Behind The Red Curtain | YiZhan ✓

36-Encounters Once In A Lifetime, While The Butterfly Hides In Its Cocoon

They say never regretting is good. But it probably wasn't meant for these kinds of situations.

His ears were still ringing from the loud gunshot, the image of Yibo jumping before him still as fresh. His head hurt, but so did his heart. He had never thought that he cared for him so much as to risk his own life. He didn't know what to say to him when he saw him again, but he knew that he wanted to be beside him now more than ever.

"Can i please just go? Let me see my friend- i've been answering your questions for an hour." The detective in front sighed, crossing his arms. "I would let you go, if you would just tell me everything. You're not making this any easy either."

Zhan pleaded in frustration as he gestured with his hands while talking. He couldn't take this questioning anymore, as it was making him suffocate to the extend of fainting. "I already told you everything! Just let me see him- he got shot for me!" His desperate yells made the detective sigh in a shocked way while the door beside them opened, letting another detective walk in. "Do you really have to push him more, detective Yan? Come on, let him go."

Jiayi furrowed his brows, confused. "Hey- you serious? You already took the case from me, let me participate in it too at least." Shun rolled his eyes as he gestured for Zhan to leave. "He's at Huang hospital. Here's the address." The latter took the small piece of paper before running off. Meanwhile, Jiayi pouted at Shun. "Tsk... stingy.."

"What? Hey! There is no purpose in pouring a cup of water in the ocean. Now get your ass up and let's go! We have a crime scene to investigate."  The latter rolled his eyes before following from behind.

Meanwhile, Zhan rushed his way to the hospital, his mind a blank mess. He hadn't even realised that all those people in front were the media. So upon taking a step in the hospital yard, cameras and reporters swarmed him from all around. "Xiao Zhan! Please tell us if what we heard is true!"

"Is it true that you have been forced to be sodomised by Han Delun?"

"Did Wang Yibo get involved in this for you?"

"What relationship do you really have with Han Delun?"

"Is what you have with Wang Yibo much more than just a friendship, as some of the fans say? After all, since the shooting of the last drama you two did together, there have been some sightings of you two. And him coming to your rescue like this... is it really just the frailty of your good friendship?"

Zhan was just speechless at the questions, unable to say a word back. "Just where did you hear-"

"Now now, those are no questions someone from the outside should be asking isn't it? We promise to do a press meeting in which, i will answer all your questions. But for now, please leave our idol alone, since as you may know, he has had enough of a rough time already." The press then took a while to talk it out in chaos, while Zhou Duyi quietly fixed up his tie before grabbing from Zhan's arm and rushing him inside.

They both entered the elevator and left the commotion, now finally sighing a deep breath of relief. "I... i can't believe that there are rumors like that.." Duyi shrugged his brows before clicking on the 12th floor. "You can never know what the common minds think. But you seem unwell. Was seeing your dear friend risk his life for you that shocking?"

Zhan looked down, feeling overwhelmed with anger and sorrow. "You don't know what went between us. You wouldn't know.." Duyi sighed, glancing back to see his face once more. "I know much more than you think. But for me, business comes before the well being of a person."