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16. April

Xiao Zhan's POV

At 9 am I started my shift as a waiter in one of the most famous restaurants in china. I was send to the VVIPs rooms but only served those rooms where no middle-aged woman was dining in. I was thankful for that. Now I only had my admittedly really attractive female colleagues who seem to be very happy about my existence. It was funny to see that all of them seem to gather so they could rave about me. If I wasn't so concentrated on my work, I might have taken one or two of them to a non-public place. But I decided against it. Especially when I realized that I was not that eager to sleep with them, who knows why...

Over the day I used my breaks to call Yibo but he never accepted my call, not even once. I was disappointed. I thought he would accept the call after we talked in the club two days ago. I even threatened him to face his father if he should ignore me. I will not do it, of course. Yibo is already scared enough. But I will keep trying to call him and if that does not work I will look for him. We are friends after all.

'Does that look like I am stalking him? I hope not.... ' I thought slightly embarrassed before putting away my phone. I ate up two sandwiches I bought this morning and drank my third cup of coffee until I heard someone clearing his voice. When I turned around I saw one of my female colleagues signalizing me that my break was over. She giggled when I thanked her with a wink before I went back to work.

My shift ended at 8 pm today and I directly went home. I tried to call Yibo once more but he still did not pick up. I felt how I got bored again and I called HaoXuan's name to ask him if he wants to watch a movie but after calling his name a few times I realized that he was not home.

'Great! Everyone is ignoring me....' I thought annoyed and went to my room. I already guessed what my best friend was doing right now.  

HaoXuan's POV

It was 11 am when I woke up and went down to the kitchen to make me breakfast. As I was not a good cook I decided to eat bread with marmalade and of course a cup of coffee while thinking about what I should do today. As Officer Song was off of work for today I had nothing to do. I may know his schedule but I did not know where he lived nor his phone number. 'See? Call me stalker one more time, Xiao Zhan....' I thought.

Xiao Zhan was working right now and the only friend I had next to him was probably busy. Except him, it was always just Xiao Zhan and I since we both were 17 years old. As I was an orphan, no one really cared for me and I had to leave the orphanage at the age of 18 anyway, I decided to follow my friend when he run away shorty after being released by his kidnapper. But that was another story. 

Anyway... I was bored so I decided to go to the training room in the cellar for the next 6 hours. Xiao Zhan and I loved to train our bodies. Not only because it was healthy and we looked really good, but because this was the perfect weapon to use to go after all these beautiful and hot girls in the club. Once you have this kind of a body, no one can refuse you.

After the training I took a long and hot shower before deciding to go to a club. Not Pink Panther again, that would be too soon. This time I chose the new club which was opened only a few days ago, The Lagoon.

I arrived 1 hour later and saw the big line in front of the club. I was disappointed realizing that today I would not be able get in, not with so many people waiting. I sighed and was about to leave when I spotted a familiar face in front of the door. I grinned and walked up to this person until I stood right next to him.

"Let me join you." I said and the person next to him looked at me.

"You are here too?" He asked bored.

"Yes. When I saw the line I was about to leave but seeing you standing here about get in I thought I might join you. Hope you don't mind." I said and he shrugged.

"Sure. Suit yourself. But don't get in my way once we are inside." He warned me and I laughed.

"Don't worry. Just tell me ahead if there is someone you like and I will look into the opposite direction." I answered amused and saw him nodding.

Just then the doorkeeper started to shout. "Alright. 7 more people can go in."

That included my accompaniment and me . Once inside I walked to the bar and ordered a beer. While waiting to receive my order I looked through the whole club. There were a lot of people but most of them women. A few of them stood next to at the bar and were eyeing me already but I ignored them.

The waiter gave me my beer and I walked towards a corner to have full sight through the club. A few meters next to me stood a few women talking with each other. I did not look to them but I listened to their conversation while observing the dance floor.

"Did you confess yet?" Woman no. 1 asked excitingly.

"No, I am scared he might reject me." Woman no. 2 answered embarrassed.

"Who cares? Just go for it! If he says no then so be it. You could still try to win him over." Woman no. 1 said.

"I can understand her. If he rejects her it would be totally embarrassing as they are working together." Woman no. 3 stated.

"That is what I am scared of too but mostly.... I don't want to get rejected. Maybe I should wait until he confessed to me. I mean if he has feelings for me he would confess, right?" Woman no. 2 asked.  

"But what if he is like you? Maybe he likes youtoo  but is scared to confess as well. Then both of you will never get together." Woman no. 3 answered and I heard woman no. 1 sighing loudly.

"You should confess! Like I said you can still win him over should he reject you. Moreover, you are the daughter of the police chief! Should he reject you, just ask you father to let you and him having the night shifts together. You would both be alone and .... who knows what might happen?" Woman no. 1 said and the other girls laughed.

