DBSNTM-85 Haoxuan

“You have no choice but to follow me back to Beijing. Otherwise, you will never see your child again.”

 

Yibo’s words shocked Zhan for a while before he reacted.

 

After a while, Zhan asked with a puzzled look, “You said that you didn’t take my child away, didn’t you?”

 

When he questioned Yibo that day, Yibo denied it.

 

Zhan wavered and suspected that he guessed wrong.

 

Zhan had some doubts, but he didn’t expect Yibo to admit it frankly and even threatened him.

 

Yibo still wore a poker face, and his eyes were cold. “Of course, it’s me. Who else would take her away?”

 

Zhan pursed his lips and squeezed out some words, “You wicked man!”

 

“So, you’d better obey my order now.”.

 

As Yibo spoke, he reached out to touch Zhan’s face.

 

Zhan turned around and dodged his hand, his eyes filling with disgust.

 

Yibo threatened Zhan with the child and it worked out.

 

In the following months, Zhan neither cried nor made any trouble. Zhan took good care of himself.

 

Apart from that, he did not speak to Yibo.

 

Although Yibo was angry at Zhan’s coldness, he had never lost his temper with him.

 

Even Zhan admired Yibo’s patience.

 

***

 

Early in the morning, when they were having breakfast, Yibo said suddenly, “We will return to Beijing tomorrow night.”

 

Hearing this, Zhan finally spoke to him for the first time this month, “Can I see my child when I go back?”

 

Yibo did not say yes or no, and glanced at him, “You haven’t returned yet, but do you want to strike a bargain with me?”

 

Zhan shouted angrily, “Wang Yibo!”

 

Yibo looked down and slowly cut the egg on the plate. His voice did not contain any emotion, “You are not entitled to negotiate with me.”

 

Zhan clenched his hands and stared at Yibo, unable to utter a single word.

 

***

 

The next night, Zhan and Yibo boarded the plane back to Beijing.

 

Neither of them informed anyone of their return, but they saw Cheng and Ziyi at the airport.

 

“Zhan, welcome back.” Ziyi walked over and gave Zhan a hug.

 

Zhan reached out and patted her back.

 

After letting go of Zhan, Ziyi carefully looked at Zhan from head to foot and said, “Why do you look so thin?”

 

Ziyi remembered that she looked quite good when they made a video call before Zhan gave birth.

 

Yibo had sent someone to take care of Zhan after he gave birth. How could he become thinner and thinner?

 

Zhan smiled and asked, “Is that so?”

 

Ziyi also noticed that Zhan’s expression was somewhat strange. Zhan was a new parent but no joy was shown between his eyebrows.

 

Ziyi remembered that Zhan refused her request to see the baby through video chatting when she called Zhan recently.

 

“What happened? Where’s the baby?” Ziyi said as she looked around.

 

Behind Yibo and Zhan was a group of bodyguards, but their child was not there.

 

No one answered Ziyi’s question, as no one could answer the question.

 

Yibo frowned slightly and reached out to pull Zhan’s hand as he walked out.

 

Zhan resisted and wanted to break free, but Yibo had great strength.

 

The more Zhan struggled, the tighter Yibo clenched his hand. The strength was so great that he almost broke the bones of his hand.

 

Zhan was not let go until he was thrown into the car by Yibo.

 

“Yibo, why not tell Ziyi that you took the child away? Are you feeling guilty?” Zhan said coldly as soon as he got into the car.

 

Yibo was completely unaffected by him, and his expression was indifferent.

 

If it weren’t for the fact that they were sitting next to each other, Zhan would have suspected that Yibo might not have heard him.

 

No matter what he said, Yibo did nothing.

 

When he was tired of talking, he quieted down.

 

The car was driven into a senior residential area in Beijing.

 

People who were living here were either rich or powerful.

 

Zhan wanted to see his child, so he could only accept Yibo’s arrangement.

 

Yibo took him to his apartment.

 

Not much furniture was in the apartment. Apart from sofas and television, there wasn’t even a dining table. The room looked deserted.

 

“Sit,” Yibo pressed Zhan on the sofa and turned around to pour a glass of water for him.

