674 A Million Times for You 36 (1/2)

”He chased Mommy away and yet he still has the cheek to be angry? I've been suppressing my anger all this while,” said Jin Yiheng.

”Tell me then, what emotions have you been bottling up? You're still young, you have to speak up whenever you're upset. Don't be like your father, all he does is keep his feelings to himself. One day, he's going to implode,” said Fan Shixin.

”But I'm different from him. I'm going to be the one to protect Mommy when I grow up, unlike Daddy. All he does is bully Mommy. I'm still young now, and I'm no match for him yet. Once I grow up, no one will dare to bully my Mommy.”

Fan Shixin chuckled at the look of seriousness on his face. ”Your Mommy will be very heartened to know how much you want to protect her.”

”Uncle, could you hide this from Daddy? If not, he's going to be upset when he finds out that I stand on Mommy's side against him.”

”You're such a sensible child, you actually spare a thought for your father's feelings…”

”I'm mainly afraid that he'll beat me up.”

Fan Shixin was speechless.

Soon, they arrived at the Jin Corporation office building.

Upon the sight of his son, Jin Qingyan paused the work he was doing and asked worriedly, ”Does your head still hurt?”

”Not anymore.”

”Here's Little Sir's medicine. He received an injection just now too,” said Fan Shixin.

”Yeah, I didn't cry at all during the injection. The doctor even praised me for being brave and handsome. Right, Uncle?” Jin Yiheng looked up and stared at Fan Shixin with his eyes wide open.

”Yes.”

Jin Yiheng then grabbed his father's arm and muttered, ”I dreamt of Mommy last night. Ah, children who don't have mothers are so pitiful.”

He obviously said it on purpose and was directing it at Jin Qingyan.

”Do you miss Mommy already?” Jin Qingyan asked softly.

Tears welled up in Jin Yiheng's eyes, and he answered with a nod, ”Daddy, I know you've been put in a difficult position. After all, you and Mommy have already divorced each other. It's alright, I'll be fine, really. Having Daddy by my side is enough. I'll be content with seeing Mommy once every couple of months.”

”It's all my fault,” Jin Qingyan lamented, filled with regret and guilt.

”I don't blame you, Daddy.”

Staring at the heartwarming sight of the pair of father and son comforting each other, Fan Shixin could not help but feel like he had hallucinated hearing Jin Yiheng address his father as an ”Old Fogy” earlier in the car.

He left the room quietly.

”Tell Daddy, is training at the boot camp tough?” Jin Qingyan asked.

”Not at all for me. But…” Jin Yiheng hesitated for a moment before continuing, ”I had a fight with Wenlun.”

”Why? Aren't you two best friends?”

”Well, it started because of Xiaoxi and Yuechan. They were both bickering with each other, so Wenlun and I tried to stop them both. During the process, Xiaoxi hit me, and I got angry so I pushed her back. Wenlun then came forward to hit me. That's how we started fighting with each other. I know I shouldn't have pushed Sister Xiaoxi.”

”Have you guys made up with each other?”

”Yes, we have. Daddy, have you ever lost during a fight when you were younger?”

”Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. I admit, I've lost to others during a fight before.”

Jin Yiheng's eyes lit up in surprise and he asked curiously, ”Daddy, were you beaten up into a pulp?”

”It wasn't too bad.”

”Daddy, if only you called me to back you up during those times. I'd have definitely stood up for you!” Jin Yiheng exclaimed.

Jin Qingyan sighed and said, ”Son, you didn't even exist back then.”

”Where was I then?”

”…”

——

More than ten days had passed since the auction. However, Jin Qingyan and An Xiaoning had yet to contact each other.

She would not take the initiative to call him unless he contacted her first.

They both stopped themselves from contacting each other for the next consecutive days.

Jin Qingyan finally caved in, for he could not tolerate it any longer.

He decided to send An Xiaoning a text message, which read: ”Do you enjoy using the facial masks?”

”I threw them all away,” she replied.

Jin Qingyan almost choked when he read her message. This damned wretch just loves wasting money, eh? I bought all of those with cold hard cash, and they didn't come cheap. How could she just dump them into the trash!?! he thought to himself, flabbergasted.