“The law doesn’t stipulate that I cannot gave birth to a child without getting married.” said Zhan.

“The girl’s father has not become a star at all, but someone else’s husband?” Yibo got up from the sofa, standing tall and straight.

He stepped forward approaching Zhan while he could only step back under the pressure from Yibo…. until Zhan reached the edge of his desk, there was no way to step back.

At the time Zhan wanted to run away, Yibo put both hands on the edge of the desk, trapping him between him and the desk.

His charming with masculinity swallowed Zhan, who was already messed up to be a lot more distraught.

“Both you and Jin Darren have been in love with each other since childhood, but he married your sister, Xiao Lingjiao… that’s why you left Chongqing and move to Tianjin.” It’s only Yibo’s speculation.

“There are some things Mr. Yibo should let go. I said it’s nothing to do with you.” replied Zhan ambiguously.

Zhan wouldn’t draw him back to the truth since Yibo positioned Darren as Fei’s biological father. It might be better that he stopped digging deeper in search of somehow an answer.

Zhan himself clearly over the past five years.

Concerning the family shame, both the Xiao family and the Jin Family dealt with the matter in a quick response. It would remain a secret as long as nobody didn’t go into it.

“So do I.” Yibo finally acquiesced to accept Zhan’s answer.

He retracted his arm and drew himself back to free Zhan. “Mr Xiao, just help yourself.”

“Thank you, Mr. Yibo.” Zhan was relieved to breathe after that.

Zhan turned and left without looking back.

That’s it, the entanglement between them ended from now on, but why was there a slight astringent from the bottom of my heart?

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Zhan and Lulu took Fei back to the hotel. Later on, Fei was watching “Doremon” in the living room.

Zhan began to pack his things while Lulu sat on the edge of the bed watching him fold his clothes. But it turned out Zhan couldn’t fold a piece of clothing in order.

In the end, Zhan messed up the clothing and almost threw it into luggage. At that time, Lulu grabbed the clothes in her hand and folded it for him.

Zhan continued to pack up others, he seemed to be in a bad mood without saying anything.

“What’s wrong with you? What did Mr. Yibo says that had such impacts on you?” In Lulu’s opinion before, Zhan had always restrained his emotions.

Only once he panicked and collapsed when Fei fell ill at the age of one or two while Zhan had no money and a friend by his side.

Zhan tried hard to pull himself together and finally contacted Lulu only for his sick daughter Fei.

So when Lulu rushed to the hospital then saw Zhan, who was like a corpse. Lulu scolded him, and then stayed by his side to get through the most difficult time.

“He… didn’t say anything.” Zhan started but broke off.

“How would you be so abnormal for nothing?” Lulu glared at Zhan tightly.

Zhan looked back at Lulu’s eyes full of questions. Was it obvious from my behavior?

“Fei is not here, so don’t keep everything inside.” Lulu handed folded clothes to him, “just tell me about it.”

Zhan briefly explained the matter to Lulu sitting down by the bed.

“He thought Fei’s your daughter with Jin Darren?” said Lulu in a surprise, “Why did he get the scum involved?”

“That’s fine. Once he gets the answer, he won’t pursue the truth anymore.” Zhan thought it’s pretty good.

“In that case, let’s be it. I am really concerned the more you two entangle, the easier it is to lead to problems. I know he likes Fei and treats her as his own daughter. Maybe it’s called blood attraction between the family which will never fade away.” said Lulu, then thought silently for a while, “I can’t never imagined that the cold and ruthless Yibo would show such tenderness… I’m afraid I was wrong……”

“What is it?” asked Zhan.

“Maybe you can actually try to be with Mr. Yibo if you want to give Fei a family.” Lulu was shaken, “A man who can be so caring for children should be not bad.”

“You change your side?” Zhan chuckled, “You used to worry about it a lot before.”

“But he really favors Fei. He can still have this kind of love without knowing that Fei is his daughter, so I’m afraid there’s misunderstanding for him.” Lulu used to believe in the surface description of Yibo from others, but it’s quite different between the rumors and what she saw by herself this time.

What she saw was a gorgeous and warmhearted man who favored and spoiled his daughter. What’s more, he’s so charming that even Lulu was attracted by him.

“Don’t be boy-crazy.” Zhan pushed Lulu’s shoulder slightly, “I don’t wanna take a risk. All I want is simply a peaceful life with Fei only.”

Lulu stopped saying for she knew Zhan had been hurt once left with a deep wound on his heart.

***

Fei was looking forward to the Burning boys’s concert, though it would start at 19 o’clock.

