So .. here I am with another heart breaking chapter. 

I guess there will be only max. 4 more chapters until the story ends. Depends on how many words each one will have, it can be  one or two more/one or two less. We will see. 

For now please enjoy :) 

The next days passed rather quickly. Not only was I sleepy but I had a fever as well. From time to time I would wake up to eat something lightly but I was never alone. WenWen, Yibo, Father and Mother, one of them would always be next to me.

Right now I heard Father's and Dr. Wang's voice talking next to my bed while I just listened with closed eyes.

"Does he remember everything?" Dr. Wang asked.

"I don't know. We could not talk about it yet. We will have to wait until he is better."

"Haikuan, he cant continue with the hypnosis. His health will only suffer. That means if he did not remember everything by now.... It has to stay like this. I am not telling you this as a concerned friend but as a Doctor. I think you know too that further hypnoses are too dangerous." Dr. Wang then said and I heard father sighing.

"I know. There will be no hypnoses anymore, rest assured. His health is more important to us than his memories." Father said and stroke my head gently. I opened my eyes and looked at him.

"You awake? Yi Zhou can you check him?"

"I will. Please stay back." Dr. Wang answered before he stepped forward to examine me. I had no other option than to let it happen even if I was uncomfortable. When he was done, he took off the oxygen mask and removed the bag I seemed to have used for my urination. Then he laughed slightly before turning towards father.

"He can breath on his own. I will give you a prescription for medicine he needs to take to calm his heart. He is fine now but should stay in bed some more. And .... maybe bringing him something to eat would be good. His stomach just said he is starving." He winked at me, bid farewell and left.

"Hungry? I will cook something for you. I will be back soon." He said but I stopped him by grabbing his sleeves.

"WenWen? Yibo?" I asked him and he smiled.  

"So its WenWen now? He will be very happy to hear that but right now he is not at home. I told MianMian to bring him along while grocery shopping so he would get some fresh air. He rarely left this room and as much as I can understand that he want to stay next to you, he still needs to go out once in a while. He will be back soon. As for Yibo ...." he said and looked at the clock. "He is probably on his way home from school. He should be back any moment."

Father just finished his sentence when the door opened and my boyfriend came in. When he saw me awake he looked shocked but run to me right away while Father left to cook for me.

"Hey, Bunny. How are you feeling? Better now?" He asked me and I could see how tired he was. He probably didn't sleep good the last days and I felt guilty.

"I feel a lot better." I said and smiled.

"That is good. You scared the hell out of us. Do you need something?" He said and I could see my answer relieved him.

"Yes. You. Can you cuddle me?" I asked him and he complied by joining me in bed and taking me into his arm. "I missed you. It feels good. How about a few kisses?" I followed up and he immediately leaned down and kissed me. Not one of these long and passionate but rather short and quick ones. Sometimes I would bite his lips and he returned it with a lick.

After a few minutes we stopped and I snuggled up to him while Yibo rhythmically stroke my back. When he did not say anything I looked at him and pouted.

"You didn't miss me at all? What a great boyfriend you are .... " I said and was happy to hear a light chuckle.

"I did. But it should be obvious even without saying something." He sounded tired and I backed away a little.

"You did not sleep much... Do it now. You can use me as your pillow if you want. And I don't accept a No."

We hugged each other tightly but soon Yibo's grip got weaker and he fell asleep. I stroke his back gently and watched Yibo smiling while sleeping.

"Cute ..." I said and it seemed he heard it as he started to frown. I put my finger on his forehead and massaged it for a while. "Stop frowning." I told him and giggled.

"It is good to hear you giggling. That means you are fine now." I heard Father's voice and I looked at the door. I did not noticed him at all. How long did he stand there?

"I did not want to interrupt so I decided to be quiet and watch you." He answered my unspoken question and came in with a tray. On it was a big bowl of bibimbap.

"Dad, how am I supposed to eat that much?" I ask him in disbelieve.

"Say that again, please." He asked of me.

"Huh?" I was confused.

"You called me Dad. Do it again. You only called me Father till now. Father is good too but Dad sound more intimate ..." He said and I laughed.

"Well then. Dad! How am I supposed to eat that much?" I asked again.

"This is child's play for you." I heard Yibo saying next to me so I turned to him in surprise.

"Weren't you sleeping? And what do you mean with that? I am not a pig!" I said to him and pouted while he sat up.

"I never said that. It's true that you eat a lot but I love seeing that. If I remember your eating habits two years ago ... and to answer your question, I was asleep but woke up smelling my favorite food. Its been a long time since I ate it." Yibo answered and kissed my pouting lips before taking the tray.  

"Still ... its sounds like I am a pig..." I said stubbornly and grabbed on of the spoons while Yibo took the other one. We started to eat quietly. In the meantime Father massaged my legs and I could feel they were tingling again. Guess I did not move them since a while now.

The bowl was empty within 10 minutes. Just as father took the tray with the bowl Yibo fell asleep again.

"He did not sleep well the last days. He was sitting upstairs and waited for you to wake up." Father explained and ruffled through Yibo's hair.

"Why did he not sleep here?" I asked him sadly and heard him laughing.

"Your brother was here the whole time." he said.

"And? Is that bad? I thought they understood each other better since the  time I went to Dr. Huang. Why is he avoiding him now again?" I asked him.

"When he wakes up, ask him." He laughed again but stopped when I carefully climbed out of bed. "What is wrong?" He asked me immediately and I shook my head.

