Zhan looked at Jiyang, unable to say anything.
He knew that Jiyang had never forgotten Bowen.
If Bowen were alive, Jiyang would be desperate to be with him.
Zhan leaned back on the car seat, feeling helpless and sad.
“Everyone has his own way to go, you can’t replace him, nor can he completely listen to your advice. So, you don’t have to worry. This is life.” Yibo advised Zhan to stop feeling sad about it.
Zhan wiped his wet eyes slightly and said, “I’ll call Haoxuan.”
“Let me do it.” Yibo called with his car phone.
When Haoxuan answered the phone, he sounded surprised. “Mr. Wang?”
“Mr. Song is asleep. Zhan and I are on our way to take him back. We will be in Springhill Villa in ten minutes.” Yibo gave a brief explanation.
“Yes, I’ll wait for you at the door.”
***
When Yibo pulled up to the front of Haoxuan’s house, Haoxuan had been waiting at the gate for a long time.
When the car stopped, Haoxuan approached them, Yibo quickly got out, “In the back seat.”
Yibo pulled open the backseat door. Haoxuan saw Jiyang on Zhan’s legs in the warm yellow light of the street lamp. His eyelashes were curling, and he was calmly beautiful when he was asleep.
Haoxuan bent down to pull Jiyang off Zhan and smelled alcohol.
“Is he drinking?” he asked.
“He’s in a bad mood,” Zhan explained. “You should know that your parents want him to have children.”
Although it was not entirely for this reason that Jiyang drank, he was indeed in a bad mood for this matter so Jiyang asked Zhan out for dinner.
And Zhan could only use this excuse to cover up Jiyang’s obsession with Bowen.
Haoxuan looked a bit embarrassed after hearing this, and he blamed himself, “It was my fault. I didn’t protect him well.”
“They’re your parents. It’s understandable that they want grandchildren. You don’t have to blame yourself too much.” Zhan felt guilty about not telling the whole truth.
“I’ll handle this. Sorry to incommode you.”
“Don’t say that. Jiyang is my best friend.” Zhan looked at Jiyang being supported by Haoxuan and said, “Please take care of him tonight.”
Haoxuan hugged Jiyang up. “Thank you for bringing him back.”
“You’re welcome.” Zhan shook his head. “I’ll leave Jiyang to you. We’ll go back first.”
“Mr. Xiao, rest assured. I will do everything I can not to make him feel wronged and I will take good care of him.”
Because Zhan was Jiyang’s best friend, he wanted to let him rest assured.
“I believe you can do it.”
Zhan bade goodbye to him and left with Yibo.
Haoxuan looked down at Jiyang in his arms.
Haoxuan carried Jiyang upstairs to his bedroom, put him on the bed, and tucked him under the covers.
He then went to the bathroom, brought a basin of warm water, and wrung out a clean white towel to wipe Jiyang’s face.
Jiyang felt itchy on his face and drove that hand away with a frown.
Haoxuan watched his sleep peacefully, like a contented child, without the harsh look when he confronted him. And the faint red on his pale face added a touch of charm.
Haoxuan continued to wipe his neck and hands. After that, he picked up a chair and sat beside the bed, staring at Jiyang, He didn’t say or do anything, just stare at him closely, as if he enjoyed doing this.
He took Jiyang’s right hand gently and pressed Jiyang’s hand against his face, feeling his warmth.
Today he was taken away by his father, who told him to have a baby with Jiyang.
He said that if the husband and wife did not want to end up setting apart, th0ey should have their own children. With the bond, the risk of setting apart could be lowered.
Both the Wen family and the Song family were big ones. Jiyang was the only child of the Song family and the Song Group would be inherited by Jiyang sooner or later. As the son-in-law of the Song family, he would naturally be the owner of the Song Group.
Haoxuan understood what his father meant. Rong wanted to strengthen the marriage between the two families, but he did not want to force Jiyang.
It would be nice if Jiyang would be willing to have a child for him, but he didn’t know if that day would come.
In the middle of the night, Haoxuan was awakened by Jiyang’s somniloquy.
“Jiyang, what are you talking about?” Haoxuan woke up with his hand clutching Jiyang’s.
