Chapter 62 Chapter 62 The King's Dad 2
Electronic products are the most convenient tools to coax children. Zhuozhuo stretched out her little hands and tapped on the tablet randomly. The ding-dong music sound was turned into a mess of noise. She was very happy and tried to take the tablet out of Rongyi's hands several times.
When he couldn't be carried out, he stretched his little head forward, with his face almost touching the tablet.
Rong Yi pressed his palm against Zhuo Zhuo's forehead to push her back. With his other hand, he held the tablet farther away and said, "Don't get too close. It's bad for your eyes."
The distance was too far. Zhuozhuo stretched out his arm, his fingers just touching the screen. That would have been fine, but Rong Yi, seeing Zhuozhuo struggling to reach, deliberately moved further away, causing Zhuozhuo to groan in frustration and move a little closer.
After this happened several times, Zhuozhuo got so angry that she struggled in Rong Yi's arms and hit her head against his ribs, causing his scalp to tighten in pain. But before he could say anything, Zhuozhuo started to sob loudly.
Rong Yi quickly tried to comfort her. He rubbed the back of Zhuozhuo's head and blew on it. Seeing that she was still crying, he said helplessly, "Zhuozhuo, please stop crying. It was you who bumped into me, and it hurts me too."
Although Zhuozhuo was young, she had hardly ever fallen for anyone's logic traps. She complained aggrievedly, "Dad bullied me first!" She raised her hand and gestured, "You deliberately took the tablet far away, then deliberately brought it back. You're a bad dad."
Zhuozhuo grew increasingly furious as she spoke, glaring at Rong Yi angrily. She waited for Rong Yi to apologize, but Rong Yi found her angry yet serious expression adorable, and couldn't help but curl his lips.
The curve of her mouth was very small, but she noticed immediately that Zhuozhuo was staring at Rong Yi. The next second, Zhuozhuo, who had already stopped crying, tilted her head back and opened her mouth wide, "Ah——!" and burst into tears.
Rong Yi's smile froze on his face. He coughed and said guiltily, "Zhuozhuo, stop crying. Can we continue playing on the tablet?" He held the tablet in front of Zhuozhuo and nimbly pressed a string of notes with his fingers.
"I don't want it!" Zhuozhuo waved his hand violently to knock the tablet away, and then cried even louder because of the pain in his hand.
Zhang Qi, who was driving, was startled and looked at the rearview mirror cautiously, worried that Rong Yi would be angry.
Rong Yi had no time to be angry. Zhuozhuo was crying so hard that he was at a loss as to what to do. He could only use his only skill to coax a child - holding Zhuozhuo's little hand and blowing on it.
Still ineffective.
Rong Yi felt a chill in his heart and tried to wipe Zhuo Zhuo's tears. With a "pop", the soft little hand slapped him away. Rong Yi thought of the child with a bad temper and spoke softly, "Zhuo Zhuo, let's stop crying, okay? If you get angry, hit me."
Rong Yi grabbed Zhuo Zhuo's little hand and slapped it against his arm. It was a very powerful gesture, but it fell lightly. He even exaggeratedly cried out "Ouch, it hurts." Because of his superb acting skills, he sounded very sincere and could deceive people.
Zhuozhuo was frightened, her crying stopped, and she stared at Rong Yi with wide eyes.
Seeing this, Rong Yi pressed on, grabbing Zhuozhuo's hand and slapping it twice more, shouting, "It hurts, it hurts! Zhuozhuo knocked me down." On the third slap, Rong Yi felt Zhuozhuo's hand pulling away, so he let go and observed Zhuozhuo's reaction.
Zhuozhuo had never seen such a way of coaxing a child before and was completely shocked. She held Rong Yi's beaten hand and said with a sob, "Daddy, does it hurt? Zhuozhuo doesn't want to hit Daddy."
As she spoke, tears welled up in Zhuozhu's eyes again, but this time she held back her tears. Her small body was shaking from the intense emotions.
Rong Yi, who was originally glad that Zhuozhuo finally stopped crying, felt as if he was kicked in the heart. He looked at Zhuozhuo's aggrieved and frightened expression and realized that he had done something wrong.
Rong Yi whispered, "I'm not hurt. Zhuozhuo didn't hurt me. I was wrong just now. I shouldn't have forced Zhuozhuo to hit me. I made Zhuozhuo sad. Zhuozhuo didn't mean to hit me, did he?"
