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Anger! That is what I felt right now. 'How can people be so selfish!? Just because he hid himself? Because he didn't speak? How can they adopt him, giving him hope to have a family who loves him unconditionally and then, when he turns out to be slightly different than other kids, they abandon him? He lost hope to have a warm family because of those stupid, arrogant and selfish people!!'  I thought angrily.

"Yibo, calm down! It will not help when you get angry. You will scare him if he sees you like this, so stop it!" My brother said. 'Scaring him? No, that is the least I want to do! I need to calm down.'

"Brother bring him in his room and stay with him" I said, laid Zhan gently in the arms of my brother and raised from the couch.

"Where are you going?" he asked me worried while holding Zhan.

"Don't worry, I will be in the cellar. I need some exercise." I said and left.

I went down to the cellar and trained. After some time I calmed down. I didn't know how long I was downstairs but at some point I heard a weak knock. First I thought I misunderstood but a minute later I heard it again. When I turned to the door I saw Zhan standing there. I run to him immediately.

"Zhan? I thought you are asleep? Are you better now?" I asked him worried. He nodded and showed me his notebook.

>I have a gift for you. I got it yesterday but didn't have time to give it to you yet.<

"A gift? For me? What is it?" I asked excited. 'Zhan brought me a gift? I didn't expect something like that... What can it be?'

Zhan walked out of the cellar and came back with something behind his back. He seems to be unsure to give it to me.

"What is it Zhan? I only get gifts on my birthday or on Christmas. Please show it to me." I pleaded and when Zhan saw how excited I was he showed it to me.

"A new basketball? In red and black? How did you know I like these colors?"

>Your bike is black and red and you seems to like it a lot. So I thought you might like These colors.<

"Thank you Zhan. I really like it. I will use it right away." I said to him and started dribbling. "Wow. This is basketball is really good. Better than those I have." I shouted stunned. I run through the court and threw some baskets. After that I run back to Zhan.

"Thank you, Zhan. Getting this basketball as a gift from you means a lot to me." I said and hugged him. When I broke the hug he wrote down something else.

>Can I play with you?<

"You know how to play?" I asked him surprised but he shook his head.

>I don't. But I can learn it if you teach me. Please..?<

When he showed me his written words and looked at me with his big round eyes I almost got a heart attack. He looks so innocent, so cute and so beautiful. And the most important thing is, he trust me more and more with each day. I hold out my hand.

"Then I will teach you. Come here" I said softly. Zhan took my hand almost instantly. We walked in front of a basket and stopped.

"Alright. You have to positioning your feet firmly and about shoulder-width apart. That way you can keep your balance. Your upper body and your head needs to point towards the basket the whole time till you threw the ball. Your elbow needs to be underneath the basketball. It should be about a 90-degree angle with your upper body. Like this." I led him to the right position. "Good. Your eyes need to stay at your target, in this case the basket as well as the ball itself. When you release the ball, your wrist should flick toward the target. Exactly. Now try it." I said and stand back.

He kept the position I showed him and threw the ball. The ball landed inside the basked but Zhan couldn't keep his balance, stumbled and fell on the ground. He turned around and looked at me with a big bright smile. "Wow, Zhan. I needed three days for that... respect." I said and helped him up. "But I guess you need to train a lot more. You are too weak and lose your balance quite fast."

>Are you going to train me?<

"If that is what you want then yes, I will. Do you want to start right away?" I asked. Zhan was so happy about that, that he jumped on me to give me a hug. 'I will not let him go. He will stay with me. I will protect him'

"Zhan, before we start let me promise you one more time. My brother and I will never abandon you. Never! You will stay here for as long as you wish. If there is something you don't like tell us and we find a solution. But please, please promise me that you never ever going to hurt yourself again. Please..." I tightened the hug. After we stayed in that hug for quite a while he broke it.

>I promise you. I will never hurt myself. I will never hid myself. And when there is something I dislike, I will tell you. I want to stay here forever. I don't want to leave here.< he smiled at me with tears in his eyes. 

I took his face in my two hands and nudged my nose with his. 'That is a promise between us, Zhan. You promised me to never leave me. And I promise you I will love you forever. And when the time is right, I will tell you that.'  I thought and smiled.

"Now after everything is cleared up, lets start with your personal training. The first thing we will do is running. Five laps. Lets go" I said, took his hand and we run. 

