Wang Yibo's POV:

It's been an hour since Zhan has been asleep and I take a quick check on him. The room is too bright for a person to sleep but I figured maybe that's the way he preferred.

I am a souless monster.

His words haunt me. How could I not care for you Zhan? I have been watching over you for more than a decade. My fingers raise to sweep his hair that were entangled with his eyelashes.

Don't touch me.

Remembering his warning as it comes in forefront I quickly retract my hand and leave him to his peaceful slumber. As I walk out I dial my brother's number "Wangji" his voice is warm and I rake my fingers through my hair as I walk towards the giant floor to ceiling window "Brother" is all I need to say and he's alert at his best "What happened to Zhan?". At times he's too perceptive for his own good. I narrate the incident and brief him of the situation.

"Is he asleep?" He enquires and I nod "Yes, I gave him an anti inflammatory medicine".

"Alright. I'll be there later part of the evening to check up on him and I'll also inform Jiang Cheng about it" he sucks in a deep breath "that's not going to go down well with him. I'll see you later" he cancels the call and I open my ipad to check the new videos we received from the traffic department.

"Boss" Jun knocks my table and I look up "Chief is on his way up with Vice" he informs as Sean walks in from behind and before I could question further, Chief and Vice stride into the main hall with Drew showing them the way.

"What are you all doing here?" I enquire but they choose to ignore me as Chief admires the oppulance of the house and a Dre let's out a loud whistle "Damn, Zhan's house is so beautiful" he winks "like the man himself".

"Chief" I call for his attention and he nods "we're here to meet Mr. Xiao. How is he?"

"I stitched him up and about an hour back when I checked up on him, he was still sleeping" at that Dre locks his arm around my neck "Chief, are we in for some age old romance?" he teases and gets a jab from me.

"Oh this is good!" Drew has a spoon full of food in his mouth and digs out another one for Sean "man you got to try this?".

"Woah! look at the amazing collections of movies in here" Jun picks up some DVDs "it's freaking Blue Ray and many of them are signed copies!" Yup he's drooling.

I look around the main hall and wonder how would Zhan react to the bunch of hooligans.

Just when I was about to yell at them to behave, Zhan graces us with his presence but that isn't the point. The entire room is plunged into an absolute silence because the man in front of us is just out of shower, wrapped in a lone towel and his drying his hair with a wash cloth. The moment his gaze lands on all of us, his movements still and he curses "Fuck, I keep forgetting there are people around". He's anxious but covers it up well. A lone droplet rivulets from his wet hair down his neck and caress his chest softly. He's lithe but has well defined muscles. His washboard abs can give a fit Officer a run for their money.

"Um, Hi" he looks around "I'll be right back" when he turns I inwardly gasp there are thousands of criss cross marks marring his back.

"Boss" Sean whispers "did you see that?" He questions softly whilst Chief looks at us "None of you are going to act awkward or ask him about it. Is that clear!"

We nod and Drew goes back to eating and feeding Sean.

A minute later Zhan enters wearing a fluffy pink hoodie and jeans to pair it up with. Taking a seat farthest from us and smiles though he looks very uncomfortable "I wasn't aware that we're having guest" he looks at Chief "or is this some sort of informal interrogation?".

Zhan!

We all hold in our breath and a minute later Chief smiles warmly and places a beautiful intricately designed box on the table and inside the box is a bottle of whiskey dated 1950 covered in velvet.

Wow that's an extremely rare Whiskey.

"Mr. Xiao, this is for you and don't worry, this is not an informal interrogation. This is me thanking you. You saved my life" Chief was sincere and Zhan's stare was piercing.

"Mr. Xiao" Jun stands by Chief's side and soon Sean and Drew join him and they bow "the entire department thanks you. We're all indebted to you" Drew looks up "there is a bro code that we all abide by" and Sean continues "Yes, you save one of us, you save all of us" Jun agrees "from now on, we'll place our lives for you!" They bow again and Dre nudges me "Isn't all this too dramatic?".

I glare at him and he grins.

Walking towards the bottle he picks it up "Zhan if you don't want this, I can always pour one for each of us".

"Put that back down or you won't be breathing to drink another sip of any whiskey" Chief growls and Dre laughs placing the bottle back gently.

"Thank you but all this is not necessary" Zhan smiles and Jun takes a seat by the table.

It's imperceptible but everytime anyone moves, Zhan shrinks a little. He's not used to people around his house and to be frank there are quite a number of people here. I was to ask everyone to leave when we hear the main door open and Jiang Cheng's voice booms around "What the fuck am I hearing..." He stops when he eyes each one of us and his eyes widen "what the...?"

"JC" Zhan calls out and Jiang Cheng snaps out of his daze and strides upto Zhan. Crouching in front of him, careful not to touch but much closer than he has ever allowed me to be, his voice is soft "I heard you were hurt. Are you alright?" Jiang Cheng questions and Zhan's eyes change into that of mischief "Why was my jiggly poo worried for me?" He bites his lips and my hands immediately ball into a fist.

"Calm down they're just just friends" Dre whispers and I glare at him.

"Zhan!" Jiang Cheng growls and when he is satisfied that Zhan's alright, he relaxes "So glad you're alright kid".

Turning back to look at us but before he could say something, Jun places a DVD in front of him "Titanic, can we please watch this?" hearing that we all groan "Man Jun, not again? Don't torture us!" Sean whines and snatches away the DVD "Sorry. He's a hopeless romantic. Forgive him". Dragging him back to the stacks of DVD they check them out whilst Drew brings out two cans of beer and places them on the table and gives... Jiang Cheng a shy smile?

"Wang, what's going on?" Dre whispers "don't tell me that kid's going to fall head over heels with the hot head there?" he shakes his head and walks away to finish off the food that Drew was eating.

Jiang Cheng and Chief exchange some conversation and I find Zhan sneaking into his office.

A hour later and they still seem pretty comfortable around. Jiang Cheng and Chief are now having civil conversation whilst Drew sneakily glances at Jiang Cheng.

"Dre" I call him who is busy playing some game on his phone! We're a Homicide Officers, why aren't we back in the precinct?
I don't voice them but I inform him that I'll be back. He nods without looking up.

Leaving them behind I knock at Zhan's door and the moment he opens them for me, my world stills.

His eyes. They're lifeless.

His face is cold.

Blood streaking down his wrist.

"Officer" his voice is cold.

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