THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Zhao XinChi stands near the window in his reparation room, his eyes staring at the dropping rain outside. Many things are in his mind yet there is nothing he could say, he is just about to sit when the door is knocked. 'Come in...' The old man said.

'Pa...' Zhao YunLan appeared from behind the door.

Zhao XinChi sighs, 'What?' He asked lazily.

'Pa...I'm sorry...'

'For what?'

'I can't keep my promise...'

'...'

'Pa...I know you must be very upset with me...You reminded me to keep away from trouble yet I keep involved with many problems...' Zhao YunLan tried to seek the right word, 'I started everything...If I don't end it now once for all, they will keep looking for me...Ah Ming already got hurt, I can't let anyone else be harmed by those people because of me...I have to find them and stop this nightmare...'

'If you already find them, would you stop?' Zhao XinChi asked.

'That's...'

'How if they belong to an organization? How if behind them there are so many other people? Then when will you stop?' Zhao XinChi asked, attacking his son's conscience mercilessly.

'...'

Zhao YunLan lowering his gaze, indeed to quit once he enters the labyrinth is impossible. The only way to end this is to follow the path, solve its complicated hodgepodge to reach the center, and deal with the minotaur to seize the wreath of laurel.

'If you don't plan to stop...Then what is the point of telling me these all things?' Zhao XinChi lowered his gaze, not even spare a glance at his son.

'I just want you to understand...'

'And if I can't understand then what will you do?' Zhao XinChi cuts his son's words.

Zhao YunLan lowers his gaze once more, he can't even answer the question.

Zhao XinChi takes a deep breath, 'YunLan...You are a man...Once you make a decision, don't bother explaining the reason to anyone as long as you keep your goal till the end...And don't ever regret what you have decided...'

Zhao YunLan lifts his eyes, looks at the old man who has never looked at him even once since he entered the room. 'Pa...' He mumbled.

Zhao XinChi doesn't say anything as he is standing up, strides to a counter in the corner of his repairing desk, and pulls a box from inside. At a glance, there is nothing special about the box but when Zhao XinChi pulls out the thing that is kept inside, Zhao YunLan's eyes widen.

'This is our family inheritance...' Zhao XinChi caressing the soul gun softly, 'It's been kept for so long...But now...I give it to you...I hope this gun will protect you well...' He said as he gives the gun to the stunned Zhao YunLan, 'But remember! It doesn't mean that I agree with your decision...' He proceeds.

'Thank you, Pa...' Zhao YunLan answered as he accepts the gun.

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That morning when Zhao YunLan is about to leave the house, a fancy car stops in front of him. As the back passenger seat's window opened, he could see that Shen Wei is inside. 'Get in...' Shen Wei said.

Zhao YunLan sighs but opens the door and obediently gets into the car. Da Qing is already jumping inside the car before Zhao YunLan closes the door, sits between Zhao YunLan and Shen Wei. 'Where will we go?' He asked soon after the car rolled.

'To the SID's headquarters...' Shen Wei replied curtly.

'How many staff do I have?'

'None...'

'None!?' Zhao YunLan shocked, 'What do you mean by none!?'

'That's means you have to find your crew...' Shen Wei answered.

'Oh...I see...'

'So...You will bring this yashou with you?' Shen Wei asked nonchalantly while looking outside the window.

'Sure...' Zhao YunLan replied but then, he and Da Qing realized something, turn around at the same time and look at the calm man.

'You know!?', 'Miaw!?' Both Zhao YunLan and the cat-form Da Qing said in unison.

Shen Wei turns his head, staring lazily at two silly creatures that sit beside him. 'Of course, I know...' He said.

'Since when!?' Da Qing shapeshifting into his human form, kneeling on the car seat, his face looks so tense as he is a total shock. Zhao YunLan who was more shocked not even can make any reaction, just can frown with full of question eyes.

'Since now...' Shen Wei replied nonchalantly, making them both frown.

'Chief Shen...Are you making fun of me!?' Da Qing asked in upset.

'I have some impression but I don't know whether I'm right or wrong...However, you just prove me right...' Shen Wei replied calmly, glancing at the clumsy yashou makes Zhao YunLan purses his lips while Da Qing scratches his head as they realized Da Qing's stupidity.

'Hey, Da Qing...' Zhao YunLan suddenly said, 'Do you want to work with me?'

'Huh!?' Da Qing and Shen Wei were both startled by the question.

'Are you serious!?' Da Qing asked and Zhao YunLan just nods as the reply.

