On The Run

Part 7

Xiao Zhan yelped. “Yibo!”

Yibo held him tight and started walking.

“Wang Yibo, put me down!” Xiao Zhan shouted. His feet kicked here and there randomly while his hands hit the backpack on Yibo’s back.

Yibo ignored his action. Instead, he held him tighter while walking as if he was carrying something light.

“WANG. YI. BO!” Xiao Zhan shouted louder. “PUT ME DOWN! YOU STUPID BRAT!”

The sound of thunder blared, made Yibo walk faster.

“Yibo! Okay! I give up! I’ll walk!” Xiao Zhan shouted. “I’m dizzy with my head down like this!”

But Yido didn’t stop. Instead he half-ran as the rain started to pour. He could just put Xiao Zhan down and used the blanket to cover them, but he wasn’t sure that Xiao Zhan would act calm and cooperate. So he ignored his idea.

Xiao Zhan stopped shouted. He let his body slumped on Yibo’s board shoulder as the rain began showering his back.

They couldn’t make it. Just a few more meters to the house, the rain fell down heavily, making them soaked. By the front door Yibo let Xiao Zhan down who rushed into the house.

“Wow, guys…” Qian Feng welcomed them in surprising look.

Yibo was about to say something when he noticed that Xiao Zhan was still pouting with his jaw tensed, abruptly half-ran upstairs.

Qian Feng’s jaw dropped open, stared at Yibo in confusion. “What happened to him?”

“I don’t know. He’s really in a bad mood.”

“What? I thought he was in a good mood. That’s why he asked to have a picnic, right?”

Yibo shrugged and excused himself to have a shower.

After a fast shower, Yibo went to the basement to find Tianhe.

“What did you get?” Yibo asked to the point. This time he didn’t forget to turn on his mobile-cam and saw Xiao Zhan reading a book.

“So hurry, Yibo!” Tianhe teased him, making Yibo gave him a look.

Tianhe chuckled. “Okay. So, where do we start…” he trailed off, opening his notebook. “As suspected, Xiao Zhan isn’t He Jiong son by blood.”

Yibo was about to say something but Qian Feng jumped in.

“You really have to thank me, Yibo. I worked hard on this,” said Tianhe.

Yibo nodded. “I will, He-ge.”

“I found this on classified information from government database, that actually, Xiao Zhan is the only son of a member of the Standing Committee of the National People Congress Xiao Ping.”

“What?” Qian Feng squealed.

Tianhe nodded. “That is exactly my reaction.”

“And?” Yibo couldn’t help his curiosity.

“Back when he was still young, Xiao Ping played around with a woman and things happened. Guess who’s the woman!” Tianhe said teasingly.

“Oh, come on, no guessing!” Qian Feng replied in annoyance.

Tianhe frowned, but continued telling. “She is He Biyu, He Jiong aunt!”

“Wow!” Yibo widened his eyes involuntary.

“Remember when Han-ge said that He Jiong went to America and then got back here?”

Qian Feng and Yibo nodded in unison.