Chapter 76 Chapter 76 The King's Dad 18
On the plane that day, Zhou Huasheng briefly taught Zhuozhuo how to use a smartwatch, but unfortunately, after so many days, she had long forgotten it. After fiddling with the watch for a long time, Zhuozhuo looked up at Rong Yi for help. "Dad, how do I use this?"
Rong Yi wanted to say, "Dad doesn't know either," but he didn't want to be an authoritarian parent who prevents his child from making friends, so he had to take the watch and find the address book. There was only one contact in it with the note "Brother".
Tsk.
Rong Yi saved his own mobile phone number and marked it as "Dad" to make sure it was better than "Brother". Then he called "Brother".
The call was quickly connected, and Zhou Huasheng's voice rang out, "Hello."
Zhuozhuo came over and said loudly, "Brother Huasheng, Zhuozhuo wants to talk to you!"
"Sister Zhuozhuo, what do you want to say?"
Rong Yi raised his eyebrows and was amused by Zhou Huasheng's serious words.
"Brother Peanut, are you coming to pick me up and take me to your house?"
"Okay, where are you now? Did you run out to play? Is there anyone around?"
"No, Zhuozhuo is at home, and Dad is next to him." Zhuozhuo's chatterbox came online, "Zhuozhuo doesn't know how to use a watch, and can't find Brother Peanut, but Dad does!"
"Uncle Rong is amazing. Zhuozhuo, can you give the watch to your father? I have something to say."
Rong Yi said, "I'm listening."
Zhou Huasheng said politely, "Uncle, I'll come to visit you in half an hour."
"Don't be so polite. I just wanted to ask you to play with Zhuozhuo for a while. I don't know if it will bother you."
"It won't delay me. I have nothing to do right now."
After hanging up the phone, Rong Yi nodded his burning forehead and said helplessly, "We are so rude. It was already bad enough that we didn't visit and thank him after returning home, and now we have to ask him to come to pick you up and go to his house to play."
If they were just friends, it wouldn't be necessary to be so particular. The problem was that the two families weren't familiar with each other. For an ordinary person, today's call would be extremely presumptuous, let alone the Zhou family. After all, this was a century-old family with a rich history, and etiquette and rules were ingrained in everyone's bones.
"Dad!" Zhuozhuo covered his forehead and shouted in dissatisfaction. After hearing his words, he tilted his head and said, "Zhuozhuo is polite. Zhuozhuo says thank you!"
Rong Yi laughed, "Zhaozhuo is awesome."
Half an hour later, Zhou Huasheng arrived on time, bringing a gift. Zhuozhuo greeted him warmly, saying in a baby voice, "Brother Peanut, Zhuozhuo missed you so much!"
Zhou Huasheng paused for a moment, then said with a look of intense anticipation, "I miss you, too." He looked at Rong Yi and handed him the gift. "Uncle Rong, good morning."
Rong Yi took it and put it on the table, smiling and saying, "Thank you for troubling you today. Just take some time to play with Zhuo Zhuo for a while. If you have other things to do, ask her to come back."
"No trouble, Zhuozhuo and I are good friends."
"Dad, Zhuozhuo isn't going out to play. She's going to thank Brother Peanut." Zhuozhuo interrupted the two people's pleasantries. She looked at Zhou Huasheng and said cutely, "Brother Peanut, Zhuozhuo has a gift for you too."
Rong Yi and Zhou Huasheng were both very curious about the gift. They watched Zhuozhuo run upstairs to the room, and a moment later he came running downstairs with a large box of watercolor pens and some white paper in his arms. He announced loudly, "Brother Peanut, Zhuozhuo will draw you a picture!"
"good."
Seeing that Zhou Huasheng didn't take it seriously, Rong Yi couldn't help but said proudly, "Zhuozhuo is very talented in painting." He took the exquisite photo album on the sofa and opened it, "These are all painted by Zhuozhuo." The old father collected every painting of Zhuozhuo and took them out to look at it from time to time.
Zhou Huasheng took it and looked at it, surprise flashing in his eyes. "Uncle Rong, have you ever thought about hiring a teacher for Zhuozhuo? Zhuozhuo's talent should be cultivated."
"Looking for it." Rong Yi was about to say a few more words when Zhuozhuo came over, patted his arm, and said childishly, "Dad, Zhuozhuo is going to Brother Huasheng's house. You're home alone. Don't run around or play in the water."
Zhuozhuo opened the tablet on the table, which contained many apps downloaded by Rong Yi for her. She opened a musical instrument simulator and said, "Dad, you are bored, play games." As she said that, she touched the screen with her little hand, making a series of noises.
Rong Yi: “…”
This scene looks so familiar.
Before Rong Yi could sigh, Zhuozhuo took the cup on the table and poured it with water. "Dad, if you're thirsty, drink water. If you're hungry, eat cookies." Zhuozhuo thought for a moment and added, "Wash your hands before eating cookies. Remember?"
“…I’ve got it.”