Once I heard the word daughter of the police chief  I turned towards these three woman and my suspicion were confirmed. It was indeed the girl Officer Song had a crush on....

I felt something. I could not decipher what exactly it was but I guessed I was totally against her confessing to Officer Song. 'If both of them realize their feelings for each other I have no chance. This cant happen! But what can I possible do?'

While deep in thought these three woman walked up to me.

"I saw you looking towards us. Are you alone here?" It was woman no. 1 asking me confidently  and I quickly pulled myself together.

"Yes, I am alone." I smiled at her, trying to ignore my love rival who stood offisde.

"What a coincidence. We just happen to look for entertainment, right girls?" Woman no. 1 asked her friends and while woman no. 3 nodded with a smile, my love rival was busy looking somewhere else. She looked like she was embarrased seeing her friends flirting with a stranger openely. 

"Really? Then how about I buy you something to drink? Any wishes?" I asked them and all of them agreed before telling me they wanted tequila. I ordered for everyone before going to the dance floor.

We danced for a while and every now and then woman no. 1 asked me to buy her and her friends another tequila. I granted their wishes and soon all of them were slightly drunk. While woman no.1 was trying seduce me with her body, woman no. 3 caught a guy next to us and started to flirt. My love rival rejected another guy and went back to the corner she stayed at earlier.

"Hey, I am right in front of you. Or are you interested in my friend over there?" Woman no. 1 asked me disappointed and I smiled at her.

"Don't worry. I have no interest in your friend. I was just worried she might trip. She drank three tequilas already." I answered. 'I wish she would trip and fell on her face.'  I thought before I was led towards the men's toilet by woman no. 1. 

In one of the stalls we locked ourselves in and once I found a condom we did it. It did not take long before we both found our orgasm. Usually I would feel good and relaxed but since a while ago that was not the case. 

Since the day I met him, to be precisely.

But especially tonight I was not satisfied. Maybe the reason was because this woman was slightly drunk or maybe it was because I was still annoyed by that daughter of the police chief who wants to steal my officer. I really did not know. 

"That was really amazing. Lets do it again, alright?" She asked me once she calmed down. I heard this words all the time but it still made me feel proud being able to make them crazy about me.  

 "Not today. But should we ever met again.... we might repeat tonight's fun." I answered with a smile. She was not very happy about this rejection and kissed me hungrily, probably hoping to change my mind but I softly pushed her away. "Patience is a virtue" I whispered in her ear before leaving.  

I was annoyed once I stepped out of the men's toilet and seeing my love rival still standing in the corner. I checked her out and was sure that I was definitely more handsome. Just imagining her and officer Song being together made me want to beat someone up.

So I made a decision. 

I will stop sleeping with other women, or men. As of now I will officially chase officer Song which means I will stop watching him from afar but actually speak to him.  I have no time to waste as that girl seems to think about confessing her love to him. I need to at least make him have feelings for me, even if only a little.

"Why are you in such a bad mood when you obviously had a lot of fun just now." I heard my accompaniment's voice and I shrugged.

"It was good but not fun. I guess I had enough sex without feelings for the time being. I just decided to chase the one I like." I answered and heard him huffing.

"How can someone ever have enough sex? Moreover, how can someone even think of having a long lasting relationship? Everything will end someday. Either you stop loving her or she stops loving you. The relationship will end soon." He told me and I chuckled.

"Are you still thinking like this? Just because the love of your life left you for someone else?"

"That proves my statement, don't you think?" He answered and I shook my head in amusement.

"If you think so..... Are you really sure you only want one-night-stands?" I asked and saw him nodding.

"Yes. You can have fun as much as you want and no one will be able to break you heart. Its the easiest way to get satisfaction." He answered seriously and I sighed.

"What about love? Is that not important at all?" I wanted to know.

"Love is fleeting and overrated. Maybe you will realize that someday as well.... Now excuse me, I still need to find tonight's prey." He said and left.

'Poor him. He is actually a good human, if I ignore some bad treats he has... He is friendly, helpful, good looking and charming. He would be the perfect boyfriend and husband but .... after his girlfriend left him 4 years ago for someone else, he stopped thinking about having a serious relationship. For him its enough to have someone warming his bed and he does not care who it is.' I thought and shook my head.

I looked thought the club once more and was about to leave when I spotted someone sitting at the bar drinking a beer. I was suddenly very nervous but still decided to walk up to him. I was not sure if I want him to remember me or not. It was not really a perfect first meet.  

"One beer, please." I said to the barkeeper who gave me the bottle seconds later. I sat next to Officer Song and watched him from he corner of my eyes. I totally forgot how good he looked...

"Hey there." I said. He half-heartedly turned around to look at me.

"You again!?" He accused me and I was surprised that he actually remembered me. 

'That was a good sign, wasn't it?'

"What do you mean?" I asked him innocently and he frowned.

