Love like Pandora's box

Chapter 28.

The next week came soon, and Zhan went with Haoxuan to a mall in order to inspect the new store, he was pretty satisfied with the décor and other things in the store.

He talked with the manager for a while and while he was talking, he suddenly saw someone, a little child walking alone in the mall.

He looked scared and timid and Zhan recognized the child. He looked around but didn't find Yibo anywhere, the child must have separated from him, Zhan sighed as he went to the child and gently said, "What are you doing here Kiddo?"

Zhan never really had an interaction with such a small child, so he was rather awkward, however when he saw the child, he saw some resemblance with Yibo.

The kid recognized Zhan and said, "I can't find my uncle."

Zhan sighed as he said, "yeah, I can't see your uncle around as well."

Luhan started to cry silently and Zhan spoke, "Don't cry, I will call your uncle." Zhan said as he took out his phone and called Yibo, while grumbling, "what a careless person."

Zhan suddenly felt someone holding his hand and he looked down and saw Luhan holding his hand while crying.

Zhan didn't push him away and called Yibo, once Yibo answered he could hear the panic in Yibo's voice and Zhan replied, "Your nephew is with me; come to the 'new' store; I am standing in front of it."

"Alright, please stay there. I will be there soon."

The call was soon disconnected, and Zhan looked back at Luhan. The two stood there awkwardly. Zhan had really no idea how to talk to kids, but he cleared his throat and said, "So... how old are you?"

"Four."

"I see. How many people are there in your family?"

"my uncle and my mother."

"I see. What about dad?"

"I don't have a dad."

"Oh. Do you love your uncle?"

"A lot."

"More than mummy?"

Luhan thought for a while and did not reply. "I love both of them, but my mother does not stay with me anymore."

"I see. Was your mother pretty?"

Luhan nodded before he grabbed the tiny little bag on his shoulder and opened it, he took out something from his bag and Zhan realized that it was a photo, "she is pretty."

Zhan smiled as he took the photo from his hand and once, he saw the photo, his eyes widened, "she is your mother?"

"Yes!"

Zhan became silent as he seemed to be in deep thought; he was reminiscing about a distant memory. He then looked at Luhan and said, "How old are you again?"

"Four."

Zhan stared at the child for a while; he was staring so hard that Luhan asked, "What happened?"

"Nothing."

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"Luhan!" Yibo ran to the child and hugged him tightly. "Gosh, I was so scared! Where the hell did you go? How many times have I told you not to leave my side when we are out?"

He scolded Luhan before hugging him again, "Sorry, uncle." Luhan said as he hugged Yibo back.

Yibo took a deep breath and finally calmed and once he was calm, he looked at Zhan, who was looking at the person with Yibo; it was none other than Sarah.

She was looking back at him.

Yibo looked back and forth between them and spoke, "You two know each other?"

Sarah spoke, "Of course, I know this monster."

"Sarah!" Yibo spoke as he stood before her, "You can't talk to him like that, apologize."

"Why do you care? And why should I? If you knew what he did, then you would hate him as well!"

Zhan scoffed as he looked at Yibo, "Nice people you surround yourself with, who is she? Your girlfriend?"

Before Yibo could say anything, Sarah grabbed his hand and leaned against Yibo, "Yes I am any problem?!"

Zhan saw their entangled hands and felt angry. He looked at Yibo and then at Sarah and said, "Then why are you crying after my brother, huh? Seriously, Yibo, you should have found a better girl not someone like her."

"It's not like that I..."

"Save it," Zhan said as he walked away from there.

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Flashback

Zhan was given a choice to either spend time with his family or go to the party with Zach and Zhan chose the latter.

His grandfather was admitted to the hospital, and Zhan wanted to spend some time with him, but he was advised against it as his grandfather needed some rest.

And there was no way he was going to spend time with his parents or Zane, so when Zach offered him to come to the party with him, he agreed.

And he was not enjoying this party as well. He hated every second of it, but it was still better than spending time with his family.

He went to the bar and drank some alcohol, and that's all he did; he drank. If he got drunk, then that would be better; everything would be much more tolerable. He thought that he drank glass after glass and finally, when his vision became blurry, he decided to stop.

He gently got up from his seat and walked into a more quiet and secluded area, his head was spinning and his body felt hot. He really drank too much. He leaned against the wall and just stood there until someone approached him.

"Are you okay?"

He gently opened his eyes, but since the vision was blurry and the light was dim, he wasn't able to clearly see who the person was. He squeezed his eyes and tried to make out who stood before him, and he suddenly saw a face that resembled Yibo.

Yibo

He thought as he kept his hand over the person's shoulder and leaned in for a kiss, and the next thing he knew was that he woke up on a bed with a naked woman beside him.

Zhan sighed as he rubbed his forehead.

Great, that was his first party and he managed to get himself drunk and have sex with some stranger. He needed to get checked for STDs that was his first thought.

He didn't even bother to look at who the person was and just wore his clothes. He heard the woman on the bed move; she slowly sat on the bed, and that was when Zhan saw her face.

She looked like Yibo. Zhan shook his head and said, "Forget what happened; here is some money. Get home safely." That was all he said before he left the room. However, he never really forgot that face.

"Sir, you called me?" Haoxuan said.

Zhan immediately came near him, and Haoxuan could see that Zhan looked restless, "What happened, sir."

Zhan gave him two small plastic bags and said, "These are two DNA samples. I want tests done on them to make sure that no one finds out."

Haoxuan took the samples, and he himself guessed something: "Is one sample yours?"

"Yes, it is now. Hurry up and leave."

Author's note: I am going to make this as dramatic as I can. Hehehehehe