After the laps we made sit ups and I taught him dribbling. Suddenly my phone rang. It was my brother.

"Yes, brother?" I asked.

"I don't want to interrupt with ..... whatever you two are doing right now but its already 6 pm. Its time to eat. I ordered pizza so both of you come up." he said.

"BROTHER!!" I shouted in shock.

"What are you shouting for?" he asked innocently. "Come up you two. And take an umbrella with you, its raining heavy outside." I heard him laughing before he cut the call. I felt Zhan's gaze on me and when I turned to him he looked at me questionably.

B-brother called us. He ordered food. L-lets go. I am hungry and you probably too." I stuttered. I took an umbrella and we walked up. "Zhan, its raining. Its only a few meters to the house. Stay close to me so you will not get wet." I said and we run.

My brother ordered a lot of pizza. When we saw Zhan only eating to pieces my brother instantly gave him two more and urged him to eat more. Even if Zhan looked quite unhappy he didn't complain and ate it. He had to. He is just to thin.

This evening was fun. Zhan wasn't as shy as six days ago. He made eye contact the whole time, he laughed and when he wanted something he wrote it down. After today we knew about his life in the orphanage and how he get there in the first place. I still get angry whenever I think about it.

But there is more to find out. We still don't know why Zhan cant speak. Whatever the reason is, it happened before he woke up in that forest. How we will find out about it is unclear as we don't know where that forest is and we don't know where the old couple is who found him. I have to talk about this to brother but not now. At the moment it just a happy family dinner and I don't want to think about it. At least not today.

"Xiao Zhan, Yibo has to go to school tomorrow. How about you help me with the garden. It will take time to care for it alone. Together its faster and it makes more fun. Moreover Yibo forgot a part of the garden last time" my brother said and chuckled. Zhan nodded in agreement.

"Oh nooo" I whined.

"Yibo, its not that bad. We will take care of it tomorrow. No need to to whine" he laughed.

"Its not about the garden. Brother I still have homework to do. 7 pages!! How will I finished till tomorrow"

"How can you forget your homework!? After dinner you will go up and do them! Do you understand?" Brother scolded and I nodded.

After dinner Zhan had to take a pill again and both of us stepped up to the 3rd floor. I took a shower and wanted to start my homework but I decided to look after Zhan for a short moment. When I entered his room he was nowhere to be found. Then I saw light in the bathroom. 'Is he showering?'  But I didn't hear the water flowing. I decided to wait in case he was changing his clothes or sitting on the toilet.

But then I heard a whimper. It came from the bathroom so I hurried and entered and I saw Zhan sitting crying next to the toilet, his arms around his legs and his head in on his knees.

"Zhan!?" I called, run to him and took him in my arms. "Stop crying and tell me what is wrong? Hmm?"

"Yibo? What happened?" I heard my brother asking behind me. When he saw us in the bathroom he seems to knew right away. He came to us and checked on Zhan who was still crying.

"Bring him to bed. I will make some tea for him. Yibo, calm him down, speak to him. I will be right back." he said and with one last worried look he left.

I carried him to his bed, laid him under his blanket and his head I put on my lap. I gently caressed his hair and waited for him to calm down. After some time he moved a little bit and hugged my waist. 

"Are you okay now? Care to explain what happened?" I asked him carefully. 'Please Zhan, speak to me. Let me help you....'

He searched for his notebook and when he found it he answered me.

>I think I am very sick<

"Why do you think so?"

>Since some time it doesn't come out anymore. Everyday when I ate my stomach feels weird and I threw up. But since yesterday its not happening anymore. I tried to do it on my own but its not coming.<

"Zhan, when you threw up everyday after you ate means you are sick. That was not healthy and because of that you are so thin, weak and get tired really fast. That is not good. And because we kind of knew of this happening, brother gave you medicine. The pills you have to eat after dinner are helping you so you can eat normal and not threw everything up. That means nothing is wrong with you, but its very normal. Of course you will feel weird now because you were used to throwing up but that feeling will disappear soon. Stop forcing something that is not meant to happen, Zhan." I explained to him.

He looked at me the whole time while listening. I could see him thinking hard to digest the information. 

"Zhan, promise me you will eat more as of now and you will not try to threw up anymore." I asked of him. He nodded.

>I will eat more. I will not do it anymore, I promise you.< he smiled and once again I was lost in his dark brown eyes.

