It is 11:55 pm and I am really tired. I hope I do not have too many mistakes, I am sorry if there are ^^

I hope you enjoy this loooong chapter <3 <3

Zhan smiled brightly and looked to the door when a few seconds later the little FanXing entered the room.

"Found you!" He giggled and run towards my boyfriend who picked him up immediately. I smiled at this sight but flinched when Mr. Li suddenly stood next to me and asked who the child was.

"Shit! Can you please not sneak up to me?! I almost got a heart attack!" I complained.

"Sorry. So? Who is this child?"

"Zhan's little brother." I answered with a smile.

"Huh?" Mr. Li looked confused.

"He is the son of my Brother's girlfriend. So in the future hopefully he will be Zhan's little brother." I explained.

"Uncle Bo, can I draw together with big brother?" Fan Xing asked me and I laughed.

"Yes, you can. But you should ask Zhan, not me." I answered.

"Okay. Big brother, can we draw? Can we?" Fan Xing asked him and Zhan nodded before taking him upstairs.

"Hey! What is with me?!" I almost shouted and wanted to follow them but Mr. Li back back hugged me.

"Xiao Zhan will have fun with his little brother so let me have fun with mine too." He said with a smile

"Then go ahead and call him and let me be." I said and struggled but he was too strong. 'I swear I will go to the gym and train so hard that I can win over him within seconds!!!' I thought and gave up while he chuckled.

"I am happy that you finally decided to be friends with Bowen" Brother said when he entered the living room.

"I am not!" I answered firmly.

"You are not?" He asked me and pointed at the position I was in.

"No!" I repeated.

"Yes, he is. He is just too shy to admit it." Mr. Li answered.

"Yeah, even my brother can be shy sometimes." Brother nodded in agreement.

"Am I talking against walls?" I asked no one in particular and both of them laughed.  

"You can let go of me now, you know?" I asked the gardener who still held me in his arms.

"And risk that you run away? Better not. Lets go and play something." Mr. Li suggested.

"I am not in the mood."

"But I am. Lets play .....hmm ... yes! Lets play basketball. How about that?"

"Don't you have work to do? That is why you are here in the first place, remember?"

"I am already done for today after the help of you and Xiao Zhan. So lets go down and play. I bet I am better than you." He provoked me and I ... well, I fell for it. 'When I say I am the second best player no one dares to say he is first!'

"You watch out! I will beat you." I announced and I heard him chuckling before he finally let go of me.

"We will see about that. Haikuan is it okay for you if Yibo and I go down for a while?" Mr. Li asked my brother who stood there silently while watching us bickering.

"I do not. MianMian went to fetch some things. I will notify you before we leave. Where are Xiao Zhan and Fan Xing?"

"Upstairs drawing." Mr. Li answered and brother nodded.

"What are you waiting for, old man! Already scared?!" I challenged him.

"Haikuan ...did he just ... call me an old man? Me? With 27 years?" He asked my brother shocked.

"Well... it seems like it." Brother chuckled.

"Oh my... and I wanted to play peacefully... Guess I have to show him what this old man can do..." He shook his head and walked up to me.

"Don't be too hard on him." My brother laughed and I rolled my eyes.

"Wait for it. I will finish you!" I said determined and walked down to the cellar while Mr. Li followed me.

"Hmm... so here we are. Can you explain me the rules? Its been a while since I played." Mr. Li asked me rather unsure. Apparently he forget them. 'I guess beating him will be child's play.'  I grinned inwardly and explained him the rules.

When I was done he nodded. "Yes, I remember now. Before we start ... how about we make a prize for the winner?" He asked me.

"Why not. Do you have something in mind?" I asked, carefully not to mock him even if I wanted to.

"Well .... I think .... how about the loser will grant the winner a wish? We will play three games, in each game one shall get 6 points, and the one who won two out of three is the winner and will get the wish granted?" He asked.

I chuckled. "Boring. Lets do it like this. Three games equals three wishes. A wish will be granted after every game won. Are you in?" I challenged him.

He seemed to think about it for 2 minutes and then nodded in agreement. "I am in. Lets start."

'You are so done!' I thought and smirked before we started.  

One hour later we finished with all three games and all of them had the same winner. I bet you already knew who the winner would be before the games started. Well .... good for you!

"You .... YOU TRICKED ME!!!" I yelled at Mr. Li who stood there smirking proudly.

"Yibo, what are you saying? How did I trick you? I never said I could not play. I only ask you to explain me the rules again because the last time I played was like 8 years ago. Naturally I would forget them. And you were the one who offered three wishes, I only suggested one. But I have to say.... You played very well. Just not as good as I." He mocked me and I lost it.

"Yeah? Now lets play wrestling. I might win in this category!" I said and run to him before pushing him on the ground but he just laughed what made me even angrier.

So we rolled over the ground but as usual he beat me with his strength. He cage me on the ground and waited for me to stop struggling before he started to speak.

"Actually I only had one wish but I guess three are even better. Tell me, Yibo. Are you a man and stand by your words? Or are you going to pretend the bet never existed?"

"I am more masculine than you. You are a cheater who only thinks about yourself!" I accused him.

"That is not true but even if it was ... You like cheaters, don't you? At least when Xiao Zhan does it its fine for you. Never mind that. If you think you are more masculine than me, can I understand that you stand by your words?" He asked me smilingly.

"Of course! Just tell me your three wishes and get off of me!!" I hissed and glared at him.

