The next morning, early in the morning, the phone that had been thrown onto the sofa suddenly rang nonstop. Chu Mingwan was woken up in a daze, crawled down from the foot of the bed, and picked up the phone.
“Hello, who is it?” Sleeping after soaking his feet really was much more comfortable, and Chu Mingwan had slept especially well this time.
It was just that he still had not fully adapted to this new identity. Hearing the voice on the other end of the phone, it took him quite a while to react. “Wrong number, wrong number, hang up, hang up.”
It was still early in the morning, and someone was disturbing his sweet dream. Chu Mingwan was just about to hang up when Luo Yiyun happened to run into a rookie driver and repeatedly honked her horn. “Chu Mingwan, are you awake!”
“What…” The sudden horn startled Chu Mingwan so badly that he nearly threw the phone away. But this time, he was fully awake. He gripped the phone tightly and chuckled. “Awake, awake. What does Sister Yun want?”
Luo Yiyun did not bother arguing with the young master’s muddled temperament, and went straight to the point. “Did you sleep early yesterday? The production team of Adorable Kids Are Here sent you a message. They never got your reply, so they called me instead. Send me your current address, I’ll come pick you up.”
He was arranged perfectly clear-cut. As soon as Chu Mingwan exited the chat page, he sent over his location. After hanging up Luo Yiyun’s call, he finally saw the message the production team had sent.
Shi Bai Bushi Bai: “Teacher Xiao Chu, do you have time tomorrow to bring the child over to shoot a promotional video?”
Shi Bai Bushi Bai: Location, Yaodong Tower, Building B, Room 1508
Shi Bai Bushi Bai: “Teacher Xiao Chu, are you there, are you there?”
Then came a string of: No response.
Tsk, tsk. That long string of No response made it look like he was really rude. Chu Mingwan sat cross-legged on the soft sofa, and relying on his years of social butterfly experience, thick-skinnedly sent a “cat nodding” meme. No one could resist the power of memes. He was very sincere.
The other side received Chu Mingwan’s reply and quickly sent back a cat meme that said “Waiting for you.”
Chu Mingwan glanced at the time on his phone. It was now 6:30 a.m. Beijing time, and he could not help but sincerely sigh, office workers really did have it hard!
Brother, you worked hard .jpg, a black-and-white little figure meme, was sent over by Chu Mingwan.
Zhang Bai stared at the meme on his phone and could not help falling into brief silence. So why would Chu Mingwan, who had always had the temper of a spoiled young master, send him this kind of office-worker essential meme? Could it be that after being abandoned by the Chu family, Young Master Chu had also experienced what it meant to live in this harsh world?
After muddling around in this up-and-down circle for several years, Zhang Bai was not about to watch Young Master Chu’s joke. He only felt that the Chu family’s real-young-master-fake-young-master drama was truly theatrical.
Whether the world was harsh or not, Chu Mingwan did not know. Estimating Luo Yiyun’s arrival time, he hurried to the bathroom to wash up.
Only after going downstairs did he discover that his good cub had already gotten up and was now lying on the living room carpet playing.
Hearing footsteps from the second floor, Mumu, who had been happily playing, quickly looked up. Seeing Chu Mingwan, he revealed a milk-cute smile. “Good morning, little daddy!”
“Good morning, good cub!” Chu Mingwan jumped down two steps and quickly walked to the little cub’s side. He reached out and pinched Mumu’s adorable little face. “Why did good cub get up so early today?”
“Usually I get up at this time!” After obediently answering the little daddy’s question, Mumu still had a slight frown between his brows. Like a little adult, he said, “Little daddy can’t jump down two steps in the future. Falling from the stairs will hurt a lot!”
Being worse than the little cub at getting up early, and then being educated by the little cub about safety awareness, was such an embarrassing feeling. Even someone as thick-skinned as Chu Mingwan could not help but slightly flush while hugging his good cub.
But Mumu was especially serious. Learning from the way teachers spoke in class, he repeated himself to Chu Mingwan. “Little daddy knows now, right!”
It was clear he was afraid that the little cub knew falling from stairs hurt because he had fallen before!
Once Chu Mingwan realized that, a surge of pity welled up in his heart. Looking down at Mumu’s earnest little expression as he looked back at him, he obediently nodded. “Okay, Daddy knows now.”
Having received the little daddy’s response, Mumu, who was already being held in his arms, pressed his soft little face against Chu Mingwan’s cheek and praised him in a babyish voice, “Little daddy is amazing!”
Being coaxed by Mumu in the tone of coaxing a child, Chu Mingwan once again felt what embarrassment was. But with the little cub’s milk-cute face actively pressing over, who still had the time to care about embarrassment or not?
When the butler came in from outside, he saw the warm scene of father and son cuddling together. Unable to help himself, he first took out his phone, snapped a photo, and saved it into a newly created folder, so that next week when he reported to the family head, he could include it in the email.
“Madam, there’s a Miss Luo outside who says she is your agent.” After taking the photo, the butler finally walked over and interrupted the father and son’s continuous cuddling. “Also, the package that was signed for today has already been taken away for processing. Does madam urgently need the clothes inside?”
“Package?” Chu Mingwan thought about it carefully. “Could it be the clothes I bought yesterday? They arrived early in the morning, that fast?”
After checking his phone, he saw that, perhaps because it was within the same city, and because Chu Mingwan had bought so many things, the shop had directly arranged same-city delivery and brought the package over early in the morning.
But those were all pajamas. He was not so desperate as to wear pajamas out, so he quickly had the butler invite Luo Yiyun in.
Breakfast had already been made in the kitchen. Thinking about taking Mumu to shoot promotional photos, Chu Mingwan quickly had Wu Ma bring breakfast upstairs.
