Saturday night at 8pm.
Lijing Villa in City A.
The weather in City A in June is good and intoxicating, and the whole green lawn in the single-family villa is particularly fresh. The location of the main banquet still chose the exquisite long table in the house. Unlike the silver western-style knife and fork in the past, it was replaced with brown-red chopsticks and patterned Chinese-style porcelain plates.
The entire layout of the restaurant is half-ocean and half-medium, and the selection of wallpaper and tablecloths is a bit Spanish.
It's just a family photo of the Ruan family wearing Tang suits, which was taken at an unknown time on the wall.
The family portrait in the restaurant is also thanks to her being able to figure it out.
Ruan Huyue sat in the main seat early, he was still wearing black trousers, his upper body was a short sleeve that was not very formal, and his hair was meticulously combed. On the right is the hostess of the house, Gu Ying.
Gu Yin was wearing a Chinese-style cheongsam. When he was middle-aged, he still maintained a good figure. Wearing a cheongsam showed a charm. It's a pity that he has a mean face that is the most unlikable.
Across the table sat Gu Ying's eldest son, Ruan Yan, the cheap younger brother who was hit by an electric car last time by Qin. He was about the same age as Qin Julai, and he should also be a high school student. Perhaps knowing Ju Yue's current situation and being informed by Gu Ying of the meaning of this meal in advance, Ruan Yan's face always showed a feeling of "I can't stand you but I can't do it".
Pretty good for dinner.
Qin actually arrived with Ruan Nan. Ruan Nan was wearing a dress. Qin was wearing the simplest white T and black jeans. It was generous but did not look formal. As expected, Ruan Huyue frowned without a trace when he entered.
This was the first time Qin actually saw Gu Ying. The two looked at each other briefly, and a tacit smell of gunpowder jumped between them.
On the right hand side were two people Qin didn't even know. Ruan Nan looked at them and felt awkward, Gu Ying explained with a smile: "Nan Nan, these are your father's two old friends in City A, maybe You haven't been back for a long time and haven't seen you."
Qin actually looked at the two of them for a while, and stopped talking for a while.
Ruan Nan also looked at the two of them and looked back at Ruan Huyue: "When did you like to make friends with each other."
Both of them laughed, Qin actually took out his mobile phone, and held a picture in front of him and Ruan Nan that he had never seen before. It seemed that he took a selfie.
The cheap brother Ruan Yan laughed out loud, and Gu Ying said hello: "Come on, sit first, today is our family banquet, and you can shoot whatever you want later."
Qin actually ignored her, sent the picture just taken to Feng Qing in one stroke, turned off the phone and sat down.
When everyone arrived, they started serving dishes. They said it was a family banquet, and none of them were made by hand. I don't know which private kitchen restaurant ordered the food to be placed on the home plate. The temporary waiter filled the hot and cold, pushed the car and closed the door and left.
Qin actually felt the breadth and depth of Ruan Huyue's "family banquet" again.
Maybe it was because he felt that he was pretending to be different. Ruan Huyue raised the wine glass in front of him and coughed: "I have lived in City A for nearly ten years. This city has witnessed my self-made, ups and downs, until now. , City A is my hometown. All of us here today are the most important wives, children, and friends in my life. It is the happiest thing for me to experience another reunion in this old house. "
Ruan Huyue said holding up the glass, Qin actually and Ruan Nan had a glass of red wine on hand, and even Gu Ying and Ruan Yan also had red wine on hand. Ruan Nan didn't raise his glass and frowned, "I don't drink."
Ruan Huyue lowered the glass and said softly, "Nannan, I have poured you a wine with a very low degree. The taste is very good, and there will be no alcohol in a glass."
"I don't drink." Ruan Nan repeated with a smile.
Ruan Huyue was stunned for a moment, then Gu Ying smiled, got up and took out a bottle of juice from the kitchen: "I didn't prepare freshly squeezed, this imported one is also good, Nannan, let's drink this."
Gu Ying poured a glass and handed it to Ruan Nan, but Ruan Nan turned a blind eye. In the end, Ruan Huyue couldn't stand it any longer, so she took it and put it on the table for her.
Qin actually snorted slightly, raised his glass without clinking it, and raised it vainly.
