DBSNTM-93.2

Zhan froze for a while and pulled Ziyi back into the restaurant.

“Ziyi, you leave through the other door. Their target is me.”

Ziyi asked, “What about you?”

“I can’t hide all the time. The staff here will handle it. You go first.” Zhan pushed Ziyi.

Ziyi nodded, adjusted her hat, and left through the other door.

As soon as she left, the reporters crowded in the restaurant.

Zhan sat down on the sofa, and the group of reporters rushed to him.

Their microphones were about to poke Zhan in the face.

Zhan frowned and turned his head away. “I can’t run now. Can you guys retreat a little? Who is to blame if I’m scratched by the microphones and get disfigured?”

His serious tone frightened those reporters, who had no choice but to retreat a little.

“Mr Zhan, is the man in the news kissing you in the car, your new boyfriend?

“What’s your relationship now?”

“Didn’t you want to get Mr. Wang back earlier? Is it because he rejected you that you felt depressed and got a new boyfriend?”

“Can you tell us some information about your new boyfriend?”

The reporters bombarded Zhan with tough questions, one after another.

Zhan crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows, “Why should I tell you the information about my boyfriend? Do you want to steal my boyfriend?”

“Mr Zhan, please answer my question. Do you give up on getting Mr. Wang now?”

Zhan leaned against the sofa in a more comfortable way and said casually, “What do you think?”

“Mr Zhan, since you didn’t give a definite answer, does it mean that you haven’t given up on Mr. Wang and the man who kissed you in the car is just your rebound guy?”

Zhan looked up at the reporter who asked the question, “Only a broken car needs spare tires. You said that to mock me or Mr. Wang?”

The reporter’s face stiffened with dismay, since he would be in trouble if he got Yibo involved in this. The reporter immediately explained, “No, Mr Zhan. I mean….”

Zhan smiled and said, “I know you didn’t mean it. Thank you for your concern for me. I will continue to work hard, but I hope that you can pay more attention to my works.”

The reporter realized that Zhan wasn’t a pushover and was difficult to deal with, so he just asked normal questions.

Zhan answered their questions with ease, mostly fudging the answers.

He admitted that he was kissing his boyfriend in the car, but he was careful and didn’t admit that the man was his “new boyfriend”.

Zhan knew exactly how easy Yibo would get jealous.

If he admitted that he had gotten himself a “new boyfriend”, Yibo would definitely be petty to him at that time.

A boyfriend and “a new boyfriend” were at least different.

After Zhan finished dealing with the reporters, Dilruba used the news to make fun of him.

“You’re so trending these days, and you’ve saved our crew a lot of publicity fees.”

“Since that’s the case, can you consider giving me some dividends for the money earned from Series?” Zhan replied calmly.

Dilruba said angrily, “You are thinking about dividends now? ‘The untamed’ isn’t even finished! When did you become a miser?”

Zhan did not deny. “Nobody hates money. The more, the better!”

As he spoke to Dilruba, he walked towards the parking lot.

Just as he found his car and pressed the unlock button, he heard a familiar female voice behind him, “Zhan.”

He turned around and saw Yifei in a white suit.

“Are you talking to me?” Zhan pointed at himself. Yifei raised her chin and said coldly, “Is there anyone else here?”

“Just say what you want. It’s hot, and I’m in a hurry.” Zhan leaned against the car as he shook the car keys in his hand and then raised his hand to cover himself from the sun.

It was still very hot at the end of August.

“Although you have divorced Yibo, you were once his wife. Please respect yourself. I don’t care whether you are trying to humiliate yourself or not, but don’t always think about riding on the wave of Yibo’s popularity. I don’t want to see him lose face because of you.”

Yifei said righteously. Zhan almost believed that Yifei was a good sister who loved her younger brother.

Zhan narrowed his eyes slightly. With a smile on his face, he said slowly, “What you’re worried about is not whether Yibo will lose face. You’re afraid that this matter will hit the image of the Wangs, you yourself will be affected.”

