Mission: Protect Xiao Zhan (Completed)

ARC 7: Happy to die for you 1

(Note: Ge=short for Gege meaning elder brother, not necessarily related by blood. Di = short for Didi meaning younger brother, not necessarily related by blood)

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Yibo's exit from the last world was bitter-sweet. He could tell Lan Zhan was advancing in strength by leaps and bounds and he was confident in his abilities. In the future, he would be able to protect Wei Ying.

He was sad because he didn't get to see Wei Ying anymore. Till this time, his whereabouts was still a mystery.

Returning to the personal space, he didn't find AK. Well, he was in no mood to chat. The faster he moved into the next world, the sooner he would meet Xiao Zhan. He decided to move ahead.

When he opened his eyes, his nostrils were assaulted by the smell pancakes. He was alone in bed but his heart felt warm and satisfied. He soon felt a sore feeling from behind him.

"..."

Well, this was strange. He had always been the one to... how come this was different? He didn't seem to hate it one bit. In fact, his erect member informed him that he longed for that place to be assaulted once more. To get a complete grasp of the situation, he retrieved the memories of this world.

Xiao Zhan had always lived next door to Yibo and his grandma. Yibo had no friends, no one wanted to associate with him because he was a little different. He hardly spoke and he usually spaced out. Not that he wanted to, just that his brain was always busy. He had a lot of ideas and he could execute them perfectly in his head but he could hardly bring himself to execute them in reality. Mostly because he never had time.

He was made to go to school, even if his performance was poor. His grandma kept him occupied with school related work from 7am till 6pm daily. One time, his teacher asked her to enroll Yibo to learn a vocation as he showed signs of being useful with his hands. Without asking what he wanted, she went ahead to enroll him for piano lessons.

These lessons were easy and within a few minutes of each class, he would totally grasp the concept then the rest of the class was repetitive. He got bored and spaced out. By the time he got home, he was tired and all he could do was sleep.

The highlight of his everyday was on his way back from piano lessons as Xiao Zhan gege would pick him up, buy him ice cream and take him home.

Yibo was 17 at the time but because of his performance in school, he had to attend classes with 12-year-olds. During this time, schools for people with special needs were not popular and sending your kid there would mean admitting that your child was an 'idiot'.

Yibo didn't really like ice cream. He preferred spending his time reading his gege's books; Xiao Zhan was a writer and Yibo loved his books, but he couldn't refuse anything Xiao Zhan did for him. The first time Xiao Zhan got him ice-cream, on their way home, he was spacing out looking at Xiao Zhan's face but his gege felt he was looking at the ice-cream stand so he took him upon himself to get him ice-cream every day.

Yibo didn't fail to notice, Xiao Zhan truly cared, so much so that he was willing to please him with something he felt he liked every day. He subconsciously began to take Xiao Zhan as his best friend.

This went on for 2 years until Yibo's grandma suddenly passed away. She had nothing in her name save for some money in the bank. The house they lived in wasn't completely paid for and soon the bank came for their property. Yibo was 19, an adult so he wasn't taken into foster care. They didn't care about his condition; more like they weren't enlightened so they asked him to vacate the premises. He had nowhere to go. He lay down for most of the night thinking about how he was going to keep seeing his gege if he left.