I hope my story does not get too boring ^^

Today we will know what Xiao Zhan painted and the first appointment for his Hypnosis  will be announced.

Have fun  :) 

My brother turned into a statue and I was confused. 'What is wrong with him? Why is brother behaving like that? Because of that painting? But .... isn't it just a painting of myself? Me and .... a little bunny? Looks like brother's little Wang Ji. But why is that so shocking?'  I thought and observed my brother. He didn't notice anything anymore. I even tried to bring back from his trance but to no avail. 

(Picture does not belong to me!! I found it in the internet :))

"Brother? What exactly is going on here?" I spoke to him but he did not react. His eyes were glued on that painting. When I wanted to shake is shoulder to get his attention Zhan stopped me and shook his head. He pulled me outside the room and closed the door behind us.

"Zhan, what is wrong with my brother? Why is he behaving like that?" I asked him and he smiled.

>This is a secret between Father and I. Just know that he loves you very much. Don't ask him questions when he comes out. Everyone need their own secret.< he asked me and looked at me.

I sighed and gave in. He was right. Everyone should have at least one secret to cherish. Moreover I can't say no to Zhan when he looks at me like that.

"Fine. I will not ask him later or in future. I am not sure but I think he likes your present." I said and smiled at him. "Come, we will get a visitor later and we should take shower before that. Moreover you did not take your medicine yet. If brother gets to know that he will be worried." I said and led him to my bedroom.

>I understand that and of course will take the medicine but .... didn't we just take a shower earlier? And this morning I took one too. Why again? Am I that dirty?<

I laughed. "No you are not dirty but us taking a shower together is the best way for me to see you naked" I explained and winked at my blushing Zhan.

I gave him his medicine and while we took a shower I took my time to admire Zhan. He was beautiful despite the few scars he had after hurting himself to protect himself from getting adopted again. I stroke over every scar he had and realized that two of them made Zhan shiver out of sensibility. One was a scar at his navel and the other was on his back right above his butt.

"Zhan, promise me to never do anything again to hurt yourself." I asked of him.

He looked at me and nodded.

"Promise me to tell me or my brother when there is something that bothers you."

He nodded again.

"Promise me that you will believe in us, believe in me whatever happens."

He nodded yet again and gave me a soft kiss on my lips. I relaxed when he promised me these three things. We finished our shower and dressed ourselves. Before we went down to the living room I checked on my brother. He still stood there and looked at the painting. He did not move an inch in the last 30 Minutes. I closed the door, took Zhan's hand and we went downstairs.

Zhan led us to the big couch in the living room and laid down.

"Are you tired?" I asked him and he nodded. "Then sleep. I will wake you up when the guest arrives." I said, took a blanked and covered him with it. But before I could leave he pulled on my arm and I fell on him.

"Zhan?" I asked him shocked. He smiled and took out his notebook.

>I like your weight on me. I don't want to sleep alone. Stay with me, please.<

I chuckled and rolled off and next to him. He snuggled up to me and put his head on my chest.

"Zhan, what am I going to do with you? First you use my lips as your carrot and now my chest as your pillow... what comes next?" I asked him amused. He giggled and snuggled closer. Soon he fell asleep.

I was not really tired but I fell asleep as well as I couldn't do anything while Zhan snuggled up to me. I woke up when I felt Zhan became restless. 'Is he having a nightmare again?'  I opened my eyes and saw Zhan sweating so I tried to wake him up.

"Zhan? Zhan? Zhan, wake up!" I kept on calling him while shaking his shoulders till he finally opened his eyes.

"Are you okay? Was it that Dream that bad?" I asked him and got even more  worried when he did not answer but only looked at me. I stroke his head and waited for him to calm down and maybe telling me what he dreamed about.

Instead of telling me he hugged me. 'Maybe I should wait and stop asking him. He will tell me when he is ready'  I thought and patted his back.

After some time the doorbell rang and I broke our hug. "He is here, Zhan. Let me open the door." I said, stood up and walked to the front door. When I opened the door a middle aged man stood in front of me with a gentle smile.