Yifei interrupted him sternly, “Shut up. It’s not your turn to judge what is happening between our siblings!”

Zhan sneered, “Is that so? Well, it’s not your turn to mind my own business, either.”

“If you hadn’t been despicably riding on the wave of Yibo’s popularity, I would never bother to mind your business! I don’t care who you’re with or what you’re doing. Boy, you’d better be self-respecting.

Yifei’s face was filled with disdain.

Zhan wasn’t angry at all. He just thought it was funny.

“Who are you to teach me a lesson? My mother? As for whether or not I’ve been riding on the wave of Yibo’s popularity–well, I think he knows better than anyone. Why didn’t he come to me? Does he need you to help him with this matter?”

Yifei’s face was getting uglier and uglier.

Looking at her, Zhan put away his original careless expression and said seriously, “I understand your selfishness and your meddling with me. If you are truly Yibo’s sister, you should care more about him.”

Although Yifei and Yibo were twins, they never got along well with each other.

When Yibo was kidnapped at a young age, he watched his mother being humiliated and killed herself just the moment before the rescue team arrived.

After that, his closest twin sister showed him no concern. Instead, she disliked him and viewed him as a weird child.

Yibo would not tell Zhan such a detailed story, Zhan could only see the whole picture from what Yibo talked about occasionally.

Yifei had been a selfish person since her childhood, and she knew best what was good for her.

Though Yibo was her younger brother, he was more of a tool than a family to Yifei.

She was Wang, She knew that Yibo was more capable than her. Only Yibo could manage the Wang Group well so as to ensure the wealth and prosperity of their family.

Zhan finally understood that apart from Yijun, the other Wangs were all the same as Yifei.

They used Yibo as a tool to earn money.

Yifei’s face turned pale when she heard this.

She said, “Zhan, don’t think too highly of yourself!”

“I don’t, and you know that.”

Zhan touched his forehead with one hand and realized that he was sweating. The temperature outside was so high that he only stood for a few minutes when he broke out in such sweat.

“I have to go.” He had nothing to say to Yifei, so he pulled open the door and got into the car.

As he drove past Yifei, Zhan noticed her gloomy expression.

From the looks of it, Yifei and Yibo were indeed alike. After all, they were twins. Not only did they look alike, they even gave off the same aura.

When Zhan drove back, he saw a luxury car downstairs.

He stopped the car steadily and looked at the luxury car. He couldn’t help becoming a little nervous. Residents of this place wouldn’t own such a luxury car at a first glance.

Someone was looking for him.

He unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car. Meanwhile, the person in the luxury car also opened the door.

Zhan stopped and turned to look at the people who got out of the car.

The man was dressed in black. He said in a gentle voice, “Zhan.”

Zhan was surprised for a moment before he said, “Mr. Haoxuan, what brings you here?”

He had indeed had a wonderful day today. First, he was “attacked” by reporters, then Yifei, and now, Haoxuan.

Had these people planned his day in advance?

Haoxuan closed the car door and walked straight to Zhan. He said sincerely, “You don’t need to be so on guard. I came here today to ask for your help.”

“You think I can handle something that even you can’t handle?” Zhan subconsciously took another two steps back.

Zhan’s words were harsh, but Haoxuan obviously didn’t care at all.

He sighed and said, “My father has passed away. Yijun has been frustrated these days. I was wondering whether you can go and chat with him if you have time.”

Zhan was astonished.

Xiuqing died in a car accident, and Zhan was actually worried about Yijun.

“You are his brother. It’s enough for him to have you by his side,” Zhan said, despite the fact that he knew that Haoxuan and Yijun were not biological brothers.

Haoxuan shook his head, “I came here today only for Yijun. You don’t need to be too sensitive. I know that you and Yijun are on speaking terms, so I came.”

Zhan looked at Haoxuan for a while. Indeed, he could not tell anything wrong from his face. He nodded and said, “I’ll go and talk to him some other day.”

