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After they climax. He only hugged and kissed him for a long time before putting down Zhan clothes and hugging him quietly.

Zhan asked Yibo, “When did you come out?”

Zhan remembered that Yibo was talking to someone else when he left.

“Seeing you leave, I came out behind you as well.”

Yibo’s voice was covered with indescribable gentleness, wrapping around Zhan tightly.

Zhan smiled silently.

Suddenly, Yibo asked him, “Do you want to know the secret about Jason?”

“What?” Zhan didn’t know why he suddenly spoke of Jason.

“Jason is not the child of the Gu family. His father was not healthy, but to keep the family’s bloodline intact and save face, his father let his wife give birth to Jason with someone else.”

Yibo deliberately deepened his voice that was originally deep and said close to Zhan’s ear, which made him feel frightened.

Zhan was stunned for a while before he reacted, “I see…”

“Zanilla knew about this, so she could threaten Jason with the secret…” Zhan paused for a while and continued, “Jason knew about this a long time ago? How did he…”

Yibo chuckled, “His father guarded against him since he was not the old man’s own child. Jason himself also knew this. But to live a well-supported life in the Gu family, he had to act stupid.”

Zhan nodded and then suddenly realized something, “You eavesdropped on me and Jason!”

“Hah.” Yibo chuckled and said in a hoarse voice, “With so much energy, why don’t we do something else?”

Zhan was speechless.

After they stayed in the car for a while, Yibo drove Zhan home.

However, Yibo didn’t leave when they arrived.

“I bought it for you.” Yibo put the car key in Zhan’s hand.

Since he could not pick up Zhan at any time now, he could only buy him a car.

Only then did Zhan notice that the car was white.

The car was sleek and beautiful, but it wasn’t too expensive. It was about two or three hundred thousand yuan, and Zhan could afford it himself.

Yibo reminded him, “Everything is ready. Drive carefully.”

Zhan took a step forward, kissing him, and said with a smile, “Thank you.”

Under the dim light, Yibo’s eyes darkened. “Would you like me to stay tonight?”

Zhan was stunned for a moment and then glared at him with a wry face. “No.”

Without another word, Leonardo stroked Zhan’s head and turned to walk away in the darkness of the night.

When he was out of his sight, Zhan went home with the car key.

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The next day.

When Zhan woke up, he habitually took out his phone and checked the Weibo.

To his surprise, he became a trending topic.

“Mr. Wang’s ex-wife is trying to win his love back.”

‘What the hell is this?’

Zhan clicked the news.

“Mr. Wang and his ex-wife were seen together at a banquet held in a high-end hotel last night. Someone guesses he is trying to win his love back…”

It was a lengthy article provided with details.

It was even illustrated with a few blurry photos.

The photos were taken at the banquet. The blogger even carefully highlighted the figures of Zhan and Yibo, and made up an imaginative story accordingly.

This was probably the power of the media.

They were photographed by the media, which was interpreted to be Zhan efforts to win Yibo’s love back.

Zhan scrolled down the screen.

“It’s normal. No one would be willing to give up a man like Yibo.”

“Does it mean that they have definitely divorced?”

“I feel like my chance has come.”

“His ex-wife is quite shameless. He was even chasing him after the divorce.”

Zhan was unruffled by the comments.

He got up and went into the bathroom. Just as he came out, he received a phone call from Dilraba.

When Dilraba spoke, she teased Zhan. “You are awesome! You keep making yourself a trending topic these days, and our TV drama will be a blockbuster.”

Zhan chuckled in amusement. “How can I stop the media from making up stories?”

“Well, I’m just curious. Have you broken up with Yibo?”

Dilraba mentioned this again, and Zhan didn’t answer her, “What do you think?

“I don’t think so.” Dilraba said with certainty.

Then she continued, “If you have split up, why would Yibo bear to be a trending topic with you?”

Zhan said, “He just doesn’t care about such a trifle.”

“Is that so?” Dilraba obviously didn’t believe him.

Suddenly, Zhan got another call.

Zhan looked at the name of the caller and it was actually Yibo.

“Sorry, I have another call coming. I’ll hang up for now.”

Zhan hung up Dilraba’s phone and answered Yibo’s call.