"Hello, you must be the director of the orphanage. Come in." I welcomed him.

"Thank you." He answered and entered our house. "You must be Yibo, Dr. Liu's little brother, am I right?"

"Yes, I am. Nice to meet you. I heard a lot of you and was eager to meet you. Lets go to the living room. This way please" I said and led him to the living room.

"A nice house you have here. If only you three lives here that would mean there are a lot places where Xiao Zhan can hid himself. Even right know he seems to be hiding somewhere." The director said amused and he was right. Zhan was nowhere to be seen in the living room. 'He was sitting here 2 minutes ago.... Where did he go? Scared ?'  I asked myself confused

"Is Dr. Liu not at home?"

"He is. Its just today is his birthday and he got gifted a painting by Zhan. At the moment he is ... appreciating this gift." I explained and heard him chuckle.

"Seems like Dr. Liu's did not lie when he said you would accept Xiao Zhan. You call him only Zhan?"

"Yes. He allowed me to and I am the only one who can call him like that." I proudly announced and saw him smiling.

"I am glad to see the three of you got used to each other. When I let Dr. Liu adopt our Xiao Zhan I was still scared he would be send back. Nothing against the words of your brother but as you probably already know there were a lot who promised to love and to take care of him but at the end send him back to us."

"This will not happen with us. We will not give up Zhan and therefore definitely not send him back to the orphanage unless this is Zhan's wish. But that will not happen. Never." I said seriously and heard the director chuckle.

"You seems to like him a lot. That is good. He needs someone close to his age he can talk too. Can you maybe tell me a little bit of him and his life here?" He asked.

"Of course. Come with me, I will give you a tour through the whole house and garden and at the same time telling you a few stories. Lets start with the garden." I offered and he agreed with a smile.

When we arrived at the garden I showed him the flowers Zhan planted as he wanted to have his own little garden to care for. I showed him the bunnies as well while explaining how and why there are a red and a lot of little white bunnies.

"The white ones were a gift as the original owners wanted to take them to an animal shelter. The red one was found by little one, that is the name of Zhan's black bunny, and together with Zhan we rescued it. Zhan loves to play with his bunnies and of course especially with little one."

The director smiled and we went to the house where I showed him the kitchen and the dining room, explaining what everything happened inside it, especially on Zhan's first day with us, Zhan preparing breakfast and of course today's baking session. I showed him the video too, of course without .... the best part in it. 

I saw the director smiling brightly when he listened to my stories and watched the video. He nodded from time to time while sometimes chucking, laughing or rolling his eyes in amusement. 

I went to the next floor and showed him the library where Zhan liked to sit and read especially early in the morning when he thinks no one would find him. What kind of books he reads .... I kept it for myself and thankfully he didn't ask.

Then we went to the last floor. I showed him my room, told him how Zhan is scared of storms and thunder and to calm down he sleeps together with me in my bed. I also told him how Zhan's first night was and that it was also the night where he looked at me for the first time.  He was visibly surpised to hear that Zhan accepted me that fast and I was proud of this. 

After that I slowly and quietly opened the door to Zhan's hobby room. My brother moved closer to the painting since the last time I was here. I silently explained to the director that this room is Zhan's hobby room where he can draw in peace. I pointed at the few pictures he already finished, including my brother's birthday gift, and pointed to the little window where Zhan can climb on the rooftop.

"Is that safe?" he whispered as to not disturb my brother in his thoughts. 

"If he is careful yes. He only was there one time I think... at least I found him there only once. There are many possibilities to grab something so he does not fell down. I already told him to be careful. You don't have to worry about that." I whispered back and slowly closed the door again.

The last room I showed him was Zhan's bed room where surprisingly Zhan was in right now. He laid in his bed and was apparently sleeping again. Normally he would go in my room to sleep... but he truly looked tired earlier. 'No wonder... we run around the whole morning while trying to shoot the other with flour. Moreover he had a nightmare and did not sleep well.'

The director walked up to the bed and I followed him. When he raised his hand I was about to reprimand him to not wake up Zhan and let him sleep. However the director only covered Zhan properly with his blanked and stroke his head for a minute before we walked down, back to the living room.

