

"I can't." Replied the politician and took a step back. He pointed his gun at Yibo again and looked at Xian Chu, who was just coming back. And she was not alone. She had a woman with her, running in front of her while she kept a gun pointed at her. The politician's eyes widened and he asked her in shock, "What is the meaning of this? What is my wife doing here?"

"I brought her here so that you could finally get revenge for all the years she blackmailed you." Said Xian Chu.

"But I have no intention of taking revenge on her. She is still the mother of my son."

"And I am your daughter! I saved your life! Because your wife didn't care that you were the father of her son. She wanted you killed. Don't forget that."

"That's a lie! I never wanted him killed!" Whined the politician's wife.

"Don't lie to us! I know exactly what you had planned. You wanted to get rid of your husband. I heard what you said."

"I said I wanted to get rid of him. But not by murder! I was going to divorce him!"

"Liar!"

"But I'm not lying! I called my divorce lawyer and told him I want a divorce from my husband. Call him and ask him! I would never have let them kill him!"

"Lies! It's all lies!"

"I didn't lie! After our son was kidnapped, I thought it was better to separate from my husband. He should get custody of our son. Because it was only because of me that the little one was kidnapped!"

"Yeah right. And what about all his debts? How is he supposed to take care of your son if he has no money?"

"I was going to give him half my money as soon as he went to therapy for his gambling addiction. And then I wanted to leave!"

"Well, that doesn't sound very credible. With such a high politician as a husband, you have power and influence. And that's very useful for your illegal business."

"It had been like that. But now it's not like that. Now he's drawing too much attention to us and that's bad! We are under investigation! You yourself were investigating us too!"

"You know what? I'm really annoyed with you and your lies. I don't feel like listening to you anymore. It's time to punish you. And if my father can't do it, then I will gladly do it for him." Said Xian Chu. She pushed the politician's wife to the ground, pointed her gun at her and pulled the trigger! The bullet hit the head and the woman died instantly.

"What have you done?" Shouted the politician in shock.

"I did what you should have done years ago! If you hadn't been such a coward father, she would never have been able to blackmail you! You should have killed her then and there."

"You're out of your mind!"

"I'm not crazy! I just see clearly. Which you don't seem to be able to do!"

"You're completely insane! How could you just kill her like that?"

"Didn't you know it father? That's what they teach you in agent training. To kill!"

"What am I supposed to tell my son now? He needs his mother!"

"I'm getting fed up with you always talking about your son! I grew up without a mother too. She was there, but her drugs and alcohol addiction made her an absent and bad mother. I didn't even had a father."

"I'm sorry okay? I didn't know all this after all. And it's not my son's fault. Besides, he's your half-brother. Do you really want to..."

"You know father. I don't see him as my half-brother. Just because we have the same father doesn't mean I have to feel connected to him. And you're starting to get on my nerves."

"I don't want to annoy you Chu. I just want you to think before you do anything!"

"Just shut the hell up, Father! Had you ever been a father to me, I certainly would never have become like this. I only had my mother and she couldn't stand the life and guilt of her stepfather's death. That's why she preferred to open the first bottle of vodka before breakfast and have 2 lines of cocaine. I had always been on my own!"

"But I didn't know about all this!"

"You're a liar too! I know my mom wrote you letters. But you let them all be returned unread! She even tried to call you several times asking for help. But you always told her there was nothing you could do for us."

"That's not true! I never received any letters or phone calls from her! On the contrary! I tried to call her and wrote to her. But she rejected every attempt to contact her."

"Liar!"

"That's not a lie! Your mom wanted nothing more to do with me."

"Shut up!"

"No! That's enough! You're completely losing it."

"I'm not freaking out!" She shouted, suddenly pointing her gun at her father. Zhan and Yibo were silent the whole time. This was because they were busy untying each other's bonds after Zhan was able to free his hands from the bonds even further. The argument of the two was a good distraction. It allowed them to loosen the bonds unhindered.

A loud bang boomed through the warehouse. Zhan and Yibo winced in shock. For a moment they were distracted when Zhan managed to untie Yibo's right hand. They looked to Xian Chu. The latter was standing over the lifeless body of the politician, still holding her gun on him.

When Xian Chu noticed that Yibo and Zhan were looking at her, she went to Zhan. She sat on his lap and leaned against him. She put her head on his shoulder and said that it was not easy for her to kill her father, but that she had to do it. "I couldn't let my father continue to spread such lies about my mother. You understand that, don't you?" She asked Zhan.

Zhan knew he had to distract her so Yibo could continue to break free. "Yes I understand you. You really had no other choice." He said.

