Chapter 72

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Lin Yanchen obtained the gist of the information on Ji Tianze from his father-in-law.

Teacher Chu wracked his memory and said uncertainly, “Ji Tianze was Jun Jun’s high school classmate. He was very good to him at that time… I didn’t think his character was very good so I was against Jun Jun living with him from the beginning, but he was young and didn’t understand.”

In fact, he wanted to say that Chu Xun fell out with his family over Ji Tianze, but now that Lin Yanchen was Chu Xun’s boyfriend, he didn’t say anything for fear that a knot would form in Lin Yanchen’s heart.

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When Lin Yanchen heard this, he thought of what Chu Xun had told him before. He realized that Ji Tianze was the man whom Chu Xun had secretly been in love with for more than ten years. It was also because of this man that Chu Xun once fell out with his family.

Lin Yanchen was too jealous.

Chu Xun’s youth had been wasted on that fool.

Lin Yanchen really wanted to beat up that fool now, but that obviously wasn’t realistic. He suppressed his anger. “Do you know his company or work address?”

Teacher Chu said, “I don’t…”

Lin Yanchen nodded. He would have to investigate it himself. Seeing Teacher Chu look at him, he restrained his anger and said, “Do you think that I’m crude?”

Teacher Chu said, “A reliable man must stand up for his family. It may not be much, but one must have proprietary. To take revenge does not mean to take someone’s life. Jun Jun also said that he wanted to go over and give him a beating. But Jiu Jiu was ill at first, and Jun Jun couldn’t leave. Then, he became busy with work.”

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Lin Yanchen felt that he and his father-in-law had gotten closer. As expected, speaking ill of others together was the right way to increase intimacy. The enemy of an enemy was a friend.

How he would deal with Ji Tianze would require a long-term plan. He would have to go back and investigate, and come up with a good plan.

At noon, they ate lunch.

Lin Yanchen asked excitedly, “Can I feed Jiu Jiu?”

Teacher Chu said, “No need, Jiu Jiu will eat on his own. Just watch.”

Teacher Chu was retired, and was carefree and took it easy at home. Every meal included some new delicious food for Jiu Jiu. If Jiu Jiu ate well, Teacher Chu would make it again later, and vice versa. But Jiu Jiu was a good baby who wasn’t picky about food. Basically, there was nothing he didn’t want to eat, but there was a slight difference. If he really liked it, he would lick the small bowl clean, but even if it didn’t suit his taste, he would still eat more than half of it.

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Teacher Chu handed the bib to Lin Yanchen. “You tie the bib on him.”

Lin Yanchen carefully tied the bib on Jiu Jiu, who looked at him gratefully. It was the first time Jiu Jiu stared at Lin Yanchen with such eyes. Lin Yanchen was a little embarrassed but also proud. Look at how much his baby liked him.

Teacher Chu said, “Yes, if you give him his meal, he will like you more. Jiu Jiu is a little glutton. He likes whoever gives him delicious food. What I made today is something he likes very much.”

Lin Yanchen brought it over. A bowl filled with something thick and green was placed on the small tray of the baby chair. Jiu Jiu hadn’t even started eating and he was already bursting with joy.

Lin Yanchen asked, “What is this? It smells so good.”

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“It’s a puree made from spinach, potatoes and cream,” said Teacher Chu.

Lin Yanchen seized the opportunity to curry favor. “You’re really good at cooking.”

Teacher Chu enjoyed the praise. “I’m all right… Now that the Internet is so advanced, I go online to search for baby recipes. There are a lot which I follow, and I make something different every day.”

Lin Yanchen said flatteringly, “You’re so capable. I want to learn from you. I’ll study hard when I go back. Next time, I’ll cook for Jiu Jiu.”

Teacher Chu had previously thought that Lin Yanchen wasn’t responsible enough. He didn’t seem to care about his child. Looking at him now, Teacher Chu felt that he seemed okay. Maybe he was just a first-time father who was just fumbling around. He just needed some guidance, and didn’t seem like someone who would slack off.

Teacher Chu had met many chauvinistic husbands. Most of the especially rebellious students whom he taught before didn’t have good fathers. A lot of young people nowadays were like this, deliberately working overtime to avoid taking care of their children. Even after they went home, they would rather play games than take care of the children. When the child cried, they left them alone. They wouldn’t check to see if the child was hungry or needed to pee or felt uncomfortable, saying something about not spoiling them. When the child got tired from crying and stopped, they still wouldn’t pay them any attention.