"I need to use the toilet." I answered and he nodded.

When I came back I joined Yibo and fell asleep right away.  

The next day I woke at 10 am with Yibo still laying next to me. His eyes were open and he seemed to have watched me the whole time.

"Morning." I said and stretched myself. "Did you sleep well?"

"Mhn. Like baby." He answered.

I sat up and wanted to leave the bed. He stopped me and when I saw his worried face I rolled my eyes and laughed. Everyone gets worried the moment I want to leave the bed. 

"I need to take shower. A real shower, not just someone washing me." I said and he slowly let go so I walked towards the door before turning around. "Want to join me? By the way I want to sleep in our bed again, not here in Father's office." I told him and he stood up as well.

"I will talk to my brother and prepare the bed upstairs. You can take a shower and after I spoke with brother I will join you." He said and I nodded.

15 Minutes later the bathroom door opened and  Yibo climbed into the shower. We washed each others back and then just kissed for a long time while the water was hitting us softly. When we thought we had enough we stopped and left the shower to get dressed.

I went back to bed again, our bed in our room, and Yibo followed me. We sat there, arm in arm, and it was quiet until I spoke up.

"You are avoiding my brother? Did he do something?" I asked him.

Yibo did not say anything but I saw his ears turning red. 'Is he shy? Why?' I thought amused and asked him the same questions again and again until his whole face was red. Just when I asked him once again, the door opened and Father, Mother and my brother came in. I looked behind them but couldn't see FanXing.

"He is in kindergarten." Mother answered smilingly when he saw that and I nodded before returning the smile. Yibo climbed out of bed and set on a chair next to it. I looked at him confused but he just smiled and his face turned back to normal.

My brother came closer and I stared at him for a while before hugging his waist. No one said a word and just watched me. When my brother realized I would not let go so soon he carefully pushed me back and joined me in bed. That way it was easier for me to hug him even tighter.

"What is wrong? Why so clingy now?" He asked and I heard him chuckle.

"I am sorry." I answered.

"For what?"

"Everything. I should not have treated you like that.... I am sorry."

"Its okay. It was my fault for hiding the truth. I am sorry too." He kissed my head and hugged me back with his strong arms. 'I feel warm and safe.' I thought and sighed in relieve.

"Xiao Zhan... do you ... remember what happened back then?" My Brother asked me and then Father stepped forward.

"If you don't, then it is like that. I will not risk another hypnosis." He told me before watching me carefully.

"I understand. You just want to protect me. We will not do another hypnosis anymore. I remember everything anyway." I answered and felt all eyes on me whereas I looked at my brother.

"Ge.... Do you remember Tiff?" I asked him and he smiled.

"Of course. She was our nanny and your favorite. When you went missing she was searching for you too. She was also very mad at my parents and the only person I spoke to. Unfortunately after around three years she left us without bidding farewell.  

 Why do you ask? Do you miss her?"

"It was my fault ...." I said and started to tell them what happened behind the last door.

My tears were flowing but I did not stop talking until I was done with my story. Just as I finished I heard a sob and saw mother crying. Father took her in his arms and both left the room with Yibo following them. They all looked pale, my brother too.

"So that is what happened....." WenWen said and took me into his arm where I led out all the tears I had left. WenWen kept on patting my back and mumbling words I could not understand but they weren't that important. When I halfway stopped crying his shirt was wet.

"Xiao Zhan, you know that Tiff loved you very much, right? Like a son. She wanted to protect you with all her might. She did so because she loved you and because she knew how much we all missed you. What happened is not your fault!" He said and somehow that calmed me down. How come everyone knew what to say to calm me down?

"I am happy that you finally found out what happened and it might sounds totally illogical to you at the moment but ... you should forget it again." He said but I shook my head.

"No, I don't want to. That is my last memory of Tiff. Even if it was not a good one... but I remember what I felt when I heard her calling me by my name, how she came into the room and looked so shocked and happy to see me. How she tried her best to bring me back to where I belong.... She lost her life, in front of me at that... But I want to keep that memory. If I forget it, it feels like she died without a reason." I answered and believed in what I said. As my brother kept quiet I guesses he understood me.

We laid there for a long time until WenWen spoke up again. "Lets change the topic. Xiao Zhan, I guess I need your help."

"Hm? What is it?"

"You probably saw it already but .... Yibo is avoiding me since days! He is not reacting to anything I say.... He is not even looking at me. Can you help me?" He asked me and for the first since days I laughed out loud.

"I will not! It is your fault! Why did you do that?" I asked him.

"I know I should not have hid my identity but you forgave me too. Haikuan and MianMian too. Why doesn't he?" He asked me and I shook my head.

"Ge!! You hid you identity! You knew who I was and what kind of relationship we have. That we were biological brothers... But you kept on teasing my boyfriend! You teased him when he was jealous and you always tried to provoke him even more. You made fun of his reaction and his jealously! Despite knowing about our connection. And now you want me to help you?" I asked him.

"Maybe I did overreact a little bit but..." He started but I stared at him.

"Xiao Bowen!" I said strictly but he just laughed.

"Gosh. No one called me like that in ages. If you want to reprimand me at least use Li Bowen, please." He said and I shrugged. "Okay, fine. It was too much but he is just so cute. I understand that he is embarrassed but ... I miss teasing him ... You need to help your older brother. Pretty please ...." He asked me and when I did not react he kept on tickling me until I gave in.

