Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Among the surprised faces of a group of people, Zu Qi discovered that Heng Jingchen, whom he had not seen for a long time, was also there, with a bright smile on his beautiful baby face.
“Xiao Zu is awake? It’s time to get up and go to work.”
Zu Qi: “…” It really applies to whatever you want.
“What crew do you work in? Xiao Qi just had an operation and he hasn’t even had time to rest before you want him to go to work!” Weng Yuxiang, who didn’t understand Internet jokes, took Heng Jingchen’s words seriously and immediately retorted with a straight face, “With me here, don’t even think about urging Xiao Qi to go to work.”
When Heng Jingchen saw this, he waved his hand quickly and said with an embarrassed smile: “Auntie, you misunderstood, I was just kidding.”
Besides, Zu Qi had long been refrigerated by Zhou Yan and his agency. Even if he was eager to go back and clock in for work now, there was nothing for him to do, Heng Jingchen thought secretly.
Just after thinking this, Heng Jingchen suddenly remembered something and said: “By the way, the casting time for “Palace Wall” is almost over. I’ll tell the assistant director for you and he will wait until you feel better. Just go and try it out.”
“Palace Wall” was a big IP movie produced by Bai Guangjian’s company. The original work had a lot of popularity on the Internet, and it was also a favorite among many actors.
Bai Guangjian had promised Zu Qi before that he would give him the role of the second male lead, and he mentioned this many times on the phone later.
Zu Qi originally planned to talk to Heng Jingchen, but later he gave up the plan after taking into account that Bai Guangjian specifically told him not to be too public about it.
Anyway, Bai Guangjian said that Zu Qi still had to go to the audition place for a formality. Whether Heng Jingchen knew about it or not wouldn’t make much difference.
Zu Qi nodded slightly and wanted to open his mouth to speak but found that his mouth was so dry that he could only utter a few dry syllables.
“Water…” Zu Qi said harshly.
Butler Zhang quickly turned around and poured him a glass of warm water. Xiaoya and Heng Jingchen stood nervously beside the hospital bed. Weng Yuxiang took the water glass, dipped a cotton swab in a small amount of water and slowly moistened Zu Qi’s dry lips.
Weng Yuxiang was extremely patient in taking care of people. It wasn’t until Zu Qi felt that his throat felt better that she handed the water cup to Butler Zhang and said to Zu Qi with a gentle smile: “I asked the servant to make rice soup at home and bring it to the hospital. Do you want to drink it now or later?”
Zu Qi felt pain all over his body, and there was an indescribable swelling sensation from the wound on his abdomen.
He shook his head weakly and glanced at the people guarding the bed but did not find Xue Jue’s figure.
“Where’s Xue Jue?”
Before the people beside the bed could answer, Xue Jue’s cold voice sounded from another corner of the room: “I’m here.”
Soon, Xue Jue’s tall figure appeared in Zu Qi’s sight, then Butler Zhang and Heng Jingchen on both sides quietly gave up their positions, and Xue Jue walked straight to the hospital bed.
Only then did Zu Qi see clearly that Xue Jue was holding a baby wrapped like a rice dumpling in his arms, but from the angle Zu Qi was lying down in, he couldn’t see the baby’s face.
“Oh, the baby is already asleep, shouldn’t you take a break? Your hands must be sore after holding him in your arms for two hours straight.” Weng Yuxiang’s eyes almost glowed green as she stared at the baby, pretending to take the baby, “Let me hold the child. You snatched him away from me in less than five minutes.”
Unexpectedly, as soon as Weng Yuxiang stretched out her hand, Xue Jue nimbly dodged it.
“He doesn’t want to be held by you and will cry.” Xue Jue gently protected the child’s head with one hand and said coolly.
Hearing this, Weng Yuxiang immediately jumped up in anger, pointed at Xue Jue and said angrily: “How can you treat your mother like this? As a grandmother, can’t I just hold my grandson in my arms?”
Xue Jue raised his eyebrows: “No, you still can’t. I haven’t held him enough.”
“You will have plenty of opportunities to hold your child in the future, why rush for this moment? Let me hold him first.” Seeing that she could not succeed by force, Weng Yuxiang began to induce pity.
However, the hard-hearted Xue Jue refused to eat anything, and resolutely protected the baby in his arms like a child protecting candy: “If I say no, it is no way.”
Weng Yuxiang knotted: “You are unfilial!”
Xue Ju snorted. With a sound, he turned his head and ignored Weng Yuxiang.
Others watched in amazement as the mother and son fought back and forth for the right to carry the child.
In fact, during the five or six hours that Zu Qi was asleep, Xue Jue and Weng Yuxiang had already had countless wars of words.
It was a pity that Weng Yuxiang didn’t have enough combat power and couldn’t compete with the invulnerable Xue Jue, so the child was tightly held in Xue Jue’s arms from beginning to end. Weng Yuxiang only touched him pitifully for three or four minutes, and almost saw through autumn water.
Even Zu Qi felt that Xue Jue was too domineering after listening to Xiaoya’s joking narration, and he was not a peerless treasure. As for the treasure, was it like that?
Maybe in four or five years, that little kid would grow up to be a naughty kid that everyone avoided.
Zu Qi looked at the baby in Xue Jue’s arms, and suddenly a very strange feeling came over him. He simply couldn’t imagine that Cui Junzhuo had taken this child out of his belly.
Although it looked like such a small ball, why was his belly so big…
“Wan Wan.” Zu Qi shouted hoarsely.
Xue Jue was stunned for a moment, seeming a little confused. Others did not understand the meaning of the words of Zu Qi.
Xiaoya, who was the only one who understood it in seconds, said quickly: “Wan Wan is the nickname madam gave to the young master. He probably wants to see the young master.”