How could that be called being a father!

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But Lin Yanchen was only taking care of a child for the first time. Maybe it was just a novelty to him, and after being put to the test of having to care for it everyday, he also might not be able to stand it.

Jiu Jiu was a rare obedient baby, but even with the three of them caring for the child, they would also sometimes become impatient.

Lin Yanchen saw the baby eat for the first time. He didn’t look from above, but squatted down next to the baby chair to watch Jiu Jiu. Jiu Jiu was very serious. He held the spoon firmly and scooped up a spoonful of the puree. He had to make sure to scoop up a full spoon! That was pretty greedy, and the spoon was so full that some of the puree would inadvertently spill on the way from the bowl to his mouth. Jiu Jiu was thus very nervous, and didn’t even blink his eyes as he concentrated on the spoon. His small hand shook a little as he moved the spoon slowly to ensure that no delicious food fell out. Finally, it reached his mouth, and with an “ah wu” sound, he ate all of it up.

“Wow!” Lin Yanchen exclaimed and praised with great emotion. “Jiu Jiu’s so good!”

Jiu Jiu succeeded in eating the delicious food, and was even praised for it. He was elated, and holding his spoon, his limbs flailed joyfully as he laughed.

Teacher Chu couldn’t help smiling. It was truly a big fool and a small fool, this father and son pair.

After lunch, it was the baby’s nap time.

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Lin Yanchen volunteered and said, “I’ll coax him to sleep… I’ll try.”

It was quite pleasant caring for the child with Lin Yanchen. Teacher Chu taught him: “There’s a secret to coaxing Jiu Jiu to sleep.”

Lin Yanchen was all ears.

Teacher Chu had Lin Yanchen put Jiu Jiu in the crib. Jiu Jiu didn’t want to sleep, and as soon as he was put down, he sat up on his own and held out his hands to Lin Yanchen with his eyes shining brightly. “Yiyiyi.”

Lin Yanchen immediately felt his heart soften. “Does he want to play with me? I’m free anyway…”

Teacher Chu said, “No, it wasn’t easy to set a work and rest routine. We can’t disrupt it.”

Lin Yanchen said, “OK, OK.”

Teacher Chu said, “Come rock his cradle.”

Lin Yanchen gently rocked the cradle. Jiu Jiu thought he was playing with him and laughed.

Teacher Chu pulled out his trump card, and used his cell phone to play Mozart’s piano music. Within a minute, Jiu Jiu yawned. After a while, he lay down on his own. Five minutes later, Jiu Jiu fell asleep.

Lin Yanchen: “!!!”

Teacher Chu boasted, “This is something I discovered by accident. Although he doesn’t cry, it’s difficult to coax him to sleep, which almost tormented us to death.”

Lin Yanchen said adoringly, “Thank you so much.”

Teacher Chu: “En, I’ll teach you everything. You’ll be taking care of the kid later. I also want to travel with Junjun and his mother. It wasn’t easy to retire.”

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Lin Yanchen: “…”

The timer was set.

Jiu Jiu slept for around half an hour, and then they woke him up.

Lin Yanchen couldn’t sit still anymore. He asked Teacher Chu, “Can I take Jiu Jiu out for a walk?”

Teacher Chu said, “Yes, it’s a nice day today. It’s good to go out and get some sun. I’ll go with you.”

Lin Yanchen put Jiu Jiu in the stroller. Jiu Jiu was excited to go out and play.

Of course, Lin Yanchen was the one pushing the stroller. Teacher Chu was a few steps behind him, to give the father and son more space to interact with each other.

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A car that was passing by stopped not far away.

Zhan Hongyu was done with work and was on his way back. Just now, he caught a random glimpse, and thought he had seen wrong. He stopped for a look, and it really was Lin Yanchen!

Lin Yanchen didn’t have much to do in Y City. He probably came to see Chu Xun, but why was he caring for a baby?

Lin Yanchen was laughing and pushing a stroller. Wasn’t this image too weird?

Who knew why Lin Yanchen stopped at that moment, but he picked up the baby, and Zhan Hongyu saw the baby’s appearance… It was too amazing.

It looked exactly like Lin Yanchen when he was young!

Hence, there were only two possibilities:

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Either Lin Yanchen’s father was old but vigorous, and a younger brother was born, whom Lin Yanchen accepted and got along well with. Or, Lin Yanchen had a child with some woman, and didn’t tell anyone!!!