🔸𝐍𝐎 ℓσɳɠεɾ 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐃🔸

𝑻𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒚 𝑭𝒊𝒗𝒆

"Xiao Zhan!" Jiang Cheng yelled. "Can you take care of A-yaun all alone?! If you co-parent with Yibo, then it will help you balance the responsibility of parenthood by having another person to rely on and make decisions. It will reduces your stress!"

"A-yaun is my baby! I can take care of him! I don't need a stranger's help to raise my child!" Xiao Zhan cried.

"Yibo is not a stranger. He is the father of A-yaun." Jiang Yanli reminded him.

"Wang Yibo has nothing to do with A-yaun!" Tears ran down Xiao Zhan's cheek. "A-yaun is mine and mine only!"

"A-Zhan," Jiang Yanli said in a low voice, "Parents provide their children with the first model of what a relationship is and what it looks like. That's why it's so important that you show your child a positive, productive, and respectful relationship, regardless of your relationship status with the other parent, Wang Yibo."

"It's more easy said than done!" Zhan sobbed.

"Your child is watching and learning from both of you." It was Jiang Cheng. "If you want A-yaun to lead a happy life, then you should show him the relationship you want him to have in his future. Not like the one that you are going through right now."

"I can teach my baby." Zhan argued.

"You can but you have to set him an example too." Jiang Yanli said, patting his shoulder. "From now on, do not talk negatively about the Yibo in front of the child. Avoid arguments with him and practice calm, productive discussions in front of A-yaun."

"Also," Jiang Cheng added, "Talk to Yibo about A-yaun, including any decisions that need to be discussed and made together. Don't take any decision alone."

"Leave if you are done!" Xiao Zhan clutched his heart, crying, kneeling on the floor.

"A-Zhan, please, list-...." Jiang Yanli's words were cut off by Zhan.

"Shijie, please... leave me alone. Please..."

"Jie, let's go." Jiang Cheng nudged his sister. Jiang Yanli nodded and said to Zhan,

"Have your breakfast. Call us if anything. Bye, A-Zhan. Take care of yourself and the baby."

"Take care!" Jiang Cheng says before walking out of the house alongside his sister.

Xiao Zhan sobbed even more harder when the door got closed and he was left alone.

His heart felt like it would rip apart any minute! He felt emotional again, he let it free and let his tears fall. Sadly Xiao Zhan couldn't bring himself to stop crying, he just sat there while the world pass him by and he felt more useless.

Xiao Zhan was crying and taking deep breaths, he soon felt weak and saw his vision was wavering with all the tears.

Xiao Zhan has never felt this pain, his chest was painful, his heart has broken.

He felt so useless!

Words of his siblings from earlier came flooding in. How could they say that it would be better if he could co-parent with Yibo!

Everyone thought of everything except him! None thought of him, his feelings, his emotions! Nothing!

Everyone slid up with Wang Yibo saying that he was correct and Xiao Zhan's heart ached! So what if he was right?! He was the one who left him all alone with a baby in him three years back?! How could he deserve to get close to the child?!

Tears freely ran down his face, and he did not want to stop them!

Having someone by your side for a long time and then not having them at all was hard. It was like a new open wound that will take a long time to heal.

And Xiao Zhan's wounds have not healed yet. Although Wang Yibo was here back again, his deeds from three years ago, still haunted Xiao Zhan!

Wang Yibo had broken his heart and that could never be fixed again! Wang Yibo had done all the things that Xiao Zhan had feared would never happen and nothing could be easily forgiven!

Xiao Zhan was feeling terrible, the taste in his mouth was bitter and everything around him seemed ugly and lifeless. His every thought about anything made him annoyed and uncomfortable, he couldn't stand his own presence. Just the mention of Wang Yibo's name brought back all those memories he had been trying hard to avoid for more than two years now. It wasn't usual for Xiao Zhan to cry so often, before, but now, he was feeling emotional for a good number of reasons, so he allowed himself to cry, even if it did not make him feel better in the slightest!

Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo were meant to be, people would say. There was a time when Xiao Zhan really believed that.

He and Yibo... matched. In every single possible way. They matched even when they were total opposites.

Their chemistry was undeniable, on or off character, anyone could see. Especially when they hit and teased each other so much. People would tell Xiao Zhan that Wang Yibo looked at him as if he was the guy's whole world, and in the end, it turned out they were right. Wang Yibo loved him deeply, with all his heart.

Until that day!

Until that fateful night when Wang Yibo had believed that he have had sex with Wen Chao!

Yibo was the only person in the world who could make him feel like such a mess.

He hated this. Hated him.

Hated Wang Yibo!