Yibo asked him, “Did you see the trending topic?”

“Yes,” Zhan sighed, “I didn’t know there was media sneaking into the banquet last night.”

“I had the photos posted on purpose.” After pondering for a moment, Yibo continued, “It can bring publicity to your new drama. I’ll have it withdrawn later.”

Zhan chuckled, “You don’t have to do this. It’s just a web series. Relevant campaigns and plans are underway.”

After he spoke, he heard the voice of Bowen on the other end of the phone.

“Young Master…”

“You go ahead.” After Zhan spoke, he hung up the phone.

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“The untamed” was shooting in a Film and TV City these days, Zhan drove there.

When he arrived, they were filming a roadside fight.

Dilraba wasn’t there.

Zhan had never been to the Film and TV City before. After he watched for a while by the roadside, he was going for a walk.

He didn’t go far when he heard a familiar voice.

“Zhan? Is that you?”

Zhan stopped, and the person behind him immediately walked up to him.

Jingtong looked at him in a pleasant surprise. “I just saw your back and didn’t expect to see you here.”

Zhan looked at her coldly without saying a word.

“How have you been in the last six months?” Jingtong was embarrassed by Zhan’s silence.

“Not bad.” Zhan looked at Jingtong, who was not different from before. She still looked like a well-preserved lady.

Back then all the media reported that Zhan was dead, and Jingtong didn’t seem to be affected by it at all.

She remained the brilliant and beautiful Ms. Jingtong.

Zhan looked down at the watch on his wrist, and asked impatiently, “Ms. Jingtong, do you have anything else to say?”

When Jingtong heard how Zhan addressed her, her face changed slightly, “Zhan, you…

“I’ll be off if you don’t have anything else to say.” Zhan didn’t want to give her the chance to speak any more, turning to leave.

“Zhan, wait.” Jingtong hastily reached out and stopped him. “You should understand us under the circumstances back then. We just…”

“I understand.” Wary of getting involved with him, his father decided to disown him. Jianmin was very decisive and sensible.

Jingtong seemed to believe him, and breathed a sigh of relief. “I’m here today to visit Zanilla. She’s filming here. Do you want to go and see her? Have you met her since you came back?”

Zhan frowned slightly. “Is Zanilla filming here?”

“That’s right. The drama she took part in this time is a big production. She will become famous.”

When Jingtong mentioned Zanilla’s acting, her eyes beamed with joys. It could be seen that she was happy for Zanilla.

Zhan had a cold smile on his face. “Will she? Then I will congratulate you in advance.”

Suddenly, his phone rang.

It was Dilraba.

Zhan glanced at Jingtong and picked up the phone, “Hello? I’ll be right over.”

He hung up the phone and glanced at Jingtong. “Ms. Jingtong, I’ve got to go.”

“Zhan…”

Ignoring Jingtong, Zhan left without hesitation.

After he joined the crew, he went to ask Dilraba about Zanilla.

“Are you talking about your sister, Zanilla?”

Dilraba sneered. “Just like you, she is a frequent trending topic. However she spends money to make herself the trending topic everywhere. She has acted in a few dramas, but the ratings are not good.”

During the days when Zhan was out of Beijing, he didn’t surf domestic websites except for searching for Yibo, so he didn’t know much about Zanilla.

“I forgot to tell you that Zanilla also came to the audition for “The untamed’. The director didn’t choose her, and she planned to use the casting couch…”

Zhan was lost for words.

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Next Day

Zanilla, who was wearing sunglasses, got out of the minivan.

She crossed her arms and went up to Zhan.

Raising her chin slightly, she said with arrogance, “I heard from your… mom that you are also in Film and TV City.”

Zhan didn’t say anything, looking at her.

Zanilla was offended by Zhan’s disregard, but when she thought of her own goal, she had to stifle her anger. “Did you write ‘The untamed’?”

“Yes,” Zhan wanted to see what kind of trick Zanilla was playing.

Zanilla took off her sunglasses and said, “Are you on good terms with the producer of ‘The untamed’? I like the script. I don’t have to be the leading actress, and you can get me an important supporting role. I’ll wipe the slate clean, and you can come back to us.”

