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Chapter 01
Before actually starting the story, here are a few necessary details about the main characters:
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XIAO ZHAN
28 years old, born in the USA, in a family of Chinese immigrants, who managed to provide a high education and a good life to their son.
Zhan is also known by the name of Sean, especially at his working place.
He works as the main assistant for a wealthy and successful businessman.
Mister Meng, his boss, appreciates and cares very much about him, he sees Sean not only as a common employee, but mostly as a replacement for his own son who died along with his wife in a plane crash.
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WANG YIBO
22 years old, born in a poor countryside family from China.
When he was only 16, he accidentaly heard how a mobster was offering his father money, in exchange for selling his attractive teenager son to a criminal organization of prostitution. When Yibo saw that his father was being hesitant, he didn't wait to find out his response, but he ran away from home.
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MENG ZOEY
24 years old, Zhan's best friend, a beautiful and rich heiress of a big cosmetics company, also mister Meng's niece.
Zhan's boss would have liked for him to marry his niece, but sadly (sadly for mr Meng, though) he learned that Zhan is gay.
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Okay, now let's finally start the story!
"Everything is packed, all the documents have been checked several times already, as to not forget something behind, the luggage is at the door, the plane ticket and the travelling documents are here, in my hand bag...All I have to do now is wait for Zoey to move her lazy ass and pick me up for giving me a ride to the airport.", the young man was mumbling to himself, while checking out his wrist watch.
He took a seat on the couch and opened his laptop.
This would be, what, his tenth time only for that day, to view and overview that damn profile number 13?
He started yelling into the void:
"What's wrong with you, Xiao Zhan, put yourself together, you are a brainy man, you graduated from Magna Cum Laude for fuck's sake, why are you acting like a complete moron?
A 28 years old moron, on top of that!
An old pervert who's lusting over some stranger's pictures, over a kid. Because that is what he is, just a little kid, look at that small face, look at that delicate skin and...smoothy, juicy lips.
Stop it, just stop it!"
The phone buzzing snapped him out from his self-talking. It was Zoey announcing him that her car has died on her, on her way to his place.
"Don't worry Zoey, I said from the very start that I could take a cab, but mister Meng has insisted for you to pick me up, have no idea why, now that he finally gave up on matching us up."
"Why? Because he can't ask the cab driver to report him that you reached safely to the airport, that you departed safely, that you looked rested, so on...that's why he wanted me to pick you up. You know how much jiu Wei (A/n: jiu means uncle, the brother of Zoey's mother) cares about his precious Sean, and how worried he is, everytime is coming to flights.
Anyway I took a cab, you can come outside, I'm almost there."
Zhan closed the laptop, but not before running one last time his fingertips on the screen, where was being zoomed his favorite picture from the profile number 13: a sleepy boy with pouty lips and disheveled hair...
"Oh hell, I'm mentally deranged, I might have to get a shrink's appointment, after coming back.", he sighed and tossed the laptop in the bag.
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It was about half of the ride to the airport, when Zoey started to speak in that honey meowed voice that Zhan knew very well. She usually speaks in that voice when she is guilty of something, and wants to charm people to forgive her.
"Okay, Zoey, spill it out, what did you do this time? Do you need my alibi for something, do you need me to call your mom, hurry because we are almost there and I don't want to miss the flight." , Zhan smiled and tapped his best friend's nose.
"Only if you swear you'll not get angry with me.
You know that I love you, promise that you love me, too, no matter.", she meowed.
"C'mon Zoey, speak, you're starting to scare me!
Okay, I love you and forgive you, now tell me!"
"I bought your birthday present, even though your birthday is three months later."
"Oh, is that it, you're afraid I will not like it?
God, Zoey, you know how to give people heart attacks, you sounded like you did something very bad.
You know I'm not picky, I like any present, especially that I know it's given with love.", Zhan squeezed her hand, sighing in relief.
"Yes, you're right, it's given with love.
I love you Sean, and I could bear no more to see you unhappy. You deserve better!
