Chapter 353: Chapter 353: You Dare to Take Advantage of Me? Try it.
Huo Tingdong said, “Want some juicy gossip?”
Ji Xiuyuan nodded like pounding garlic: “Yeah yeah! Tell me! I want the juicy details.”
Huo Tingdong said, “Let me tell you something quite interesting.”
He pondered for a moment and told Ji Xiuyuan, “To marry me, she went abroad to secretly undergo in vitro fertilization. You should know, the Huo Family has built a gene bank. She stole my genes, hoping to ride on her son’s coattails to power, delusively thinking she could use my child to force me into marriage and legitimize her status.”
Ji Xiuyuan couldn’t hold back and opened his mouth in shock: “How could she do something so despicable? So what about her now? And the child in her womb? Was it aborted?”
Huo Tingdong said, “She refused to abort it.”
Ji Xiuyuan said, “So you are just watching her give birth to the child?”
Huo Tingdong said, “Do you think I would acknowledge it? What I can tell you is that she thinks she’s clever, trying to play this game with me. But in reality, the child in her belly isn’t mine.”
He briefly shared with Ji Xiuyuan the information he had found.
After listening, Ji Xiuyuan was deeply shocked: “Does she know the true identity of her child?”
Huo Tingdong replied, “She doesn’t. Since she wants to give birth, then let her do so.”
Ji Xiuyuan fell silent: “If she gives birth and finds out the child isn’t yours, but some construction worker’s, she’ll probably go mad with fury.”
Huo Tingdong said, “If she truly goes mad, I’ll personally send her to the Asylum.”
Ji Xiuyuan was still astounded: “Actually, I never liked Song Shuyan. I always felt she wasn’t as innocent as she appeared to be, quite scheming in fact. But since it’s all in the past now, I won’t mention this woman again.”
They arrived at the Ji family home.
Ji Xiuyuan got out of the car, and just as the car was about to start, he suddenly shouted: “Wait!”
The car braked abruptly.
Huo Tingdong rolled down the window with displeasure and glared at him: “Are you trying to get yourself killed!?”
Ji Xiuyuan leaned on the window, looking like a pitiful dog: “Bro, I want to go to the amusement park. Can you take sister-in-law with us tomorrow? The amusement park recently launched a new ride, the flying roller coaster, said to be the top roller coaster in the country. I haven’t had the chance to experience it yet.”
Lin Qi said, “Dino Amusement Park? Honey, let’s go together! Momo and Han have been wanting to go to the amusement park, and I happen to have a day off tomorrow. We can take Momo and Han with us.”
Huo Tingdong said, “If you want to go, you can, but…”
He turned to Ji Xiuyuan: “How will you go? You’re a public figure now. There are so many people at the amusement park, won’t you be recognized?”
Ji Xiuyuan immediately replied, “Don’t worry, I’ll disguise myself tomorrow, so no one will recognize me.”
Huo Tingdong narrowed his eyes but didn’t refuse any further.
After all, since his wife had spoken, naturally he wouldn’t disagree.
Huo Tingdong said, “Got it, I’ll have the driver pick you up at nine o’clock sharp tomorrow morning.”
“Great!”
Ji Xiuyuan cheered.
On the way back, Lin Qi looked at Huo Tingdong and said, “You seem to get along well with Ji Xiuyuan. But your personalities are so different; I’m surprised you can be such good friends.”
Ji Xiuyuan is rather restrained and reserved in front of the camera, following the persona of a cool male god, but in private, he’s nothing like a man of his age, still with a childlike heart, even liking places like amusement parks.
It’s hard to imagine Huo Tingdong being good friends with such a childish man.
Huo Tingdong said, “He’s been clinging to me since we were kids, like stubborn plaster, impossible to shake off.”
Lin Qi said, “That’s nice, I also like amusement parks!”
The next morning.
Lin Qi got up, finished washing up, and then prepared small backpacks for Momo and Han to take to the park.
Huo Tingdong had the driver pick up Ji Xiuyuan as scheduled.
He had just woken up when he got a call from the driver: “Mr. Huo, I’ve picked up everyone, and the car is in the garage.”
Huo Tingdong replied, “Got it.”
Momo and Han woke up, and after the family of four finished breakfast, they set out, ready to go.
The weather was perfect, with a gentle breeze and a beautiful sun.
The family arrived at the parking lot.
The Alphard was parked in its spot.
Huo Tingdong opened the car door, about to lift Momo and Han into the car, when he was caught off guard by the sight of an old man with a cane sitting in the car.
He furrowed his brows, not recognizing him at first: “Who are you?”
The excited old man exclaimed, “Tingdong, it’s me!”
Once the old man spoke, it turned out to be Ji Xiuyuan’s voice.
Lin Qi also approached and saw an old man with white hair and a stooped back sitting in the car. She recognized Ji Xiuyuan’s voice and was shocked: “Ji… Xiuyuan?”
He said last night that he would disguise himself, but she never imagined that this guy would transform into an old grandfather.
“Old Grandpa” Ji Xiuyuan said, “It seems my disguise is a success. None of you recognized me; my makeup skills are too superb!”
Lin Qi retorted: “Rather than calling it makeup, it seems more like a face-changing trick!”
Huo Tingdong said, “Isn’t this a bit too much? Transforming yourself into an old man in his seventies or eighties, do you think they’ll let you ride the roller coasters?”
Ji Xiuyuan: “…” Damn it!
He hadn’t considered this at all!
Huo Tingdong added, “Also, with you looking like this, if I walk with you, aren’t we off by a generation?”
Ji Xiuyuan replied, “It doesn’t matter. A grandson and his wife taking Grandpa to the amusement park is quite normal, isn’t it?”
Huo Tingdong suddenly became angry: “Who’s your grandson?”
Ji Xiuyuan reached out trying to pat Huo Tingdong’s hair: “Good grandson…”
Huo Tingdong reflexively grabbed his wrist, twisting it viciously at the joint, wishing he could snap his wrist bone!
Ji Xiuyuan cried out in pain: “Ouch ouch ouch… Be gentle!”
Lin Qi said, “Alright, Tingdong, stop picking on Grandpa.”
Huo Tingdong frowned: “You’re calling him Grandpa?”
Lin Qi said, “Since it’s a disguise, we should play along! Let’s just pretend he’s Grandpa and have a family outing to the park.”
As she spoke, she got into the car, sat next to Ji Xiuyuan, and said with a smile, “Grandpa, your granddaughter-in-law will take you out for fun!”
Ji Xiuyuan nodded contentedly: “Granddaughter-in-law really is considerate and filial! Tingdong, you’ve married a good wife!”
Momo and Han poked their heads out from the back seat.
The two reached out their little hands and began to pull at the beard sticking to Ji Xiuyuan’s chin.
Ji Xiuyuan said, “Han! Don’t pull at my beard, it hurts.”
Han asked, “Is this a real beard or a fake one?”
Ji Xiuyuan replied, “It’s a prop from the production team; I borrowed it, don’t pull it off. If you pull it off, I don’t have any makeup tools to fix it.”
Huo Tingdong suppressed his anger and got into the car.
As soon as he got in the car and Ji Xiuyuan was about to speak, Huo Tingdong’s murderous gaze immediately fixed on him: “If you dare take advantage of me, I’ll dismantle your bones and reassemble them!”