"Dad is awesome." Zhuozhuo praised, nodded as if he was very satisfied with his performance, and waved to Rong Yi, "Goodbye, Dad. Wait for Zhuozhuo to come back."
Rong Yi raised his hand to cover the corner of his mouth that was curled up, "Okay."
The pencil case was too heavy for Zhuozhuo to carry far, so Zhou Huasheng took it over. Zhuozhuo skipped along like a lamb let loose. Rong Yi stood at the door, watching Zhuozhuo's back, and suddenly felt the sadness of an empty-nest elderly person.
When they arrived at the Zhou family's house, the elders were still not home. Zhuozhuo asked curiously, "Are Peanut's parents also filming a movie? They're not home every day."
Zhou Huasheng led Zhuozhuo to his study and said, "They don't shoot movies. My father manages the company, and my mother is a designer."
"What is the Management Department? What is a designer?" Zhuozhuo was attracted by the two rows of tall bookcases and tried to climb up using a small ladder.
"That's right. My dad is at work in a meeting, and my mom is painting and making clothes." Zhou Huasheng walked over and protected Zhuozhuo.
"How did a painting become a piece of clothing?" Zhuozhuo's eyes widened in surprise, not even stopping to climb the ladder. "My brother's mother is amazing!"
"My mom is an internationally renowned designer." Zhou Huasheng added, "Whatever clothes you want, you can just draw them and have them made accordingly. Do you want to see the clothes my mom designed?"
"think!"
"Go over there." Zhou Huasheng took Zhuozhuo to the desk, turned on the computer and showed her some of her mother's design manuscripts and finished clothes. He also showed her a documentary about how the design drawings went through a series of processing procedures to become clothes.
Zhuozhuo was amazed and kept exclaiming in amazement. She admired Peanut's mother very much, whom she had never met, and immediately decided to design clothes for Rongyi.
In order to get home early, Zhuo Zhuo was no longer curious about Zhou Huasheng's study. She picked up the watercolor pencil box and said proudly, "Brother Peanut, whatever you want, Zhuo Zhuo will draw it for you!"
Zhou Huasheng recalled the contents of the album and chose the simplest one, "Little Yellow Duck."
"good!"
Zhuozhuo climbed onto a small stool and onto the high chair brought by the housekeeper. He then leaned over the desk, opened his pencil case, and selected the colors he wanted to use. Seeing Zhuozhuo drawing so intently, Zhou Huasheng continued to read the book spread out on the desk.
Half an hour later, Zhuozhuo put down her pen and said, "I'm done." She pushed the paper toward Zhou Huasheng and said proudly, "Brother Peanut, look!"
Zhou Huasheng looked down and saw that the drawing paper was full. On the left was a boy wearing a blue shirt and black pants with a little yellow duck on his head, and on the right was a very big peanut.
I have to say that Zhuozhuo is really talented in painting. The little boy's cold and arrogant temperament and the charm of his facial features are all well presented, making people know at a glance that this is Zhou Huasheng.
"I like it very much. Thank you."
Zhuozhuo smiled happily. After waiting for a while, she saw that Zhou Huasheng had nothing to say and was about to put the painting away. She quickly stood up from the chair and climbed onto the table. She walked over and pointed at Big Peanut and said, "Brother Peanut, look here."
"Hmm... peanuts are good too."
"This is Peanut Mom!" Zhuozhuo pointed to an inconspicuous little peanut in the corner, "This is Peanut Dad! A family portrait!"
Zhou Huasheng's first reaction was that the big peanut wasn't him. Then he said with a bit of amusement, "Why are Peanut Mom and Peanut Dad so different?"
"Because Peanut's mom is awesome!"
Zhou Huasheng smiled and said in a good mood, "I'll show it to Mom and Dad when they get home."
"Will Peanut Mom like this?"
"Yes."
Zhuozhuo held her little face and said, "Brother Peanut helped Zhuozhuo say that Zhuozhuo likes Peanut Mommy very much. The clothes Peanut Mommy draws are beautiful!"
"I will."
Just then, Butler Zhao came and knocked on the door, saying that Rong Yi had come to pick up Zhuozhuo.
Zhuozhuo was shocked, "Dad can't go out!" She hurried back to her seat, squatted down and stepped on the chair. Zhou Huasheng hurried over to help her.
Zhuozhuo stepped onto a chair, then onto a small stool, and finally jumped to the ground, rushing out in a hurry. Seeing Rong Yi sitting on the sofa drinking tea, Zhuozhuo rushed into his arms and said worriedly, "Dad, why did you run out!"
"Daddy is fine, we can go out now." Rong Yi explained, and when he saw Zhuozhuo pouting, he immediately showed weakness, "Daddy missed Zhuozhuo so much that he couldn't help but come out to look for you."
Zhuozhuo's momentum suddenly decreased, "I'm sorry, Dad, Zhuozhuo is home late."
"Don't blame Zhuozhuo, it's Daddy who is too clingy. Daddy can't leave Zhuozhuo."
Zhou Huasheng, who was following behind, stopped hesitantly after hearing this, thinking that Rong Yi probably didn't want outsiders to hear these words.
