You're Next, Target

Chapter Five: Change of Heart

Wang Yibo motioned his men to bring Xiao Zhan closer to him, while the latter struggled and attempted to kick them with his feet but was unable to do so because they were all physically fit and strong in comparison to Xiao Zhan, who had never been involved in a fight. Xiao Zhan hissed in pain as those men twisted his both arms and forced him to kneel down, he felt his stomach burning up, his knees sticking down, and he felt he would die at any moment.

"Are you not going to say anything before you die?" Wang Yibo asks coldly.

Xiao Zhan is aware that his boring life is coming to an end. But he doesn't want it to end this way, especially not at the hands of this man! "Boss, just give us an order to kill this man right away," one of the men said. Wang Yibo glares at his subordinate, "Who are you, telling me to kill the target?"

"Boss, that's not what I mean-"

Wang Yibo punched him and threw him to the ground. His face becomes a bloody mess. Xiao Zhan can't believe he saw this and feels bad for the man who was begging in front of his boss.

"I'm sorry, boss! I'm wrong! D-don't kill me!" Despite his injury, Wang Yibo stood up from his sofa and grabbed him by his hair.

"Should I kill you first?" Wang Yibo asks, his cold eyes downcast. Xiao Zhan felt those eyes were familiar, as if he had seen them before.

The man was pleading for his life, his sweat mingling with blood drops from his face. Xiao Zhan noticed the gun and pointed it at the man's brow. He was terrified at the time, his heart racing nonstop as a result of the situation he was in. All he could do was watch, as Xiao Zhan's mind was racing with ideas about what he should do.

I must take action! Think! Otherwise-

"I hate it when people order me around," Wang Yibo says. As his finger touched the trigger, Xiao Zhan exclaimed, "Hey! You are coward! Aren't you ashamed of yourself?! Can't you see that he's unable to defend himself, are you blind!"

"Shut up," Wang Yibo said, shifting his gaze to Xiao Zhan. Xiao Zhan sighed as he saw Wang Yibo let the man escape from his early death, and Wang Yibo ordered his men to pull him up from kneeling, their eyes locked.

"Did you think I was afraid of you? No, I'm not."

"Shut up!" yelled Wang Yibo, clenching his fist and tossing his gun away. His men are all silent, no one dared to speak, and Xiao Zhan knew they were all afraid of him. "Are you afraid that what I'm saying is true? Wang Yibo, you should be," Xiao Zhan smirked.

"Shut up, Target! "

"I don't care if you're the King; hurting innocent people is beyond cruel and unforgivable, and it's what I despise the most. You moron! "

When those words stung Wang Yibo's heart, he felt a familiar scene from who knows where, his body froze, Xiao Zhan had no idea what happened to this Ice Prince, his composure suddenly lost, just because the words he said really got him.

Everyone in the room was looking nervously at their boss after Wang Yibo came to his senses. "You... what did you just say? Say it again," he asks Xiao Zhan.

"Ah, yeah right. You're an idiot," Xiao Zhan exclaimed as he noticed Wang Yibo's eyes pinned on him as if he was observing his face.

"Let him go...now," Wang Yibo said to the two men who were holding Xiao Zhan's arms; it was painful after what they had done to him a while ago, and he hoped there were no broken bones left.

"You... Who are you? " Wang Yibo inquires once more.

"Why should I tell you who I am when you almost killed that guy over there and imprisoned me in this room, and now you're asking me that?"

Xiao Zhan with disappointment on his face, it was an awkward moment where everyone was shocked on what they were seeing, Xiao Zhan scolds and points his finger at their King

Wang Yibo was taken aback by the man in front of him, his gaze fixed on him as he dismissed his men, his heart racing as he realized Xiao Zhan is really cute, showing his bunny teeth while scolding him.

"Nevermind," Wang Yibo said as he touched the doorknob and pulled it to open the door and said to his men. "Drive him to my limousine and make sure he's safe when he gets home, understand?"

Is this a change of heart? Why does it appear that their boss has gone nuts? This isn't at all like him! What kind of sorcery is this? Xiao Zhan froze in place as he stared in awe at Wang Yibo, who smirked at him.

What! This man... Did he finally lose his marbles?

Author's Note: I'm revising this fic, which was completed two years ago, because I want to improve myself, because writing gives me happiness of what I've desire to write, and express myself and share with the people what I've felt whenever I'm writing something that readers could relate themselves to the characters.