novellhall Chapter 7 Whose Child Is This?
Chapter 7 Whose Child Is This?
Xu Jingxing brought his face close to Li Yafei's, looked at her carefully for a long time, and then, feigning deep affection, said in a tearful voice:
"I've finally found you! What did I do wrong? Why did you leave without a word?"
Zhang Jiani looked at Xu Jingxing in surprise, not expecting that he was also related to Li Yafei.
"No, who are you?" Li Yafei looked at Zheng Ran, her expression somewhat bewildered.
"It's all my fault, no matter what." Xu Jingxing squeezed out two tears. "But the child is innocent."
As a student in the acting class, crying scenes are a piece of cake for me.
"Are you crazy?!" Li Yafei looked at Zheng Ran beside her. "Brother, I don't know him."
Xu Jingxing turned to look at Zheng Ran beside Li Yafei, his expression ingratiating, "Brother? Is this your brother-in-law?"
"I'm your father!" Zheng Ran cursed at Xu Jingxing, then pulled Li Yafei over and stood in front of her.
"Li Yan, did your mom find you another stepfather?" Xu Jingxing asked in surprise.
When Zhang Jiani heard Xu Jingxing say that, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Zheng Ran pushed Xu Jingxing away. "Look carefully, you've mistaken me for someone else. My baby's name is Li Yafei, not Li Yan."
"Mistook me for someone else?"
Xu Jingxing pointed at Li Yafei and said, "Ask her what her name was before she went to university. Was it Li Yan? Was she in Guixi No. 1 High School? Was her homeroom teacher Xu Guoqing?"
After listening to Xu Jingxing's words, Zheng Ran turned to Li Yafei for confirmation. She lowered her head and remained silent, clearly indicating that Xu Jingxing was right.
Xu Jingxing continued to reveal: "I've been supporting you for four years, starting from high school. Every penny you ate, wore, and used—wasn't it all paid for by me?"
"You're talking nonsense, my godfather is Gao Zhong..." Li Yafei realized she had said the wrong thing and quickly covered her mouth.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Xu Jingxing looked at Zheng Ran with a look of sudden realization, "No wonder you blocked all my contact methods, so you found a new meal ticket."
"Who the hell are you?!" Zheng Ran turned to Zhang Jiani. "Did you bring this here to disgust me?"
"I don't know him. You don't think he's an actor I hired, do you?"
Zhang Jiani noticed Xu Jingxing secretly winking at her, instantly understood, and then put on a show-like expression.
Seeing that Zheng Ran didn't believe her, Zhang Jiani picked up the menu on the table. "Look at the time on it. I arrived before you. My friends have already finished eating and left. If I hadn't run into you two, I would have left long ago."
Xu Jingxing secretly gave Zhang Jiani a thumbs-up. When it comes to initiating team fights and keeping up with the pace of the game, he certainly has some skill.
Zheng Ran was getting angry. Seeing that more and more people were gathering around, he grabbed Xu Jingxing by the collar and said angrily, "Don't talk nonsense to me. Get out of here right now."
"Brother, I see now, we've both been fooled!"
Xu Jingxing looked at Li Yafei, "Three months ago you said you were pregnant and asked me for 20,000 yuan for pregnancy support. You better explain yourself clearly, is this child in your belly mine or not!"
"What?! Are you out of your mind?!"
Li Yafei turned around and tried to take Zheng Ran's hand, but he shook her off.
"Brother, please don't believe him! I really don't know him!"
"Whose child is this?" Zheng Ran questioned.
"Of course it's yours! What do you mean by that?!"
"You don't know him?"
"Of course I don't know him! I've never even seen him before!"
"How did he know your original name and how did he know so much about your past that even I didn't know?"
"I've known her for two years, and I didn't know either," Zhang Jiani added, seizing the opportunity to deliver the final blow.
"It must have been you! It must have been you who arranged this!"
Unable to defend herself, Li Yafei could only point the finger at Zhang Jiani.
Her expression was one of utter despair; she simply couldn't understand how a complete stranger could know so much about her past.
After arriving in the capital, he had long since sealed away his past and his name, leaving them all behind in that small county town.
"Big sister, you're making too much of me look down on me." Zhang Jiani looked rather helpless. "If you hadn't come all this way today, I would have avoided you all. I'm afraid of getting all that fuss over with you."
