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YIBO POV
The kids waited in the car as I went back to the restaurant to retrieve the jacket Fan Xing forgot; I'd decided to take him and Zhen Xin out for lunch. It was nice to see them smile and have a good time.
I came around the corner into a very busy isle when I saw something that made me stop in my tracks. Zhan and uncle Chen sitting together at the window if a restaurant on the previous floor. I put my hands on the railing studying them closely.
Uncle Chen didn't tell me he was in Beijing, but he did once mention wanting to come. Why didn't he tell me he had arrived, unless he didn't want me to know, and him meeting Zhan?
What was that all about?
He has grown to love Zhan as much as me, but why wouldn't he want me to know he was meeting with him. I pulled out my phone and called him.
I watched him check the ID
"Yibo its so good to hear from you." he said kindly,
"Hey uncle Chen, I heard you're in Beijing, where are you? We should get together." I said.
I saw him cover the phone and say something to Zhan, and then he replied.
"I'd love to but I went straight to next town to visit an old friend. I'll call you when I'm back in the city and we'll chat then" he said and I nodded to myself.
That was the confirmation I needed. What ever reason that brought them together and whatever they were talking about, they surely didn't want me to know about.
"Okay uncle, bye." I said and hung up, putting my phone back in my pocket and I watched him do the same.
I got the thought that Zhan is the one who called him. I knew he was loyal to him and if he asked him to keep their meetings a secret he would oblige. I shook my head the things we do for this man, myself included I thought pathetically. We can't even help ourselves, so I couldn't fault him. We all loved him and if loving him was a disease then I caught the absolute worst of it.
I then remembered Bin's words 'he's hiding something', The more I thought about it the more his theory made sense; I pulled out my phone again and called him.
"Hello." He answered,
"Hello Bin its Yibo." I said,
"I think you might be right about Zhan hiding something. When can you come to the estate? We need to talk." I said,
watching the pair in the restaurant talk.
"I'll be over later today." He said,
"I'll see you then." I said and hung up. I took one last look at them and walked the other way.
Bin came over later that afternoon and we went to my study after he said hello to the kids, I closed the door behind me and he settled on the sofa.
"I was surprised when you called me," he said,
"What brought on the sudden change of heart?" he asked.
I walked over to my desk, settling onto my leather chair.
"I saw him and my uncle Chen at a restaurant earlier today." I said and his eyebrows shot up.
"Isn't he supposed to be in New York?" she asked.
"Well he decided to fly in to meet him and not tell me about it," I said and he took a moment to think.
"You think your uncle is involved?" he asked.
"No, I'm saying he's trying to get him involved in what ever is going on." I said,
"What I cannot understand is how Danny fits into the picture." I added.
He stood up
"My theory is that this whole they slept together story is a cover up from what's really going on." He said and my gaze narrowed.
"If it is just a story, why would he agree to telling it? And why Danny of all people?" I asked,
"Gio told me that you and him don't really see eye to eye and that he's always out to get you," he said and I nodded, that much I knew very well.
"Well maybe he blackmailed him into lying to you." He added and my brows furrowed, that made no sense.
"With what? Danny has nothing to blackmail him with." I said, unless he had a double life I never knew about which is very unlikely.
"Think about it Yibo. Zhan is the most selfless person I know. You think he'd care if he threatened him directly?" he said and I leaned in, resting my forearms against the table.
"You think he threatened someone he cares about?" I asked and he nodded.
"And there's no one else he cares more about than you and your kids." he said and I shook my head
"He's not stupid enough to threaten Zhen Xin and Fan Xing." I said, unless if he wanted to die.
Bin ran his hands through his short hair,
"Where do we go from here then?" he asked.
"Right now we're just working with assumptions. We need to get the truth out of him." I said,
"And you're the only person who has a chance at doing that." I added and he shook his head.
"I've tried Yibo, he wont budge." He said exasperated
"Try harder Bin." I said and a smile played on the corners of his lips.
"You never really gave up on him did you? You never believed he did it either." he said and my gaze shifted
"I'm just trying to find out the truth." I said.
"Admit it Yibo." he said and I threw my arms up
"You want me to admit it? Fine, I would like to believe what he told me is just a lie. I would like to believe I know him well enough to know he'd never betray our love like this." I said and he grinned.
"Alright, I'll help you." he said holding out his hand
"Whatever it takes." he added and I shook it nodding.
