BOOK 3. Shen Wei works in a bank in the background because he does not like to mix with the customers. After a raid, he is mistaken as the inside man but only briefly which leads to him meeting Zhao Yunlan. The story follows their relationship th...
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Bo watched Yunlan's expression as he drove him home knowing that whatever was causing the troubled look was not trivial, and it involved Shen Wei. He knew that there was a decision involved but had no idea what it was about and the only way forward for Yunlan was to talk to someone that he trusted or face the source of the problem, so he swung the car around and headed for the source, to force Yunlan to face it.
"OK, I'm pretty sure I said home, where are we going?" Yunlan asked as he stared at Bo in the rear view mirror.
"Forgive me for this Sir, but you need to talk about the problem and I'm guessing that it involved the place you were at earlier. The only way for you to solve problems is to hit them head on, I've seen you do this before, and now I think that you need to do it again."
Yunlan stared continuously at his driver trying to work out whether to sack him or take his advice while Bo continued in the direction of the bank aware of the cold steady stare from the rear seat of the car.
Arriving at the bank, Yunlan stepped out slamming the car door closed behind him, and strode purposefully into the reception area where the manager was standing with a few staff members and on seeing Yunlan enter, he and his staff immediately dropped to their knees causing the angry sure footed man to halt at their unexpected behaviour. He had assumed that the respect shown previously was intended for Wei, not him.
"I would like to go down to the vault, I have questions to ask." Yunlan asked, but only now remembered that Wei had the entry key and he might not be allowed in.
"Yes of course Sir, follow me." and the manager led him down to the vault, once again only keeping to a safe distance and left Yunlan alone.
He approached the old door not knowing if it would open for him or not, but he was determined to speak to Kunlun's hologram and he would hammer the door until it was answered. Thankfully there was no need, the door swung open before he touched it allowing him to enter, calming his temper down and returning him to his concerned and worried outlook.
The hologram appeared before him and smiled as it approached.
"I knew you would be back, you haven't changed much, I knew you a long time ago and your temper and behaviour is just the same. Talk to me, the real me."
And the hologram froze as if it was a paused programme. Yunlan stared at it as the real person walked through its frozen image and came to his side to greet him. He took Yunlan by his arm and led him over to the sofa to sit down and offered him some tea which appeared automatically.
"Too much information too quickly, I assume, and you're afraid of the change it would make in both your lives but especially to Shen Wei, am I right, Yunlan?" and he half smiled with a hint of sadness.
"Am I that transparent,.. yes it worries me."
"You wouldn't be his friend and lover if you weren't worried about all of this, this is his destiny, it always has been, since the day he was born, but it is also yours, you have always been by his side in one way or another. Talk to me, tell me what you feel."