After drinking the wine and starting to eat, Ruan Huyue was not in such a hurry to talk about the purpose of today's meal, but talked about a lot of things in the past, and kept taking the opportunity to help Ruan Nan with vegetables. Gu Ying also asked Qin if it was enough. Just like at home.
Gu Ying helped her get a plate of steamed sea bass, but Qin took a bite with chopsticks and put it down. Ruan Huyue noticed: "This fish is made by a very old restaurant in City A. The chef has lived in City A all his life. This is what we ate when we were young. You young people may not be used to it."
Qin actually clicked his mouth: "Mr. Ruan means that we like the new and hate the old?"
Ruan Huyue was stunned for a moment, and Gu Ying replied: "It's just a different memory of two generations, children don't have to be so serious."
Qin actually looked at her and shrugged: "So Nan Nan and I are still children? I thought Aunt Gu was about the same age as us."
Gu Ying married Ruan Huyue when she was very young, and now she is only 35 years old. Stepmother, the most taboo is to be said a "small" word.
Seeing that his mother was scolded, the cheap brother immediately wanted to quarrel with Qin with his eyes wide open. Gu Ying stabilized his hand and turned back with a smile:
"No matter how big the difference is, it's two generations, and you have to honor you and Nannan's 'Auntie Gu'. You don't think it's normal for this dish. We have inquired before. The top of the whole city A should be the old-fashioned 'Izakaya', but the restaurant should be very busy at this point, so it's not good to invite your parents to cook for us?"
As soon as Gu Ying opened her mouth, she directly poked at the pain point, and the cheap brother laughed directly, and asked exaggeratedly while laughing: "No, Mom, that small restaurant is opened by her family? Co-author sister's best friend is one. Do you run a small restaurant at home?"
He laughed loudly like a broken gong and duck. Even the two so-called old friends present felt a little hot in their faces. Ruan Huyue didn't expect a table of people to start so quickly.
"Yeah, even if the family runs a small restaurant, can't they knock you down and cry for your mother and father?"
Gu Ying's face changed as soon as she heard it, she turned her head and asked, "What hit you? Have you seen it before?"
Ruan Nan was talking about last year's National Day, when Qin actually blocked a group of villains in the alley at the entrance of the KTV, and she hit an electric car. This is too embarrassing, Ruan Yan didn't tell the family at all, who knew that Ruan Nan had mentioned it himself.
Ruan Yan's face turned green for a while, Ruan Huyue also looked over, and Ruan Nan raised his head:
"I came back to City A on National Day last year. Ruan Yan took two people to KTV to block me. I wanted to disgust me, but Qin actually rushed to teach me a lesson. By the way, didn't you get burned last time? If you hit your back, you should have broken a bone, right?"
Ruan Nan spoke lightly, as if he was casually asking the colleague he met face to face if he had dinner today. Ruan Huyue had a big head for a while, and he didn't know about Ruan Nan's return, let alone the burns in the fights behind him.
Gu Ying's face changed immediately when she heard the words, she raised her voice and turned to ask her son, "What happened to them? What is the burn and fracture? Why didn't you tell me?"
All eyes were on Ruan Yan. At this age, he couldn't hold his breath, his face became even more blushing, and he raised his voice and shouted: "She's talking nonsense! They don't dare to hit me like that!"
After Ruan Yan shouted, the shame and embarrassment on her face did not reduce much, but Ruan Nan stopped chasing, leaning back gracefully on the back of the chair, and took a sip of the juice that Gu Ying poured herself just now.
She attacked Qin Juan's family, so she could only mention the things that made her feel distressed.
The whole table of rice can no longer be eaten. Qin actually wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin, slid his chair back, and looked at Ruan Huyue: "Mr. Ruan, let me tell you something, my dad made a reunion dinner at home, and we will wait and see from You have to eat when you go out here."
"… "
Maybe it was because of the atmosphere, there had been some pure music for dinner in the restaurant, but now the whole place was quiet, only the melodious minor tune was still playing unknowingly, and the tune seemed to be on the faces of everyone with different thoughts. circled around.
Extremely ironic.
When the phone vibrated, Qin actually picked it up to take a look, and hooked the corner of his mouth without a trace.
Gu Ying stabilized her emotions and glanced at Ruan Huyue. Ruan Huyue tried her best to put a fake smile on her face and coughed: "Nannan, Dad never seemed to find out before, when did you grow so big."
