mijobooks Chapter 2: My Daughter?!
Chapter 2: My Daughter?!
Lu Fan never expected that upon returning to his hometown, he would encounter Jiang Yixia's daughter.
"Uncle?" Jiang Silu noticed he seemed lost in thought, so she waved her hand in front of Lu Fan's eyes. "Are you and my mother really friends?"
friend?
Lu Fan tugged at the corners of his mouth, revealing a smile that was more like a grimace.
His relationship with Jiang Yixia was more than just friendship.
"Yes, we used to be colleagues." Lu Fan suppressed the turmoil in his heart, trying to make his tone sound calm. "Your mother... how is she now?"
Jiang Silu nodded, a hint of pride on her face, but a touch of heartache in her eyes: "She's doing well. She owns a flower shop, and business is booming."
Hearing her words, Lu Fan felt a pang of guilt. He guessed that she had completely given up on him after leaving him and had married someone else. He then asked, "Then... what about your father? Does he run the flower shop with your mother?"
"I don't have a father." Jiang Silu, who had just been beaming with pride, suddenly turned cold, seemingly unwilling to discuss the topic of her father any further.
Upon hearing this, Lu Fan was immediately shocked and taken aback.
Just then, the shopkeeper interjected, "Young lady, your bicycle is fixed."
Upon seeing this, Jiang Silu immediately thanked him, "Thank you, boss. How much?"
"Twenty, there's a WeChat QR code on the table."
Jiang Silu then took out her phone, opened WeChat, and scanned the QR code.
But perhaps because the phone was too slow, the page remained blank.
This made her a little embarrassed, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she went outside the shop to look for a signal.
Lu Fan noticed that the screen was a bit cracked, indicating that the phone was quite old, so he took out his phone to pay.
"Ding! 20 yuan received via WeChat!"
Upon hearing the voice, Jiang Silu immediately turned around. When she learned that it was Lu Fan who had scanned the QR code to pay, she said anxiously, "Uncle, I'll return the money to you."
"No need. Your mother and I are old colleagues. Just think of it as me treating my old colleague's child to a cup of milk tea. Doesn't that make you feel much better?" Lu Fan joked with a smile to avoid putting any pressure on Jiang Silu.
Hearing this, Jiang Silu thanked him shyly, "Thank you so much, Uncle. If it weren't for your help today, I... I wouldn't know what to do."
"I have a car, how about I drive you back to school? I'll have someone take your car back," Lu Fan suggested.
"Uncle, no need, I can go back by myself." Jiang Silu was afraid of troubling Lu Fan. Seeing that it had stopped raining, she pushed her bicycle out.
Before leaving, she waved and said, "Goodbye, Uncle."
"Goodbye, be careful on your way back, and don't ride too fast," Lu Fan reminded him.
"Okay, by the way, what's your name, Uncle? I'll tell my mom," Jiang Silu asked.
Lu Fan hesitated for a second, then explained, "My surname is Lu. Just tell your mom that you have an Uncle Lu."
"Okay, goodbye Uncle Lu."
Looking at that slender yet resilient back, Lu Fan felt as if his heart was being pricked by needles, a dense, persistent pain.
Twenty years ago, he unexpectedly arrived in this parallel universe and transmigrated into the body of someone with the same name.
Because his original self only had a vocational school diploma and started out in an electronics factory, Lu Fan faced many difficulties. Fortunately, a "Life Winner System" appeared, which gave him the capital to turn things around.
At the same time, he also successfully won over Jiang Yixia, who came to work during the summer vacation, with his good looks and sweet talk.
Jiang Yixia that year was 18 years old, fresh and beautiful, simply like an angel.
With the help of the system, Lu Fan pursued a two-pronged approach: falling in love while simultaneously starting his own business.
Jiang Yixia gave her first night to her partner three months into their relationship, thinking that the two of them could live happily ever after.
But the more money Lu Fan had in his account, the more restless he became.
There were also many more women around me.
Those women were more alluring than Jiang Yixia, had more tricks up their sleeves, and knew better than Jiang Yixia how to please him.
Jiang Yixia discovered it.
She cried, she made a scene, and she forgave.
But Lu Fan was blinded by money and desire, disappointing her time and time again.
Until the very last time, he was dining at an upscale restaurant with a popular actress when Jiang Yixia caught them red-handed.
Jiang Yixia didn't cry or make a fuss that day.
She simply stood at the restaurant entrance, looking at him with an eerily calm expression.
Then she turned and left, never looking back.
Lu Fan didn't take it seriously at the time. He thought Jiang Yixia was just throwing a tantrum and would come back in a few days.
But he waited day after day, and Jiang Yixia seemed to have vanished into thin air, never to reappear in his world.
After Jiang Yixia left, Lu Fan didn't feel uncomfortable. On the contrary, he felt that the only person who had ever restrained him was finally gone.
As his business continued to grow, so did the number of women he dated.
With the continuous accumulation of funds, Lu Fan's assets have reached trillions, making him the so-called "cash king" in China.
After experiencing the thrill of money, women, and power, he gradually grew tired of this kind of life.
He began to miss a bowl of hot soup in the rented room back then, and he missed the girl with a ponytail who smiled at him.
So, Lu Fan put aside most of his work, returned to China, and went into hiding, hoping to find true love.
But in the past six months, the women who were after him for his money all avoided him like the plague after he withdrew his status and wealth.
They looked down on him because he was too old, because he didn't have luxury cars or designer brands, and even the girl selling milk tea on the street laughed and said, "Uncle, you're not my type."
At that moment, Lu Fan realized that if he were to return to being an ordinary person, he would be nothing.
He stopped obsessing over finding some damn love and returned to being the extravagant tycoon he always was.
He exercises every day, eats delicious food, and occasionally finds a couple of pretty girls to keep him entertained; he lives a carefree and leisurely life.
As for marriage and having children?
Forget it, we'll talk about it another time.
But he never expected that he would meet Jiang Yixia's daughter on such a rainy evening.
As his thoughts returned to normal, Lu Fan watched Jiang Silu walk further and further away, feeling a mix of emotions.
He could almost picture Jiang Yixia carrying her big belly, giving birth to the child, and then managing the flower shop while raising the child.
How did she, such a frail person, endure those difficult days and nights?
And he was the one who started all of this.
It was his heartlessness and ingratitude back then that ruined her lifelong happiness.
Lu Fan recalled Jiang Silu's youthful face, and a ridiculous and terrifying thought suddenly popped into his mind.
Jiang Silu said she doesn't have a father?
Wait!
Jiang Silu is a freshman in college this year, 18 years old, while Jiang Yixia left her 19 years ago.
Jiang Silu... Silu...
Could Jiang Silu be his daughter?!