Then I heard my brother clearing his voice.... again!... and interrupted my time with Zhan. I looked at him sharply but he just chuckled.

"Here is the tea. I made herbal tea, Xiao Zhan. The one you drank when we were together in the park." he said and I saw Zhan's eyes brightening up. He sat up and drank the tea. Then he laid back on my lap.

"Xiao Zhan, unfortunately you have to use your own pillow. Yibo has to do his homework. Aren't I right, Yibo?" he said and looked strictly at me.

"Yes yes. I will go now." I complained and saw brother nodding in satisfaction.

It was almost 11 pm and I still had 3 more pages left. It was storming outside and the thunder was really loud. I couldn't concentrate anymore and I couldn't sleep because of my homework even though I was dead tired.

While I was thinking about how unlucky I am someone more or less pounded on my door and I almost peed myself. That really scared me. I walked to the door and when I opened it I saw Zhan standing there. He was trembling all over and looked really scared. Zhan run in my arms and hugged me. 'The storm !!' I remembered.

"I am sorry, Zhan. I forgot how scared your are of the storm." I said and patted his back. At that moment a thunder was heard and I felt Zhan flinching in my arms. "Its okay, Zhan. You can sleep here if you want. Go to my bed and I will bring my headphones right away." I told him, he run to my bed and I searched for my headphones. When I found them I took my phone, dimmed the light and climbed to him on the bed. I laid myself next to him, put my headphones over his ears and started the music.

Zhan slid over to me, used my arm as his pillow and put his arm around my chest. 'This..? What is he doing..? I don't think this is appropriate ... What should I do? Why am I even so nervous? Calm down Yibo... calm down.'  My thought were a mess and so was my heart.

Soon the storm passed and I felt Zhan moving in my arms. He took off the headphones and hid his face in my chest.

"What is wrong? Why are you hiding? Is it because you are scared of storms? You don't have to be embarrassed, you know. Everyone is scared of something." I explained to him and moved him unconsciously closer to me. Then I felt a pat on my chest and Zhan showed me his notebook.

>You? Are you scared of something too?<

"Of course. You want to know? I am scared of the dark. That is why I never sleep with the lights out, I only dim it. And if we should have a blackout my brother will lit some candles for me and stays with me. See, even I am scared of something, so don't be embarrassed." I said and kissed his forehead. I felt him nodding. 

"Zhan? What scares you about a storm? When did you knew you were scared?" I asked him. I felt him hesitating. "You don't have to tell me." I said quickly. When he moved, I looked at him and saw him writing something but I couldn't read it. So I waited while smiling. 'I am happy.'

When he nudged my side I took his notebook and read.

>It was at the sixth family with those siblings. When their parents went out I was alone with them. Both brothers were evil. They pushed me, called me bad things and locked me at different places. One time after the adults went out at night they came into my room. They grabbed my arms and pulled me out of the house into the rain. They locked every door and window so I couldn't go inside. They laughed at me and said I have to stay outside in the rain because I am too dirty. I couldn't even take shelter somewhere because there was nothing.

It was raining heavily, the wind was strong and the thunder was getting louder and louder. The flash was the only thing that spend me some light. I was wet, cold and tired but I couldn't sleep. At some point the adults came back. When they saw me they got angry and yelled at me why I am not in my bed. When they wanted to unlock the door it was already open. The siblings unlocked it after they heard them coming back. Since then I am scared of storms.<

After finishing reading I took him in my arms. "It will not happen again. Trust me, I will protect you no matter what." I mumbled in his ear and hugged him tight. We laid there like that for some time. 'I don't know who those brothers were but don't they dare to come in front of my eyes! I guarantee for nothing! And all those other families that hurt my Zhan. They better pray I will not find them!'

I felt a pat on my chest so I released Zhan and looked at him.

>Can I ask you something?<

"Everything, Zhan" I smiled at him.

>Promise me you will not get mad at me.<

"I will never get mad at you, I promise." I assured him and waited for his question.

>Why were you so upset earlier? When you came back from your training you looked so uncomfortable, sad and angry. What happened? Can you tell me?<

I froze. 'How should I tell him? I was kissed by someone else... how should I tell him that? Actually no! It was just a peck! Not a real kiss! But still.... Zhan, please don't be disappointed with me... It was not my fault, I swear,'

Zhan is still waiting for an answer. I didn't want to lie. Not to him. So I decided to tell him the truth.

