Chapter 4 Hakimi*2
"Uncle?" Ji Nan looked at her. "Are you disowning me so soon?"
The rain was getting heavier, and the falling raindrops hit the car windows, making the car seem even quieter.
This feeling is like two netizens who are chatting enthusiastically suddenly meet in person, only to find out that they both have severe social anxiety. It is so strange and embarrassing.
The red light lasted for more than a minute. Zhong Jiajing stared at the passing shadows of the red numbers with a determined look in her eyes. If you didn't know her, you would think she was about to put on her military uniform and go to war.
Ji Nan thought for two seconds, then turned on the radio in the car.
It was a prime-time show at its peak time, and the female host, with her crisp and gentle voice, was asking questions to the guests.
"As for the songs you've written and composed yourself, there are actually very few that are about sweet love. Many fans have left us messages asking if someone as talented and beautiful as you never gets a heart-throb?"
The guest was silent for two seconds, and the sizzling sound of electricity also trembled for two seconds. Then a pleasant male voice sounded, "Are you moved? Of course I am."
It was the voice of Wei Ge, the most popular male singer in recent years. Zhong Jiajing recognized it the moment she heard it.
The answer came to an abrupt end, stopping where it shouldn't have ended, but in fact it did end.
Zhong Jiajing's ears perked up. She was half a fan, and she was also a gossiper. Of course, she couldn't resist such gossip.
When Ji Nan heard the familiar voice, he subconsciously wanted to change the channel, but when he saw the curious face on his left that was still unsatisfied, he finally stopped.
"How amazing! I never thought that even a fairy on earth could have a moment of falling in love with a mortal."
Perhaps because the agent had instructed him to do something, the host stopped asking questions with great decency and changed the subject with just a few simple jokes.
Ji Nan chuckled when he heard that. Zhong Jiajing, who was already quite dissatisfied with eating a raw egg, narrowed her eyes and looked at him in confusion.
"What's wrong?" Ji Nan glanced at her sideways. "Did you find a reason to ask for a dog walk tomorrow?"
"But tomorrow is Saturday. I'm sorry, I'm taking a day off."
Of course he knew she wanted to ask him what he was laughing at, but he just didn't answer. Instead, he spoke of sad things in an extremely regretful tone.
Zhong Jiajing was completely speechless: "......"
No outside vehicles can enter the campus, and Ji Nan, as a member of the public without an appointment, naturally cannot enter either.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier. Zhong Jiajing had no choice but to walk to the dormitory building holding the fancy pink umbrella to avoid getting soaked. Ji Nan certainly had no reason to ask Zhong Jiajing to return the umbrella today. It was really inhumane, and what he said about returning the umbrella was just a joke.
Zhong Jiajing stood in the rain and waved at him, "Thank you, boss. I'll pay you back as soon as you have time."
People say that pink makes people look darker, but Zhong Jiajing looks particularly fair when she is bathed in the dark pink light. Her smiling eyes and brows seem to be covered with enough blush, making her look sweet.
The rain was falling in a zigzag pattern, so naturally the car window was closed. Ji Nan unbuckled his seatbelt and leaned over to the passenger seat, knocking on the window twice in response.
Zhong Jiajing guessed that the umbrella would be returned on any working day next week, but she never expected that it would be on Saturday, the day off, the day after she borrowed the umbrella.
Ji Nan's message was sent in the early morning just after midnight, but Zhong Jiajing, who had gone to bed early, was in a deep sleep until eleven o'clock in the morning before she saw it.
【Want to walk the dog today? 】
Zhong Jiajing was extremely surprised. "Huh? Did you send it to the wrong person?"
"Zhong Jiajing." Ji Nan suddenly called her briefly, then continued, "I'm asking about you."
"Oh, why do I remember someone saying yesterday that they had Saturday off?" Zhong Jiajing said vindictively, "Hey, I'm busy lately, and it's not like I can adjust my schedule just like that."
She pretended to be embarrassed and sighed, "Tsk, after all, I don't have the freedom of weekends like you do. It's really embarrassing."
There was a brief silence.
As soon as the phone went silent, Zhong Jiajing started to become suspicious, worrying that she might have jumped out of control. Could it be that the duck that was at her fingertips would fly away?
But luckily, it was just her worrying. Ji Nan was silent for a moment before replying, "When are you free today? I will pick you up, or if you have any other needs, I will try my best to meet them."
Look how things have changed. The usually cold man actually said such a thoughtful word.
Zhong Jiajing is a person who only responds to soft words and does not tolerate harshness. Once people relax their attitude, she can't say anything nonsense.
But she really was busy today, as she had her thesis defense in a few days, and her instructor had specifically ordered her to rehearse the defense process in front of him today, saying that he wanted to avoid losing face.
She thought about it and felt a little melancholy. "I'm not sure. I wonder if it's okay after seven o'clock?"
"It's okay, come if you are free, I will wait for you at the gate of your school." Ji Nan said in a deep voice.
Zhong Jiajing didn't know what was wrong with Ji Nan. He looked like he deserved a beating yesterday and refused her request to walk the dog even though she hadn't initiated it. Who would have thought that he would suddenly change his mind today.
The heavy rain stopped in the middle of the night. The hot weather dried the ground to the point where not even a drop of water could be squeezed out in just a few hours.
It was just after 6:30 when Zhong Jiajing arrived at the school gate, but Ji Nan was there earlier than her. The tall and lean handsome man was already waiting by the tree trunk with the dog.