Well, let's play a family card first.
Ruan Nan didn't speak, and there was no expression on his face.
Ruan Huyue continued: "Nannan, Dad just said it straight. You have grown up, and Dad is also old. After so many years of struggle, I thought I would leave something for my children and descendants in the end, but I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen. .Dad can't sleep these few nights. Apart from the company's affairs, I feel sorry for you guys."
"So what? What do you want me to do?"
Ruan Huyue looked at Ruan Nan, and then looked at Qin Juan: "Dad knows that you and Juan have a good relationship. There are not many people in the industry who can help us, but Qin finally from Chengmao Group. Dad wants to ask if he can ask Juran to lead him. Let me introduce you to President Qin?"
Ruan Nan didn't speak, and turned to look at Qin Juan, who tilted his head: "Mr. Ruan, I said before that Mr. Qin Yuan and I were just nodding acquaintances. For such a big thing as Ju Yue, you let me What kind of capital do you use to open your mouth?"
Ruan Huyue had a sly smile on his face, and Gu Ying coughed lightly beside him, ready to answer.
Qin actually sometimes really thinks that Gu Ying's ability to bend and stretch is indeed a talent.
She smiled and pulled her hair on the temples: "Actually, today's event is indeed a family banquet, and there is no outsider present. Uncles and aunts also know the relationship between you and President Qin, don't worry, we will not No matter how many people I talk to, in short, I don’t need to hide it deliberately.”
Qin was actually amused, stretched out his hand and rubbed the tablecloth in front of him, then looked up at Gu Ying: "Do you really know?"
Gu Ying nodded.
Qin actually smiled and asked, "Then tell me? I don't know yet."
"..." Gu Ying saw that she had been tricked again, her face changed in an instant, she turned around and said something to Ruan Yan, Ruan Yan grabbed her neck and walked out like an angry cock.
When the restaurant door closed, Gu Ying turned her head, she no longer wanted to maintain a fake smile on her face, so she went straight to the point: "Qin Juan, we've already given enough good looks, let me ask you one more thing, for Ruan Nan's face and Ruan Nan's face. For the sake of the family, would you like to pull the Ruan family at this juncture?"
Gu Ying's voice fell to the ground, and her eyes focused on Qin actually.
She shook her head lightly and looked up into her eyes: "I don't want to."
Gu Ying was stunned for a moment, and a very strange smile appeared on her face. She leaned back on the seat: "So the so-called love, the position of the daughter of the Ruan family in the heart of President Qin, is nothing but that."
Everyone was stunned.
Ruan Huyue took a few seconds to react: "What did you say?"
Gu Ying chuckled lightly and said contemptuously, "You don't know yet, do you? Your daughter and this little President Qin, the reason why their relationship is so good is because they are a couple."
Ruan Huyue was stunned for a moment, and looked at Gu Ying with wide eyes, as if to ask her why she said such a thing, licked the corner of her mouth, and turned to look at Ruan Nan.
Ruan Nan put his arms around his chest and did not refute.
All the signs of this period broke into his mind in an instant, and Ruan Huyue realized the difference in the relationship between the two people after realizing it. He asked Ruan Nan almost tremblingly: "Nan Nan, tell Dad, what's going on?"
After a while of silence, Ruan Nan raised his head: "That's what she said."
Ruan Huyue pointed at Qin actually: "she, she's a woman..."
"Yes, she likes me, I like her."
Ruan Huyue stroked his hair twice with his hand, glanced at the two "old friends" opposite him, turned his head with a trembling voice and asked Gu Ying, "Did you say it here on purpose today?"
Gu Ying sneered: "Your daughter can even disregard your family business. What face do you give her? What face does Ju Yue have to lose?"
Ruan Nan also hooked the corner of his mouth, with a contemptuous smile on his face.
The music in the restaurant continued, and among all the people present, the one who suffered the most was none other than Ruan Huyue.
From Gu Ying asking him to find Qin Jun, to the family banquet she mentioned today, she said that she has a trump card in her hand to make Qin Jun compromise. Unfortunately, she never expected that this so-called trump card was actually her daughter's private affairs. .
"So this is all your trump cards today?" Qin unexpectedly threw this question out easily as if he could read minds.
Gu Ying said: "From the moment she admitted it just now, this issue is no longer just about the Ruan family, but also about the two companies."