Zhuozhuo nodded vigorously, tears streaming down her face.
"Zhuozhuo is crying because I teased you on purpose, right?" Seeing Zhuozhuo nod again, Rong Yi said, "But I didn't apologize. I even laughed at you when you were crying. I was so mean. I apologize to Zhuozhuo now. I'm sorry. Can you forgive me?"
Zhuozhuo wanted to say, "I forgive you," but she couldn't help crying. Afraid that Rong Yi would grab her and hit him again, Zhuozhuo raised her arms to cover her face, sobbing, not daring to make a sound. The next second, Zhuozhuo felt a pair of broad hands embrace her. Rong Yi said apologetically, "Zhuozhuo, cry if you want to. I'll hold you and cry."
"Wow--"
Zhuozhuo couldn't hold back her tears. She felt extremely wronged. She cried for a long time before she gradually stopped. She looked at Rong Yi with tears in her eyes, "Dad."
Rong Yi didn't even dare to say "I'm not your father" at this time, "What's wrong, Zhuozhuo?"
"I'm hungry."
Rong Yi breathed a sigh of relief and opened the snack cabinet to pick and choose. He found that the whole cabinet was full of junk food, none of which was suitable for children to eat. So he opened the car refrigerator and asked, "Zhaozhuo, do you want some juice?"
"Drink!" Zhuozhuo was about to reach out to take it, but Rong Yi raised his hand again. Before she could open her mouth to cry, he quickly explained, "I'm not teasing you. The juice is too cold. I want to warm it up for you." As he spoke, Rong Yi took out a towel to wipe off the water droplets on the bottle, then held the bottle with both hands and stared at Zhuozhuo.
After realizing that Rong Yi was so warm, Zhuozhuo began to hum: "It's not cold, it's not cold, I can drink it now." Children will put food into their mouths immediately when they are hungry. Zhuozhuo can delay gratification, but Rong Yi is too unreliable.
Rong Yi was so annoyed by Zhuo Zhuo that he finally clamped the bottle between the two creaking holes. After barely getting rid of the coolness, he couldn't wait to unscrew the lid and handed it to Zhuo Zhuo, "Drink slowly."
"Gulp gulp—" Zhuozhuo turned around holding the bottle, ignoring Rong Yi. Rong Yi found it amusing and stepped forward to stand in front of Zhuozhu again. Seeing that she was about to turn around again, he was afraid that she would choke, so he had to say, "Don't move, don't move. I won't look at you. I'll stay away."
Zhang Qi almost laughed out loud when she saw her boss being humiliated. She had a premonition that this kid was his nemesis.
Zhuozhuo stopped drinking after a long while. She even sighed, as if drinking juice was a very tiring thing. Rong Yi was touched by her cuteness again. He pointed at the bottle that Zhuozhuo was holding tightly, "I'm thirsty too, Zhuozhuo. Can I have a sip of your juice?"
"Okay." Zhuozhuo walked over with the bottle without hesitation, "Daddy, have some."
Rong Yi took it and saw that there was only about one tenth of juice left in the bottle. He glanced at the cute and generous little girl, raised his head and started drinking, "Gu-du-gu-du-"
Zhuozhuo looked at the bottom of the bottle that was getting higher and higher, and realized that something was wrong, "Dad, don't drink it all!" She hugged Rong Yi's legs and climbed onto the seat, reaching out to pull Rong Yi's arm.
Rong Yi chuckled, lowered his arm, and shook the empty bottle, following Zhuo Zhuo's strength. Looking at Zhuo Zhuo's shocked and disbelieving face, Rong Yi suppressed a smile and said sadly, "Zhuo Zhuo, I'm sorry, I accidentally drank it all."
"Woo woo." Zhuo Zhuo took the bottle, looked at the bottom, then looked down through the bottle mouth, and shook the bottle several times to make sure the juice was gone. She looked at Rong Yi accusingly, and just when Rong Yi thought she was about to cry, she ran to the small refrigerator, opened the door, and took out another bottle of juice. "Daddy is thirsty, drink more, and take Nuan Nuan first."
Rong Yi took the cool bottle and felt his heart warm. He was even a little reluctant to send the child away.
There was a happy atmosphere in the car. Zhang Qi said "We're here" and parked the car in front of the police station.