"You..." Li Yafei was truly speechless, unable to express her bitterness.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Xu Jingxing straightened his clothes, patted Zheng Ran on the shoulder, and said, "Alright, buddy, I respect you. You're like Dorgon in the modern era. I don't need the 20,000 yuan; consider it my gift."
He then leaned close to Zheng Ran's ear and whispered, "Dude, it might not be mine. I calculated it; she was in her safe period that day!"
Seeing that Zheng Ran hadn't reacted yet, Xu Jingxing quickly slipped into the crowd and quietly left.
"Don't go! Explain yourself! You're crazy! Have you taken the wrong medicine?!"
Just as Li Yafei was about to stop Xu Jingxing, Zheng Ran grabbed her arm.
"Explain yourself clearly, whose child is it?!"
"Are you crazy, Zheng Ran? You believe him but not me?"
"Then who is he?"
"How the hell should I know?!"
"No wonder my mom said your belly size didn't match your gestational age; were you trying to trick me?"
"..."
Xu Jingxing, who had walked a distance away, heard the sounds of fighting coming from the crowd. He quickly ran out of the restaurant, then took out his phone and sent a message to Zhang Jiani, telling her that he had already paid the bill and that he was waiting for her where he had gotten off the bus.
After hailing a taxi, I saw Zhang Jiani walking over, covering her mouth and laughing. I quickly waved to her and called her over, "Get in the car quickly, it'll be troublesome if they come out and see that we know each other."
Once in the car, Zhang Jiani was still laughing uncontrollably, but she was more curious about something else and quickly asked Xu Jingxing:
"Li Yafei, oh no, you and Li Yan, you two...?"
"I don't even know her."
"That's good. I was really afraid she would deceive you too." Zhang Jiani breathed a sigh of relief. "But how do you know so much about her? I've known her for two years and I still don't know her real name."
"I not only know her real name, but I also know more about her, but I didn't have a chance to reveal more just now."
After telling the driver his destination, Xu Jingxing continued:
"As for how I knew, it's hard to explain in a few words. Anyway, even God couldn't stand it anymore and sent me out to deal with these two scoundrels."
"Haha, that's right, it must be God's blessing, today was so awesome! It's the best day I've had since I came to Beijing."
Zhang Jiani rolled down the car window and shouted out, "Awesome!"
It really startled the driver.
Xu Jingxing felt the warm breeze blowing in through the car window, and his mood was extremely pleasant.
I felt that Li Yafei looked familiar, and when I got closer I realized that this woman was the top gold digger who went viral online in my previous life, Li Yafei, who had three children and five fathers.
Furthermore, every man she dated was a wealthy man with considerable assets. Li Yafei achieved financial freedom early on by receiving breakup fees and child support payments.
After becoming famous, Li Yafei was naturally thoroughly investigated by netizens.
They revealed their original names, hometowns, and even their high school and college classmates.
As for why Xu Jingxing remembered her high school homeroom teacher's name so clearly.
Because he shares the same name as his father.
The taxi stopped downstairs at the company where the two had met. After getting out of the car, Zhang Jiani solemnly extended her right hand.
"Thank you so much for today. Whether it was agreeing to be a guest performer or helping me out at the restaurant, I will remember it all."
Xu Jingxing grasped Zhang Jiani's hand, "Isn't it too formal to say that? Now that I've taken your money, I'm naturally yours."
"You really love talking nonsense." Zhang Jiani's pretty face flushed slightly. "However, I quite like your nonsense."
Releasing her grip, Zhang Jiani took out a tissue from her bag, wrote something on it, and handed it to Xu Jingxing. "This is my QQ number. You can contact me on it if you need anything."
"It's fine if there's nothing else." Zhang Jiani ran her fingertips through her hair. "Feel free to ask me out for a meal, but you can't sneak out to pay the bill next time, okay?"
After saying that, he left with light steps.
Xu Jingxing looked at the QQ number in his hand, thinking about what Zhang Jiani had just said, and a thought suddenly popped into his mind:
"Once I'm successful, I'm definitely going to make a TV series called 'Pretty Sister Who Buys Me Food'!"
Invite all the top actresses in the entertainment industry to film one episode each—just thinking about it makes me happy.