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"Hi"

Zhan waved his hand with a bright smile, seeing the person standing in front of him.

Yibo just muttered and nodded with his flat gaze, which made Zhan chuckle.

Zhan looked at Yibo's legs, it has been several days since he returned from the hospital. His legs no longer have bandages wrapped around them. He's wearing his black jeans as usual.

"Your leg has healed?"

Zhan crouched to see Yibo's legs closer.

"Yes" Yibo answered softly.

Zhan looked up by chance and saw Yibo was staring at him, but Yibo immediately averted his gaze from Zhan.

"Bo-di want to come in?"

Zhan stood up, then he noticed that Yibo had a lunch bag in his right hand.

Yibo just nodded without looking at him earning a smile from the other man.

"Come on"

Zhan pulled his hand taking him into his apartment.

"Is that for me?"

Zhan asked looking at the lunch bag Yibo was carrying. Yibo looked at Zhan for a moment then nodded. The older one smiled like a baby when Yibo held out his lunch bag.

Zhan took it to the kitchen table and opened the contents. Yibo followed and stood beside him.

Lotus root soup with meat. It's Zhan's favorite food from childhood until now, even though not the meat inside. His eyes immediately sparkled when he smelled the savory aroma that wafted from the soup.

"Wow. How did Bo-di know that I really like eating lotus root soup?"

Zhan asked with wide eyes, staring at Yibo who was standing not far from him.
Yibo just flatly nodded slowly without making a sound.

"Did you cook this yourself?"

Yibo just looked away. He had done it twice already, it made Zhan couldn't help but smile.

"Want to eat together?" Zhan asked with sparkling eyes.

"Come on. Let me prepare the bowl and spoon. Sit down, just consider this your own home." Zhan walked to the shelf and took the cutlery without waiting for his response.

"Why are you silent? Sit down"

Zhan dragged Yibo who was still standing and sat him before the dining table. After that he sat next to Yibo and prepared the soup that Yibo brought and split it in half.

"Here, one for Zhan-ge, and one for Bo-di" Zhan beamed a bright smile. Yibo just paused to see Zhan's excited behavior.

"Have a nice meal" Zhan said joining his hands and he spooned the soup into his mouth. As soon as the soup entered his mouth, his eyes immediately sparkled with pleasure.

"Wow, Bo-di. You are so great. Your cooking is really delicious. It fits perfectly on my tongue. It feels like reminiscent as if I tasted my mother's cooking." Zhan said, staring at the spoon filled with soup. Then put it in his mouth again. While Yibo slowly ate the lotus root soup.

"Bo-di. Didn't you say you would cook for me more often?"

Zhan stared at Yibo, making him stop eating and jolt up his head to face Zhan.

Zhan suddenly laughed crisply and he averted his eyes, then exhaled heavily.

"Ms. Zhuo Xuan is very fortunate to have you, who loves her and cook food as delicious as this. I can imagine how happy she is, being able to taste this food every day from the person she loves. I am very jealous" Zhan said while he scoop out the soup again.

"It's arranged" Yibo said suddenly making Zhan look directly at Yibo with a surprised look. This is the first time Yibo open up and speak about his personal matters especially without Zhan forcing him to tell them.

"Arranged marriage?" Zhan asked just to confirm he heard right.

"Yes. By our parents"

"But Bo-di loves her right?"

Zhan looked at Yibo closely, so as not to lose any detail about his expression.

"No"

Xiao Zhan almost choked on his spit.

Yibo's answer without hesitation made Zhan stare at him in silence. He didn't expect Yibo to say something which is his personal, in a direct way with him.

He gulped down water to calm his throat.

"So are you still going to get married?"

Zhan asked, looking back at Yibo. While Yibo was still staring at him flatly, but there were emotions that could not be read in his eyes.

"I don't know"

Again Yibo's answer made Zhan quite surprised. Usually the person who is arranged will answer 'Yes, what else can I do' or 'No, I don't want to', but this is a strange answer! You should either refuse it or accept it! But what is this!!!

Zhan thought for a while. It's not like him. He must have had a reason to answer uncertainly.

"Are you in love with someone?"

Yibo's gaze faltered hearing Zhan's question. then he averted his gaze away from him. So Zhan concluded that as 'Yes'.