"Director, do you want to drink something? Water? Tea? Coffee? Soda? Or maybe cocoa?" I asked him and he thankfully asked for a cup of coffee. 

I made some coffee  and when it was done I brought a cup for him. I also cut a piece of the birthday cake and gave it to him as well.

"I hope you like green tea cake. Zhan and I made it. It was our first time but it taste surprisingly very good." I complement Zhan and me.

"I do like it, I just never had a combination of both, green tea and coffee. But I am open for everything." He answered and laughed.

While he enjoyed the cake I leaned back and thought about Zhan. 'Why did he go to his own room? Because of the director? But he couldn't know it was him as we did not told him.... I guess he was just very tired. Understandably.'

"I have to say this cake was delicious. Thank you, Yibo" The director said and brought me back from my deep thoughts.

"Thanks for the complement. Director would it be okay with you to ... tell me a few stories of Zhan when he was at the orphanage?" I asked him and smiled

"Of course I can. Let me see.... As you probably already know he was brought to us by his grandparents. He was five back then. When he thought that Xiao Zhan was slightly different than the other kids we tried to find the grandparents but couldn't.

From time to time he was adopted and send back. I do not know what exactly happened during his stay with these families but I know almost everything when he was living with us. What do you want to hear?" He asked.

"Everything. Some things I may know already through my brother or Zhan but I know there are a lot of things I don't know yet." I explained and he nodded.

"Well, Xiao Zhan was a shy boy, did not talk to anyone, did not look at anyone and had no friends. He was always alone. Some day we got a new kid. He was a happy boy most of the time and therefore smiled a lot. He played with the other kids and helped where he could. His parents died in a fire and as he did not have any other relatives he was sent to us. This boy always tried to befriend Xiao Zhan. Of course he was rejected, or more like ignored, but he never stopped his tries. I saw this boy was quite fond of Xiao Zhan. I know that Xiao Zhan acknowledged that boy as he accepted the ice cream that boy brought him. I even saw Xiao Zhan smiling once to the retreating back of him.

One day that boy ... was adopted. I saw Xiao Zhan waiting for him at the beginning. He might not have shown it much but I knew he liked that boy and I think that was because of his never endings tries to befriend Xiao Zhan. Xiao Zhan seemed to got used to that boy next to him and when he did not showed up anymore... I felt that he was slightly more sad than before." The director explained.

"Was he at his age? That boy I mean?"

"No, he was three years older. Well, Xiao Zhan's hobbies...."

He told me what Zhan did the whole day. I knew most of it from my brother but the story with the boy was something new. 'So he almost had a friend but it did not work out because of that boy's adoption.... That is sad. He was always alone and when that boy came and Zhan slowly got used to him he left.'

When he ended his speech I stood up and bowed to him.

"What is that for?" He asked surprised.

"I want to thank you for caring for Zhan. You was there for him when no one else was. You did your best to find him good family and even now, weeks after he got adopted by my brother, you care for him and wants to see if he is happy here. I am truly thankful for that." I said and bowed until he stopped me. 

"There is not need in thanking me. It is my responsibility to help all my kids to find a new home where they can be happy. I am thankful to your brother for adopting and helping him. I am also thankful to you as you accepted him in your family. I never saw a case like Xiao Zhan's. I never saw someone wanting to adopt a kid and then bring him back because they could to get used to him. And to be honest I almost gave up. For me your brother was the last hope I had. If even he could not have get through Xiao Zhan then ...."

"Then what?" I asked him and he sighed.

"I would have adopted him myself. As my wife and I are not on a good term she has no right to interfere with my choice even if that means I would have to divorce her for good. That way he would have a family who loves and cares for him. I would have tried even more to get Xiao Zhan's acceptance." He confessed. Even if I was glad someone like the director exists ... I could not and did not want to imagine Zhan being happy anywhere else than here with me.

