Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Dudu, stop crying, and daddy, stop crying too...
Lin Luochen was very arrogant when he was a teenager. He did not submit to anyone in his family, and others were indeed afraid of him. His brothers and sisters would automatically avoid him when they saw him.
Lin Luochen has only ever called one person "brother" in his life.
"elder brother."
"Wei Ran, Brother Ran, I..."
“Ding-ling-ling-ling!!!”
Lin Luochen suddenly opened his eyes and was awakened from his semi-beautiful dream by the blaring alarm clock. He sat up directly from the bed.
Four fifty in the morning is the time he gets up every day.
After getting up, drink a glass of water, wash up briefly, and start exercising. The exercise time ranges from one to an hour and a half. After completing a set of aerobic and anaerobic exercises, take a shower and change clothes. After that, the butler will serve the day's breakfast.
During meals, Lin Luochen would listen to world news.
This is the time of the day when his mind is the lightest, and many business opportunities come to him at this time in a flash of inspiration.
As for what they ate, Lin Luochen had no idea and didn't really care.
As a result of the car accident, he lost most of his sense of taste and smell.
But Lin Luochen had never been a person who cared about food and drink, so this had little impact on him, at least it never affected his emotions.
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Ignoring the words that after gradually "unlocking" his memory, he began to frantically want to know what sunshine and cake tasted like.
Wei Ran...
Lin Luochen subconsciously gripped his knife and fork tightly.
On the BBC, the announcer reports today's current affairs in a standard British accent.
Lin Luochen looked at the date. It had been three days since he last saw Wei Ran's son in the cafe.
There has been no movement from Wei Ran in the past three days.
Not only that, he hasn't seen Wei Dudu for three consecutive days.
Because of the presence of a cute kid distributing chestnuts, the line to buy sweet potatoes is getting longer and longer every day.
However, according to Lin Luochen's people, no one has seen Dudu near the sweet potato stall in the past three days.
At least on social media platforms like Weibo and Xiaohongshu, people were wailing. More than one person was wailing about how they had taken the train specifically to see Wei Ran's fanboy, the cute little kid, only to be thwarted. The comments below also claimed they hadn't seen him.
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So where did Wei Ran’s son go?
Changed cities?
Wei Ran is hiding from me??? ...
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How is that possible?
No taste, no smell, no appetite.
Lin Luochen put down his knife and fork, stood up, and prepared to go to work.
"Sir, I'm so sorry, I need to take a day off today and may not be back until tomorrow at noon."
Lin Luochen put on his coat and was about to leave when the housekeeper spoke to him awkwardly.
Lin Luochen doesn't like staying in hotels. This is a property under his name. Usually, there is a live-in housekeeper here who is responsible for supervising water, electricity and maintenance.
Now that Lin Luochen had moved in, the housekeeper had more work to do, but the corresponding salary had doubled. Furthermore, Lin Luochen rarely came home, so there wasn't much extra work for him to do. Just make him breakfast in the morning and tidy up his room.
Correspondingly, Lin Luochen did not rely on this housekeeper. When he heard that the other party wanted to ask for leave, he nodded without hesitation to express his agreement.
He put on his leather shoes with swift movements. The housekeeper opposite him continued to rub his apron, but smiled naively and said, "Thank you, sir. My little granddaughter is sick. Her parents are busy working and can't leave, and my husband can't take care of her alone. I'm going back to see her..."
Lin Luochen paused. He looked up instantly and asked, "Your granddaughter? How old is she?"
"He's four and a half years old this year."
"Are you sick?"
"It shouldn't be a big deal. Someone at the kindergarten is sick, and she might have been infected... Oh, don't worry, sir. I'll disinfect before I come back..."
"...Children get sick easily?" Lin Luochen was stunned and frowned fiercely.
"yes."
The old housekeeper didn't know why the usually silent gentleman suddenly started discussing this with her, but she still said, "Children of this age have weak immune systems and are prone to catching colds and fevers. Besides, with the recent change of seasons, the mycoplasma virus is very rampant and can be contagious..."
In response to the housekeeper's answer, Lin Luochen nodded to indicate that he understood, and took out his cell phone.
