“Go ahead,” Ning Ran said.
However, Nan Chen still hesitated.
It was very difficult for him to talk about something as important as the matter.
“You can’t say it without enough alcohol in you? Drink more then.”
Ning Ran stood up and poured more wine for Nan Chen.
He downed the drink immediately.
“Not bad, not bad at all. One more then!” Ning Ran poured another drink for him.
Nan Chen then indicated for Ning Ran to drink too.
Ning Ran picked up her champagne glass.
“I am actually the children’s real father…”
Pfft!
Ning Ran immediately spit out the champagne from her mouth. Luckily, she was a distance away from Nan Chen who managed to avoid it.
“Sorry, I’m sorry…” Ning Ran immediately picked up a napkin and began wiping away.
“I’m serious,” Nan Chen said.
“You’ve had too much to drink. Stop drinking now. If you continue, you’re going to say you are the emperor next,” Ning Ran advised him.
“We have a DNA report that says I am the children’s biological father, and that Nan Xing is not,” Nan Chen said.
Ning Ran was flabbergasted.
Does that mean we can finally solve the mystery of the shirt button?
“Wasn’t there a test before this?” Ning Ran asked.
“Nan Xing was in Africa before this. When I saw that the children looked like him, I just assumed they were his children. However, we are twins who share practically the same DNA, so we used my sample for the test. That time, we never thought the children could be mine and not Nan Xing’s. Then when you were talking about the button when you were drunk, I realized that that button you have been keeping was mine. I am the only person in the whole wide world who uses those types of buttons. It’s a customized, one-of-a-kind button. Therefore, I was the man from that night, and not Nan Xing.”
Nan Chen said all these in one breath. He felt as if he hadn’t spoken so much in such a long time.
Ning Ran was completely taken aback as she stared wordlessly at Nan Chen.
Did I really reveal so many secrets after I got drunk?
Indeed, drinking makes things worse. Did I say anything else?
“You are the children’s mother, and I am their father,” Nan Chen said, slowly and clearly.
Ning Ran could feel the thumping of her heart.
Indeed, her heart was beating faster and faster.
What is happening? Why is my heart beating faster?
“What do you think?” Nan Chen asked Ning Ran.
“I think this sounds a little strange, and I don’t want to talk about it any further.” Ning Ran blushed as she replied.
Not only is my heart beating faster, but I am also blushing!
This is really abnormal for me. Is this what they say about being so in love that your heart beats faster and you blush as well?
“You don’t want to talk about it?”
What does she mean by that?
“I will take care of Dabao and Erbao together with you from now on,” Nan Chen said earnestly.
Ning Ran glanced at Nan Chen, whose poker face was now a little flushed thanks to the alcohol.
How could a big man like him have such a flushed face too?
His eyes flickered as they burned up, and its rhythm echoed Ning Ran’s rapid heartbeat which had picked up once again.
Why am I blushing? Why is my heart racing? Ning Ran, you aren’t some lovelorn teenage girl all right? Can’t you do a little better for yourself?
The kids have found their biological father, that’s all! Stop feeling all the flutters! What’s with your thumping heart?
Ning Ran struggled to appear calm and less anxious.
“All right,” Ning Ran said coolly.
“You’d given birth to them and have brought them up on your own. It’s been tough on you. You are welcome to make any requests and I’ll try to fulfil them,” Nan Chen said gravely.
“Okay,” Ning Ran answered coolly again.
Ning Ran’s coolness shocked Nan Chen a little.
Since she’s so materialistic, shouldn’t she be asking for money immediately by now?
Right now, as long as the amount is not too astronomical, I will definitely say yes.
But why is she sitting there like a fool?
Hang on – is she a fool, or is she merely fishing for something larger?
“Do you have any requests?” Nan Chen asked her again.
“Yes, I actually do,” Ning Ran replied.
Nan Chen heaved a sigh of relief. It would have been strange if she didn’t have any requests.
“Say it then. I’ll try to satisfy your wants as much as possible.”
“Please don’t take the children away from me,” Ning Ran said seriously.
Nan Chen was taken aback. “That’s your only request?”
“Yes.”
“Think about it a little more. I can fulfil a lot more requests.”
“Just promise me this first. I don’t care who their father is, but they are my children and my life first and foremost. No one can take them away from me,” Ning Ran said decidedly.
Nan Chen did not say anything.
To Ning Ran, the children are the most important, but they are important to me too.
When it came to the children, Nan Chen was also very careful about his promises.
What if she gets together with some random man? Do I have to agree to that and watch the children get some random useless stepfather?
“If you conduct yourself with dignity, I won’t snatch the kids from you,” Nan Chen said.
Ning Ran’s thumping heart immediately quietened down.
“When have I not been dignified? What are you trying to say?” Ning Ran asked him angrily.
Nan Chen did not reply her.
This is an important day, and is almost a celebration as I have told her this important thing.
Therefore, I really don’t want to argue with her.
No matter what, it has been difficult for her to bring up the children, even more so as a single mother in a foreign land.
“Nothing. I will take care of you and the children from now on, and I’ll make it up to you as much as I can.”
Nan Chen was a completely different person in front of Ning Ran today. Never had he spoken so gently to her before.
However, Ning Ran felt nothing when it came to his promises.
He does not deserve my trust if he cannot promise that he won’t try to snatch the kids from me.
No matter how gentle he is on the surface, he is still cold and hard-hearted.
“There is no need. We have had a good life without you all these years anyway,” Ning Ran said.
This killed the atmosphere and completely wiped out Nan Chen’s good intentions.
His good intentions were not appreciated at all.
Rejection is unbearable as it is, and it was even more so for someone as proud as Nan Chen.
He had expected an emotional reunion when he revealed the truth to her. Even if there weren’t tears, he thought that it would at least be a peaceful and harmonious situation.
However, the reverse had happened. She was just an obstinate woman who refused to accept anything.
She has barely respected my good intentions, and the only thing she has given me in return is her cold attitude.
Nan Chen was about to burst.
When have I ever come down from my level? And here you are, showing not even one ounce of respect or gratitude!
“You have to take whatever that I give you. And you are not allowed to have what I am refusing to give you.” Nan Chen said coldly.
The war between them has officially begun.