"Don't think I don't remember you. You are the friend of this playboy who prevented me from catching the Halfmoon Thief!" He said and I grinned at him. I was so happy he remembered me.

"Don't give my friend the fault of your incompetence. First of all, no one forced you to interfere when these two fought, secondly, even if that fight did not happen you wouldn't be able to catch that thief. You never did so before because he is too smart. And thirdly I am really happy that you remember me. I was kind of scared you might have forgotten me but as this is not the case I am convinced you are interested in me as well." I said enthusiastic.

"How am I able to forget you when you are the one stalking me almost every single day!? If I see you one more time chasing after me, I will send you to jail for sure." He glared at me and I raised my brows.

'He knew? Am I that obvious? But I don't mind though. Anyway... he will not forget me anytime soon.' I thought amused before faking the innocent.

"What are you saying? Why would a righteous citizen like me stalk a righteous and attractive police officer like you? You must mistake me for someone else. Is my appearance that memorable making you cant forget me? Or are you missing me a lot and because of that you actually think you see me?" I teased him but he ignored me.

I watched him drinking his beer and seeing his lips sucking on the neck of the bottle. I tried to imagine how it would feel when he sucked on my lips. This was the first time in my life that I actually wished to be a bottle. He felt my gaze on him and glared at me warningly and I couldn't resist winking at him. He widened his eyes and glared at me before ignoring me once again. '

So cute...'

To find out if Officer Song was actually interested in me I tried to be a little bolder by caressing his muscular thighs. Alone this little touch made me think about the question how it would feel having him wrapping them around my waist. Once the image of this position filled my head I licked excitingly over my lips.

"Take your hands away or I will arrest you because of sexual harassment!" He hissed and I quickly retreated my hand.

"I don't mind you arresting me, Officer. But how do you want to do it?" I asked him amused and he casually raised his shirt a little. I was so distracted about the little part of his naked skin that I almost did not notice the handcuffs stuck behind the waistband.

"Clear?" He asked me and I could see satisfaction in his eyes. 'He thinks I am scared now? Its the opposite, my dear officer....' I thought amused.  

"I don't know what you mean, officer. Maybe if you raise your shirt a little more...." I hinted and he looked like he wanted to kill me. I grinned at him before turning around and watching all the couples on the dance floor having fun while rubbing on each other. I really wanted to be there too, together with him, but I belived he still shy.

I let my gaze wander though the club, looking for my accompaniment before I spotted him in a corner, where he was making out wildly with a woman. That was the moment I decided that my accompaniment was my hero because ....  it was not only the same corner where my love rival stood earlier, no, it was even the same woman. 

'Good job, my friend.' I thought satisfied and turned towards Officer Song.

"Hey Officer, what do you think if we go somewhere quiet and try to get to know each other better." I asked him and when he was about to hit me, I quickly escaped a few centimeter to prevent his intention. "No need to get aggressive. A simple no would have been enough." I teased him and saw him frowning.

"Just what are you!?" He hissed at me and I pretended to think about this question.

"A sex god?" I teased him and was surprised seeing his face turning red. I hoped it was out of embarrassment and not anger. I chuckled. "Okay, I am sorry. I should not show off with my skills in bed. I just thought you might be interested."

"One more word, I dare you!" He warned me and I raised my brows.

"Okay, fine. I will leave and try to find someone more attractive than you, albeit it will be impossible. Guess I will not have as much luck as the couple in that corner over there." I said and pointed at the corner were my love rival seemed to have a lot of fun.

Officer Song could not stop himself and looked towards the direction I pointed at. Seconds later his anger vanished and I saw disappointment and hurt in his eyes. For one I felt slightly guilty letting him see this but I really wanted to make that woman being seen by him in a bad light. On the other hand I was surprised, and a little happy too, that the disappointment in his eyes were the only signs that he did not like what he saw. I mean... where was his broken heart? I thought he might get angry or will look devastated and cry but this was no the case.

When I saw Officer Song returning to the bar drinking a whole bottle of beer in one go I realized that he actually was kind of heartbroken. I looked back to that woman eating up  my friend and understood that this woman might have feelings for Officer Song but they were not serious enough to stop her from having fun with others. I also realized that I was same. I knew I liked Officer Song a lot that I even try to find out everything I can about him but I still slept with others. For example that woman earlier ... 

'I don't want to be the same nor do I want to be seen as an asshole. At least not by him.' I thought and felt guilty sleeping with the friend of my love rival. I was proud  that I decided to not sleep with anyone anymore but only with Officer Song. Sure, it will be a really long time without sex, which I think will be very difficult as sex was the best thing in the world, but for him I am ready to abdicate it until he was ready to sleep with me even if that means it will take a while.

'Wait for me, my dear officer. Soon I will make you mine.' I thought and turned back to him. Once I saw he was already drinking his 4th bottle of beer, I took it away and forced him to stand up. He was already pretty much drunk and I decided to drive him home. I led him to my car, put him inside and after buckling him up, I sat behind the wheel. Just as I started the car, I realized that I did not know where he lived.