"For now I only have one wish. But before I tell you I want to ask you something. Is it really that difficult to be nice to me? I never did something to you and I even assured you I will not take you cute boyfriend away. Why do you hate me so much? Hm?" He asked me.

I looked everywhere, juts not to him. I tried to free myself but was not able to.

"Yibo, everything would be so much easier for us if you could just tell me the reason. I will change whatever it is.." He offered and I looked at him.

"Really?" I asked him.

"Well ... no! But the thought counts, right? I will not change myself just because someone is not happy with me. You shouldn't either. I mean... I never wanted to tell you this but I guess I have no other chance. You, my dear Yibo, are getting slowly on my nerves with your behavior against me. I like you very much and find you really cute, but often you are an arrogant and childish brat who I want to teach a lesson." He said and I was shocked.

"Don't look at me like that. I am being nice here and tell you some of your faults for you to correct. I am a very very patience person, I always was, but you are the first person who brings me to my limit." He told me and I raised my brows.

"I will take that as a compliment. Are you finished now?" I asked him and struggled again. 'How can he be this strong? What did I do wrong in my life that I am not as strong as him? It cant be his age....' I thought while observing his muscles.

"Bowen? Yibo?" We heard my brother calling before he opened the door and stepped into the cellar. When he saw us he looked quite confused. "What is going on?" He asked us.

"Nothing. I just won three basketball games against our Yibo and he wanted to challenge me in wrestling. But it seems like not even with that he can win over me" Mr. Li explained while watching me getting annoyed.

"You-!!" I hissed but he just winked at me before letting me go.

"Are you going now?" He asked my brother.

"Yes. Its time for me. Please take care of them for today. Yibo, I will be back tomorrow evening. And please, please don't make trouble." He said to me.

"Xiao Zhan and especially Yibo are in best hands. Don't worry too much, Haikuan. Before you go, can I meet your girlfriend?"

"Of course, she is upstairs. I will introduce her to you. Follow me." Brother said and disappeared with Mr. Li, leaving me alone.

I took some deep breaths to calm down.  

10 minutes later I quietly opened the door to Zhan's hobby room and saw Fan Xing and my boyfriend drawing together but they did not notice me. After I watched them for a while communicating in their own way I closed the door again and walked downstairs.

I found Mr. Li in the kitchen having a fight against the coffee machine. Just when he was about to give up he saw me. 

"Yibo, please help me." He pleaded to me and looked at him with raised brows. 

"Are you sure?" I asked him. 

"Yes, I mean it. I need coffee now but this monster is going against me. Can you please help me?" he asked again. 

I smirked, walked up to him and repaired it. Not that there was something to repair as only the power cable was not properly inserted.

"You are my hero." He said and smiled at me.

"Whatever.  I just granted your first wish. Only two left. I will be gone for a while. If Zhan should ask for me tell him I am visiting my friend. I will be back in one hour the latest." I said and walked away.

"Hey, I did not mean it as a wish... Yibo, where are you going?!" He shouted after me and without turning around I pointed at the wall where the house rules are written down before leaving the house.

20 Minutes later I stood in front of Xuan Lu's house. I already texted her that I was on my way. I rang the bell and Yu Chen opened the door. He did not look very happy to see me but he let me in and walked into the living room of Xuan Lu's home. Xuan Lu was sitting on a chair looking quite angry.

"Here I am. Is something wrong? Xuan Lu, are you okay?" I asked her and she nodded.

"Yeah, I am fine." She smiled.

"Well, I am not! You know I am often very busy in the company and we cant meet that often. We had a date for today but you canceled it and not even going to tell me the reason." Yu Chen complained.

"Is that my fault? You canceled our dates more than once and I never said anything because I knew it was because of your father's company. Now it is my turn. Cant you just accept it?"

"Then tell me at least the reason." He asked her.

"I already did. I am meeting Yibo's boyfriend and teach him to cook."

"Yibo? Is that true?" Yu Chen then asked me.

"She is your fiance. Are you not going to believe her? Why even marry then?" I asked back.

"So it is true? Why Xuan Lu? And why today?"

"Yu Chen! I do not have to jump just because you say you are free today! Xiao Zhan asked me if I can teach him and I agreed. Today is the only day no one will be at home and we can cook in peace. But why am I even telling you this ..." Xuan Lu said and I saw she was disappointed at the reaction of her Fiance.

"Calm down, Xuan Lu." I said to her and she smiled. Then I turned to Yu Chen." Do you really have to be like this?" I asked him.

"I am sorry. I just was happy to spend time with you today, Xuan Lu. I wanted to go with you to the cinema and afterwards in your favorite restaurant."

"I understand this. But these are things we can postpone to the next time. The first cooking lesson with Xiao Zhan can only be done today as no one will be home. Moreover I really want to finally meet him. So please don't be mad." Xuan Lu said and gave Yu Chen a soft kiss on his cheeks.

"Do I have another option?" He asked and Xuan Lu shook her head while smiling. "Fine then...."

"Thank you. See you later. Lets go, Yibo."

I nodded and followed her but stopped and turned back to Yu Chen.

"I can understand that some businesses are important and cant be delayed but remember that you are not the only one in the company who can handle it. There are others too. Xuan Lu is dear to me so you better be nice to her and not make her sad anymore. We know each other since our childhood and even if you sometimes are intolerable you are a good person. I can see she loves you very much and I do believe you do the same but sometimes I think she is not as important to you as you to her. Think about it carefully."

With that I left the house where Xuan Lu was waiting for me and the smile in her face told me she heard every word I told her fiance.

"Did I say something wrong?" I asked her and she shook her head.