 

Zhan took the water and asked, “When are you going to let me see my child?”

 

Yibo stared at him for a long time before he said, “If I don’t let you see your child for the rest of my life, will you talk to me like this forever?”

 

“Yes.” Zhan answered without any hesitation.

 

Yibo’s face instantly became sulky.

 

Zhan considered their child more important than him?

 

Yibo sneered, “Then you can’t see her anymore.”

 

Although Yibo was kind sometimes, he was a ruthless man most of the time. Zhan did not doubt whether he was serious or not.

 

“Yibo, don’t do this. Shall we have a good talk?”

 

Zhan was really scared. Even his voice became hoarse. “I’m back now. I won’t escape anymore. My child is too young and only a month old. She should have grown up beside me. Let me see her and take care of her, okay?”

 

As he spoke, he choked with sobs and his eyes turned red.

 

Zhan felt extremely sad.

 

As long as he thought of his one-month-old daughter whose whereabouts were unknown, Zhan would feel very sorrowful.

 

Would the ones that took his baby away take good care of his daughter like parents?

 

Would his daughter be disliked and neglected because his daughter always cried?

 

Everyone said that mothers were strong.

 

However, they were fragile sometimes.

 

Zhan could not help but feel sad when he thought of his child.

 

His daughter was so young…

 

Seeing Yibo was silent, Zhan reached out to hold his hand. and pleaded, “Please?”

 

His red eyes were filled with tears which seemed to overflow in the next moment.

 

Yibo only took a glance before turning to look elsewhere.

 

His throat slid with difficulty, but he stopped himself from saying the words that came to his lips.

 

He even hoped that he had used such a dirty trick to force Zhan back.

 

At the very least, when Zhan was so sad, he could return the child to him and made him happy.

 

But now, he could only feel his sadness.

 

Yibo remained silent, and Zhan’s face also turned cold.

 

Zhan took a deep breath and covered his face with his hands, trying to hide his tears.

 

Without saying a word, Yibo reached out and pulled him into his embrace.

 

Zhan resisted, but Yibo didn’t let him go.

 

They had just taken a long-distance flight, and they were already tired.

 

Zhan fell asleep soon.

 

Yibo carried him into the bedroom and placed him on the bed.

 

He had slept in this bedroom for half a year, and now he finally had his love at home.

 

Yibo looked at Zhan by the bed for a while, then got up and went to the bathroom to get a towel and cleaned Zhan’s face.

 

Zhan had cried before, and there were still traces of tears on his face.

 

Just as he was cleaning Zhan’s face, Yibo’s phone rang.

 

He hurriedly took out his phone and turned it off.

 

He turned to look at Zhan and found that he was not disturbed. Only then did he stand up and gently picked up his phone and went out to answer the phone.

 

The call came from Bowen.

 

During the days in Sydney. Bowen was busy investigating the child, but he found nothing.

 

After all, it was a newborn baby, and it was too hard to find.

 

Yibo walked to the French window, answered the phone, and asked in a low voice, “Is there any progress?”

 

“I have found some clues, but I’m not sure whether it has a direct connection with people from the Wangs for the time being…” Bowen said.

 

Bowen couldn’t explain it clearly on the phone.

 

Yibo pondered for a moment and said, “Come in and talk to me.”

 

Bowen arrived quickly.

 

When he entered, he respectfully called out, “Mr. Wang.”

 

Yibo looked at him and gestured for him to keep it down.

 

Afterwards, he instructed Bowen, “Go to the study first.”

 

Bowen nodded and went straight to the study.

 

Yibo went back to the bedroom to take a look.

 

Seeing that Zhan was sleeping peacefully, he closed the door and went to the study.

 

The bedroom door was just closed, Zhan, who was still asleep on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes.

 

Previously, when Yibo cleaned his face, he had already woken up. He was just pretending to be sleeping.

 

It was strange that Yibo had never allowed him to see the child.

 

Although Yibo was cold and indifferent, he treated him well. It was strange that he still insisted on not letting him see the child.

 

Zhan got out of bed gently, opened the bedroom door and walked out.