"Is that someone I know?" Zhan asked, staring intently at Yibo.

Yibo didn't respond. Zhan waited eagerly for his answer. After a while, he sighed in disappointment.

"Whoever it is, must be very lucky. I'm sure about that" Zhan said with a smile.

Yibo stared at him blankly but Zhan didn't notice that.

"Is it done?" Zhan asked, picking up the cutlery they just used. Yibo helped him clean the dining table and put them in the sink.

"You have to learn to love Ms. Zhuo Xuan. She's a good girl." Zhan said suddenly.

Yibo just nodded.

"Which statement did you answer?" Zhan asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Last"

"Don't play with the words" Zhan said anxiously.

"No, of course." Yibo once again said in his flat tone, though Zhan knew that Yibo was asking him to joke.

"Didi really sweet"

Zhan ruffled Yibo's hair, but suddenly became silent.

Zhan felt like his head had just been struck by a stone, when a flash of memory entered his vision. He almost collapsed if only Yibo did not hold his body.

'Didi, don't go'

'Gege, didi don't want to go'

'Mom, when are you coming back?'

'Didi, come back'

That voice kept ringing in Zhan's ears as the memory forced its way in with a sharp pain in his head. He could see the shadow of someone staring at him with worry in the dim light of his vision. Until finally the light was completely shut, leaving a darkness.

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The first thing he felt when he regained consciousness is something wet and cold on his forehead.

He opened his eyes slowly. He remembered what happened before he passed out. He even remembered who he had called Didi in the past. It was none other than the one who was sleeping sitting on the floor with his head on the bed.

He gently ruffled the man's hair, though it eventually made him wake up from his sleep.

"Zhan-ge" 

The man looked at him with worried eyes.

"I'm fine Didi. I mean Yibo didi"

Zhan said with a smile making Yibo widen his eyes in surprise.

Yes, the little Didi from Zhan's memories is none other than Yibo. The cute and little boy who had grown up into a handsome and mature adult.

"Gege remember everything?" Yibo asked with a worried look.

"No. I mean not everything." Zhan said, holding Yibo's hand.

"I'm sorry" Yibo said with a sad face.

"No, this is not your fault"

Zhan tried to sit up and Yibo immediately helped him.

"Why did you hide it for so long?"

"I didn't mean it"

"What do you mean?" Zhan asked confused.

"Doesn't GeGe have amnesia?"

"Speak clearly" Zhan was getting annoyed.

"I don't want to make you faint anymore. Don't force yourself."

Zhan gritted his teeth. He raised his as though he intended to hit Yibo. Yibo closed his eyes in fear. But what he got was not a punch, but a warm hug from Zhan.

"I'm sorry" Yibo said, hugging Zhan back.

"For What?" Zhan asked while stroking Yibo's back.

"For all my attitude so far"

"It's okay. I think that attitude suits you" Zhan teased earning a pinch in the waist from Yibo. He immediately flinched in pain but didn't fight back.

"Why are you being that cold to everyone?"

"I'm just too lazy to be nice. Everyone is the same. A wolf in sheep's clothing" Yibo shrugged, earning a hit on his forehead from Zhan.

"Why did you hit me?" Yibo whined rubbing his forehead.

"You are very naughty, just like when you were little" Zhan said blowing the reddened area.

"I'm not naughty. I just like to play with gege" Yibo said defensively.

"Yes.. Yes.. You was not naughty. You're so innocent to make a prank like spilling the lotus root soup my mother made, on my body"

"I didn't do it on purpose. I'm sorry"

Yibo ducked his head feeling guilty. Zhan just chuckled seeing that.

"I'm sorry, when mom left I couldn't come."

Zhan's mother died just two years after their first meet. And Yibo still feel guilty for not being with him at that time.

"It's okay. Besides, I also don't really remember about what happened at that time, you are still very young too."

"I'm sorry."

"There are some things from my past that I can't remember after I got to know you. I don't know the reason why that happened. And only in recent days a lot of memories have returned" Zhan said, staring straight.

"I will help you remember them. I promise" Yibo said seriously making Zhan beam a smile.