"Not at all. Thank you. Lets go now. I bet your boyfriend is waiting." She said and walked to my bike.

"I sneaked away. Currently he should still be drawing together with Fan Xing." I told her and sat in front of her, handing her a helmet.

"Laoshi's son? Wow, I guess she and your brother made a little love trip." She giggled. "But is it okay to just leave them all alone?"

"They are not alone. Mr. Li is there and babysits us for today on my bother's order." I sighed and she laughed.

"Sometimes you behave like I child. That is not a secret. You brother just wants the best for the both of you." She said and I pouted. "See? That is exactly what I mean. Stop pouting and lets go shopping. We still need the ingredients or else we cant cook. Hurry up." She laughed again and I started the motor and drove off.  

40 Minutes later we arrived at my home. I took both bags and carried them into the kitchen with Xuan Lu following me slowly.

"Hey, finally you are back. I was starting to get bored without you around. I thought about what you said and have to say it was my mistake. Now I only have two wishes left and I will use them wisely. Did you go shopping? Without me?" Mr. Li greeted me with his usual overjoyed expression.

"Where is Zhan? Did he come down and asked for me?" I asked instead of answering him,

"Are you ignoring me again? I thought we clarified this issue. No, your Zhan did not once asked for you. If you ask me I would say he totally forgot about you." He answered and smiled at me.

"Well, I am not asking you" I gave back and turned around. "Xuan Lu? Where are you? You can come in." I called for her and soon she entered the kitchen.

The moment she stepped into the kitchen Mr. Li stopped smiling. He looked not very happy seeing Xuan Lu.

"What is going on here? You know exactly what will happen if Xiao Zhan will see her! What did you think you were doing bringing a woman inside the house?!" He said and sounded very angry.

"You can go if you don't like it. No one is forcing you to stay here. Zhan already knows she will come. It was his idea in the first place."

"I don't care who had the idea. Fact is that Xiao Zhan will suffer and I will not allow that. I am sorry, Miss....Xuan Lu? Is that correct? I am sorry but I want you to leave the house. It is not a good idea for you to be here."

"You have no right to kick someone out of MY house. She will stay! Zhan was the one who invited her to give him cooking lessons. He wants to fight his fear against woman and that is only possible when he meets one. You think I like the idea Zhan being near a woman after I saw him getting an panic attack the last few times? For your information, I do not! I would love to keep all the women away from my boyfriend but that will not help him in any way." I explained.

"You may be right, but I don't think it is a good idea to just let him meet a woman just like that. I am here to watch over the both of you. I am responsible for you. I don't want anything to happen to Zhan, not even a paper cut. By the way... does your brother know?" Mr. Li asked me.

"No, he does not. And we would like it if you could keep it a secret in front of him. Zhan wants to fight against his anxiety and on his birthday invite our friends, female and male, and of course Brother's girlfriend. It should be a surprise." I told him Zhan's plan and before he could say something I continued.

"I know! I know you care for Zhan. I do too! I love him and only wants the best for him. Sometimes we have to confront our fears and that is what Zhan intents to do. Today he will learn how to cook from Xuan Lu. I already told him we will stop this when he is about to have an attack. He promised me to tell me if that is the case. Even if he doesn't, I will still know."

Mr. Li did not say anything anymore but I could see he did not like Zhan's plan. Xuan Lu stood at the side and watched us and when we finished she came forward.

"Hello, my name is Xuan Lu. I know very well about Xiao Zhan's condition. I do not intend to hurt him. I may never had anything to do with someone who is scared of women but I am sure I can handle it. We will only go as far as Xiao Zhan wants and the moment I see him getting unwell I will stop" Xuan Lu said

"If I will allow this ... what is going to happen? How will you teach him? How will you handle him? What is your plan?" Mr. Li wanted to know.

"First Yibo will tell him I have arrived and that he can come down. I will prepare everything I need and during that ... I ignore him." Xuan Lu explained and smiled.

"You will ignore him?" I asked her confused.

"Yes. That way he can observe me for a while without getting the feeling I might want to hurt him. I will wait for him as I want him to come to me. Not the other way around. Only if he is the one who who takes the first step we can introduce each other."

"Actually that is not that bad of an idea.... Okay, I will allow this but I will stay close and watch everything. The moment I think Zhan's health is in danger I will come in and we stop! Clear?" Mr. Li said firmly and waited for our answer. Xuan Lu nodded but before I could give him one I needed to clarify something.

"Xiao Zhan!" I said and looked at Mr. Li.

"What?" Mr. Li was confused.

"For you its Xiao Zhan. Only I am allowed to call him Zhan. Remember that!" I told him and Mr. Li shook his head in amusement.

"The moment I think Xiao Zhan's health is in danger we stop, clear?!" He repeated with Zhan's full name. I nodded in agreement.

"Now that its settled I will look through the kitchen while you will go up and tell Xiao Zhan that I am here. Remember to let him come down on his own." Xuan Lu said and I made my way upstairs.

I gently knocked on the door to the hobby room but neither Zhan nor Fan Xing were inside. So I went to our bedroom and chuckled seeing Zhan and Fan Xing sleeping inside our big bed. 'I was gone just about 1 and a half hours ...'  I thought and chuckled.

I slowly walked up to the bed and shook Zhan's shoulder lightly but he just turned to the other side while cuddling Fan Xing.

"Come on, Zhan. Wake up. Didn't you want to learn how to cook?" I asked before shaking him again. He slowly opened his eyes and looked at me. He then grabbed my collar, pulled me down and kissed me. I let him have his way for about three minutes before slowly pulling back.