Another person who wanted to threaten Junan Company with this matter.
Qin actually clicked his tongue impatiently: "Aunt Gu, do you know what happened to the last competitor who threatened me so much?"
Gu Ying sneered: "The biggest thing is that Qin Yuan solved it for you."
"Since you know why you still do such a stupid thing? You even brought in two tabloid reporters to pretend to be Mr. Ruan's friends in previous years. What's the point of picking up such gossip?"
After Qin actually finished speaking, her eyes swept around the faces of several people. As soon as she entered the door, she took pictures of the two of them and asked Feng Qing to investigate. Sure enough, they were two reporters who specialize in filming private life gossip in the financial circle.
notorious.
When the two reporters heard that they were exposed, they couldn't leave at all, and then stared at the field in front of them like a hunter, Ruan Huyue, Gu Ying, Qin Yuanqin, no matter what they heard today, it was enough for them to write it down. .
Gu Ying sneered and stared at Qin Jun: "I told you the answer just now. Qin Jun, I will ask you again. If you still don't want to help, this matter will be published in the newspaper tomorrow. Appear."
"Are you threatening me?"
"It's an exchange."
Gu Ying's smile was even more gloomy. Qin actually didn't bother to look at her anymore, so she stood up and took two steps forward, and said condescendingly, "It's just you, you're not worthy of negotiating terms with me."
Qin actually wanted to pull Ruan Nan out after he finished speaking, and Gu Ying immediately stood up and shouted: "Qin Juan! I have already checked it out. The reason why Qin Yuan is so good to you is not a year-old friendship because of his talent. , but the two of you were related by blood before! You are her illegitimate daughter!"
Gu Ying shouted out, Ruan Huyue obviously knew it, the eyes of the two reporters lit up instantly, and their hands were in their pockets, as if they wanted to turn the voice of the recording pen to the maximum.
illegitimate daughter.
Qin actually sneered, it was really hard for her imagination.
Qin actually looked up and met Gu Ying's gaze again. Gu Ying was not as tall as her, and with Qin's temperament, even though she was young, she felt like she had the upper hand for a while:
"Gu Ying, as long as you see this news in any media tomorrow, just wait for the lawsuit. Even if I don't pursue it, Qin Yuan will pursue it, and Qin Yuan's wife and children will not let you go easily. Do it yourself. "
Qin actually's eyes were too cold, and the determination in her eyes made Gu Ying panic for a moment.
No way, no way.
She had clearly found out that Qin Yuan asked Qin unexpectedly to invest hundreds of millions of funds in her privately. Qin Yuan helped to solve the big problem of Fatty Sun's beating. When Qin was born, he was still in city A, absolutely not. It probably doesn't matter.
The suspicion in Gu Ying's eyes was seen by Qin Jun, her eyes were even colder, but Gu Ying calmed down for a moment, she looked at Qin Jun, and dialed the restaurant's calling number: "Liu, I asked you to ask people, have you received it?"
"Already at the door, come right away."
Gu Ying hung up the phone, and Zhao Qin smiled unexpectedly: "Mr. Qin, they all say that they are a family, and the media does not have much to do with the media. After all, it is enough for the parties involved to know about this kind of thing."
Qin actually frowned, and Gu Ying continued, "Qin Haotian and Ms. Zuo Yanzhen are coming in soon. We should meet our parents today, right?"
Qin actually never thought that she would use Qin Haotian, and in a moment of panic, he directly broke the big goblet at hand.
Ruan Nan also knew that Qin Haotian's biggest fear was that Qin Haotian knew about it. He picked up the bag and went out with her to stop people. Qin actually walked out. Gu Ying stretched out her hand to hold her, and she winked. The two reporters also ran to the door and took out their cellphones to videotape.
"What do you want to do?" Qin actually stared at Gu Ying and said word by word.
Ruan Nan also looked back at Ruan Huyue: "Did you let her do this today?"
Ruan Huyue seemed to have been confused by the situation at the scene, his fat body sat motionless on the chair, and let things continue to develop. The doorbell rang and someone opened the door.
Hearing the sound of footsteps getting closer, Qin actually threw off Gu Ying's hand and ran to the door. Ruan Nan also caught up and picked up a bottle of red wine. mean.