By the light of the bedside lamp, he could see Jiyang wringing his eyebrows, sweat oozing from his forehead, and his head moving from side to side as if Jiyang had a nightmare.
“Don’t go, don’t leave me.” Jiyang clutched Haoxuan’s hand nervously. “Don’t leave me alone.”
Haoxuan felt that Jiyang was clutching him strongly, and he patted the back of his hand soothingly. “Don’t worry, I’m here.”
“Bowen… Bowen…I miss you, miss you so much…”
Jiyang had no pressure at the moment to release his crazy missing for Bowen, and with a sad sound, he called Bowen’s name again and again.
But the name made Haoxuan freeze. He suddenly felt Jiyang’s hand was no longer warm.
His eyes widened, and he was stiff. The world seemed to fall into dead silence, with only Jiyang’s sound leaving.
The name was both close and distant from his world, but it seemed to tear something apart bit by bit.
He did not know what it was, but he seemed to be drowning in the water, and he felt uncomfortable and suffocated.
He desperately wanted to swim underwater, to breathe the air on land, and to survive.
But no matter how he swam, there seemed to be no end. He was panic.
“Bowen… Didn’t we say that we will never be apart?”
Haoxuan gave a jolt, as if he had had a terrible dream.
He let go of Jiyang’s hand, slumped against the back of the chair, and slowly closed his eyes.
He had also heard about Jiyang’s past.
He had heard about Bowen, who Jiyang had fallen in love with when he was a young.
But the man seemed to be dead, which was why Jiyang would become a heartless person as he was now.
But as far as he was concerned, Bowen had been living in Jiyang’s heart, and no one could ever replace him.
Haoxuan closed his eyes and raised a wry smile.
***
The day was about to break.
Jiyang woke up with a splitting headache and found himself on his bed in his bedroom.
Thinking about what had happened the day before.
Had he forgotten something important?
Jiyang racked his brain, but he could think of nothing. So, he just called Zhan and asked him what had happened.
Zhan just arrived at the company. He put his bag on his desk and said, “Jiyang, are you OK? Did you have a headache after drinking so much?”
“Zhan, was it Haoxuan who took me home yesterday?” Jiyang had no idea of what happened last night. “Didn’t I have dinner with you?”
“Yibo and I took you home.” Zhan was surprised. “Don’t you remember?”
“No.”
“So, you don’t remember you went for a drink with Mr. Zichen?” Zhan leaned against the desk.
“Zichen?” Jiyang was shocked and she had a bad feeling. “I haven’t done anything wrong, have I?
“You forced Mr. Zichen to drink with you and cuddle with him. And you didn’t want to go with me.” Zhan was really helpless.
Jiyang knew that Zhan would not lie to him, “So, what was his reaction?”
“Looking at you with disgust,” Zhan said with a low laugh, “You know, no one likes to be pestered by a drunkard. I’d hate it too.”
“But don’t worry about it. Mr. Zichen wouldn’t take it to heart. But you have to mind your behavior and don’t make a joke of yourself.”
“Everyone in the restaurant saw it?” Jiyang felt embarrassed when he thought about what had happened.
Zhan didn’t answer, but Jiyang knew everyone had known about it.
“But Haoxuan doesn’t know about that.” Zhan reminded him, “But you are husband and wife, so you still have to deal with it properly to avoid any misunderstanding.”
Zichen was Qing’s boyfriend, and he was Haoxuan’s wife, but he was so intimate to Zichen and had been seen by the staff of his restaurant. If Haoxuan or Qing knew about it, that would be terrible.
“I see,” Jiyang sighed. “Go busy with your work.”
Zhan looked at the screen, feeling worried for Jiyang,
Getting drunk was easy to get into troubles. That was universally true.
***
“Mr. Xiao, it’s ready to have a meeting.” The assistant knocked on the door to remind him.
The meeting lasted fifty minutes. When it was over, Zhan went to Lixian’s office.
“What’s up, Zhan?” Lixian looked at Zhan
Zhan walked over, and took out a large red invitation letter from the folder and placed it in front of him.
It was a Chinese design invitation letter, very beautiful. It must be designed by a famous artist and cost a lot of money.