"Hey, Officer. Where do you live?" I asked him but expect a few curses he said nothing. "Come on, I need to know in order to drive you home. Tell me your address." I said but he was fast asleep. As I could not leave him behind like this and I definitely would not deliver him to the house of the police chief, I decided to take him home with me where he could sleep off his intoxication.

Sure, I could have brought and left him at the police station he works for but I tried to persuade myself that this was not a good idea as I wanted to prevent his colleagues to laugh at him. 'He is already someone they mock because he cant catch the thief. I think its safer to bring him home with me.' I said to myself and drove off.  

Once I arrived at home, I wrapped his right arm around my shoulder and after grabbing his waist I carried him into the house as carefully as I could. The moment I entered I heard Xiao Zhan's voice.

"Holy crap. HaoXuan! I know you like this officer but that is still no reason to kidnap him! That is a crime, for god's sake!" He said amused and I glared at him.

"Stop teasing and help me." I ordered.

"Why should I? If I do that, I could be arrested for aiding and abetting. I don't want to go to jail again, the food there is terrible." He said but helped me after I glared at him for at least two minutes. "Fine. But we will bring him to the guestroom!" He ordered and I rolled my eyes at his teasing, ignoring the disappointment I suddenly felt. What was so bed about my room....?

After we laid him onto the bed I sighed in relieve. Not that he was heavy but he smelled a lot of beer. When I started to take of his shoes I heard my friend clearing his voice.

"Mind to tell me what happened?" He wanted to know.

"Let me take care of him first. After that I will explain everything." I answered and saw him nodding.

"Alright then. I will bring some you some water. Are you sure I can let you alone with him?"

"Xiao Zhan." I warned him and he left while laughing.

After he was gone I took off Officer Song's socks and jacket. I had to say that he looked more than delicious right now but I did not touch him. Well, at least not that way. I only stroke his lips a little with my thumb because I was really curious how they would feel. I did not get disappointment. 'So full and soft....'

"Good to see that you both are still wearing your clothes." Xiao Zhan said and put a carafe of water and a cup on the bedside table.

"Are you having fun?" I asked him.

"Am I that obvious?" He winked at me when I stuck out my tongue. "Are you going to tell me now or not?"

"Lets go into the living room. I don't want to wake him up."

"He is totally drunk right now, HaoXuan and I think you might have something to do with it. Come." He said and left for the living room. With one last look at my future boyfriend I followed him. We sat down I and told him everything.

"For real? Don't you think that was kind of childish?" He asked me with raised brows and I looked at him in disbelieve.

"Says the one who seduce a little boy to have some fun in jail."

"Hey! He is 19! Its true that I might have used him a little but he liked it too and I did not force him. Anyway, we are talking about you right now! Do you think you did the right thing?"

"I just protected what is mine... or at least what will be mine soon. Its not like I told him to choose her. It was his own choice. I also did not forced that woman to sleep with him."

"How are you so sure he slept with her?" He asked me and I rolled my eyes.

"Hello?? May I remind you of whom we are talking about?"

"Because I know that, I am sure he would never force anyone. Sure, he could have used his skill in persuasion but if that woman refused him...." He shrugged and because I was eager to prove I was right I immediately dialed that guy's number. The first two times he rejected my call but when I called him for the third time, he answered.

"What!? I am busy!" He said a little breathless and in the background we could hear a woman moaning.

"How did you get her to sleep with you after just a little making out?" I asked enthusiastically.

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

"I mean that woman you almost ate up in that corner."

"Ah, her? When I was about to slip my hand under his skirt she refused and told me she already had someone she liked and did want to go any further. I understood and stopped. She left and I chose someone else. Now excuse me, its been a while since I did it with someone. I am busy!" He repeated and cut the call. Xiao Zhan started to laugh and I was annoyed.

"Why does she have to be exemplary? I really thought she would sleep with him... I hate her!"I mumbled and Xiao Zhan washed his tears away. He had way too much fun right now.

"If it calms you down, she is not that exemplary or else she wouldn't have made out with him in the first place." He said and suddenly I felt better and nodded satisfied.

"True! And while doing so Officer Song saw her. That is enough for now."

"What do you mean with for now?" He asked suspiciously.

"Once he fell for me I need a way to make it clear to that woman that he is off the market! I just don't now yet how I should do that." I answered firmly and stood up. "Excuse me now. I will check on him."

"He is not sick, only drunk." He laughed but I ignored him and walked into the guestroom.  

"Water...." I heard him mumbling and I grabbed the cup, filled it with water and sit down next to him before helping the half awake officer up. While he was drinking the water I was totally hypnotized by his full lips and was disappointed when he finished drinking.

I was amused about my own thoughts and had to shook my head. I put the cup back on the bedside table and flinched when I heard him speaking.

