𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞

special chapter (four)

"Do that again!" Yuzhu laughs as she watched Langyi make some silly faces.

Langyi furrowed his eyebrows, "Do I look like a clown to you?"

"With that face, who wouldn't?" Yanjun answers, earning a laugh from the table.

Zhixie coughed up as they all looked at him, "So, Zhangjing, you said you just woke up from a coma?"

Zhangjing nods after drinking his juice, "Yeah, a month ago, maybe?"

"Wow. And now you're here. Wow." Luo Zheng says, nodding his head.

Yanjun noticed the two were more focused on interrogating Zhangjing rather than eating dinner. He was also a bit shocked when he saw Zhixie at the table. He hasn't seen him in months and now he finds out he's been working here.

Yanjun pulled Yuzhu a bit closer to him and leaned in her ear, "Babe, why don't you take Zhangjing and Langyi to the sweets corner? I think Zhangjing might be getting pressured by the sudden interview, yeah?"

Yuzhu looked at Zhangjing who was already slouching, she pouted, "Poor him. I got it, don't worry."

Langyi didn't wanna come but with Zhangjing's sudden mention of how its Langyi's fault they were here, he quickly stood up and followed them.

As soon as they were a few meters away, Yanjun faced the three, "Okay what the hell is going on?"

"Wait - you remembered?!" Luo Zheng exclaims, widening his mouth. "Why didn't you say anything?"

"Oh, what could I have said? 'Hello Zhangjing, you were once a time fairy who saved my girlfriend and then you suddenly disappeared into thin air,' Is that what you want me to say to the poor coma boy?"

"Makes sense, but still - why doesn't Zhangjing remember?"

"They made him choose," It was the first time Chaoze spoke, as he looked at Yanjun. "If he goes back here, the council will erase his memories. But if he stays as a time fairy, he might never see you again."

Yanjun slumped back on his chair, "H-he sacrificed his memories, to see me again?"

"Might be the case. But now, of course, he doesn't remember." Chaoze rested his chin on his palm, "The least we could do is to make new memories with him. If you still want him as your friend -"

"Zhangpang - Zhangjing - or whatever he calls himself these days is still my bestfriend. And it will stay like that." Yanjun says, emphasizing every word.

Chaoze nods, "Very well. We can just -"

Before Chaoze could finish his sentence, Yuzhu came back panting, "I-it's Zhangjing - he fainted -"

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"What happened?" Zhixie asks as they circle around Zhangjing on his bed.

The doctor, who looked oddly familiar to Yanjun, fixed his things, "He just needs time to rest. He's journeyed far."

"Thanks doc," Langyi says, walking towards his friend.

"I'll be going now," The doctor informed as he wore his glasses. "Call me if anything happens."

Yanjun followed the doctor out and thanked him for his immediate response to the situation.

But he couldn't help asking the question he was so curious about, "Have we met before?"

The doctor gave a small smirk, "You also came to me once for help. Just like now - we were in a distant land."

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As soon as everyone settled in their rooms, Yanjun walked downstairs and found Chaoze in his office. He walked in and locked the door from behind.

Chaoze massaged his head, knowing full well where this is headed, "What's the first thing you want to know?"

"What happened after Zhangpang disappeared?" Yanjun asked, without stop.

"Everything went back to the way it was. Yuzhu lived and Zhangpang disappeared to the fairy hall. Where he was judged."

"That's it?"

Chaoze nods, "That's pretty much it. He then came back here, without his fairy memories."

"Then why are you here?" Yanjun points at him.

Chaoze sighed, "It's a long story, Yanjun and I think it's getting rather late."

"Where is Bu Fanfan? Why is Yue Yue suddenly giving out medical tips?" Yanjun continuously asked. He was getting suspicious. He thought it was his mind playing when he saw Jung Jung and Zhangpang's other fairy friends as the hotel staff earlier and now he's seeing Yue Yue as a doctor. "And what happened to Fairy Land?"

Chaoze gripped the pen he was holding, and looked at Yanjun with a scared look, "Some of the fairies are dying... Yanjun. Bu Fanfan... He... He destroyed some of our homes."

Yanjun blinked, not believing the story, "So.. you came here to hide?"

"I came here to protect them." Chaoze implied, his voice cracking. "Bu Fanfan lost his gem that lets him travel here to earth, so he can't reach us. I don't how long I can hide them though."

"But what happened to him?"

"He was consumed by evil."

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

sjsjshh guess who's leaning towards writing a book two for this? 🙋

feels like we can't just leave fairyland in the hands of bu fanfan, who's with me?