To See You Again ✔

Chapter 9

"You got it wrong, Xiao Zhan. You cannot go back without my permission. You can only go back when I let you to. "

"What? Who's that? Who are you? " Zhan shouted.

There wasn't any one around. But he was quite sure that he heard a voice. Zhan ran across the entire room, searching behind the curtains and under the bed to search for the owner of the voice. But there was none.

Zhan sat on the edge of the bed, beads of sweat clear on his forehead and his throat went dry. It wasn't because the situation was creepy or that he was scared.
It was just that he was confused. He was soo confused as to why he couldn't return home, to whom did that voice belonged to and why did that person tell that Zhan can't return home until that person allows him to.

"Who's he? What's going on here? "
Zhan sighed.

"Whatever it maybe. If you're listening to me, listen carefully. You can neither scare me nor control me. So quit this stupid prank of yours and show yourself. " Zhan roared.

Yanli who was studying in her study room, heard Zhan's shoutings and ran towards his room to check on him.

She knocked on the door.
"A-Zhan... A-Zhan, are you alright? "

Zhan opened the door to let her in.

"What happened, A-Zhan? " Yanli asked looking at Zhan's frustrated face.

"Can I get a glass of water please. " Zhan tried to be as polite as possible.

"Sure. " Yanli said as she hurried to the kitchen. She was a bit worried looking at Zhan's frustrated face and she knew that something was definitely wrong.

She came back with a glass of water and handed it to Zhan. Zhan drank it quickly as he was really very thirsty.

"What happened, A-Zhan? " Yanli made Zhan sit on the bed and she sat beside him.

Zhan stayed silent, not answering her question.

She smiled looking at his cute frustrated face. She took his hand and held it between hers, caressing it gently.

"A-Zhan, you may not consider me as your sister, but I consider you as my little brother. You're just like Xian to me. So, don't worry about anything. Just tell me whatever is bothering you. I'll definitely try to help you. " Yanli said with a sincere smile on her face which melted Zhan's frustration.

Zhan took a deep breath before speaking.

"I thought I could go back home... But seems like I failed. " Zhan said in a low voice.

"What happened, A-Zhan? " Yanli asked.

"I came here after painting a portrait of Yibo, so I thought I can go back to the future if I paint something from there, but that failed. So, I thought of painting myself from the future and that failed too. And then I thought it must be Yibo, so I painted his portrait again and that's when I heard a voice. " Zhan said.

"A voice? " Yanli asked with raised brows.

"Yes, a voice... which sounded really very familiar... " Zhan said.

"Familiar voice? " Yanli asked and Zhan nodded.

"Did you recognize the voice? What did it sound like? " Yanli asked.

"I may sound like a retard... But, the voice was just like mine... It was very similar to my voice. " Zhan said.

"What? " Yanli was shocked.
"It sounded like your voice? "

"Yes... But it wasn't mine... " Zhan said.

"Xian..... " Yanli whisper yelled.

"Xian? " Zhan's eyes widened in shock.
"But how? "