"But I like you...." He mumbled and he grabbed my collar only to pull me closer before pressing his lips in mine. I widened my eyes in shock and felt happy but only for a few seconds because when he retreated he mumbled the name of a woman. Her name. "I hoped you would like me too.... the way you look at me .... I want to kiss you too..." he mumbled and once again pressed his lips on mine.

I was disappointed that the confession was not meant for me but for that woman. He slide his tongue into my mouth and I shuddered when he pulled me closer, pressing me against his muscular body.

As much as I liked being kissed by him, currently he was totally drunk and did not know what he was doing or rather he thought I was someone else. I gently pushed him away, not intending to use this unfair chance to get what I want. 'Patience, HaoXuan...'

"It does not matter how much I want you right now, you are drunk and I would never take advantage of you. Officer Song, I wish you would remember tomorrow what you did just now." I said and pushed him down onto the bed to get him back to sleep.

I heard Xiao Zhan behind me chuckling and when I told him to fuck off, he shook his head. "And let you alone with him? Better not." He grinned and I sighed in defeat and stepped out of the guestroom.

"Satisfied?" I asked and my friend winked at me before he left for his room.

I decided sleep in the living room, just in case Officer Song would need something.

The next morning I woke up hearing quiet footsteps on the stairs. Seconds later the front door opened for a moment and closed again shortly after. I quickly jumped up and run to the window where I saw Officer Song running with big steps from our property where climbed in a taxi he must have called already.

'This time I will let you to run away but in future you will not be as lucky as today.' 

17. April

Yibo's POV

When I slowly opened my eyes I could see the blurred shape of someone who sat next to me while holding my hand. I felt exhausted as if I did not get enough sleep but I wasn't sleepy, if that made any sense. The person next to me realized I was awake when I moved a little to make the stiffness go away.

"Yibo? Are you finally awake?" It was a female voice and once I could see clearly I recognized Yi Fei.

"Mhn..." I mumbled and heard her relieved sigh.

"Thank god. I was slowly getting worried." He said and smiled at me, holding my hand a little tighter.

Just then the door opened and my brother came in followed by someone else. That someone was an annoyed looking Officer Song. Not only that, he looked like he's had a tough night and I bet he was having a hangover.

"Yibo, finally! I thought you would never wake up." Brother said and sat on the chair at the other side of my bed. He totally ignored the princess and I found that quite amusing.

"What do you mean? How long did I sleep?" I asked my brother but it was Yi Fei who answered.

"About 33 hours." She said softly.

I widened my eyes in shock before remembering what happened that night. The thief, his remarks, his kiss.... no, not a kiss, it was an attack.

"One day? Why?" I asked and this time my brother answered before the princess could.

"Sleeping pills. We all were given one and Officer Song explained they were hidden in the tea. We were surprised you also had some in your blood system, especially when you did not even drink the tea. But we saw the recordings of the CCTV and I might know what happened..." He hinted and I nervously bit my lip.

"Who is we?" I asked and brother smiled reassuringly at me.

"Officer Song and I. I insisted that we two were enough." He answered and I sighed our in relief.

"Both did not want to tell me anything. What exactly happened, Yibo? The doctor said you had more of the sleeping pill inside your blood, probably because you was given more of it than the others." Yi Fei said and gently stroke my hand.

"Alone that made me sleep a whole day?" I asked and Officer Song answered me.

"No, that would have made you sleep only a few hours more. The Doctor said the reason why you slept that long means either you were totally tired to begin with or your body couldn't tolerate the sleeping pill. But to calm you down, the doctor said there will be no after effect and it will not harm your body in any way."

I nodded and closed my eyes.  

I was not really worried about having too much of the sleeping pills in my body nor was I worried that I actually slept more than 24 hours. I was still worrying about the fact that I was kissed, no, being attacked by that pervert thief and my reaction to it.

The reason for my worry was simple. In the last days, and in my entire life, I was kissed by three people. First it was Zhan-ge, then Yi Fei and last but not least the Halfmoon Thief. I only liked.... I only did not hate two of these kisses and both were with men. Why? I was not gay, wasn't I? I never had any interest in men. Never! I always had only interests in girls before. I believed with all my heart that I was definitely not gay!

'I am so confused ...' I thought.

"Mr. Wang, I know you feel not good right now but I still have to question you. Its important to ask you right away before the most important details in your memories are gone. I hope you understand and can cooperate." Officer Song asked and massaged his head.

"Sure. Ask what you want. I will try my best to answer everything." I answered and saw the Officer nodding before looking at both, Yi Fei and my brother alternately.

"Yibo, do you want me to stay or shall I leave?" Yi Fei asked me softly and when I told her that she could go, she kissed my hand and left without complaining. 'She really was understanding.....'

"I will stay!" My brother said firmly and I chuckled.