I felt guilty and hoped Yibo would not be mad at me. I took my phone and wrote him a message.

Me: I feel lonely. Join me, pleaseee

Yibo: What is with your brother?

Me: What do you think?

Yibo: I am coming. Prepare to get a lot of kisses.

Reading his last message made me feel even more guilty but before I could change my mind and warn him, the door opened and Yibo came in. When he saw my expression he looked confused.

"What is wrong, Zhan? You look so ... worried?" He said and I pouted.

"I am sorry." I said.

"For what?" He wanted to know but before I could answer, my brother, who was his behind the door, revealed himself. He quickly shut and then looked the door and before Yibo could even think of hiding in the bathroom, WenWen locked that door as well before turning to Yibo who looked everywhere just not to him.

"Yibo, lets talk, shall we?" Brother said and put his arm around Yibo's shoulder. My boyfriend pushed the arm away but WenWen did not gave up and repeated his action.

"Yibo, I am sorry. I know you are embarrassed but...-" My brother started but Yibo interuped him.

"I am not! You just imagine things." He answered.

"Then why are you avoiding me? Don't say it is coincidence! I know it is not! Look, I am sorry for teasing you ... no wait, I am not sorry for that! But I am sorry for provoking you. I mean it. I just ... tested how deep you feelings were for my brother. Come on, forgive me this once."

"Boring!" He said and freed himself.

"Cant you accept my apology? I know you like me even if you don't want to admit it. I hurt your feelings with my actions and I am sorry. I promise you I will not provoke you anymore in future." WenWen said and I looked at him surprised. 

"What? I mean it!" He said to me.

"You will not tease Yibo anymore?" I asked him amused and he looked confused.

"When did I say that? I promised to not provoke him. I said nothing about teasing. I am sorry but I am sure I cant stop teasing him... no, not possible." WenWen said and I rolled my eyes while Yibo huffed.

"Zhan, tell him to go out. I want to be alone with you." Yibo said.

"Why are you not telling him yourself?" I asked him.

"Yeah, why not saying it into my face?" Brother followed up and I could clearly see he had fun behaving like that.

'Wasn't he supposed to be the older brother ...?' I thought and shook my head in amusement.

When Yibo did not answer and walked towards me WenWen smirked.

"Well ... if you don't forgive me then I cant help it. I guess I have to take my brother and leave immediately..." He said and Yibo stopped walking. 

"Ge!!" I shouted out but he just shrugged and watched Yibo. My boyfriend looked like he was about to faint while fighting with his thoughts. He was still embarrassed and a little angry at my Brother and wanted to avoid him at all cost but he too wanted for me to stay here with him. I wanted to stay here too and I am pretty sure my Brother said this only to get a reaction from Yibo. No way he would separate me with my family.

Yibo turned to WenWen and glared at him but my brother only smiled brightly.

"Finally! Why not like this from the start? No wonder I like you so much. Lets forget about the past, shall we?" WenWen said.

"Just what is your problem? Why are you so childish?" Yibo accused him.

"I am childish? What is with you? Avoiding me because of embarrassment, that is childish!"

"I am not embarrassed." Yibo hissed and my Brother laughed.

"Liar! Lying is a sin, Yibo."

"You lied more than I did!"

"So you admit that you lied?"

"I never said that!!"

While these two were bickering back and forth I tried to stop them by calling their names.

"Ge, Yibo, stop it! Both of you!" I said loudly but either they did not hear me or did not want me to hear. "WenWen! Yibo!" I tried it again and again but without success.

So the only option I had left was to tell them what I was planning to do the next day and hope they would understand me.

"Tomorrow I want to go back to that house in the forest!" I shouted out and suddenly it was quiet in the room. 

Both turned around slowly and told me their opinion at the same time. "No, you will not!"  

There was a big discussion in the living room in the late afternoon. While WenWen and Yibo thought my plan was a very bad idea, Father thought it would probably a good decision to face my past not only in a hypnosis but in real life as well. Of course he was worried as I just got better again and therefore too tried to stop me at the beginning. But he knew I was stubborn.

"Dad, I want to go there or I will never get over my past. For me its important." I said to him.

"We understand that. But Xiao Zhan, you will meet her there. You will have to go through all the pain once again. Do you really think this is necessary?" WenWen said to me and I turned my head to look at him.

"It is. Please understand me." I said.

"Yibo and I are thinking it is a bad idea, Haikuan and you think it is a good one... How about we ask MianMian too?" WenWen suggested.

"Ask me what? ... FanXing, take off your shoes before entering the house!" We heard her voice and soon she stood inside the living room again. She looked at us questioningly but before we could answer her, a whirlwind called FanXing run towards me and wanted a hug.

"Hey there, long time no see." I said and picked him up.

"I missed big brother." He told me and I chuckled.

"I missed you too. Were you a good boy?" I asked him and he nodded.

"Yes. I heard that our gardener is your big brother, is that true?" He asked me curiously and I smiled.

"Mhn. Its true."

"Woah, that means he is my ... big big brother?" 

I laughed at his question and WenWen ruffled through his hair. "Call me Uncle Wen. That is enough."

"Alright, Uncle Wen." He said and put his head on my shoulder.

"FanXing, you have a bed to sleep in." Father said amused but my little brother did not care and hugged me tighter before he fell asleep right away.

"He played and run a lot in kindergarten." Mother explained happily. "So? What were you guys talking about? What is it you want to ask me? Kuan?"

