On The Run

Part 1

It was a fine Monday morning when Yibo arrived at the Headquarter by request from his Head Chief Wang Han. His secretary brought him in to Wang Han’s office where he saw that Qian Feng was also there.

Qian Feng was his mentor when he was in Elite Level. He was in charge in wires equipment such as cameras surveillance, sound recording, body heat tracking devices, hacking stuff and many more wires stuff. From all mentors, Qiang Feng was the closest beside Da Zhang Wei who was the master of vehicles. He knew what kind of vehicles for what kind of situation and was expert in remote-controlled-vehicles including drones.

Wang Han is the head principle of the Private Guard Military School.

On the first day Yibo got there, he had his eyes on him. During his school, Wang Han really took care of Yibo. People might see him strict, but deep down he was very soft when it came to Yibo. He once said that Yibo reminded himself of younger Wang Han back then. During Yibo’s Elite Level, Wang Han was always supportive and Yibo was never hesitated to ask for his guidance.

Yibo nodded at both of them and sat beside Qian Feng as told by Wang Han.

Wang Han grabbed some files and sat across them.

“You look good today!” Wang Han said to Yibo, gained a small nod from him. “Good sleep?”

“Very good,” Yibo answered.

“You always look good,” Qian Feng snorted.

Yibo grinned shyly. Qian Feng always loved to tease him.

“Well, I’m just gonna straight to the point,” Wang Han said, handing Yibo and Qian Feng the files.

Yibo took the files and opened it.

“His name is Xiao Zhan,” Wang Han said when Yibo took a look at a photo of a close-up young man.

Handsome, Yibo thought.

“Xiao Zhan… you mean Xiao Zhan the only son of He Jiong?” Qian Feng cut in.

“Yes.”

“Different surname…” Yibo mumbled.

“It’s a complicated story. You’ll learn it slowly though,” Wang Han replied.

Yibo nodded and locked his eyes with the files.

“So, He Jiong and I are good friends, since our senior high school back then,” Wang Han continued. He took out a cigarette and lit it. “Some things happened and he retreated from school, went abroad to USA with his family.

Five years later he came back, jumped into entertainment business, and owns his TV station as you’ve already known.”

Both Qian Feng and Yibo nodded, listening attentively.

Wang Han let out a long smoke. “In short, there has been chaos happening. Some competitors bought haters to slander him and his family in social media. He went through, sued them. But this hasn’t finished yet. They started to receive letters of threat sent by post said that they would kill Xiao Zhan.”

“Are they really competitors? Not psychopath?” Qian Feng asked.

“That’s what he’s trying to find out. But turns out this isn’t just a simple case.” Wang Han put down his cigarette and leaned back. “They called Xiao Zhan to his personal number and threatened him. The worst happened two days ago, Xiao Zhan was attacked physically when he was outside.”

“Psychopath then…” Qian Feng nodded in assurance.

“He doesn’t have bodyguards?” Yibo blurted out.

“Nope. He Jiong never thought about being attacked physically. It was always slandering on social medias,” Wang Han replied.

Yibo nodded, bit his bottom lip while listening. “How serious?”

“Very serious. So, yesterday He Jiong called me and asked for my suggestion on how to keep Xiao Zhan from them,” Wang Han said.

“And you suggested…?” Qian Feng raised his eyebrows in curiosity.

“We’ll hide Xiao Zhan in a village, hidden and far from the city. In a rural area while He Jiong and I investigate this case deeply,” Wang Han answered. He gestured Qian Feng and Yibo to have a drink when his secretary came in with three glasses of how tea.

They both took a sip in a silence before Qian Feng broke it. “And by calling us here and telling us all these, you wish us to keep an eye on him?” he asked.

Wang Han tilted his head to the left and right. “Yes. The house where Xiao Zhan is living is the property of my wife’s family. You and Yibo will be undercover as the housekeeper. Your mission is only one – keep Xiao Zhan alive.”

“Undercover?” Yibo knitted his eyebrows. “Why? Even by sending him
to rural area, he must have knows that he was being secluded,” Yibo said bluntly.

“Sounds fair…” Qian Feng nodded.

Wang Han let out a long breath before sipping his tea. “What you said is right, but we don’t want to make any tension for Xiao Zhan. We don’t tell doesn’t mean we lie. He Jiong only told him to take some time for himself in rural area with some companies.”

“But Xiao Zhan isn’t a little boy…” Yibo murmured. “This doesn’t make any sense why you guys have to lie just to make him feel at ease.”

“Yibo!” Qian Feng patted his shoulder. “There are simply some things that a father always wants to protect his son no matter how old he is. He Jiong isn’t an exception. For him, Xiao Zhan will always be his precious little boy.”

Yibo snorted as if ‘what kind of excuse is that’, but Qian Feng simply grinned wider, making a dumb expression.

“You will be the big brother,” Wang Han said to Qian Feng and then to Yibo, “and you will be his little brother.”

Qian Feng turned to Yibo, “Call me Feng-ge!”

Yibo grinned. He always called him Feng-ge though. “Yes, Feng-ge.”

“Good boy!” Qian Feng grinned back while patting Yibo’s shoulder.

“So, when do we start?” Qian Feng asked.

“Technically you and Yibo start tomorrow. Check on location, basic observations and surveillance installations,” Wang Han said. “But sending Xiao Zhan, we have to find the right time.”

“Understood,” Yibo replied.

“Yibo, you go to the Equipment Storage to get some stuff needed. I’ll have a minute with Han-ge,” Qian Feng said.

Yibo nodded and excused himself to the Equipment Storage.