"As much as I want to have my way with you we cant. Xuan Lu is downstairs waiting for you. Prepare yourself and come down. Take your time and be careful not to wake up you new pillow." I chuckled and pointed to the peacefully sleeping Fan Xing. Zhan looked at him and smiled fondly.

"I will wait in the kitchen." I told him before leaving our bedroom.

 Meanwhile Xuan Lu found everything she would need and was organizing the ingredients.

"What are these folders for?" I asked her pointing at the two big purple folders on the counter.

"These are recipes. One folder for the main curse or something for in-between and the other one contains desserts. I thought maybe Xiao Zhan wants to read them and try something on his own during the time we have no lessons. That means if today's lesson is successful." She explained with a smile.

"Wow, you prepared a lot."

"Of course. I love cooking and I somehow think Xiao Zhan is enjoying it too. Cooking the Lotus soup looks difficult but is very easy. I still remember how you complained when reading the recipe for the first time but after just three tries you succeeded." She laughed.

"Hey, it was really difficult. I still can not understand how you could do it with your first try ...."

"Well, that is because I love cooking. You just learned it because it tasted good but wished someone else would cook and you only eat it. You can be very lazy at times."

"Wrong! He is always lazy. Whenever I ask him to help me in the garden he declines. Definitely lazy!" Mr. Li shouted from the living room.

"Firstly, why should I? It is your job! You have to do something for the money you earn. Secondly, noises are prohibited, so stop shouting" I yelled back.

"Yibo, darling, you are shouting too." He answered and stuck his head through the door.

"Call me that one more time and you will have no chance to ever work again!" I threatened.

"Miss Xuan, isn't our Yibo cute?" He asked Xuan Lu. I was about to throw something into his direction but Xuan Lu stopped me.

"No violence, Yibo! If you have something to say then do it with words. And to answer your question, Mr. Li, yes he is very cute. But he was the cutest when he was 5 an-"

"LULU!! Enough!" I shouted and pressed my palm against her mouth. 'Not one of these stories again...' I thought embarrassed.

"No, no, let her talk, Yibo. I want to know! What did you want to say?" Mr. Li asked curious but I did not let go of Xuan Lu's mouth until she looked at the damn gardener and shrugged.

"Mind your own business!" I hissed at him.

"Yibo, your face is red...." Mr. Li pointed out and I turned around so he would not be able to look at my face again. At the corner of my eyes I could see Zhan standing at the door observing us. His face was slightly pale but he did not have an attack. From the smile on Xuan Lu's face and her little wink at me she knew a lot earlier than me that Zhan was standing there.

Zhan did not reveal himself in order to observe Xuan Lu. For me it wasnt easy to ignore him but Xuan Lu looked at me to make me understand that I should just pretend I did not see him.

"Miss Xuan, would you like to sit together after your cooking lesson and talk with me?" Mr. Li asked and I glared at him.

"No, she would not!" I answered in her place.

"I asked her, not you" He remarked with raised brows.

"I know exactly the reason you want to talk to her. She will not tell you anything so don't even try!"

"Well then I will not ask her.... Don't worry." He winked at me and sat at the corner next to me.

"Why would you change your mind so suddenly?" I asked suspiciously.

"Yibo, no matter what I say you are not satisfied with it. Can you see what I have to go through everyday, Miss Xuan?" He asked Xuan Lu.

"Stop pretending. You are not even coming everyday" I mumbled and Xuan Lu started laughing.

"Are you two always like this?" She asked.

"Unfortunately yes. But only because Yibo will not tell me the reason why he hates me. I cant understand...." Mr. Li said and Xuan Lu looked confused at him.

"Lulu, can we begin now?" I asked her to distract her from him.

"See what I am talking about? Now he is ignoring my question again..." The gardener asked her and pretended to be hurt.

"Well. I think you have to give your best in order to gain his love then. But being the gentlemen you are this should not be a problem for you, Mr. Li." Xuan Lu said and winked at him.

"Lulu, stop joking and let us start!" I said.

"How am I supposed to start? You boyfriend is not here yet." Xuan Lu said but shortly after that we heard a soft knock and looked at the door leading to the hallway. We turned around and saw Zhan standing there looking really nervous.

Xuan Lu looked at him and smiled but did not walked up to him. She waited for Zhan to make the first step. But as impatient as I was I went to him and gave him a slight kiss on his cheeks.

"Finally you are here." I said to him and earned a smile from him. He then looked at Xuan Lu as if he was waiting for something but Xuan Lu did nothing except smiling her typically gentle smile.

Zhan seemed to get more confident and took a few steps towards the counter before slowly taking out his notebook. I could see his hand trembling while he tried to write. When he was done he turned the book to Xuan Lu for her to read it.

>My name is Xiao Zhan and I cant talk. I am kind of scared of you so I am sorry if I will be impolitely to you in any way. I love cooking and the lotus soup you made was the best dish I ever ate. Please take care of me<

After Xuan Lu leaned in and read his note she smiled softly and bowed to him.

"Hello Xiao Zhan, my name is Xuan Lu. I will do my best in teaching you. If there is something you don't understand, you don't like or just feel uncomfortable, please let me know so we can clear everything up." She introduced herself. Mr. Li was just watching everything carefully without interrupting us.

For the next 2 minutes everyone stood still until Xuan Lu spoke again.

"Xiao Zhan, shall we start? Or do you need time to adjust to everything?" She asked with her gentle voice.

My boyfriend looked at me and I saw him being unsure.