"Xiao Zhan wants to go back into that house to complete that part of his life. What do you think?" Father asked her.

"Hmm ... its a good thing that he wants to complete that topic. Moreover I cant and will not accept that this woman is living without a punishment! Didn't she have another son? It is too dangerous to let him stay with her. She is not in her right mind! We should call the police when we go there but ... Xiao Zhan, are you sure about that? Do you think you can handle that?" Mother asked me worried and I smiled at her.

"Its not like I will go there alone. I will be fine. But I need to go!" I answered and she nodded.

"If you are so sure then ... you have my blessing." She said and I was happy. Of course I could see that Yibo and WenWen weren't but I couldn't help it.

When the decision was made, Father called Dr. Wang to ask him if it was okay for me to go there with my current health and he answered it was okay as long as I would take my medicine and stop if I cant handle it anymore. When Father asked him if he wanted to join us he told him he could not as Meng Yao needed him. I still have to visit him but Dr. Wang also said that at the moment he cant receive visitors so I had to wait.

The medicine I have to take is something to calm my heart. It seems my heart suffered a lot which was understandable. But I was assured that there would be no further problems if I take my medicine regularly and my family checked on that daily. How long I will have to take it was not sure. Time will tell us.

The plan was made. Tomorrow Father, Mother, WenWen, Yibo and I would go there. As no one actually knew where exactly we had to go, my brother called the private investigator to bring us there. He knew the way. He also would bring along the police after he explained the whole situation.

I carried the still sleeping FanXing upstairs and stood in the hall not sure what to do but Yibo made the decision already.

"He missed you a lot. Let him sleep with us. He will be happy to wake up in your arms." My boyfriend told me and kissed my lips before pushing me gently towards our bedroom.

I did not took a shower as FanXing was not letting go of me even after Yibo and I tried our best without waking him up. I smiled at the sleeping boy who laid between Yibo and me. I really missed him a lot.

"Lets go sleep. We need a lot of energy tomorrow." Yibo said and I nodded.

"What is with FanXing? He cant stay here alone..." I told him and he chuckled.

"Of course not. His grandfather will come and look after him while we are gone."

"Okay." I said and snuggled up to him, careful to not hurt the little boy between us. It took a while for me to fall asleep. Maybe it was because I slept a lot the last few days, maybe I was just too nervous for tomorrow. I did not know. But I was 100 percent sure that I needed to go there, not only for me.  

The next day after breakfast we prepared to leave when the doorbell rung and Dr. Wu entered the house.

"Hello everyone. Where is my little prince?" He asked and chuckled seeing FanXing clinging onto Yibo's and mine leg. He was so concentrated to not let go that he did not even noticed the entrance of Dr. Wu.

"FanXing." I called him and he looked up. "How long do you want to cling on our legs? We need to go soon."

"I want to come too. Take me with you." He pleaded but I shook my head and gently freed Yibo and myself from his grip.

"Not this time. I promise to play with you once I am back." I told him and he started to pout.

"That is unfair. Everyone is going. I don't want to be alone."

"You don't have to worry about that. There is no way we let an almost 5 year old boy alone in a big house like this. Look, your playmate just arrived." I said and he look towards the direction I show him disinterested until he recognized that person.

"Grandpa!" He called out and run towards him. "Are you going to play with me?"

"I am at your service my prince. Lets have a lot of fun." Dr. Wu said and gave the giggling FanXing a kiss on his head. I walked up to them and bowed to Dr. Wu who smiled at me.

"You are older now and very different. I still remember the first time I saw you in that orphanage. I am glad you grew up so well within these two years." He said and patted my back.

"I am happy too. Thank you for suggesting me to my father." I said and bowed again.

"I help where I can and I knew right away that Haikuan would be the best person to take on your case. And like usually I was right. Now he will be my son-in-law too and I cant be happier." He said and winked at me. With a look at my father I could see him blushing and chuckled.

"But you should go now. Don't worry about FanXing. I will take good care of my grandson. Right, FanXing?"

"Yes, yes. Lets play. Grandpa. Big brother, don't forget your promise. You said you would play with me once you are back." FanXing reminded me.

"I know. I will not forget. We will come back soon. Be a good boy." I said and kissed his forehead.

"Okay. Bye mom, bye Uncles." He said loudly before pulling his Grandpa into the garden.

"He is still calling me uncle.... " Father stated disappointed and MianMian laughed.

"Just wait until you two are married. He will call you Dad for sure." Yibo answered and I nodded.

"Until then I will call you Dad as much as you want." I told him and he smiled.

"Okay then. Shall we go?" He asked and everyone nodded before following him towards the car, except WenWen.

"Ge, what is wrong?" I asked him and brought him out of his deep thoughts.

"Ah, nothing. Just thought about something. Lets go. Do you still want to do this?"

"Yes. Definitely. How often do you or Yibo want to ask this? I am not gonna change my mind." I said smilingly.

"I know. You were always this stubborn.... Then lets go. But Xiao Zhan can you do me a tiny favor?"

"What?" I asked him suspicious.

"In the car .... Let me sit next to Yibo." He said and I laughed before we made our way towards the car where everyone was waiting already.

When the car stopped in front of the entry of a big forest everyone was happy to finally leave the vehicle. Not because it took us almost 2 hours to arrive but because WenWen and Yibo where bickering nonstop and I immediately regretted letting my brother sit next to Yibo the moment the car started. Of course Father and I suggested that I would sit between them but both Yibo and WenWen were against it as they did not want to lose to the other.