"Sit down, Yibo. I would like to know the next steps. What is going to happen in the future to help Xiao Zhan? Dr. Liu already told me about the psychological problem which prevent him from speaking and I also know about his improvement regarding his small stomach and low energy level. I am disappointed in myself that I never brought Xiao Zhan to a full check up again after his arrival at the orphanage. Can you tell me the plan?" He asked me and I was not sure if I could tell him about it. It was more or less private information about Zhan after all. 

"Hello Director. I am sorry for not welcoming you. I was .... busy until recently." I heard my brother and turned to his voice. He just came down the stairs, walked up to us and sat down next to me after he bowed to the director.

"I know. I saw you appreciating the painting you received today. Happy birthday, Dr. Liu."

"Thank you. You saw me? When?" Brother asked and the director explained that I gave him a tour through the house. "I see. It seems like my little brother took good care of you. Where is Xiao Zhan?" Brother asked.

"He was tired and went to his room to sleep." I explained.

"But Yibo brought me to him and I saw him sleeping peacefully." The director followed up and brother nodded.

"Good. Do you have a conclusion?" Brother asked and I was confused. 'What conclusion?'

"I will answer that when you tell me the plans for the future." The director answered with a smile.

"Alright. In the last few days I made myself familiar with the art of hypnotic and I successfully used it on a patient of a colleague. Tomorrow I will start to use it on Xiao Zhan and hope it will help us. There is of course the possibility that it will not work or only after a lot of tries but I will not give up easily." Brother explained and the director nodded.

"I am happy to hear you are trying your best for Xiao Zhan and I hope it will work." The director said.

"Then your conclusion is...?"

"He will stay here, of course. I can see he has everything he needs and I feel his happiness. I also saw how you and Yibo feel for him and you try your everything to help Xiao Zhan. I did not really intend on taking him away after he agreed to this adoption 4 weeks ago. Only when I would find out he was not happy I would have taken him back. But I did not really expected it would be necessary." 

My brother nodded and I saw he was not surprised. But I was. 'He almost took him away from me... I know it would only be like this if Zhan was unhappy but still ... knowing him leaving me is a very small but existing possibility and makes me nervous.'  Like usually my brother felt my uneasiness and took my hand in his while gently squeezing it.

They talked about a lot of other things and at 7 pm the director took his leave. The moment the door closed brother turned around and spoke before I could open my mouth.

"It is responsibility to look after the adopted kids after a while and to decide if this adoption should be canceled or not. He needs to make sure the kids, our Xiao Zhan, are happy. So don't be mad and just accept it. He already agreed that Xiao Zhan will stay here."

"Didn't he not do it with the other families where Zhan was? If he did he could have known how the treated him there!" I said.

"He cant decideat what time he will visit. There is a schedule for that given by the government. A visit takes place one or two month after the adoption, Xiao Zhan was already brought back before he could check on him. So don't be angry at the director. For him all his kids are important."

"And in future? Will he come again?"

"Yes. It will happen from time to time until the director is sure that Xiao Zhan is in good hands. And he is. So you don't have to be scared he will take him back. Now let me ask you, did something happen or was Xiao Zhan really just tired?"

"Nothing happened. We slept on the couch. I woke him up after realizing he had a nightmare. He did not told me what it was about but hugged me. When the doorbell rang I welcomed the director and when we went to the living room Zhan was not there and went into his room. Why you ask?"

"Ah, nothing serious. Lets go up. I need to thank him for his present. But ...." Brother stopped.

"What?" I asked confused. 

"Why are yo not asking? About my reaction." he asked me and I shrugged.

"Because Zhan is right. Everyone has his secret. As long as it makes you happy then nothing else matters. Your don't have to explain anything." I explained and earned a hug from my brother.

"Thank you. Everything you need to know is I love you. I love you very much. I do it now and will forever.... And now lets go up to Xiao Zhan." He broke the hug and climbed the stairs while I smiled and followed him.

Zhan still laid in his bed but he was not asleep. He seemed to be in deep thought and only when brother climbed to him on the bed he realized our presence.

"I heard you had a nightmare again. You want to talk about it?" Brother asked Zhan but he shook his head and wrote >No, maybe later<

"As you wish. I am here to thank you for the gift. I am very happy. I love it and I will hang it up in my room." Brother said and kissed Zhan on his forehead after a long hug. 

