Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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On December 11, Jiang Mochen finally officially wrapped up the filming of “Lost”. He did not rush to visit Yan Qingchi’s crew but went back home to meet Qi Qi first.
Qi Qi was surprised when he saw him. He rubbed his eyes to make sure he was still there. Then he took off his shoes and ran towards him without even putting away his schoolbag, hugged his waist and raised his head to smile at him.
Jiang Mochen touched his head, bent down and picked him up.
“Did you miss me?”
“Yes.”
“How much did you miss me?”
Qi Qi straightened his hands, drew a long distance for him, and replied softly: “This much.”
Jiang Mochen was amused by him and kissed him. Qi Qi felt a little embarrassed again and quietly took his arms back.
“What do you want to eat tonight?” Jiang Mochen asked him.
Qi Qi tilted his head and thought for a while but couldn’t think of anything he wanted to eat in particular, so he said truthfully, “I can eat anything.”
Jiang Mochen looked at Aunt Zhang who was standing not far away, “What’s for dinner?”
“Before I was going to cook pork ribs for him after he comes back. He liked sweet and sour pork ribs a while ago.”
“Then let’s eat that and just stir-fry some other dishes.”
“Okay.” Aunt Zhang agreed. After saying a few words, she got busy preparing the meal.
Jiang Mochen carried Qi Qi up the stairs.
Qi Qi was in his arms, so grabbing the buttons on his clothes, he asked him, “Father, are you done?”
“I’m done. Once I come back this time, I won’t leave and can stay at home with Qi Qi.”
“What about dad? Isn’t dad finished yet?”
“Qi Qi misses dad?” Jiang Mochen asked him.
Qi Qi blinked, and his long eyelashes covered his eyes. His voice was very soft, with the softness unique to a child, “Dad has to work, adults have to work, so dad also has to work, just like Qi Qi has to go to school, but Qi Qi will come home after school, and he is also at home on weekends, but his father is not there.”
Jiang Mochen looked at him, feeling heartbroken. When he was alone, he felt that he actually spent a lot of time at home. He was not a model worker and only accepted one or two scripts every year. In the rest of his free time, in addition to shooting magazines and advertisements, attending events and award ceremonies, most of his time was spent managing Nancheng or helping Jiang Xingchen share some workload.
At that time, he felt that he had enough time, and he could adopt a child.
But when he really adopted Qi Qi, he discovered that adults were different from children. Children always needed more time for adults to accompany, care, and watch them grow step by step. Jiang Mochen once reflected on whether his decision was too hasty and whether he should not have adopted Qi Qi. But soon, he overturned his own thoughts – it was always better to be here than in an orphanage. Children should always have a home of their own.
Let’s wait another two years, he thought. By then, Nancheng’s current first-line artists would have a firm foothold in the industry, and Yan Qingchi would have become a solo artist. He would then also be able to reduce his appearances and live like a normal person. Just like office workers, he would go to the company to work in the morning and come home from work in the evening. That’s it, then he could just accompany Qi Qi properly.
“So Qi Qi misses his dad?” he asked.
Qi Qi pinched his button and nodded gently.
Jiang Mochen: “We’ll go see him then like the time you went to see him with your aunt.”
“Is it like what my aunt and I did last time?”
“Yes, but there is no aunt this time. Father will accompany you instead.”
“Okay.”
Qi Qi smiled and rolled his eyes, “When are we going?”
Jiang Mochen asked him “When do you want to go, Qi Qi?”
Qi Qi puffed up his cheeks and thought for a moment, “Can we do it after school tomorrow afternoon? This way I can stay with my dad for a weekend and then go to school on Monday.”
Jiang Mochen didn’t expect that he would still be thinking about going to school, so he couldn’t help but smile and praise: “Qi Qi is such a good student, he still remembers going to school.”
After Qi Qi heard this, he seemed very happy and couldn’t help but hug him. Then he started to move, “Father, we are going to perform a show on Christmas. Do you want to come? I play the role of a little deer.”
“Little deer?”
“Yeah,” Qi Qi nodded and counted for him on his fingers, “Little deer, Christmas Old man, Christmas tree, I play the deer.”
“Then who plays Santa Claus?”
“Li Dongdong.” Qi Qi gave him the name of a child, “Because he is fat and looks more like Santa Claus.”
Jiang Mochen smiled slightly. He got up and said, “Okay, if father has time, I will go and see it.”
“Do you have time?” Qi Qi asked.
Jiang Mochen looked at the expectation in his eyes, and couldn’t bear to make him sad, so he nodded, “Yes, there is time.”
Qi Qi became happy, leaned up to kiss him, and then shyly rested his head on his shoulder, seemingly too embarrassed to look at him.
Jiang Mochen thought he looked a little cute, so he touched his head and carried him back to the house.
In the evening, Jiang Mochen held Qi Qi and made a video call to Yan Qingchi. Qi Qi was very happy to see him and shouted happily, “Dad.”
“Ah, who do I think it is? It turns out to be my little baby~” Yan Qingchi teased him.
Qi Qi was amused by his words, and he shouted sweetly, “Dad.”
Jiang Mochen laughed at him, “You are really good at coaxing people and making them your little baby.”
“Why, what is your problem? Are you dissatisfied? Qi Qi is my little baby, isn’t it Qi Qi?”
