Dark Purple Rose [YiZhan FF]

Chapter 3

After a relaxing weekend at his parents' country house, Zhan had a relaxing week at work. Neither this woman nor her assistant Isko showed up at his office. Zhan had sent her the new logo by e-mail, along with an invoice, and she wrote back to him to say that she liked the logo very much and unfortunately couldn't make it to see him in person for scheduling reasons. Zhan was relieved to hear this. She also informed him that she had transferred the money. Zhan checked his business account and saw that he had received the money from her.

With each passing day of the week, Zhan's excitement and anticipation for Wang Yibo's concert grew. He would finally be able to see him live and nothing could stop him. Even if he suddenly fell ill and had a fever of 40°C, he would get there on all fours or crawling if necessary. Because nothing was more important to him, at least at the moment, than seeing Wang Yibo live. He even bought a pair of binoculars to use in the concert hall so that he could see Yibo better on stage. He could also look at the large monitors. But that wouldn't be the same for him.

On Thursday evening, Zhan was so excited that he could hardly concentrate on anything other than his anticipation of the concert. He had Wang Yibo's songs playing up and down in the office all day and as soon as he got home, he started his "Wang Yibo playlist" and danced around his apartment. Well, at least until his doorbell rang and his elderly neighbor complained about the "jungle music". From then on, Zhan continued listening to the songs on his Bluetooth headphones and almost didn't notice when the doorbell rang again. This time, however, it wasn't his neighbor, but his cousin Yanli and his cousin Cheng. Both were in town visiting their family and didn't want to miss out on a visit to Zhan.

After Yanli had talked about her work at her husband's law firm and Cheng about his studies, Zhan talked about his work and the many jobs that had finally earned him enough money to put into a savings account. "My loans are finally all paid off. I no longer have any installments. And I've already been able to prepay my office rent for the next 12 months." Zhan explained proudly.

"And tomorrow night you're going to that big concert by Wang Yibo, aren't you?" Yanli asked, after praising Zhan profusely for his great successes.

"Mhm. I can hardly wait. I'm not working tomorrow and can rest all day to be really fit for the concert." Zhan replied, beaming with joy.

"I saw on Top Star News last night that there's going to be a surprise for three fans at the concert. You wouldn't happen to know which surprise that is, would you?" Cheng wanted to know.

Zhan, who had no idea that there was going to be a surprise and didn't even know that Top Star News was reporting on the concert, shook his head. "I didn't know anything about it. Great, now I'm even more excited."

Cheng searched for the relevant article in the Top Star News online media library and showed it to Zhan. Cheng then asked: "What do you think the surprise could be? Has this happened before?"

"I don't know if it's been done before. It would be new to me. But it's also the first time for me to be at a concert. And I have no idea what the surprise is. Maybe a fan package or something. So with fan articles." Zhan replied.

"You'll find out tomorrow evening. How about we order a pizza now and watch a movie afterwards? I rarely get to watch a movie. My dearest husband is often still working at home when he has a court case to prepare for and then he needs absolute peace and quiet. So all I can do is read. Or going to sleep." Yanli said. Zhan and Cheng agreed to her suggestion, ordered a large pizza and then watched a movie, which Yanli fell asleep halfway through.

Shortly after one o'clock that night, Cheng and Yanli left again. Although Zhan had offered them the guest room and the sofa in the living room to spend the night, they both wanted to go home to their parents as they would be leaving after breakfast. As they said goodbye, Zhan promised them both that he would visit them in Shanghai soon and when they had gone, he went to bed after a quick shower.