My brother had a lot of fun teasing Yibo while Yibo may look like he was totally annoyed but I knew him better and Father too. We believed that secretly Yibo had as much fun as WenWen but of course no one said that out loud.

When we left the car my brother walked towards a young man standing some meters away from us. I suspected that this person was the private investigator Wang HaoXuan but when I saw WenWen hugging that man and then looking at him softly I was not so sure anymore. While Yibo, Mother and I looked at them curiously, Father smiled gently.

"Dad, do you know who that is?" I asked him.

"He will introduce him to us. Just wait a bit." He answered and was right. Soon brother walked up to us.

"Well guys... let me introduce him to you. He is Wang HaoXuan, the private investigator who helped me  and since a few months my boyfriend too. HaoXuan that are Yibo, MianMian and Haikuan." He said while pointing at each of them before turning to me. "And this right here is my little Brother, Xiao Zhan." He said and pulled me next to him.

"Ahh, so its you. Nice to finally meet you. You really are very beautiful like Bowen said." He said and smiled at me.

"HaoXuan, you shouldn't say that." My brother said right away.

"What? Why? Its the truth. I never saw someone as beautiful as him .... Or is it that you are jealous I am complimenting you baby brother?" He asked amused.

"I am not. Why would I? But Yibo will get jealous very easily.... You should have seen his scary look when he saw me admiring Xiao Zhan... He is no joke." Brother said and I saw my boyfriend frowning. But before I could say something Wang HaoXuan flicked WenWen's forehead strongly so that the forehead turned slightly red. I looked at him in astonishment. 'He is really strong.'

"That is your own fault! That wouldn't have happened if you told them who you are from the beginning. Don't say I did not warn you." HaoXuan reprimanded my brother and I giggled seeing Yibo's satisfied look. HaoXuan then turned to Yibo. "Listen here boy. I am on your side. What he did was wrong and I told him that but he did not listen. If he is mean to you or teases you, tell me. I will handle that in my own way." He said to him and Yibo nodded in agreement.  

"HaoXuan! On which side are you actually!?" WenWen called out.

"Did you not listen? On Yibo's side! You better treat him nicely as apology for your past treatment." Then he turned to me. "If its okay with you, you can call me either HaoXuan or Big brother. Your choice." He said and I raised my brows.

"Big brother?" I followed up and he grinned.

"Sooner or later I will be. Trust me on that! I will always get what I want and I want your Brother. That means if its okay with you." He said and winked after I agreed to his wish.

"I like you! Hope you can teach him some manners." Yibo said and shook HaoXuan's hand.

"Thanks, Yibo. Trust me, that will not be the only thing I will teach him." HaoXuan answered and while I was busy hiding my blushing face, Father cleared his voice.

"Glad to meet you. I guess our family will get bigger by the day." He said and HaoXuan laughed.

"Probably. By the way, congratulation." He said and pointed at Mother's womb.

"Thank you." Mother smiled.

"What is wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?" HaoXuan said to WenWen.

"Yibo said he likes you... He never said that to me." My brother complained.

"Ask yourself why, honey." He answered before turning to me. "Okay, Xiao Zhan. I called the police earlier and they will arrive shortly. Are you ready to go back once more?"

"I am. But ... I don't want that their son to see his mother being escorted by the police..." I said my worries.

"Don't worry about that, Xiao Zhan. I will take care of him. How old is he?" Mother suggested and I nodded happily before HaoXuan answered.

"He is turning 12 this year and his name is Guo Cheng."  

 "Alright. I will remember that." She nodded. 

Just then the police arrived. One of the seemed to be the officer in my case, Yibo called him Officer JJ, and he was really friendly. He asked me how I was and too was worried about me confronting my past. We talked a little bit before HaoXuan led us inside the forest. I took a deep breath before following him and with my family right behind me I felt calmer than I actually was.

Half an hour later the house which I stayed in for three years appeared in front of us. I felt everyone gaze on me but tried to ignore it while walking forwards. Father, Mother, Yibo, WenWen and HaoXuan followed me slowly while the police stayed behind to wait for a sign of HaoXuan before following us.

While we walked closer to that house we could see a boy, probably Guo Cheng, playing with an owl while a man sat on a chair reading the newspaper. I stopped shortly. That was him. The man Tiff fell in love with, the man who was nice to me and the man who fell in love with that creepy woman.

"Are you okay?" Yibo whispered and I nodded before continuing my walk.

Suddenly a woman, that woman, run out of the house calling her son's name.

"Guo Cheng? Guo Cheng, where are you? Guo Cheng!?" She was in panic and when she saw her son she run towards him and hugged him tightly.

"En Jie! Let him play." That man said and sighed.

"He can play in the house. Why did you bring him out here? Don't you know how dangerous it is for a little boy to stay outside the house?" She answered.

"I am here. Nothing will happen. Moreover he is 11 already and knows what to do when he sees something dangerous! He should not stay inside the house the whole time and you cant always lock him inside."

"Ming Jing! Its too dangerous! I don't want anything to happen to my baby. Come Guo Cheng, lets got inside mommy will cook you something delicious." That woman said and tried to pull her son towards the house.

"I want to stay out here some more, Mom." He said but she did not listen and tried to pull him inside.

"Its dangerous. Come inside!" She said firmly.