“I’m having my wedding next month, and I invite Mr. Lixian to attend my wedding.”
When Lixian saw the red invitation letter, he knew it was a happy event for Zhan and Yibo. “I will definitely attend your wedding with Mr. Wang, Congratulations!”
“Thank you.” After getting to know Lixian well, Zhan had become friends with him.
“I’ll go busy with my work now.”
Zhan had just reached the door when Chen Zhouxuan came in.
Zhan and Zhouxuan happened to meet each other’s gaze, and the latter smiled with pride.
“Mr. Xiao is here too. Today it’s my birthday. I will treat the design department to dinner tonight. Mr. Li and Mr. Xiao, welcome to the party.”
“And didn’t our department do a good job this time? We want to celebrate it as well, so Mr. Li and Mr. Xiao, you can’t be absent.”
Lixian looked at Zhouxuan and nodded. “Yes. Go back to your work.”
“Mr. Xiao, be there on time.”
“Definitely.”
Zhan was graceful and calm in the face of Zhouxuan.
When he got back to the office, Mianmian came over and said, “Mr. Xiao, are you invited to Zhouxuan’s birthday dinner today?”
“I happened to meet her in Mr. Li’s office, and she invited me.” Zhan tried to get the cup but found it was gone.
Mianmian placed her cup on his desk and said, “Here’s your coffee.”
“Thank you.” Zhan took it and took a sip.
“Mr. Xiao, I heard that the Zhouxuan’s birthday was held in No. 8 Club by her boyfriend, Linyu. She just wants to show off that she has a rich boyfriend so that everyone can envy her.” Mianmian sneered.
“Well, it depends on how you see the matter.” Zhan was not envious. “It’s her ability to have a rich boyfriend.”
“I don’t envy her anyway,” Mianmian said. “I heard that Linyu is not a dedicated lover and has dated a lot of women. I’m sure Zhouxuan isn’t the first and won’t be the last.”
“You’d better not talk about other people’s business too much.” Zhan didn’t want Mianmian to get into troubles.
Mianmian was good but she was outspoken. Sometimes she didn’t know how she had offended others.
“I’m only telling you, and I don’t dare to tell others.” Mianmian had learned to be careful after she suffered a loss.
The time passed quickly, and it was lunch time now.
Zhan sent a message to Yibo during his lunch break. “Have you eaten yet?”
“Yes, What? Missed me?” Yibo replied.
According to Yibo’s style, if he could solve a matter with a phone call, he wouldn’t do it with text messages.
When he got together with Zhan, he was influenced by him and used text messages more often.
Sometimes he felt this way of contact was quite romantic. They could communicate slowly on the message.
Zhan looked at Yibo’s reply and smiled helplessly. “I want to tell you that there will be a birthday party in the company tonight, so I will not go back for dinner. Please take good care of yourself, and Fei and grandpa.”
“Mrs. Wang, you seem to have more social activities than I am.” Yibo sounded unhappy that he was being left out.
“I just happen to be busy these two days.” Zhan explained.
“You must make it up to me.”
“OK, I’ll make it up to you when I go back home, alright?”
Zhan calmed Yibo, “Be good, Mr. Wang.”
After work, Lixian offered to give Zhan a drive.
Zhan seldom drove to the office. He usually went to work with Yibo, so Lixian asked him to go to No. 8 Club with him.
Lixian and Zhan went to No. 8 Club together.
Zhouxuan arrived early because she had asked for half a day’s leave, and dressed herself very beautiful and delicate.
Today she was the protagonist and she was gorgeous.
But as usual, Zhouxuan and some of the colongues plan to Slender Zhan to have an affair with Lixian and marry an old man for money.
But they didn’t know this will dig there own grave…
One girl name Shuli took out her phone and showed the photos.
The pictures showed Lixian and Zhan having dinner together, talking and laughing, and Lixian holding Zhan’s waist intimately, and some pictures looked like they were kissing.
In the photo of Lixian holding Zhan on the waist, that was because Zhan sprained his ankle, while in the photo of kissing, it was because of shooting position.
This couldn’t be regarded as evidence at all.