 

Previously, he had heard a heavy sound of doors opening and closing outside.

 

That should be the sound of the door of the apartment, so that he could feel it in the bedroom.

 

Zhan walked to the entrance and took a look.

 

Sure enough, he saw a pair of men’s shoes which were not belonging to Yibo.

 

Other than Cheng, the man who could come to the house to find Yibo was Bowen.

 

Zhan glanced at the door of the study and leaned over gently.

 

The door to the study was wooden, and the sound of opening the door was very quiet.

 

Through the crack in the door, he saw Yibo standing face to face with Bowen.

 

“Mr. Wang, this is the information regarding unusual financial transaction of the Wangs that I found out. Among them, a sum of money was transferred to a foreign account by Mr. Haoxuan. I think this may have something to do with the disappearance of the young miss.” Bowen handed a document to Yibo.

 

Yibo did not say anything about this. After a moment of silence, he said, “What about others?”

 

Bowen gathered up the information and shook his head. “No one else was found any abnormality in the flow of funds for the time being.” he said.

 

They began to talk about something else, but Zhan did not quite understand.

 

He closed the door, and felt a little confused, he knew Haoxuans.

 

However, who was the “young miss” that Bowen mentioned? Was she their daughter?

 

Didn’t Yibo secretly send someone to swap the child away?

 

However, what did Haoxuans have to do with his daughter’s disappearance?

 

After finding out that the child had disappeared, he first thought of Yibo. That was because he could not think of anyone else who would take the child away other than Yibo.

 

If Haoxuans had sent someone to take the child away, then what was Haoxuans trying to do?

 

Just to stand against Yibo?

 

If it was really Haoxuans, what would he do to his daughter?

 

A chill ran in from Zhan’s limbs, causing him to tremble.

 

If Yibo had taken the child away, he could at least guarantee that the child would be safe.

 

But what if it was really Haoxuans?

 

Zhan staggered and reached out to the wall for support before he could barely stand firm.

 

He didn’t dare to imagine what Haoxuans would do to his daughter…

 

Zhan suddenly realized that he was still standing by the door and hurriedly ran back into the bedroom.

 

There was no need to pretend to be sleeping anymore.

 

He sat on the bed with his phone in his hand, pretending that he had just woken up and was hooked on the phone.

 

When Yibo pushed open the door and entered, he saw Zhan leaning against the bed and concentrating on his phone.

 

Yibo sat down beside the bed and said, “You are awake.”

 

Zhan did not raise his head, “Yes.”

 

Although Zhan had always been staring at his phone, he was quietly observing Yibo’s reaction.

 

Yibo raised his hand slightly, seemingly wanting to touch Zhan head, but he only raised it for a few seconds before withdrawing it.

 

Then, he heard Yibo’s calm voice, “Are you hungry? What do you want to eat?”

 

Zhan raised his eyes to look at him, “Can you cook?”

 

Yibo did not expect Zhan to ask him, or perhaps he did not expect Zhan to speak to him so calmly.

 

Yibo was stunned for a moment and coughed softly, “I won’t, I’ll ask the Golden Cauldron Club to send it over.”

 

Zhan said, “Is there any ingredient in the fridge? I’ll cook myself.”

 

Yibo shook his head.

 

“Then let’s go out and buy some ingredients together.” Zhan lifted the blanket and got out of bed.

 

Yibo hurriedly stood up without any movement, but his eyes were staring straight at Zhan.

 

Zhan actually wanted to go out with him to buy food ingredients.

 

Although this wasn’t a big deal in the past, after such a long period of “cold war”, Yibo was somewhat flattered.

 

Zhan put on his slippers and saw Yibo was still standing there staring blankly at him.

 

Zhan asked, “What’s wrong? I can’t go out.”

 

Yibo did not say anything and led him outside.

 

Yibo drove him to the nearby supermarket.

 

Zhan knew what Yibo liked to eat, so he didn’t need to ask him about the ingredients and directly put them in the shopping cart.

 

Yibo silently pushed the shopping cart behind him. He was clearly a tall, cold, and handsome man, but his appearance was as obedient and docile as a tamed lion.

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