>When father is happy, I am happy too. Is he gone?<

"You mean the director? You saw him?"

Zhan nodded. 

"Why did you not greet him? Scared of him?" Brother asked.

>No. It just seemed he was here because of something important. So I let Yibo and him talking in peace and went up in my room.<

"Hmm... Alright. How about I make us dinner? Is there anything you want to eat? Whatever it is I will make it."

"Can you say something like this to me too? Zhan chose this, Zhan chose that. But I have to eat whatever you want to cook..." I complained jokingly and finally got to see a small smile from Zhan.

"Ah, there it is. I want you to smile more. Can you do this for me Zhan?" I asked and joined him in bed after he nodded his head.

>Father, I would like to eat pancakes. Can I?<

"I will make them right away! And .... I love it when you call me Father. Thank you so much Xiao Zhan." Brother jumped up while smiling happily after Zhan called him father and left the room.

"Zhan, is everything okay?" I asked him. I was worried because he did not smile anymore after he woke up earlier. Zhan nodded.

"What did you dream? Was it that bad that you stop smiling? When you talk about your dreams they will not get fulfilled, did you know?"

Zhan looked at me surprised and after he thought about it for a moment he decided to write down his dream.

>I dreamed about you and Father. There was a storm and you both were searching for me. I was scared but I tried to make myself notable. I could not scream so I jumped up and down while waving my arms. But you both didn't see me and walk away. When the storm was over I tried to look for the both of you too but I could not find you and you both did not come back. Then I woke up.<

After I read his text I did not say anything but took him in my arms. 'I feel like he is getting more insecure by the day...'

After some time I heard brother knocking on the and telling us the dinner was ready. I broke the hug, took Zhan's hand in mine together we went down for Dinner. 

After Dinner Zhan took his medicine and we washed the dishes like usually. Then we sat down in the living room as my brother wanted to announce something.

"What is it brother?" I asked and he looked at Zhan.

"Xiao Zhan, what do you think about starting with the hypnosis tomorrow ?" He asked and I widened my eyes but before I could open my mouth he signaled me to be quiet. I understood. It was Zhan's choice and he has to make the decision alone.

Zhan was visibly nervous when he answered. > I would like that.<

My brother nodded slowly. "Alright. Then we start tomorrow after Yibo comes home from school. I would advise you to go to bed early. I will prepare everything and explain the process tomorrow. If you change your mind you can come to me anytime and we will postpone it. Okay?"

Zhan nodded again and looked at me. I winked at him and that made him smile at me.

Before we went to bed we watched all together the video of today's birthday and had fun. When the kiss scene came Zhan blushed and hid his face behind one of the cushions. My brother told me I was a bad influence to him. I answered that this was not true which earned me a slight slap on my arm and that made Zhan giggle.

At 9 pm we went to bed. Zhan drank a herbal tea and afterwards fell asleep. I covered him up with out blanked and laid myself next to him. Zhan felt I was there and like usually snuggled up to me. I carefully stroke his forehead and thought about tomorrow.

It would be the first day in school after Ji Yang and Paul get know Zhan. 'They probably explained every detail to the girls and I bet they are now more eager to meet Zhan, especially Ziyi. I hope with the start of the hypnosis he will slowly lose his fear against woman and I can introduce him to them. I guess I will first let him meet Xuan Lu and only later its Ziyi's turn. I know Ziyi will be disappointed and is gonna show it whenever she can but she will understand it. She knows herself the best and accept that a hyperactive woman next to Zhan is ... dangerous. I hope that tomorrow we will have a first success.'

With these thoughts I fell asleep and dreamed about Zhan and me going to university. Hand in hand and next to us our friends. I guessed that this is my biggest wish. 

to be continue......

So that it's for today again. ^^

Like most of you guessed, it was a picture of Lan Wang Ji  :*

In the next chapter the hypnosis starts and there will happen much more :) 
It comes out on Tuesday ^^

Hope to see you then <3 <3 <3

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

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