"Do you want to see the scar?" Zhan asked. Yibo didn't answer. Even though Zhan lifted his shirt and took it off.

A burn scar can be seen on almost all of his body, even though it looks faint, but if you look at it this close, it will be very clear.

Yibo was stunned to see the scar on Zhan's body, although there were a number of other wounds there but the burn really made him feel sad.

"Want to touch it?" Zhan asked when Yibo did not stop staring at his topless body. Yibo closed his eyes when he heard that.

Zhan grabbed Yibo's hand and placed it on his stomach. The latter immediately cringed when he touched the scar.

"Don't worry, it doesn't hurt anymore"

Zhan laughed at Yibo's behavior. Yibo who was upset because he was laughed at, pinched Zhan's stomach which made the owner grimace in pain instantly.

Zhan who was annoyed immediately tickled Yibo, making Yibo laugh while rolling on Zhan's bed. The two of them tickled one another until Zhan decided to stop, while Yibo lay beside him.

"Didi"

Zhan called slowly, as he turned to Yibo. Yibo opened his eyes and looked directly at Zhan.

"Yes?"

"Want to change hair color? Let me dye your hair"

"Yes"

"Which color? How about black?"

"No. How about red?" Yibo smirked immediately getting a tickle from Zhan.

Finally after several sessions of tickling and teasing one another they both decided to dye Yibo's hair with a dark brown color. While Zhan just styled his hair with some help from Yibo.

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The next morning, the two of them went to the office on Yibo's motorbike. Same as before, Yibo driving and Zhan hugging him from the back.
(Hm.. Mmm 🤨😏🤨😏)

You may ask why should he be the one to drive always. It's because Zhan cannot drive a motorcycle.

Yibo returned to his cold attitude as soon as they are not alone anymore. Zhan who saw the change, could only shake his head.

The colleagues in the joint team, were quite surprised seeing Zhan coming together with Yibo.

Because they all knew that, after the hospital incident Zhan was deliberately avoiding Yibo when he is with Ms. Zhuo Xuan.

"What did you two do behind our back?" Zhuo Cheng asked intimidatingly. Zhan who was confused by that question raised an eyebrow. Paul Yu and the others too approached Zhan with an investigative look.

"Don't pretend like you don't know what we mean." - Zhuo Cheng.

"I really don't understand what you mean, we are just bros who accidentally met again after long time." Zhan shrugged his sholders.

"I don't think bros is the right word after seeing what you guys did together at the river that time." Zhuo Cheng raised an eyebrow smirking. Paul Yu and the others nodded.

"What do you mean?" Zhan asked confused. He really did not understand the words of Zhuo Cheng.

"Guo Cheng. Would you like to tell your Xiao Zhan-ge?" Zhuo Cheng asked Guo Cheng.

Zhan looked at his four friends in confusion.

"We saw.."
"You guys.."
"K.I.S.S."

Zhan immediately startled by the words. So the shameful and impolite thing he had done to Yibo was seen by all members of the joint team. Zhan could only be silent without intending to refute their words, even though there was no point because with that many witnesses he could not evade.

"Judging from your response, you don't seem to think of him as a bro anymore. Don't regret if you lose it one day." - Zhuo Cheng.
(Lose what?? 🤨🤨)

Zhan just remained silent after listening to Zhuo Cheng's words.

"I'm not sure about my feelings, especially we are both men." He said slowly.

"Think carefully before moving on, we will always be there for you. Don't worry." Zhuo Cheng patted his shoulder. Followed by the nod of Paul Yu, Fan Xing and Guo Cheng.

"You don't feel strange about me?" Zhan asked in a surprised tone.

"I already told you. Don't worry. It's not about the gender, it's whom this heart is able to feel a sense of comfort. That's the one you love." Zhuo Cheng patted his heart, hugging Zhan's shoulder.

Zhan pondered thinking about Zhuo Cheng's words. His feelings for Yibo that he had thought disappeared, now reappeared.

Zhan ruffled his hair in frustration, he glanced at Yibo and they inadvertently stared at each other. He just smiled awkwardly while Yibo could only try to hold his smile.

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"Sir, what should we do? He started to recover his memories."

"Let's see what they do, if they keep interfering, kill anyone who stands in our way"

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