Chapter 47 - Surprise
After politician Jing and his driver were found murdered, further investigations into the case proceeded very slowly. There was no new information and no trace of the murderer. No traces of the perpetrator were found in the car, which was the crime scene. The fingerprints and DNA were exclusively from the politician and his driver.
The only strange thing was that there were no other fingerprints. This was despite the fact that the politician's wife and son were also transported in the politician's car. But this realization did not help Zhan and Yibo in their investigation. After all, the car was cleaned regularly and since the last cleaning, probably neither the wife, nor the son had been in the car.
Multiple interviews with the wife did not yield any new information either. Neither about her involvement in the illegal business, nor whether she might have had anything to do with her husband's murder. Moreover, they still have no evidence that would be admissible in court that the wife was really involved in illegal businesses.
Since there was nothing they could do but wait until there were new clues or information they could use to investigate further, they had a lot of free time that they used together. Especially after Yibo learned that the filming for the series, has been postponed until further notice and no new date for the start of filming has been set yet.
Actually, Yibo's management had planned to assign him elsewhere because of the cancelled shooting. For example, for more commercial shoots or photo shoots. But since Yibo was clearly against it, they did not arrange any new appointments for him. So Yibo was able to stay by Zhan's side for the past few days and really enjoy the time with him and get closer to him again.
And unlike back then over 5 years ago, there was no mission that stood between them and required lying. There was simply no Alessia or Mafia to observe and infiltrate by Zhan. Instead, there was just him and Yibo and the mission they were both working on, albeit not really working or needing to work for days.
After nearly a week of dating almost every day or evening, Zhan and Yibo talked about their plans for the weekend. While doing so, Yibo mentioned that he would like to go to the village, visit his mother and reconcile with his father. Since Zhan could still vividly remember the last time they visited Yibo's parents together, Zhan was naturally less than enthusiastic. After all, the first and last visit there ended with Yibo running off in the middle of the night and leaving Zhan.
But after Yibo promised Zhan several times that it wouldn't be like that time and that he wouldn't run away again, Zhan gave in. Besides, he also thought that Yibo and his father should reconcile. And if Yibo wants him there as moral support, Zhan would not say no and help Yibo.
Early Saturday morning, Zhan and Yibo finally made their way to the village. Yibo was very excited. Not because of his father, because he had already reconciled with him without Zhan's knowledge a few days ago when they talked on the phone, but because Yibo had prepared a surprise and was wondering how Zhan would react.
Yibo was glad that Zhan was driving the car. Because the closer they got to the village, the more nervous he got. He just knew that he wouldn't have been able to drive himself. And just before they reached the village, Yibo could hardly sit still. His hands were shaking and his stomach was rebelling violently.
When they finally reached the village after 2 hours of driving, Yibo was suddenly in quite a hurry to get to his parents' house. He told Zhan that he had to go to the bathroom urgently. Zhan laughed, shook his head and said he would park the car properly and then follow. Yibo nodded and hurried away.
After Zhan parked the car, a couple of Yibo's siblings arrived, whom he remembered from back then. They were dressed in dresses and suits and asked Zhan lots of questions about himself, preventing him from going to the house. But although Zhan was in a hurry to follow Yibo into the house, he gladly answered every question the children asked.
Bravely, Zhan answered each of the questions and when the children finally ran out of questions and at least 15 minutes had passed, he walked with the children to Yibo's parents' house and knocked on the door. It took a moment for Yibo's father to come to the door and open it. He greeted Zhan with a hug and pressed a clothes bag containing a black suit into his hand. "Please change your clothes, then I'll take you to Yibo." Said Yibo's dad.
Although Zhan had no idea why he should suddenly put on such a fancy suit, he just nodded and went to Haikuan's former room to change. On the way to the room, he noticed that all the doors in the house were closed. Zhan found this a bit odd, but thought nothing more of it.
Changed into a fine black suit, Zhan left the room again. Yibo's father was waiting outside the door and explained that Zhan was not ready yet. He sent Zhan back into the room and shortly after, one of Yibo's other mothers appeared. She styled Zhan's hair and gave him a light makeover.
When asked by Zhan why he had to wear the suit, be styled and even get make up, the second wife of Yibo's dad just shrugged and said it was a surprise and he should just go for it and enjoy it. But how was Zhan supposed to enjoy something he didn't know what it was about?
