Cold Water

Part 11 - Investigation 3

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Narration
"Conversation"
(Translator's ramble)

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The joint team of the West and East Divisions visited a place according to the location indicated by Ling Jiao's earring. With a total of six people they drove a car owned by Zhuo Cheng and a motorbike owned by Yibo. Zhuo Cheng, Paul Yu, Guo Cheng and Fan Xing in Zhuo Cheng's car while Yibo gave Zhan a ride on his motorcycle.

It was not decided easily. At first, they proposed Fan Xing to go with Yibo, but he refused because he was afraid of riding a bike.

The second proposal is Guo Cheng, he refused because he might disturb Yibo with his excitement due to Yibo's riding style.

The third proposal is Paul Yu, this time Yibo was the one who rejected him before Paul Yu explain his reasons for rejecting Yibo.

So at last, Zhan got the ride, because Zhou Cheng don't want to take the risk of letting others handling his car.

"Why did you reject Paul Yu?" Zhan asked while riding on Yibo's bike (rejecting here means, to refuse to offer a ride) while Yibo ignored Zhan's question as usual.

The distance from the office to that location was quite far, about two hours on bike at medium speed. Yibo was the one who took the lead using his bike with Zhan while Zhuo Cheng followed them from behind with the other team members.

Along the way Zhan kept talking and asking Yibo's opinion, even though Yibo might not really hear his words, but he gets a pretty good response from him, which is 'Hm'  whenever the answer is Yes and silence when answer is No.

Zhan became quite familiar with Yibo's habit of answering casually. That made him so happy that he unconsciously hugged Yibo's waist tightly and put his chin on his shoulder.

Which made the younger struggle to release hug with one hand while Zhan continue to insist on hugging again and again making Yibo give up and reluctantly allow the older to hug him all the way, and even let him rub his hands into the stomach wrapped in a jacket which is quite thick.
(Cough.. Cough.. Yeah, we can see how reluctant you are 😉😉)

The team members who followed them from behind were quite surprised by their interaction. The two of them look close to each other even though only Zhan is actively talking and acting while Yibo only responds to his words even though with a cold response, he never really reject or get angry at Zhan's actions. When Zhan teased him, Yibo would only give him a cold look, but that was precisely what made him unable to stop teasing Yibo at any time.

One day, Zhan called Yibo several times but when he answered and looked at him, Zhan said 'I just wanted to call you' with a bunny smile. Even now, the two of them seemed to be making out in public without hesitation that they both are men.

"Is Yibo really like that with someone close to him?" Zhuo Cheng asked Fan Xing and Guo Cheng.

Fan Xing and Guo Cheng who incidentally are Yibo's coworkers, who know about his habits they both immediately shook their heads in unison simultaneously.

"The two of us are not too close to Yibo gege. Even as far as you know, Hai Kuan-ge, who is quite familiar with him, did not reach Zhan-ge's level, when he was close to Yibo," Fan Xing said.

"Yibo gege is a very closed person, he don't even have friends in the office. Most of the other team members will only come when they need Yibo Gege's help or when forced to have business with him. In fact, most of them seem to deliberately avoid everything related to Yibo gege." Guo Cheng added.