"I'm glad you understand me. It's better that way too. Because it wouldn't be good if we spend the rest of our lives together while you think I'm an ice-cold killer who kills senselessly."

"I would never do that Chu."

"Thanks. I'm really glad you understand me."

"Yeah sure. I totally understand you."

"So you'll come with me voluntarily then?"

"Well, I would have one condition."

"What's that?"

"You have to let Yibo go. He has nothing to do with any of this and shouldn't be punished for something he's not responsible for."

"I'm sorry Zhan. But I can't let him go. Because he would betray us."

"I don't think so. He has no reason to. Besides, he knows what you'd do to him if he did betray you. And you're too smart for all those other agents anyway."

"You're right about that, of course. I really am too smart for all of them. But if you want me to let him go, you'll have to prove to me first that you're serious about me."

"How am I going to prove it to you?"

"Kiss me. Kiss me here in front of Yibo."

"All right. I'll do it." Said Zhan. He hoped he had distracted Xian Chu long enough for Yibo to break free.

Xian Chu sat up straight. She fixed her hair and put lip gloss on her lips. She smiled and placed both hands on Zhan's shoulders as she slowly approached his lips. She was so distracted that she had even put down her gun and stopped paying attention to what was happening around her.

Thanks to the distraction Zhan had created, it was easy for Yibo to break free, stand up and grab the dead politician's weapon. And even before Xian Chu managed to press her lips to Zhan's again, Yibo grabbed her by the hair, dragged her down from Zhan's lap, and slapped her once hard across the face. "I told you I'd make an exception for you!" Said Yibo, pointing the gun at her.

Xian Chu was lying on the ground, looking at Yibo in shock. The latter kept a close eye on her as he untied Zhan's bonds. Zhan then left it to him to arrest Xian Chu and read her her rights. Zhan looked for a cell phone and found one on the dead politician. He called his boss. Now they just had to wait for their colleagues to arrive.

Twenty minutes later, the boss and some other agents arrived. They took Xian Chu into custody and secured the crime scene. Zhan and Yibo had to make their statement and could go home afterwards. But because their apartment was also considered a crime scene, they took them to Zhan's parents. They did not ask any questions, but let the two go to sleep first.

After all that had happened, Zhan and Yibo weren't sure they would be able to fall asleep despite being tired. But as soon as they had showered and were lying in bed, their eyes fell shut and they fell fast asleep.

When Yibo woke up again, he was alone in bed. Next to him was a note from Zhan, letting him know that he was downstairs in the kitchen. Yibo got out of bed and went downstairs to the kitchen as well. He hugged his mother-in-law and kissed Zhan before snuggling up to him. He was still very tired, but he didn't want to go back to sleep without Zhan.

Zhan had meanwhile told his mother what had happened. Zhan's father was shopping and also known about it. After Yibo had told his view of the events again, he felt somehow relieved. It did him good to talk about it. But it did him even more good to have Zhan hold him in his arms and give him a sense of security.

Only now, after he had rested and had time to process the whole thing a little, Yibo realized how lucky they were and that the whole thing could have ended differently. He decided to take his agent training even more seriously from now on to prevent something like this from happening again.

After a joint lunch with Zhan's parents, where Yibo got his favorite food, the two headed to their apartment, where the boss was already waiting for them. They had a new security lock installed in the apartment door and everything checked. During their search they found 4 tiny listening devices. So-called bugs, which had been hidden by Xian Chu in the apartment.

"Your apartment is now safe again. Xian Chu was interrogated. She confessed to everything. You can read about it in next week's report. I'll give you three days off first. And Yibo must also resume his agent training. But first of all, recover in these three days. We'll retire now." Said the boss and left with the agents.

As the two stood alone in their living room, looking around at the chaos, Yibo said, "True, the boss said we are safe here again now. But I don't feel safe here at all anymore."

"I can understand that. I feel the same way. Looks like we'll be looking for a new apartment again, right?" Replied Zhan.

"I'd rather have a house. Preferably in a quiet suburb with only a few residents."

"Alright. Then we'll look for such a suburb and house. For now, though, let's clean up the mess." Said Zhan. Yibo nodded. Zhan took him in his arms and kissed him. "I love you baby."

"I love you too." Replied Yibo with a smile. He took Zhan's hand and pulled him behind him. "Do you know which room is tidy? Our bedroom. And that's where we're going now. We'll go to our bed, make love, and then sleep. I don't plan to clean up or think about anything now."

"Okay." Replied Zhan and willingly followed Yibo into the bedroom.