Chapter 65 A Good Father
Liu Lei purchased a VIP card for Dan Anwen, and the two went directly to the VIP waiting area at the designated time.
Following the staff through a series of passageways, we arrived at the front of the brightly colored castle.
Compared to the daytime, the castle at night is dazzling and colorful under the bright lights, with all kinds of lights shining on people's cheeks, sometimes bright and sometimes dim.
The animation in front of you, accompanied by its unique music, makes the fantastical cartoon characters from fairy tales appear infinitely larger and closer than you think.
Before long, colorful fireworks burst in the sky, and dazzling lasers intertwined on the top of the castle on both sides.
"Uncle Dan, thank you for bringing me to the fairy tale world." Gu Zhaodi's eyes were filled with the colorful fireworks in the sky, and the cartoon characters in the fairy tale moved in her dark pupils.
Every little girl dreams of becoming a princess when she is young, and girls are no exception; everyone wants to be the one who is favored in the castle.
The whole world is urging you to grow up, but Disney is still protecting your childlike heart.
Mr. Dan is the same; he is creating a fairytale world for the girl, making up for her regretful childhood, and hoping to heal her broken heart.
Dan Anwen turned his head to look at the girl's face, which was sometimes in the light and sometimes in the shadows. His eyes were gentle and deep, and his deep baritone voice was very penetrating in the music. "Princess Gu Zhaodi, Happy Children's Day."
After watching the fireworks show, the girl felt sleepy. Considering that she had to get up early for school the next morning, Dan Anwen took the girl home overnight and did not stay at the resort arranged by Liu Lei.
The girl in the back seat of the car had already curled up asleep. The neon lights along the busy road occasionally shone on her, as if she were surrounded by a fairy tale dream. The girl slept exceptionally well that night.
"Zhao Zhao, what did Uncle Dan ask you to do yesterday?" Guan Xiang asked as soon as she entered the classroom.
Seeing the girl's radiant face, Guan Xiang felt a strong urge to ask. If her mother hadn't confiscated her phone yesterday, she would have asked long ago.
Gu Zhaodi took out the Lingna Belle keychain from her bag. "Xiangxiang, this is for you."
Guan Xiang took it and became even more puzzled. "Tell me, where did you go yesterday afternoon?"
"Uncle Dan took me to Disneyland for Children's Day." The girl said, a little embarrassed, after all, she was already so old, yet she was still celebrating Children's Day.
"Huh?" Guan Xiang exaggeratedly picked at her ear.
Seeing the girl's serious expression, Guan Xiang had no choice but to believe her.
"Uncle Dan really treats you like a child. Is he practicing how to raise a daughter in advance?" Guan Xiang's lips twitched. She had heard Uncle Dan call Zhao Zhao quite often.
"Hehe." The girl's cheeks flushed slightly.
"It seems Uncle Dan is truly a good elder, and he'll definitely be a good father in the future," Guan Xiang remarked.
"What kind of good father?" Dan Si asked, frowning. He had just come in when he heard Guan Xiang discussing his uncle.
Guan Xiang was startled by him and patted her heart in annoyance. "Can you stop appearing out of nowhere all the time?"
"Don't change the subject. When did my uncle become a good father? I didn't know that." Dan Si said with a serious expression.
"It was just a casual remark I made," Guan Xiang said, too lazy to explain.
Dan Si didn't delve too deeply into it, then thought of Guan Xiang's earlier comments about being a good father. He said that anyone could become a good father, but the probability of his uncle becoming a good father was slim.
Everyone knows that the head of the Dan Group has been in power for over twenty years, and apart from his family, he doesn't have a single female companion. Rumors are rampant that he might end up alone.
"You may never see my uncle become a good father in your lifetime," Dan Si said casually.
Gu Zhaodi was puzzled. Uncle Dan was handsome, rich, and powerful. Finding a girlfriend shouldn't be difficult for him, right?
"Uncle Dan is quite well-off, isn't he? I bet a lot of girls like him," the girl retorted, suddenly remembering the woman she had seen at the Dan Group last time.
"It's no use that they like my uncle, because my uncle doesn't like them!" Dan Si said lazily, sitting in his chair.
To everyone's surprise, Guan Xiang blurted out, "Uncle Dan doesn't like them, does he like men?"
The gossipy look in his eyes made Dan Si's scalp tingle. "What are you thinking? My uncle's sexual orientation is perfectly normal."
Dan Anwen, who was signing documents at the top of the Dan Group, suddenly sneezed.
