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I might not update tomorrow as I will be helping in cooking for Christmas Day dinner.
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Chapter 22 (Fresh Start)
The tall man inside is still swiveling his chair and looking around his surrounding with people walking all around the ground in all shape and sizes, gender, and look.
However, at this moment, there is only one person's face in his mind.
He chuckles and curves his lips up
"Comfy pajamas and Spongebob Squarepants underwear, what is your game Boyi?"
Wei Zhan then turns around to hurried finished his documents, he packs them inside his stylist lousievutton briefcase and carries it along with him.
Li Ning is already standing at the door with his own briefcase and called Lam who came up with his jogging feet and bow slightly at Wei Zhan and then took his briefcase.
"Sir, all ready" Lam is now standing behind Li Ning
The trio walked past the secretaries who are all a little stunned with their big boss leaving so early, usually, the second boss which is Li Ning will tell them the schedules of the boss and his meetings, so that the four assistant secretaries will prepare the documents and organized the meeting in readiness but somehow today not one of the secretaries received any notice, but now the boss is out walking with Li Ning.
The secretaries only turned their heads and look at each other and shrugs their shoulders wondering what is going on and then they quickly get back to work.
"Let's go" Wei Zhan let his slim legs take him into the black Bentley that already has its door open for him by the driver. Li Ning follows behind Wei Zhan and sat with him at the back.
Lam went to the passenger seat and sit beside the driver.
Wei Zhan nods and Li Ning gave the instruction
"Go to Boyi's mansion," Li Ning told the driver and Lam.
The large Bentley drove out of the tall building follows on by another black car in tow right behind him, containing his security team.
There was silence in the car as Wei Zhan leans back and closes his eyes, he had abandoned his work to go and see Boyi and this is quite unusual for him but still, the tall man did not find it hard in his heart to agree with his PA to have a talk with the boy.
He could still remember Boyi's lost look when he cower down and let out his cry for his hopelessness when he could not handle the situation two nights ago.
Wei Zhan is an expert in negotiation in a business deal and he always has a brain that enables him to have a helicopter view of things that he could be above all and analyze the situation to his accuracy but somehow he did not do that with the boy, maybe he took it too easy that the boy had a need and thus like all people he should just obediently do as he state and action as he commands. However, this doesn't prove the case because the boy seems so uncomfortable that he almost like running away in anxiety.
Wei Zhan was still in his closed eyes when he heard the driver telling Li Ning
"Mr Li, we arrived" the driver informed them, and the car was parked outside the old mansion.
Wei Zhan immediately opens his eyes and he nods to them
After he stands in front of his Bentley, the other bodyguards also join him and they stay behind him.
Wei Zhan walks towards the mansion with his slim long legs, when he reaches the door, his hand lifted on high wanting to press the doorbell but some it halt in the middle and he put it onto the knob and turns it, the door was immediately open and Wei Zhan frowns.
Lam behind was kind of angry
"Bastards, you got caught by the boss" Lam mumbles under his breath.
Wei Zhan turns around to look at Lam with an understanding eye and immediately Lam responded with his nod.
Wei Zhan walks in with his controlled and silent feet which makes everyone behind him seem to follow suit with a livid understanding as if they are trying to catch a thief.
Before their footsteps took them, they heard laughter coming out from the dining hall and through the panel glass wall, there are now three persons sitting together slurping noodles.
Two of them wearing a suit and there was a young boy sitting there and showing them his mobile phone.
Wei Zhan looks at Boyi who is so casual and laughing away like a free bird in the sky, that natural laughter that seems so carefree and unrestrained makes his cheek moves highly and there was sparkles in his eyes that make Wei Zhan stares at him without blinking. This kind of atmosphere makes people envy them.
Lam is a little impatient and so he walks forwards and is followed behind by Wei Zhan.
Suddenly, the chopsticks drop and Frank looks at Lam with his mouth open and those half-eaten noodles seem to hang inside the curve of the mouth, looking a little messed up.
James saw Lam and he hurriedly slurp up the last of the noodles making others feels like he is worried that he will be forbidden to eat later with his loud "su su su" sound and then a half swallowing.
"You both are having a good time" Lam sneers at them and both of them stand up immediately to bow to Wei Zhan.
Wei Zhan did not speak a word as the discipline of his bodyguards is Lam's business unless he wanted to interfere.
"Sorry Sir" both of them responded immediately.
"Why is the front door not locked, huh" Lam question unequivocally and flipped their heads, like a father teaching his sons and he seems a bit angry.
Wei Zhan's eyes are on Boy while Lam is questioning the other two.
Boyi looks stunted and he was a little in a trance when he saw Wei Zhan, he didn't know what to do but to hang his head low so that no one can see his emotions.
