The Jiang's Family Fortress, was located in the middle of a huge lotus ponds, the ponds were filled with blooming purple lotus, with only one road lead in and out, it's also their best defense. No one can get into the Jiang's Fortress unless they expected your visit.

They've stopped at the first guard post, and the guard waved them through, a sign that they were expected. They drove through the narrow road, until they reached the front gate, guarded yet by another automatic-riffles wielding guards. The saw Xiao Zhan's car and waved them through just like the first check point. Song Lan drove straight through and not stopping until they've reached their destination. The Jiang Fortress. 

Xiao Zhan came out of the car, followed by Yu Bin from the other side, and he walked straight to the front door. It opened straight away, and Xiao Zhan was enveloped by a warm hug.

"A-Zhan, it's been a while."

"Not that long, jie, only last month I was here, eating your delicious pork ribs and lotus root soup. I hope you made it again this time." He hugged the woman back. 

"Of course! But now, everyone's been waiting for you." Her face became serious, as she walked beside him to the conference room. 

There were about 15 people already inside, some were sitting behind of the long table, some were standing and chatting away, mostly the woman. There were also a few bodyguards at the corner of the room, including Yu Bin, and the Twin Spiders, LinZhen and MinZhen, his jie's most trusted aides. But they were all stopped when they saw Xiao Zhan entered the room.

"Since Xiao Zhan is here, why don't we start the meeting?" Jiang Yanli signaled the Twins to close the door to their meeting room, and Xiao Zhan took a seat at the head of the table, after all, he's the head of the 5 Families.

Jiang Yanli sat on his right, as the head of the Jiangs. Beside her was Jiang Cheng, her right hand man, also her brother. On Xiao Zhan's left was Wen Qing, the head of Wen Family, and beside her, was Wen Chao, her cousin. And then, further away, in the middle of the table, sat the Lans, Lan Qiren, the head of the Lan Family, with Lan Ying, his wife, and in front of them was Nie Mingjue and Nie Huaisang. And finally, at the end of the table, sat Jin Guangshan. The head of the Jins. With his beloved son, Jin Zixuan.

"I heard that the so-called Red King has turned against us, what were you going to do about THAT, Xiao Zhan?" Lan Qiren sneered at Xiao Zhan, but then again, he was always against Xiao Zhan to become the leader of 5 families. Because he's too young, not mature enough, don't have enough experience, and so on. But since the other 3 leaders voted yes and 1 indifferent, he could not do anything about it. But he was undermining Xiao Zhan in every step of the way, until one day Xiao Zhan looked at him straight in the eye, and told him to keep his attitude under control, or he will relinquished his protection to the Lans, only then that he was able to tone down his protests a notch. But from time to time he would bared his teeth to Xiao Zhan, reminding him of his seniority, just like now.

"That was only rumor. The Red King was never in anyone's side, he was always on justice's side." Xiao Zhan answered. "And besides, we didn't have any concrete proof that this was all the Red King's doing. We can only identify him from his calling card, the red king of heart. But anyone in this side of the business, knew about that."

"So, are you saying that you were on his side? You don't care about OUR loss?" The Lans suffered quite a lot because of the Red King. Their whole shipment of rare parchment paper and antique brushes for calligraphy and another shipment of luxury fabrics, were stolen, leaving behind only the Red King's calling card.

"Qiren, please don't be mad, listen to him first, and we can all think about the solution together." Jin Guangshan tried to calm the Lan's elder. "So, Xiao Zhan, what steps have you took to take care of this...red problems?" He diverted his attention to Xiao Zhan.

"I have everything under control, our own investigation was underway, and we expected the results soon. Now, I need you all to calm down, and trust me, I will personally see this matter to the end." Xiao Zhan looked around the room. Heads are nodding, and Lan Qiren huffed, but he said nothing. "So, if you please continue with our monthly meeting..."

The meeting lasted well into the afternoon, and they all took a lunch break, eating Yanli's special soup, when Nie Huaisang approached Xiao Zhan.

"Xiao Laoshi, I have some information, but I don't know if it's relevant or not." He whispered to him in secretive manner.

"Huaisang, please wait." He signaled Yu Bin and Song Lan to take guards, and walked with Huaisang to the balcony. After checking for other's presence, he turned around to face the other. "Now, talk."