Zhang Qi wanted to get out of the car and just take Zhuo Zhuo in, but when she opened the back door, Rong Yi had already put on a mask and a hat. He also put all the juice and milk in the small refrigerator into a bag, and got out of the car holding the bag in one hand and holding Zhuo Zhuo's hand with the other.
Zhuozhuo was originally happily skipping and jumping beside Rong Yi's legs, but she froze when she saw the police. She watched Zhang Qi go over to explain the situation to the police on duty and take a statement, then she climbed onto the chair and sat down without saying a word, like a little mushroom thrown in the corner.
Rong Yi couldn't bear to see Zhuozhuo like this, so he took out a bowl of yogurt and said, "Zhuozhuo, have this."
Zhuozhuo glanced at him without saying a word or eating.
Soon, the police came over to talk to Zhuozhuo, holding snacks and toys in their hands, but Zhuozhuo just took a look, didn't want anything, and ignored everyone.
"Maybe he's a little shy," Zhang Qi said, coming over. "Zhuozhuo just said he was hungry. Look, the policewoman gave you a big apple, a big red apple. Do you want to eat it?"
Zhuozhuo just glanced at him and ignored him.
Everyone was at a loss. The experienced female police officer pulled Zhang Qi aside and whispered, "This child treats you as one of her own. If you don't want her now, she'll be very sad. Why don't you go back first and leave her here? She won't be able to see you. She'll be fine after a while."
Zhang Qi was reluctant to leave and wanted to stay with Zhuozhuo for a while longer, but the policewoman's words made sense. She hesitated for a moment and whispered to Rong Yi, "Brother Rong, let's go then?"
After he finished speaking, Zhuozhuo, who had been lowering his head, suddenly looked over at him, startling the guilty Zhang Qi. He stammered, "Zhuozhuo, I..."
But before Zhang Qi could finish, Zhuozhuo lowered her head again. Her small body slumped in the chair, head down, picking at her hands, looking pitiful, like an abandoned kitten.
Rong Yi couldn't bear it any longer and said, "There's no report of a missing child yet?"
"No. If there's still no news from Zhuozhuo's family by tomorrow, we'll compare them to the national missing persons database and gene bank." An old police officer looked at Zhuozhuo. "She speaks Mandarin and doesn't look like a village kid... Why does this kid look familiar to me? Could she be from this area?"
The policewoman smiled and said, "I think she looks very familiar too. Who does she resemble? Who here could have given birth to such a beautiful girl?"
This made Zhang Qi very nervous. She was about to change the subject when she heard Rong Yi say, "Then can I take Zhuo Zhuo back with me first? She's more familiar with us. I'll leave my contact information and ID information. You can contact me anytime if you have any news."
"Huh?" Zhang Qi suspected he had misheard. Rong Yi had already pulled out his ID card and asked proactively, "Who can register me?"
The policewoman took the ID card and was shocked when she saw the photo and name on it. "Is it that Rong Yi?"
Rong Yi took off his mask and said gently, "If it's the Rong Yi in the play, yes."
The policewoman was incredulous. Just as she was about to take Rong Yi to register, her expression suddenly changed. She and the old policeman said in unison, "Are you this child's father?!"
"Although we look alike, we are not related by blood." Rong Yi said helplessly.
To avoid misunderstanding, Zhang Qi quickly told the story of Zhuozhuo mistaking him for his father in the afternoon.
Because of their appearance, the policewoman and the old policeman talked to Rong Yi for a long time, and only registered him after confirming that this was the first time they met today. They also explained to him that abandoning children is illegal.
After the matter was over, the policewoman smiled and said to Zhuozhuo, "Zhuozhuo, go home with this uncle tonight. We will come back to pick you up after we find your parents."
Rong Yi also half-knelt in front of Zhuo Zhuo and clapped his hands to attract her attention. "Zhuo Zhuo, please stop being angry, okay? Let's go home."
However, Zhuozhuo didn't even reach out. She glanced at Rong Yi and said angrily, "Go away! I don't want to go home with you without knowing what's going on!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment and couldn't help laughing. The policewoman teased her, "Then how are you going to get home with this uncle?"
Zhuozhuo said like a little adult: "Let's go to the hospital for a checkup. If the doctor says you are my father, I will go home with you."
Zhuozhuo amused several people, but Rong Yi felt that this little guy had been thinking about this for so long. He couldn't help but ask, "Zhuozhuo, are you so sure that I am your father?"
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