"Permission granted." I answered and earned a wink from him. Then I sat up and explained what happened. I left a few parts out, for example my brother's and mine indifference about the theft from begin with, the thief's pervert thoughts and of course the kiss, albeit the last point was unnecessary to conceal. At least my brother seemed to already guess what happened after I told them I did not take the sleeping pill on my own free will and while saying so, I could not prevent my face from heating up.

Neither the Officer not my brother commented on that but I was sure that my brother would follow up later.

Officer Song asked only a few important questions but repeated them often using different words, hoping I might remember something that way. But that wasn't the case. While he questioned me I realized that the annoyance he felt was mostly because he was not told about the Halfmoon Thief's visit here. He was angry that Yang Lu Feng decided to trust into his hired security rather than the police. He also was kind of satisfied to see that the security was not able to catch him, they did not even get close to the thief.

"Thank you, Mr. Wang." Officer Song thanked and I shook my head in amusement.

"Its not like I could tell you much. Sorry for that."

"I am used it. At least this time I can say that the reason for me being unable to catch him was because that idiot Yang Lu Feng kept it a secret." He said and I could see he was really angry about that.

"You also look like you had a tough night..." I hinted and he was suddenly in a hurry.  

 "I overslept. That is all. I will go now and report to the police chef. By the way, in the next few days I will visit the pastry shop again. My colleagues fell in love with the muffins you made, Mr. Wang." He said and smiled at me.

"Sure. Feel free to come anytime. I will give you a discount too if you call me Yibo next time we meet." I laughed and he Officer Song grinned before he left. One he was gone, Yi Fei entered again and sat on the bed next to me.

"How are you feeling?" She asked me and I smiled at her.

"I am fine. Really." I answered, hoping she would leave me alone. I really needed time to think.

"That is good. But I still think we might should cancel tonight's dinner. Just in case. Your health is more important and I am sure our fathers will think the same. Let me call them right away." She said and wanted to stand up but I stopped her.

"No, lets have the dinner. It was planned since a long time and I am feeling just fine. Even if it will be the most boring dinner I ever attended, I can assure you I will not fall asleep." I said and she started to laugh. 'Father will get really angry if the dinner is canceled. He might not show it openly but ....'

"Your humor also woke up, I see. Alright. If you think you can handle my fathers boring stories about the royal family, lets do the dinner." She chuckled and caressed my cheeks gently.

I felt nothing.

"Princess, you should go now. You driver is already waiting since one hour and I still want to talk with my brother." My brother said to Yi Fei. He must have noticed that I wanted her to go. He is the best brother one can have.

"I will go soon but before I do so, may I ask you a question?" She asked him and my brother nodded. "Why do you hate me so much?"

I was shocked about this question but my brother was not. He looked rather surprised.

"Why do you think so?" He wanted to know.

"The way you treat me shows it. You either ignore me or wants to get rid of me. I just want to know what I did wrong so I can apologize. It was not my intention to offend you." She said and waited for an answer.

Brother looked at me and then back to Yi Fei. The princess saw that and suddenly smiled.

"Is it because I will take your brother with me after the wedding? You don't want to let your little brother go, isn't it? I am sorry. If I wasn't a princess and wouldn't need to care for my country, I would move to china, believe me. But the thing is, I am a princess, a future queen even. I have duties to fulfill, Haikuan. I never intended to take Yibo away from you, please believe me. I promise you that you can come anytime to visit us and Yibo can visit you here in china as often as he wants." She said and I could hear she meant every word.  

"Its not you I hate, Princess. Sure, I don't like ... the way how you handle some things but I definitely do not hate you." Brother answered and I saw Yi Fei smiling at him.

"I see. I hope one day you can tell me what exactly you don't like about how I handle things. Thank you for telling me this. I should go now. Yibo, I will see you tonight. Should you change your mind about the dinner, call me." She said, leaned in and kissed me before finally leaving.

"I have to say she is not that bad." Brother said once she was gone and I glared at him.

"What does that mean? Are you suddenly supporting father's wishes to destroy my life!?" I asked annoyed. My brother immediately raised his hands soothingly.

"Of course not. I am against this wedding as much as you. I just think she will be a really good wife to you. She is so grown up and sincere. She cares for you, your feelings and your opinions. I also think that .... there might be a chance you will develop feelings for her.

Before you get angry. The thing I care for the most is your happiness. If you are not happy, I will neither. The princess went to her father instead to you regarding the wedding which resulted in that her father talked with your father. In all this no one asked what you want. Not the princess and definitely not your father. I can understand what you feel right now." Brother said before sitting next to me.

"Whatever...." I mumbled.

"In my opinion Yi Fei is far better than my wife who is childish and thinks if she does not get what she wants she will die out of unhappiness."

"I know. Yang Zi is the worst. If it wasn't for her, you and Zoey would maybe still be together. I hate her!" I said and heard him laughing.