Both Zhan and Lulu took Fei to walk around for a while first. Later they had some food at 17:30.

When they were enjoying their dinner, Yibo called in and Lulu firstly recognized the name “Mr. Wang”.

“Don’t wanna pick it up?” Lulu saw Zhan cutting the steak pretending he couldn’t hear it, “Or I’ll pick it up.”

“So do I.” Fei interjected in after filling her mouth with a strawberry.

Zhan looked back at Lulu and motioned to her to pick it up.

Lulu picked up the phone, “Hello, Mr. Wang–”

“Where is Zhan? Make him answer the phone.” Yibo cut her.

“He went to the bathroom. It’s the same that you tell me anything you want.” Lulu lied when she glanced at Zhan who was still having dinner indifferently…

“Where are you now?” Yibo did not insist anymore.

“We are in a restaurant not far from the Sports Center, and we will enter the concert in a while.” Lulu touched Fei on her head who was sitting by her side.

“Wait for me. ‘Cause I promised Fei that I would take her to the concert today.” Yibo paused and added, “Send me the position on WeChat.”

“Okay.” Lulu had no choice but agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Lulu sent Yibo a message via Zhan’s WeChat, and returned the phone to him.

Zhan still had dinner with his head down without any mood swings.

Lulu felt that Zhan was quiet as if he lost his soul.

As soon as they finished, Yibo arrived and paid for their orders.

“Mr. Wang, did you have your dinner?” Lulu was polite to greet him for Yibo had paid for them.

“Everything’s okay for me.” Yibo ordered a bowl of fried rice with eggs, which may be the simplest dinner in his life.

“Uncle Handsome, just slow down.” Fei patted Yibo’s back tenderly, “And have some soup.”

Looking at considerate and adorable Fei, Yibo curled his lips and took sips from the bottle.

However, both Zhan and Yibo didn’t look at each other straight from the beginning to the end which was really embarrassing and made the atmosphere colder than usual.

Yibo spent ten minutes finishing the fried rice with eggs. A few moments later, he handed a bunch of flowers from the car to Fei.

Fei received the bouquet that it blocked her face, “Thank you, Uncle Handsome.”

The four left together towards the Sports Center across the road. Yibo took Fei in his arms and treated her well as if nothing had happened before.

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They stepped into VIP channels for they were arranged in VIP positions.

Yibo and Zhan sat on both sides of Fei, while Lulu sat next to Zhan.

Sitting together like this, they looked like a family of three.

At seven, the concert finally started.

With the gorgeous stage, the dazzling lighting and the wonderful performance of Burning boys combined with the enthusiasm of the fans. The opening show pumped up everyone here full of excitement and screams.

With a light board of words “Kim Taehyung” on Fei’s head, she also screamed hard, “V, I love you–”

Yibo felt that his eardrum was about to be broken by the little girl, and he reached one of his hand to touch her hair.

“Uncle Handsome, am I crazy?”

“With so many people here, he definitely cannot hear you no matter how hard you scream. It’s better to keep your energy for a while when you go to the stage to present flowers.” Yibo was really afraid that she would lose her voice, and she wouldn’t call him in a bell-like .

“Yeah, you’re right!” Nodding straight around.

Pulling Yibo’s sleeves then, Fei asked him quietly, “Uncle Handsome, I have a question for you.”

What was the kid thinking?

“You can ask me if you have some questions.” Yibo withdrew his sight from the stage.

“Have you already known that my mother is Zhan?” Fei was very clever.

Today, after coming back from this handsome uncle, my mother was very abnormal as if he had been lovelorn. For example, if Taehyung didn’t talk to me, ignored me, or even didn’t like me, I would be very sad.

Yibo thought for a moment, then nodded, “Yes. But I really want to criticize your mother. He not only lied on his own, but also asked you to lie, which is very wrong.”

Yep, Zhan taught some bad things to his children, and made people around him help him to lie.

Most importantly, he cheated on him.

His tone was so solemn that Fei worryingly looked at him, “Uncle, will you ignore my mother?”

“Fei, it is a thing between adults, and we’ll deal with it well. Just watch the concert and be happy.” Yibo chose to evade.

Of course, I was angry that Zhan had lied to me. And Fei was Zhan and Darren’s child, which made me fail to calm down for a moment.

Fei still wanted to speak for her mother, “I know it’s wrong for mom to lie, but he really didn’t mean to. He may have some reasons he can’t tell others.”

Did he have reasons to lie?