Zhouxuan looked at the photos on the phone and frowned, “Mr. Xiao, I wanted to say something nice for you, but these pictures… Why are you doing this when you are already married?”
“Oh!” Zhan smiled faintly. “Is that the evidence? Do you see anything? Haven’t you ever had dinner with a friend? Haven’t you been supported when you sprained your ankle? Show the sound proof. Do you have a picture of us on the bed? I want to enjoy it too.”
Crowd was choked by Zhan. And she was so furious that she couldn’t utter a word.
Then suddenly someone came and stand beside him.
Zhan looked at Yibo, who suddenly appeared, “Why are you here?”
“Should I let others bully you like this?” Yibo tightened his eyebrows and he looked fierce.
“Am I not working on it? But your coming here stops me from showing my skills.” Zhan gave a slight shrug.
The crowd was shocked too. Zhan’s husband was not an old man of fifty, nor was he ugly.
But they had never thought that Wang Yibo, the president of Wang Group and the descendant of the hundred-year-old Wang family, was Zhan’s husband!
Zhouxuan was the angriest. She thought she was doing a good job in hooking up with Linyu, but she did not expect that she was far behind Zhan.
She was trying to make Zhan look stupid, but she let Zhan steal the show.
“I’m not some old, ugly man. Did I disappoint you?” Yibo grinned coldly.
The cold look in his eyes made everyone tremble.
The crowd shook their heads and quickly denied, “No…”
Zhan was amused to see the funny faces of these people.
Mianmian also looked down on these people, “Are your tongues bitten off by a cat? You can’t even speak clearly.”
Then she said to Yibo, “Mr. Wang, I was not saying you’re an old man, and I’ve always been on Mr. Xiao’s side, I admire Mr. Xiao most, so I’m sure the man he chooses must be excellent! Sure enough, Mr. Wang is amazing!”
Mianmian gave him a thumbs-up as she said so.
Zhan gave her a shallow smile. “Thank you, Mianmian.”
“You are welcome. Those people only want to bully you.” Mianmian patted her chest. “But I’ll protect you.”
“Mianmian, right? Thank you.” Yibo thanked Mianmian, “I owe you a favor. If you need any help, just let me know.”
“Thank you, Mr. Wang.” Mianmian was so happy.
Yibo’s eyes swept over the others, especially the girl Shuli, who was so shocked.
“For anyone who shows no respect for my wife, I will hold them to account.”
“Mr. Wang, please let me go.” Shuli begged again and again.
But the police were already here and arrested her.
And Zhouxuan, who should be the protagonist of the party, looked a bit embarrassed.
“Mr. Xiao, I’m sorry for misunderstanding you and Mr. Li, and I hope you won’t blame me,” apologized Zhouxuan.
“Zhouxuan, you’re the kind of person who jumps on the bandwagon,” Mianmian said sarcastically.
“I was just misled by Shuli’s evidence. I didn’t mean it,” Zhouxuan defended herself.
Lixian adjusted his mood. “Zhouxuan, you are fired.”
“Fired? I didn’t make any mistake in my work, Mr. Li, you can’t fire me for personal matter.” said Zhouxuan.
“The company doesn’t need a troublemaker like you!”
“What a lame reason.” Zhouxuan took Linyu, who had been silent, and shook him by the arm. “Honey, you have to help me.”
Linyu shook off her hand. “Zhouxuan, let’s break up.”
He didn’t want to offend Lixian for Zhouxuan. And he didn’t dare to offend Yibo and Zhan for her!
He was nobody compared with Yibo.
“What did you say, Linyu?” Zhouxuan was dumbstruck and said angrily, “I don’t agree!”
“It’s your business if you don’t agree. Your business is none of my business.” Linyu just wanted to get rid of Zhouxuan. “Mr. Wang, Mrs. Wang, Mr. Li. I am leaving now. Enjoy yourselves.”
With that, Linyu ran away.
Zhouxuan was so angry. Tonight, she not only lost her job, but also got dumped, which was the biggest joke in her life ever.
“Happy birthday, Miss Chen!”
The first time she saw Yibo, he gave her a birthday present that she would never forget.