Just then the boy saw us and raised his brows. "Who are you guys?" He asked and both his parents turned towards us. Feeling her eyes on me I got scared. Yibo instantly took my hand and father and WenWen put his hands on my shoulder to calm me down.

"We can go back if you want." My brother said but I shook my head.  

 "You..... You are that private investigator from two years ago... am I right?" That man asked HaoXuan who stepped forward.

"Yes. That is right."

"Why are you back? Is there something else we can help with?"

Instead of answering HaoXuan looked at my mother and she stepped forward. She carefully took Guo Cheng's hand and led him away. I was scared that woman would throw a tantrum and hurt my mother but that was not the case. Actually she probably did not even noticed that her son was not next to her anymore as she was busy staring at me.

"Who are you?" Gou Cheng asked and Mother smiled.

"You can call me MianMian. Come, take your beautiful Owl and lets go somewhere else. Let the adults talk for a while." She said gently and Guo Cheng looked at his father who nodded at him. Its seemed like he knew that our visit was not good news so he allowed my mother to take Guo Cheng away. My eyes followed them until they disappeared in the forest and I could see two police officers accompanying them just in case.

"You led my son away. May I know the reason for that and your visit? Is it because ... of the kidnapping? I am sorry. I never knew of that before you came to me 2 years ago. I really hope you will find him. I too was his father, even just for three years, and I love him." That man said and I knew he meant what he said.

"What will happen today shall not be seen by your son. It is better like this but don't worry, my wife loves kids and will take care for him for the time being" Father said to him.

"To answer your question, yes we are here for the kidnapping." HaoXuan said and that man nodded.

"I guessed it. Like I said I love that boy like my own son but ... I too love my wife very much. I don't want to lose her. I hope you will not be too mad with me when I say that but ... the statute of limitations for kidnapping is 10 years and they are already over. When you found that boy I would like to meet him and ....-" He said but was interrupted my that woman's shouting.

"PeiXin!? My baby, is that you? PeiXin!!" She shouted and run towards me but my brother stood  in front of me  and stopped her from coming any closer. I panicked for a short moment but Yibo patted my back and whispered words of calmness in my ear. It worked.

"En Jie? What is wrong?" That man called our and walked towards her.

"Ming Jing, look. Our son came back home. Our PeiXin. Look at him, how beautiful he is now. Honey, they don't want to let me go closer. Tell them to go away so I can take my baby inside." She pleaded while her gaze never left me. Father quickly stood next to me.

That man too looked at me and seemed to recognized me as well. "You are ...? You sure grew up a lot. Its been over 10 years already. You are ..... Xiao Zhan, right?" He asked me gently and I saw guilt in his eyes. I know he was guilty for not realizing that I was not PeiXin back then. How could he? There was no photo of the real boy after all. He loves his wife a lot and therefore he did not want the police to take her away. Officer JJ told me earlier that the statute of limitations was over already ad they could do nothing about that.

"Feng Ming Jing, he is PeiXin. Don't you recognize our son? My baby?" He asked him before trying to get closer to me but her husband stopped her.

"Lu En Jie!! You kidnapped someone else's child! He is not PeiXin! Stop it already." He reprimanded he before looking at me again.

"I am sorry for not realizing anything back then. I am sorry that my wife separated you from your family. I am really sorry." He apologized and then bowed to me.

"I am not giving you the fault. While she screamed at me and hit me very often you were nice and gentle. Never raised your voice, never raised your hand against me. You took care of me and even wanted to bring me to a doctor. When you saw I loved drawing, you brought me a drawing pad and pencils. You treated me like a father would treat his son even when we were not blood related at all. I am thankful for that. Today I am here to finally find peace with my past." I explained and he widened his eyes hearing for the first time about the violence I had to endure by his wife.

"LU EN JIE!! You hit him!?!?" He yelled at her in shock.

"Only when he misbehaved. I told him he has to be a good boy. If he hurts mommy, mommy will hurt me too. But often he was a bad boy and I needed to punish him" She explained innocently and I felt a tear leaving my eyes. Father saw that and washed it away.

"Don't listen to her Xiao Zhan. You were never a bad boy. Just a scared child who never wanted anything else than to go back home." He said to me and I tried to smile at him.

"How can you hit a child!? Look at me! Did you ever hit Guo Cheng too?" He wanted to know.

"Only when he misbehaved. I told him he has to be a good boy. If he hurts mommy, mommy will hurt me too. But often he was a bad boy and I needed to punish him." She said again and I could see shock in Feng Ming Jing's eyes.

"Xiao Zhan, I ... I did not know. I am sorry." He said and bowed again and again.

"You wife needs treatment. She is not in her right mind. If you don't send her to see a doctor she might do worse in the future." Father told him firmly.

"PeiXin!" That woman called out and waved me towards her. "Come here, come to mommy. I have a big surprise for you. You will get a little sister soon. Are you happy? You, Guo Cheng and her can play many games. You will not be lonely anymore." She said and we all were shocked about the announcment of her pregnancy.

"Did you know?" Father asked Feng Ming Jing and he nodded depressed. "Then you know what you will have to do. You cant let your daughter become a victim like Xiao Zhan and Guo Cheng!" Father said and that man nodded once again.

While they were busy talking about that woman's crimes and bad deeds, I walked away and entered the house. Yibo followed me and so did Father. My brother wanted to keep an eye on that woman and decided to stay behind with HaoXuan.

