Chapter 50

Edited by Erin & genesis

“Yes, yes, it’s Lin. I remember now. I still have his cell phone number.”

As she said that, Duan Xiaozhen took out her phone and searched through the contacts.

Chu Xun was stunned and suddenly flustered. He did want to look for Lin Yanchen, but this was different from what he had imagined. Why did Lin Yanchen always disrupt his plans? It was always like this.

Chu Xun asked, “You, how do you have his phone number?”

Duan Xiaozhen said, “He had looked for you everywhere and said to contact him if I found any news about you.”

Then she realized, “Oh, I forgot to ask if you wanted his phone number? You should, right?”

What a miraculous invention the telephone was, it had shortened the distance of the world. Even if the person you missed most was halfway across the world, you could hear their voice by dialing a string of numbers.

But it was also very inconvenient. If you didn’t memorize this string of numbers, and accidentally lost it, you were unable to do anything about it.

Chu Xun’s heartbeat suddenly sped up. To be honest, he was truly very happy. If one examined a little closer, his face had gotten slightly hot.

Duan Xiaozhen didn’t get an immediate response from him. She wondered if she had moved too fast and asked, “Don’t you?”

Chu Xun returned to his senses and hurriedly replied, “Yes, yes, I do.”

He took out his cell phone and lowered his head: “You tell me the number, I’ll save it.”

Chu Xun saved the cell phone number; it was so easy and simple that he felt like it was inconceivable, he was even afraid of noting down the wrong numbers. He repeatedly confirmed it several times to ensure it was correct.

He immediately recited the numbers in his heart several times. He couldn’t wait. He had to memorize it now.

He was anxious and fearfully insecure.

Chu Xun drank a few glasses of wine. The alcohol was on the stronger side, and his whole person felt light as a feather.

At the end of the banquet, Chu Xun couldn’t wait to get back to his car. He sat there alone without turning on the light. He looked at Lin Yanchen’s contact information, the blue light from the screen shone on his face.

Chu Xun wanted to call Lin Yanchen now. He flung his plans to the back of his head.

He had been repeatedly deceiving himself. In reality, he was powerless to find Lin Yanchen, yet he was also afraid to risk everything to look for him. If Lin Yanchen didn’t accept him, then how would he be able to bear it?

He hadn’t heard Lin Yanchen’s voice for 14 and a half months.

Now he had his mobile number.

Should he call?

He should call him now.

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And then he could say, “Hi! I was actually misdiagnosed with a terminal disease, I didn’t die, and I also had a baby with you. Yes, I am a man, but I can give birth to children.”

What kind of a mess was that.

It was alcohol that emboldened people. Chu Xun thought about it for a while. Suddenly, his heart became jumbled. Forget it. Don’t think so much. Throw caution to the wind and go for it!

Whether he called or not, the result may end up the same, so he might as well try.

When the ship got to the pier-head, it would follow the current. There will always be a solution.

Chu Xun was intoxicated. He stared at the round ‘Dial’ button, about to press it——

“.”

Someone was knocking on his car window.

Chu Xun was almost frightened until he fell. Looking back, he saw Duan Xiaozhen outside the car window.

Embarrassed, he put away his cell phone, rolled down the window and asked, “Is there anything else?”

Duan Xiaozhen said, “Master, you’ve drunk so much wine. You can’t drive, right? Find someone else to drive for you.”

Chu Xun had only been thinking about Lin Yanchen since he got his cell phone number. He even forgot about the matter of driving home. At the banquet, it felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, wanting to be alone as soon as possible so that he could make the call.

Chu Xun said politely, “Ah, yes, yes, I need to find someone. Thank you ah.”

Duan Xiaozhen asked, “Did you already find someone?”

Chu Xun said, “Er, not yet…”

Duan Xiaozhen said, “Let me ask Xiao Wang to help you drive. He doesn’t want money.”

Chu Xun couldn’t refuse such kindness. He told himself to calm down and not be so hurried. It wasn’t like it was time sensitive. In this way he could properly think about what to say when he called.

Chu Xun told Xiao Wang the address of his home. When he sat in the back, behind the driver’s seat, his tolerance wasn’t very good, and he hadn’t drunk for a long time. After he gave birth to the baby, he felt like his body had also deteriorated a lot.

There was someone else sitting in front.

How could Chu Xun call Lin Yanchen in front of other people? He was afraid of being disgraced. Maybe once he heard Xiao Lin’s voice he would start to cry. He felt like he was likely to do such a thing.

He was a grown man, really had no face.

