Xiao Zhan had just put the cake inside the fridge. He had specially prepared for his Bo-di for when he returns safe with a trophy. He looked at the clock and it was already 4, without wasting another second, Xiao Zhan sprinted to his laptop and turned it on. Within minutes he had already open the ZIC 2020 Zhuhai Motorsports association live stream where his beloved was going to race.

This year, it was especially crowded, because of his Bo-di, many sponsors paid attention to the event and many tickets were sold. Previously, they bought tickets for merely 20 yuan but this year the tickets were sold as high as of 8000 yuan. Not only that, the live stream views exceeded million views. Wang Yibo has brought much economic growth for China's motorcycle sports.

The race didn't even start yet, Xiao Zhan felt elated already. His chest was filled with pride for his Bo-di and the victory he was going to bring. After all, he did win the first place in qualifying round.

Relieved that Xiao Zhan didn't miss a thing, he sat down more comfortably on his couch. The winners from the previous sections were receiving their trophies. He felt butterflies fluttering in his stomach, thinking in the next section, his Bo-di would be there as well.

He wasn't conceited, no. He was furthest thing from that. But he knew Wang Yibo. He had seen him work. He had seen his efforts. Even though he had barely time to practice, whenever he did practice, he gave it his all. Xiao Zhan recalled one of Wang Yibo's interview where he said, "If you don't do your best why bother trying?"

He has a fire in him, a spark that would only grow.

"Jiayou." Xiao Zhan whispered in his heart. A big smile adorned on his face when the camera finally showed Wang Yibo.
He was sitting so innocently but at the same time he looked damn sexy. He was wearing his 46 helmet for good luck.
It was the same number of his Motorcycle Idol, Rossi.
Xiao Zhan chuckled at how unbothered he was with camera. Every other racers were giving peace signs or finger hearts but his Bo-di? Oh, he couldn't care less about getting the screen.

All he wanted was to race.

Wang Yibo didn't bother, not even when a hot girl was standing inches apart in bit of revealing clothes. He only had his heart for one person and Xiao Zhan felt very special with just his small gesture. After displaying every racer on the camera, the race finally begun.

The excitement, the thrill, the happiness, everything turned into jitter of nervousness. Xiao Zhan had no idea watching sports was this hard.
Wang Yibo was doing great no doubt. But every time a turn came and Wang Yibo bent his bike to many degrees, it had given many jolts to Xiao Zhan's heart.
His feet were already cold and he was sitting hugging his legs while chewing his thumb.
"Bo-di Jiayou!"
Aside from that, Xiao Zhan was too much of a nervous mess to squeeze out anything. Wang Yibo's best lap score was 1:56. That was hella fast, Xiao Zhan would know.
Wang Yibo was behind few people but with the speed he was going, Xiao Zhan calculated that he would be able to move past them in no time.

But one racer was extremely close to Wang Yibo. Almost like he was chasing him.

Xiao Zhan wouldn't be thinking that If he had not seen the same racer in the practice and qualifying run right next to Wang Yibo. Xiao Zhan was certainly not a racer nor was he aware of any rules but people with eyes could clearly see that something was fishy.
So Xiao Zhan picked up his phone to search for the guy, he had seen his number to be 18, he wanted to put the face to that name.
Just as Xiao Zhan opened weibo he heard the cries of scream and his heart dropped.

Wang Yibo was on the ground. Wang Yibo fell? He crashed?

Xiao Zhan's eyes were wide open. Just one second he took off his eyes and everything changed?
He saw Yibo gesturing the same guy, assuring him that it's alright and carry on.
Hope was not lost...

The hope was fully crashed when he saw Yibo unable to start his bike again. How come?! The other guy fell as well? Why didn't his bike crash?
Oh, then the recap was shown and Xiao Zhan wished he hadn't seen how brutally his beloved was pummeled to the ground.

It was the same guy, number 18 - Hu Tongming.

A was the entry point for Wang Yibo's cut wile B for Hu Tongming. As long as they stayed in their lane, it was impossible for anyone to collide. Wang Yibo was in his lane, it was imperfect but very stable position.

