Chapter 181 - I have to go to City F

Hearing a woman's voice that came out of nowhere, DX turned around, only to see Xiao Lei for the first time. Her son was sitting on the bench outside the room while reading a textbook. 

Xiao Lei looked at DX and smiled sheepishly as she said, "I'll take care of them. Besides, I'm free once I drop my son back at his school. It's hard for Han Ye to go on a date, so I'd feel bad if he had to cancel because of this. After all, he was supposed to meet her in the morning, but he postponed it to the afternoon because of my appointment." 

"Xiao Lei..." Han Ye shook his head. "It's fine, really."  

Xiao Lei ignored him and continued to talk to DX, "President Du, I know how to take care of kids. Don't worry about it." 

DX frowned. He was not too keen on having a stranger taking care of HIS kid. However, this was the same stranger who would be carrying his niece or nephew. Talking about niece or nephew, DX realized something. All of them were in the hospital at the same time. This couldn't have been a coincidence, right?

And so, he asked, "Did you come here to do a blood test today?" 

"Yes, President Du."

"How was it?" 

"Twins!" Callum interrupted. He looked at his brother, and with his arm dr.a.p.ed over Luo Guangying's shoulder, he said to DX proudly, "We are going to have twins!"

"We might be having twins..." Luo Guangying corrected him. He then looked up at DX and explained, "Phillip said that the hCG level seems to indicate the presence of a twin. However, it's hard to confirm for now. However, she is indeed pregnant with your future niece or nephew." 

DX nodded. He then placed his hands on their shoulders, one on Callum's shoulder and one on Luo Guangying's shoulder. With a slight smile, he said, "Congratulations! I know that you guys would be good fathers! Not as good as me, but you'll do great just as well." 

Callum smirked while looking at Luo Guangying, who smiled back at him. The latter then looked at Xiao Lei briefly before saying to DX, "Xiao Lei is a good person. She will take good care of Little Monkey and Yuan Yuan." 

DX turned to look at Xiao Lei for a few seconds before he said, "You will go with Han Ye. He can have the date at the mall while you look after the kids."

DX was slightly wary about her, but if Han Ye was there, he would feel a lot more reassured. When he glanced at Han Ye, the man knew what he was thinking about and so, he nodded.  

As for Xiao Lei, she smiled brightly while nodding. "Alright then, President Du." 

....

Once Han Ye strapped the toddlers down in their baby seats, which was given by the driver who sent An Qiyan and Old Madam Du over, he then sent Xiao Zhihao back to his school. The entire time, the two toddlers refused to look at each other, and both of them hugged themselves tightly while looking out the windows. 

Even when Xiao Zhihao, who sat between them, tried to cheer them up, they just ignored him. When he tried to poke their chubby cheeks, they even slapped his hands away before glaring away. 

"It's fine, Zhihao. Just leave them be," Han Ye said when he saw what was happening in the backseat. As long as the toddlers were not screaming their heads off, he was fine with them sulking for a while. "I'll deal with them later. How's your preparation going?"

Xiao Zhihao groaned slightly as he covered his face with the textbook. "I don't think I can get an A for French. This is too difficult!" 

Han Ye laughed softly. "It's fine as long as you score As for your other subjects, right?" 

"Yeah... Provided that I don't get below B." He sighed loudly. 

"You can do it!" Xiao Lei said as she turned around slightly to face her son. While holding a fist in front of her chest, she said, "Believe in yourself!" 

Xiao Zhihao looked at his mother's optimistic face and nodded. "Erm! I can do it! It's only French! I can't be beaten down by something like this if I want to do great things in the future!" 

He then reached forward to fistbump her. 

"That's my son!" 

Han Ye smiled. While driving Xiao Zhihao to Imperial Secondary dorm, he wondered what the boy's life would be if he were born in the comfort of the Fan Family. With his intellect, he could have achieved more in life by now. Like Lyle and Jack, who had won a cabinet full of awards collectively, either in studies, arts, music, or sports and martial arts. 

Then he wondered if the boy would even exist if Fan Wushuang's parents did not die and she did not disappear suddenly. 

"Based on how bratty she was back then, I doubt that any guys would even dare to get near her," he thought before chuckling to himself. 

That soft chuckle of his caused Xiao Lei to look at him with a suspicious gaze. With the way he averted his glance when she looked up at the rearview mirror earlier, she had a feeling that the chuckle had something to do with her. 

After dropping Xiao Zhihao off, Xiao Lei noticed that Han Ye was driving straight toward the direction of the mall, and she asked curiously in a low voice, "Don't you have to pick up your girlfriend?"

The reason why she was talking in a low voice was that both the toddlers at the back had fallen asleep. It seemed that they were both tired out from their pent up anger as well as all the crying they did before Han Ye took them away and strapped them down in their car seats. 

"Daddy..." Little Monkey mumbled in her sleep as tears fell from her eyes. There was a tiny frown in between her brows, and one of her hands was reaching for something in the air. She was having a nightmare that her daddy was walking away from her after she threw a tantrum. "No, I be good..." 

Xiao Lei immediately reached over to the back to pat her little knee as she said in a soft, gentle voice, "You're safe... Your daddy will be back soon..." 

The toddler moved around in her seat a little before slowly go back to sleep. 

Once Little Monkey settled back to her sleep, Xiao Lei turned back to face the front as she sighed softly. "She must have felt something was wrong earlier. Kids are sensitive like that, you know." 

"En." Han Ye looked at the rearview mirror to make sure that the toddlers were fast asleep before he said, "President Du said that he had to leave her behind earlier when they took the chopper, and she was crying her head off. He had never left her side when she cried like that."

Xiao Lei smiled. "He loves her a lot. I can tell."

"Yeah... She's everyone's baby." 

Xiao Lei looked at Han Ye. She stared at him for so long that he felt uncomfortable. 

Recalling her earlier question, he then thought it was about it, and so, he replied, "What? Angie is driving herself there if you want to know. I've sent her a message earlier." 

Xiao Lei shook her head. WIth a somewhat awkward expression, she said, "I know what happened. Madam President Du... I mean, Kai Xin told me. And Tian Le told me a little as well."

Han Ye glanced at her briefly before turning his eyes back on the road. He knew what she was talking about. Han Ye suddenly said, "Xiao Lei, in a few weeks, I'm going to put Yuexue's ash in the Du Family's columbarium."

"En." She already knew this. After all, she was responsible for his schedule. 

"Would you like to go with me?" he asked while keeping his eyes straight ahead. He had wanted to ask her this for a while now since he was sure that she would blame herself if she could not go for it. 

Upon hearing his question, Xiao Lei narrowed her eyes at him. She was unsure why he asked her, someone who was supposedly a stranger to Wu Yuexue. However, she did not want to discuss this in case he changed his mind. It had been on her mind for a while now, but she did not know how to ask without causing any suspicion.

"Had he known..." she thought while staring at him. After a while, she shook her head and dismissed the possibility of him knowing. And so, she nodded and replied, "Yes, please. I want to pay my respect to your wife. I'm sure she's a great woman." 

"The greatest..." He smiled. "Oh, since we are on this topic, in about two weeks, I have to go to City F."

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