Yibo left with Zhan in a cool way. From that day on, no one dared to look down on Zhan anymore.
***
On the way back, Zhan asked Yibo, “What brought you here?”
“I happen to have dinner here.” Yibo looked at him lovingly. “The one who invited me to dinner happened to choose the Club. Miss Chen had such a big party on her birthday that it was hard not to draw attention.”
“That’s why I came to see you, I didn’t expect Mrs. Wang to be so envied and someone even thought I am an old and ugly man. How could I live with that?”
“Some people should be taught a good lesson before they learn how to stay low-key. They all know you are Mrs. Wang now. With me around, no one will dare to bully you anymore.”
Yibo caught Zhan’s hand. “Does it hurt?”
“It’s much better.” Zhan shook her head.
“No matter who they are, as long as someone dares to bully you, I won’t let them go.” Yibo clenched his hand and said, “Just admit that you are Mrs. Wang in the future, and see who dared to be so rude.”
“Do you think anyone will believe me if I say so?” Zhan thought Yibo was too naive.
“Can a marriage certificate be false?” Yibo raised his eyebrows.
“I can’t carry my marriage certificate with me every day and then show it to others to prove my identity.” Zhan laughed at Yibo’s foolishness, “You must know that most people in the world want you to be worse off than they are, otherwise how could there be any rumors about me marrying an old and ugly man?”
“It was because they would not believe that I would be married to Wang Yibo. Sometimes people like to deceive themselves. You should know about that.”
Yibo understood, “Women’s jealousy is scary.”
Men were straightforward.
“Of course it’s scary, otherwise Lingjiao and I wouldn’t have had quarrels and we end up like enemies.” Zhan wished Lingjiao was still the sweet little girl who was always pestering him and called him brother, instead of the girl she grew up with an evil mind.
“It has nothing to do with you. She deserves it and no one is to blame.” Yibo let out a cold snort.
Yibo had never hated a woman so much in his life. Lingjiao had always broken his bottom lines, which made him detest her very much.
She deserved to be in prison. After all, what she did would eventually come back to herself.
“How long will she be sentenced?” Zhan asked him faintly.
“The sentence for intentional injury is not more than three years and for serious injury is more than three but less than ten years. How long do you want her to be sentenced?” Yibo looked at Zhan.
“Just act in accordance with the law.” Zhan knew that as long as Yibo took out more evidence, Lingjiao would be charged with more crime and got more punishment. “Three years is enough for her to reflect on herself.”
Lingjiao had kidnapped Zhan last time, and she put Yibo’s life in danger. It was possible that Lingjiao would be sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Yibo reached over Zhan’s shoulder and took him in his arms. “You can feel relieved now.”
Zhan laid his head on Yibo’s shoulder and smiled contentedly.
***
Back in Cloud Community, Grandpa and Fei had rested. Zhan took a bath first and lay down in bed. And Yibo went to bed too.
Zhan took the initiative to lean over and habitually fell asleep in Yibo’s arms. The fresh smell of his body after the bath filled the air and refreshed his heart and soul.
Yibo gazed at him closely, “You want it?”
Zhan was embarrassed by Yibo’s frankness, and his face blushed.
Zhan wanted to turn over, but Yibo fixed Zhan’s waist with his wide hand, and did not let him escape.
He bowed his head and kissed him on the mouth, sniffing his fragrance.
After a long time of their love making, Yibo lay down beside Zhan, with one hand tightly hugging around his shoulder and kept him in his arms.
He closed his eyes to rest while Zhan admired Yibo’s face in the warm light of the lamp. His eyebrows were high and frowning. With his thin lips pressed together and his deep and sharp eyes closed tightly, he looked less fierce.
Zhan raised his finger and ran it down Yibo’s nose bridge, then past the thin lips and the chin, and slid it over the sexy Adam’s apple.
This feeling was very wonderful. Yibo was beside him, but he still had him in mind.
Yibo reached for his hand and pulled it down. “Go to sleep.”
Zhan leaned his head against Yibo’s left shoulder. With his face against Yibo’s chest and his eyes closed, he heard his heart beating.
Zhan smiled. He now was extremely happy and slept in his arms peacefully.
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