CH 25

The President’s mother went silent.

The Stand-in looked at her face and said cautiously, “Do you need to hire a lawyer? Madam, please standardize the definition of ’leaving’, and I will leave according to your request.” 

The President’s mother snorted coldly, “How could he fall for someone like you who is money-grubbing?”

The Stand-in said suspiciously, “I don’t know either.”

The Stand-in agreed too easily, beyond the President’s mother’s imagination. She said: “You have to roll cleanly and let him give up completely.”

After pondering about it, the Stand-in said, “It’s not easy to give up completely; it may take a while.”

“If I leave too suddenly, he’ll mistakenly think that Madam is coercing me and will cause trouble to Madam,” the Stand-in said. “So, I have an idea. I wonder if Madam is willing to listen to it.”

His mother gestured for him to speak by raising her chin. 

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For a while, the President’s mother considered that if this was the case, it was time to teach that infatuated stupid son a lesson. 

“Okay, two months.” The President’s mother said, “You’ll get your money when it’s done.”

The Stand-in thought to himself that in two months, their keep man contract would also expire, and the President would be able to completely forget him as a lowly common person. 

84

The President was so happy.

When he returned home, he found that his mother was with the Stand-in. He suspected something was wrong, but he didn’t expect his mother to simply say “Behave yourself” and walk away.

He couldn’t figure it out until the Stand-in said, “Your mother agreed to us being together.”

President: “?”

Stand-in: “We can be together in peace.” 

“What did you say… you said we can be together… Did you agree? Are you willing?”

The President was incoherent, and the Stand-in just smiled and nodded at him. The President came over and tightly hugged the Stand-in.

“I’m so happy.”

The President couldn’t help laughing, and walked around the room with the Stand-in in his arms.

The President’s laugh infected the Stand-in, who laughed unconsciously. With a ridiculous smile, the Stand-in’s smile stopped where the President couldn’t see. He suddenly realized that he was a liar and was not qualified to laugh.

85

The President didn’t feel that something was wrong. In his eyes, the Stand-in was born to attract people. It was natural for his mother to like the Stand-in after seeing the Stand-in in person.

The President was always with the Stand-in every day. He would drop him off at school in the morning and pick him up in the afternoon. 

If he is available at noon, he will sneak to school for dinner with the Stand-in.

In the evening at home, he refused to be separated from the Stand-in for a moment. He’d follow the Stand-in wherever he went. The Stand-in was cooking and asked him to step aside so he wouldn’t interfere. He sat aside and watched happily.

If the Stand-in turned his head and smiled at him, the happiness on his face would overflow.

The Stand-in didn’t know why this person was so easily pleased.

When he first met him, he was like someone else’s dog, noble and aloof, and occasionally he would bite if he teased him.

In the past few days, he was like a stray dog, wanting to follow someone home, but not daring to get too close.

At this time, he became a small dog who had finally found a home. Every day, he had to spin in front of his owner, eager to express his love. 

If he discovers that his owner adores him, he swings his tail high up, pulls out his belly, and allows others to touch it.

The two slept in the same bed at night, but the President suddenly woke up in the middle of the night and tightly hugged the Stand-in. The Stand-in also woke up, thinking that he might have had a nightmare, so he patted him on the back.

The President said in a muffled voice: “I dreamed that you don’t want me anymore, and said that this is all a lie.” 

The Stand-in stagnated, but the President smiled again, hugged the Stand-in tightly and rubbed, “Fortunately, it was just a dream.”