“Mr. Gong, according to the latest test results, Panpan’s health has recovered. He can be discharged today.”
The doctor handed back the test report, a smile on his face. “Congratulations.”
The big one and the little one looked at each other. The little one’s eyes were bright. He was happy, but due to his shy nature, he hugged Gong Ze’s leg, his lips pressed together in a small smile.
“Thank you, doctor.”
After signing the papers and completing the discharge procedures, Gong Ze packed up the child’s belongings from his hospital stay — the clothes, and the water bottles and toys the nurses and doctors had given him.
He took the little one’s hand and left the hospital.
“Uncle, where are we going?”
The black-haired, messy-haired child looked at the busy street full of people and cars, a hint of unease on his face. He looked up at Gong Ze with big, pleading eyes, one arm wrapped around Gong Ze’s thigh, like a pitiful kitten seeking shelter from the rain.
The system had already shrieked and pounced on the child to suck him up. Gong Ze looked down and said soothingly, “We’re going to a hotel first. Our home… is being cleaned.”
Actually, he still hadn’t talked to Feng Yuan about having a child.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to. First, with Feng Yuan’s temper, Gong Ze was afraid he would take it out on Gu Panpan. Second, at the time, he had selfishly wanted to maintain the image of being single, afraid that as a single dad, no one would want him to work as a host. Then, after Feng Yuan had forcibly taken possession of him, it became even harder to bring up.
Third, every time he tried to speak, he was interrupted by some coincidence.
Today, he had tried to broach the subject with Feng Yuan. “Feng Yuan, there’s something I want to…”
Before he could finish, Feng Yuan was called away by Jiang Lin’an and the others.
Feng Yuan was dressed very formally today, adjusting his tie in front of the mirror. Upon hearing this, he tilted his head slightly toward Gong Ze, but his eyes didn’t shift. He asked casually, “What do you want? Out of money? I’ll transfer some to you later.”
“It’s not that. It’s…”
“I’m heading out now. Jiang Lin’an and I co-acquired a company, and something came up. I need to go there immediately. It’s in the neighboring city. I won’t be back until tonight. Don’t wait for me to eat.”
“Feng Yuan…”
Gong Ze’s brow furrowed as he looked at him.
But Feng Yuan picked up his car keys and, with a dark expression, strode toward the door.
Bang.
The door closed.
Left behind, Gong Ze’s bad feeling deepened. The quiet Alpha’s handsome face lost its expression, returning to its original calm. He narrowed his eyes and murmured, “How coincidental… of all times…”
The system popped out. [It’s probably just a coincidence.]
It said. [It’s a shame you missed the chance to come clean. You can tell him tonight. Anyway, the kid isn’t yours by blood. Even if he gets angry, he won’t go so far as to stuff you in concrete and throw you in the river. Don’t worry about it. Go pick up the baby! I miss our kid so much! Wuwu, such a cute baby. His messy hair looks like a little soggy chickadee drenched in rain!]
It sucked sucked sucked sucked sucked until it exploded!
Wakaka!
Gong Ze withdrew his gaze. His deep eyes flickered with an indecipherable emotion. “A coincidence?… Never mind. Let’s go…”
[Yay!]
After picking up his precious son, he definitely couldn’t take him to the place where he and Feng Yuan were currently living. Even if, after he confessed, Feng Yuan let him off the hook because the child wasn’t biologically his, they would still have a huge fight.
Gong Ze could understand Feng Yuan.
What unmarried Omega wouldn’t go crazy finding out their boyfriend had a son that old?
There was a good chance Feng Yuan would kick both of them out.
Gong Ze thought absentmindedly. He carried his son, found a hotel, and booked a room. Little Gu Panpan, wide-eyed with wonder, wrapped his arms around Gong Ze’s neck, his little feet secretly swinging.
He had never experienced the feeling of being held in his father’s arms before.
Young children have a need for hugs.
Even adults feel the warmth and happiness of intimacy when they hug.
Hugging provides a child with a sense of security, emotional stability, and fills an emotional void. When Gu Panpan was little, his mother never hugged him. He used to watch other children being held by their parents with envy. Now, being held by Gong Ze, the little boy’s cheeks flushed with happiness.
The receptionist teased him, “How old are you, still letting your daddy carry you?”
The shy little boy buried his face in Gong Ze’s neck and smiled silently.
“He’s shy around strangers.”
Gong Ze ruffled the child’s hair.
The receptionist said, “Not at all! I think he has a wonderful personality! Look at that lovely smile. He’s just introverted and shy!”
Gong Ze smiled, carrying the child on one arm and holding their bag in the other hand. He first dropped their things off at the hotel room, then had the little boy go to the bathroom.
“Let’s go eat first, then go to the mall and buy you some clothes, okay?” The child was still wearing old clothes.
Gong Ze crouched down and asked him.
Hearing this, Gu Panpan nervously grabbed Gong Ze’s finger, pressing his small body against Gong Ze’s chest. When Gong Ze hugged him, the child pressed his soft, baby-fat cheek against Gong Ze’s face and whispered, “That costs money…”
A child’s mind is wonderful.
He would worry that buying him so many new clothes might make his new father go away. That sense of crisis was both inexplicable and quite endearing.
Gong Ze found him adorable.
“What if we run out of money and have to pawn Panpan to the boss?”
The child’s eyes widened. “If you pawn Panpan, then you can’t pawn uncle anymore. Is that okay?”
