chapter 9

Xiao Zhan's P.O.V

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I woke up late.

I had a little mental breakdown before containing myself back.

I took a shower. Put on some casual clothes. Grab my car keys before heading downstairs.

I was in rush since I'm already late. I was supposed to pick ah Xing up in the early morning.

I saw several missed calls from my mom.

I was  heading downstairs when I heard Wang Yibo's voice.

"Zhan GE...can we talk?" He said in such serious tone.

"Ohh yibo...can we save it for later. I need to pick ah Xing up real quick." I said continuing to walk down.

I stopped for a bit and looked up at him...."Ahh...thank you for bringing me home yesterday. I might have drank a lot yesterday. I don't remember anything. As a thank you, I'll cook for you myself tonight. Wait for me." I said before heading outside of the mansion.

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"Papa why are you so late. I wanted to have breakfast with you. Grandma made something really delicious today" ah xing said getting mad at me as soon as he saw me.

"Papa is sorry, I woke up late today" I apologized.

"I missed papa yibo too" he said pouting.

"He's busy, but let's make dinner together for him tonight okay" I said and suddenly his mood got brighter.He nodded happily.

"Okay now let's go.....we need to do some shopping for tonight." I said.

"Yeahhhh" he cheered up..

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"Is everything okay with you?" Mom asked before we leave.

"Ye-yes he's treating us really well" I replied.

"You know that's not what I am asking about" she said.

"Forget it mom... let's talk again someday." I said and left in rush.

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After shopping I stopped by the restaurant to check on it a little bit.

And when we returned home......ah Xing and I had lunch together. Then we took a bath together.

After that we decided to take a nap. Ah Xing was sharing his stories before falling asleep.

It was pretty much a normal day..

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When I woke from the nap, it was already evening.

Without waking ah Xing up I went down to the kitchen to prepare everything.

"I'll prepare everything today" I said to the cook signalling her to leave everything to me.

When I was almost done ah Xing came down while rubbing his eyes.

"Papa, you said you'll let me help too" he said.

I smiled at him.

"You will help too.....help me to take this fries to the dining, and sit there for a while" I said handing him the bowl of fries.

He took it to the dinning carefully.

At the very moment Yibo reached home too.

"Papa yibo" ah Xing instantly ran towards him and yibo picked him up on his arms.

"I missed you" ah Xing said.

"I missed you too" he replied with a smile.

"Okay now come back to me.... let him wash up before dinner" I said and took ah Xing into my arms from him.

"Go and wash up before dinner gets cold" I said to him.

He nodded and went upstairs to his room.

He looked a bit tensed up while being near me.

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After taking a bath and changing his clothes he came back down to have dinner.

By now, I've set everything up on the dinning table.

"As I said, I'll cook myself for you as a thank you,....so eat up" I said with a smile.

He nodded and started eating.

His mood is a bit off.

"I thought you would start ignoring me again." He said his eyes focused on the food.

"Why would i? If I did something strange, forget it. My drinking habits are bad." I said.

After that he didn't said anything.

"Ah Xing eat up" I said while feeding him.

"Papa yibo eat this" ah Xing passed a big chicken piece towards yibo.

Yibo smile at him saying...

"Thanks you ah xing. You really care about me."

Ah Xing nodded with a big smile.

They really looks similar.

At this point it kinda doesn't bother me when ah Xing calls him 'papa yibo' anymore.

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After dinner I put ah Xing to bed after reading him some stories as usual.

Went back downstairs as usual.

Went to kitchen, took out a beer can from the freezer and went to sit on the couch.

I didn't bother to turn on the TV. I had a lot of things going on in my mind already.

"I guess you have a lot in mind too" yibo's voice suddenly got me jump back a little.

"I didn't notice you came down too" I said.

After a minute of silence.....

"You really don't remember anything?" He asked.

"I'll be honest here, it's a bit blur in my head but I kinda remember some part of it." I replied.

"But....I don't want to remember it. Since I was really drunk, I can guess I did something unpleasant in front of you. And I would like you to forget about it too." I added.

"Then we both know, I don't deserve your 'thanks' dinner." He said.

"I didn't wanted anymore awkwardness between us so don't think too much about it" I said back.

After that there was a silence again.

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."Zhan ge.....I like you" he blurted out suddenly making me surprise.

"What the hell, you still trying to pretend as him?"

"I really like you romantically Zhan ge. I'm not trying to pretend. I can't help it. I tried so hard not to like you but in the end I gave in" he said.

I don't think I have anything else to say anymore.

I got up from the couch.

"Don't be swayed by my drunken self." I said and headed upstairs.

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A/n : the weather these days are really hot, and my mood was a bit down for a couple of days, I couldn't bring myself to write anything  so, took a little break without any notice. But thank you so much for all the votes and comments that really motivated me. Thank you all for being here. Love you all :) I know nothing much going on in this chapter hence it's boring.. but next chapter will be better. :)