However, when he heard the questioning from Lam, the boy immediately stand up and reply
"Uhem.... it is my fault I forgot to lock it" Boyi immediately told them and like a student questioned by the teacher he puts his hand at the side and walks to Wei Zhan and bow a little.
The two of them look at Boyi and then shakes their heads
"No, still it is our duty to check, so please don't worry, little master" Frank and James are grateful to Boyi's honesty but they are still careless and they wanted to own up immediately.
Boyi has been bullied and he doesn't like to see the two of them being punished for his mistakes and he immediately shakes his head
"It is my fault, I am the last one to come after I went to my bike and took out my mobile phone charger later," Boyi told Wei Zhan and Lam.
His face looks like he is about to cry because someone didn't listen to him.
Suddenly, a voice that is familiar to them echoed in the dining room
"Oh, young people, I went out to pick some vegetables, so it is my fault" Zhang Ma came out and immediately speaks for them.
Lam was a little dumbfounded together and he look at Wei Zhan.
Wei Zhan frowns and he looks at all of them with an indifferent look at first but as his eyes locked at the people in front of him, each wanting to bear others' fault. This is totally different from the world of business or even sometimes his office dealing that they blame each other for any failure on deal or failed projects. Even in his Wei Family, the craving for power has made them shoot arrows at each other especially at Wei Zhan trying to weaken his position in the eyes of his grandfather.
Looking at these people in front of him, Wei Zhan's indifferent eyes turns warm but he did not allow others to see that and so he hurriedly voiced out
"I don't expect a second time than" the voice is firm and strong but everyone sighs a relief meaning that Wei Zhan is not going to find fault with anyone.
Zhang Ma has always been a host, and she immediately warms up the atmosphere and smile at everyone
"Wow!!!!, It must be my fortune. I make so many wontons today and also a big bunch of soup and homemade noodles" Zhang Ma smiles
"How about giving this old lady face and you all stay for my wonton noodles" Zhang Ma puts her hands on her fat waist and waits for a reply.
Zhang Ma's speech makes everyone eyes grow and of course, the young patriarch who is brought up to respect the elderly find it hard to turn down and he nods at Zhang Ma
"If it is really not too much trouble or..............." Wei Zhan knew he couldn't refuse, it has been put in such a way that he could not take away an elderly face.
Immediately, Zhang Ma words shoot out faster than the bullet from an automatic machine gun
"No trouble, no trouble at all ......." the elderly lady already sways herself into her kitchen and 'pin pang, pin pang" the sound of the pots and pans is all in action.
Wei Zhan looks at Boyi who is still with his head down and the bow of noodles looks cold and still half a bowl left.
"Do you want to finish your noodles?" Wei Zhan asks
Boyi shakes his head and he didn't even dare to raise his head.
"Hm"
"Then, let have a chat in your room," Wei Zhan told Boyi and he stand aside waiting for Boyi to lead.
Boyi looks like a student by lead to the principal's office and he walks ahead and followed by Wei Zhan, the process of walking in silence seems awkward and uncomfortable for both of them, however, Boyi's mind is entangled as to how to talk , until he makes up a decision as he took each step slowly to give him time to think. Wei Zhan doesn't seem to walk to overtake him, even though he had longer legs.
"Slam" the door closed and Boyi is now sitting on the bed and he invited Wei Zhan to sit on the study table chair. Wei Zhan scans his eyes around the room and everything looks neat and tidy and then he steers his eyes back to the boy
Boyi waited for a while and he is still struggling with his words, when he saw the pair of sharp eyes staring into his soul, Boyi stands up in an abrupt manner and he speaks
"I-I a-am sorry sir" Boyi stood up tall but his head hung low as he apologises to Wei Zhan.
Wei Zhan looks at the boy intensely but he couldn't see the face of the boy but he was addressed as "Sir" rather than "Zhan-ge" meaning the boy looks at Wei Zhan more like a discipline master.
Wei Zhan feels a bit at ease with the boy who is so honest and direct, his voice becomes softer
"Do you know why you are sorry?" Wei Zhan asks
Boyi nods his head and he still hangs his head low
"Because I broke the contract rules" the boy didn't hesitate meaning he knew it and he still breaks the rules.
"Why?" Wei Zhan asks the boy with a very mild voice, he wanted to ease the tension and didn't want it to be a discipline session.
Boyi looks at Wei Zhan and there were deep hurt in the boy's eyes
"I-I d-don't want to make mistakes" Boyi reply but he was a little choked and his eyes were like soaking in despair. Wei Zhan is a man that has high observation skills that helped him to win his opponent in his business dealing and he had been trained by his grandfather to sharpen all these observation skills.
Something in those eyes that looked like a person that had gone through a great length of suffering makes Wei Zhan feel uneasy. He did not expect to see this in a nineteen years old despite his environment in the Ho's family.