“Wipe the slate clean?”

Zhan sneered. “What do you mean by wiping the slate clean? Did I ever do anything to you? Go back to you? I don’t even want to go back even if you beg me.”

Zanilla was surprised that Zhan was so ungrateful.

Her face was distorted by rage. “This is the last chance I give you. Seeing you alone and helpless outside, I give you a chance to come back to us, but you are so ungrateful!”

How could Zhan not know what Zanilla was thinking?

The chance that Zanilla talked about was to boss him around like in the old days, when Zhan pretended to be stupid and ugly.

She had a good scheme, but Zhan would not fall for it like a fool.

“I am ungrateful. You can leave this opportunity to someone else.”

“You…

Zhan moved around Zanilla and left.

Zhan knew Xiao well, expecting that Zanilla would not give up easily.

As expected, the next day he received a phone call from Jianmin.

The only merit of Jianmin was probably his unlimited love for his children, of course, except for Zhan.

“Why don’t you come home since you’re back in Beijing?” Jianmin didn’t mention that he had disowned Zhan in an announcement on newspaper, as if he had lost his memory.

Zhan did not intend to let Jianmin get away like this. He reminded him, “Mr. Jianmin, since you’ve forgotten, let me remind you that we are no longer father and son.”

Jianmin completely ignored his words, “I can forgive you if you are willing to come back.”

Zhan wanted to laugh.

“What did I do to you to ask for your forgiveness?”

Zhan felt that he would never be able to know what was on Xiaos’ mind.

It was clear that he had always been used and abandoned.

However, the Xiao thought he had done something wrong to them. Now, they were kind enough to forgive him and allow him to go back to them.

Jianmin’s voice turned cold. “You know well what you’ve done. No matter what happened, you should be grateful to us for bringing you up. Now it is time for you to repay our kindness”

“Mr. Jianmin, if you have time, you’d better go to the hospital and have your brain examined to see if there is something wrong with it.”

After Zhan spoke, he hung up the phone.

He poured himself a large glass of water and drained it. Letting out a long sigh of relief, he sat down on the sofa.

There were no food ingredients at home, so he decided to go shopping.

Zhan drove to the nearest supermarket. When he returned, he found a luxury car parked at the entrance to the apartment building.

The luxury car was not as costly as Yibo’s, but it looked out of place in the neighborhood.

Suddenly, his phone rang with an incoming text message notification, Zhan took out his phone and found that it was a text message from Jason.

“Get in the car. I have something for you.”

After reading the text message, Zhan abruptly looked up at the luxurious car. He strode over and opened the car door.

“What are you doing here?” Zhan looked at him with a frown.

Jason stubbed out the cigarette in his hand and said, “I have something to tell you.”

The strong cigarette smell in the car disgusted Zhan, and he fanned his nose with his hands, looking at him in doubt.

Only then did he notice there was something wrong with Jason today.

The ashtray was filled with cigarette butts, and he looked a little haggard.

Zhan asked, “What’s the matter with you?”

“You care about me?” Jason turned to look at him.

Zhan immediately turned to leave.

Jason stopped him and said, “Zhan, I have something for you.”

Zhan looked back at him, and Jason said, “You will be interested.”

Zhan turned around and said, “Do you like to find a cafe and sit down?”

“Get in the car.” Jason rolled down the window.

Jason took out a filing folder from somewhere and handed it to him, “Take a look yourself.”

Taking a glance at him, Zhan took the folder and opened it, taking out what was inside.

It’s a DNA Test Report.

There was no name, and the result was a confirmation of a parent-child relationship.

Zhan’s heart tightened, “Whose DNA report is this?”

Jason was taking out a cigarette, as if he was about to light it. “One of them is Haoxuan.”

After he spoke, he reached out for the lighter. He turned to see Zhan covering his nose with his hands, so he put away the lighter, toying a cigarette in his hand.

“Haoxuan?” Zhan’s expression changed slightly, and his mind went blank for a moment.

Jason slowly explained to him, “Haoxuan had the DNA report done around the time when the rumor was spreading about you and him last year.”

Zhan calculated the time.

Haoxuan deliberately spread the rumor about himself and him.