"Check if Wei Ran's son has been to kindergarten in the past few days."
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Lin Luochen soon received a report from his subordinates that Wei Ran's son had been going to kindergarten in recent days.
"The kindergarten has done a good job of protecting itself. Only a few children were sick and stayed home. Dudu went to class on time every day."
After hearing this, Lin Luochen felt relieved for some reason.
"Okay, I understand."
"...Keep an eye on it for the next few days. If anything unusual happens, notify me immediately."
"...Yes, Mr. Lin."
Lin Luochen hung up the phone.
He had already arrived at the office. Lin Luochen didn't think there was anything wrong with Wei Ran's special concern for his son.
After all, he knew about Dudu's existence, and Dudu also called him uncle, so they were acquaintances.
It is normal to show some concern for the children you know, and all human beings do this.
Lin Luochen started working.
At 10:30 in the morning, the internal phone rang and the secretary said it was his nephew calling.
"……who?"
Lin Luochen was staring at the report on the monitor, and his voice sounded very fierce.
The secretary subconsciously shrank back, and his tone suddenly became extremely uncertain: "...He said he was your nephew? ...He said his name was Lin Yang Hanhai."
“…”
Lin Luochen: "Take it."
A tender, childish voice immediately came from the phone, speaking slowly and with a hint of ignorance and timidity: "Uncle, Mommy asked me to ask you, can you help Haihai find a childcare center over there?..."
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In the nanny car, Wei Ran was holding a script in her hands. Next to her, Wu Baohong's phone screen displayed the image of his agent. Ji Yangyun asked Wei Ran on the other end of the phone, "Have you read all the scripts I sent you?"
Wei Ran looked confused for a moment, then she pinched the script in her hand and said, "I'm reading it."
Ji Yangyun looked at the old, scratched script in his hand. "...I'm not talking about the one you've almost torn apart! I'm talking about what drama you want to take on next. We couldn't get good resources before, but now the situation is different...Wei Ran, do you realize that the situation has changed? It's time to plan for the next drama!"
Wei Ran continued to hold the script, nodding blankly to indicate that she was listening, but did not respond in any other way.
"...You..." Ji Yangyun sighed: "Forget it, you should have a good rest first."
Yesterday, Wei Ran went to City G to participate in a brand promotion event, and was then asked to stay for a cocktail party, which ended at two or three in the middle of the night. By the time she finally got some rest, it was probably almost dawn.
He hurried back to S City by car early this morning. He had to join the crew to start work in the afternoon. After all, the crew only asked for a day and a half of leave.
Ji Yangyun looked through the screen at Wei Ran's pale face. He muttered to himself, "Don't read those two scripts for now. I'll see if I can find a better partner. Yesterday's promotional event with the brand was a success, and your value is increasing day by day. Those two scripts are good, but they're small productions after all, so they're not suitable for your current situation."
Wei Ran continued to nod, looking like a good student, confused, and then continued to look down at the old script in his hand.
He actually knew that he should plan for the next drama while the momentum was high, but he had other dramas he was filming, so Wei Ran simply couldn't spare the energy to worry about the next drama. He just wanted to go all out to make this one a success first.
Wei Ran is just like that.
When he was working with the last agency, his agent couldn't stand this point about him, saying that he was obviously cheerful and adaptable, but when it came to serious matters, he was a stubborn person and couldn't even curl up. He asked him to look around, as there were many stars out there who were busy with other films, but Wei Ran was different, he was just going down one path and wasting his time.
Now that Ji Yangyun has taken over, Wei Ran has changed a lot. He is often confused and no longer as smart as before.
Perhaps because of this, Wei Ran had never been criticized for this. ... Or perhaps he had been criticized, but he hadn't heard too many harsh words. For normal criticism, he only considered whether the other person was right, not the other person's tone or attitude.
It's just that Ji Yangyun said that most of what he said was right. Wei Ran couldn't help but take it to heart.
As a result, every time he spoke to his agent, he would subconsciously straighten his back and adjust his glasses on the bridge of his nose from time to time.
