Chapter 42: Pinky Promise (2)

After the two men left the office, Old Hei punched Huo Konghe’s shoulder.

“What’s with the situation? Senior Yao even gave birth to a son for you?” Old Hei shook his head as he sighed regrettably.

Huo Konghe lowered his head and said, “I owe Yao Yao a lot.” 

“Your luck must be phenomenal for you to meet such a good woman!” Old Hei didn’t know what to say either.

“I’ll make it up to her for the rest of my life.” Huo Konghe leaned against the wall and smiled calmly.

What a sweet burden, Old Hei thought enviously.

After a while, Old Hei suddenly thought of something and prodded Huo Konghe again.

“Does the old man know?”

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“What’s wrong, son?” Huo Konghe’s heart would tremble every time he heard Huo Guilin call him “Daddy”.

He was a new father, but the very next day, he was directly upgraded to be a proper “Daddy”.

Initially, he wanted to be a strict father so that his son would be more understanding and reasonable. 

However, some of Huo Guilin’s little actions were very similar to Yao Yao’s. Sometimes, he even looked like a mini version of Yao Yao. This made Huo Konghe, who wanted to be a strict father, very conflicted.

Huo Konghe took a deep breath, and picked Huo Guilin up from the ground. Then, he sat his son on the desk directly. The two of them faced each other at eye level. 

“Daddy… Daddy, do you have anything to say to me?” Huo Guilin’s little hands were clasped together. He lowered his head and glanced at Huo Konghe secretly from time to time.

Look at that! This was exactly like Yao Yao. She wanted to hear him say that he liked her, but she wasn’t willing to ask directly.

Huo Konghe smiled and his brows relaxed. Huo Guilin was stunned at the sight.

“Daddy likes Linlin a lot. Linlin is a very good child. It’s Daddy’s fault for being absent for the past two years.” Huo Konghe leaned in closely to Huo Guilin.

“I’m sorry, Linlin. Daddy will be here in the future, alright?” Huo Konghe said gently.

Huo Guilin looked up, leaned forward slightly, and kissed Huo Konghe.

“It’s a deal, Daddy.” Huo Guilin reached out his hand, wanting a pinky promise.

Huo Konghe reached out and hooked his little pinky. 

“It’s a deal, son.” Huo Konghe promised.

Huo Guilin pursed his lips, as if he was hesitating to speak up. Finally, he gritted his teeth and decided to talk to his father.

“Daddy, do you know what my name, Guilin, means?” Huo Guilin pushed his chest out proudly.

“What does it mean?” Huo Konghe played along with his son.

“Mommy gave me this name. She said that it means that when Daddy comes back, he will definitely be a very powerful person. She also said that Linlin will also become someone as powerful as Daddy in the future.”

After hearing that, Huo Konghe’s eyes turned red, but he couldn’t show it in front of Linlin.

Huo Konghe cleared his throat. “Then, can you tell Daddy what Mommy was like when I wasn’t around in the past two years?”

Huo Guilin only started remembering things rather recently, but he told his father everything he remembered.

Huo Konghe was silent. After Linlin finished talking, Huo Konghe asked, “Then, Linlin, do you remember Auntie Yu Jia and Uncle Qi Qi’s phone numbers? Daddy wants to ask them to join us for dinner tonight.”

Huo Guilin remembered his mother, godmother, and godfather’s phone numbers. And so, he gave his father Qi Qi’s number.

Huo Konghe memorized it, got up, and went out to make a call.

Qi Qi, who was lying at home, got a call on his private line and picked it up directly.

“Who is it?” Qi Qi’s tone wasn’t polite.

Huo Konghe wasn’t angry and still said politely, “Hello, I’m Huo Konghe, Huo Guilin’s father.” 

Qi Qi looked at the phone screen and fell silent.

Then, he coughed and continued to put the receiver close to his ear.

“What’s the matter?” Qi Qi said unnaturally.

Huo Konghe replied, “Are you free tonight? Let’s have dinner together. You, me, Yu Jia, and Linlin.” 

“You know…” Qi Qi wanted to ask if it was because he had found out about his son, but he thought about it and didn’t say anything in the end.

He wanted to ask if Yao Yao was going, but Qi Qi couldn’t bring himself to ask the question.

After a while, Qi Qi said, “Send me the address. I’ll inform Jia Jia.”

“Alright, I’ll text you again.” Huo Konghe said directly and hung up.

Hearing the sound of the call being hung up, Qi Qi felt extremely frustrated, and he threw the phone aside.