Xia Xingchen said: "How about we go somewhere else to have dinner."
"What's the point? He's meeting his father-in-law and his woman, and we're eating our own food!" Yu Zenan carried Xia Dabai upstairs, "Aren't there two octagonal pavilions? Whichever one they sit in, we'll sit in the other one."
After he said this, the boss led them to another pavilion.
The two pavilions were facing each other from a distance. The top floor was less than 10 meters away. If you spoke a little louder, the other side would hear you clearly.
As the two adults and one child went up, Xia Xingchen almost subconsciously turned his gaze to another pavilion.
as expected…
He was there. Opposite was a middle-aged couple. Xia Xingchen knew them. They were Lan Zhan and his wife.
Lan Ye sat beside him, head down, and he was not sure what he was saying to him. Lan Ye was smiling the whole time, but he did not show much expression, nor did he respond to anything Lan Ye said. Only when he occasionally raised his head and said something to Lan Zhan, would there be a hint of expression on his face.
Xia Dabai obviously saw it clearly, and suddenly shouted: "Dad!"
A crisp sound suddenly exploded in the quiet pavilion.
Xia Xingchen's heart skipped a beat.
Over there, Bai Yeqing and the Lan family all turned their heads and looked over. Obviously, they had never expected it to be them. Bai Yeqing and Lan Ye were both surprised for a moment, and their faces changed to varying degrees, but Lan Zhan and his wife didn't understand why.
"Dabai, what are you calling?" Xia Xingchen was shocked. She didn't know if Lan Ye would be the second Song Weiyi. If the child's identity was exposed, it would definitely not be a good thing for the child.
"Of course you're calling me dad!" Xia Dabai's clear voice showed no sign of lowering its tone. He suddenly put his arms around Yu Zenan's neck and said with a smile, "Dad, I had a great time today. Can you take me out to play again tomorrow?"
The child's voice was crisp, and although he was smiling, his eyes turned red when he looked at Yu Zenan. A thought flashed through Yu Zenan's mind, and he was a little scared by it. However, when he looked at the little guy in his arms and then turned his head to look at the man opposite him, the outline...
He hadn't noticed it before!
"Okay, wherever and whenever you want to go, dad will go with you!" Yu Zenan smiled and pinched the child's fair and tender face, with a doting look on his face. "But you still have to ask your mother's opinion on where to go. We two grown men respect her."
Xia Xingchen's eyes were swollen and sore, but when he saw the two interacting like this, his heart, which had just been hanging in the air, finally settled down.
When I heard him say that, I said, "No, there will be a parents' meeting tomorrow, and you have to perform your piano on stage."
"Yeah!" Xia Dabai seemed to suddenly remember this, "Dad, why don't you and Dabao accompany me tomorrow! I can play the piano!"
"No, Dabai, Dad is very busy tomorrow." Xia Xingchen still didn't want to trouble Yu Zenan for this kind of thing. Friends are friends, but participating in parent-child activities has a completely different meaning.
"It's okay. I'm not busy tomorrow."
Xia Xingchen didn't say anything, only heard a "pop" sound from the other side, which was the sound of a cup breaking.
"Ye Qing, are you okay? Your hands are bleeding." Lan Ye cried out nervously and quickly took out a towel from his bag to tie his hands.
Xia Xingchen felt as if her chest was clogged with cotton. She thought that no matter how delicious the food was, she probably had no appetite now.
"Let's not eat here. Dabai has been clamoring to go to KFC. Can I take you there?"
Xia Dabai nodded, and Xia Xingchen reached out to hug him. He immediately hugged her with both hands and buried his little face deeply in her neck.
There was a sudden damp coolness on the skin.
He cried…
Xia Xingchen's nose also felt sour, but she said nothing, and just hugged the child tighter.
In fact, she was also worried about the child's identity being exposed, but... when she thought about the child not being able to even call him "Dad" in front of others, and their father-son identity could never be made public, she always felt a dull pain in her heart.
… … … …
In the end, they parted on bad terms.
Yu Zenan took them to buy fast food, but at the fast food restaurant, Wu Qiong came hurriedly.
"Miss Xia, the master asked me to take the young master back to the old lady." Wu Qiong spoke very carefully in front of Yu Zenan.
Xia Xingchen thought the child would not be happy to go, but unexpectedly Xia Dabai grabbed the fast food bag and said, "Let's go. I'm going to tell grandma about dad's evil deeds! He's a playboy! He's a liar! He's a disgusting person!"
Xia Dabai kept muttering to himself as he followed Wu Qiong.
Xia Xingchen watched him get into the car and leave. The cold wind blew, and she still felt chilly in her heart.
"What are you going to do?" Yu Zenan looked at her for a long time before finally speaking.
"What should we do?" Xia Xingchen pretended to be stupid, brushed his messy hair, and said casually: "Let's just go to a fast food restaurant and get something for free."
"I'll buy you a drink." Yu Zenan grabbed her hand and said, "Let me take you to sit by the river."
… … … …
The wind is bitingly cold by the river.
Yu Zenan took off his coat, put it on the ground, sat down on one side, and patted the seat on the other side. Xia Xingchen stood there without moving: "Your clothes are so expensive, if you sit like this, they will be ruined."
Yu Zenan opened a beer and handed it over, "I have money. My sexy butt is much more important than clothes. Hurry up, stop talking nonsense and sit down."
"Narcissist." She sat down and took the wine.
Yu Zenan opened another can and drank several gulps.
"Xia Xingchen..." suddenly called her.
"Um?"
"… The child… is his, right?"
Xia Xingchen paused slightly in his drinking and clenched the can in his hand.
"Will you tell your brother?"
"The president has an illegitimate child, what a hot topic." Yu Zenan sighed with his head raised, "If the media polishes it up, it will be another exciting drama. Although he didn't get rid of my brother in the last wiretapping scandal, he cut off several of his capable men. Moreover, in the eyes of the people, his image has been greatly damaged, and it will be difficult to reverse it for a while. You say, if the news that Bai Yeqing has an illegitimate child is exposed now, how much revenge will my brother have to take~ By then, Bai Yeqing will be labeled a 'hypocrite'. Isn't it exciting to think about it? It can be considered as revenge for you, right?"
Xia Xingchen frowned, "How dare you tell your brother that? We can't even be friends anymore!"
Her expression was more serious than ever. "About the wiretapping scandal, it was your brother who attacked him first, wasn't it?!"