On The Run

Part 6

Once in a while, he challenged Yibo to play chess, and somehow always won – Yibo really didn’t take effort to win that much actually. Sometimes, he also played games with Yibo, both mobile games and PS4.

“Come and get me!” Xiao Zhan exclaimed happily when he manage to lap Yibo when they play car-racing PS4.

Yibo smirked silently, let Xiao Zhan used the nitro to lap him in high speed.

“What? Don’t you wanna lap me and win?” Xiao Zhan asked teasingly.

“Don’t you… want to win?” Yibo asked back.

Xiao Zhan pouted. “I do want to win. But it doesn’t mean that you have to let me without fighting.”

“You want me to fight back?” Yibo asked bluntly.

“Yeah!”

“Okay.”

Yibo sped up, and when he was close enough, he used the nitro and the speed boost up, leaving Xiao Zhan far behind.

Xiao Zhan yelped in surprised and tried to get his position back, but Yibo was already far ahead and it was useless to even use the nitro.

Yibo finished first. “I win.”

Xiao Zhan shot him a glare. “You really fight.”

“You told me to fight back.”

“But… argh!” Xiao Zhan pouted.

“You… want to race again?” Yibo asked.

“Absolutely. I won’t let you win!”

“Okay…”

And so, they raced once again.

Although playing games and reality were two different skills, but Yibo raced a lot in the track with his motorbike and so his track analyze and strategy was better than Xiao Zhan.

This time Yibo didn’t fight hard. He sped up but avoided to use the nitro.

Xiao Zhan flashed ahead and finished first, Yibo followed a few seconds later.

Xiao Zhan laughed happily.

***

Wang Han called Qian Feng during that one week, checking the situation. He also ordered Yibo to not take his eyes off of Xiao Zhan even a second, and that made Yibo knitted his eyebrows.

“He sounded so worry…” Qian Feng said after hanging up.

Yibo sighed. He was with Qian Feng and Tianhe receiving video call from Wang Han in the basement.

“What is the situation actually?” Yibo asked, gained nothing from Qian Feng.

“Maybe, the situation is indeed worse that we thought,” Tianhe agreed with Yibo.

“Are we allowed to dig for Xian Zhan background deeper?” Yibo asked Qian Feng again.

Qian Feng tilted his head, thinking. “Xiao Zhan case isn’t classified and He Jiong is a celebrity. I don’t think there would be any classified information about them. But yeah, I feel something fishy about this.”

Yibo turned to look at Tianhe. “Can you find something for me?”

“Sure. But, like… what?” Tianhe looked confused.

Yibo bit his bottom lip. “Start with that different surname.”

“Okay, I’ll try,” Tianhe nodded.