Erbao held up her little hand and waited for Nan Chen to give her a high five.
But Nan Chen had suddenly frozen, and just stared at her with his hand raised.
Erbao was a little scared by that, and asked in a weak voice, “Are you regretting it?”
Nan Chen came back to his senses, and gently high-fived her, “Of course not.”
Erbao was happy once again.
Nan Chen wanted to know why Erbao had this orange blossom scent on her, but he couldn’t bring himself to ask her.
He figured that they wouldn’t be able to answer him anyway.
Besides, even Nan Chen himself couldn’t explain what the scent was about.
After high-fiving Erbao, Nan Chen looked at Dabao, “Shall we do a high-five as well?”
To him, the high five didn’t really matter. He just wanted to get closer to Dabao.
But Dabao shook his head.
“Why not?” Nan Chen asked.
“It’s childish.” Dabao replied.
Nan Chen felt like he had just received a critical hit. Someone actually called him childish!
The great Mr. Chen who was respected by everyone in Flower City, had just been turned down by a child!
Nan Chen took a deep breath and calmed himself down.
He stood up and handed the pastries he’d brought to Erbao. Erbao was delighted, “I love desserts!”
He then picked up the huge doll, and hesitated if he should give it to Dabao.
He was worried of being rejected again.
His worries were justified, as Dabao was already giving him a look of rejection.
“Brother doesn’t play with these. He’ll call you childish.” Erbao added insult to injury.
Nan Chen quickly put the doll down, “I’m not usually childish like this.”
If people were to find out that Nan Chen was actually explaining how he isn’t childish to these adorable children, they would definitely drop their jaws in shock.
Nan Chen didn’t understand it himself either. He had always done things his way without caring about what others would think of him.
Why was he so bothered by these kids now?
Then, he remembered something important and turned to ask Erbao, “Can I get two strands of your hair?”
Erbao stared at him with her big shiny eyes, “What do you want my hair for?”
Nan Chen thought for a while, but didn’t know how to answer her question.
“DNA.” Said the knowledgeable Dabao next to him.
Nan Chen almost fell over from the shock. This kid actually figured out that he had wanted the hair for a DNA test? Was there anything he doesn’t know?
Nan Chen admitted, “I’m collecting your hair to help find your daddy.”
“Take mine, sister is afraid of pain.”
Dabao pulled a few strands of his own hair and handed them to Nan Chen.
Nan Chen carefully wrapped the hair in a paper towel.
“You wouldn’t happen to be our daddy, would you?” Erbao asked.
Nan Chen was startled, and immediately said firmly, “No.”
He was hardly close with women, so how could he possibly have children?
“Then why do you look so similar to us?” Erbao asked again.
Nan Chen couldn’t answer, as he didn’t know why either.
They could be the children of his twin brother who also looked just like him. That was the only possible explanation he could think of.
“There will be an answer to that.” Nan Chen said.
There was a knocking on the door, and Qin Lan’s voice was heard, “Can I come in now?”
“Yes!” Erbao answered.
Qin Lan came in and eyed them curiously, wondering what they could’ve been talking about for so long.
The usual cold look on Nan Chen’s face returned, “I’ve got to go.”
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