Dark Purple Rose [YiZhan FF]

Chapter 5

Zhan stubbornly got into his car and was about to start the engine when Yibo knocked on the window: "Hey, just a moment. Please." Said Yibo.

Zhan rolled down the window and asked grumpily: "What else?" The grumpiness was just an act, of course. He would have loved to throw his arms around Yibo's neck and kiss him.

"Would it be okay for you if I came to your office next week?"

"You? Do you seriously think she'll believe me that we're friends? Besides, Isko knows I'm a fan of yours. I mean was. WAS!" Zhan quickly improved, his face blushing fiercely at this lie. "Wang Yibo. I'm completely serious. Only come if you're sure you have a credible story for her. I'm only taking the risk because I'm afraid of her and hope I'll never have to see her again. So don't fuck this up. Because I don't want her to take revenge on me when she finds out the truth!"

"What I mean is that I'll stay in the background and keep an eye on you. And, of course, my colleague who we'll be using with you."

"Why would you want to do that?"

"Well, to makes an amends. You're disappointed and I can understand that. And please believe me, it was never planned to this extent. None of us ever thought my cover would be this good and that I'd make it this big. It was only supposed to be for one mission. But then it got totally out of hand and the little musician and dancer became an idol with millions of fans. I couldn't just disappear again."

"That's clear. I can understand that. I really do. But it still feels like a betrayal. Maybe I'm just disappointed that you're so different from what I always thought you were."

"What did you think I was like? Can you tell me that?"

"I don't know. Maybe that you're this unapproachable idol and don't have time for anything else. And certainly not for spying."

"Hahaha, I am unapproachable, aren't I? I don't go out. Not even with friends, because almost everyone recognizes me immediately and I don't have time for that anyway. Because if I'm not on the road as an idol, then as a federal agent. But that's exactly what I love. It's tough. It's a challenge every day to get up again and keep going. But I wouldn't have it any other way."

"If you don't have time. Then why did you offer to look after me? That doesn't make any sense. And everyone needs a break sometimes. I love my work too. However, I don't sit at my computer or graphics tablet all day and work. I go out with friends. Or I go to the countryside to visit my parents. I also go out on my own sometimes. Every now and then I just go out to the sea and relax there or take some photos. I enjoy my free time."

"But I don't need all that. Because I'm absorbed in my work."

"Well, if you say so. I'm going home now and going to sleep. And first thing in the morning I'll start searching the internet for another idol."

"Why?"

"Because you're only an idol for show."

"No. I became an idol through hard work Zhan. When I was discovered, they said I was a newcomer, a rising star. Then they said I was a minor star. Then I was a little superstar. And then a real superstar. A big superstar. And then I became an idol. My bosses think that my cover is perfect so that I can go undercover in my scene too."

"But if you go undercover in your scene. What do you have to do with this woman's case?"

"Because she prefers to make rich people disappear and, as far as we know, two rising stars also disappeared after they were with her. And from everything we've gathered so far, it looks like a really big case. Several departments have joined forces and are now working together on the case. That's how big it is. And the department I work in is also involved. If only because of the two young men from my scene who have disappeared."