My Boss

Chapter 9 (Scared)

    
      After receiving the phone call Zhan felt panicked he could hear sobs of Yibo while the man was yelling behind them. He went towards them along with Mr lam and Jack. His two best bodyguards. He asked Xuan to stay behind so he could manage in his place. Reaching the destination near the phone he saw a man banging on the door yelling and shouting asking to open the door. What angered him was the pleading voice of Yibo crying him to leave.
Walking near him he said in his deep voice,
"He said leave so leave"
The man glared at him. The owner of ZJ company Zhu Zanjin he recognised the man. The short man gritted his teeth at Zhan.
"Don't meddle with my buisness Xiao Zhan " he roared banging the door.
"Yibo baby open the door." He shouted again. Zhan was at his final stage. He signalled lam who nodded and caught Zanjins hand before he could bang again.
"Leave my hand you-" before he could speak jack twisted his hand making him groan in pain.
"It's better if you leave before I  lose my mind." Zhan said his voice so deep that send shiver to the shorter man. He knew he could be nothing in front of Xiao Zhan in any field. Earlier when he saw Yibo who looked outstanding with Zhan he lost his mind. Yibo was his only his. And he knew what his preys weakness were. Yibo's heart was so pure and he knew how to take advantage of it. Just like he did years ago. But if Xiao Zhan protected him he will lose Yibo. He left there gritting his teeth.
   After Zanjin left, Zhan knocked the door but Jiyang didn't open. He could sense the nervousness of the two so he called,
"It's me Xiao Zhan." He said calmly. Jiyang opened the door. His face was pale but what broke Zhans heart was the sight of Yibo shivering at the corner of the room.
"Yibo??" He asked.
Jiyang shook his head.
"He isn't responding for a while." He said a tears fall from his eyes
"Let me look" he said and moved towards the small boy. Lam and Jack also felt bad for the boy. They had seen Yibo's cheerful, naughty and innocent side but this scared, shivering, crying side was too heart breaking for anyone who saw it. Zhan crouched at his level. He sensed the low breathing of the younger, tears filled face, red swollen eyes, shivering body. He felt his heart tighten.
"Yibo" he called softly. A voice that he himself never knew he had. The boy was still shivering. Hiding his face between his knees.
"I..sob...I  am...sob..sob.. hiccup.. so..sorry. I..sob..sob.. really... hiccup... sob...didn't mean...sob..to ruin...sob.. it." He said crying .
"What Yibo??" Zhan was now totally confused as why the younger was apologising to him.
"To..sob...ruin.. the party." He said again crying. Zhan wanted to smack his own head. The boy in front of him was crying, he was chased and now he is apologising to him thinking he ruined his evening. Zhan just sighed and scoped the boy who immediately hid himself in his embrace. Yibo was still shivering like a leaf.
"Don't worry you didn't ruin anything. Calm down. Now breathe" he said in assuring voice.
"I..I.. want to leave..sob..sob.. please take me away...sob... sob.. please." He begged clutching Zhans shirt tightly. Zhan hummed and rocked him softly. Turning towards lam,
"Lam look for a clear path." He ordered. The man nodded quickly and left.
"Jiyang stay with Xuan. I will take him home." He said. Jiyang nodded and left. He knew Yibo was safe with Zhan. And Zhan is the only person who could make Yibo calm.
Zhan hugged Yibo tightly. His heart was beating so loudly as if it would burst out of his rib cage. Jack closed the door leaving the two inside. Zhan slowly carried Yibo towards the couch and made him sit near him. Yibo was a crying mess. He was even panicking. Zhan hugged him again trying to calm him but the boy suddenly started having a panick attack. His breath shortening, his eyes balls rolling back.
"Ple..sob..please let...sob...me go, hiccup...don't... don't.... touch me, stop.. please..."he was mumbling.
Zhan felt tears in his eyes. He pulled Yibo on his lap and hugging him tight he started rocking him.
"Shhh everythings alright. No one will hurt. I am here. Calm down. Shh baby calm down. Haa." He said softly. He kept saying these words and slowly Yibo calmed down. He was still crying but had got out of his attack stage. He placed his head on Zhans chest, somehow the older man's heartbeats made him feel secure, safe. He clutched Zhans shirt. Suddenly someone knocked and Yibo tighten his hold.
"Sir we cleared the back area. No one is there. Ready to leave." Lam said from outside.
Zhan looked at Yibo who was still scared.
"Let's go. I will take you home." He said. Yibo nodded.
Zhan helped him to get up and supported his shoulders.
From the back door they went towards the exit. Lam was already waiting there with his car ready.
"Jack come with Xuan" Zhan ordered looking at his another bodyguard.
  They drove away from there. All the way Yibo didn't say anything. Only silent sobs were heard. Zhan pulled him towards his chest and Yibo didn't pushed away. He just placed his head on Zhans chest while the older asked him to breathe in and breathe out. He did and slowly he closed his eyes drifting off to sleep.
   Yibo's house was three hours away from the venue. So they had a long way to travel. Zhan looked at the sleeping figure. He remembered how happy the boy was when the came here earlier. He never thought it would end like this.
"Is the boy alright Boss" lam asked.
He had seen Yibo during past weeks and knew how innocent and cheerful the boy was. He had seen how Yibo was close to both Peixin and Zhan even if he didn't expected anything in return.
Zhan hummed in reply. He knew lam was worried. Everyone will be because the cute boy had made his place in everyones heart. He slowly removed the bangs covering Yibo's forehead.
  After two hours Yibo slowly stirred up. He slowly pulled away from Zhans embrace. His cheeks flushed from unknown feeling.
"Are you alright now?" Zhan asked him. He could see worry in his boss eyes. He immediately nodded and bowed. He wanted to sincerely apologise his boss for the inconvenience he had made. But he couldn't bring any words as if afraid to offend him.
Zhan knowing Yibo shook his head slightly,
"You don't need to apologise. We were leaving anyways. And you are my secretary. Your safety is my duty." Zhan said in clear voice. Ofcourse all this were just to assure the boy. He had more than thousands of employees and he had only to take care of there safety while they were in Xiao corps.
  They drove towards somewhere. Seeing it wasn't the direction to his house Yibo looked at Zhan with his big doe eyes which were red from crying. Even though he was crying but he truly looked adorable in Zhans eyes. His chubby cheeks and cute nose were slightly red, his eyes were also red, he had tear stains on his cheeks. He had a cute pout on his face.
"We can't let your son see your crying face. He would be worried." Zhan said calmly. Yibo nodded but in his mind he was afraid. He was making a plan to run away from here but where?? He was fiddling with his fingers. His baby and he were so happy here but now it's all ruined. If Zanjin knows about Fanxing he will surely take his baby away from him. He can't believe his life which was filled with happiness when his father was alive is a complete mess now. He didn't even knew he was crying again all this while. Zhan saw Yibo was crying but decided not to interfere, with the way Yibo was afraid and pleading not to touch him during the panick attack Zhan thinks he knew who Zanjin was. There is a huge chance of him being fanxing's father. 
  