"If you are scared, tell me. You don't have to do this, you know? We can wait." I offered but he shook his head.

>I need and want to do this. I am almost ready.<

"Almost?" I chuckled. He nodded and turned back to Xuan Lu. After taking a few deep breaths he walked closer until he could touch Xuan Lu if he would reach out his hand. He tried to smile but it looked more like a grimace and Xuan Lu giggled.

"Its okay, take your time. I will not run away nor will I do anything if you don't want to." She said and Zhan nodded before taking one last step. Now he stood next to her and apart from looking slightly pale he did not have a panic attack. I saw Mr. Li nodding while continuing observing everything with eagle eyes.

"Hello there. Nice to meet you. Are you ready?" Xuan Lu asked my boyfriend and after he signaled her he was, they slowly started. She explained him how the recipe was created before telling him what they needed to do first.  

I was happy seeing Zhan slowly getting used to Xuan Lu. His face looked normal now and his hands more or less stopped trembling. From time to time he is still getting scared and backs away only to apologize a few seconds later before going back to his usual plot. I observed all his reactions and noted them down.

Time flew by and they would soon be done with the cooking. While Zhan and Xuan Lu were busy I heard something from the hallway and went after the noise only to see a sleepy Fan Xing standing in the stairs.

"Uncle Bo, big brother is gone. Earlier he was still laying next to me but not anymore. We should call the police." He said and looked at me.

"No need for that. Come here. I will bring you to him." I offered and took him by his hand while leading him to the kitchen where Xuan Lu and Zhan just finished cooking after 3 hours. Mr. Li already set the table in the dining room.

"Zhan, someone declared you missing." I chuckled. Zhan turned around waved at Fan Xing.

"Big brother, what are you doing here?"

Zhan pointed at the oven and then at the dining room.

"Are we going to eat now? Great I am very hungry." Fan Xing announced and walked to the dining room pulling me after him. "Uncle Bo, I will sit with you."

"Alright." I agreed and helped him to sit properly at the table before joining him after Xuan Lu, Zhan and Mr. Li sat down as well. To my resentment I saw Zhan sitting in between Xuan Lu and Mr. Li. Which means the gardener sat next to my boyfriend and looking at his grinning face I understood he did it on purpose.

'I promised to be nice. I should ignore it. Just ignore it, Yibo....' I thought and started to eat.

After dinner Mr. Li volunteered to wash the dishes while FanXing wanted to watch a movie. Xuan Lu accepted the invitation to stay a little more before I would send her home. I could see Zhan looking every now and then to Xuan Lu and had to smile. 'I guess he likes her despite feeling slightly scared of her' I thought.

When the movie ended Xuan Lu bid farewell, of course not before promising Zhan she would come again to teach him and maybe, if he gets used to her and is not scared anymore, he could come to her house for the cooking lessons.

"You don't have to answer right away. It is just an offer but I would be happy to show you my home someday. And until our next lesson I will give you these folders. These are many recipes and a lot of them you will not find in any cookbooks as they are family recipes. But with you I will share them." She said and winked at my shy boyfriend before I escorted her home.

When we reached her house I brought her until the doorstep.

"What did you think?" I asked her.

"I really like him. Despite being really scared of me he tried his best to not show it. That shows how much he wants to fight against his fear. He is cute, friendly and very polite. He loves cooking as much as I do and I can see he is really talented. I cant wait to cook with him more often. But I do think until he win over his aniexty it will take some time." Xuan Lu explained her opinion and I nodded.

"I think so too. But I also think he will handle it greatly. But whatever happens I will be next to him so he is safe." I said and she smiled.

"I know. I will go now. Tell me the date for the next lesson. See you on Monday." He said and went inside while I went back to my bike and drove home.

When I entered the house I heard Fan Xing's loud laughter and automatically laughed as well. I stepped into the living room and saw him having fun with my boyfriend. Both of them were tickling each other but it seems like Zhan was immune. When the little boy spotted me he run towards me and hugged my legs.

"Uncle Bo, big brother is not as ticklish as I am. Don't you think it is unfair?" He asked me while eyeing my smiling Zhan on the couch.

"You are right, that is really unfair. You hands are very small so maybe that is the reason." I told him my opinion.

"You think? Then you do it. Maybe that way it works. Pretty please, Uncle Bo... I want him to know how it feels to be tickled the whole time" Fan Xing asked me and I nodded.

"Fine, let me try my luck." I said and walked towards my boyfriend who suddenly looked rather nervous. When he was about to run away I caught him and I let us fall on the couch.

"Not so fast. Little Fan Xing has a wish I want to fulfill. So hold still and feel it." I whispered before starting to tickle him. And as I suspected it really depends on the height of one hand. Even without making any noises I could see him laughing. I tickled him very long until I felt him out of breath. Then I stopped and the little boy looked very satisfied.

When Zhan calmed down he leaned his back against my chest and closed his eyes. Fan Xing too looked tired and I shook my head in amusement before looking at the clock only to realized it was already 7 pm.

"You guys have no stamina..." I mumbled and shook both boys shoulders lightly. "Come on, don't sleep before you took a bath.

"A Bath? I hate bathing..." Fan Xing complained.

"You still have to do it whether you like it or not!" I said to him and he nodded after thinking for about 2 minutes.

"Yes, I do. But I want to bath together with big brother." He announced and pulled at Zhan's arm.

"Then what is with me?" I asked him.

"You can join of course. The bathtub is big enough for all of us. Will the gardener join too? The more there merrier." He asked happily and pointed at Mr. Li who stood at the door observing us the whole time.

