Love like Pandora's box

Chapter 6.

"You dare laugh at me?" Martha said as she gabbed Yibo's collar and shoved him against the wall.

Yibo groaned as he didn't have time for this, but he was surrounded by Martha, Jeremy, Fion, and Dean; they were all looking at him as if he were their prey.

Martha slapped him and took a step back, and then Dean came forward. he smirked as he looked at Yibo, the latter never really liked the way Dean looked at him; it made him feel disgusted and made him shiver.

Dean moved forward and raised his hand as he gently touched Yibo's face and gently slid his hand down his cheek. Yibo felt really disgusted at his touch and slapped his hand away; however, Dean didn't look angry instead, he felt rather amused. He then raised his hand and was about to touch Yibo again, but this time someone else grabbed his hand and shoved him back.

Yibo sighed as he saw Zhan in front of him. Zhan glared at everyone before he grabbed Yibo's hand and dragged him away from there. He brought Yibo to his car, shoved him inside it, and said, "If you get out of the car without my permission, I will break your legs, and I mean literally."

Zhan said as he walked back to Martha and the group and said, "What the fuck do you guys think you were doing, huh?"

Martha pouted as he came near him and touched his hand. "Zhan, he was the one who didn't give me my assignment on time, and that was why I was anxious, so I thought that I should teach him a lesson."

Zhan shoved her back harshly, and she fell to the ground. "You guys are perfect examples; give an inch and you take a mile. I think that you all have forgotten that while I said that you all can tease him, don't forget that he is my target! So, without my permission, if you all dared to lay a hand on him or harm his body, I am going to make sure that you all regret it."

Jeremy spoke, "Hey Zhan you don't have to be so mad after all don't you hate him? Although we don't know the reason why, I think we all are doing a pretty decent job at making him regret messing with you."

Zhan looked at him and said, "But as I said, unless I say so, no physical harm should be done to him! Unless you all want to face the consequences of making me angry."

He then looked at Martha and said, "This is your last warning, stay in your lane, and don't make me angry."

Zhan said before he walked away from there leaving Martha seething with rage, one thing that Zhan did not realize was that it was easy to set fire but once it started to spread it was hard to extinguish, Zhan was the one who started the bullying and he was the one who turned them against Yibo, and it was too late to stop them.

Especially after Martha noticed the way Zhan looks at Yibo he might hate him but there was more than hate hidden behind his mask of anger.

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Yibo opened his eyes when he heard the car door open and shut, and someone was seated beside him.

It was Zhan.

Nothing was said between them as Zhan asked the driver to drive. The car ride was silent, and soon Yibo saw his house from a distance. The car stopped in front of his house, and without saying anything else, Yibo got out of the car and the car drove away.

He sighed as he walked back inside the house and went straight to his bed.

It was pretty late when he woke up and he felt really hungry, so he went downstairs to cook some food.

And while he was eating, he heard the front door open which made him freeze, he didn't want to get beaten or be cursed and he didn't want to go to bed hungry as well so he just shoved the food in his mouth and swallowed it.

"Yibo." He flinched when he heard the voice, and as his sister walked closer, he felt a little scared. He jumped at his place when Yuki tried to touch his face, and even she saw that, so she pulled her hand back and clenched her fists as she stared at him. For a few seconds, nothing was said.

"Thank you for cleaning the house in the morning." She spoke.

"It's okay." That was all Yibo said. He didn't even look at her; he didn't want to look at her face because he saw the bruises on her hands. The red finger marks said that today was a rough day for her.

Yuki saw him looking at the bruise on her hand, so she covered them and said, "I am sorry. Did it hurt?"

"I am fine," Yibo said as he got up, grabbed the empty dishes, and walked toward the washbasin. He spoke, "Eat your dinner."

"You are not going to eat with me?"

"I already ate." That was all he said before he washed the plates and went back to his room.