CH- chapter 39

Wang Yibo

“Dad we have to talk… I’m not letting you take them away… you have no rights.” Yibo said slowly but clearly.

Mr Wang yelled. “Well you don’t have a fucking right too to beat the shit out of your wife but you still did…. and today looking at things how Zhan was treated here by others… my decision is more firmed.”

Yibo looks confused and then he said “What happen to him.”

Mr Wang shakes his head. “Sure as hell you can see that in your surveillance cameras.”

Then he walked away.

Yibo who stuck to his standing position… he was so busy in the office that he hadn’t had time to check what’s happening in the house.

But when he checks his laptop screen and watched the last 12 hours activity all he saw was how his mother give tons of work to Zhan and how Zhan was working looking so tired and in pain…

But Yibo felt rage when his mother makes fun of Zhan mute condition and when told Zhan to massage Ann’s foot… and he looks down in shame and anger what must Zhan has felt when he was treated like that….

Zhan was not well and Yibo is sure Zhan won’t be getting better if he is treated like this in the house.

He runs to his room and decides to tell Zhan that he can say no to his mom and he will not have to work but only rest..

But when he goes there. He saw his wife who was sleeping deeply.

Zhan looks so tired in his sleep.

Yibo checked Zhan arm where bruises were still there and one of his hand was little bleeding too… he softly cursed and went to search a medic box…

He took a bandage and ointment and started to change Zhan dressing but he stops when he remembers the time when he burns his back with his cigarettes and he wanted to give him ointment but he never did that so why he feeling so compassionate and hurtful for him now…

“Because you know this time he was innocent and so muck in pain and it’s all because of you.” he softly said to himself.

Today he can feel Zhan pain.

He kissed Zhan forehead and put a blanket on his body… Yibo still believes that it’s his guilt which is making him care for him…

Nothing else.

He checked Fei who was sleeping with a thumb on her mouth and he lay down next to his tired and bruised wife…

Who was still so scared and mute??

He was sleeping quietly when he felt his bed was shaking and then there was a loud scream, so loud that it makes him sit automatically on a bed…

He switches on the light of his bedside and saw it was Zhan whose eyes were still closed but he was still screaming…

He suddenly hold his body and shakes hi.., “Zhan… Zhan wake up… god Zhan wake up it just a bad dream”

Zhan opened his eyes in shocked and saw who it was… he flinched and hold his hands in praying positions and shakes his head and was shaking terribly…

Yibo was shocked as hell when he saw the terror look on Zhan face… he realized it was a bad dream based on him… he felt an incredible guilt and so much pain….. he can see what a damage he did on him…. he always wanted to hurt him but not like this….

He can’t see him like this so he comes close to him and hold him by waist and told him.

“Shh… you are ok.. you are fine.. nothing wrong… I’m with you.”

He holds his tense body and keep saying this like whole night and then Zhan body relax a little and he fell asleep in Yibo’s chest…

But Yibo can’t sleep he was looking at the roof and was roaming his hand on Zhan back in a calm manner..

He was deeply disturbed and so much hurt… he closed his eyes and then try to listen to Zhan melodious voice in his dream.

When he woke up in the morning he saw his next side to be empty… he yawned and sit in the bed and drag a hand on his head and look for Zhan.

He saw the door open and there was Zhan holding a hot cup of coffee and put in his left bed table…

He raised his eyebrows in confusion. “why you bring that…Zhan you don’t have to do this now… all you need is to rest and take your medicine on time.”

Zhan looked scared and looked confused too…. he opens his mouth but then he can’t say anything so he close it.

Yibo closes his eyes… he wanted to help him so much that for a moment he forgets about everything… about Yifei… about her death, about Zhan involvement… all he wants him to speak again.

Yibo stands and walks towards him…

Zhan took a step back and tremble.

Yibo sighs and says. “But I’m not angry you brought my coffee… I loved your coffee but all I was saying you need to get better first ok… and you don’t have to work anymore for mom… no matter what she said you won’t do her work… I will also tell her (he cupped Zhan cheeks) I know she tired you a lot yesterday…”

Zhan raised his eyes and looked at him and yibo felt his heart beat raising fast… Zhan’s eyes have so much innocence and they are so beautiful all he wanted to do was protect him and kiss him…

He lowered his head and was putting his lips on him that their room door opened and Carmen screamed.

