Dark Purple Rose [YiZhan FF]

Chapter 47

As soon as Yibo arrived at the country house of Zhan and his parents, the two excitedly shared the news. Zhan told how he finally figured out that the director of the Federal Intelligence Service was his grandfather, met him and what they talked about. Yibo then told his story. About his promotion to special agent, about his meeting with Zhan's grandfather, about the planned complete restructuring of the agency and that Yibo would be working for the Federal Intelligence Service in the coming months.

But immediately after they had told each other their news, they both seemed exhausted. They were suddenly terribly tired, perhaps because they had both had an exciting day and know that tomorrow, if all goes well, it will finally be over. Zhan will be able to return to his normal life and Yibo will work as a special agent for the Federal Intelligence Service. For Zhan, it already felt like a great weight had been lifted from his shoulders. While Yibo nervously awaited the mission when they would arrest Kira Bell and her two bodyguards/assassins.

Around 8pm, the two accompanied Zhan's parents outside to the veranda. True, they would have much rather just gone to bed and slept. But it was still too early for that, so the four of them enjoyed a cold beer on the veranda as they watched the sun slowly set. And after a while, Zhan's father asked: "Do you already know where you want to go on vacation for two weeks?"

Yibo shook his head. "To be honest, no. Since he told me this morning that I have two weeks off after Kira Bell and those two guys were arrested, I haven't been able to think about it yet."

Zhan yawned, rubbed his eyes and said, "Well. I'm not sure if now is really the right time to take a vacation. Of course I would like to travel with Yibo. But I still have a lot of work to do. I have to open my office again. Sia is coming back from her honeymoon next week. And besides, I don't think there's any place Yibo and I could travel to where he wouldn't be recognized. He is a worldwide known idol. It may be that it's not as blatant abroad as it is here as far as his fans are concerned. But there will always be someone somewhere who recognizes him. So I think it would be enough for me if we just spent the two weeks' vacation together and made the most of it."

"Besides your work?" Zhan's mom wanted to know.

Zhan nodded. "Yes, besides work. I just have to go to the office and work from there again."

"That's not a problem for me. I don't feel like traveling anyway. I had to do that all the time as an idol and I'll have to do it again in a few months. No, I would just like to stay at home for a while and just relax. I can also accompany Zhan to his office and spend time with him there. Maybe help him a little with his work. That's also relaxing for me." Yibo explained with a smile.

"Sounds great. I'd agree." Zhan replied, yawning so hard that he even had tears in his eyes. "So I'm sorry, but I'm totally exhausted and need to sleep. I can barely keep my eyes open."

Now even Yibo could no longer suppress his yawn. He yawned vigorously and shook himself slightly as a breeze gave him goose bumps. "I guess it's time to go to sleep." He said and drank the rest of his beer in one go. Zhan did the same. They took the empty beer bottles to the kitchen and made their way upstairs. First a shower and then to bed. It didn't take them five minutes to fall asleep. Zhan's parents did the same and also retired to their bedroom.

In the morning at 5am, the night was over for the four of them. For Zhan's parents, this was their normal time to get up. Yibo had to get up early because he would soon be picked up by a driver and driven into the city for the briefing. And Zhan got up because he simply couldn't go back to sleep after being woken up by Yibo's alarm clock. And that way they could all have breakfast together.

At 6:30am, the driver arrived to pick Yibo up. Earlier than Yibo had expected. But the driver justified his early arrival by saying that Yibo had a few things to do before the briefing. For example, he would be shown around the main headquarters of the Federal Intelligence Service. He will receive a new electronic key card that will give him access to all areas of the headquarters and he will be given a complete set of operational equipment that has to be customized just for him.