As far as he knew, from all the information gathering, Boyi did not suffer physical abuse and his foster parents did not treat him that bad because they were scheming to take over his parent's wealth. He saw the harsh treatment only on his nineteen birthday at the Ho's but still, that would not quantify that kind of pain and hurt in those despaired eyes.
Wei Zhan stands on his feet and walks closer to Boyi ad looks at his eyes
"What mistakes have you made?" Wei Zhan asks with curiosity
Boyi looks away as his heart aches as he remembered the pain and desolated feeling of being abandoned on his death bed with no one around him.
However, the closeness of Wei Zhan and his cologne releases a faint smell that wakes Boyi up that this is not the time to reveal anything at all about his past and so he immediately composed a facial change and smile awkwardly
"O-Oh, like calling you a Naked Ghost and insulting your abs" Boyi then giggles a little when his mind parts away from his sad thoughts. Wei Zhan looks at the boy for a short time and when his eyes fixated on Boyi hazel's eyes, he saw a moment of those pain the make him feel pant, and then he saw a giggling cute boy, his mind wonders what is the story behind this boy, what is this boy trying to cover up?
However, since the boy didn't want to share, Wei Zhan kept quiet and he felt a little tingle in his heart
"I told you I wasn't angry," Wei Zhan told Boyi with a calm voice
Boyi looks at Wei Zhan and speaks in a soft tone
"I know"
"I am angry with myself"
"For mistakes"
The voice is gentle like a grasshopper tapping on still water, trying to quench its thirst, leaving no ripples on the surface of the still water but it has a flow of gentle waves of water in Wei Zhan's heart.
"Hm" Wei Zhan hummed
Wei Zhan remembered the chubby four years old, whose innocent and puffy cheek that he pinched when he was twelve years old. That boy has grown up and he knows his mistakes but he was awkward. What would an elder brother or "Uncle" do, however that thought of "Uncle" still has a sore spot in his heart, which is strange as Wei Zhan always wanted to be older in his business world but not in the world with Boyi...
"Mmm...weird"
Wei Zhan then looks at Boyi and he told him
"Making mistakes is a path to growing up, but not good to make great mistakes," Wei Zhan told Boyi and he continues
"We can have a fresh start" Wei Zhan is a man of not many words but he felt like he did well as an older person to Boyi who is only nineteen.
Boyi is a very quick-witted person, every word of Wei Zhan drilled into his mind, yes, he was silly and childish, he should focus on the future and not the past. So the boy immediately stand up and nod at Wei Zhan, he even held out his hand like an adult to Wei Zhan
"Zhan-ge, thank you" Boyi felt another slim and warm hand against his and that warm hand had a firm grip on him and held it up and down with a little squeeze, it feel secure and safe.
Boyi also saw a tint of satisfaction on Wei Zhan's face, that handsome face that emits warmth is much better than the mountain coldness although they each have different favor like, a person can like hot noodles but also likes ice cream.
Suddenly, Boy shakes himself out of his mind, why is he relating to food again. hahahaha (That is Author on Christmas Day, lor).
Wei Zhan felt the softness of the boy's hand and saw the sweet smile that seldom presents in front of him but to others, suddenly he felt like he won something more than those billions of dollars of contract which he once used to value a lot, however, he got a kind of satisfaction that he never thought he would feel, he felt more successful in winning over Boyi than the business contract.
Now Wei Zhan who often put work before anything is a little shaken by his discovery
"Does he put Boyi slightly above his work?"
Wei Zhan frowns and shakes his head, stubbornly told himself
"Not possible"
Now, the first time, the heart and the mind is not aligned, making Wei Zhan feeling that he is not in full control.
Wei Zhan's thoughts were broken by Boyi's voice, while his hand still holding onto the cute boy
"Zhan-ge!"
Quickly Wei Zhan let go of the smooth hands and secretly put his own hands inside his expensive suit pocket, rubbing his fingers together, trying to feel those textures of the soft skin again and he had never felt such soft hands, even those girls are not comparable to him.
"Shall we go down to have noodles?" Boyi asks
Wei Zhan saw the boy walking towards the door and he calls him
"Wait!" Wei Zhan raise his voice a little
"Huh!" Boyi turns around and Wei Zhan put his fingers under the chin
"What with the SpongeBob SquarePants underwear" there is a teasing tone in Wei Zhan
Boyi is embarrassed to death and without restraining his stomps on his feet
"AHHHH............ZHAN-GE!!!!" Boyi covers his face but he drips blood
Looking at Boyi makes Wei Zhan into a cheerful mood that he had not felt before, he throws his head backward and laughs out loud.
"Let's go shopping later" the calm voice returned but Wei Zhan cannot undo his change.
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Thank you for reading
I feel like writing this because Christmas is celebrated with new hope and dream.
Hoping this is so for Wei Zhan and Boyi
New hope and a new beginning
Let the old be history but the new be an adventure. hahahaha
Hee Hee
A bit sentimental here.
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