That's why I bought for you my birthday present.
I bought for you the profile number 13 guy, happy birthday, a preemptive happy birthday, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY anyway!"
"You did what?", Zhan shouted, earning from the cab driver a suspicious and slightly annoyed glance in the rearview mirror.
"Sean, you don't have to marry him, please don't freak out, just listen to me!
I thought that it would be such a great opportunity to meet this guy with whom you were obsessing so much, now that you go in Beijing.
It's true that he lives in Guangzhou, but it's not a big deal to take a flight from Beijing to Guangzhou. I only wanted you to meet this guy, to know him, spend some time with him and have a little fun with your crush.
Anyway, I have just registered you, not as a buyer, but as an interested customer who would like to meet the applicant number 13 in person, that's it."
"That's it?!
Zhoey, are you crazy?
First of all, that guy is a kid, he is only 22, and I am 28!
Secondly, even if he is just a kid, he could be a delincvent, a robber, a drug addict, a serial killer, or god knows what!"
"Sean, you watched too many movies lately, he is registered on the same site, you have found the wife for jiu, and you said that your research on them, showed you that it's a serious and legal business agency with great reviews. Why would you trust them for that woman, but not for the kid?
Besides, you are the smartest person I have ever seen, I'm sure you will be able to figure him out, now that you will meet him in person.
As for the age gap, you shouldn't be worried, just look at you, you are not even 22 yet, not in your look but neither in your spirit, you are a cute teenager."
"Oh, Zoey, you insane woman, explain how could I meet him, if you say you registered me under your name, not as I really thinking about actually meeting him, but I’m just curious about how your twisted mind is working!"
"You know that China doesn't accept homosexuality, so I couldn't register an interested customer of the same gender as the applicant's gender. That's why I gave my own name and other infos they requested.
But I uploaded your picture, not mine, so he saw you and said he accepts to meet you because he took an instant like on you at the first sight."
"My picture? But how? As you said, same gender customer is not acceptable!"
"Do you remember Yubin's birthday party from last year, when we played that trick on him, and we crossdressed you in a woman? Poor Yubin, he fell in love with you right away he’d seen you, luckily he is secure enough with his hetero sexuality and accepted in the end that you are not a woman, and got over you quickly enough."
"Zoey, cut the blabbering, and tell me what did you do?!", Zhan yelled, wiping his sweaty forehead with the back of his palm.
The girl took out her phone and scrolled down for a certain picture:
"This is the picture I gave them, it's me and you as a woman.
When he asked me which one from the two girls is a customer, I asked him which one would he wish for, to be. What do you think was his answer?
He said both girls are beautiful, but he chose the girl with that adorable lip mole and fascinating eyes, he chose you!"
"Wait, wait, Zoey, he asked, you asked, you chatted directly with him, not with the agent?"
"Yes I chatted with him, not once, but several times, I wanted to be sure he is not who knows what freak, before giving him to you.
It was hard to always rejecting his requests to see each other on Skype, but I managed to convince him to accept only texts or emails.
I like him very much, I'm sure you will like him, too."
"Zoey, you can have him, if you like him so much, after all it's you who's registered on there.
Oh, I get it now, you like this boy, Wang Yibo, and you were worried that I would get upset that you so-called "stole" my weird...
Zoey, you shouldn't worry, actually I am relieved and happy at the same time that you will help me to cure this sick obsession, because I have really started to get anxious and concerned about my mental well being.
Thank you Zoey!"
"No, no, Sean! You misunderstood, I said I like him, not for me, but I like him for you!
I told him that Zoey Meng will travel to China, sent by her boss, and it would be a great opportunity to meet him, without the agency's knowledge, as it would be too complicated.
Look here, take this bag, there is a notebook inside with his address, phone number, the wig and the skirt."
"Whaaat?!
Wig?!
Skirt?!"
"We have arrived!", the cab driver announced, happy that he will finally get rid of the noisiest customers that he has ever had.