When the reporter saw the cruel appearance of the two of them, they didn't dare to make trouble at the Ruan family's house. The moment they dawdled to get out of the way, an outsider just came in.
Qin was stunned for a moment, Ruan Nan stood beside her and lowered his arms.
Not Qin Haotian and Zuo Yanzhen.
It was Qin Yuan and Mr. Wang next to him.
Qin Yuan looked at Qin Juan, stretched out his hand, and slowly pushed his glasses with his middle finger.
There was no one behind.
Qin Yuan walked in, Gu Ying and the reporter were stunned in place, Qin Yuan continued to walk to the dining table, Ruan Huyue realized that this was the CEO he often saw in reports, and quickly reached out to say hello.
Qin Yuan ignored it.
He walked straight to the main seat of the dining room, and Mr. Wang helped him pull out the chair.
Qin Yuan sat down. He was tall and heroic, and matched with a three-piece suit and gold-rimmed glasses, showing an indescribable sense of majesty.
Qin Yuan sat down, his eyes swept coldly around the crowd, and finally fell on Ruan Huyue.
"I heard that Ju Yue wants to talk to me about cooperation?"
Ruan Huyue seemed to be forced to this point, and he had nothing to hide, and said embarrassingly: "Mr. Qin, maybe you don't know, we have also cooperated on a project contracted by Chengmao before, and this time Juyue had an accident. , an order is urgently needed at the moment, I hear..."
"You want that order from Cheng Mao?"
"Yes yes yes, if you can get that list, Ju Yue..."
"Why should I give it to you? It's just the cooperation that I haven't met once?"
"Here, Mr. Qin and my daughter Ruan Nan are running the company together. I wonder if it can be seen in Mr. Qin's face..."
Ruan Huyue's voice became lower and lower, he really didn't know how to put this on the table. Qin actually took the opportunity to glance at the two reporters and winked at Qin Yuan. Qin Yuan crossed his hands, tapped twice, and shook his head slightly.
"As far as I know, in the cooperative relationship between Miss Qin and Miss Ruan, there is no financial involvement with the Ruan family's Ju Yue. In other words, how about Ju, it has nothing to do with Qin Juan's company. Then why should I help ?"
Ruan Huyue didn't know how to answer for a while.
Qin Yuan looked at his expression, his eyes narrowed, and he helped him to say the second half of the unspeakable sentence: "It's because Mr. Ruan knows about the relationship between Miss Ruan and Qin Juan, and wants to use his daughter to exchange this favor. ?"
He looked at Ruan Huyue. Between his fathers and his generation, there was a look that had never happened before in the business field, and Ruan Huyue was speechless.
Knowing that his daughter likes girls was originally an extremely difficult thing to accept, but now, in order to catch up with Qin Yuan, he doesn't even care about this.
Qin Yuan sneered: "If you are still willing to give a negative answer, today's conversation ends here, I can pretend that nothing happened and I won't be held accountable."
After Qin Yuan finished speaking, Ruan Huyue did not speak for a long time. Qin Yuan seemed to acquiesce to his answer, and was about to get up when Gu Ying stepped forward: "Mr. Qin, since you are here today, you know that today is not only about human feelings, but also about conditions."
Qin Yuan pushed his glasses again and looked her up and down: "What conditions do you have to talk to me?"
Gu Ying stared at him: "the relationship between you and Qin actually."
"Bastard daughter?"
Gu Ying did not answer.
Qin Yuan hooked his mouth coldly, turned his head to look at the two reporters: "If I were you, I would have turned the camera on this lady now."
He said and smiled, Mr. Wang immediately took out a document from his briefcase, Qin Yuan threw it to Ruan Huyue who was beside him without flipping it, and looked up at Gu Ying:
"Gu Ying, formerly known as Li Xiaomeng, changed her name a year before she married Ruan Huyue. The first crisis Juyue faced when she started out was when Gu Ying came to the door with investment, helped Juyue, and married Ruan Huyue. "
"Ruan Huyue should know all of these. What you don't know, it should be why Juyue was suddenly suppressed by order grabbing. This document records very detailed data and the testimony of several key people. As long as you read it, you will be I will understand that the person who has always been a good wife and good mother by your side, and who gave birth to your children, spent a lot of effort to get into Ruan's house, and even did not hesitate to sell the giant leap first, creating the illusion of that time."
