章節 19: FOOLED

Du Xiujun historical drama was playing in the living room and it had gotten to the point where he lost his parents in the drama. Qing Ran watched this with tears streaming down her little face. But then the sad scene changed to where he was riding on a horse and a background song started playing. Qing Ran jumped up from the couch immediately and started singing along. (This isn't her first time watching it though, she had researched it several times.) Mrs Bai watched all these and felt happy, the child had been celebrating nonstop ever since she heard her mother had gotten the job. Yuxi came out of the room yawning, she turned and looked at Qing Ran's direction and went off to join the little girl in singing. They looked like they were cheerleading as the two sang and danced to the beat in an adorable way. Yuxi wasn't a fan of the entertainment industry but knew very well who Du Xiujun was.

"Lunch is ready!" Xueyan announced as she took off her apron.

"Thank goodness." Yuxi ran to the little table of four, she was about to dig in when her mother slapped her hand away.

"When will you go search for a job as well?"

"Hunh?" Yuxi eyes widened slightly, she totally forgot that she had something she was good at. Xueyan went to the little space she used as a living room and carried Qing Ran to the table.

"Yea!!!" Qing Ran felt like she was on a moving train.

"Xueyan... Mother's bullying me..." Yuxi said.

"You'd get a good pay if you start acting, you look great in it." Mrs Bai sparred. Qing Ran giggled and used her little palm to cover her mouth. Xueyan set Qing Ran down on the chair as Qing Ran gasped at the delicious meals on the table. In the midst of all the meal was steaming mix pudding of egg and milk. She yayed and sat down. Her granny put a spoonful of it in her plate and watched her dive in. Yuxi sat with a sad expression as everyone watched Qing Ran eat.

"Go ahead, eat as well." Xueyan nudged her, Yuxi who was famished couldn't help it anymore and dug in. Mrs Bai looked at Xueyan and nodded at her. They all ate in silence.

*****

Back at the company. "Why does she have to be the bearer of bad news?" Zhihao crossed his legs on the table, sipping his cup of Pu'er tea like a gentleman. Secretary Jiang who was standing behind Zhaolin didn't catch the sparkling glint in his master's eyes.

"Try the cookies." Zhaolin said trying to divert the little boy's attention.

"The headline has changed already... Why did she hear only the bad news?"

"Ah Zhi?" Zhaolin called. "I don't want to hear such things from you! Learn to control your tongue or I will spank you."

Zhihao in the meantime changed his sitting position giving his father his side chin. "Ahhh," Zhihao suddenly groaned scaring both Zhao and Jiang.

The two rushed to his side only to be greeted with Zhihao's little laughter. He laughed so hard that tears trickled down his face. Zhaolin closed his eyes to regain his composure and returned to his table with a sour mood. Zhihao who was still laughing felt bad for his father and tried to stop his giggling. "Dad?"

No answer.

"Dad..."

No answer.

"Please forgive me I won't do it again." He said joining his palm together.

Jiang Zhi Yang felt bad too, 'how can this little boy be so mean?'

"Father." He took a deep breath =_= "Ok. I will go leave with granny now and I won't trouble you no more!"

"You sure know how to threaten your father." Zhaolin finally spoke up. Zhihao winked at him and smiled.

*****

At the police station. Iris Chen refused to speak up. He hung his head low, shaking it nonstop. Now he was going to pay part of that huge some. If the money was placed before him, he sure knows he couldn't count it and will faint through shock if someone told him how much that was.

He was just thirty-one and all his life he hasn't even seen a million Yuan talk more of a billion Yuan and now they are meant to pay a billion dollars.

He has messed up. "What a mess!" He muttered. He choked on his own saliva and coughed fiercely.

The detective shook his head at his stupidity. "You will never escape jail, believe me!" The detective said, stood up and left. It was no different from the second interrogation room as Long Tian refused to speak up until his lawyer arrived. This won't possibly be his end! That little thing dared to mess with him and fooled him all this while.

He was fooled by the one he thought he was fooling. How foolish? How could he have been so careless? How can he train his three sons if eventually he couldn't pay it all? No, how can he think of prison? There's no way he can pay such money! He won't be spared by the Xings and he can't do anything.

"No! No!! No!!!" He bellowed. This can't possibly be the end of him right?(Psycho)