I AM

Chapter 10

"Here's the answer to your question. I am Shen Wei's friend," Yezun said as he waved to Jia Qiu "As long as you do not double cross us, I will also be your friend. And," he leaned closer, "you will be my person, Zhao Yunlan."

Yezun calmly walked into the house, and as Zhao Yunlan drove off, he thought very carefully about what he was going to report to Zhu Jiu tonight.

Shen Wei jumped when the alarm clock went off. He was in his bed, and he looked at the day and date on his phone. He had lost time from yesterday evening. The last thing he remembered was looking at his e-mail outside the office, and Zhu Jiu pushing him from behind. He had recalled a faint memory where he was falling down a long flight of stairs, and his legs froze. He groaned; Zhao Yunlan had been waiting by the car for him. He must have seen his madness after that. What if he decided he did not want to drive for this crazy person? He slowly walked to the bathroom and took a long, hot shower, trying to think of how to explain things so that Zhao Yunlan would agree to come back.

Unfortunately he could not come up with a good excuse to give Zhao Yunlan, and he walked into the kitchen with a heavy heart, thinking he had lost a potentially good friend.

"Good morning, Sir. Zhao Yunlan arrived a little while ago, and I told him to start eating," Jia Qiu said as he brought Shen Wei his light breakfast.

"I'm sorry I started before you, Sir," Zhao Yunlan said carefully, looking at Shen Wei's face.

He does not know who I am. Who did he meet last night?

"I told you to call me Shen Wei when we're not at the office, right?" Shen Wei let him know he was back to normal, whatever that was in his case.

"I'm sorry, I keep forgetting," Zhao Yunlan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"No apologies needed, and thank you for last night and for coming early this morning," Shen Wei could not stop his happy dance in his mind. Zhao Yunlan had not been scared off! Maybe he did not act that outrageously last night after all. He would ask him what had happened in a discreet way later in the car.

"Thank YOU for dinner last night," Zhao Yunlan said smoothly. "I've never had a steak that good!"

Steak? Where did they go last night? It sounded expensive, but if Zhao Yunlan enjoyed it, maybe they could go again.

"Sir, I'm so happy you had a nice dinner. You need to get out and enjoy life more," Jia Qiu said, as all the staff smiled and nodded in agreement.

In the car, Shen Wei wondered how he could approach the subject of what had happened last night. "So how weird did I get last night?" was definitely not a good way. But he had to know, and he wanted to know if Zhao Yunlan would stay with him.

Zhao Yunlan, on the other hand, was also thinking of how he could bring up Shen Wei's "mood" last night without making him feel like a mentally disturbed person. For Shen Wei to have a personality named Yezun in him, he must have suffered some kind of trauma in the past. Yezun mentioned their childhood with Zhu Jiu. But how to approach him? He could be reassigned to someone else, perhaps back to Zhu Jiu. He was not concerned about Zhu Jiu, he could handle him. But he knew he did not want to leave Shen Wei, and it was not because they worked out together. He had to protect him, to guard him. And perhaps help him to heal.

"I hope I did not behave inappropriately last night." "Were you alright last night?"

Both men spoke at the same time and froze.

"I'm sorry, I spoke out of line." "What did I do?"

Both men blurted out comments at the same time again, and laughed.