Ruan Huyue was stunned, and Gu Ying's face turned pale. She almost retorted with a trembling voice: "What are you talking about? How can you figure out what happened to Ju Yue?"
Qin Yuan rubbed his forehead: "I was really not interested in taking care of it before, but since Ms. Gu has found her head, I have to look for conditions. If nothing else, this document will be published in the media in detail tomorrow, although It's a family matter, but Ms. Gu has already called a reporter, and this kind of resource still needs to be used."
Gu Ying looked at the camera, her whole body seemed to be unable to stand, Ruan Huyue's eyes burned with warmth, Gu Ying clenched her fists and looked at Qin Yuan: "I will talk to my husband about this matter. Explain clearly. I don't think you have any other means, right? Let me tell you, illegitimate girls and homosexuality can make you more fun than the private affairs of Ju Yue more than ten years ago! "
She almost shouted hysterically at the end. Before Qin Yuan could answer, Qin actually said, "The private affairs of the business circle really can't make much waves, but what about the entertainment circle?"
"Seventeen years ago, popular male singer William attempted suicide because of his personal feelings. He still has unstable mental problems to this day. If the culprit of this "private emotion" is made public, it should be beautiful, right?"
From the week that Ruan Nan met Ruan Huyue last time, Qin actually knew that there must be a final negotiation. So, all week to prepare for today's game.
Gu Ying has been in the Ruan family's door for so many years, Ruan Nan knows all about the vulgar personal relationship in the past.
Gu Ying fell down at the dining table. From the reporter's camera and Ruan Huyue's eyes, she couldn't say a word.
Qin Yuan got up and looked at the two reporters: "I will pay three times the price this lady promised you today. If you want to know more about Ms. Gu's interesting facts, please contact my assistant."
"However, as Qin actually said, if the rumor of an illegitimate daughter spreads, I will spare no effort to bring the two to court and pursue them to the end."
A farce came to an end like this. The music in the restaurant was played in a circle and then looped back to the beginning. There were leftovers on the table and a glass of red wine that Qin actually touched. The purple-red liquid stained the white tablecloth, and it was messy.
Qin Yuan and Mr. Wang left first, but Qin actually helped Ruan Nan put the bag on his back and stretched his arms around her to leave.
"Southern"
Ruan Huyue's weak cry sounded behind him.
Ruan Nan stopped.
Ruan Huyue just looked at her without saying a word.
Ruan Nan also looked at the father in front of him. He seemed to be familiar, but also unfamiliar. A sourness spread in his nose. Ruan Nan took a deep breath: "Dad."
"You really, is that so?"
Ruan Nan clenched Qin Juan's hand: "Dad, you gave me life. You are my father, but you can plot against me for profit in front of the company. Although Qin Juan is a girl, she can treat me with all her heart."
"So in this world, nothing is impossible."
Ruan Nan and Qin actually walked out of the villa hand in hand. The evening wind in June was very warm, as if it had blown away all the filth and transactions just now.
The black Bentley Mulsanne stopped at the door, Qin Yuan got out of the car, Qin actually looked at him and didn't know what to say for a while.
"I stopped Qin Haotian and Zuo Yanzhen at the door just now, and I have called a car to take them back to the izakaya."
"Don't worry, it's for business reasons. You can explain it like this when you go back at night. If you still need it, I can help explain it in person later."
Qin actually stood there with Ruan Nan, and after a while, awkwardly squeezed out, "Thank you."
Qin Yuan looked at her: "I thought about it for a long time. Until last week, when Gu Ying reached out to Chengmao, I found that you were right."
Qin Yuan did not specify what he said was right, whether it was his attitude and education method for his children, or refuting his so-called "value standard".
Qin Yuan stood in the moonlight, and for the first time Qin actually discovered that the layer of ice that had always existed on his body seemed to be melting, and together with the warm wind of June, it was melting in this summer night.
Not only being proud is the best way to repay, nor is it that all possessive declarations, in the name of blood, the so-called experience of past people, provide an optimal way to deprive each other of their freedom is love.
In this world, choices happen every day, sometimes they are active, sometimes they are chosen. All the yin and yang mistakes, in the end, can not equal love and hard work.
Qin Yuan reached out and patted Qin Juan's shoulder: "Of course, I will wait until you are willing to admit it in your own way, even if it's just the day when you call me Dad."