"At the training I ... had an important and serious conversation with someone else. I had to tell her that I don't love her. She was sad because for her it was different. She loves me and wishes for me to be with her. But I cant. I cant be with someone I don't love. Its not fair for her and definitely not fair for me. So I rejected her. She was sad and cried. I left her so she can calm down.

Later I was with one of my friend and talked about ... my feelings. That girl I rejected saw me and thought I would be in love with my best friend. I love my best friend, all of them, but not that kind of love that girl has for me. She was angry and tried to convince me that she ... would be good, would be better for me. She would never cheat on me and only love me. My friend got angry as well. She wanted to protect me so she yelled at that girl. My friend told her that she will have no chance with me. She should stop trying to get me to love her because it will not happen.

I had to tell that girl the truth about me not loving her. But I was sad how that girl behaves. It was my fault that she turned out to be so ... fierce. I should have told her sooner but I didn't. So I was at fault and that made me sad. While I was thinking about my faults that girl suddenly kissed me .... No she gave me a peck. It was just a peck on my lips. That was it what angered me. Because something like this, even if it was not a real kiss but just as innocent as a peck, should not happen between two people who... have no feelings for each other.

And because that peck was stolen from me from someone I don't love, I was sad and angry. I felt uncomfortable because I will have to be even more ... careful in front of her. I hope I will not see her for the time being till she calmed down but at some point it cant be prevented."

I explained my story without looking at Zhan but I could feel his eyes on me while he listened. When I finished I looked at Zhan again. He smiled and wrote something in his notebook.

>I understand only half of your story but if I got it right you are angry because that girl kissed your lips?<

"It was not a kiss, Zhan. It was a peck. She just ... touched my lips with hers for a short moment. Nothing more. A kiss is .... something else. Something different." I explained to him. 'I don't want him to think I kissed someone else. Its not true, Zhan. Believe me.'

>So you are sad because she touched your lips even though you don't love her?<

"Yes. She knew I didn't love her but she still....."

I looked at the ceiling. It was not easy to talk about this with someone and even more if the person is Zhan. 'What should I feel? Should I be happy because he seems not understand the meaning behind everything? Or should I feel sad? I wish for him to know what I feel for him but without him understanding the meaning of every word I cant tell him. If I think about the peck I ... I shouldn't be sad about it. I know that. It is meaningless to be but ....'

I was pulled out of my thoughts when Zhan took my face and moved it to him so he can look at me. He smiled at me. Of course he does. 'He is just too innocent to understand. How can I change that? How....'

Before I could finish my thoughts Zhan leaned in and gently laid his lips on mine. I froze. I didn't move. I didn't pushed him away 'As if I could...'  I just closed my eyes and felt his soft lips on mine. It felt so good. I felt like I was in heaven. 'It wasn't me who started it...it was my Zhan. I am so happy.'  I wanted more. So much more but I didn't do anything except laying there. Its not right, its not the time. I will just savor it. I will never forget this. Ziyi would say 'its just a peck' but to me its so much more than that.

After some time Zhan withdrew and looked at me with a smile as if he wants to ask 'Are you better now?' I immediately pulled him to me and hugged him. I hid my face in his neck and I felt Zhan patting my back.

"Thank you, Zhan. I feel better now. You just gave me something very important for to cherish. Thank you, thank you so much" I said. I didn't let him go. Soon I fell asleep in the arms of Zhan and I never felt so happy as in that moment.

In the middle of night I felt the bed moving and Zhan leaving. I wanted to stop him but I was way to tired for that so I fell asleep again. Some time later I woke up again when I felt Zhan coming back to me. I didn't know why I knew it was him I just did. I gently pulled him back to me and before I fell asleep again I felt him cuddling into my arms.

The next morning I woke up when I heard someone entering my room and when I opened my eyes I saw my brother. When he saw who was cuddled in my arms he smiled softly. He came in and sat next to me.

"How come he is here again?" he asked.

"He is scared of storms so I allowed him to sleep here" I answered. We both were whispering as we didn't want to wake up Zhan.

"Ah I remember, you told me about it. I bet it was very difficult for you to make that sacrifice and share your bed." he said and winked at me. And that was the moment you've all been expecting. My face turned hotter and I blushed. My brother suppressed his laughter and I just glared at him.