Gong Ze was stunned for a moment. Then the black-hearted man’s features suddenly softened and relaxed. He hugged the child and kissed his messy hair. It was impossible not to be touched. “Why is our Panpan so good…”
They say a child can tie down a mother.
With a child as good as his Panpan, tying down a father wasn’t a problem either.
The system shouted: [Buy it for him! Use all the money you got from selling yourself! Spend it all on the baby! That’s your duty as a father!]
Gong Ze chuckled softly, picked up the child, and headed to the mall.
At the mall, he gave the child a complete ‘Miracle Nikki’ makeover, dressing him as cute as a little child star. Then, he had planned to take him to eat KFC.
— On weekends, regular parents would take their children to eat hamburgers. It was a rare opportunity to eat ‘junk food’ with their mother’s permission. Unfortunately, Gu Panpan had never had that experience.
Gong Ze wanted to make up for all the things he had missed in the past.
They went down from the clothing floor, intending to go to the first floor, but when they passed the second floor, there happened to be staff members in costume handing out balloons to children.
Although the child didn’t say anything, his black-and-white round eyes were fixed on the plush toys and balloons.
Gong Ze smiled and stopped with the child.
Soon, one little boy was sweetly hugging Gong Ze’s leg with one arm, his other little hand tightly clutching a blue smiley-face balloon.
The second floor of the mall was the game area. Gong Ze saw children catching little crabs and little fish, as well as trampolines, a graffiti area, and a ball pit.
After they finished eating, Gong Ze took the child, who was now so happy he was bouncing and skipping, to the second floor to play.
The father and son also worked together to paint a plaster piggy bank in the shape of a cat.
After the cat piggy bank dried, Gu Panpan held it tightly in his arms. His cheeks were as red as apples, and his pupils sparkled like they were filled with countless little stars.
Gong Ze took out two coins. “The first coin is for Panpan. I’ll put the second one in. From now on, uncle and Panpan will take care of the cat together.”
“Okay.”
Panpan solemnly and seriously put his coin into the piggy bank. Gong Ze curved his lips and put in the second.
Listening to the clink clink sound inside, Panpan couldn’t help but hug the piggy bank he had painted with Gong Ze, lean over, and give the crouching Gong Ze a big kiss on the face. After kissing, the child got shy himself, burying his head in Gong Ze’s shoulder and nuzzling like a little kitten.
[Ahhh, let me in on that! I want to nuzzle too!]
The system swooped down like a screaming chicken, the little ball of light squeezing itself between Gong Ze and Panpan, happily rubbing back and forth.
Gong Ze smiled as he stroked his precious son’s hair. He was about to take him to catch little fish when something in his peripheral vision caught a glint of light, a flash.
He paused, then narrowed his eyes and looked over.
The mall was bustling with people, nothing unusual.
“Uncle?”
“It’s nothing. Let’s go, Panpan. Let’s go look somewhere else.”
“Okay~”
The big one and the little one walked off, chatting and laughing, unaware that someone had already set their sights on them.
…………
“Gao Chun, what do you mean by this?”
In the neighboring city, Feng Yuan sat in the office, his face dark. He tossed the documents on the desk aside, his eyes, full of hostility, fixed on the Beta across from him.
“I heard there was a problem with the newly acquired company, so I rushed over. But it turns out you, Jiang Lin’an, and the others were playing me?”
If it weren’t for the fact that Feng Yuan had a bit more patience for friends, he would have already beaten Gao Chun to a pulp.
But even so, Feng Yuan’s expression was dark enough to drip water.
“Talk. What the fuck is going on?”
The person being questioned had a calm expression, even a faint smile. “Feng Yuan, don’t get angry first. Jiang Lin’an and Ji Huai didn’t know the company was fine. I lied to them. My goal was to get you out here.”
Feng Yuan gave a cold, “Heh.”
He leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs, and his gaze, cold and sharp as a carving knife, landed on Gao Chun.
“What exactly do you mean?”
“Don’t be impatient.” Gao Chun placed the object in his hand on the table, pushed it toward Feng Yuan, and said slowly, “Feng Yuan, we’ve been friends for many years. I couldn’t bear to see you being deceived. I called you out because I was afraid that if you saw this, you would get angry and end up fighting with Gong Ze. That’s why I was so indirect. Take a look.”
“Gong Ze? What does this have to do with Gong Ze?”
Hearing the familiar name, Feng Yuan’s brow furrowed.
He gave Gao Chun a suspicious glance, then picked up the document and began reading.
Gao Chun had been watching Feng Yuan’s every move. When he saw the shock, disbelief, and then anger appear on Feng Yuan’s face, Gao Chun smiled.
Bang!
The stack of papers scattered everywhere. Feng Yuan’s breathing grew rapid, his eyes bloodshot. He stood up and slammed his fist on the desk. Pens, the computer, the ashtray, and the expensive, beautiful purple clay tea set — anything he could smash, he smashed.
Tea water soaked the papers on the floor.
On the paper was actually a copy of Gong Ze’s marriage certificate with his ex-wife.
Gao Chun looked down at the clear inch photos of the man and woman, the smile on his lips continuously widening. It had been so easy to get this. That day after leaving the club, unable to bear it, he had someone investigate Gong Ze’s past.
He had thought finding a weakness would be enough. He never expected to find such a huge surprise!!
Gao Chun could barely control the excitement constantly growing inside him.
“Gong Ze, he looks honest and simple, like he doesn’t have a scheming bone in his body. But in reality, he’s even been married once. Feng Yuan, you didn’t know, did you? Not only does he have an ex-wife, but he’s also a twice-married Alpha, and he has a child.”
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