Now that he was finally ready, he got some new black shiny shoes to match the suit and finally Yibo's dad declared he was now ready. But instead of taking Zhan downstairs to the living room and Yibo's place, as Zhan had previously assumed where Yibo would be, Zhan was escorted out of the house and to the community center. "The whole family is there to say hello. And the house is just too small for everyone. So we are all meeting at the community center." Said Yibo's dad when Zhan asked him to explain.
The moment they arrived at the community center, the kids who were standing in front of the door before rushed into the community center giggling loudly. Zhan didn't understand anything anymore. What had been going on? What were they planning? And don't they realize that Zhan doesn't really like surprises? At the same moment Zhan was wondering about this, he was also wondering if he had ever told Yibo that he didn't like surprises?
They entered the community center and because the door to the community hall was closed, Zhan couldn't see what was going on inside. Only when Yibo's dad opened the door with a big smile was the secret of the surprise revealed. And the surprise was so great that Zhan stopped in the doorway for the first moment, looking wide-eyed into the round of beaming smiling faces.
Only after three or four seconds did Zhan regain his composure enough to walk into the hall. "Mom, dad, Cheng? Yanli? What are you guys doing here?" He asked when he saw his family. They were standing in the middle of Yibo's big family. But before he could get an answer from them, Yibo stepped out and was dressed in a fancy suit just like Zhan. Only that his suit was white.
Yibo stepped up to Zhan with a microphone in his hand and stopped a good three feet in front of him. He looked very nervous and tried to hold back a few tears, smiling. Yibo raised the microphone, cleared his throat and said, "As you can probably guess by now, today is not about me and my dad reconciling. It's about you and me. First, I want to thank you again for giving me a second chance and letting me be your boyfriend again. I am over the moon about it and can't put into words what it means to me to have you back. Next, I want to say that I regretted a lot of things I did back then. Like running away. But the thing I regret the most, and the thing I've felt the most since then, is that we didn't get married. I know it may sound absurd now, but today, now that we are reunited and happy, I wish more than ever that we would get married. I talked to our families about it and they helped me with the preparations. ZhanZhan, all that's really missing now is your answer. Would you marry me today and here, in the presence of our families?"
Zhan stared at Yibo speechlessly. He just couldn't believe what Yibo had planned. "You are just incredibly cute Yibo. But, considering our relationship, shouldn't I rather be the one asking you that question?"
"Mhhh, no. We're both men. So it doesn't really matter."
"Oh yes it does. Because I'm the one with the rings!"
"What?"
"Yibo, I was going to propose to you after this weekend. I secretly bought the rings last week when you were in a shoe store."
"You were really going to propose?"
"Yes. Although I thought it was crazy to propose to you after such a short time. But since I know anyway that I will never love anyone else but you, it doesn't matter to me when I propose to you. It doesn't matter if it's after two weeks or two years. The main thing is that you are with me. Yibo, you are my great love and the only one I ever wanted and want." Zhan took out the small box with two golden rings from his pocket, opened it and got on his knees in front of Yibo. "Do you want to marry me Yibo?"
"Yes absolutely, I will." Replied Yibo with teary eyes. Zhan stood up and the two embraced each other. The family members present clapped and cheered.
Zhan's mother stepped forward and said, "Then we'll start the ceremony now. I registered online especially to be able to marry you two."
Yibo's youngest siblings gave Yibo a wedding bouquet and scattered red rose petals on the way down the aisle. Everyone present took their seats while Zhan's mom waited for Zhan and Yibo at the altar. Zhan and Yibo walked hand in hand to the altar and finally took their seats on two festively decorated chairs in front of it.
After a short speech about how Zhan and Yibo met and fell in love at the Keno Academy, of course Zhan's mom left out the information with the mission, she talked about the pride both families feel for the two young men. Then she got to the important part, where Zhan and Yibo could only give one answer, "Yes, I do."
The whole ceremony of marriage lasted just under half an hour and it ended with Zhan and Yibo now officially married. And Yibo made it clear even then that he has no plans to keep the marriage a secret. Because Yibo wants everyone to know how happy he is and that he is now a married man. He wants everyone to know, even if it means the end of his career. After all, he still has an option open.
He can still become a federal agent and work alongside Zhan. And one thing became clear to Yibo in the past two weeks with Zhan. He has achieved all his goals and now it was time for a new one. And why shouldn't that be training to be an agent? He's good at this job! And with Zhan by his side, he can do anything!
But that night, neither Yibo nor Zhan thought about plans for the future. Because that night they were celebrating their wedding with their two now also united families. And soon there will be another wedding. Because Cheng and Haikuan are also ready to say yes to each other! Because the two also know that there can and will never be anyone else for them!
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