But could it be said about Hu Tongming?

Xiao Zhan saw how Hu Tongming's ride crashed the rear of his Bo-di's bike and fell down, pounding to the ground in the loop. And each time Bo-di hit the ground, it chipped a big part of Xiao Zhan's heart. His fall was worst than the other player.
His limbs went cold while he was sweating like the sun was directly above him. His body was banging alarms but at the same time he felt very numb.

What just happened? Was he worried so much that his brain decided to display his biggest fear? What a terrible hallucination he was having. But the tears in his eyes said otherwise.

When his brain finally registered the incident, his first thought was to see his Bo-di.
He needed to see if he's okay. He needed to see if he's hurt. He just needed to see him.
Xiao Zhan quickly got up and took his mask. When he went to take his cap, his eyes fell on a very familiar object. Or more precisely, the bull necklace.
Xiao Zhan recalled the conversation from his birthday two days ago.

[Flashback]

"Yibo, can you drive slower on the race?"

A very amusing question was thrown in the air. The two of them got together quite late at night as Wang Yibo was busy practicing for his race all day. Xiao Zhan clearly scolded him to rest but Wang Yibo insisted to see him on his birthday at least. He was too busy to even celebrate his win for the Street Dance of China. Even that win wasn't easy. They put Wang Yibo through emotional trial by specifically putting a very personal song and making his two favorite dancers face off.

They marked it as another experience of life and put it behind. Xiao Zhan said, once his race is over, they would celebrate everything all together. And of course, Wang Yibo was up for it. And thus he was resting now on his gege's lap like a cute baby lion.

"Zhan-ge, if I drive slower, how would I win?" a valid point he raised.
"No, I mean. It's already too fast and -"
"And you're scared that I might get hurt?" Wang Yibo completed.
Xiao Zhan nodded innocently. Wang Yibo smiled through his closed eyes, it was a precious feeling to know how much his gege cared for him. But knowing him, Wang Yibo knew he would be overly worrying, so to ease the elder's mind, Wang Yibo revealed,

"Zhan-ge I'm a professional racer. Unless there's a problem with my bike, or I purposely want to kiss the road, it's highly unlikely there would be any accident."
"Bo-di! Don't say that word!"
"Lao Xiao, you're too superstitious. Tell you what, you can carry the ox necklace with you as a charm for that day okay? "
"But that's your lucky-"
"I'll be wearing the lion necklace - my other lucky charm that you gave me." Wang Yibo said with a wink and added, " And if something were to happen, just hold on to that and have faith in me."

[Flashback ends]

He has faith in Wang Yibo. He has absolute faith in his Bo-di. But what's to say about others?
Xiao Zhan's suspicion heightened when he saw those guys fist bump. Xiao Zhan didn't want to accuse anyone. But was that a humanly behavior? Should they be happy over the fall of someone else?

He immediately open weibo and his doubt was proven right.

They did it purposely!

The Biker 6 and 7 also fell and had an accident. Ironically they also belonged to HFK team. Even last year, Hu Tongming's bike collided with Chenchufei's and Muzironong's bike. How could a professional rider with months of practice make mistakes like that on final race?

Or what else would justify their celebration? No sane person would be cheering on the fall of their own racer now, would they? The dukadi team had gone too far.

Enraged. Angered. Agitated. Xiao Zhan was furious to say the least. Is this what the humanity has fallen into? He was utterly disappointed. But more than that, he was worried about his Bo-di.

Knowing his competitive nature, he would be frustrated for sure. But only Xiao Zhan knew how much of sensitive child at heart Wang Yibo really was. He was looking forward to it so much, he even proudly flaunted his bike to his friends. And they snatched that child's innocent dreams with a thick face.

Were those humans? He was no longer sure.

Xiao Zhan left Wang Yibo a text, "My Bo-di did great." And left the rest at his lion to solve with his team. It was matter where he couldn't interfere.

