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Jian Zhile saw the name of the caller and said to the shop assistant, “Could you please watch my child for me? I’ll go out to take a call.”
The shop assistants naturally agreed.
Jian Zhile turned to the child beside him and said, “An An, I’m going out to take a call. I’ll be back soon. Can you sit here on the sofa and wait for me, and don’t leave?”
An An wasn’t fussing at all. “Okay! Daddy, go quickly. An An will wait obediently for you to come back!”
Jian Zhile couldn’t help but kiss him before standing up and walking outside.
Outside, when he saw the contact name on his phone, Jian Zhile’s smile slowly faded. He answered the phone and said, “Hello, Brother Wang.”
The agent Wang Qianan on the other end of the phone said, “Lele, you finally decided to answer the phone!”
Jian Zhile got straight to the point. “What’s up?”
“Isn’t this the song you wrote two months ago? I just listened to it,” Wang Qianan said. “There’s a band in our circle willing to buy it. They’ve offered a price that’s at least five figures!”
Jian Zhile said, “Brother Wang, I want to sing it myself.”
There was a calm pause on the other end of the phone.
After a while, a very unfriendly laugh came.
Jian Zhile frowned slightly but didn’t speak. He only heard Wang Qianan on the other end of the phone say, “Lele, what joke are you making now? Who in the industry dares to produce your songs now? You are talented, that’s for sure, but don’t forget, three years ago, you offended President Zhang of GAn An Entertainment. Do you remember he’s been blacklisting you ever since?”
The incident from three years ago was brought up again.
Jian Zhile’s head, which had been aching faintly since the car accident, began to throb again. His fair face was somewhat pale, but his expression remained calm. “I haven’t forgotten.”
Wang Qianan sighed and said, “You, why didn’t you agree back then when President Zhang liked you so much and wanted to promote you? If you had agreed to him back then, how could you have ended up withdrawing from the competition and now not being able to sing, working odd jobs to make a living?”
Jian Zhile remained silent.
Wang Qianan tentatively said, “There was a dinner party some time ago, and Zhang from that party asked about you. It seems he’s still very interested in you, Lele. Should I help you with…”
Jian Zhile mercilessly interrupted him, “I won’t be his lover, not in the past, not now, not ever.”
Wang Qianan fell silent for a moment, his tone changed, “You’re so stubborn. I thought you would have learned your lesson after suffering for a few years. What are you being stubborn about? You have no background or connections. Are you prepared to be blacklisted for life? Fine, I won’t care about you anymore. Think about it and call me back!”
The call abruptly ended.
Jian Zhile looked at the phone screen in silence for a moment, then finally put the phone away.
Back at the store, several staff members were with An An. Jian Zhile came over, took the child’s hand, and said, “Thank you.”
The staff quickly said, “You’re welcome. The child is so cute. We all like him. How old is he?”
Jian Zhile looked at An An.
An An raised his fair little hand and made a gesture with his fingers, saying softly, “I’m four years old~”
The staff members all smiled, and one of them said to Jian Zhile, “Your child is really cute, and his features are just like yours. He’s still young, he’ll be even more amazing when he grows up!”
Jian Zhile looked down at An An, suddenly thinking of what the doctor had said, the surgery in two years, congenital heart disease. If it failed, An An would have to bear unimaginable consequences.
After paying the bill, they left the store.
As the sun set and the evening breeze blew, Jian Zhile looked up at the sky. His long eyelashes trembled slightly, his fair side profile particularly clear under the streetlights. He sighed softly.
An An held his hand and said softly, “Daddy, are we going home?”
Jian Zhile came back to his senses and nodded, “Yes, let’s go home.”
The hospital was far from the rented house, so they needed to take a taxi back. As the sky gradually darkened, his thoughts drifted further away. The results of the paternity test would be out soon. If An An wasn’t his child, he would take him to find his family. If An An was his child…
Then no matter what had happened before, he would take full responsibility for the child and get him treated.
But…
The cost of the surgery would definitely be considerable. He could save up slowly, but the child couldn’t wait. Now that the entertainment industry’s Zhang had blacklisted him, was there really no other way but that?
As he was thinking, a somewhat surprised childish voice suddenly sounded, “Daddy!”
Jian Zhile was slightly surprised and looked at An An beside him, only to see the child half rising and kneeling on the seat, pointing to a huge poster on the side of the road. A handsome man on the poster caught his eye, and An An said excitedly, “Daddy, look, it’s Dad~”
Jian Zhile, sitting next to him, widened his eyes slightly.
Not because of the man beside him.
But because the man on the poster was someone he knew too well. His name was written below the endorsement, and he couldn’t be mistaken. It was Gu Qingye, the hottest movie star today, whom he had just met during the day!!!
Jian Zhile came back to his senses, smiled, and said, “An An, what joke are you making? How could that uncle be your Dad?”
An An’s white and tender little face was filled with determination, “Daddy showed me the picture on the painting before, this is daddy!!”
Jian Zhile’s eyes widened.
If the movie star was really An An’s Dad, then he couldn’t possibly be An An’s Dad at all. How could he and Gu Qingye have a child together?!
As he was in a panic, his phone vibrated again. He instinctively answered it, and a voice came from the other end, “Is this Mr. Jian? The results of the paternity test we arranged for you are out. We have sent them to your email in electronic format as per your request. Please check it promptly.”
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OOoh this is interesting!!!!