Competition in your heart! [YiZhan/ZhanYi FF]✔️

-27- Help from everywhere

-27- Help from everywhere

A/N: I think I'll make a small leap in time from the next chapter on and explain only rudimentarily how the time went until then. Just to move the story forward. And here is a little trailer for the Newtopia project.

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On Sunday morning we were woken by a bell ringing. At first we wondered where the sound came from, but then we discovered it. The gate bell rang!

Hurriedly we walked the short distance to there and in front of us were a lot of people with many things. Tools, wood, a toilet, a shower, a few chairs and many other things.

Together we brought everything to the barn and with the help of some carpenters we had a table out of some old pallets and some boards. We put up walls in the nest, as well as for a bathroom.

Zhan was working with some painters and bricklayers and plastered walls with them, they sanded the old paint off the door and repainted it.

Seungyoun had gone with an electrician and helped him to get electricity. They laid wires for a stove, for a washing machine and also for sockets, lamps and outdoor lighting.

Wooseok was on the compound with many helpers and they cleaned up the bulky waste. They even found a few things that could be sold.

Hour after hour we worked together with everybody and a snack car was there and provided everybody with food and drinks. And more and more helpers came.

Already on Sunday the walls for the soon to be bathroom were ready, the walls in the nest were ready raised. And painted. The construction of a kitchen started and we already had electricity in parts.

In addition, the two other sleeping areas were now separated by a door and the outside area was free from garbage and rubbish. And for tomorrow some farmers from the area decided to help us to start gardening.

In the evening we sat together with many of the helpers and played music. We drank a few beers, had a barbecue and just talked a lot.

Around 10:30 pm the last helpers said goodbye and promised to come back the next day. We closed the gate and I noticed that Zhan did not accompany us and our helpers to the gate.

I ran back to check on him and found him lying by the campfire. Colorful on his hands and face he was lying by the fire and sleeping. I think that was the sweetest thing I have ever seen.

But since I couldn't let Zhan sleep out here, I woke him up and we went to our nest together. There we found on our beds, freshly lined mattresses. "How come they're here?" I asked quietly.

Zhan looked at me and smiled. "I earned it for us and the others. All I have to do is paint a big picture." He muttered and then fell asleep in my arms after I pushed the two mattresses together and pulled Zhan towards me.

The next morning the fun started all over again. Looking after the chickens and cows, letting helpers in, having breakfast together, discussing who does what and getting started.

I was back on the job with the carpenters. Wooseok helped the craftsmen who finished our bathroom, installed pipes, attached a boiler for hot water, set up a shower, put the toilet in place and attached the sink.

Seungyoun helped to build the kitchen and installed the stove with the electrician. Which we also got. They also installed the sockets.

And where was Zhan? In the nest or somewhere else. But always together with the painters and sprayers. When I saw Zhan at lunchtime, he was running around with a mask on and his clothes were full of color. His hands looked like he was wearing colored gloves.

"What did you do?" I wanted to know from Zhan. But he just shrugged and ran back to the sprayers. Which I didn't like. Because Zhan only had eyes for them, laughing with them, and they were talking about some colors, patterns, and some other stuff I don't know anything about.

I didn't like that he didn't pay attention to me at all and because of all the cameras and the helpers, I couldn't even talk to him about it. It was maddening.

They worked behind a wall covered with plastic and didn't let anybody look. At some point, some varnishers came and disappeared behind the scenes as well. What the hell are they doing there?

Since I had no choice but to keep going and wait for Zhan to reveal the big secret, I went back to work. And just like in the mountains it was the same here, many hands, quick end.

The farmers planted a garden outside. The bathroom was standing and usable. The kitchen was also finished and the sleeping areas now had real beds, made from pallets.

We also have electric light now.

And then finally in the evening, Zhan also revealed the big secret. The privacy screen was moved aside and a huge picture was unveiled where there were six of us, Zhan, Wooseok, Seungyoun, Li Wenhan, Peng Chuyue and me.

They worked on this picture all day and it looks fantastic.

Sure you're wondering what Li Wenhan and Peng Chuyue have been up to since yesterday. Well, they were out helping others. As payment for the help we received.

For example, yesterday they had to help an old man to clean the house and for this we got a fridge. Today they were in a kindergarten and performed a fun program for the children. For this they got a sofa and four armchairs.

Tomorrow, after we have rehearsed our songs for the duet, we will all go out together and help others. Zhan will help in a paint shop to paint motorcycles and cars.

I will help with the roofing. Wooseok and Seungyoun are helping a choir at a primary school. Li Wenhan will help in the zoo to take care of the animals and Peng Chuyue will help at a market to set up the stalls.

But for today we all have made it and can relax. With our helpers we talked, danced, sang and had lots of fun. In addition, Zhan painted the big picture he promised in front of everyone else.

And especially the women stood around him and were thrilled. Only I wasn't, because I hardly spoke two sentences with Zhan today after we started working. And now these women are around him.

When all helpers were gone, we went into the barn. Zhan looked at the clock and smiled and then hugged me. "Sorry I didn't have time for you in between, but I really wanted to finish that painting. And we have to be a little careful too. Love you Yibo." Said Zhan and gave me a kiss.

Zhan put his head on my shoulder and I was glad that I could finally have him to myself again. To celebrate the day we went to shower one after the other. And when I got out of the shower, Zhan showed me something else on the huge wall painting.

He pressed a switch and hundreds of tiny lights came on and shone like stars in the night sky. And the lighting made it look like Zhan and Yibo were holding hands in this picture.

I hugged Zhan from behind and looked at the picture with him. I hope that he and I will continue to be together like this in the future. And together we can do everything hand in hand.

But for today it is enough for me, I take Zhan by the hand and go with him to the nest. All we can achieve today is to fall asleep quickly and to recover a little before continuing with the work.

I lay my head on Zhan's chest and whisper, "I love you ZhanZhan." And after he replied it, I closed my eyes, Zhan stroked my head and I fell asleep.