The next day, Yibo got up early and left the house early as well as he didn't want to come into contact with Tina.

He didn't like it when Tina talked about Zhan. And since last night he wasn't able to sleep, he wondered if Tina and Zhan met, would he also be kind to her and rude to him? Would he also come to his house and only spend time with Tina in her room and just ignore him, or would he make him cook and do other things?

Just the thought made him highly uneasy, and hence he was sulking during his work. There was a frown on his face as he stared at his computer, lost in thoughts.

Ziyi approached him and tried to talk to him, but he was really not in the mood to talk, so most of the time he was sulking and just nodding his head.

Ziyi sighed and gave up after a while. When it was finally lunch time, his phone rang, at first, he ignored it, but after it kept on ringing four times, he finally looked at it and saw that it was Zhan's call. He finally paused what he was doing and sat straight as he stared at his phone. The phone rang till the end, and then it stopped ringing.

He gulped nervously, and then his phone rang again, and this time he finally answered it, "hello."

"Did I disturb you?" Zhan said.

"No," Yibo spoke.

"I called you so many times and you ignored me, I guess you no longer want to talk to me. Do you hate me now? I feel really sad now." Zhan said in a sad voice, "I guess you don't want to be close to me anymore... That's sad."

"No, no, no, no, it's not like that... I mean... I wasn't ignoring you... I swear, I was just busy. Please don't stop talking to me..." he said nervously, and Zhan smiled on the other side as he said, "Fine then how about you have lunch with him today?"

"Alright," Yibo replied without much hesitation.

"Perfect then, come out," Zhan said, and Yibo blinked before he got up and walked outside the building and saw Zhan standing on the other side of the road, leaning against his car.

Yibo smiled when he saw him as he carefully crossed the road and reached Zhan, "You are here."

Zhan smiled and said, "Yes, I am. Come on, get in the car; I am sure that you are really hungry." He said this as he opened the car door for Yibo to get in. Yibo didn't think much of it, but this was the first time someone had opened the door for him, and he looked at Zhan before he got in the car, Zhan shut the door before he walked to his driver's seat.

"Thank you," Yibo said while Zhan started to drive the car. While Zhan was driving, he noticed that Yibo was quiet today. He did talk, and he often smiled, but there was something about his behavior that made Zhan assume that something was wrong.

Once they reached the restaurant, which was really very expensive and lavish, Yibo didn't notice that his main concern was that he was hungry and wanted to eat something good.

Had it been someone else, then they would be in awe of the hotel and would already started to worry about the price and all, but Yibo was rather chill because he was with Zhan.

Zhan ordered something for the both of them since Yibo had asked him to order for him as well, and once they were seated, Zhan asked, "Tell me, Yibo... what's on your mind? Why do you look upset today?"

Yibo looked at Zhan, and then he was suddenly reminded of Tina, her harsh behavior, and her request. He looked at Zhan and smiled before he felt really uncomfortable at the thought that Tina wanted to see Zhan.

He subconsciously touched his arms as he gently rubbed the place where he had a bruise because of Tina's abuse. There were several more on his body since Tina always throws things at him, which often collide with his body and cause bruises.

Zhan saw Yibo become silent, and there was a frown on his face as he gently massaged his arm, Zhan was not happy to see that, however, Yibo did not notice the air around him turning cold as he observed him with a sharp gaze. His expression was cold before he finally got up and grabbed Yibo's arm and said, "Come with me."

"Where?"

"Just come," Zhan said as he grabbed Yibo and dragged him somewhere, he brought Yibo to the washroom and locked the door before he pushed him against the wall and caged him between his arms, making Yibo flustered.

"What happened?"

Zhan softened his demeanor and said, "You have to trust me, I just want to see something." Zhan said before he suddenly removed Yibo's coat and then undid the buttons of his shirt, Yibo's eyes widened as he grabbed Zhan's hand and said, "What are –"

"Shush." Zhan looked at Yibo, and the two made eye contact, Zhan made sure to look for any signs that Yibo was scared and fortunately, Yibo was not scared, instead, his face was red and he was extremely shy, Zhan bit the insides of his cheeks to stop himself from smiling, before he said, "I am not going to hurt you."

Yibo looked at him and said, "I know you won't."

"Good," Zhan said as he quickly removed the shirt, and once his eyes fell on Yibo's torso his smile was gone and his eyes widened for a moment before an extremely cruel and murderous look appeared on his face.

He saw the bruises on Yibo's bare torso, his heart clenched as he sucked in deep breath. Yibo looked rather embarrassed as he looked at Zhan, whose eyes were fixated on his body.

Zhan slowly raised his hand and gently touched the bruises that were forming near Yibo's abdomen. Yibo shivered when Zhan touched his skin and he grabbed Zhan's hand, "Zhan... I..."

"Remove your shirt." Zhan ordered, and this time his voice was stern, and he looked at Yibo with stern eyes and said, "Remove it, baby cheeks. Right now."

Yibo took a deep breath before he removed his shirt, and when Zhan saw the rest of the bruises, he went blank.

"Can... can I wear my clothes back, Zhan?" Yibo asked, "Why do you look angry? Did I do something?"

Zhan closed his eyes and sighed. He clenched his fists so hard that his knuckles turned white before he gathered himself, opened his eyes, started to button up Yibo's shirt, and fixed his clothes himself.

Before he said, "Who did it, Yibo?" Zhan asked, "And you better say the truth; if you lie, then you will be doing something very wrong, and I won't be happy. So, tell me who did it."

Yibo looked down and Zhan gently grabbed his shoulders and asked again, "Answer me Yibo."

"Tina."