'Zhao YunLan...Are you pitying me?' Da Qing asked, 'Just because you know my story...'

'Da Qing...Do you think I will do that?' Zhao YunLan asked, 'Do you think that I will choose you to stay in my side during the thorny journey, in the job where our life is at stake out of pity?' He turns his head, stares at the man.

Da Qing lowered his gaze, 'Then why?' He asked, lifting his eyes, and looking at Zhao YunLan.

'Do you still remember the last fight?' Zhao YunLan asked, 'When my brother almost died because that creature, you the one who stands between us and the creature before YeZun steps in...'

'That was-'

'That was all that we need in this job...' Zhao YunLan cuts Da Qing's words, 'Someone who can watch our back...' He proceeds, looks at the dumbfounded man.

Da Qing lowering his gaze, 'Alright...I'm in...' Da Qing said.

'This is won't be easy...' Shen Wei said.

'I know...'

'Don't do it just because you need a job...' Zhao YunLan added.

'Hey, Zhao YunLan! You are the one who offers the job to me!' Da Qing half-shouted, 'How can you say something like that!?' He can't believe this man.

'We arrived...' Shen Wei cuts the stupid bicker, makes both men stop their catering as they look outside and Zhao YunLan is stunned as he saw the familiar view. His eyes slide slowly, caressing the surroundings.

'This place!?' Da Qing asked Shen Wei, 'Why it looks like a normal house?' He scrutinizes the surrounding.

'Wait until you see inside...' Shen Wei said, opening the door and stepping down from the car.

'Whoa...' Da Qing was amazed soon after Chu ShuZhi opens the door.

'This place has everything that you need...' Chu ShuZhi starts to explain, 'The meeting room, special chamber for the chief, the administration and laboratory equipment and library for both your files and reference books...' He said as he points at several places.

While Da Qing pays close attention, Zhao YunLan looks around. Somehow, everything looks the same as the old-time. Sighs, Zhao YunLan swipes the entire room with his eyes as the nostalgic feeling brewing inside him.

'Zhao YunLan...' Shen Wei calls out of the man, 'What is it?' He asked as he saw Zhao YunLan is a little bit strange.

'This place is...' Zhao YunLan asked as he pointed around.

'The old XingDu Bureau headquarters...' Shen Wei replied, 'It's been moved to another location a few months ago...So Special Investigation Division can use this place...'

Zhao YunLan takes a deep breath, 'Then...We just need a nameplate...'

'We already prepare that...' Chu ShuZhi takes a brass plank with the 'Special Investigation Division' name engraved on it, 'Chief Zhao...Where should I put it?' He asked politely.

Zhao YunLan is halted, turns around, and looks at the man. In a split second, Chu ShuZhi turns into someone that he knew a long time ago. His eyes drifted to the empty wall where the name plank that he knows usually hanged, 'There...' He said as he pointed at the wall in front of the entrance.

'Alright...' Chu ShuZhi replied.

'I will ask some other men to join me...' Zhao YunLan said to Shen Wei, 'You don't mind do you?' He asked the man.

'No...As I told you...You are free to choose your men...' Shen Wei said.

'I will need Lin Jing...' Zhao YunLan said, 'Do you mind if he works for me?' He asked Shen Wei.

'No...' Shen Wei replied curtly, 'In fact, You know how to work with him better than anyone...' He proceeds.

'Thanks...' Zhao YunLan said.

'Then how about the Deputy chief?' Shen Wei asks, 'Do you have the candidate?'

Zhao YunLan walks onto a sofa, plunges his body, lifts his feet to the table, and leans his head on the seat. 'Hey, Damn Cat!' Zhao YunLan shouted.

'What?' Da Qing who checking the second story answered.

'You will be the Deputy Chief...' Zhao YunLan said.

'What!?' Da Qing shouted, runs, and jumps to the ladder's railing, using it as the slide to get down. 'Are you serious!?' He asked soon after he stands beside Zhao YunLan.

'Of course...' Zhao YunLan said, 'In fact, there is no one good enough for that post but you...'

Da Qing lowers his gaze as he is thinking, 'Zhao YunLan...Now I'm really curious...Do we ever meet somewhere before?' He asked.

'Why?' Zhao YunLan returned the question.

'Because...You seem very trust me to the point too scary...' Da Qing said honestly.

Zhao YunLan smiles, 'Da Qing...Many things in the world can't be explain...No matter how deep we learn about it...' He pats the Yashou's head, 'I trust you...That's it...'