Hearing this, Haoxuan asked, “Do you have his number?”

“Yes.” Zhan said after a pause.

Haoxuan nodded slightly and said with gratitude, “Thank you.”

“If I knew that Yijun was having a hard time, I would have gone to him myself without you telling me.” Zhan’s tone was cold and distant.

Haoxuan seemed to have thought of something. His expression changed slightly, but in the end, he only smiled.

After Haoxuan left, Zhan called Yibo.

Yibo was about to hold a meeting. However, after he found that it was Zhan calling, he took his phone and got up.

He walked outside the meeting room and asked Zhan in a low voice, “What’s wrong?”

“Haoxuan came looking for me just now.”

“What did he want?” Yibo frowned slightly as his tone turned cold, Obviously, he was also very wary of Haoxuan, just like Zhan.

“He told me about what happened to Xiuqing, and asked me to chat with Yijun when I had time.” Zhan told Yibo what Haoxuan told him.

After a moment of silence, Yibo said, “Are you OK with it?”

“Of course,” Zhan paused and said, “Actually, I think Yijun likes you very much. If you have time, you can go and console him.”

Although Zhan and Yijun had spent some time together and they got on pretty well, Zhan felt that at the bottom of Yijun’ heart, Yibo would still be most special.

Yibo’s tone became a little colder as he said, “I don’t have time. You can go and talk to him. I’m going to have a meeting soon, so I’m gonna hang up.”

“Fine.”

After hanging up, Zhan became deeply in thought with the phone in his hand.

‘Yibo can’t be blaming himself, right?’ he said to himself.

At that time, Xiuqing was going to meet Yibo. It was on the road at the entrance of the coffee shop where they had agreed to go that the accident happened. Xiuqing died on the spot.

It sounded a little unbelievable, but it was the truth.

Judging from Yibo’s attitude, he did not believe that the car crash was merely an accident.

“Forget it. I can’t figure it out anyway.” Zhan thought.

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That night, he sent Yijun a Wechat message.

“Yijun, what are you doing?”

After a few minutes, Yijun replied, “I’m doing my homework.”

“Is there still a lot left? Do you have time to have breakfast with me tomorrow?”

“Yes.”

Zhan looked at his reply helplessly.

Usually, the child would chat with him nonstop on WeChat, but now, he was almost like Yibo. He would not speak a needless word.

Then, Zhan told Yijun when and where they were going to meet tomorrow.

The next day, Zhan arrived at the restaurant in advance.

He had come to this restaurant with Yijun before.

Yijun was very punctual, He arrived just on time.

Yijun didn’t look well. His face was pale, and almost half of his eyes were covered by his natural curly hair. He looked like a gloomy young man.

With a backpack, white short sleeves and grey knee-length quintiles, Yijun looked quite thin.

He looked around at the door and saw Zhan sitting by the window.

“Zhan.” He sat down opposite Zhan.

He took off his backpack and put it aside, then looked up at Zhan.

However, his little curly hair was so long that Zhan could hardly see his eyes clearly.

Zhan only felt that Yijun was listless now, like a dejected puppy with its head lowered, looking pitiful and painful.

Zhan hadn’t seen him for a while.

He smiled at Yijun and said, “Very punctual, but you really need a haircut.”

“I’ve been busy with my homework these days. I’m going to cut it in a few more days–maybe the day before school starts.” Yijun rubbed his hair and said embarrassedly.

Zhan made an offer tentatively, “Why don’t we go to the barber’s later together?”

Yijun was still willing to listen to Zhan’s words. He nodded obediently and said, “OK”

“Come on, let’s order first.” Zhan handed the menu to him.

Yijun ordered two dishes and Zhan ordered the rest.

However, Yijun didn’t eat much. He used to be an eater, yet he hadn’t eaten half as much as Zhan this time.

Looking at this, Zhan felt extremely painful.

He helped him with the dishes and asked, “Do you want some more?”

“No.” Yijun only shook his head.