"Don't look at me like that and get up. You have to be in school at 10am and we already have 8am. The breakfast is done too so wake up Xiao Zhan and come down." he said and left the room again.

"Why does he always have to joke with me...." I mumbled and turned to Zhan who was still sleeping peacefully in my arms. Even if I didn't want to, I had to wake him up. I gently shook his shoulder. When he opened his eyes I nudged my nose with his. "Good morning Zhan. Did you sleep well?" I asked him. He nodded and hid under the blanket. I laughed.

"Are you that tired? I have to go to school soon so I have to get up now. Do you want to have breakfast with me before I go?" I asked him and Zhan came out and nodded.

"Then get up and take quick shower and I will do the same. We will meet in the dining room and the first one to be there showered and fully dressed can make a wish. What do you think?" I asked him. He looked at me in one moment and in the next he jumped up and run out of the room.

"HEY, you are cheating!" I shouted and run into my bathroom.

When I finished and run into the dining room Zhan was already sitting there next to my brother. He was showered and fully dressed, only his hair was still a bit wet. When he saw me, he smiled brightly at me and pointed to himself.

"Yes you won. But you cheated!" I said, ruffled through his hair and sat next to him. Together we three ate in silence. I am happy to see Zhan eating more than usual. My brother observed Zhan too and when brother looked at me I saw he was happy and proud as well.

After dinner I counted two toast with marmalade, one fried egg and 3 waffles together with 2 cups of orange juice. My brother stood up and hugged Zhan.

"That is the right way, Xiao Zhan. You are doing good. Stay like that, alright?" he said to him and Zhan smiled while nodding. "Good. Here is your medicine." he gave him the blue pill and Zhan swallowed it without complain.

And I am proud to say I am not jealous at my brother anymore. He said he loves Zhan as his son. Nothing more. He is helping Zhan with everything and I am very thankful for that.

When I was about to leave to get my stuff, Zhan stopped me. I looked at him and then at his notebook he hold in front of my face. 

>I won. I can make a wish.<

"Even though you cheated... you still won. So tell me your wish" I smiled and waited.

>I want to go with you<

"Where?"

>To university.<

"What? Zhan, you want to go with me to university?" He nodded and I didn't know what to do. He cant go! Not because I want to hide him but its way too early for him. There are so many people and a lot of woman. It will be dangerous for his health...

"Zhan do you think you can handle that? There are so many woman..." I tried to explain.

He looked at me confused. >And? What is the matter with what?<

"Zhan, I dont want you to suffer when you see them..." I said

>Why would I suffer?' he asked and I could see him clueless as if he really doesn't know.

'What does that mean? '  I asked myself. 

I wanted to say something but my brother, who listened to our conversation, stopped me by putting his hands on my shoulders.

"Xiao Zhan, you cant go. Not now. Didn't you promise me to help me with the garden?" he said and Zhan looked at him. 

"If I understand it right you and Yibo had a bet and the winner will get a wish fulfilled. The winner was you. You wish is to go to school together with Yibo. And he has to fulfill it because he promised you. You can go with him, but not today. Because you cant break your promise to me just like that. Do you get what I mean?" he asked him. Zhan nodded. He looked sad so my brother walked up to him.

"Xiao Zhan? Please look at me. I promise you, you can go with him but not today. Only when you are ready. I want to talk with you a little bit more. I need to clear some things beforehand. Are you alright with waiting a little more?" he asked him gently. He looked at me and then at my brother.

>I will stay here and help in the garden. I will not break my promise. But both of you promised me today that I can go together with Yibo in the future. You cant break it either.<

"We will not break it. For today, Yibo goes to university and we will work in our garden. Are you angry with us now, Xiao Zhan?" Brother asked him carefully but he shook his head.

>No, I am not. Because I promised you yesterday first to help you.  I will be the bad one here if I break my promise. And the promise Yibo gave me today only states I have a wish free. It states not it has to be fulfilled today. Both of you didn't prohibited my wish, you promised me today that I can go in the future. I believe you two. So I am not angry<

We smiled after reading it. Then Zhan ran up the stairs and came back with my bag and jacket. I saw everything I need was inside, including my unfinished homework. 

"Thank you Zhan. I will be home soon" I said and ruffled through his hair.

"Xiao Zhan, how about you go ahead. I will follow you soon after I talked to Yibo." Brother said and with that Zhan nodded and left.