'People said don't choose the one you don't trust and trust the one you choose...' Shen Wei said, 'It seems you are someone who depends on your intuition...'

Zhao YunLan smiles, 'You could say so...'

'Is there anyone else you want to hire?' Shen Wei asked.

Zhao YunLan looks at the empty table in the middle of the hall, reminiscing the past as he looks at the furniture around it. 'I will need an admin...If you don't mind, I will take Wang Zheng with me...' Zhao YunLan said, 'I also need someone to manage the library...So will take Sang Zan too...'

'Alright...' Shen Wei said, 'My mother will be a little upset, though...'

Zhao YunLan snorts, 'I will apologize personally to Madame Shen...' He said.

Zhao YunLan's eyes darted to one spot where Zhu Hong always sits in their old times. Takes a deep breath, Zhao YunLan averting his eyes. With their past in this circle of life, even though he is not involved personally, it's not likely Zhu Hong willing to work with him.

'What happened?' Shen Wei asked when he saw Zhao YunLan dazed.

Sighs, Zhao YunLan replies, 'Nothing...An admin's job is too many...I just thinking about hiring someone to help Wang Zheng...But I'm afraid that she will refuse...'

Shen Wei crosses his arm as he asks, 'Who?'

'Well...' Zhao YunLan scratching his hair, 'That's...'

'Is she your ex?' Shen Wei asked bluntly.

Zhao YunLan stares at Shen Wei, amazed by the man's capability to read his mind. Pointing his finger randomly, Zhao YunLan says, 'Yes, indeed...' He lowered his gaze.

'So, you want to ignite the old amber with her?' Shen Wei asked.

'What!?' Zhao YunLan was stunned, 'It's purely about work...' He replied in a serious tone.

Shen Wei strides closer to Zhao YunLan, entraps the man between him and the sofa with his hand. 'You better be...' Shen Wei says, makes Zhao YunLan gulps. 'As you confessed to me once...' He proceeds which makes Da Qing's eyes widen.

'Well...That's...' Zhao YunLan about to say that he doesn't mean that but can't finish his words as Shen Wei's eyes sternly glared at him. 'Even so, it's not likely you will give me any reply, won't you?' He changed his wording, asked awkwardly as he was frightened by the intimidation of those scary eyes.

'You right...I don't think I will give you any reply...' Shen Wei says, 'But I hate when someone takes me lightly...And you better remember that I'm not those girls who you can play around with...So you better keep yourself clean until I decided to give you the reply...' He smiles, very scary smiles.

'You confessed to him!?' Da Qing asked soon after Shen Wei leaves along with Chu ShuZhi.

'No, I don't!' Zhao YunLan said but then lowered his gaze as he is thinking, 'Well, maybe I had said something like that...But I didn't mean anything...' He proceeds.

'Zhao YunLan...Goodluck...' Da Qing patted Zhao YunLan's shoulder in deep concern.

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That evening, Zhao YunLan returns to the SID's headquarters along with Da Qing and Guo ChangCheng. When he opens the door, everyone is there already. Zhao YunLan turns to Da Qing and Guo ChangCheng, asked them to sit with the other. Zhao YunLan takes a deep breath as his eyes sweep across the table, Da Qing, Guo ChangCheng, Lin Jing, Wang Zheng, Zhu Hong, Sang Zan, Chu ShuZhi, And Shen Wei sit around the table. This view, this nostalgic view, how long does he dream about this reunion already.

Takes a deep breath, Zhao YunLan says, 'Good evening, everyone...I think all of you know why we gather in this place...This division is called the special investigation division because we will deal with unusual cases around Dragon City...We will deal with those cases in different ways...No longer dependent on power or capability as a DiXing or Yashou but by investigating it thoroughly...Every detail left by the criminal at the crime scene...' Zhao YunLan stops for a moment, 'We will use our intelligence, observation, collecting the proofs that support our presumptions...' Zhao YunLan looks at them one by one, 'I choose you because I believe that all of you is the best in this field...However, I will not disregard your consent...As a special division, I realize that we will through many dangerous situations...So, everyone who wants to quit, they are free to go now...'

Time passes by but no one moves from the seats. Zhao YunLan who feels touched by their courage smiles as he says, 'Then, welcome to Special Investigation Division...'

The solar system, the gravitationally bound system of the sun, and the objects that orbit it either directly or indirectly. Just like the relationship in the SID's ensemble. No matter how they separated, their connection is will never die and the story will keep ongoing...

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