"I have the calling card analyzed, and wouldn't you know, they were made exclusively for one specialized store only."

"Who bought them?"

"That's the thing, I've checked with the owner of the store, they said that they never ordered the cards in the first place. They had their own supplier and they never heard of the Red King, except the two in playing cards' deck." He smirked. "And before you asked, yes I've checked the factory that made that order, it was a dead end because the order came from a burner phone, which has been disconnected by now, and there was one more very interesting thing." He fanned himself, because, well, Xiao Zhan was HOT, and he's a normal human.

"Well? Tick tock..." Xiao Zhan pointed at his watch impatiently.

"The machine that made the card, it had a small defect that no one outside the factory knew of. And if we can compare the two Red King's calling card, you know, the before and after his deviation, maybe we will find some clue there."

"Well, Huaisang, your idea was actually pretty good. I will do it straight away." He pulled his phone from his pants. "Thanks Huaisang, you're worth every penny."

Nie Huaisang blushed.

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Xiao Zhan kept every Red King cards. Every. Single. Card. 
He didn't even know why he's so obsessed with the Red King. He never even met him. He went to his bedroom, to retrieve the cards, only to find the Prince was still lying around on his bed. With his Red Cards.

"I have no idea you liked this King of Hearts. You have so many of them." He's lounging now, head on his hand, looking at Xiao Zhan.

"Why are you still here? I thought you're going home already." He took the cards from the bed, and put it in his drawer.

"Nah, I liked it here, can I stay here tonight? You can spank me if you like..." he grinned mischievously.

"Can't tonight, I had work to do. You may stay if you tell your guards to come in and stay inside too, and also call your brother. He will worry about you." He shed his clothes off, and went to the bathroom for the much needed hot bath and jacuzzi. He knew he will be up all night working, so he will have to rest for a bit, soon.

He didn't realize that he was drowsing in his jacuzzi, until he felt someone's going inside the big tub with him. He opened his eyes quickly, only to find the little rascal sit on his lap, hands circling his neck. Naked. Skin all pink from the hot water.

"Yibo, really? Have you had no shame?" He groaned from the pressure on his loin, delicious, but forbidden.

"Why? You didn't say anything about me joining you on the jacuzzi." He pouted his sexy lips like a petulant child, and moved his hip slowly, giving friction to the other's manhood.

"You really tortured me, you know that?" He looked at him now, eyes all dark, pupil's blown, and his erection's growing by the second.

"You felt delicious, Zhan ge, may I blow you?" He moved closer to Xiao Zhan's face, blowing a hot kiss on his neck. Xiao Zhan did not reply, but grabbed the younger's butt tight, leaving his handprints, and lifted him out of his lap, and he stood up then sit on the rim of the jacuzzi, legs apart, and his manhood fully aroused. Yibo did not waste any time, as he went down on him, touching his member, slowly at first, admiring it, and started to lick it from the base. Xiao Zhan grabbed Yibo's long hair, kissed it, and moved his fingers through it. When the younger's mouth enveloped Xiao Zhan's length, he felt like he almost exploded right there and then. His mouth is so warm, and his tongue's teasing the tip, sucked it to oblivion, making Xiao Zhan's brain went offline for a few moments. He then saw Yibo's head bobbing up and down, making lewd noise with his mouth, and it made Xiao Zhan cum within the next few seconds. In his mouth. And he swallowed every drop of it.

"You tasted good, Zhan ge..." he gave Xiao Zhan a mischievous half smile, like a cheshire cat just licked the whole can of cream. And his other hand moved on his own dick. Enormous dick. Xiao Zhan gulped, and he grabbed Yibo's hand, pulling him closer, and kissed his mouth. He still can feel the taste of himself there, and as he thoroughly exploring the mouth, his hand worked on Yibo's erection.

"Ah, Zhan ge, I will not last long, ah, ah..." he just grunted some monosyllable words at the end of it. And when he came, Yibo screamed loudly.

Yibo unexpectedly just fell asleep after his climax, and Xiao Zhan just carried him, naked, to his bed, put him there, and covered him with blanket. He swore he could hear him purred. 

He looked at the young man fondly, then he grabbed the Red Cards, and went to the basement.

He found QingYang, his trusted nerd, was already there, or never left, he never knew.
"I need you to analyze these, find anything on it, and compare that with these." Xiao Zhan retrieved the new Red King cards. "How soon can you do that?"

