"How many?" Chen Yiran didn't seem to intend to let him go easily.
"...One or two." Before Zhan Xu returned to China, he never imagined that he would be forced to answer such a question by a child.
Fortunately, Chen Yiran did not continue to ask further, "But my mother has never had a boyfriend. It was very hard for my mom to take care of me. There was also an uncle who said that he could take care of her, but she disagreed. My mother was still so young and beautiful. She rejected those uncles because she was afraid that those uncles would treat me badly."
When Zhan Xu heard this, a feeling stirred in his heart. With Chen Yue's conditions, even if she has Chen Yiran with her, it would be easy to find someone. He recovered from his emotions and now is an important moment to perform well. He immediately expressed his position, "I can also not remarry and find you a stepmother."
“Then will you get a girlfriend?”
"...If you don't like it, I won't date."
"I don't believe it." Chen Yiran snorted, "Men and women are different. Are you going to solve it by yourself in the future?"
"..." What to solve, he knows without asking. Zhan Xu looked at Chen Zui with more intensity in his eyes than before. Where the hell did Chen Yiran learn this? What have you taught him?
"..." Chen Zui also wanted to know, where did Chen Yiran learn this. He looked down at Chen Yiran with probing eyes.
After a long period of silence, Zhan Xu spoke again. This time, it is directed toward Chen Zui, “Can I take to him privately?”
Chen Zui frowned, looking unwilling. Zhan Xu said, "Don't worry, I'm not going to snatch him. I'll just chat with him."
Chen Zui pursed his lips "Okay, I'll give you five minutes. I'll wait by the side."
Chen Zui sat on an empty table nearby. Zhan Xu was quite dissatisfied with the distance, but he didn't say anything in the end. He looked at Chen Yiran who was facing him, and he deliberately lowered his voice when speaking, "I know that you have lived with your uncle since you were a child and have feelings for him. But your uncle is always just an uncle, and cannot replace your father."
“But what can’t replace a father like you?”
"..." Zhan Xu's glass heart was pierced. No one would feel good about their own son talking to them like this. However, in the beginning, he really did let down Chen Yue and Chen Yiran, so he could only lower his posture, "It was my fault that I didn't fulfill my duties as a father. I will try my best in the future. If you can’t bear to part with Chen Zui, we can come back to see them every winter and summer vacation. This doesn’t mean you won’t see him in the future.”
Chen Yiran thought for a while and said, "Why don't you come back to visit us every winter and summer vacation instead?"
"..." Zhan Xu fell silent again. He should be happy Chen Yiran this eight-year-old kid have such meticulous logic. While his mood was complicated, Zhan Xu also saw a glimmer of hope. Chen Yiran saying this meant that he didn't completely hate him. He could still fight for him.
"I heard that Chen Zui is going to get married soon. Marriage is very important, and he will start his own new family. You are just his nephew, you will inconvenience them."
Chen Yiran pursed his lips. He subconsciously lowered his eyes and didn't look at Zhan Xu, "Uncle and aunt said that they will take me with them when they get married, and they like me."
Zhan Xu laughed, "Silly boy, they are just being polite. Even if they really don't mind, think about it, they are a newlywed couple, and they are at their sweetest time. If you are at home, it would be inconvenient for them to do anything."
Chen Yiran played with his fingers but did not answer. Zhan Xu knew that he was heading in the right direction, and continued, "Besides, they will have their own children. You also know that raising children is very hard. By then, there will be two children in the family which will increase their burden."
Chen Yiran pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "I don't need them to take care of me. I can also help them take care of my younger cousins."
"Even if you think so, how can they trust you to take care of the child? You are still a child, and your abilities are limited. I believe they love you, so they will not ignore you. If you two are sick at the same time, how can they take care of you two then? In the future, when you enter high school, they will worry for you. Let's go further, when you grow up, get married, and buy a house, they will have to deal with it. Do you want to trouble them for the rest of your life? "
Chen Yiran lowered his head and did not speak. Zhan Xu knows that he is very sensible, so the last thing he wants is to cause trouble for his uncle.
"Ranran, I know that you are a good boy, and you don't want to trouble your uncle and aunt. You think this way because they are just your uncle and aunt. I am different, I am your dad, and I am the one who is responsible for you for the rest of my life. No matter how much you trouble me, you don’t need to be burdened.”
What Zhan Xu said was reasonable and full of emotion. There was no sound at the table for a moment. Chen Zui checked the time and walked over, "It's five minutes."
Zhan Xu didn't say anything more. Chen Zui glanced at Chen Yiran who had his head buried and his brows twitched, "What's wrong? What did he say to you?"
"It's nothing." Chen Yiran stood up and held Chen Zui’s hand, "Uncle, let's go."
"Okay." Chen Zui responded. Zhan Xu didn't hold them back and watched them walk out of the milk tea shop.
In the car, Chen Yiran remained silent. Chen Zui glanced at him and asked, "Where did you learn about those things you said to Zhan Xu at the milk tea shop just now?"
Chen Yiran was confused, "What are you talking about?"
“About girlfriends and the stuff between men and women.”
Chen Yiran understood right away and said, “Oh, those are basic sex education. Our country is too negligent in educating about this.”
"..." So where did you learn it? He was silent for a while and changed the topic, "What did Zhan Xu say to you just now?