What kind of reasons did he have? Why was he reluctant to admit his own daughter?

Yibo’s dim eyes were dyed blue by the stage lights, “Don’t be distracted, and take a good look at your Taehyung. If he knows you are absent-minded, he will be unhappy.

This sentence brought Fei’s attention back to the stage. She stared at the person she liked, with her eyes full of love and happiness.

At the end of the two-hour concert.

Yibo took Fei to the stage and she ran straight to Taehyung who was standing on the right.

She gave Taehyung the bunch of flowers in her arms. Taehyung also recognized her and gave her a big hug with a smile, “Thank you.”

“Taehyung, you’re wonderful. I love you!” Fei raised her hands and folded them on the top of her head to make a heart shape. She tilted her head slightly, looking so cute.

Yibo sent a bunch of flowers to other members of Burning boys team respectively.

Just like snow flying, the colorful gold paper was scattered on the top of the head, reflecting the gorgeous light.

These 9 people took a photo together, and the concert finally ended successfully.

***

Back at the hotel, Yibo got out of the car. Fei stood in front of him and looked up at him, “Uncle, give me a hug.”

Yibo squatted down and reached out to hug her. And she also embraced him, unwilling to say goodbye.

“Uncle, when can I see you again?” Fei suddenly felt sad.

“Fei, uncle is very busy. Don’t disturb him.” Zhan thought they would never see each other again.

“Although I’m busy, I’ll meet you when I’m free. You must take good care of yourself.” Yibo’s fingers bent and rubbed the bridge of her nose.

Maybe I didn’t have much time to meet Fei in the future. But I would miss her, and I would remember that a lovely girl had appeared in my life.

“Don’t lie to me.” Fei’s eyes were shining like stars.

“Fei, say goodbye to uncle. We’ll be late for the plane.” Zhan reminded his daughter.

“Goodbye, uncle.” Fei waved to Yibo and couldn’t help hugging him again, “Uncle, mom is very unhappy today. I think he certainly likes you just as much as I like Taehyung.”

Then Fei let go of her own hand and ran away. She took Zhan’s hand and went into the hotel.

Yibo stood outside the hotel, looking at their back…

He liked me?

Then why he cheated me.

Yibo turned to get in the car and left.

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It was already two or three o’clock in the morning when getting home after flight.

Fei had already fallen asleep on the plane, and Zhan felt very sleepy. He had not slept so late for a long time.

The next day, Zhan returned to Liu Group and attended the morning meeting of the design department.

After the meeting finished, he made a cup of coffee and returned to his seat with coffee. Then, there was a message of the MSN on the computer, “Designer Xiao, come to my office.”

After taking a sip of coffee, he got up and went to Yuchen’s office.

Zhan pushed the door in and went to Yuchen’s desk, “What can I do for you?”

“I heard that you have applied for transfer to Chongqing? You’ll leave here soon.” Yuchen pointed to the chair in front of the desk and let Zhan sit down.

“Yes.” Zhan pulled out the chair and sat down, “You should take more rest. You don’t have to rush to work.”

“When did this happen? Why didn’t I know?” Yuchen frowned.

“Half a month ago, I met with CEO Dong directly.” Zhan remembered the time.

“Why didn’t you tell me? And I’m afraid I’m the last one to know about it?” Yuchen felt that he didn’t seem to matter at all in Zhan’s heart.

“You were in the hospital at that time, and it really wasn’t an important thing.” In Zhan’s opinion, it was just a small matter. There was no need to make it known to everyone.

“But in my opinion, it’s important. I don’t even know my wonderful designer has applied for transfer. If I don’t come back, you’ve been transferred.” Yuchen’s eyes were full of disappointment.

“I’ll tell you.”

“But it is not now, right?” Yuchen pursed his lips and restrained his emotion, “Can you stay?”

Yuchen looked at Zhan, with his eyes full of expectation and hope.

With clear eyes, Zhan looked at him, tried to ignore the expectation in his eyes, and said with a smile, “I’m sorry, I have to leave.”

Yuchen’s eyes became dim and dark, “Why do you have to leave? Isn’t it good to work here, is it? There are so many familiar colleagues, and I am also here……. Do you really want to leave?”

“Mr. Cao, all good things will come to an end. Greetings and farewells are repeatedly recurring in our life. So this time, I will say goodbye to you.” Zhan really had to go.

“Besides, Chongqing is not far from Tianjin. It takes only three hours to get there by plane. I will always welcome you.”

“Zhan, have you really decided?” Yuchen asked him again.