I walked around the house and it felt like I was back in hypnosis. Nothing changed except that now there were photos of the couple and their son. I went from room to room until I walked up the stairs and entered the room where ZhanZhan stayed most of the time. Here too nothing changed. It seemed Guo Cheng was now living here. He was 11 but there were only toys for toddlers. I saw a few books. Guo Cheng seemed to like reading.   

"ZhanZhan stayed here for three years. Nothing changed, only the books weren't there when ZhanZhan used to stay here." I said.

"The room is not big and the toys make the room even smaller. Did ZhanZhan ever played with them?" Yibo wanted to know and I shook my head before walking towards the window.

"He used to sit here and watch the animals or the clouds all day long." I said and looked out of the window for a few minutes.

Then, when I turned around, Yibo came to me and kissed me softly on my lips. I felt slightly embarrassed as Father was here too but he only smiled and had nothing against it so I savored the kiss for a while.

"I want to leave this house now." I said, both nodded and followed me down the stairs and out of the house. Without looking at that couple I walked away towards an old and dead tree which one could see while looking out of ZhanZhan's room.

"The last painting. The dead tree. Did ZhanZhan used to like it?" Father asked but before I could answer Feng Ming Jing came over. Alone. That woman was still with my brother and HaoXuan. She was staring at me while they were making sure she would not follow us.

"Over the years even the tree suffered and is now looking even more dead then back then. He loved to sit on the windowsill and looking out of the window. I never understood why he loved it so much but as long as he was happy, I was happy too." Feng Ming Jing said and answered Father's question. I nodded at his answer while looking at the poor tree.

"Xiao Zhan, I know now that you did not have a good life here. Do you hate me?" He asked me sadly and I thought about his question for a while. Yibo and Father did not let me alone with him and that calmed me down.

"About me being here... like I said you were not at fault. You could not know the truth. You were nice to me and cared about me a lot. I don't hate you for that. But you are not a good person either." I said to him.

"Why is that? Because I married your kidnapper?" He asked and I shook his head.

"No one can chose the person one will fall in love with. You love her despite her bad deeds. Love is a blessing. I think she would have turned out even worse if there was no one who loved her. Say, do you really love her?" I asked him and saw him smiling.

"I do. I really love her. I hope you will not be mad." He answered.

"I am not mad. Its your heart who made the decision. But tell me one thing, if you really love her, why did you cheat on her? Why did you sleep with your secretary when you loved your wife?" I wanted to know and he was shocked that I know about that.

"How did you...?" 

"ZhanZhan may have been a child but every child is curious. I saw both of you. I saw everything. The way you treat each other, you kissing each other and you sleeping with each other. Tell me why did you slept with her for a week, over and over again, if you loved your wife?" I asked him and he sighed.

"Actually I don't know. I knew that I liked her since the first time I saw her. I knew she felt the same but never made the first step. I too was shy and did not want to ask her out first. But later I met my wife and immediately fell for her and soon we got married. I even got you as a son, I could not have been happier. But ... when my wife had to go on a business trip for a week and my secretary came to our house to bring documents.... I guess I felt lonely knowing that I would not see my wife for a while. I still had feelings for her despite being married with my wife." He explained.

"I can understand that one can love two people at once. It happens. One can love both his parents and the whole family equally so why not falling in love with two different persons at the same time. But that does not mean you can have both. You have to chose one and you did. You chose your wife over your secretary. You should not have done what you did!" I said to him strictly.

"I know. But we were drunk. She loved me. I still had feelings for her and missed my wife. One thing led to another and ... then it happened. I know I was wrong."

Yibo got angry. 

"Why did you not stop after sleeping with her once? You were sober and knew you did wrong but you still decided to sleep with her until you wife would come back just because she asked you this. It turned from an accident into an affair and Zhan had to listen and to see literally everything. He was just 5 years old!" Yibo said annoyed.

"I did not know he saw everything. I thought he was upstairs. I ... I ..." He could not say anything anymore. For a while it was quiet. Yibo stared at Feng Ming Jing annoyed and Father tried to stop him from doing it while looking at me from time to time to check if I was okay. I just kept looking at the poor dead tree.

"Xiao Zhan, you are right. I did wrong. I am a bad person too. I am sorry that you had to see everything. It happened in the past. After that one week I never saw her again. It ended just like we promised. I know I am asking too much of you but .... please, don't tell En Jie about this. I beg you." He pleaded and I nodded without looking at him.

"I will not tell her." I said and he looked at me thankfully. "I don't have to. She knows it already."

"What? What do you mean?" He asked me shocked and looked over to his wife, who waved to us while smiling, before turning back to me.

"Like I said. She knows already that you cheated on her"

"How is that possible? Explain it so I can understand." He pleaded.

"She came back from her business trip one day earlier than planned. She wanted to surprise you and came quite early but then found you two in your bed. She hid herself and watched both of you and your activities the whole day." I explained and fight back my tears.

"But how? How did you know?"

"When you left to buy your wife some things, Tiff came up to me. She wanted to meet the son you were praising so much. She was always as curious as I." I said and I could not stop my tears anymore.

"Tiff? How did you know her nickname? And ... why are you crying?" He sounded desperate.