"I would love to do so" Mr. Li answered with a bright grin.

"Not in your wildest dreams! Don't you have a home you need to return to?" I asked him annoyed.

"I still have time before going home. Can I really not join you?" He asked innocently and I glared at him before answering.

"No!" I said firmly and he sighed.

"Never can I join the fun... Well, what if I use one of the last two wishes for that? Then you have to let me join, right?" He asked mischievously and laughed when he saw me getting pale. "Oh my... why so serious? I need these wishes for something better in the future. Don't worry, I will not join you. I am sorry, Fan Xing." He said and the little boy shrugged.

"Who does not want it, already has it" He said and pulled once again at Zhan's arm. "Lets go, big brother."  

20 Minutes later the three of us sat in the big bathtub. Unfortunately I could not cuddle with my boyfriend as Fan Xing already declared Zhan for himself by sitting on his lap.

"Big Brother, I have to ask you something. Can I?" He asked and Zhan nodded, looking quite curious. "I really really really like you. Can we meet each other more often?" He asked and I chuckled. Zhan nodded.

"Big brother, I love you... do you love me too?" Fan Xing asked and waited for an answer. The little boy grinned brightly after Zhan nodded again. 'Everyone loves my boyfriend' I thought.

FanXing was so happy that he stood up and gave Zhan a kiss. I was shocked seeing the little boy pressing his lips on my boyfriend. 'Excuse me?' I thought unhappy. When Fan Xing moved his lips back after a minute I looked at him strictly.

"Why did you kiss my Zhan?" I asked him.

"To show him I love him a lot. You said that when two people love each other they would kiss." He answered innocently and I gaped at him. 'Me and my big mouth...' I reprimanded myself inwardly while listening to my boyfriend giggle.

"What is wrong? Are you mad?" The little boy asked me innocently and I tried my best to not smile at that.

"What do you think?" I asked him in return and for a while he looked at me before nodding to himself.

"I know now. I love you too, Uncle Yibo." He answered and came to me before kissing my lips as well. I don't know about you but I cant be mad at this little angle in front of me.  

After our bath the gardener bid farewell and we three went to bed. This time it was me who Fan Xing clung onto and I liked this feeling a lot. I observed my two boys in my bed while thinking about today. Earlier I asked Zhan what he thought about Xuan Lu.

>I dont know. She is nice and I like her but ... I feel suffocated standing next to her and my mind says I should run away as fast as I can. That means I am still very scared of women. Today I did not run away or panicked but my heart kept on racing, my hand were trembling and I felt not really well. I guess I have to meet her more often and see what happens.<

That was his answer and I knew he was right. I told him we would do these cooking lessons more often in the future and who knows... maybe he will soon stop being scared.

But I thought that Zhan did very well today and was happy about that fact.  

The next day we three watched some movies, played with the bunnies and later made a little picnick in the garden until my brother came back. Laoshi waited in her car while my brother picked up Fan Xing. It was not easy for him as the little boy did not let go of Zhan's legs until we promised him over and over again he can visit us anytime.

During dinner he asked us what we did while he was away and we told him everything except our little secret. Moreover I think he only asked us for fun as I was pretty sure he already asked Mr. Li.

In the evening we went to bed early as I had school the next day. Zhan asked me a lot of times when he could continue with the cooking lessons as his birthday is not that far away anymore. I reminded him we still had 5 more months but he did not want to listen and only agreed to go to sleep when I promised him I would ask Xuan Lu the next day when she would have time.  

5 Months later

When I woke up I did not need to open my eyes to know that Zhan was the person laying on top of me. It became one of his habits to do that when he either had a nightmare or he could not fall asleep. Today it was the latter. The reason for that? Today was his birthday and he was very nervous.

He invited Ji Yang, Paul, Ziyi, Xuan Lu, my Brother, Fan Xing and me..... okay fine, Mr. Li would come too. As for Laoshi we planned that I would call her right before the "birthday party" started and tell her that Fan Xing was crying the whole time saying he missed her. Xuan Lu and Ziyi would hide as well and only come out when Laoshi arrived.

I was not nervous like Zhan, for me it was more excitement. Zhan was turning 17 years old and it would be the day all of our family and friends are going to be together witnessing Zhan's progress regarding women.

In the last months we met Xuan Lu often. Sometimes in our home and sometimes in Xuan Lu's. It was not easy to keep it a secret when my brother would ask us over and over again where we were going as it was no training at that day. We explained him that we would meet a friend and before he could ask who it was Ji Yang was always on standby, ringing our doorbell to pick us up. No matter what, I would never lie unless I really have no other way.

So we met Xuan Lu often and she taught him everything she knew. I observed both of them every time. I could see Zhan getting used to her and by now his insecurity is almost gone. Xuan Lu even allowed Zhan to call her LuLu. The only problem he still had being near her was touching her. He would start to panic the moment Xuan Lu touched him, by accident or on purpose.

As we understood that Zhan got used to Xuan Lu we had to find someone else he could "train on". As we were still unsure about him meeting Ziyi, much to her disappointment, we chose to try it with Xuan Lu's mother. It took him longer to get used to her as she was a calm but very strict woman. And here it was the same ... no touching.

Then two weeks ago we used one last person Zhan would train on, Ziyi. She was so happy getting to know she would finally meet my boyfriend that she secretly took my phone and texted with him during out break to get to know him better before the meeting. First Zhan really thought he was texting with me but soon he realized that was not the case. When he confronted her via text message she apologized, introduced herself and told him she was just too eager to meet him.

