Runaway Wife: Please, Have Another Baby!
Chapter 99 - 100 But... You Can’t Bear to Part With It (4)

Chapter 99: Chapter 100 But... You Can’t Bear to Part With It (4)

Originally, she had some money on hand, but after buying a plane ticket and other expenses, most of it was already spent. The little one needed clothes, food, drawing supplies... Not to mention, just the weekly cost of oil painting paper and paints was significant. Right now, securing a livelihood was the urgent issue at hand.

Pressing her ear against the door, she listened as Gan Yuan’s footsteps receded. Gan Tang immediately locked the door from inside, ran back to the living room, grabbed the telephone on the coffee table and dialed a number.

"Dynasty Hotel, good evening."

After a moment, the voice of the hotel operator came through the phone.

The little guy sat down on the sofa like a little adult and cleared his throat.

"Please connect me to 5609."

...

...

In the Dynasty Hotel, inside the Presidential Suite.

Huangfu Jue was seated at his desk, flipping through a document.

"Sir," Will entered the study and placed a small black box on his desk, "we’ve confirmed that this is an encrypted portable hard drive. The encryption is extremely secure. The staff say that if we attempt to decrypt it rashly, we might destroy the files."

Huangfu Jue extended his hand, took the hard drive from Will, and gently stroked the red spider lily on it with the pad of his finger.

"I understand."

No sooner had he spoken, than the phone on the desk started ringing, and Will hurried to pick up the receiver.

"Hello... Xiaotang?!"

Hearing the name he exclaimed, Huangfu Jue immediately stood up, snatched the receiver from Will, and brought it to his ear.

On the other end of the phone, the little one commanded, "Let that guy take the phone."

He knew without asking that "that guy" referred to himself.

Huangfu Jue took a deep breath, "Xiaotang, where are you?"

"Cough."

The little one coughed lightly, masking his tiny bit of panic.

After all, knowing that he was speaking to his father made the conversation feel completely different.

Even for Gan Tang, her heart was beating a little faster at this moment.

"Well... I called because I have a few questions for you."

He spoke tenderly, "What questions?"

"Do you really love my mom?"

Huangfu Jue was silent for two seconds, then spoke deeply.

"Love."

"Then how can you prove it?"

"I don’t know how to prove it," said Huangfu Jue slowly, choosing his words carefully, "Your mother is a very special person to me, a very important woman in my life."

"She has a bad temper, can’t cook, is sometimes childish... She has many flaws, will you mind?"

"When a man loves a woman, her flaws become her strengths."

...

This child was more precocious than most, and Huangfu Jue always treated him as a real person, not with the tone of placating or pandering to a child, answering each question very seriously.

The little one finished his questioning.

"Okay, I understand now."

"Xiaotang, don’t hang up just yet," Huangfu Jue said anxiously, afraid the boy would end the call, "I know I owe you and your mom a lot, could you give me a chance to make it up? Tell me, where are you?"

"I won’t betray Mommy, I can only tell you I’ve convinced her to stay in this city. Whether you can find her or not is up to your own abilities," the little one paused, then added, "Don’t get the wrong idea, I made this call for my mom, not because of you."

He liked Huangfu Jue, but that was based on him being Uncle Huangfu. After finding out he was his father, the little guy’s feelings towards Huangfu Jue became somewhat complicated.