"I know her name because she was my nanny when I was still living with my family. My favorite nanny. After I went missing she too tried to find me but never succeeded. Who would have thought that she would find me inside the house of her boss she fell in love with at first sight? She was shocked and for the first time in three years someone called me by my real name. The moment I recognized her I pleaded to her that she would take me back home. And she promised me. She took me on her arms and tried to calm me down. I was so happy." I said and felt Yibo taking my right hand and Father putting his hands on my shoulder. I did not look at Feng Ming Jing once but I kept my eyes on that dead tree while talking about that day years ago.

"She wanted to leave with me, wanted to bring me back home. But she could not. Your wife stopped her, demanding to give me back to her. But my Tiff did not. Tiff protected me. Your wife got angry and accused Tiff that she not only slept with you, trying to take you away from her but Tiff wanted to take me away from her as well. Tiff got angry too and both yelled at each other.

Just then, while Tiff pulled me after her, your wife got a hold on my arm and pulled me away and when Tiff turned around trying to protect me .... 

.... your wife pushed her down the stairs!!!" I screamed at him.

Feng Ming Jing got pale and shook his head repeatedly. "This ... this ... cant be. Tiffany was not there anymore when I came... in fact you and En Jie were gone too. You run away ... En Jie was looking for you in the forest. I asked her if she saw my secretary but she said she did not. Maybe ... Maybe you dreamed this? Probably you did. You were just 5 years old."

"Listen here, Mr. Feng. Within a period of 1 and a half years Xiao Zhan went under hypnosis. What happened back then was not a dream." Father assured him but that man did not want to believe it.

"No, maybe you all are mistaken. I know, my wife did a lot of bad things but... she is not a murderer. Why would she kill her? Because she saw me sleeping ... with her?"

"She probably hated Tiffany for that too but I think she just did not want anyone to take away the boy she kept calling her son. She seemed to have lost her mind even before kidnapping Xiao Zhan. She needs help." Father said but that man still looked unsure. He loved his wife and could not believe she would do something like this even if she was not in her right mind.

"Xiao Zhan, I am sorry. But I cant believe that. I just cant." He said and shook his head again.

"Are you for real?" Yibo asked him. "Just because he was a five years old boy you can not believe what he saw? Are you crazy? He suffered throughout the years because of what happened here back then. He is about to compete this horrible chapter of his life but we all know it will take time for him accept what happened." Yibo yelled at him. "You don't believe it? Then tell me, where is Tiff? Why did she just disappeared without telling anyone? She did not resign in any of her two jobs either and no one knows where she is. Tell me! Where is she?"

"Yibo! Stop it and calm down." Father reprimanded him and pointed towards me. He understood.

'Tiff... I am sorry.'  I thought and turned to the man who kept me company back then.  

 "It was not a dream!" I told him.

"Xiao Zhan, please. My wife wouldn't do something like this. I cant believe it." He said again and I could see in his eyes he really did no believe it.

"You cant believe it?" I asked him and pointed towards the dead tree. "Then tell me, who is that woman who is laying under this dead tree for over ten years without anyone knowing?" I screamed at him and this time not only Feng Jing Ming was shocked. Yibo and Father were too.

Of course they were. I never told them or anyone else that before I run away I saw that woman burring Tiff underneath this tree.

"Xiao Zhan? She ... is buried here?" Father asked and after I nodded he pulled me gently away. "You should have told us. Why didnt you?" He asked me worried but he was not mad at me.

"I thought if I did, you would have not allowed me to come here. But I want to see her." I admitted and felt guilty.

"You are right I wouldnt have let you. You know me quite well now, don't you." He said and sighed before turning into the direction of HaoXuan who understood right away and gave the police a sign. They came out of their hiding place and arrested Lu En Jie who fought against it with all her might.

"Let me go! I need to cook for my PeiXin!! Let go!!" She screamed but as the police was way stronger, they kept her in place, careful to not hurt her too much. She was pregnant after all.

Officer JJ walked to us and Father told him about the dead tree. He widened his eyes and called for reinforcements immediately. Within 50 Minutes more officers and a forensic team arrived and asked us to stay back so they could to they work. While the Officers started digging, Yibo, Father, WenWen, HaoXuan, Feng Ming Jing and I were standing on the side watching everything. Soon the forensics climbed into the hole and carried out one bone after the other.

When I started to cry again it was my brother who took me into his arms. Together we watched how they put Tiff's remains together. Feng Ming Jing was pale and could not believe his eyes.

"This cant be... Why did she..? I never knew..." He kept mumbling. I turned to him and he looked at me.

"You know what is even worse? She did not only died unjustly! She died believing the love of her life, she believed that you too was involved in kidnapping me! She died feeling guilty loving a man who kidnapped an innocent child and destroyed a family!!" I said to him and he fell on the ground. It was too much for him. I understood but felt not guilty telling him the truth. He needed to know!

30 Minutes later they finished digging out Tiff's full skeleton. Even if there were only bones, I still could my Tiff. Next to her bones laid some fabrics which I identified as the white dress Tiff wore when she died.

"Zhan, lets go home." Yibo said. I looked at him, then to the others, who were only waiting for me and I nodded. We walked only a few meters until we heard a turmoil behind us so we quickly turned around.

We could not believe our eyes. 

to be continue....

I guess almost all mysteries are solved now. Zhan went through so much ... 

I want to hug  Zhan and never let go of him. Figuratively speaking of course. I am afraid Yibo would pick a fight with me... 

In the next chapter will be a time skip ..... *smirk* *giggle* * smirk*  .....   and it will come out on saturday once again. 

Was that too much teasing? I dont think so ... 

Hope to see you there :) 

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