"Xiang gē...you sure is okay?" Asks yibo after coming back from showering. Zhan had become bluntly silent since they came back.

"I am." Smiling at Yibo. "It's just the uneasiness or maybe I'm overthinking. But I'm gladly fine. I took the medicine and ate my dinner. See?" Pointing at the empty utensils.

"My love is an obedient man." Pecking his head while Zhan closes his eyes.

"Let's sleep now." Pulling yibo inside the blanket they hug each other to sleep.

......

"Make sure you do what you always do."

"Sure."

"You clearly know what will happen to your family back in Japan. Do your work effectively. The payment will be transacted to your account. I always like your work that's why I always count on you."

"Sure."

"Okay. Everything is prepared for you. Check  before hand. And in any problem, speak it early."

"Sure."

"Say something more than sure."

"Yes sir. I will fulfill everything per your wish and satisfaction."

"That's good. You may leave." Saying so the guy left while he took his drink sipping the content to be sigh.

The next morning was another bright epoch for everyone. Zhan and yibo woke up with moaning kisses. Brushed their teeth with a lot of joke within time. Took shower together where almost Zhan dropped his urge to do it but changed his mind though yibo was more like a disturbed goat during milking. Kept teasing Zhan till the old man gave in and they did it. SWEET.

"Have pity on yourself yibo."

"What Cheng? Let him eat!!"

"Lulu Yanli. Just see! Small body but a great machine in digestion."

"Cheng, stop that. Let him be!" Yanli saves yibo more.

"Xiang gē.. keep eating...if you listen at him, you won't feed your stomach." speaking with puffed cheeks.

"I am." Smiling at yibo's cuteness.

"Zhan. Why blushing???" Raising a brow Cheng comments and all eyes look at him.

"I thought it's only me seeing him a girl? Blushing after seeing the handsome brand of the school!" Interrupts Jinah.

"Stop it guys. Don't tease him." Soothing zhan's back smiling at him and Zhan returns it.

"But yibo is more tomato sauce?" Cheng snorts.

"Ready for chicken. Who has his crush on the other?" Asks Yanli.

"Girls stuff those!" Cheng.

"Stupid." Snorts Haoxuan.

"Why? Because someone turned you down?" Speaks Su she to Haoxuan.

"You shut up!"

"So it's real Haoxuan?" Cheng asks like a stupid bat.

"Me! Who dares turn me down." Fronting his chest.

"I heard the Japanese girl turned your high face over the ground!" Yibo raises a brow after asking.

"You shut up!!"

"Don't you have anything to defend yourself with? Than shut up or speak?" Mocks Zhan and Haoxuan looks at him which Zhan dropped a laughter and amusingly Haoxuan followed suit too. others kept watching.

Not knowing you are brothers too!!

Yibo and Su she thought at the same time.

"Bitch!! No one turned me down!"

"Then?" Asks Zhan having his tasteless soup. Per the doctor's advise.

"She agreed for me to court her. I'll follow her even if she tells me to go over Afghanistan." The whole table laughed at Haoxuan shaking there heads.

"Why Afghanistan?" A participant asked.

"Well to fight with the morning gunshots till when I come back China no, Japan, will have to hear only marry me, marry me....." Laughter's developed more.

"So after gunshot sounds your ears will be used to them but after your return...

"His ears will change its mode of receiving news. And that's what he'll be hearing. Jinah  saying Haoxuan marry me." Narrated Cheng after Zhan.

People laughed with screeching sounds, from Haoxuan's funny talks. Yibo and Su she looked at the two before laughing more. Startled all others stopped listening to the two.

"Why... haha....did you stop... hahahaha.."

"Yeah..." Su she huffed for air supporting yibo.

"To listen to you of course." Sarcastically Cheng uttered

The storm asks no one when it should invade...

"Are you scared?" Asks yibo palming zhan's hand.

"Some." Unsure if how to say he feels.

"Don't worry.." smiling at him Zhan too reciprocates.

They say...where there is a will there's a way....but...

