Why? [YiZhan FanFiction]✔️

-28- The will

-29- The will

After a short night, Xinxin woke us up around seven o'clock in the morning. She couldn't sleep anymore and was very hungry. But first she crawled into the bed to me and Yibo and cuddled a little with us.

After breakfast we went to the hospital because Yibo wanted to pick up Wooseok. Luckily the appointment at the notary is not until the afternoon and so we had time for it.

I was amazed when I met Wooseok, he hugged me like an old friend and told me that through Yibo's many stories about me, it seemed like he knew me for a very long time.

Of course Yibo didn't like it that Wooseok hugged me and he was not the only one. Because Xinxin had a point. "Only my dad and I can do that." Explained she and tried to push Wooseok away from me.

"Oh, don't you like me?" Asked Wooseok and tried to make a sad face.

"I do not know you. So I do not like you. And my daddy doesn't like you, either. So you can't hug him." Explained she to him.

"What if I like your daddy?"

"No! We didn't negotiate anything, and my daddy already has my dad. I don't need another dad." She replied stubbornly.

"Then I guess we should negotiate, shouldn't we?"

"First I have to deal with the other guys." She said and Yibo explained that the other guy was Seungyoun and Wooseok had to get in line. Because until Xinxin sets the terms for a friendship, no one else could be friends with her daddy.

After we dropped Wooseok off at home, we went to my parents' house. My sister and Hai Kuan had been up there. But they didn't bring their son. Friends are probably watching him, like my sister told me.

It was strange to see her again after all these years and our good sibling relationship has cooled down. But not like the relationship between Yibo and his brother

The two didn't talk to each other and stared at each other all the time. There is an almost noticeable coldness between them. Yibo never forgave his brother for leaving and leaving Yibo behind with his drinking and gambling father.

At some point after half an hour, Hai Kuan finally opened his mouth and asked Yibo about the will. "Do you know what the old man's will says?"

"How should I know? I didn't even know he'd written a will. And as far as the civil law notary told me, I think there's a tape." Yibo replied annoyed.

When we slowly had to make our way to the notary, my parents decided to go to the zoo with Xinxin. We would not take her to the notary. And only when they mentioned the zoo, Xinxin was ready to let her dad go.

When we arrived at the notary, he checked and copied our IDs and we signed forms before the reading of the will.

"First we watch the video the deceased left and then I read the will." Explained the notary.

The video started and a very sick looking man, whom I did not recognize at all, sat there and tried to smile.

"Hello my dears,

as you know, I died. I've known this day was coming for ten months. I stopped giving my life to my addictions too late. First, I want to apologize to all of you. You Hai Kuan and your wife Yanli. But most of all I want to apologize to you Yibo and to Zhan.

Because my greed for money to finance my addictions has made me a terrible man who hurt his sons and the people they love. I always knew Yibo loved you Zhan. But unfortunately my addictions had me in their grip and I was no longer able to think clearly and logically.

I thought if my son married my best friend's daughter, I might get a piece of the cake. I thought if they were married, then maybe I could somehow get a piece of the family money. And for my addiction, I was willing to do anything.

I can't tell you today how I really thought back then and how I came up with these twisted thoughts. All I know is that I believed the Xiao family had a lot of money and that's exactly what I wanted. I also had this girlfriend back then who put her twisted thoughts into my head, but that's no excuse for my behavior.

I knew I would break my son's heart if I forced him to marry Yanli and give up Zhan. But I couldn't fight against my addiction and just kept going.

When it came out that the whole wedding was nothing but a show, I was shocked. But probably the biggest shock for me was when I woke up sober one morning and realized how much I hurt my own son. I drove to the Xiao's house and wanted to talk to Zhan, apologize to him while I was still sober. And then I found out that Zhan had left the country. I saw my son sitting on the sofa in the living room of the Xiao's and saw his broken heart, his tears and most of all, his pain.

I wanted to comfort my son and tell him that I'm sorry, but I couldn't get a word out and I left instead. I sold my car, the whole inventory and paid my debts. I was in therapy for my gambling problem. And after that, for the alcohol. My son's eyes burned into my brain and I wanted to make it good. I wanted to sober up and stop gambling, I wanted to help my son find his Zhan.

But of course, it was already too late. Yibo didn't let me near him anymore. And I never got the chance to apologize to Zhan personally. I am really very sorry that I caused you so much grief, suffering and pain too and that you left your homeland only because of me.

If it wasn't for my addiction, Hai Kuan would never have run away. And Yibo would have been happy with the boy he always loved. I hope one day you can forgive me, and I hope Yibo and Zhan can have a chance. Because for Yibo, there is no one better than Zhan."

The video ended and I didn't know what to think. Maybe I need to let it sink in. Yibo takes my hand and strokes it. " Luckily we finally have our chance." He said to me and smiled.

Then the notary read the rather short will. It was about the house, which he left to Hai Kuan and Yanli. And then about another house, which probably once belonged to Yibo's mother, he left it to Yibo and me.

Yibo was very astonished, because it was the first time he heard about the house. The notary handed us the documents and keys to the house and I was amazed when I saw the address. I have not lived in Beijing for a long time, but I know this address very well. It is in a good neighborhood.

But what surprised me was that Yanli and Hai Kuan were happy to have inherited the house of the father. They even talked about how they would like to renovate and refurbish it and which of the two children's rooms would be for their son.

So they can be happy that Yibo and his friends cleaned the house and cleared it out. I asked Yibo if it was OK for him that Hai Kuan and Yanli inherited the house. But Yibo just shrugged his shoulders and said, "I had no intention of living there."

And right now, we're gonna go over to his mother's house and check it out. I'm really excited, because in the pictures, it looked very well kept.