I did not know about this until Zhan told me the same evening that he liked Ziyi's outspokenness. When I wanted to know how he knew her and he told me what happened I could not help but laugh. To be honest I was really surprised when she never tried on her own to meet Zhan. I knew she cared for Zhan without knowing him and that she did not want to be the reason for him getting scared. But it seemed like the moment she knew she would meet him she did not care anymore and just texted him with my phone. When I talked to her about it she was not feeling the slightest bit guilty, it was more like she was really proud on the one hand and on the other she was disappointed she did not thought about this idea earlier.

The meeting between them was rather difficult at first because Ziyi screamed for him from afar and that scared him. She apologized right away and Zhan tried his best to calm down. After they met each other about five times, every time during cooking lessons at Xuan Lu's house, Zhan got used to her as well.

After these months I found out that Zhan just needed some time to get used to a woman and only step by step gets more confident. When a woman gets close to him he would panic but if he was the one going near a woman on his own, he did not. One problem that has not yet been solved was that no matter who it was, Zhan hated it to be touched by a woman. I hoped after time he would win over this too.

Now we were laying in bed, Zhan still on top of me, and looked at each other.

"Are you that nervous that you had to sleep on me?" I asked him and he blushed before he nodded.

"There is nothing to be scared of. You know everyone who will be here. You may not have met Laoshi from face to face but you already saw her from afar. I will be with you, okay? No need to be nervous. How about we take a shower and then going down?" I asked him but he shook his head, rolled off of me and cuddled into the sheets.

"Then try to sleep some more. I will quickly take shower." I said and entered the bathroom.

When I came out 15 Minutes later I saw Zhan fell asleep again so I went down to prepare breakfast and then woke up my brother. After he took a shower too we went upstairs together. We let Zhan sleep fore 30 more minutes before finally waking him up at 10 am and my brother congratulated him on his 17thBirthday and Zhan smiled sleepy but very happy.

After we successfully got him out of bed he took a shower and then we ate breakfast, or more like a brunch. While my brother washed the dishes, Zhan and I went back to our room and I started to call everyone. While we waited for them to arrive we went back to my brother, who just cut a call.

"Who was it?" I asked him curiously.

"One of my patients. I counseled him in the last 5 months." He explained.

"You mean the one from America?" I followed up.

"Well, yes but he is coming back to china in few weeks. He was only over there to handle some business related matters." He answered worried.

"And you are not happy about his returning?" I asked him confused.

"He is the one who is not happy."

"Why? Isn't china his home country?"

"Yes, but he wants to keep his older brother away from here. His brother has taken an interest in someone my patient knows, a friend, but that would be the worst."

"Why?" I wanted to know.  

"Yibo, I cant tell you too much information. Just know that my patient is treated like a slave. And it seems like his brother want to make his friend a slave too. My patient lived in hell the past years and I am not sure if I can help him to overcome his past. I hope I will. But lets stop talking about that. Today is my son's birthday. Xiao Zhan, is there anything you want to do?" My brother turned to Zhan who smiled.

>Lets stay home and have a party. I baked a cake two days ago and it will be delivered by Ji Yang and Paul. I heard Mr. Li too made some snacks for today.< he answered and my brother agreed.

So we played some card games until we heard someone ringing the bell and soon the Ji Yang, Paul and little Fan Xing stood in our living room. Before anyone coud greet each other the youngest person in the house run towards Zhan and wanted to be picked up.

"Fan Xing, you are four years old already... You will get heavier and Zhan cant carry you often anymore" I reminded him and he nodded.

"I know. That is why I have to take advantage of my small body until I am too heavy." He answered and giggled.

I shook my head in amusement and we greeted each other. Paul put the cake on the table in the dining room and Mr. Li, who came shortly after our friends, joined him with the snacks before they set the table.

As I knew that Xuan Lu and Ziyi waited outside I sneaked away after signalizing Zhan I would call Laoshi and joined the ladies. Both of them greeted me before I took out my phone and dialed Laoshi's number.

10 Minutes later I sat at the dining table together with the others, Fan Xing of course sat on Zhan's lap, and we talked about different things until we heard someone ringing the bell. Ji Yang announced he would open it and disappeared. Seconds later Xuan Lu, Ziyi and Laoshi stood inside the dining room.

"Mommy is here." Fan Xing called out and run towards his mother. When I looked at my brother I saw he was shocked, no, more like horrified. Before he would faint or something Zhan walked up to him and patted his back. When my brother saw Zhan not panicking he looked so confused I almost laughed.

"Hello, Xiao Zhan. Congratulation." Xuan Lu said.

"Happy birthday, my friend!!" Ziyi announced loudly.

Both girls carefully put their gifts on the table and smiled at Zhan who returned it slowly.

"Anyone, please! Tell me what is going on before I go crazy" My brother pleaded. "Xiao Zhan, you ... what is going on? You seem to be okay but... but ...?"

Zhan smiled brightly and took out his notebook.

>I invited LuLu and Ziyi to my birthday because they are my friends. And as for your girlfriend, I wanted to finally meet her. I wanted to invite her too but as it should be a surprise for you I had to tricks a little bit. I hope you are not mad at me. <

"Me? Mad? I am not! But they are women why are you not panicking? Can someone please explain to me what is going on?!" He asked and sounded desperate. Even Laoshi looked at Zhan in shook. I signaled everyone to sit on the table, which had enough seats for everyone. Fan Xing sat on his mothers lap and grinned the whole time. Then I started to explain what happened in the last 5 Months.