"Brother? What was that just now? Did he forgot about his panic attacks?" I asked him.

"No, I don't think so. I guess he doesn't know that the reason he panics is because he is scared of woman. I will talk to him later. You go to school. Did you do your homework?" he asked.

"Then speak with Zhan but be careful when doing that. I will go now. See you later, bye" I said and wanted to go but brother caught me.

"I suppose that means you didn't. Do you have anything to say to me, young man.!?" he said and looked strictly at me.

"Brother, I did do my homework. I just .... didn't finish it. But 4 pages out of 7 is not that bad ... right?" I tried reasoning with him.

"Wang Yibo! When you have homework, you will do everything and not only half of it! I didn't raised you like that. You always did them, so this one time I will forget it. But don't you dare do it again or ...." he threatened.

"Or what?" I asked carefully.

"I will send you to a boarding school and you cant see Zhan except on holidays. Do you understand?" he asked me. 'Excuse me? No way you will do that!!'

"B-boarding school? Me? Th-That will not be necessary. I will do my homework. I promise you! Just .... don't send me there, please." I pleaded.

"I will remind you of today. No go or you will be late" my brother smiled at me innocently and I escaped to my bike. 

In front of the university I stopped. I parked my bike and waited for my friends. Soon I saw Ziyi and Ji Yang walking up to me behind them were Paul and Xuan Lu. But what shocked me was.... Ziyi and Ji Yang were holding hands. I raised my brows and saw both culprits blushing.

"Care to explain?" I smirked.

"We... thought it through, Ji Yang and I, and decided to date openly. I told my mother yesterday as well. But she was not happy." she explained.

"Its okay, Ziyi. I will accompany you after school and introduce myself to your mother. I will impress her, alright?" Ji Yang said and gave her a kiss.

"It will be okay, guys. Ziyi, your mother is not as bad as you think. She is really a nice and friendly person." I said. 

"Yeah, but only because she likes you so much after you helped Paul and gave him tutoring." Ziyi rolled her eyes and I chuckled.

"Yibo? Congratulation." Xuan Lu said and hugged me gently. "I am happy you finally found someone. I hope you will introduce her to us in the future." she said.

"Yeah, I want to meet her too. I never expected you out of all people would fell in love." Paul said shook his head in disbelieve.

"Why? Isn't it normal to fall in love?" I asked to no one in particular.

"Not for you, Yibo. Definitely not for you. So many girls tried to flirt with you all over the years and you rejected them all." Ziyi giggled and I rolled my eyes.

"Did you guys have enough fun?" I asked annoyed.

"Not yet. I think it will take some time." Ji Yang smirked and Paul started laughing. Only Xuan Lu was on my side.

"Stop, bullying him. Everyone will fall in love sooner or later. Yibo just took his time. And if I remember it right... even Paul wasn't in love and didn't dated yet, aren't I right?" she asked. I laughed and Paul pouted.

"When everything is clear, lets go or we will be late again. Yibo, did you finish your homework?" Ziyi asked and with just one look into my face she knew I didn't. Now even Xuan Lu is shocked. 

"What? I did 4 pages, okay? For the rest I just didn't have time." I defended myself.

After everyone finished mocking me we made our way to the classroom. In front of it I stopped.

"What is wrong? Is it because of Lu Fei? Should I chase her away?" Ziyi asked and was about to go in when we heard MianMian laoshi calling me. We turned around.

"Yibo. I just finish talking to Trainer Lu and I made a new plan for the seats. You will sit in the back next to Ziyi. Ji Yang you will sit in front of both of them together with Ji Li. As for Lu Fei... she will sit at the front next to the door. Is that alright with you?" she asked and I sighed in relieve. I nodded and was about to go in.

"Wait, Yibo?" I turned around and looked at MianMian laoshi.

"Hmm... how... how is your brother? I didn't see him for quite a while... Is everything okay with him?" she asked me nervously. I saw my friend giggling in the back.

"He is fine." I answered.

"Very good. Then... when does he come back?" she asked.

"I... I don't know yet. He is busy at the moment but I will tell him you are worried" I said.

"No no, its fine. That will not be necessary. Lets go to class" she answered and went ahead. The moment she was gone my friend started laughing while I shook my head. "What is so funny?"

"I am sorry, I just cant stop it. Poor Mian Mian. She misses your brother so much." Paul said in between his laughter.