  The car stopped and Zhan got out. He opened the door for Yibo who was slightly shocked when the car stopped at an abandoned road. He trembled. His past experiences didn't help him too. Noticing the youngers horrified expression Zhan sighed,
"Don't be scared. I won't hurt you." He said and extended his hand. Yibo took it, his stupid heart said to believe Zhan. He felt as if he knew Zhan.
The older man opened the gate of a park. It was an abandoned park but Yibo feels he had visited here, maybe in childhood. Zhan took him near a river and made him sit on the bench and sat beside him. There was silence but it wasn't uncomfortable.

It felt good to both. Yibo looked at the river and gasped. It looked beautiful. The full moon and the sky filled with stars. He always loved nature and wished to stay near it. So for him it was heaven. For a moment he forgot about the earlier incident and smiled. Unknown to him Zhan was looking at him all the while. He was amused to see the boy smiling slightly under the moonlight. He himself didn't knew why he brought Yibo here. It had always been his private space. Then he saw a tear dropped from the boys eyes.
  'How much had he suffered at his young age' he thought looking at the boy. He averted his gaze.
  Yibo was trying to calm his mind but still it was giving him haunted memories and scared thoughts about his baby. He was shocked when all this while Zhan didn't ask anything, mostly when ever someone knew about people chasing him and his baby they would judge him or ridicule him but this man just wanted him to calm down.
  "You ran away?" Zhan spoke finally. It wasn't a question but a statement, Yibo knew it. But this wasn't the question he was waiting for. He slowly nodded.
"I don't know what else to do" he replied sincerely. He really didn't. All his life it was his father taking care of him, then his friends or brothers in Korea and after his father's demise his sister,but them all of a sudden he had no one and had to take care of a child all alone.
"Wanna talk?" Zhan asked. Yibo shook his head. No he wasn't ready. Not to his boss. He didn't want anyone's sympathy. Again there was silence. Zhans phone rang and he went to attend it. Yibo sat there like a statue looking at the river. Drinking the water his boss gave him earlier.
  After a while Zhan returned and saw Yibo dozing off. He chuckled,
"Come I will drop you home." He said softly. They got into the car and it drove towards yibo's appartment. The older man went with him to his house but stayed at the living room. Yibo picked a-xing on the way. The boy was already asleep. After making him lay on the bed he went towards his boss who was sitting while lam was standing beside him. He did a 90 degree bow.
"Thankyou for taking care of me today and I am really sorry" he said in one go.
"It's alright. Take rest today. No need to come tomorrow." Zhan replied and got up to leave.
Yibo again did a bow.
"Thankyou very much." He said in low voice. Zhan just shook his head. Yibo also bow towards lam who was bewildered to see his boss secretary bowing him. He looked at Zhan who just shook his head.
"It's alright boy. Stay safe and sleep well." He said laughing slightly and patted yibo's head who smiled. There wasn't the usual light but tiredness in those brown orbs.
"Goodnight sir." He said exhausted.
"Goodnight. Sleep well" Zhan said and left. He wasn't like this. He never cared for anyone other than his family and never spoke this much.
  Tomorrow he will have a long day. Earlier it was his lawyer who called. Something's wrong. He sighed.