After I finished my brother looked slightly pale but he was really very happy about my boyfriend's progress. But despite that I was pretty sure Zhan and I would get a telling-off from my brother soon as what we did was dangerous and I had to grin. Not because we would get reprimanded but Mr. Li too as he took part in everything.

"Well, I guess... now I can officially introduce her to you. Xiao Zhan, this is MianMian, my girlfriend." He announced and MianMian smiled.

"Hello, Xiao Zhan. I am shocked but very happy to meet you. Please take care of me." She said and Zhan nodded hesitantly. As he just got to know Laoshi he was of course cautious of her.

"Mommy, do you like big brother? Isn't he awesome? Can I sleep with him and Uncle Bo tonight?" Fan Xing asked pleadingly but Laoshi shook her head.

"No, sweetheart. Not today. Tomorrow you have to go to the kindergarten. But I promise on weekend you can stay overnight, that is when your big brother is okay with that." She said and when Fan Xing looked at Zhan in excitement my boyfriend nodded and smiled.

"Well then... How about some snacks and cake?" My brother asked and everyone had to laugh at his question, himself included. I stood up and brought in lemonade, cocoa and coffee while my brother served the food.

While everyone was happily talking while eating their snacks or cake Xiao Zhan slowly relaxed. I guessed having more than one woman around him is still something he has to get used to. I thought too that he was scared of my brothers reaction and was relieved that he was not really mad at him.

At some point everyone asked my boyfriend to unpack his presents what he did one after the other.

Xuan Lu gifted him very expensive acrylics, Ziyi gifted him exquisite brushes, from Paul he got a cookbook, from Ji Yang he got a new basketball while FanXing proudly handed over a painting he drew himself.

Mr. Li told Zhan he would get his present some other day, as it was not yet delivered, and he would not say what it was.

My brother took out an envelope and when Zhan opened it he made big eyes. Inside were 5 tickets for a visit in the amusement park Zhan wished to go for a long time already. He was so happy that the hugged him tight for a few seconds before he sat back on his seat. Now it was my turn.

"I will gift you ... myself." I announced and everyone looked at me in shook. Except one. Mr. Li burst out laughing and I had to glare at him for several seconds until he halfway calmed down. 'What is his problem? At least I have my gift with me ...'  I thought jokingly and turned to my brother who called me.

"I hope it was just a joke or else you will sleep separately as of now and at nights I will lock you up inside your room." He threatened and I rolled my eyes.

"Yes, it was a joke. But unfortunately only Mr. Li recognized it as one." I said.

"People of the same kind stick together." Xuan Lu said and giggled.

"LuLu! Stop it. I am way better than him. Back to my gift. I prepared it with the help of Laoshi and Yang Mi." I announced and Paul looked up in surprise while my brother raised his brows at his blushing girlfriend. "Soon Zhan will go with me to university for one day so he can get familiar with that place. Don't worry, for that one day girls and boys will have classes separately." I said and found myself in a tight hug of my boyfriend.

"I guess you like my gift?" I asked him and he nodded. "Brother? Are you okay with that?"

"Well, if its only for one day and both genders are going to be separated, its okay for me. But I still want you to be careful." He said firmly and I nodded.

"I understand." I assured him.

"I will go too! I have to attend soon anyway" Fan Xing said and everyone laughed.

"If you mean with soon 16 years, then yes. Soon you will attend university!" Ziyi said and Fan Xing frowned.

"Mommy is this pretty sister telling the truth? Only in 16 years?" He asked his mother while Ziyi bushed slightly.

"Yes, it is." Laoshi said.

"Okay, I will wait. In the meantime I will just have a lot if fun with big brother and uncle Bo." he said and I smiled.

"Anyone want another piece of cake?" Mr. Li asked and except me everyone took one. I waited till Zhan ate a piece of his cake before licking the glaze from his lips. He blushed instantly and hid his face on my neck.

"Yibo, take a room" Paul complained but I just stuck out my tongue.

"Why are you so shy? Are you still not used to it? Am I doing it too rarely?" I whispered in his ear and he hit my arm lightly. "Look at me, Zhan" I asked him and the moment he did I kissed him passionately while listening to Fan Xing's giggling.

After two minutes I released my lips from his. "Happy Birthday, Zhan"

"I thought you wanted to eat him. The only thing missing is a hickey..." Ziyi said jokingly and I saw her rolling her eyes.

"Are you challenging me, Meng Ziyi?" I asked her and she smirked at me.

"I bet you don't dare to do it in front of everyone. Mr. Li, what do you think?" Ziyi asked him and he nodded.

"I am not sure but ... I think he would do it..." He answered with a wink at me.

"Nope, not here. Not in front of everyone." Ziyi shook her head and I sighed.

"You still have to learn a lot, Ziyi." I said and shook my head in disappointment before leaning in and sucked on Zhan's neck. I heard my brother calling my name in shock while Zhan wrapped his arms around my neck. Soon I bit him and directly soothed the pain with my tongue before sucking some more.

And then everyone stopped whatever they did and looked at us in shock. Or more precisely they looked at my boyfriend. While I sucked him he was enjoying it and announced this on his own with a soft moan. "Uhmn ..."

I stopped instantly and too looked at him in shock. 'Did he just ...?'

to be continue....

Zhan? What was that? O.o 

Our innocent boy turned 17 years old and not only recieved gifts he just gifted something his familiy and friends <3 <3  <3

I hope you liked this chapter and it was not too boring. The next chapte comes out on Tuesday. I will see you then :) :) 

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Now I will go to sleep ^^