Cursed Mansion [Completed]

15. Twice a secret...

yibo is in zhan's cottage where lord wei ying has just revealed he knows something about the wolf that attacked the car!

"i know about the wolf that attacked your car." said wei ying.

yibo raise his brows evidently at lord wei ying.

"i'm still grateful that zhan was there." said yibo.

a ghost of smile touches yibo's lips.

"if not for him, i don't know what would have become of me and ziyi..." said yibo.

"you were fortunate that day." said wei ying.

"i was." said yibo.

he gaze long and inquiringly at lord wei ying.

"is there something that you want to tell me...?" asked yibo.

"yes, um..." said wei ying.

'he seems very nervous and fidgety. i wonder what it is about the car accident that he wants to tell me?' thinks yibo.

just as lord wei ying opens his mouth to say something, zhan enters the cottage and interrupts their conversation.

"we are ready to go." said zhan.

"okay." said yibo.

he turn to lord wei ying.

"let's go." said yibo.

lord wei ying nods in answer. they all exit the cottage.

they have been roaming for hours. the day has gradually grown dark and the evening into night.

"we've reached the cabin." said zhan.

zhan stops beside a tree near the cabin.

"i need to get some supplies from the cabin before we move on." said zhan.

the emerging moon hangs full and bright-up within the clouds. yibo stand beside lord wei ying to admire it.

"the moon will be full tonight." said yibo.

"definitely." said wei ying.

yibo inadvertently look sideways and immediately sight zhan walking into the cabin.

"i should probably go and assist zhan." said yibo.

he shift his focus back to lord wei ying.

"we'll need to move further soon and begin our search for the lin." said yibo.

"i'll wait out here." said wei ying.

"alright." said yibo.

he proceed to enter the cabin.

he enter the warm interior of the cabin. the memories of his first night there with zhan and an unconscious ziyi unwittingly flood his mind as he advance further into it.

zhan looks busy, bending by the hearth.

"shall i lend a hand?" asked yibo.

zhan answers him without turning to regard him.

"yibo." said zhan.

yibo look around, whilst taking in the wooden features of the room and committing them to memory. zhan continues to working on his task. yibo finally get a chance to spend some time alone with zhan.

"i thought you might require some help." said yibo.

yibo come to stop, watching zhan carry out his task.

"i'm fine, i don't need your help." said zhan.

yibo is taken aback by zhan's harshly spoken reply. yibo's mood quickly takes a plunge.