Chu Xun thought and thought. The tipsy feeling bubbled up and he became sleepier and sleepier; he fell sideways on the back seats and slowly fell asleep.

The restaurant was not far from Chu Xun’s home. It was a ten minute drive.

When they got to Chu Xun’s place, Xiao Wang told him to get up. Chu Xun was extremely sleepy and his body was covered with the smell of alcohol. He was helped up the stairs and Xiao Wang had to knock on the door.

Teacher Chu came to open the door. Once he opened the door, he immediately smelled the stench of alcohol. When he saw that Chu Xun was completely drunk and supported by another, he knew that he had gone to a dinner party and went drinking.

He took Chu Xun and thanked the young man who sent him back. The young man gave the keys to Teacher Chu and left.

When Chu Xun came home, he heard his baby’s laughter and shook off his father: “Jiu Jiu, dad is back…”

Teacher Chu scolded him: “Kiss my head, drunk to this point, you’re not allowed to see Jiu Jiu. Jiu Jiu is sleeping with me today.”

Chu Xun barely walked two steps before he fell on the sofa. He was dragged back by his father. His father helped him take off his outer clothing, shoes and socks, wiped him down, supported him to the bed to sleep, and closed the door. He couldn’t let the drunkard out.

He didn’t notice that his mobile phone had fallen on the sofa in the living room from earlier.

They didn’t know why Jiu Jiu was in such an energetic mood today. It was almost nine o’clock and he still wouldn’t go to sleep.

He listened to his grandfather tell him a story. He laughed, satisfied, and waved his little hands saying, “Milk, milk.”

This little baby was always thinking about eating. Now he was asking for milk, but after he finished drinking, he would usually want to sleep.

Grandma was not here today, only grandpa.

Grandpa took Jiu Jiu to the living room, put him on the sofa, and said, “Wait a minute, Grandpa will make milk for you.”

He went to add water to the milk powder and discovered that there was no boiling water, so he went to boil some water.

Jiu Jiu crawled around on the sofa a few times and found his father’s cell phone. He has seen his Dad make calls before.

Jiu Jiu randomly pressed, the camera took a picture of his face, and somehow it became unlocked. After unlocking, the interface was Lin Yanchen’s entry in the contacts.

Jiu Jiu reached out his little fleshy hand and tapped randomly on the screen.

The number was dialed.

Lin Yanchen received a call from an unfamiliar number, indicating that the location of the call number was Y City.

Because it was an unfamiliar number, he directly hung up.

Then the number called again. Lin Yanchen hesitated for a moment and picked up: “Hello? Who is this?”

On the other end of the phone, he was replied to with a string of tinkling laughter; hearing it, you could tell that it was a baby laughing.

Jiu Jiu thought that he was playing. He was very happy to hear a voice coming from the phone. He clapped his hands and giggled.

Then he said, “Yiya yiya…Da, Dad…”

Jiu Jiu only knew a few words: “Dad”, “Grandpa” and “Grandma/Milk” and he used them casually and incoherently.

Lin Yanchen was stunned. It was a regular evening, and then an unknown baby called him addressing him as “Dad”?

It was really baffling, but he didn’t hate it. He laughed. The baby’s voice was very cute, his laughter sweet; when speaking he had a milky sound, very soft.

He thought, maybe they accidentally dialed the wrong number.

At this time, another person’s voice sounded in the background voice over there: “Aiyo, Jiu Jiu, what are you doing? You can’t mess with Dad’s phone.”

With that, the call was hung up.

Lin Yanchen didn’t know where he had heard the sound before, he suddenly couldn’t remember.

Chu Xun had a nightmare.

He dreamt that he had the courage to call Lin Yanchen, but no one answered. He kept on calling, but he could not get a response. Then Chu Xun woke up, and it was already morning. His forehead and neck were covered in cold sweat caused by the nightmare.

He didn’t expect to stay drunk all night.

What about his phone?

He still wanted to call Xiao Lin, should he call now?

Lin Yanchen may be overseas. Would he be sleeping over there right now?

Chu Xun slowly let his imagination run wild again, but as soon as he touched his pocket, his cell phone was not there. He went to the head of the bed to look – not there either.

Where was his cell phone?

Chu Xun found his cell phone in the living room. He was still hesitating on whether to call Lin Yanchen. When he looked at the call record, he was instantly wide awake.

Huh? He already called Xiao Lin? The call log recorded that it lasted 17 seconds?

Was he that drunk last night? Why didn’t he remember at all? What did they say? Why was it only 17 seconds?