She trotted over and looked up at the handsome man in front of her, "So early?"
Ji Nan handed her the coffee in his hand, his beautiful upturned eyes staring directly at her, "Aren't you up early too?"
"I told you he must have a girlfriend. Otherwise, who would wait for me for half an hour?"
"But these two look quite good together, so I have no regrets about making the mistake."
The whispering voices of the two girls behind her fell clearly into Zhong Jiajing's ears. The tips of her ears were a little congested, but she still pretended to be calm and listened to Ji Nan's words.
He asked, "Have you brought everything?"
She was a little slow to react, "Ah? You mean the brain? I brought it."
Ji Nan's lips turned pale as he pursed them tightly. He praised her insincerely with a gloomy face, "That's great. I didn't expect that seeing me would be worth bringing such an important thing."
He continued with a half-smile, "But I'm talking about the umbrella."
"......" Zhong Jiajing forced a laugh. "Oh, I brought this too."
She gulped down half a cup of coffee in an attempt to hide her embarrassment, but the overfilled dark liquid betrayed her decisively, and strings of liquid slipped out from the corners of her mouth, making her look very embarrassed.
Ji Nan didn't care about her ungraceful posture at all. He just curved his pretty eyebrows and handed her two tissues. He seemed to be in a good mood indeed.
The reason why he came to his house today was because his little niece who had just graduated from kindergarten called him early in the morning and said that she would come to his house to pick up an umbrella tomorrow, and asked him to wait for her at home tomorrow.
Ji Nan was completely confused at the time and had no idea what was going on.
Based on the niece's vague explanation and Ji Nan's moderate guidance and speculation, the truth was restored.
When my niece came to visit Ji Nan during May Day holiday, the weather cleared up after a heavy downpour, so she left her beloved pink princess umbrella in the umbrella drawer at his door. Children are forgetful, and she didn't even think about it until she boarded the high-speed train home. It wasn't until three or four days later that she remembered.
When Ji Nan returned home yesterday to get an umbrella for Zhong Jiajing, he didn't look closely; he simply groped in the dark and pulled one out of the drawer. He was actually startled when he saw the delicate pink flower open, but since Zhong Jiajing didn't pay much attention, he didn't think much about it. Who knew it was actually his own child's Aibao?
A gift once given is like water spilled; even though the umbrella wasn't given, the impudent words were spilled and could not be taken back. Ji Nan had originally wanted to save face and was thinking of buying the child a new one as compensation, so he openly and covertly asked the child about the specific structure of the umbrella.
My niece was young but very smart. After answering two questions in a row, she suddenly asked, "Uncle, did you throw my umbrella away as trash?"
Seeing that the little girl's voice was about to be filled with tears, Ji Nan quickly coaxed her in a gentle voice, "No, no, uncle is just afraid of making a mistake."
The niece obviously didn't believe him. "Hmph, little uncle, don't think you can fool me by just buying me an umbrella. I remember exactly which side of the umbrella each of the five princesses corresponds to."
It is really hard to fool kids nowadays. Seeing that this method didn’t work, Ji Nan had no choice but to turn to Zhong Jiajing.
The current scene is a perfect interpretation of the exchange of money and goods. As soon as the umbrella in Zhong Jiajing's bag was handed to Ji Nan, a gold-edged puppy leash was put around his wrist.
With a dog leash in hand, the world is mine.
The moment Zhong Jiajing got the dog leash, she wrapped it around Duoduo's big neck at the speed of light and began to hum and sing "Hakimi's Song".
Ji Nan didn't even look at her with a strange look like last time. It seemed that his attention was completely focused on the fancy little umbrella.
The umbrella was a three-fold manual type. Ji Nan used his fingers to exert a little force to open the umbrella completely.
Summer nights come more slowly, but the nights approaching seven o'clock still look like dusk, so sunshades are completely unnecessary.
Zhong Jiajing didn't understand the meaning of his action. "You're still wearing sunscreen now?"
The outside of the umbrella was just a simple delicate pink, but the inside was printed with five Disney princesses in a children's style. Ji Nan only took a look at it twice and closed the umbrella silently.
"Did you go back home with this thing on your head yesterday?" He felt a slight headache.
Ji Nan is almost a head taller than Zhong Jiajing. Yesterday, they didn't share an umbrella, and because of the umbrella's special structure, Ji Nan naturally didn't know what the scenery was like under the umbrella.
Zhong Jiajing nodded. "Yes, I thought this was your personal hobby."
As she spoke, she suddenly thought of something and asked in surprise, "Or, even though you look so young, you're actually already the child's father?"
"You mean daughters?" Ji Nan said with a forced smile, "I do have two."
As expected, Zhong Jiajing continued to ask, "Excuse me, how old is your child this year?"
"One is two years old, and the other is twenty-one years old." He answered indifferently.
"Ah? I thought you and I were the same age? Turns out you're old enough to be my dad!" Zhong Jiajing felt a little ashamed. "I was indeed a little presumptuous in the past. Uncle, please forgive me for once, can you please be more tolerant and forgive me?"
"Uncle?" Ji Nan looked at her, "Are you disowning me so soon?"
"What do you mean?" Zhong Jiajing was puzzled.
Ji Nan sneered, "Heh, didn't you acknowledge me as your father in front of the old lady a few days ago?"
The author has something to say:
I estimate the full text to be about 50,000 to 60,000 words, but I can’t say for sure. If I think of something along the way, I might write more.
This week is so busy, updates are so slow, I'm secretly crying QAQ
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