"It's nothing." Chen Yiran still said the same thing.
Chen Zui had an intuition that Zhan Xu must have told him something. Now that he didn't want to say it, he had no choice but to find a chance to ask later.
"Next time I have some time off, I'll take you and Zhen Tian out to play. Where do you want to go?" Chen Zui raised a topic that children like more.
Chen Yiran was taken aback for a moment, and said, "It's all right, you can ask Sister Tiantian where she wants to go, and we will go with her."
"En." For some reason, Chen Zui had a faint uneasiness in his heart.
Back home, he told Zhen Tian about this matter. Zhen Tian comforted him, telling him not to think too much, and said that she would come over to accompany Shanshan tomorrow and check his tone.
The next day, Zhen Tian came over with lunch. Chen Zui also got off work early and came back to have lunch with them.
Chen Yiran didn't look very energetic. He just looked at the new game card Zhen Tian brought and put it down.
Zhen Tian was still comforting Chen Zui yesterday, telling him not to think too much. But now she can't help but think too much. Shanshan is a child who is more mature than ordinary children. He thinks about many things, sometimes even more than adults.
While the three of them had lunch together, Chen Yiran put down his chopsticks, looked at them, and said, "Uncle, Sister Tiantian, since you are all here, I'll say it now. I've made up my mind, I want to be with my dad. He's my dad and he is supposed to raise me."
Zhen Tian was taken aback for a moment. Although she felt it faintly, hearing Chen Yiran say it now, she still received some shock. She looked at Chen Zui beside her, and although he was calm, she could still see his bad mood.
"Whatever you want." Chen Zui put down his bowl and chopsticks and walked out. Zhen Tian was a little worried about him. However, instead of getting up to chase him, she looked sideways at Chen Yiran and asked, "Shanshan, can you tell me why you chose your dad?"
Chen Yiran looked at her, and the corners of his mouth twitched. He spoke after a while, "Sister Tiantian, shouldn’t my father be responsible for me? Uncle is not obliged to raise me, right?"
Zhen Tian didn't know how to answer for a while. She patted Chen Yiran's head, and said to him, "That's what people say, but we also have feelings, are you willing to part with uncle?"
Chen Yiran pursed his lips and looked a little aggrieved, "Uncle will have his own child in the future, a child with Sister Tiantian. He is someone else's father, not mine."
Everyone has only one father. He doesn't want to take away the father of his younger cousins.
Even in school, his class monitor, Zhou Huihui, cried for a long time when she heard her parents are going to give birth to a younger brother or sister. He knows Zhou Huihui doesn’t want her parents to be taken away by others, even if they were her own siblings. Will his uncle’s kids hate him in the future for taking away their father?
Zhen Tian was at a loss for words. Maybe for the child, an uncle can’t replace a father. She rubbed Chen Yiran's head and smiled, "There’s no wrong choice for whoever you choose to live with. Your uncle will respect your wishes. There is no rush, you can think about it slowly. Let me go down to check on your uncle, okay?"
“En.” Chen Yiran sullenly nodded.
Chen Zui didn’t go far. He was sitting on the bench downstairs. As soon as Zhen Tian came out, she saw him. She sat down next to Chen Zui. He looked at her and stretched out his arms to hug her.
He looked so much like a lost puppy, rubbing her calf to beg her for comfort. Zhen Tian raised her head, and rubbed his head like she did Chen Yiran just now, "Okay, okay, don't cry."
"..." Chen Zui tightened his arms silently and buried his head in the crook of her neck. After a long time like this, he finally said, "Can I go to your beer house for a drink?"
"En, I’ll treat you today."
Although Zhen Tian's beer house has not yet opened for business at this time, the drinks are available to Chen Zui. Not only that, but Zhen Tian also thoughtfully helped Chen Zui call a drinking companion over so that he would not drink alone.
"Think about it, he is his father after all, no matter how close an uncle is, he will never be a father." Deng Liyang patted Chen Zui's shoulder and comforted him, "If you had to choose, would you like to follow your father or uncle?"
Chen Zui took a sip of beer and said, "I just can't trust Zhan Xu, this scumbag."
"Okay, didn't you ask people to check his situation in the U.S. for you? I also checked with my friends, and there is really no problem. Chen Yiran is his son, so don't worry about it. Besides, it's not difficult to meet him. If you want to go to America to see him, it’s just a matter of minutes.”
Chen Zui took another sip. Deng Liyang clinked glasses with him, and resorted to the final trump card, "You might be sad now, but when your and Zhen Tian’s son is born, you will be happy in your heart."
Zhen Tian was embarrassed by what he said and remembered the process of making a child that Chen Zui told her that day.
Chen Zui thought about his and Zhen Tian's child, and his heart was indeed healed, "We may also have a daughter."
"Okay, you can give birth to whatever you want. It's best to give birth to twins. Come, this glass of beer will celebrate for you in advance."
After finishing this glass with Deng Liyang, Chen Zui didn't drink anymore. Excess drinking is not a good habit. He stood up and said to Zhen Tian, "I'll go back first, Chen Yiran is still at home."
"Okay, go back and have a good talk with him. Do you want me to call a car for you?" They came here in Zhen Tian's car, and now Chen Zui can only call a car to go back. Chen Zui said, "I can call myself, I will contact you later."
“Okay.”
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