"Hello, Dad!" Jared on the phone was brisk, sounding in a good mood, but his words were full of gunpowder: "I think you must have negotiated a good price, right?"
"Pay attention to who you are talking to, Jedi, I'm your father!" The old man held the microphone and squinted to look outside through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the study. Although the garden blocked his view, he could still see those wandering on the street. Reporters, while all these guys upset him, they didn't give him more headaches than the son on the phone.
"Of course, of course, I know that you are my honorable father, your words and deeds are our standard and our role model, so we just need to do what you ask to be right, right?" Jared still? It's still the same brisk tone, "Look, I'm doing exactly what you said, I just want to ask how the conversation is going."
"Chris is my most beloved granddaughter, you have to understand that, Jedi." The old man tried to calm his tone: "And now is not 20 years ago!"
"Yes, of course I understand, but..." Jared's voice became cold, "please remember that your granddaughter is also my daughter! And I don't think you really understand what you just said, K. Mr. Lester! Chris has a life of her own, and she has the right to choose instead of following other people's arrangements!"
"No one arranged, and no one forced!" The old man seemed to be angry too, "As an elder, I have an obligation to tell the young man what he should do and what he needs, instead of letting him do whatever he wants. Chris."
"Everyone has his own free will, and no one can interfere! What he should do and what needs to be done is his own judgment! And you, Mr. Kleist, will never understand this!" Excited, that Jared on the side didn't notice that he said "he" instead of "she".
Obviously the old man didn't notice it either, and unknowingly raised his voice: "So you haven't fully matured yet, and you're not a truly qualified father, otherwise how could you let Chris be in the entertainment industry!"
Speaking of this, he suddenly covered his chest and gasped for breath, and the hand holding the phone trembled and almost fell.
"Dad..." There was only half a word and he stopped, but the anxiety in it was very obvious.
"You think you'd better reflect on yourself. Similarly, Chris is not only your daughter, but also my granddaughter!" After softening, the old man's tone was still stern.
"I don't need you to remind me of what I do!" After a moment of silence, this sentence came, "That's it for today."
Then, with a bang, the phone was disconnected. The old man looked at the microphone in his hand with a wry smile, then put it back in place. At this time, his chest has been much better, and it was just a little anxious just now.
"Claude, what happened, are you okay?" His wife's figure immediately appeared at the door of the study.
"Don't worry, Martha, it's just a little thing." The old man waved and stood up to say that he was no big deal. Sometimes he thinks it's amazing that as long as he is unhappy or uncomfortable, his wife will always come to him at the first time, as if he has the ability to predict.
"Are you on the phone with Jedi? Are you arguing again?" she asked, looking at her husband.
"It's nothing, Sarah, we just said a few words." The old man made a gesture.
"You are arguing again." The question turned into an affirmative.
The old man was silent for a moment, then smiled wryly again, then spread his hands and shook his head: "This is just like the Chinese saying, it's called—'one slip of a step leads to eternal hatred', is that so?"
"My dear, I have to regret to tell you that it is wrong for you to use 'one slip into an eternal hatred'. If you want to use Chinese, you have to know the scope of its use." The wife said jokingly.
The old man laughed, his brows stretched a lot, and he sighed softly: "I'm used to it, anyway, if I don't have a word with Jedi, I'll get into a fight, and what I originally wanted to say will change its taste. Maybe we It's been like this until I'm back in the arms of the Lord."
"No, my dear, I promise," the wife gave her husband a soft hug, "actually you all know where the problem is and the need to solve it, but you just don't want to speak before the other party. So Jedi has to pass Mary invited us to the West Coast, and you'll have to ask me about what's going on with Jedi... In that sense, Jedi is worthy of your son."
"If he could be more like Dean, then I'd be happier." The old man couldn't help but snorted softly.
"Okay, Crow, you're here again." The wife couldn't help but glared at her, "If this time, you ask Jedi for advice in advance, and tell him clearly that he is just taking Chris to see, not It will happen now."
"Sarah, do you think he would agree if I asked Jedi? How would he react if he reluctantly agreed and saw such news in the newspaper?" The old man spread his hands.
Seeing his wife's helpless expression, he patted her hand lightly and changed the subject: "Well, I really should pay attention to myself, I hope this kind of thing won't happen again."
The wife didn't say much, but just held his hand gently, just as she had been with him for so many years.
The same scene also happened in Los Angeles. If someone could hear the two conversations at the same time, they would find that the words and sentences used by the two sides and the meaning they wanted to express were similar, but the speakers were different, and they were the ones who adjusted the atmosphere in the end. I have to say that women can see better when they are bystanders.