Especially at the second time, he directed the public opinion towards Yuehua Media. At that time, he vaguely showed his intention to break with Yibo.

Did Haoxuan change dramatically and break with Yibo because of this DNA report?

Zhan turned to ask him, “So who is the other person in this DNA report?”

Jason smiled. “Haoxuan is very cautious. Both names are missing on the report, but it’s not hard to guess.”

Suddenly, Zhan thought of something. Haoxuan did the DNA test and then began to set himself against Yibo.

It was easy to guess about the other person of the DNA test.

Actually, Zhan had a candidate in his mind.

However, he thought that it was unreasonable.

Seeing Zhan’s expression change, Jason said, “I told you it wasn’t hard to guess. You already have the answer, don’t you?”

Zhan muttered, “How come?”

Jason looked at him and kept silent.

Zhan thought of something and asked him, “How did you get this DNA test report?”

“There are always ways. If you don’t want people to know, don’t do it.” As Jason said so, his expression went cold.

Zhan remembered that Yibo had told him about Jason’s background.

It was impossible for anyone to choose their own family.

Zhan thought of Haoxuan.

Haoxuan had a good relationship with Yibo. But what if Haoxuan knew that he and Yibo were real brothers? How would he face Yibo?

That was right, Zhan believed the other person of the DNA test report was Yizhou.

As long as there was a result, there would be traces of the cause.

When Yizhou had returned to the old mansion during the New Year holiday, he said that he wanted Haoxuan to work for the Wang Group, and that he wanted Yibo and Haoxuan to take care of each other.

And even before that, when the negative news about Haoxuan had spread online, Yizhou had talked to Yibo.

Back then, Zhan had vaguely felt that Yizhou had been more concerned about Haoxuan than Yibo.

If Haoxuan had been Yizhou’s illegitimate son, then everything would make sense.

The more Zhan thought about it, the more he was sure about his guess.

“It’s getting late. Time for dinner, your treat?” Jason’s voice interrupted Zhan’s thoughts.

Zhan got out of the car and said, “Alright, my treat. I’ll drive my own car.”

Jason stopped him and said, “Can’t we go to your place?”

Knowing that Jason might be interested in him, surely Zhan wouldn’t take him home for dinner.

Zhan used silence as refusal.

Jason smiled self-deprecatingly, “My bad. I’ve been wrong at every step.”

Zhan did not understand.

In order to show his sincerity, Zhan took him to a very high-end restaurant.

“I’m flattered,” Jason teased him.

Zhan smiled, “Then don’t eat.”

When ordering, Zhan felt that Jason had been looking at him.

He felt uncomfortable and ordered quickly. Then he took out his phone.

“Did Yibo tell you about me?”

Zhan turned to look at him.

“That’s right. My mom cheated on my dad and gave birth to me. I don’t know who my biological father is. My existence is just a shame to cover up the fact that my foster father is impotent.”

Although Zhan had heard about this from Yibo before, he had a mixed feeling now.

Zhan pursed his lips and said, “Hey, we are here for dinner, Why do you mention these things?”

Jason stared at him and said, “Let me finish.”

Zhan didn’t say anything.

“Because my foster father is impotent, my mother has been fooling around with other men. They seemed to be intimate on the surface, but in fact, they often quarreled. It’s easy to know I’m not his child…”

Ever since his childhood, Jason had known that he was the offspring of the Gu. He would not have any share of the family’s wealth, and the people of the Gu had never loved him.

Therefore, he had pretended to be gentle in public in order to make people like him and pay attention to him. So then he can marry some noble wife.

Jason know about Zhan’s feeling for him. He had been enjoying Zhan’s feeling for him, so sometimes he would be good to him so that it would always be like this.

However, in the end, Zhan married Yibo.

Zhan had married an “ugly and impotent” man just like his mother.

He thought of his mother and begun to hate Zhan.

Jason had been popular in school. But amongst so many girls and boys, Zhan had been the different one.

Zhan had liked him with all his heart, but he had tried to hide his feelings from him.

Jason had been used to a very clear life purpose, so he had known very well that he would not choose a person like Zhan as his wife.

Maybe this was life.

If one was wrong at the first step, one would go wrong in every following step.