Liu Lei, standing to the side, was very nervous. "Does the president need me to turn up the air conditioning temperature?"
Dan Anwen lowered her eyes slightly and said in a calm tone, "No need."
The man continued reading the documents in his hand. The fuzzy pendant beside him, with its distinct knuckles, seemed out of place, both with the surrounding environment and with the man's powerful aura.
Liu Lei's eyes were glued to the pendant from the moment he saw it. This Winnie the Pooh was clearly a gift from Miss Gu to the president; otherwise, how could it possibly be on the dignified president?
The girl nearly choked on her saliva at Guan Xiang's domineering words, "Xiangxiang, I think Uncle Dan is normal."
"How can you prove it?" Guan Xiang was fearless. She was timid in front of Dan Anwen, like a mouse seeing a cat, but that didn't mean she wouldn't talk about him behind his back.
For a moment, Gu Zhaodi and Dan Si looked at each other, at a loss for words, as they really had no way to prove it.
Just as everyone was silent, the class representative for Chinese language came to find Gu Zhaodi.
"Zhao Zhao, the teacher wants you to come to the office." Now, almost all the students in the class have started calling the girl by her name after the last spring outing.
“Okay, I’ll go now.” The girl nodded.
Classroom Office
"Teacher Wang, what do you need me for?" Gu Zhaodi asked.
Mr. Wang, the Chinese teacher, held up the list of those who had passed the preliminary round of the essay competition and said, "Congratulations, Zhao Zhao, you've made it to the finals."
The provincial-level essay competition in Nan'an City first uploads essays with open-ended themes for the first round of judging. Those that pass the first round advance to the final round, where contestants create their essays on a given theme.
The girl's lips curved slightly, her eyes full of laughter. "Thank you."
"The final is this Saturday morning at nine o'clock, at Nan'an University." Old Wang said, then took out two more pieces of paper from the drawer. "This is a player ticket and a spectator ticket. You can have your parent or friend accompany you."
The girl took the two tickets from Old Wang with both hands. "I understand, teacher. I will be there on time."
"Alright, you can go back to the classroom now. Remember to prepare well." Old Wang waved his hand.
Goodbye, teacher.
After leaving the office, the girl looked at the two tickets in her hand, a subtle smile appearing on her face.
Dan Anwen picked her up from school early in the afternoon. Recently, the girl has started learning English with the man after school, so after dinner and finishing her homework, she starts doing the exercises the man assigned.
"The grammar here is wrong." Dan Anwen leaned down and pointed to the mistake in the girl's homework.
"Mmm." The girl quickly corrected herself, then remembered the essay competition.
"Uncle Dan, I made it to the finals of the essay competition!" The girl excitedly shared her joy with the man.
Dan Anwen gently patted the girl's head with his warm hand. "You're a really good kid. Here's some fruit for you as a reward."
The man placed the fruit he had brought into the study in front of the girl.
The girl was delighted to hear the man's praise; the corners of her mouth turned up, almost reaching behind her ears.
"Oh, right, my teacher gave me a ticket." The girl handed the light ticket to the man. "Uncle Dan, do you have time to go?"
The girl asked this question very cautiously. From childhood to adulthood, no one had ever attended any of her important moments. Even the highly anticipated high school entrance exam was something she did alone, and her family didn't even know she was taking the exam that day.
“Of course I’ll go to such an important moment.” Dan Anwen glanced at the time and location on the ticket.
The girl smiled and then lowered her head to do her homework.
The man behind her quietly left the study and made a phone call.
"Cancel the business trip on Saturday and send the vice president instead."
“President, this project is very important. If you don’t go in person, I’m afraid…” Liu Lei really couldn’t understand why the president would suddenly cancel his trip.
Furthermore, this project is related to the land in Lin'an City, and without Dan Anwen's personal presence, it would be difficult to reach an agreement.
"It's settled then. I'll discuss the specifics with the vice president over there." Dan Anwen gazed calmly at the setting sun outside the window.
"Okay, I'll arrange it right away."
After hanging up the phone, the man's tall figure disappeared by the corner window, the golden light like gold leaf draped across the sky.
Guoguo, who was going upstairs, was startled by his figure and almost fell down.
"Don't disturb her while she's doing her homework, I'll take you for a walk." Dan An heard the noise and glanced at the German Shepherd at his feet.
Guoguo on the ground looked unwilling. It preferred that the girl take it out to play, but thinking about the important matter of life and death, it finally compromised and followed the man out of the villa.
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