“Alright, then we won’t eat anymore. Let’s go and find a barber’s shop to get your hair cut.” Zhan asked the waiter and paid the bill. Then, he was about to take Yijun to get a haircut.

As soon as the two of them left the restaurant, they were stopped by a group of bodyguards.

The bodyguards’ gazes fell on Yijun. One of them stepped forward and called out, “Mr. Yijun.”

Zhan turned to look at Yijun.

Yijun frowned. He said coldly, which was rare, “Why are you following me? It’s not like I’m going to die! I’ll go back by myself later.”

There was no expression on his face when he said this. That cold aura was somewhat similar to that of Yibo’s.

Zhan could not help turning his head to look at Yijun when he heard what he said.

Naturally, he knew these people were probably sent by the Wangs to protect Yijun.

The bodyguards didn’t say anything.

Yijun turned to look at Zhan and said, “Zhan, let’s go.”

The two of them walked forward, and the bodyguards in front of them moved aside.

Zhan was a little surprised that these bodyguards would make way for them, but when he raised his head, he saw Cici walking towards them.

Cici was in a hurry. She only saw Yijun, while completely ignored Zhan.

“Yijun, how could you go out alone? Don’t you know how worried I am about you?” Cici walked over and looked at him carefully, as if she was checking whether he was injured.

“I have my arms and legs, and my mind is normal. I’m already fifteen years old, I can already be considered an adult in some other countries. Why can’t I go out alone?”

Even Zhan could tell that Yijun’s tone was very aggressive, let alone Cici, Yijun’s mother.

Cici’s already pale face instantly turned even paler. “I was just worried about you.”

“I’m fine. I don’t need you to worry about me. You can go back now.” After Yijun finished speaking, he turned to look at Zhan.

Yijun glanced at Zhan and walked straight ahead. Zhan had to follow him.

As he passed by Cici, he nodded slightly and called, “Mrs. Wen.”

Only then did Cici notice Zhan.

She seemed to have forgotten who Zhan was. She looked at Zhan for a while before saying, “You are…”

“I am Yibo’s ex-wife, Xiao Zhan.” Zhan stared into Cici’s eyes and said slowly.

Cici was surprised. “So it’s you.”

“I still have work to do, so I’m leaving first, Mrs. Wen,” Zhan walked forward to catch up to Yijun.

When he found Yijun, Yijun was standing in front of a fountain, with his back straight, but his head very low.

Zhan walked up to him and saw water stains on the ground in front of him like tears, Yijun was crying.

Zhan handed him a tissue.

Yijun didn’t take it and said with a sobbing voice, “My father hasn’t had many activities these past few years. He held this exhibition because he quarreled with my mother. My father is quite nice and he never loses his temper. It must be my mother who did something very excessive.”

“But when I asked them why they quarreled, she didn’t tell me. She must have done something really bad, so that my father would leave home in a rage.”

Zhan did not expect there could be such a story.

Xiuqing and Cici had a quarrel and then he left home, but Cici did not tell Yijun why they quarreled.

Because of Haoxuan’ life experience, Yibo went to Hong Kong to look for Cici, but Xiuqing had an accident.

This was the cause of the whole thing, and there seemed to be no clear connection on the surface.

“Come on, Don’t cry.” Zhan wiped his tears with a tissue, “Anyhow, she is your mother. She cares about you very much. If there are any misunderstandings between you two, just talk with her when everyone calms down.”

Yijun took the tissue and wiped his face. He did not respond to Zhan’s words clearly.

Obviously, Yijun was still blaming Cici.

He was blaming Cici for quarreling with Xiuqing, which made Xiuqing leave in anger and then had a car accident.

Yijun was currently in a dead end, so it was hard for him to hear what others said.

Zhan comforted him for a while and took him to have his hair cut.

After cutting his hair, Yijun looked much more energetic.

Then they went shopping.

Zhan took him to a mall and said, “I’ll buy you what you want, My script has already been sold. Now, I have money.”

Yijun was not in high spirits. He casually looked around.

