Mending Withered Flowers

Chapter Nine

Third Person POV

"He's not angry ?"

"No, he's not. Bo, it's your brother. Kuan Ge won't get angry for no reason. Right now, he just needs to calm down, just like you. He yelled out for a reason that's not my place to say."

Li Yang truly believes that Hai Kuan won't lash out without a reason, that's why she's able to reassure Yibo that everything will be alright. So now, she's seeing him off to see Hai Kuan. Yes, Li Yang knew too well where Hai Kuan might be, because Li Yang clearly remembers what Hai Kuan had said before leaving the floor.

"Alright, but where could I find him ?"

"Really ?"

"What? I haven't memorized the whole building yet, only the scheduled works and meetings."

"Kuan Ge clearly said where he will be though."

"Didn't listen much, only that he'll be handling some leftover projects."

Li Yang could only be facepalmed on what Yibo said. Sometimes, her best friend could be so dumb. How could he not remember the department Hai Kuan is now when he said it's a leftover project. Yibo forgot the last thing Hai Kuan had to remind him in the car this morning.

"He's on the 7th floor, Graphic Design Department. He reminded us this morning." Li Yang said while Yibo just whine.

"Yang~~~~~" Whined Yibo, as he's not ready to meet Zhan yet on that floor. He made a mental note to keep himself out of that floor if it's not work-related. 

Yibo's worried he might not able to restrain himself from Zhan if he saw him.

"Aish this boy, you worried too much. Kuan Ge isn't with Zhan, his project didn't have any relations with foreign clients."

"You know me. I don't think I could hold back the second time I meet him. So Ge's not with him?"

"No, Zhan mostly handles the ones with foreign clients remember ?"

"Well yeah, but still, I'm not ready. What if we met on the way ?"

Yibo won't stop worrying his encounter with Zhan. It's seems normal, but if it's concerning Yibo then it won't ended up normal. Why ? because Yibo worried too much that he'll lose himself in the process, again.

"Yibo, you're entering his work floor, it's not unavoidable that you'll meet him. So just be yourself, act professional, you're the CEO. If you worried too much, you'll lose it again. You're not going to like it, remember?"

"Yang we're talking about Zhan here. True he's the type to locked up his office for work, he's still the same after years passed. But still, how am I supposed to act professionally in front of him, when I can't even look him in the eyes ?"

"Then don't look, just go straight to Kuan Ge's place. Yibo, learn to prioritize your point. Yes we're doing our best to bring Zhan back, but on the other hand, you have to fulfil your CEO task. You can't do all that at the same time. So think what should you do now that you're going to his floor."

Honestly speaking, Li Yang is not the time to nag around, instead she'll knock the sense out of the person. Like now, she's not nagging Yibo, instead she gave Yibo a bigger picture of handling the situation. It's just Li Yang's way on helping Yibo, because she knows that after the incident with Zhan, Yibo wasn't able to do well. Just think about it, would you able to work well after being force to leave your love ones? The Wang family only love ones in their lives, that's why it's way harder for Yibo to cope.

"Mending things with Ge."

"Good, now go. I'll handle the appointments for later."

"Thanks Yang."

"Thank me later when you guys are better."

~~~~~

"Sean, what the hell ? what's going on?"

Peng Chuyue, one of Zhan's colleagues in the Graphic Design Department is now worried and rather shock. Chuyue can't help it though, Zhan right now is actually digging his own grave at his office. What kind of grave ? basically Zhan's habit of workaholic, it got worse and now Zhan's not backing down to any work schedule. He even agreed to attend the meetings on local clients, when he usually doesn't.

"Nothing's going on Chuyue. I'm just doing my work." Zhan said lightly as he continued on his designs.

"But Sean, aren't you working too much ? it's not even a day after the CEO introduction meeting this morning."

"So what ? I just want to live up his expectations. Wang Yibo is not someone you should underestimate. This may be the first time for him to be the CEO, but his experience never fails him. I've known him for awhile back in my collage years, we shared some classes together, so trust me when I said I want to meet his expectations." Zhan said not sparing a glance at his colleague.

"Still, you can't just packed up all your schedules like this, Zhan, it's not healthy. If the CEO knows, he wouldn't be so happy, instead he'll be worried." Chuyue tried to reason on Zhan's choice.

"He's not like that. Yibo won't accept it unless you do well." Zhan flatly said, not realizing that he made it sound as if he knew how Yibo works.

"You sure you've only known him from collage ? Sean, you seems to know more."

"Peng Chuyue, drop it. I mean it."

"Alright, alright. Just don't forget your lunch this time, geez."

Chuyue left the office, while Zhan's still working on his designs. Zhan's not wrong. Yibo does work like that, he wouldn't accept fails, as it would effect the company. But it wouldn't be the same for him, Zhan knew it. Why ? Because Zhan knows his place. Though he'd already guess that this time it'll be the same, after all they're no longer together like before, despite not having a closure.

Having another thought of Yibo, clearly didn't help. Now Zhan's holding back his tears, as he's not over it. He never was, Zhan loves Yibo the same way he loves his twin. Just how is he going to tell Yibo if he found out about the twins.

"Why do you have to come back Yibo ? Don't you know it'll just make things harder ? Would you even accept the twins ? Our bundle of joy ?"

A/N : Double update guys!!!! First time ever done it tbh. Gosh this feels so good as a new writer.

I have the next chapter's draft, it's partly done. Let's hope I could update it today, and make it a triple update.

Best wishes for you all and stay healthy!!

XOXO - Ryuuichi