Heng Jingchen couldn’t help laughing: “Wan Wan? Why did you choose this name? Yeah? Is it because your son is worth ten million?”
Zu Qi: “…”
He wanted to say that Heng Jingchen had guessed it right, but in the blink of an eye, he saw that Xue Jue’s face gradually turned gloomy when he thought of the same thing, so he had to force himself to swallow the words that had come to his lips.
“This name is my advice to my child, always reminding him to cherish life and beware of villains[1].” Zu Qi said nonsense in a weak tone.
Heng Jingchen suddenly realized it, and immediately stopped his smile, and said with emotion: “Xiao Zu, you are such a good father.”
Zu Qi: “…”
Xue Jue did not speak, and only made a disdainful snort from his nostrils, he obviously did not believe Zu Qi’s seemingly serious rhetoric.
Still angry, Xue Jue carefully and gently placed the child in front of Zu Qi.
The newborn baby was not good-looking, with a wrinkled little face that looked like a freshly peeled orange. The skin was dark red, the little eyes were tightly closed, and the two little hands were clenched into fists on the chest.
Just a few pricks of hair on his head looked decent.
Although Zu Qi had been mentally prepared in advance, he still couldn’t bear the sudden sight of his son’s monkey-like appearance.
It was too ugly!
Zu Qi thought so in his heart, and the expression on his face reflected it truthfully, and he even said honestly: “So ugly.”
Xue Jue said unhappily: “You are the ugly one.”
Zu Qi responded reflexively: “You are uglier.”
“You are the ugliest.” At this time, Xue Jue couldn’t bear to hear anyone say anything bad about his precious son, even if it was his son’s other father.
So Xue Jue picked up the child angrily and took two steps back to not let Zu Qi see him. At the same time, he did not forget to retort: “You are the ugliest one among us.”
Zu Qi was speechless: “You are so childish.”
Heng Jingchen silently added: “You are also very naive.”
Zu Qi: “…”
Finally, Cui Junzhuo’s arrival broke the awkward atmosphere. After he examined Zu Qi expressionlessly, he turned his attention to the little one in Xue Jue’s arms, then the expression on his whole face became particularly soft in an instant.
“The little one recognizes people right after he is born and will only be quiet in his father’s arms.” Cui Junzhuo carefully poked the little hand that was clenched into a fist with his index finger, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
“Isn’t it? Handsome guy.”
After chatting for a while, Cui Junzhuo turned his attention to Zu Qi, who was resting on the bed. In the blink of an eye, his expression returned to his original indifference. He routinely warned: “Eat less spicy and heavy food during recuperation. You need to take a more liquid diet and get out of bed from time to time starting tomorrow, which is better for wound healing. You can leave the hospital after a period of time after they check that there is no problem.” Butler Zhang and Xiaoya next to them responded quickly and carefully recorded Cui Junzhuo’s words on their mobile phones.
After finishing the instructions, Cui Junzhuo looked at the sleeping baby with a smile on his face for a while before being called away by the nurse.
Heng Jingchen was so sad that he leaned into Zu Qi’s ear and asked softly: “Who is that doctor? He seems to be familiar with Mr. Xue, and he seems to be a little hostile to you…”
Zu Qi said tiredly: “A Sichuan Opera face-changing performer who was delayed by the medical industry.”
Heng Jingchen burst into laughter.
After sitting for another half hour, Heng Jingchen was ready to leave after receiving an urging call from his agent. Before leaving, he repeatedly asked Zu Qi to read the script when he had time, so as to better understand the role he wanted to audition for.
“This time, the director and producer are personally selecting the people. I heard that Bai Guangjian, the chairman of Huayi Production Company, would also be there. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You should seize it and perform well.”
Zu Qi: “… Okay, don’t worry.”
So Heng Jingchen left uneasily, but within half an hour of him leaving, Bai Guangjian, carrying a large amount of supplements, knocked on the door of the ward with a smile.
Now that he had cured his insomnia and had thick black hair, Bai Guangjian looked radiant, younger and more energetic. He took time out of his busy schedule to come to the hospital to see Zu Qi and assured him in a low voice: “I have already prepared the script. It’s all done, relax, you just need to go through the motions when the time comes.”
Zu Qi thanked: “I will work hard.”
Bai Guangjian quickly waved his hand: “You’d better have a good rest, you can’t read the script. It doesn’t matter, it’s not important anyway, just do whatever you want during the audition.”
Zu Qi: “…”
He wondered if Heng Jingchen would cry on the spot if he heard Bai Guangjian’s words.
After Bai Guangjian left, many people came one after another with valuables to visit. Of course, these people were not here for Zu Qi. They hoped to use this matter to get in touch with Xue Jue.
It was a pity that Xue Jue, a new baby daddy, was obsessed with holding his baby and didn’t want to listen to those people talking about work matters. At first, he would respond perfunctorily a few times, but then he would simply say nothing with a cold face.
Seeing this, those people had no choice but to put down their gifts and leave in despair.
Xue Jue felt upset and directly ordered Butler Zhang to turn away all the people who came to visit.
Butler Zhang responded, turned around and walked outside. Unexpectedly, when he opened the door, he almost bumped into someone standing quietly outside.
“Ah! Sorry…” The man quickly took two steps back.
Butler Zhang had helped Xue Jue deal with things on the Internet. Naturally, he recognized the timid young man holding a bouquet in front of him. His eyes turned cold and he asked in a deep voice: “What are you doing here?”
Tang Moning pursed his lips in embarrassment. He pursed his lips and subconsciously tightened the bouquet in his hand with his fingers. He suppressed his blush and mumbled after a while: “I’m here to visit Zu Qi.”
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[1] Wan wan apart from ten million also means having a peaceful life in Chinese.