So people always regretted when recalling.

Jason held the cup and said solemnly. “Zhan, I really like you, but I’ve discovered it too late.”

The more ruthless a person was, the easier he or she was to be moved.

In the past few years, Jason had a utilitarian purpose on everything he did and every person he had come into contact with.

However, Zhan had been the only one whom he had treated differently. He wanted him to always like him.

But things had changed. Hearing Jason’s words, Zhan didn’t have any feeling at all.

Zhan did not want to recall the past with him.

Zhan pondered for a moment and said, “Let’s not talk about the past. We are now friends.”

The past couldn’t be traced back. It just remained in the past. Everyone had to look ahead.

The best way to deal with the past was to let it pass.

“Yes, the past is gone.” Jason paused for a while and continued, “But I want you to know that I liked you before and I will continue to like you in the future.”

Zhan stiffened as he was about to drink water.

“Yibo came to me and said that he could help me take the Gu Group, but the condition was that I couldn’t come to see you anymore.”

As Jason spoke, he paid attention to Zhan’s expression.

“But I refused. The condition was very tempting. But if I accepted it, I couldn’t sit here and say I like you anymore. I finally realize that there are many things in life that are more important than money and power.”

Zhan noticed that something had been wrong with Jason today.

But he hadn’t expected that Jason would confess to him today.

Zhan did not have any feelings for Jason now, but he could tell that Jason spoke with total sincerity.

After Jason finished speaking, Zhan said, “Be yourself in the future. As for me, I already have Yibo.”

“Are you sure Yibo is the one for you in the end?” Jason had never been optimistic about him and Yibo.

Zhan thought for a moment and said in a very serious tone, “Anyway, I never thought of living with someone else other than Yibo.”

This was his simplest wish.

He couldn’t imagine living with other men, so even if it was difficult now, he had to persevere.

Jason smiled self-mockingly and said, “I see.”

Afterwards, they began to chat.

Most of time, they were talking about the past, Jason was speaking, and Zhan was listening.

After the meal, they walked out of the private room and prepared to leave the restaurant.

At the entrance of the restaurant, they met Haoxuan and Zanilla accidentally.

Zanilla held a grudge against Zhan for rejecting her, so she would naturally ridicule Zhan when she seized the opportunity.

Her gaze swept back and forth between Zhan and Jason.

Then she immediately raised her voice and said, “You failed to seduce Yibo, so you decide to return to Jason, right?”

Zhan had just received a DNA test report from Jason, and now that he had met Haoxuan, his eyes kept straying over to Haoxuan.

When Zanilla saw that Zhan had been staring at Haoxuan, she immediately stood in front of Haoxuan and said, “What are you looking at? The grass is greener on the other side, right? Do you want to seduce Haoxuan? You are shameless!”

Haoxuan did not care at all and greeted Zhan, “Hi, Zhan.”

Zhan said politely, “Hello, Mr. Haoxuan.”

On the other hand, Jason looked at Haoxuan with interest.

“Haoxuan!” Seeing that Haoxuan was talking to Zhan, Zanilla called out to him in dissatisfaction.

Haoxuan lowered his head and looked at Zanilla with a gentle expression, “Zhan is your brother, Even if you don’t have the chance to cooperate with him on ‘The untamed’, maybe you’ll cooperate in the next play, won’t you?”

Haoxuan’ words pleased Zanilla. She immediately turned to be happy.

Zhan narrowed his eyes slightly. No wonder Zanilla went to audition for “The untamed”. It turned out that it was because of Haoxuan.

However, it was hard to say the reason that Haoxuan would let Zanilla audition. Was it because he took a fancy to the script, or because he wanted Zanilla to find fault with Zhan?

Zhan had witnessed Haoxuan’ means.

Zhan did not intend to talk more to them, so he whispered to Jason, “Let’s go.”

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Zhan did not go home and drove directly to Yibo’s residence.

He had the keys to Yibo’s apartment.

When he opened the door and entered, the room was pitch black and Yibo hadn’t returned yet.

Zhan turned on the light and went to every room to take a look.

There was a thin layer of dust on the kitchen counter, which proved that Yibo had never cooked at home.

Yibo did not know how to cook.