“Yibo… Yibo plz help me… your father…your father is…”

Yibo and Zhan flinched.

“mom… calm down now tell me what happens to dad.”

Carmen was crying. “I… i don’t know he just… he was ok… he just fall down and his whole body twisted plz come and do something.”

Yibo do not wait anymore and he runs to his dad room and saw exactly what his mother had told him…

The butler was trying to help his dad and Yibo also hold his father.

“Dad… dad you will be ok.” but Yibo knows he won’t be it was some inner fear telling him that he doesn’t want to name..

“Call the ambulance now!” Yibo yelled and saw Zhan was also standing shocked and was crying silently.

“It’s on the way sir.” Butler said.

Mr Wang who was semi-conscious and his mouth was twisted to his left side and looked at zhan and raise his hand slowly and said in a broken tone.

“Zh.. Zhazh.. zhann” he fumble in his word but it was enough for Zhan and he runs to him… and hold his hand and shakes his head and smile so that he doesn’t worry.

But Mr Wang looked at him. “Ss….shh…soooory….ka…cant….haaa…help…u.”

Zhan shakes his head and put his hand on his face… and he said silently that yibo understand was..’you will be ok’.

When the ambulance arrives Mr Wang looked at Yibo this time.

“Yi…Yi..boo… de… don’t…hea… hurt him.” and yibo locked at his father and just nodes.

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Zhan was roaming around in the room and was looking at the clock…. it was almost 3 hour since they took Mr Wang….

He felt an anxiety… and was very scared… he pray to God…nothing happen to Mr Wang.. he truly love him as a father….and then he felt the door opens… it was yibo…who was looking super tired and his shirt was out of his dress pant, and he looks so sad and exhausted that Zhan knews something terribly had happen.

Zhan walks towards him and  give him a pleading look.

Yibo stops in a midway and he just shakes his head…

Zhan gasp and put a hand on his mouth and falls down and cry while shaking his body…

Yibo looks stunned and he kneels down and yelled. “Zhan look at me, he is fine.. he is alive nothing happens(Yibo looked disturbed) Zhan you have to calm down then I can’t tell you what happens like this just take a deep breath.”

Zhan look weak and sighs.

Yibo said. “Good, now listen to me carefully ok don’t panic dad… doctor said he had a stroke which let his whole left side to be paralyzes according to the doctor he will be fine with the medication and good treatment but it will take time.”

Zhan stopped for a moment and was hell shocked he then remember those flashback when Mr. Wang was only the saving grace in his house… who loved him and Fei… who cry for him…. Who called him his son who loves Fei like a father should… he somehow protect him and it was all gone…. everything is gone… he is a bad omen really, Zhan thought.

Then out of nowhere he softly said. “my fault”

Yibo who looks down but when he listens to Zhan’s voice he was more stun, Zhan was speaking.

“Oh god Zhan you just said… you are speaking!” Yibo laughed in happiness

But Zhan was in his own trance “my fault my..” then he realized he just spoke.

He looks at Yibo very shockingly and said “I speak?”

Yibo holds his face. “yeah baby, you did.”

Zhan suddenly remove his hand and crying in a broken way. “oh god… now I can speak why you are doing this to me why tell me why he wanted me to speak and now he is paralyzed and I’m speaking.”

Zhan was hysterically crying and was out of control…

Yibo hold him in his strong arms and try to calm him.

“For god sake, Zhan plz calm down you need to be ok… you really need to be ok… I think Dad might get ok when he heard your voice… the doctor told us he was in some stress and some tension… maybe you can help him get back to normal.” Yibo told him in a calming voice.

Zhan looks uncertain with tears falling. “he will be fine if I speak he will be fine?”

Yibo nodes. “yes he will be.. at least we can try..”

Zhan absently node. “he has to be… I will be so alone… my Fei will be so alone.”

Yibo looks down in shame in don’t say anything.