Chapter 181 "Call me Uncle." "Brother!"
After his assistant left, He Chen couldn't resist calling Mingyue.
Mingyue and Liu Yun had just sat down at Little Starry Night when a waiter came over with the menu. Mingyue gestured for the waiter to give the menu to Liu Yun, then answered the phone, "Achen, what's up? Why are you calling at this hour?"
He Chen: "I miss you."
Mingyue: "If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up."
He Chen: What are you doing?
Mingyue: "What else can I do? Go to work, of course."
Then he hung up the phone.
He Chen stared at his phone, lost in thought.
He just heard a waiter in the background saying, "What would you like to eat today?" Jiaojiao was clearly in the restaurant, so why was she lying? Besides, it's not even 11 o'clock yet, and Jiaojiao went to have lunch?
This is not normal.
He Chen grabbed his car keys, stood up abruptly from his office chair, and strode out of the office.
As he reached the office door, he suddenly realized something was wrong. "I don't know where Jiaojiao is. Where am I going?"
The secretaries working in the outer office saw their boss storm out of the office. Before they could figure out why, the boss suddenly stopped, looking thoughtful and puzzled.
He Chen was never one to sit idly by and wait for his fate. After only a second's hesitation, he decisively walked toward the elevator. At the same time, he sent a message to Mingyue's assistant: Where did your boss go?
I also brought a red envelope.
A short while later, He Chen received a reply: I don't know.
The red envelope was not claimed.
He Chen stepped into the elevator, pressed the close button, and the elevator doors slowly closed. He Chen then sent another message: Really don't know?
I also sent a red envelope.
Assistant: The boss didn't tell me anything that wasn't related to work, so I really don't know.
The red envelope has still not been claimed.
He Chen didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he walked towards where he had parked his car while transferring money on his phone.
When he opened the car door and sat down, he checked his phone and found that the red envelope and transfer had been claimed. The other party replied with several exaggerated emojis and a sentence: "The boss took Tie Dun'er out with him."
The iron block has a positioning ring on its neck.
He Chen smiled slightly, opened the location map on his phone, and drove out of the underground parking garage.
Forty minutes later, He Chen's car pulled over to the side of the road outside Xiaoxingchen.
Wen Xinglan stood behind the cashier again. Mingyue teased him for a while while he paid. After she finished paying, she came out and clutched her heart, sighing, "So cute, I'm melting from cuteness."
He Chen sat in the car and saw Mingyue walk out of the restaurant. Who could make her smile like that?
A moment later, Sister Liu led Tie Dun over from the other side.
Why is Sister Liu here too?
Why bring Sister Liu but not him? What is it that Sister Liu knows but he can't?
Watching Mingyue and Sister Liu get into the car and drive away, He Chen got out of the car with a cold face and walked straight towards the restaurant.
"elder brother?"
Upon entering, He Chen heard a baby's voice. He looked down and saw a fair-skinned human cub trying to look up at him from a small bag of melon seeds.
"You called me?" He Chen asked.
He Chen: "Call me uncle."
Wen Xinglan smiled and said, "Brother!"
He Chen glanced at the noisy hotel lobby, then looked at Wen Xinglan: "Are you a doorman?"
Wen Xinglan patted her forehead: "I'm the baby."
He Chen: "You're a little brat."
Wen Xinglan: "You are the older brother."
He Chen: "..."
He Chen stood at the restaurant entrance for a long time without seeing any adult waiters come to serve him. "Is this the kind of service that Jiao Jiao is expected to come here every day?"
He Chen glanced around the restaurant lobby. There were quite a few guests, and almost every seat was taken. Each table was occupied by groups of two or three people eating together. There were no lone people, which meant that Jiao Jiao was not on a date.
Since no one was there to greet him, he went in by himself.
It was lunchtime, and the waiters were extremely busy. When they saw a customer come in and not be able to find a seat, they quickly went over and asked, "Hello sir, how many of you are there?"