Afterwards, after Jared knew through his mother that his father was fine, he began to take out his anger on other people, whether it was his brother Dean or his sister Ruth, Wendy, or Brian. All the people in New York who were in the dark were snarled by him on the phone with his harsh language without swearing. Even Vincent, who had nothing to do with this matter, was also affected by Chiyu.
However, everyone knows Jared's temperament, so he basically laughed it off. According to Vincent's words, it was rare that the arrogant, young and frivolous Jedi came back.
And Angela still didn't know the situation, when her father called to ask, she just said: "Okay, Dad, nothing happened, I just think he is interesting and plan to try to date, if it's not suitable, then break up. Well, we didn't do anything and didn't stray, I know what I'm doing!"
In this case, Jared didn't plan to let his daughter know what happened, so he didn't ask any more questions. As for how to get along with his father when he knew the specific situation... This will be discussed later.
It's not surprising that Angela didn't notice this because of her cleverness. Apart from the harassment of reporters, she would start to get busy soon, otherwise she might ask one, two, three or four in front of her grandfather.
As Natalie said, the collusion between the girl and Jonathan was asking for trouble, and a large number of reporters who wanted to get the scoop circled around Grandpa's villa all day, even if they were warned not to get too close by the editor-in-chief, but It's almost 24 hours a day, for fear of missing something. And Jonathan's home on the Upper East Side was treated the same way, maybe even more people, as long as a photo of Angela entering his home would be big news.
But Angela still doesn't think so. Even if Jonathan complained to him on the phone, she didn't think there was any problem with Wabert's date to see the Yankees game because she was afraid that the reporters had caught something and had to cancel it.
"Don't worry, Joe, they won't bother you when I leave New York," said the girl soothingly, "think about it, then you can go to New Jersey or Maryland or Canada with Vader generously. date."
"We've done this before!" Jonathan over there replied angrily.
"But at least it can reassure the family, isn't it? Don't forget, we have expected this situation before. In short, don't worry, it will be in a few days."
"Can't you just show up a few more times to distract them."
"You know, I'm releasing a new album soon, and the record company advised me to take this opportunity to grab the public's attention, so try not to show up until then."
"As an American idol, do you still need to use this method to create popularity?"
"I signed a contract with them, so naturally I have to listen to them, right?" Angela said and looked at the time, "Okay, I won't tell you, I have a friend from afar to entertain today. , if you don't want them to know the reason why I am looking for you as a boyfriend, then I will hang up first, goodbye."
After the line was closed, the girl sighed and returned to the bedroom. As soon as she entered the door, a little guy on the sofa who was chatting cheerfully with Natalie and Scarlett immediately fell down again.
"Okay, Weiwei, I've already apologized, can't you forgive me?" Angela sat down in front of her with a look of grievance.
"You broke your promise! You said you came to see me during the summer vacation!" Avril pouted, looking even more aggrieved than her.
"Wei Wei also wrote a song herself, and I plan to sing it for you!" Scarlett also helped, while Natalie didn't say a word, completely watching the show.
"Well... Weiwei wrote a song? Can you sing it to me?" The girl rolled her eyes and took the opportunity to cut into the topic.
Avril hummed softly, took the guitar and started playing. Compared with a few years ago, her singing skills have improved a lot. Although she is still a little green, she already has her own taste.
This song about the friendship between two girls is very light, the lyrics and music are relatively good, and it reveals a different kind of sincerity, which makes Angela a little moved, but also a little surprised, if this is written by Avril herself... Because of her own Has the presence allowed her musical potential to begin to unfold? But why not rock and roll
Putting away her own thoughts, after Avril finished singing, Angela stepped forward and hugged the little girl: "It really touched me, Weiwei, I apologize to you again, is there anything I can make up for you?"
The little girl's anger came and went quickly, and her eyes lit up immediately: "Then let's go out together..."
"Sorry, dear, this can't be done, you know that I've been entangled by those guys recently, and the company wants me to show as little as possible to cooperate with the publicity." Angela said apologetically.
"Then... can't I go out with makeup like Manny and the others said?" Avril looked disappointed.
"That's not 100% sorry. Besides, Manny and Nat are also on the list now. If they go out together and are recognized, it will be difficult to wear makeup and go out in the future." The girl said while observing the little guy. After she became more and more disappointed, she smiled again: "However, I have other ways to compensate you."
"What is it?" Weiwei immediately raised her head.
"How about going to Harvard as the first stop of my campus tour?!"