There was nothing else in the fridge except a few bottles of water and wine.

It didn’t look like a house that someone was living in.

Zhan waited for a while. By eleven o’clock, Yibo hadn’t returned yet.

Therefore, Zhan turned off the lights and slept in his bed.

Yibo didn’t return until it was past one o’clock. He went in, turned on the light, and looked down at a pair of shoes by the door.

Who else could enter his house except Zhan?

Yibo smiled. The exhaustion on his face was swept away. He casually tossed away the jacket on his arm and untied his tie as he walked towards the bedroom.

There was no light in the bedroom, but Yibo was already used to the arrangement of the room. He walked to the bedside gently and reached out to turn on the bedside lamp.

Zhan, who was wrapped in a quilt, slept sideways on his bed.

When Yibo came back, he saw Zhan sleeping in his bed.

It was a scene that would only appear in a dream.

Yibo leaned towards Zhan, reaching out to remove his hair from his face and kissed him lightly.

Ever since returning to Beijing, Zhan turned to be a light sleeper.

Even though Yibo’s movements were extremely light, Zhan was still awakened.

He opened his eyes and turned around to see Yibo’s handsome face.

“Yibo” he had just woken up and said in a somewhat hoarse and childish voice.

Yibo sat down at the bedside and touched Zhan’s face.

His voice was soft, “Have you been waiting for a long time?”

Zhan nodded and reached out to get his watch that he had put on the bedside.

Yibo saw through his intentions and grabbed his slender hand, saying, “It’s almost two o’clock”

“Are you working so late recently?” Zhan sat up as he spoke.

Yibo held his shoulder and said, “No.”

Zhan knew that he was lying when Yibo denied it so straightforwardly.

Zhan was not so easy to cheat. He tilted his head to look at him and said, “I don’t believe you, I will ask Bowen.”

“I’ve been busy recently. However, it’s just temporary.” Yibo smiled and couldn’t help kissing his softer face under the light.

Yibo brushed his lips with his, and said, “I will take a bath first.”

“I’ll wait for you. I have something to tell you.” Zhan had always been worried about the DNA test report and wanted to talk to Yibo earlier.

“Okay”

When Yibo came out of the bathroom, Zhan handed him the DNA test report.

“What is it?” Yibo stretched out his hand to receive it, and with a single glance, he frowned.

He sat by the bed and read the DNA report.

When he held it, he immediately flipped over to the end to see the result.

However, Yibo clearly knew about something.

He read it for a long time before he raised his head and asked Zhan, “Who gave it to you?”

His tone was very serious, as if he knew whose DNA comparison report it was.

Zhan said honestly, “Jason gave it to me.”

Hearing this, Yibo narrowed his eyes. He was a little angry and asked, “You went to see Jason again, right?”

Zhan felt that Yibo’s focus was in the wrong area.

Although he did meet Jason, shouldn’t Yibo pay more attention to the DNA report?

Zhan had no choice but to say, “Yes.”

“Have you gone deaf?” Yibo put aside the DNA report and stared at him with a cold face.

“Let’s not talk about this now,” Zhan only wanted to know if the report was about Haoxuan and Yizhou.

However, Yibo was very persistent. “I won’t talk about anything else until you tell me that.”

“Yes, I have met Jason for something serious.” Zhan explained patiently. “We only talked for a while and had a meal. No big deal….”

“You had a meal with him?” Yibo’s face became gloomier.

Zhan realized that he shouldn’t tell him everything.

“It was just a meal,” Zhan pursed his lips as he watched Yibo’s reaction.

Yibo sneered, “Last time, you accompanied him to a banquet. This time, you had dinner with him. What about next time? What are you going to do together?”

Zhan felt that Yibo was too rude and outspoken.

Zhan always wanted to know about the secret of the Wang and Jason told him. It made sense to treat him to dinner.

“We didn’t do anything else. We…”

Yibo interrupted, “You are on his side now? You two are moving so fast!”

“Yibo, I’m angry! You have to stop that.” Zhan’s biggest pet peeve about Yibo was that he was so easily jealous.

Yibo said coldly, “I’m angry too.”

Zhan didn’t know what to say.

He felt that Yibo was too childish.