Dark Purple Rose [YiZhan FF]

Chapter 10

After Yibo came out of the shower dressed in Zhan's clothes, he received a call from Agent Nax and then told Zhan that he had to go to the agency and would be back soon. But Yibo didn't come back and Zhan wasn't supposed to see him again until Friday afternoon. Instead, a huge guy came to his place. A foreigner from Sweden, with blond hair cut very short, a height of almost 2 meters, broad shoulders and a grim expression on his face that seemed to say that he would rather be somewhere else right now, but not here with Zhan. And Zhan didn't want him there either. But what was he supposed to do? It was up to some high-ranking agents who he would probably never get to see.

Since he wasn't allowed to go to the office, he worked from home and managed to complete all his open work orders by Thursday morning. Actually, that would have been work for at least two weeks. But as he could only sit at home and do nothing else, he had done nothing but work from the morning until late in the evening. He had already received new requests by e-mail and phone calls. But he wanted to wait until after the party on Saturday evening before accepting anything.

On Thursday evening, Liam, his bodyguard's name, allowed him to go for a walk in the neighborhood. Zhan had to beg him to go outside. Usually, Liam only allowed him to enjoy the fresh air from the balcony. But that evening, he had finally gotten Liam to give in and join Zhan on his walk through the neighborhood, gritting his teeth.

On his way back, Zhan was almost at the front door of his apartment building when he bumped into Wen Rouhan. He had just returned from his shift and was still wearing his police uniform, so Liam probably had no problem with Zhan talking to his neighbor for a moment. Which was actually a good thing. They found out that Wen Rouhan had once again seen someone at Zhan's car the night before and this time even made a video of it.

Zhan asked his neighbor to send the video to him and then sent it on to Liam, who in turn sent it to Agent Nax when they were back at Zhan's apartment. Zhan has no direct contact with Agent Nax. He had already asked for her phone number several times, but so far he had not received it. And it looked like he wouldn't get it anyway. Nor would he get Yibo's cell phone number, which Zhan had also asked for several times.

On Friday at 2 PM, Liam finally drove to the agency with Zhan. But not just like that! After a phone call that Liam had made with Agent Nax in Zhan's apartment, they went downstairs to Liam's car, where he covered Zhan's eyes with black glasses, through which Zhan really couldn't see anything. Liam also, Zhan was sure, drove a few more detours, just in case Zhan tried to memorize the way.

After an hour, Liam helped Zhan get out of the car and then, holding him by the upper arm, led him into a building. As Zhan still couldn't see, he had to rely on his ears. What he heard were soft voices, typing on keyboards here and there, phones ringing and then echoing footsteps of himself and Liam. And finally, Zhan was allowed to take off the awful black glasses and look around.

Zhan realized that he was in a huge warehouse. A warehouse like those in factories. He couldn't see much, however, as there were a lot of areas protected by screens. He himself was standing in front of a desk, but it could just as easily have been a cupboard or counter. Liam was gone, but Yibo joined him, grinning. Zhan didn't feel like grinning and greeted Yibo grumpily with the words: "Oh, are we going to see you again?"

Yibo smiled sheepishly. "I'm... sorry. I had to fulfill some obligations as an idol. You understand that, don't you?"

Zhan shook his head in annoyance. "No! You said you'd come back and instead of you, this giant Liam came and wouldn't even allow me to go outside!"

"Don't be angry with Liam. He was just following orders." Now Yibo looked a little annoyed.

"And what was that about me having to put on these black glasses so I can't see?"