“I’ve decided.” Zhan nodded heavily, “And my transfer application has passed. I will get the transfer letter from CEO Dong by tomorrow, and then I will leave for Chongqing.”

“As long as you want to stay here, I will handle everything. So don’t be worried that your change of mind will make CEO Dong unhappy. And I promise that you won’t be blamed.” Yuchen thought Zhan was worried that he would be punished by CEO Dong for going back on his words, “Just believe me.”

“Mr. Cao, I really appreciate your care, help and guidance over the years. If I hadn’t met you, I don’t think I would have succeeded like this. I will always remember your kindness. As long as you need me, I will go through fire and water for you.” For Zhan, Yuchen was a very important person in his life.

“I don’t need you to go through fire and water for me. I just don’t want you to leave.” Yuchen was excited at the beginning, but gradually he expressed his heartfelt wish calmly.

“I’m sorry.” Zhan’s eyes turned red and moist, so he could only avoid looking into his eyes and say sad words.

“It’s OK. You can go out to work.” Yuchen said after taking a deep breath.

“Well” Zhan got up, bowed to Yuchen, and turned away.

Yuchen looked at Zhan’s back and couldn’t help calling him,

“Zhan…”

“Is there anything else?” Zhan turned around to ask Yuchen, his hand on the doorknob.

“Shall we have a meal together when you leave?” He swallowed and bore all the bitterness and sorrow.

“Well, I’ll treat you,” Zhan said with a smile.

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After work, Zhan picked up Fei. And Lulu was asked to return home by her parents.

“Honey, we’re home.” Zhan put on his shoes, “You can go to the living room to have fun for a while, and mom is going to make dinner.”

“OK” Fei raised her right hand and made a gesture of obedience.

Fei took out the paper and colored pen, thinking about what to draw. At this time, a picture flashed in her mind, “Mom, can you give me your mobile phone to check the picture?”

“What are you looking for?” Zhan asked.

“It is a secret.” Fei took cell phone and opened it, “You’ll know in a moment. Go and cook. I’m hungry.”

Fei opened the web page and input the words “wedding dress”. After browsing some pictures, she started to draw on the paper.

Suddenly, Fei had an idea. She took the mobile phone, opened WeChat, and looked for something.

“How could I be so stupid that I forgot to ask that uncle’s name, Fei looked at the picture marked Mr. Wang and said, “Mom and Lulu both call him Mr. Wang. That’s right.”

Fei typed “I miss you” in the message box and then sent it to Yibo.

Then she stared at the screen and laughed.

A second passed…

A minute passed…

Five minutes passed…

Why did he not reply? Did he not see the message because of work? But it was time for him to leave work.

Again, Fei sent “I miss you” to Yibo.

However, until Fei finished the painting, Yibo did not reply.

“Fei, wash your hands and have dinner.” Zhan put the dishes on the table.

“OK” Fei got up and ran to wash her hands.

When Fei came back, Zhan was looking at her painting, “What did you draw?”

“When I grow up, I will marry my beloved Taehyung, wearing beautiful wedding dress.” Fei raised her eyebrows triumphantly. “I can’t help it if you want to be single all your life. We will be filial to you in the future.”

Zhan was startled.

“Here are scrambled eggs with tomatoes that you like. And this is stewed beef with carrots. Eat more carrots and your eyes will be bigger and brighter.” Zhan gave Fei a piece of carrot, “You have to eat it up, and then you will be more beautiful.”

“……”

Fei didn’t believe him, “I don’t like carrots…”

“Does Taehyung know you are so picky?” Zhan picked up the carrot and chewed it slowly. It tasted delicious. “A good boy like Taehyung is certainly not picky about food and certainly dislikes a picky girl…”

“…” Fei put the carrot that her mother was about to take away, “I will eat it.”

Fei could eat carrots for her beloved Taehyung.

Seeing Fei eating the carrots, Zhan smiled with satisfaction.

Taehyung was the weakness of Fei, and Fei could do everything for him.

After dinner, Fei helped Zhan clean up the table. After finishing, they went out for a walk.

They went home to watch TV for a while, and Fei went to bed at 9 o’clock.

Lying next to her mother, Fei held the panda doll. Zhan was about to tell her a bedtime story.

He chose some fables that were simple and easy to understand,  “Today, I’m going to tell an idiom story called Wait for Windfalls………..”

Fei soon fell asleep. Zhan walked out of Fei’s room, went back to his own room and began to wash and rest.

At this time, the doorbell rang.

Zhan took a towel to wipe the water stains on his face.

At this time, who would come?

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