"Mmm soon enough. I gathered this must be important if you came down here yourself." She took the two different bags.

"Okay, just buzz me when you're done."

But QingYang did not answered as she was already tore open the bags and inspected the cards.

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Xiao Zhan went upstairs, to find a pristine looking white knights were waiting for him. Two of them.

"Xiao Laoshi, is Èr Bái wángzǐ available? Crown Prince is looking for him, and you." He said in a soft voice, "He was waiting for you at the Lianhua." 

Xiao Zhan nodded. "Will you stay here? He's asleep now, just wait until he wakes up." He signaled Yu Bin and Song Lan.

"Xue Yang, look after the prince, I won't be long." 

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Lianhua, or the Lotus, was one of his more legal establishment. It's a very discreet teahouse with smoking room, used by the higher authority or high status celebrity, to talk, to trade secrets. Basically it's a safe zone, and Xiao Zhan made sure of that, especially since the Crown Prince was one of his loyal patron. He often meet with him there too.
He walked inside, to his private room, where the Crown Prince has already waited, alone.

"Xichen, did you really miss me? Two meetings in two days! I can't even remember the last time we did that.." he smiled fondly at the Crown Prince, who sipped his tea serenely.

"Xiao Zhan, I had a rather urgent matter to talk to you, that's why I asked to meet you." Xichen put his tea cup down, elegantly, and he looked at Xiao Zhan. "What have you find out about the Red King?"

Xiao Zhan sat in front of the Crown Prince, and poured himself a cup of tea. "Mmm, perfect." He put it down, and looked straight to the other's eyes. "You know I've already investigated this matter, right? How did you know anyway? About Red King?"

"The Jiang shipment that he burned? That belongs to me. I specifically asked Jiang Cheng to bring me the goods."

Shit.

"Why don't you tell me? Why Jiang Cheng?" 

"It's personal, Xiao Zhan, but don't worry, you will always be my best friend and confidant, and I trust you to take care of the Underground." 

"I know, Xichen, and I won't let you down." He bowed to him.

"By the way, I heard my brother was pestering you again today? Just kicked him out if he's bothering you, that sneaky little pest..." but he said it in a fond way.

"It's fine, don't worry about it, he's a good boy, although a little bit...mischievous..." Xiao Zhan drank his tea, tried to hide his smile.

"That was...rather unexpected... I thought you've kicked him out by now, also, I noticed that he seemed quite attached to you, did you do something to spoil him?" Xichen looked at him suspiciously.

"Rather the opposite, I'm afraid, he spoiled me with his... sunny disposition..." he couldn't held back his laugh now.

"Are we really talking about the same person? He spoiled you? Sunny? Are you sure it's not an impostor?" 

"Was that so hard to believe? He'a a very smart kid with a brilliant mind, you should be very proud of him."

"I am proud of him, it's just...this is the first time that a person, other than me, could held a conversation with him for more than an hour. Really Xiao Zhan, I should just dumped him to you since long time ago.." he chuckled and patted Xiao Zhan's back. "Congratulation, he's been imprinted on you.."

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"Where have you been?"

Xiao Zhan came home to a pouty Prince in his bed.

"You're still here? I thought your bodyguard already whisked you away while I was gone." He shed his clothes, and get ready to sleep, when the lion cub pounced him.

"You asshole, is this how you treat someone who just gave you a pleasure?" He straddled the older man.

"Well, for one, I never brought pleasure home gouzaizai, this..." he made a waving gesture, "was all you..." he smirked.

"You're such an asshole, you know that? I don't even know why I'm attracted to you like this..." he grabbed his hair and pulled it toward him, and kissed him hard.

"Mm, you taste so good, but you should go back home, your brother was looking for you." Xiao Zhan regretfully ended the kiss sooner than he would have wanted.

"Screw my brother, I'm staying here tonight." He tried to kiss Xiao Zhan again, but the older put his finger on his mouth.

"Now, now, it's not appropriate to spend the first night with a stranger, and even before your first date, so, will you be a good boy and go home, and we can see each other again soon? Pretty please?" He kissed the younger prince's cheek, who is now pouting again.

"If you put it like that..." Yibo let go of him, and walked to the door. "I will see you again soon, Hades"