"If its so funny you can stay here and finish laughing. I will go inside" I said and walked into the class. The first face I saw was Lu Fei's. I looked away instantly and passed her. She tried to get my attention but I ignored her. I sat down at my seat and waited for my friends. Suddenly the whole class got loud with cheering and whistles. The reason for that were Ziyi and Ji Yang who came in hand in hand. I smiled happily. 'They really are announcing it'

"Attention classmates. Meng Ziyi and I are a couple since a few weeks now. We had our reasons for dating in secret but today we would like to make it official. Ziyi belongs to me." Ji Yang shouted.

"That's right. Ji Yang is my boyfriend. So don't even think about flirting with him. You will regret it." Ziyi shouted back and the whole call cheered for them. Only a few moans were heard from girls who thought they still had a chance with Ji Yang. For a short moment I saw Lu Fei's face. She looked at them in shock and then tried to find my eyes but I ignored her and welcomed the newest couple.

"That was a good speech. Congrats you two." I said and both of them smiled. 

Then I looked at Ji Yang. "To my defense I have to say MianMian Laoshi gave me this seat, Ji Yang. But I promise I will not look at your girlfriend." I said confident.

"Yibo, my friend. You and Paul are the only guys except me who can look at her. YuChen too but he has only eyes for Xuan Lu anyway." he said and we three laughed.

"Silence, guys. Calm down." MianMian laoshi said and the class went quiet. "Firstly, congratulations to the new couple. Secondly I would like to go through the attendance list."

When she was done she realized one student was missing. "Can someone tell me where Ji Li is?"

"MianMian laoshi...." one student said. 

"You will never learn it ... fine then... if you like it that much continue to call me laoshi... What is it?"

"Ji Li ... he is no more..." he confessed.

"What do you mean?" Mian Mian laoshi asked worried.

"He... died. He couldn't handle the fact that there was no school for six days and ended his life in agony. Now he is wandering through this school as a ghost. But if you apologize and promise to him that something like this will not happen again... he might come back again" he said. Some are starting to giggle.

'Did I mentioned that my class is crazy? No? Sorry, then I will do it now: My class is crazy!'  I sighed.

"Ohh, is that so. So be it. Ji Li, I am really really sorry that you had to go through this. I promise you, it will definitely not happen again. Please, come back to us." she said dramatically and behind one curtain Ji Li jumped out. 

"You promised laoshi! Never again!" he said and went to his new seat in front of me. 

"Never. After school you will stay two more hours as of now. I will give you enough to do so you will not get bored. Hope with that you feel better." She smiled innocently. With that the whole class started laughing, only Ji Li pouted.

"What? Still not enough? Then how about one more hour, Ji Li?" she asked.

"No no no, 2 hours are just fine. Or else I will have no time to do my other homework, you know?" he said and with that he barely escaped. I chuckled and shook my head. 'Serves you right.'

"Good. Then take out your homework everyone. I will call some of you to tell me your results...."

'I just hope I will not be called. She knows I always do my homework so she will not call me... right?'

But what should I say, my luck is not the best. I was called and had to read out my answers of page 6. But as I only made till page 4 ..... I am doomed.

"Yibo? What is wrong?" she asked me suspiciously.

"Hmmm... I ... only ... finished till page 4... I am sorry laoshi..." I answered.

"Yibo!? 7 pages in 6 days is enough time! Don't you think?" she asked me strictly and walked up to me. "Give me your book" she ordered and I gave it to her. She looked through my results. I am confident that my answers are right. At least the ones I had.

"Yibo!?" she said sharply. 'Why does she sound annoyed...?'

"Y-yes?" I asked carefully.

"If you don't want to read out your results, just tell me! You don't need to lie to me. Lie is a sin! I don't even understand why? All your results are correct." she said disappointed, threw my book on the table and walked back to the front. She called someone else.

I was confused. 'When did I lie? I really didn't finish my homework!'  But when I look through my book I was shocked. 'I did only 4 pages... but everything is solved including the 3 pages I didn't do.... How did that happen?' 

to be continued.....

Sooo.... That is it for today already. 
(I mean this chapter is my longest with 6900 words so... ^^) 

Next one will come out on Saturday.  Stay safe everyone :) 

See you then :D 

1. I am sorry if there are any errors as english is not my native language. Do point it out.

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