Chapter 41 - This Is My Father! (2/2)

Pei Xiuyuan understood now the reason why his grandmother was home earlier.

She would return someday but her return was too soon.

“Grandma, I’m not free tonight. What about tomorrow?” He wanted to prepare Manman mentally and physically.

“Fine.”

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Lu Man felt that Pei Xiuyuan had something to tell her. So, she waited patiently. But, he did not say anything to her.

Pei Xiuyuan went to park the car when they were home. Lu Man went to retrieve the delivery package from the steward.

She saw the kid whom she met yesterday walking to and fro in front of the lift.

She was delighted. She approached him. “Little boy, why are you here? Are you living here too?”

The little boy looked up and saw the beautiful lady he met in the restaurant the day before. He admired her more when he saw how happy she was upon meeting him by chance.

“My dad lives here.”

“Your dad lives here.” Did it mean that he was not living together with his father?

Lu Man wanted to say something more but Pei Xiuyuan appeared in front of them.

“Dad!” The little boy in front of her threw herself happily at Pei Xiuyuan.

Lu Man was stunned.

Dad?

Why did that little boy address Pei Xiuyuan as his dad?

This…

What happened exactly?

Pei Xiuyuan wanted to call out to Lu Man when he suddenly saw a little figure throwing himself at him. He was shocked.

He recovered his senses and he found that a little boy was hugging his thigh.

“Dad, I have missed you very much!” His voice sounded very sweet and it was loaded with deep emotion for his father.

No matter how cold and distant a kid seemed, he would surely be the child he was when he sees his father whom he had not met for a long time.

Pei Xiuyuan bent down and lifted his son up.

“Xiao Chen, who did you come here with?”

It was Pei Xiuyuan’s son, Pei Zichen! Lu Man adored that kid very much!

“I hailed a taxi on my own,” Pei Zichen said smugly. He was proud of himself for being able to come all the way to where his father was. In fact, he had overheard the conversation between his great grandmother and someone else and learned his father’s address. But, soon he became frightened when he saw his father’s face darkened.

“What did I tell you before?” He had gone to stroll on his own once and was nearly kidnapped. How dare he go out on his own again?

“I’m sorry, Dad.” Pei Zichen lowered his head. He appeared guilty in front of his dad.

“Don’t apologize. Just don’t do it next time!” Pei Xiuyuan scolded him sternly.

“Okay.” Pei Zichen bit his lower lip. He did it because he missed his mother very much.

Lu Man recovered her senses after a while. She looked at them and she was unsure about how to react to the situation at hand. She did not know whether to be happy at being able to meet that adorable kid from now on or to be angry at Pei Xiuyuan for hiding the truth from her.

All of a sudden, she had become a stepmother!

“Beautiful Aunt, he’s my dad!” Pei Zichen introduced his father to her. He seemed proud of his father. It seemed like he was quite proud of having him as his father.

Lu Man did not know how to respond to that.

She could not bring herself to smile at him and introduce herself as his new stepmother.

Pei Zichen thought that she was shocked at finding his father so handsome. He became prouder. “Isn’t my father very handsome?”

“Yes, he is.” But, he was also very wicked and mischievous. Lu Man gritted her teeth.

Why was Pei Xiuyuan lying to her so often? Did he think that she had a good temper so he could keep lying to her?

Why did he hide from her that he had such a grown-up child?

Pei Xiuyuan looked at her and saw that she was indeed infuriated. She pouted angrily. He postponed the time of returning to the old manor because he wanted to tell her about his son that night. But, he never thought that his son would come all the way to meet him.

“Dad, what’s wrong?” Pei Zichen felt that it was rather a weird atmosphere between the two of them. He became anxious all of a sudden.