Suddenly he asked, “Are you and my cousin really divorced?”

Zhan didn’t expect that Yijun would ask this.

He was astonished for a moment and said, “Yes,”

Yijun turned to look at him seriously, “Is it because of the child? I don’t think my cousin will hide the child. I believe him.”

Zhan did not reply immediately.

Yijun was a child with his own discernment, and he had experienced much more than ordinary children, and was very independent.

This was a good thing.

However, he was one of the Wangs.

In other words, if he wasn’t from the Wangs, he might not become what he was now.

Zhan took a deep breath and turned to look at him, “Who else could it be if it wasn’t him?”

Yijun seemed to be puzzled by Zhan’s question. He frowned and fell into deep thought.

Zhan patted his shoulder and said, “Forget about this. Let’s go shopping and have a good day. You just stay with me, okay?”

“Okay.”

His father passed away and Zhan’s daughter disappeared.

Probably because he felt that they were both miserable, it turned out to be Yijun comforting Zhan.

They hung out for a day and didn’t return to their own homes until they had dinner.

Zhan didn’t drive today. So when he saw Yijun off, he called a taxi on the Internet.

However, it was rush hour, so he had to wait in line.

After he called a car, he took out his phone to browse the Twitter.

As a result, he saw a tweet of Yijun.

There were not only pictures of the dishes, but also a photo of Yijun and Zhan, which was attached with words, “I’m very happy today. You have to come and play with me often.”

Zhan gave it a like, and when he refreshed the webpage, he saw Yibo commenting on Yijun’ tweet-a period.

From the screen, Zhan could feel the dissatisfaction in Yibo’s “period”.

Fortunately, he had already known Yibo’s temperament.

Yibo was quite annoyed.

Zhan was thinking about Yibo when Yibo called him.

The first thing Yibo said was, “You hung out with Yijun all day?”

“Yes.”

After two seconds, Yibo replied calmly, “Oh.”

Zhan thought, “?”

Yibo added, “Come back early.”

“I know,”

They didn’t say much before hanging up the phone.

Zhan curled his lips. This man called him and didn’t say anything.

The call lasted less than two minutes.

The car he called hadn’t come yet.

Suddenly, a woman’s voice came from behind, “Mr. Zhan.”

Zhan was shocked when he heard someone calling him. He turned around and saw that it was Cici. He breathed a sigh of relief.

He calmed down and then came back to his senses. “Is there anything I can do for you, Mrs. Wen?”

“Yes.” Cici nodded lightly and said, “I hope Mr. Zhan will not always play with my Yijun. It is important for him to study as a child.”

She said it with such an official tone. She just didn’t want Zhan to have any contact with Yijun.

Cici’s words were much more beautiful than Yifei’s, but she could not conceal the coldness in her words.

“Mrs. Wen cares so much about Yijun. Does he know? If he knows what you said to me, I don’t know what he will think about.” Zhan was very disgusted with Cici.

He disliked many people from the Wangs.

“Mr. Zhan, this is business between adults, Please don’t tell Yijun.” Cici’s tone did not change, and she did not seem to be in a hurry. She looked very magnanimous.

Cici was older than Yifei, and she was very calm. Yifei was arrogant and did not like Zhan, so she did not speak politely.

Zhan stared at Cici and slowly said, “Mrs. Wen, you are an elder in terms of seniority. The difference in age between me and Yijun is not too big. In front of you, I am only a child. I am not an adult.”

He smiled at Cici.

Cici’s expression changed slightly, “Mr. Zhan, you’re messing around.”

“Is that so? I think you’re messing around, Mrs. Wen,” Zhan looked a little cold, “I don’t know what you think of your son, I treat Yijun as my younger brother, and our relationship is simple. If it weren’t for Haoxuan, I wouldn’t even know that Yijun’ father had passed away. As a wife and mother, you don’t seem to be very sad, And you still have time to cause trouble to me. It’s really rare.”

The mockery in Zhan’s tone was obvious, and Cici could hear it.