My celebrity :) {Haobin}

Chapter 36

When Hao wakes up in the morning , his manager is still soundly asleep on the couch. He stumbles out of bed trying to quickly get to his phone. He feels anxious as he looks at his notifications. There are mostly messages and missed calls from Hanbin which just makes something in his chest painfully clench with guilt. However as he continues to go through his phone, he sees the notification for the reply of his e-mail. He lets out a loud gasp trying to work up the courage to open the message. He can sense his manager stirring as he slowly wakes up, apparently coming to his senses very quickly as he shoots to his feet a few seconds later.

"Did they reply?" Hao gets asked.

"Yes I'm too scared to look at it, please read it for me", he chucks his phone towards the other man. He nervously stares at his manager his legs almost failing their mission to hold him up as the man starts reading the anxiously awaited reply.

"They're in", he finally says grimly.

"What did they say?", Hao asks, knowing there must be more to it , judging his manager's reaction.

The phone wordlessly gets handed back to him.

Hello Son,

We're glad to see you reach out. It looks like you're finally coming to your senses. We hope to hear good news regarding your attitude towards the family's legacy. It's time for things to finally progress into the right direction.We agree to meet with you to discuss this matter further. We hope that, through a direct conversation, you might reconsider your decision and understand why we feel so strongly about this. We believe there is still time to make a choice that better reflects the standards and ambitions we have set for you.

Talk to you soon ,

The Zhangs

He scoffs at the downright ridiculousness of the message. "Well doesn't this seem hopeful", he adds in obvious sarcasm.

"We still have time to just call it off , this is clearly going nowhere, they are delusional in addition to insane", his manager looks affronted.

"No! I still want to go through with it, it clearly won't be pleasant ... at all... , but I want to tell them face to face once and for all that they need to stop the madness and accept the fact that I will never be apart of the fantasy they still seem to cling on."

"I will personally protect you from them if I have to, I won't hesitate to smash their faces, I think I will have to hold myself back from doing so out of pure satisfaction."

Hao can only stare at his manager in utter disbelief, usually always showing of a calm , peaceful , collected demeanour suddenly muttering those violent threats.

The first hours of the day pass in a blur, he goes through his schedules trying to hide his anxiety. Apparently he does a pretty good job doing so as the people around him seem to mistake his restlessness for innocent nervousness. At some point he is talking to a kind reporter, repeatedly stressing how important he is for the people in this city , how he has officially become the city's / the country's pride.

He can't shake the mental turmoil that comes with the irony of the situation. Everyone in this place seems to be proud of him, his career and achievements except the people, he needed to understand it the most.