BOOK 9. Zhao Yunlan is a private investigator who will accept almost any case as long as it pays, and when he finds a client's lost cat, they ask him to look into their friend's memory loss but he refuses. Shen Wei is an architect and after he mee...
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Wei became slightly restless and felt a mild ache in his left wrist, then he remembered. Apep what did you do, he thought and lifted his arm to look at the damage but the bite was almost healed, and that was when he became aware of Yunlan sleeping on the side of the bed, sitting in a chair again. He ran his fingers through his hair but nothing happened, you must have been awake for a long time my love. Sleep, I won't disturb you he thought, and slipped out of bed quietly and went to the bathroom to wash and dress before going down to breakfast.
Ava had just started cooking and was surprised to see him so early as she glanced around checking to see if Yunlan was behind him, but he wasn't, and she studied him.
"Good morning My Lord, you're very early today, are you feeling alright?"
"Yes thank you Ava, I'm fine, just hungry. Yunlan is still asleep. Could I have a cooked breakfast for a change?"
Yes My Lord, the smell will wake up Lord Zhao, he'll come down quite quickly," and she turned away to collect some dishes and ingredients while her mind was doing cartwheels trying to figure out what was wrong with this picture.
When Yunlan awoke the bed was empty and he automatically assumed that he'd slept in and had already insulted Ava by not awakening with the smell of her cooking, and he halted. There was no cooking smell, and he looked everywhere for his watch but couldn't it. These two facts made him hurry even faster and he flew down to breakfast in record time, only to see Shen Wei seated and waiting to be served. He slowed down as he looked at Ava's expression and realised that something wasn't right.
"Good morning Ava, I'm a bit early today?" he half asked, hoping that she'd give him a clue.
"Yes, aren't we all," she said as she cast a glance at Shen Wei.
"Shall I cook you the same choice as Lord Shen?" and Yunlan stared at Wei, who never eats a cooked breakfast.
"How are you this morning Xaio Wei, did you sleep well?" He asked as he looked for anything that would explain his change in taste.
"I slept really well but you didn't. Were you awake too long last night, sleeping in a chair again? I'm perfectly alright. And another thing, why did Apep bite me last night? I fell asleep straight after."
It was strange hearing irritation in Wei's attitude but understandable, and Yunlan knew that he would have to explain, maybe now would be better than later before he had an audience over breakfast.
"Firstly, I didn't know what he was going to do, I'd never heard of it, I didn't know that it was possible, and he did it before I could say no. And I don't know how it will affect you, except Gelan said that it was a good thing."
Yunlan could see the mild irritation growing into something bordering anger and he blurted it out before Wei would get any worse.
