Dark Purple Rose [YiZhan FF]

Chapter 33

On the way to the agency, Yibo had listened to the radio and heard the news about the corpse found in the forest. So he already suspected why he should come to the agency so urgently. He just didn't know why Zhan didn't need to come with him. After all, Zhan was now one of them. Even though he had the status of a civilian employee. Nevertheless, he had almost the same rights and duties as Yibo and all the other agents in the agency.

When Yibo drove into the parking lot, the newscaster had just informed the audience that a ninth body had been found. And finally, when he had entered the agency and gone to the conference room, Jackson Wang told him that one of the bodies was Agent Lee. Yibo was shocked! "What?" He asked in disbelief.

"One of the bodies is Agent Lee! So he never left the country." Jackson Wang explained again. "That's why we're here. And because it's about Agent Lee, they want to keep Zhan out of it. They don't want his trauma over the kidnapping and murder of the lawyer to be brought up again."

Now Yibo understood why he should leave Zhan at home. But he was still confused. Agent Lee is dead? Who killed him? When was he killed? And how was he killed? Knowing that Jackson Wang would not be able to answer these questions, he kept his thoughts to himself and waited impatiently for the director to finally start the meeting so that he could return to Zhan.

The room gradually filled up and soon Yibo had reached what felt like his upper limit as the agents sat and stood close together. Never before had Yibo experienced that all agents from all departments had to attend a meeting. Yibo felt that there would be something special at this meeting. Something that had never happened before. And when the top bosses entered the room, Yibo's feeling was confirmed.

Seungyoun pushed a chair between Yibo and another agent. "Agent Lee is dead. This is unbelievable." He muttered. Yibo nodded silently. "Hey, what's going on?"

"Nothing. I'm hungry. And I want to get back to Zhan." Yibo replied calmly, and as if proof were needed, his stomach growled.

Jackson Wang pushed an energy bar over to him, which Yibo gratefully accepted and devoured immediately. "Don't worry about Zhan. I'm sure he's fine." Whispered Seungyoun.

"Yes, I know. I'm not worried either. I just want to get back to him."

"Oho, you two must have gotten closer."

"Yes, you could say that. A little closer. But I just realized I was acting like an idiot earlier. I couldn't think straight because I was so hungry when Zhan gave me a list of activities we could do together to get to know each other better. I don't know why, but I just didn't understand what he was trying to achieve."

"Well, it's quite simple. Activities for two means dates."

"Yes, I just realized that too. Shit, I could slap myself for not realizing it at the time and also for saying to Zhan that we can't do more than half of it because I'm an idol and have to be careful who I'm seen with."

Suddenly, Yibo got a slap on the back of the head from Jackson Wang. "You're an idiot. Xiao Zhan must have been sad."

"Stop eavesdropping on us." Scolded Youn.

"Then stop talking about private matters here if you don't want others to hear!" Jackson Wang replied reproachfully. Neither of them said anything back. But that was probably only because the Director finally entered the room and it immediately became so quiet in the room that you could have heard a pin drop.

The director greeted the big bosses with a bow and then turned to everyone else. "Good morning!" He grumbled in a loud gruff voice. "I'm sure you've already heard. But just in case anyone else hasn't, I'll tell you what happened. This morning, a couple out for a walk in the woods found a shallow grave with a hand sticking out of it. They immediately informed the police and forensics began digging up the bodies. Two of the bodies are known to us. Body 1 was our former colleague. The disgraced Agent Lee. Body 2 was Pete Kapajewski, the man we were looking for!"