He Chen walked to the middle and then discovered there was a staircase leading up. "You have a second floor?"
Waiter: "Yes, we have private rooms on the second floor."
He Chen: "Take me to the second floor."
Waiter: "How many people are in your party?"
He Chen: "I'll pay for the private room."
The waiter seemed a bit embarrassed: "Our private rooms are charged per person, and it's lunchtime now, so the second-floor private rooms are already full. If you're worried about noise, could I find you a quiet spot?"
As the waiter was talking, another waiter quickly walked past them carrying a pot of food, and the aroma of the food from the pot unexpectedly entered He Chen's nostrils.
It smells so good!
I'm hungry.
"Alright then," He Chen heard himself say.
"Please follow me." The waiter led He Chen to a seat on the side and handed him the menu: "This is our menu, please take a look and see what you would like to eat?"
He Chen didn't even glance at the menu and said directly, "Give me the same dish that the waiter just brought over."
"Okay, please have some tea and wait a moment. Your food will be served shortly." The waiter poured He Chen some tea and then left.
Why are we sitting down to eat? Oh well, what's done is done.
While sitting in his seat drinking tea and waiting for his food, He Chen glanced around at the people eating around him. Everyone was eating with great enthusiasm, and although he couldn't see anything unusual, it made him hungry.
Soon, the waiter brought over a pot of fragrant food. "Sir, would you like some rice? Rice is free for us."
He Chen answered without hesitation: "Yes."
The waiter brought He Chen another bowl of steaming rice.
After the waiter left, He Chen picked up his rice and started eating. There were actually several kinds of dishes in the pot, and He Chen didn't know which one to eat first. He had just seen many people put a lot of dishes on their rice and then eat them together.
He Chen copied them, putting a little of each dish on top of his rice. The glistening rice covered with colorful vegetables suddenly became incredibly appealing. He Chen picked up his overflowing bowl, scooped a mouthful of rice and vegetables, and exclaimed, "Hmm? Delicious!"
One bite after another, the mouth is full of fresh and delicious flavor.
He Chen had never eaten such a meal before, but for the first time, he tasted the so-called warmth and comfort of everyday life.
In no time, He Chen finished a large bowl of rice and a pot of vegetables.
After finishing his meal, He Chen looked at the last bit of broth bubbling at the bottom of the pot and wondered: Why did I come here?
Oh, right, find out why Jiaojiao ate behind my back.
Right, we came here just to eat, right? What's there to investigate? He ate without Jiaojiao's knowledge.
After finishing his meal, He Chen walked happily to the door to pay the bill and gave Wen Xinglan a friendly greeting: "Hello, doorman."
Wen Xinglan waved her little hand: "Bye-bye, brother."
He Chen smiled and said, "Bye-bye."
...
The next morning, Mingyue and Liu Yun brought Tiedun to Little Star.
The two took Tie Dun to the pet boarding house, while Wen Xinglan played with the cats in the pet park.
After visiting many times, Mingyue had figured out the pattern: when the restaurant first opened, there were no guests' pets in the pet park, so Wen Xinglan would play there. A little later, when guests arrived with their pets, Wen Xinglan would be taken to the cashier. So recently, Mingyue and Liu Yun had been arriving earlier, so they could play with Wen Xinglan in the pet park when they had time, and then play with her again at the cashier when they left after their meal.
Liu Yun noticed that Wen Xinglan had brought another cat with her today and asked, "Who did Xiao Ba bring today?"
Wen Xinglan: "Tie Hua Hua."
Liu Yun: "Wow, her name is Huahua. Huahua is so pretty."
Wen Xinglan agreed, "Huahua is beautiful."
"You're beautiful too."
After praising Wen Xinglan, Liu Yun said to Mingyue, "How come his eyes are so big? They're big and round, like grapes, even prettier than a girl's eyes."
Wen Xinglan pointed to Tie Dun's eyes: "They're small."
Mingyue was both amused and exasperated: "You said its eyes are small? Actually, its eyes aren't small; it's just that its face is big, making its eyes appear small."