"I don't like her either. But its not only her fault. It were her parents, mostly her father who spoiled her. Whatever she wanted, she got and now she thinks she is above everyone else. She is 20 but very stubborn and childish. But I think she might be an acceptable human being once she grew up. If you compare my wife with the princess you will understand why I think that Yi Fei is not that bad."

"I do understand that. I like Yi Fei but ....I do not love her. Brother, do you think once Yang Zi grew up, you will be happy with her? Do you hope that she will grow up? What about Zoey!?"

"Calm down, little brother. I thought we were talking about you. Listen, my heart belongs to Zoey. Never in this life will I love another woman and I will try my best to find a solution to divorce my wife. It will be very difficult because of that marriage contract but I will not give up. I still hope she might agree to divorcing me."

"You don really believe in what you said just now, do you?" I asked skeptical and he smiled sadly.

"No, I don't believe in it... but hope dies last. Now lets forget my or your marriage and talk about you. You caught the Halfmoon Thief and when Yang Zi heard of this she was really jealous. You should have seen her face... tell me, what was your wish?" He asked and his eyes sparkled in excitement.

"Nothing." I answered and laughed when I saw his shocked face.

"He did not fulfilled a wish? I can not imagine him doing that... He might be a Thief but he is a righteous one..... if that makes any sense." He said with raised brows.

"He is not Robin Hood, okay!? He is not as righteous as you might think. He wanted to grant me a wish but I had none. For a moment I thought about asking him to help me preventing the wedding but... if something happens that will actually prevent the wedding, Father will suspect it was my doing without caring if its true or not and then Zoey will .... I couldn't do it."

"I see ... I know I shouldn't say that but thank you. For keeping them safe even if that means to do something you don't want....."

"That is a matter of course. I love Zoey, Yuan and you and would do everything to protect you. That is what family is there for. If you want to make up for it then promise me to visit me at least once a week over there. Without your wife!." I said warningly and smiled to help him to feel better.

"I promise." He kissed my head before continuing to ask me about incident yesterday. "What happened next? He just decided to make you sleep? In the recording we could only see you talking to him before you started to retreat once he came closer. At the end we could only see a little of his back and after a few minutes he carried you to the couch...?" He wanted to know but the mischievousness I saw in his eyes told me he might suspected what happened. I don't know how he could notice something like this in the recordings when everything one could see was that perverts back but before I could even think about how to answer his unasked question properly he already laughed after seeing my probably flushed face.

"Do you think this is funny!?" I asked him angrily.

"If what I think that happened turns out to be true, then yes, it is funny."

"Why is that funny? He harassed me! That is a crime!" I complained.

"I think its funny because it was just yesterday when we had this serious conversation about your possible preferences and only a few hours later you got kissed by a man. But you are totally right, it is a crime. Mind to tell me why you did not tell Officer Song about this harassment?"

"I am not gay!" I answered firmly and heard him chuckle.

"I never said anything into that direction. I just want to know why you did not tell Officer Song about the kiss?"

"Attack! It was an attack. You cant possible call it a kiss when he was that rough. I thought my lips and tongue might suffer from permanent damages. Zhan-ge's kiss was a real kiss, not this one." I answered seriously.

"So if you had to chose you would kiss your friend rather than the thief...?" My brother asked me and without noticing that he was just teasing me I answered his question truthfully.

"Yes. Zhan-ge's kiss was was slow and soft while the thief's kiss was a hungry one. I think it would depend on my mood to chose which kiss was better. That night I would have kissed Zhan-ge rather than that pervert."

"I thought it was an attack?" Brother asked amused.  

 "What?" Now I was confused.

"You just said you like the kiss with your friend better than the kiss with the thief but didn't you say earlier the thief did not kiss but attacked you. And does that mean if you have the choice you would kiss your friend again?"

"No! If I have the chance I would kiss a woman! Can you please stop confusing me!?" I begged him and he ruffled through my hair.

"It's not me, it's you, Yibo. You are totally uncertain about yourself and that makes you confused. Maybe you should take some time and think about everything." He said and took something from the bedside table. "Here. Someone called you numerous times since yesterday. Its an unknown number but maybe its important. And Auntie called as well. I told her you was not feeling good. University is also notified."

"Shit! The pastry shop. I need to go there." I said, climbed out of the bed and run into the bathroom to take a shower

"Calm down. Do you think you can work?" Brother asked me while waiting in front of the bathroom.

"You may not believe it, brother, but I am not tired at all. I really need to go there." I insisted.

"Fine, but take your time. I will put your school uniform on the bed." He said and then I heard a door slammed open.

"Haikuan, where is your brother? I need to ask him about last night. Its important." I heard Yang Zi's voice and rolled my eyes.

"There is nothing to talk about. He already told everything he knew to the police and that is enough. Go out and let my brother have some time for himself." Brother ordered and soon I heard a door closing. I sighed in relief and thought about the incident last night.