Xiao Zhan saw few more posts, he saw antis attacking Wang Yibo just because he stood up for his right. If a person didn't have the right to speak for himself, what kind of liberation they were giving him?

They were insulting him because he's an actor and has many privileges? Xiao Zhan wanted to talk about those 'privileges'. Did it mean having no rest at day as well as at night? Did it mean to record a program even when he had terrible stomachache, bad enough to go to the hospital? Did it mean to dance with an injured ankle? Did it mean to have no freedom and privacy at life?

Well if those privileges they were talking about then Xiao Zhan would like to remind them, that his Bo-di is just 23. A child at heart that did nothing but his absolute best.

And since they went as far as to call out his privileges, they should also have a back bone to deal with the truth when it's slapped to their faces.

Just then Xiao Zhan received a notification, it was from Yibo_Official.

"Thank you everyone for your concern on tracer-85 Wang Yibo. He's physically well, please don't worry."

It should have put him at ease, but it didn't. Xiao Zhan didn't want him just physically well, but emotionally as well. Since Xiao Zhan couldn't openly ask them, he sent them a private message and they responded him almost immediately.

"We are not allowing Wang Yibo to look at weibo, right now the antis are adding fuel to the fire."

"Did he eat?" Xiao Zhan texted.

"We will make him eat now."

"Thank you." Xiao Zhan replied and scrolled through Weibo. Indeed, Wang Yibo was on the hot search list.

After surfing the weibo for few more minutes, one thing become painfully visible. They wanted to recreate the 227 incident but this time, their target was Yibo. Not even in an eternity, Xiao Zhan would allow that especially because he knew the drill. Immediately Xiao Zhan called his lawyer and ask them to investigate with Yibo's Yamaha team.

Xiao Zhan saw Wang Yibo's message to his fans, asking them to have a meal. Even in the situation like this, he was putting the comfort of his fans above all. And then finally came his own response on Weibo.

"My fans don't help me scold anyone. I will speak for myself. It is a pity that I fell down but every athlete should treat things with a normal attitude. It is not right to lose the sports spirit."

Xiao Zhan was filled with pride agian. Wang Yibo did not need to participate in events like this for glory, he didn't need to win the competitions for fame. He's just a child who's following his heart. And they should respect that.

So Xiao Zhan did his part as well. He made a very delicious meal to welcome his lover. A cozy environment for him to relax. And without engaging, he kept reporting and blocking the haters. There were not worth their time.

But the true moment of happiness was when all of the people who has ever worked with Wang Yibo, posted to support him. He saw Day Day up brothers, his Street Dance of China team, directors, his fellow racer 777.

Xiao Zhan wanted to personally thank LiZong for watching over his Bo-di. And lastly his true fans. They were as rational as him.

He has a whole nation behind him.

And that is why, when the announcement from China Automobile and Motorcycle Sports Federation and the race Organization committee came that it has been ruled a racing accident. Xiao Zhan didn't let it bother him anymore.

It was unfair, true. They won the trophy, true. But what Wang Yibo won was something they would never achieve in any lifetime.

He won our hearts.

Roughly at 10, the door of their joint apartment opened and revealed his beautiful beloved. Instantly, Xiao Zhan scoped him in an embrace.

"My champion has returned."

At that time, all the pent up frustration and anger transitioned into his tears and Wang Yibo cried his heart out.

"I did my best."

"I know you did."

"Why did they do this?"

Why? Xiao Zhan wondered too once but he had learnt that there was never a why. Evil didn't need a reason, they just did it without a conscious.

"Because they were afraid of the real champion."

Wang Yibo was so tired and mentally exhausted, that he fell asleep in the comfort of his gege's embrace. Xiao Zhan picked him up and carried him to the bed.

"Zhan-ge, next year I will be so fast that they can't even catch my smoke." Wang Yibo said sleepily.

"Mn." Xiao Zhan simply assured and planted a kiss on his forehead. Next year, the haters be warned cause the real champion never falls.

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Sorry for errors and thank you for reading.

Wang Yibo for the win!!!