Ji Yangyun looked at Wei Ran, who was like a good student, sitting in the swaying car and still trying to comprehend the script. He suddenly roared angrily: "The car is shaking so badly, do you still want your eyes?! Get off the car and watch it!"
Wei Ran quickly put away the script and leaned back in his chair to indicate that he was going to close his eyes and rest.
Ji Yangyun's voice still came from his assistant's phone: "You are here to learn from me, right? Don't think I don't know. You will want to see it again after hanging up the phone, right?"
Wei Ran frantically gestured to Wu Baohong in an area where her agent couldn't see her, indicating that she could hang up the video.
At this moment, Wei Ran suddenly received a call from the kindergarten teacher, saying that Dudu had a conflict with other children at school.
After hearing what the teacher said, Wei Ran looked dazed for a moment, and then suddenly panicked.
The thin body suddenly jumped up from the chair.
"...Teacher, what did you say? Is Dudu injured?!"
"Don't worry, Dudu's dad. Dudu isn't hurt. Um... to be precise, based on what we know so far, someone provoked Dudu, and then, um, another child took Dudu's place and fought with the provocateur..."
Wei Ran:?
His expression became even more flustered and confused.
Teacher: "But the reason they fought was indeed because of Dudu. Uh, anyway, Dudu's father, if it's convenient for you, it would be better for you to come to school in person..."
Of course Wei Ran went straight to school.
On the way, he turned on the kindergarten's surveillance footage to understand the situation.
When Wei Ran arrived at the kindergarten, the teacher's office was filled with the deafening wails of a child. Along with the cries, a female voice cursed, "Son, don't cry. Mom will definitely seek justice for you! Where are Lu Zhu's parents? Teacher, have you notified his parents? He dared to hit my son. I will make him pay for it. He can pay for it!"
"And what about Bai Ze's parents?! It was Bai Ze who instigated Lu Zhu! If you don't call their parents here today, I'm going to call the police!"
Wei Ran knocked on the door at this time.
He was still wearing the same thin white cotton coat he always wore, but today he changed into an ordinary pair of black sweatpants with white sneakers, a baseball cap on his head, and a pair of big-framed glasses on his nose, looking more like a student.
"Who are you……"
"Hello, teacher. I am Bai Ze's father."
"Are you Bai Ze's father?" Before the teacher could speak, the parents of Xing Jianhao, the only victim today, couldn't help but speak out.
She had heard that the kid nicknamed Dudu was good-looking. Xiaohao once told her when he got home that Dudu was the cutest. Not only the teachers liked him, but all the kids in the park liked him too.
But Ms. Gong thinks her son is the cutest, even if he's not as fair and cute as Chubby. But is appearance the only thing that matters when it comes to babies? Of course, it depends on who learns more, knows more, and is more talented!
It's said that Dudu doesn't even go to cram school, and that children who are good-looking when they are young are more likely to grow up to be crooked. In short, how could anyone be more outstanding than her son!
But the moment she saw Bai Ze's father, Ms. Gong suddenly felt that it was unlikely that he would grow crooked...
Wei Ran subconsciously pressed down the brim of his hat and nodded honestly: "I am Dudu's father."
Xing Jianhao's mother didn't think much about it. Seeing that the other party was too gentle and honest, she wiped the non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes, put her hands on her hips and shouted: "...Then you came at the right time. Your son ordered others to beat up my son. What do you think we should do about this matter?"
Wei Ran had already roughly understood the whole story before she arrived, so she said, "Oh, about this matter, we need to first ask your Xiao Hao to apologize to our Dudu."
"What did you say?" Xiao Hao's mother was stunned: "...You hit someone and you asked my son to apologize to you?!!"
Although Wei Ran was confused, he was not out of his mind. He nodded and said seriously, "Yes, I must apologize."
"It was your son who provoked Dudu first."
After Wei Ran finished speaking, she looked at Xing Jianhao who was standing beside her.
Receiving his gaze, Xing Jianhao immediately started crying again, saying loudly: "I didn't, I didn't say Bai Ze, Mom, I didn't, I really didn't!"
But Wei Ran said to Xing Jianhao very seriously, "You ridiculed Dubao in front of the other children. You should apologize to Dudu."