“Good cub, can Daddy ask you to help complete a task?” Chu Mingwan put on a very serious expression, barely salvaging some of his little daddy’s dignity.
Mumu sat obediently, his little hands neatly placed on the dining table. “Mumu is listening seriously!”
“Daddy has a shooting task today. Can Mumu accompany Daddy?”
“Mm-hm, yes!”
By the time Luo Yiyun followed the butler to the restaurant, she heard a milk-cute child’s voice coming from inside. She looked toward the restaurant and saw that the usually arrogant Young Master Chu was sitting at the dining table, discussing the matter of shooting promotional photos with a three- or four-year-old little cub.
Mumu’s earnest nodding really did make him look like a proper little adult, and yet he was so tiny. It instantly made Chu Mingwan, this cub-lover, go completely soft.
“Wow, then thank you, our Mumu cub!” Chu Mingwan used this as an excuse to plant a “mua” on the little cub’s forehead.
Luo Yiyun was stunned once more. She clearly remembered that Chu Mingwan had hated children before, and had even complained to her many times about Chu Xiayun’s son…
“Brother Yun.” Hearing footsteps beside him, Chu Mingwan turned his head and looked over, then gave Luo Yiyun a bright smile. “Has Brother Yun had breakfast? Do you want to eat a little more with us?”
Seeing an outsider come over, Mumu, who had originally been sitting in the children’s dining chair, jumped down and hid behind Chu Mingwan, his little face full of tension.
Mumu was originally a shy, introverted child, and on top of that, Zhang Ma’s overt and covert abuse, along with the original owner’s malicious verbal abuse, had still left the little cub with a deep psychological shadow.
Seeing the little cub hiding behind him, Chu Mingwan slightly turned around and held Mumu’s milk-cute little hand. His voice became even gentler. “This auntie is Daddy’s friend. She’s going to take us to shoot photos together. With Daddy protecting Mumu, our good cub won’t be afraid, okay?”
Mumu’s little body hid behind Chu Mingwan and trembled slightly, but after being held by the little daddy, that uncontrollable trembling instantly disappeared.
Lifting his head to look at the little daddy in front of him, then peeking at Luo Yiyun standing at the entrance to the restaurant, where her brows and eyes had deliberately been softened, Mumu shyly blushed and greeted Luo Yiyun, “Good morning, auntie.”
At Chu Mingwan’s signal, Luo Yiyun then carefully walked into the restaurant. But she could tell that the little cub was still somewhat nervous, so she sat a little farther away from the father and son. “Good morning, Mumu. This is a little gift from auntie.”
Luo Yiyun took a not-too-big, not-too-small gift box out of her handbag. Through the transparent packaging box, one could see that inside was a delicate plush doll, and it was actually Mumu’s favorite Pikachu.
A fluffy Pikachu, and on its head was even a small brown detective hat. Seeing this little gift brought by the unfamiliar auntie, Mumu’s big eyes, which had just been full of fear, instantly lit up.
“What a delicate Pikachu.” Chu Mingwan did not stand on ceremony with Luo Yiyun. He directly opened the packaging box and stuffed the fluffy little doll into Mumu’s arms. “You need to thank auntie for the gift!”
Before he knew it, he had been pulled out from behind by the little daddy. Mumu held the fluffy Pikachu doll and gently rubbed it twice, then, with a shy smile, said to Luo Yiyun in a babyish voice, “Thank you, auntie. Mumu really likes this Pikachu!”
After having Mumu place the Pikachu doll beside the children’s chair, Chu Mingwan took the hot towel handed over by Wu Ma and wiped Mumu’s little hands clean again. “Daddy has something to discuss with auntie. Mumu, be good and eat first.”
“Mm.” Gradually relaxing, Mumu obediently nodded and took his little children’s spoon, eating breakfast mouthful by mouthful.
Returning to the main topic, Luo Yiyun was still very surprised that Chu Mingwan would be so gentle toward a child. She deliberately lowered her voice. “What’s going on? Where did you get a son from?”
Yesterday, this topic had even been pushed onto the hot search. Ever since learning that her artist would be participating in Adorable Kids Are Here, Luo Yiyun had been very curious where Chu Mingwan had gotten a child from, but because so many things had happened during that time, she never found a good chance to ask.
In fact, from the moment she received the location information Chu Mingwan had sent this morning, Luo Yiyun’s surprise and confusion had never stopped. After all, this villa district belonged to Qi Group’s high-end private property, and it was not something money alone could buy.
Regarding Luo Yiyun’s question, Chu Mingwan deliberately organized his thoughts and said slowly, “This villa belongs to my husband, and good cub also belongs to my husband. In short, I’m now married and have a cub!”
“What…” She nearly exclaimed aloud, then thought that she might scare the little cub eating earnestly beside her, so Luo Yiyun forcefully suppressed the shock in her heart. “…You’re married, and who did you marry?”
Chu Mingwan’s attention was all on the food in front of him. The villa had two chefs. Chef Gong was skilled in Chinese cuisine, and even if you ordered a full Manchu-Han banquet, he could happily whip it up. Chef Shang was skilled in Western cuisine and all kinds of desserts. The two of them were absolutely top experts in their respective fields. After just a few meals, Chu Mingwan’s mouth had been completely conquered.
Regarding Luo Yiyun’s question, Chu Mingwan turned his head, raised one finger, and lightly waved it. “Cannot say, cannot say. But I guarantee the other party is absolutely legitimate, the kind with a red marriage certificate.”
It’s just that the red marriage certificate seemed to have been confiscated. Chu Mingwan still had not seen it to this day.