Brother said I was confused and I thought he was right. But why? I definitely like woman. I mean, I always liked them. The reason why I liked Zhan-ge's kiss is obviously. It was my first kiss after all, so of course I would like it. It was something new, something exciting and probably also something forbidden.

But what about the Thief's kiss. Maybe because of the sleeping pill.... It can only because of that.

Then why did I not liked the kiss with Yi Fei. She was a woman, a good and lovely woman. Sure I did not love her but I don not hate her either. I actually like her as a friend. A normal friend.

I was so annoyed with my thoughts and everything that happened the last days, that I screamed out loudly in frustration. 'I need to talk with someone about this .... but with whom?' I asked myself and once I was done with the shower, I left the bathroom and walked to the bed where I found my school uniform. I quickly got dressed and put all my things into my bag before grabbing my phone. The unknown number called me 17 times and the call logs told me that I called this number once a few days ago.  

 '17 calls, hm? Only one person can be this annoying... it must be Zhan-ge...' I thought with a smile and decided to save his number before leaving the room and almost colliding with a maid, the one who had a crush on me, if I could believe my brother's words.

"Master Haikuan told me to lead you to the back door. Please follow me." She smiled and walked ahead. If she really had a crush on me, she did not show it. She looked over her shoulders multiple times but that was probably because she wanted to make sure I was following her. Once we arrived at the back door, she opened it and let me through.

Just as I was about to pass her she stopped me by grabbing my right hand. I turned around to ask her for the reason for this. She did not blush when our eyes met and in her eyes I could not see that she loved me. I was sure of that because whenever I looked into Yi Fei's eyes, they told me, almost screamed at me just how much deep she loved me. 

This maid in front of me did not show any signs that she loved me but what I could see was her licking over her lips eyeing my chest. I almost laughed. She was not in love with me but rather with my body. Before I could say something, she let go of my hand almost immediately when she saw my brother approaching us.

"Excuse me, Sir." She mumbled and quickly walked away. My eyes followed her as she walked into the garden shed. My brother stood a few meters away and raised his brows. I knew what he thought. "I told you she has a crush on you."

I shook my head confidently while grinning, making him looking at me in confusion before I run towards the next bus stop.

45 Minutes later I arrived at the pastry shop and saw auntie just finishing talking with a customer. Once she saw me, she smiled and walked up to me.

"How are you, my boy? I heard you were not feeling well, why did you came?" She asked and touched my forehead. "At least no fever." She mumbled relieved.

"I am fine now. I slept for a long time and feel better. Am I not allowed to work?" I asked amused and saw her grinning.

"Now that you are here, I beg you to stay. While you stayed at home I needed to quickly find a replacement for you. My husband and I are good in baking but not as good and especially not as fast as you. Thankfully my daughter is in town and I asked her for help. She agreed to help out but this evening she will leave again." She said and I had to laugh.

"You actually let Yang Mi in the kitchen!? I am surprised the pastry shop is still standing...." I stated amused.

"I can hear you, Yibo!!" I heard a female voice from the kitchen and had to laughed. Auntie winked at me before leaving to join her husband in the garden.

"But its true. You suck at baking." I said once I entered the kitchen.

"That's why I did not take over this shop and became a car mechanic. Not everyone can be as gifted as you." She answered and after we glared at each other for a while we chuckled before we gave us a hug.

"Glad to see you. You have to visit your mother more often. She is missing you." I told her reprimanding.

"I know, I know. I miss her too and I will visit her as often as possible. But I live in Shanghai and cant always come over. I have a job and a partner, you know." She answered before we let go of each other. "Now that you are back, you can take over again and I will watch you doing your magic." She grinned and sat on the working surface.

"Thanks for that." I chuckled. "I heard you are leaving this evening again?"

"Yes. I am happy to have seen you before I do. I am glad that you take good care of my parents but... I heard soon you will have to leave?" She asked carefully and I frowned slightly.

"What do you know?"

"Everything my mother knows as long as he did not hid something from me. Tough life, huh?"

"Lets not talk about that." I said and she nodded.

"Alright. Then tell me, anything new since the last time we met?"

to be continue.....

Yang Mi is the daughter of  auntie and uncle but will only show up in this and the next chapter. Its like a cameo, a needed one ^^

I also decided to not put the daughter of the chief of the police into the character information because she is actually not important. I only have her so HaoXuan has a little love rival and something to "fight" against ^^ 

Officer Song is one lucky guy to have involuntary caught the heart of Haoxuan.^^ I am glad that HaoXuan decided to stop sleeping with random women, and men, in order to chase the person he likes. Who is with me? 

Xiao Zhan also feels not that eager to have sleep with women. Wasn't he a playboy? What is happening...? And our Yibo is confused. He is sure he likes woman but since a while now he has doubts. 

The next chapter will come out on Thursday (next week). I hope to see you there <3 <3 <3

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