Xing Jianhao's parents were both loudmouths, and he had never heard someone speak in such a gentle, yet unquestionable tone. He immediately felt guilty and started crying again: "I, I... Wow!!"
"Xiao Hao, you don't need to say more!"
Seeing the big bump on Xing Jianhao's forehead, Ms. Gong continued with her hands on her hips: "Isn't it normal for children to joke around? The problem now is that my son is injured! Even if your son was teased by my son, what's the problem? Our Xiaohao is injured! "
Wei Ran said, "He got hurt because he tried to hit Dudu first. Lu Zhu was just helping Dudu fight back."
"Nonsense!" Ms. Gong: "According to what you said, my son ridiculed your son and hit your son? What's the matter? Is my Xiaohao the school bully? Is Dudu injured? I just want to ask you, are you injured?!"
The other party was lying with open eyes, so Wei Ran had to ask both parties to watch the surveillance video again.
Ms. Gong has watched the surveillance video and it was indeed Xing Jianhao who pushed Dudu first, but in her opinion, this did not cause any harm to Bai Dudu and could only be considered a joke.
Instead, later on, Lu Zhu, who was one year older than them, suddenly rushed out, not only pushed Xiao Hao away, but also smashed his son's head against the wall!
Even though Xiaohao was a bit bigger than Lu Zhu, Lu Zhu was already six years old! One year older than her son! Whose child wouldn't go to elementary school at six?
And everyone knows that Lu Zhu's father committed a crime abroad and was imprisoned, and his mother remarried a wealthy businessman, which is why he came to this kindergarten.
Thinking of this, Ms. Gong calmed down. She hated Lu Zhu. Although Bai Ze came from a single-parent family, at least he didn't have a criminal father. He could go to the same kindergarten as her son...
Wei Ran has already signaled the teacher to turn on the surveillance playback.
In the video, the conflict started when Xing Jianhao talked about how his parents took him to the beach for vacation last weekend.
This was originally nothing, but as Xing Jianhao was talking, he met Bai Dudu's eyes and said, "Dudu, you only have one father, right? How pitiful."
Bai Dudu's innocent eyes blinked, and he immediately waved his hands to express, "Dudu only has daddy, but Dudu is not pitiful."
Influenced by Ms. Gong's education, Xing Jianhao tacitly believed that single-parent families were defective families, so he directly said: "But you only have one parent, isn't that pitiful?"
Dudu continued to stare with his big eyes, his expression neither humble nor arrogant: "Dudu, just Daddy is enough!"
Xing Jianhao got even more excited and said, "No, no, no, that's not enough. Your family is a disabled family, so you are a disabled baby!"
Dudu didn't quite understand what a disabled baby meant, but he once saw an uncle without legs begging for money on the roadside, and Grandma Wang said he was a disabled person.
Dudu didn’t want to be without legs and didn’t want to be a disabled baby, so he finally responded.
Wei pouted and continued to shake her hands in denial: "Dudu, I'm not disabled!"
Seeing that he finally reacted violently, Xing Jianhao became even more excited: "You only have one father, you don't have a mother, and you are not disabled!"
"Hmm?"
Dudu tilted his head and thought, so this is what disability means, then it doesn’t matter.
Dudu said clearly, seriously and fearlessly, "But Dudu only needs his daddy. Dudu doesn't need another daddy."
Xing Jianhao started laughing, holding his stomach: "Baga! A normal family has a mom and a dad, you don't even know that, hahahaha..."
Dudu looked at him with his distinct black and white eyes, sighed, and turned away silently, not wanting to argue with him anymore.
The tiny human cub in the video actually put on an expression of deepness that made it seem as if a summer insect couldn't even talk about ice.
As a result, Xing Jianhao was inexplicably angered, and he immediately stretched out his chubby little hand and pushed forward!
When he only touched Dudu's back, Lu Zhu, who had been staring at him for a long time, rushed out and pushed him against the wall with force.
Xing Jianhao didn't react at all, and because of his heavy weight, he failed to brake, so when he hit the wall, his forehead hit it first, making a dull "bang" sound.
Then there was a continuous burst of crying.
The crying was so piercing that Ms. Gong quickly reached out to turn off the video.