From where the car came from, no one knew. But the screeching sound with some broken bones echoed not far from where yibo and Zhan sat Inside the cafe. Worst and traumatic the crashed body is now troubling on the road, blood oozing from her mouth seen clearly with yibo and Zhan. People already started to gather but Zhan remain still. Eyes dart to the now crowded people.

"ZHAN!!!!" Calls yibo.

"She....the one." Stuttering. "From the picture."

"WHAT!!!" All eyes on yibo. "Let's go! You might catch something before it's TOO late." Pulling Zhan by arm they run outside.

"Ma'am...." Zhan already kneeling fighting his fear. "Say something at least?.. .

"Br-oth-er....ha-ve. pare-pa-re-nts....

"Please...

"Yo-u...ha-ve..." She couldn't go on because everything stopped.

Not so far from the scene, a window rolls up and the car comes back in motion leaving the area.

"She is gone Zhan. You can't revive her." Slowly Yibo speaks to the hopeless Zhan who just sat on the ground.

"Who is forbidding me to hear what I need to know? Who?"

Your father.

"Start from what she said. You heard her?" Asks yibo.

"Brother. Me! To have a sibling? And parents?" More lost.

Soon the body was taken by the ambulance to the hospital while they followed suit. Standing not so far they could see and hear how the son of the woman crying for his mother back. While Su she was standing beside him.

"That man I know him." Seems to come back to his senses. "He is the trust man of the president. He is...

"Yao listen. Crying won't bring her back but the good thing for you to do is to send her a proper farewell."

"Su she. She left me too sudden. Too sudden." Sobbing looking at his mother's lifeless, pale, silent body.

"Meng Yao. He is the one. The woman was once Introduced to me by father that she was my second mother. I don't how tables turned that she wanted to tell me about my parents and sibling." Looking confused.

"At least you came and I could see you." Came a woman's voice. "I missed you. Come and give me a hug." Spreading her arms.

"I'm not a kid anymore." POUTS zhan.

"You even do that big baby! I missed you." Straight she brings him for a hug. "I missed you boy."

Zhan sighs.

"I missed you too sister." Hugging back while yibo silently watches them.

"It's too shocking that uncle soon will be here." Looking at Zhan.

"And this is a hospital. How could the owner be this sassy! Put on representable clothes at least."

"I don't care." Setting her black glasses, hairs messy. Jeans short pant, a lousy long sleeved shirt, white Snickers.

(Janice Wu)

"Janice. Meet yibo. Wang yibo. My boyfriend."

"Really?"

"I know you won't tell anyone that's why I said it directly."

"We share Zhan. He is too handsome. Also, I love baby boys!" Pulling yibo by his arm. "What do you think kiddo."

"I'm not a kid." Politely yibo answers back.

"Then?"

"It's YiYi." Looking at Zhan. "But you can't call me that except my boyfriend. So Wang yibo is enough for you." Seriously.

"Arrogant." Snorting at Yibo she again looks at Zhan. "Zhan! I need to talk to you."

Saying so she left expecting Zhan to follow her back.

"Yibo. I'll be back."

"Sure. Go-ahead." Giving Zhan a kiss and he leaves.

"Now tell me. What's bothering you." Looking Zhan.

"I'm not an open book anymore. Ain't I?"

"I think an open textbook now?" Chuckling. "First my condolences for Aunt. Then congratulations on becoming an old man like me this old woman. Very and sincerely welcome. Even chose to court younger boys." Looking at him.

"He is someone special to me." Smiling. "When I needed someone most he was there."

"Okay. First tell me, what's bothering you?"

"That woman I'm sure she died because of me. Dada had already introduced her to me as my second mom. But she had called me recently to tell me something." So he told her everything. Janice flinched but Zhan didn't mind her thinking the news might have shocked her unknown she was deeply thinking in her mind looking at Zhan this time more.

"So? What do you think? You have a brother and parents? Real parents or.......not?"

Today is 05/October/2022 let's wish a happy belated birthday to Xiao Zhan. May the Lord stay with him all his life, loads of achievements, as well as a health life always. Hope and yibo too feels this in his heart for his gēgē's once per year day.

🎉🎉🎊🎊🎂🎂🎈🎈🎁🎁🧨🧨🎆🎆....♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️