Rong Yi, who was already used to being around Zhuo Zhuo, didn't realize the impact his words had on others. He looked at Zhou Huasheng and said, "Please take care of Zhuo Zhuo."
"Zhuozhuo is so easy to take care of. He doesn't bother me at all." Zhou Huasheng walked over and watched Zhuozhuo acting so sweetly and coquettishly with Rong Yi. Soon, Zhuozhuo said, "Brother Peanut, we're going home."
Zhou Huasheng tried to persuade him, "It's noon now, why don't you have lunch before leaving?"
"No, Dad wants to go home and take medicine!"
"Ah?" Zhou Huasheng didn't react immediately and was about to show concern, but Zhuozhuo thought he was confused and explained, "Because Dad is sick!"
Zhou Huasheng: “…”
Rong Yi smiled and said, "I had a fever the day before yesterday, but I'm back to normal now. It was Zhuozhuo who was just too worried about me." He felt a surge of pride and warmth as he spoke. He had indeed become a mature father.
Zhuozhuo disagreed, "It's not healed yet. It will take three days to heal! Dad is disobedient again."
"Okay, Dad was wrong. Dad, listen to Zhuozhuo and go home to take medicine."
"That's right." Zhuozhuo took Rong Yi's hand and stood up, waving to Zhou Huasheng, "Goodbye, Brother Peanut!"
"Goodbye, Zhuozhuo."
On the way home, Rong Yi tried to ask Zhuozhuo for the opportunity to go out and play, "Zhuozhuo, you see, Dad has nothing to do today, Dad can go out now. Let's go to the park tomorrow?"
Zhuozhuo held Rong Yi's face and looked at him. After finding that there was nothing wrong, he finally relented, "Okay, you can only play for one hour."
"Thank you, Zhuozhuo."
Rong Yi was thinking of making an appointment after dinner, but just as he picked up his phone, he received a call from the Dazhou Town Police Station. He asked doubtfully, "Officer Zhang, is there any news about Zhuozhuo's family?"
Through previous conversations with Zhuozhuo, Rong Yi speculated that Zhuozhuo's parents had passed away. Later, he became worried that Zhuozhuo's statement was wrong and the two were still alive. This would most likely be considered as abandonment of the child, so Rong Yi first asked a detective friend to investigate privately.
However, there is no valid information at present. Zhuozhuo seems to have appeared out of thin air. There is no birth record or medical record. This is almost impossible to do in today's highly information-based society.
Zhang Xueruo said, "Mr. Rong, we don't have any information about Zhuozhuo's parents yet, but we have some other matters that require you and Zhuozhuo to come to the police station to cooperate."
"Okay, I'll leave this afternoon."
Zhuozhuo asked curiously, "Where is Dad going?"
"Let's go to Xiaozhou Village, Zhuozhuo, do you remember?"
"Remember, Dad is filming. What are we going to do?"
Rong Yi didn't know either, and could only speculate in his mind. The police had no news of Zhuozhuo's parents, but needed their cooperation. Could it be that they had found the person who brought Zhuozhuo to Xiaozhou Village?
In the evening, when he arrived at the police station, Rong Yi finally found out what had happened.
It turned out that because she had not found any information about Zhuozhuo's parents, after investigating Rong Yi's life trajectory and confirming that he was not Zhuozhuo's father, Zhang Xueruo remembered the theory of Rong Yi's twin brothers and applied to investigate the hospital where he was born.
The results of the investigation were obtained today, confirming that Rong Yi's mother only gave birth to him as a child.
Then Zhuozhuo would have no relationship with Rongyi anymore. After the temporary guardianship period was up, according to regulations, she needed to be sent to an orphanage. However, Zhuozhuo and Rongyi's situation was special, so Zhang Xueruo called him to ask if he was willing to adopt Zhuozhuo.
Being told that the twin brothers didn't exist, Rong Yi felt mixed emotions. He immediately said, "I do." He glanced at Zhuozhuo, who was playing in the room across the street, and said, "I'm willing to adopt Zhuozhuo, but can you keep it a secret? In my heart, she's my biological daughter."
"Don't worry, we will never disclose a citizen's privacy." Zhang Xueruo had a good impression of Rong Yi, first because of his work, and now because of his attitude towards Zhuo Zhuo. After all, adopting a daughter would have a better impact on public opinion than having one without telling fans.
It was too late, so Rong Yi took Zhuo Zhuo to stay in the hotel and asked Zhang Qi to fly over overnight. Because they had to go through the adoption procedures the next day, they couldn't take Zhuo Zhuo with them.
The next day, Zhuozhuo and Zhang Qi were playing Beast Battle Chess in the hotel. Seeing Rong Yi come back, Zhuozhuo ran over, hugged his legs, and acted coquettishly, "Daddy, daddy, Zhuozhuo missed you so much. Where have you been?"
Rong Yi picked up Zhuozhuo with one hand and took out the household registration book from his bag with the other hand. "Dad will go register Zhuozhuo. Now we are a legally recognized family."
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