Qi Qi was embarrassed and covered his face with his hands.
“Look, you made him shy.” Jiang Mochen glanced at his son and then at Yan Qingchi, “I finished filming and came home.”
“I know, the crew posted on Weibo.”
“Where are you, how many more days will it take?”
“It’s early January. Alas, it is still more than twenty days before I can see my little baby.”
Qi Qi covered his face and looked at him with his eyes open. He originally wanted to say no, we’ll come see you tomorrow, but then he thought about Jiang Mochen’s instructions not to tell Yan Qingchi and to give him a surprise, so he didn’t say anything and just said with a smile, “It’s okay, I’ll wait for dad to come back.”
“Okay, then you stay at home with your father first.”
Qi Qi nodded obediently.
Jiang Mochen asked him, “Is it cold over there? The temperature has dropped recently. Remember to wear more clothes.”
“You’re so naggy,” Yan Qingchi said, “Don’t worry, I’ll pay attention.”
“Have you been doing a lot of scenes recently? Are you tired?”
“It’s not too tiring. Shooting an idol drama is much easier than running around recording a variety show.”
“I saw that you were quite happy recording a variety show. I thought you liked recording variety shows.”
“That’s because when I’m recording variety shows I only record twice a month. If you let me record every day, I will definitely choose to film idol dramas in a down-to-earth manner.”
Jiang Mochen smiled. Then he looked at Yan Qingchi leaning on the bed and asked him, “Are you ready to sleep?”
“Well, there is a scene at 7:30 tomorrow morning, so I thought of going to bed early tonight. It’s already 10 o’clock, why hasn’t Qi Qi gone to bed yet? Isn’t it usually around 9 o’clock that he goes to bed?”
“He was waiting to video call with you, so I didn’t rush him to sleep.” Jiang Mochen replied.
“Wow,” Yan Qingchi said with emotion, “My little baby is so considerate. He deserves to be daddy’s little cotton-padded jacket.”
Jiang Mochen simply couldn’t stand the way he talked, but it happened that it was very useful on Qi Qi, and he was now looking at the phone screen and smiling stupidly, seeing this Jiang Mochen was speechless, “You can only coax Qi Qi.”
“Otherwise? Do you want me to coax you too?” Yan Qingchi looked at him with disgust, “Big baby? Big cotton coat?”
“I still am a big trench coat! Shut up!” Jiang Mochen became angry in embarrassment.
Yan Qingchi clicked his tongue, “You are so difficult to coax, but my little baby is cute.”
Qi Qi listened to the two of them talking and asked him, “Father is the big baby, and I am the little baby, so which is the dad baby?”
“Hahahahahahahaha, how can there be such a thing as dad baby.”
“What is that?”
“He is the baby’s dad.”
Qi Qi was a little dissatisfied with this statement, pouted and thought for a long time, but not being able to think of any other explanation, he tilted his head and looked at him, “That’s the treasure.”
Yan Qingchi had always been obedient to the persistence of children like him, so he said softly, “Okay, daddy is the treasure.”
Qi Qi was happy and counted with his fingers, “Baby, baby, big baby, like a small tree growing into a big tree.”
“Yes, when Qi Qi grows up, he will be a big baby.” Yan Qingchi coaxed him.
Qi Qi was coaxed to look at him with his eyes bent, then he told him about his school affairs, and also told him that they were going to perform a show at Christmas.
“Wow, Qi Qi is going to play the role of a deer. It must be very cute.” Yan Qingchi pretended to be surprised.
Qi Qi asked him, “Dad, will you come to see me?”
“Dad may not be able to go. Can Qi Qi send a photo for Dad to see? Dad will cheer Qi Qi from here.”
“Okay.” Qi Qi responded sweetly.
The family of three chatted back and forth for more than half an hour. Qi Qi felt a little sleepy. Jiang Mochen was thinking that Yan Qingchi had to get up early tomorrow morning, so he hung up the video call and asked Yan Qingchi to go to bed early.
Qi Qi was drowsily held by Jiang Mochen to take a bath, as he asked him, “Father, can I sleep with you today?”
“Of course.” Jiang Mochen used a towel to dry the water drops on his body and put on his pajamas, then he picked him up, Qi Qi was really sleepy, such then he fell asleep in his arms.
Jiang Mochen took him back to his bedroom, hugged him, and soon fell asleep.
When Yan Qingchi woke up the next day, he felt his eyelids twitching since the morning. Wei Lan looked at him blinking his eyes with a weird look on his face, “What are you doing? Why do you keep giving me this ogling look? What, you are finally tired of Jiang Mochen and want to hook up with me? Save it, I don’t like your type.”
Yan Qingchi was speechless, “Your narcissistic attribute is exactly the same as Jiang Mochen, you are like his long-lost wild brother.”
“Pull him down, you’re insulting my brother.”
Yan Qingchi: “…You are in the advanced stage of brother control! I can’t save you!”
“Zhang Cheng,” Wei Lan turned to look at his agent, then he pointed at Yan Qingchi, “Someone here is saying bad things about your boss.”
Yan Qingchi: “…”
Zhang Cheng: “…So will you participate in the fashion night?”
Wei Lan waved his hand, “If you participate, what’s the point of gathering together with a bunch of people? I’m going home.”
“What about the Golden Camel Award Ceremony? Are you going?” Zhang Cheng asked him.
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