"Dudu's father, if you think about it carefully, it was Lu Zhu who beat my son, and it had nothing to do with Dudu. I didn't want to call you over anyway, so I won't bother with Dudu about this matter. But Lu Zhu, you have to be careful when he comes into contact with your Dudu. He's too violent, he..."
At this moment, the office door was pushed open, and it was the person who had been lying outside and listening to the beep for a long time.
Behind Dudu was a thin boy, who was Lu Zhu who pushed Xing Jianhao out in the video.
The dark and thin Lu Zhu was actually more than half a head taller than Wei Dudu in front of him. The child followed behind Dudu with a blank expression, glancing at Xing Jianhao and his mother with a look full of contempt.
When Dudu entered the house first, his eyes were red, his mouth was pouting, his little fat was puffed up, and he looked at his father with an expression that was both self-blaming and timid.
He blamed himself for causing trouble for his father and causing the teacher to call his parents.
He was also afraid because Dudu had gotten his dad into trouble. ...Dudu was worried that his dad would be bullied by that auntie who reeked of pungent perfume!
Dudu doesn’t want his father to be bullied, and he doesn’t want his father to be bullied because of him, so... wow!
The moment the cub saw his father, his eyes turned red and he started crying!
This was the first time Dudu cried in kindergarten.
The fair and delicate child suddenly burst into tears, and the teacher and Lu Zhu behind him were both shocked!
Lu Zhu's expression was complicated and flustered, and he was at a loss as to what to do.
The teacher went over to coax him.
But the one who was faster than her was Dudu's father.
Wei Ran strode over, squatted in front of Dudu, hugged his son tightly, raised his hand to wipe away the little tears on Dudu's face, and coaxed him softly: "Okay, baby, don't cry, Daddy doesn't blame you, Daddy will never blame Dudu."
"Daddy, wuwu, daddy, Daddy!~..." Dudu hugged his father's neck, feeling so aggrieved that he couldn't speak.
But Wei Ran already understood.
He felt worse than anyone else. If it weren't for him, Dudu wouldn't have been spoken of like that.
He simply picked up Dudu and whispered in his son's ear: "Dudu, don't cry for daddy. Daddy will always love Dudu. It's Daddy's fault..."
"It's not that Dad is bad."
Dudu, with her lips pouting, continued to shed two golden beans, and then she forced herself to hold back her tears.
Because Dudu realized that if he cried, his father would also be very sad.
Dad's eyes, hidden under the shadow of his hat brim, were already red.
So Dudu has to try hard to hold it in!
His mouth was pouted into a “∧” shape, and his pouting chin was wrinkled from trying so hard to endure!
But Dudu is a little man, and his mission is to protect his daddy!
"Daddy, don't cry anymore."
Wei Dudu said it herself.
Dudu, don’t cry anymore, and daddy, don’t cry anymore.
Dudu hugged his father's neck tightly and kissed him.
The little pearls still couldn't stop falling.
Wei Ran felt even more heartbroken, but he dared not show his sadness or self-blame. Dudu was a sensitive child, and he did not dare to let Dudu feel his sadness.
Fortunately, Wei Ran’s acting skills are strong enough, and the redness at the corners of her eyes quickly faded away.
"Xing Jianhao's mother, thank you for your reminder, but."
When Dudu finally stopped crying, Wei Ran stood up straight, her momentum and voice suddenly becoming unquestionable: "Your Xing Jianhao must apologize to Dudu first."
"You!" Ms. Gong didn't expect the other party to be so ungrateful. She immediately said, "If you're so serious, how will your Dudu ever have friends in the future?"
But facing Wei Ran's firm gaze, Ms. Gong's momentum involuntarily weakened.
Feeling embarrassed again, Ms. Gong cursed to save her face: "If you are so afraid of being criticized, why don't you just come to school? Even if we take a step back, who is ridiculing your baby? My son just said the truth. Dudu comes from a single-parent family..."
“Who said Dudu comes from a single-parent family?”
The office door was opened again, this time kicked open with great force... and violence.
A young man in a suit and tie appeared outside the door. He was tall and shabby, with a gloomy face.
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