Wen Xinglan nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.
He Chen secretly followed Mingyue to the restaurant, intending to suddenly appear while she was eating and say something like, "Why didn't you take me with you when you're enjoying your meal, Madam?" to startle her. However, he didn't expect to see her playing with the child there.
His heart suddenly felt like it was being pierced by a dense network of sharp needles; this was the real reason she had come here behind his back.
When He Chen was framed and lost his fertility, he didn't feel any regret. He even thought it was a good thing for him. He didn't need children; having Jiao Jiao by his side was enough.
But he didn't know when it started, Mingyue began to mention to him, intentionally or unintentionally, that she wanted to adopt a child. He always thought that Mingyue felt sorry for him not having a home and wanted to give him a complete family, so he cooperated with her to look for children in the orphanage. However, he was not serious and never found any. He never expected that Jiaojiao liked children so much.
He was infertile and couldn't give Jiaojiao a child. Jiaojiao didn't blame him, but he didn't even care about finding her a child...
He Chen thought of how Mingyue looked when she walked out of the restaurant yesterday... He was the one who had wronged Jiaojiao...
He Chen stood at the door watching Mingyue and Wen Xinglan interact for a long time before finally speaking: "Jiaojiao."
What are you doing here?
When Mingyue turned her head and saw He Chen, she was first surprised, then nervous.
Seeing her anxious expression, He Chen felt even more heartache. "Jiaojiao, once this period is over and the company isn't so busy, I'll take you to other cities to see if there are any suitable children to adopt. If not, we'll go and buy sperm..."
Mingyue went over and hugged him, saying with heartache, "Don't worry, we will have our own child."
He Chen gently stroked Mingyue: "Mmm."
Liu Yun hesitated, but ultimately said nothing.
...
The free clinic was scheduled for Saturday, and it happened to be a sunny day.
An Fusheng knew that Meng Cuie's biggest concern was her daughter Xiao Hui's eyes, so he specially gave her the day off.
Meng Cuie's daughter had eye problems from birth. Over the years, she had learned about the top ophthalmology hospitals and doctors in China for her daughter's eye treatment. When she heard that the ophthalmologists coming to provide free medical consultations were from an affiliated hospital of a medical university, she was so excited that she almost cried.
The affiliated hospital of the medical university has a top-notch comprehensive strength in the country, and its ophthalmology research center is even more outstanding. Meng Cuie had always wanted to take her daughter there for treatment, but she could never get an appointment. However, her daughter's condition could not be delayed, so she went to Nancheng City Hospital last time.
Lou Lan said, "Today, Professor Shen is here. He is an excellent ophthalmologist, a very nice person, and we are quite familiar with him. You can ask him any questions you have later, so don't be nervous."
“Okay, okay, okay!” Meng Cuie said.
The free clinic was scheduled to start at 9 a.m., but it was still 8 a.m. An Fusheng hadn't gone to work yet and was helping Wen Min draw the queue lines.
"Will there be a lot of people coming today? Can you and Aunt Lou manage on your own? Should we ask Yueyue to come back and help?" An Fusheng asked Wen Min.
Wen Min said, "No need. The restaurant is busy on weekends too. Two colleagues from our brother unit will come over to help out later. We can manage."
"That's good," An Fusheng said.
Today, Lou's mother was busy, so Ji Fengnian and Li Tianle were responsible for looking after the children. Lou Lan told them to play on the second floor and not go out. However, when Lou Lan wasn't paying attention, Li Tianle grabbed a few children and threw them at the door. After throwing all the children out, he secretly led them to the children's park.
Even Wen Xinghe was taken away by him.
When An Fusheng told Lou Lan about it, Lou Lan was both amused and exasperated. "This unlucky child, why doesn't he listen to a single word the adults say?"
Lou Lan quickly went to call Ji Fengnian, who was engrossed in cleaning.
Ji Fengnian's first reaction was: "That's outrageous! They went out to play without inviting me!"
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