Chapter 57 His Return
"Xiang, is being a father tough?" Yang Chen asked out of the blue. His sudden question shocked the two men sitting in the room.
"Why do you ask?" Ye Chaoxiang managed to ask after recovering from the shock question.
"Well, i see the way you seem to get troubled, happy and sad according to her mood. It's not like I am saying she a problem. It's just that I was thinking that you will be finding it difficult to handle the raising a child with your busy schedule, young age and as a playboy," Yang Chen explained.
"I thought so too but he has everyone with him. I heard that he even started reading books on parenting. Who would have even thought that Ye Chaoxiang would be a father?" Li Fengjin contributed. Life sure knows how to give surprises.
Ye Chaoxiang chuckled at his friends thought. It was true that he had started making research on how to be a good parent. First of all he had to get rid of all his bad habits. His parents had even warned him to stop drinking at all cost.
"If you have an understanding and sweet kid like my baby, then parenting will not be so hard," he said proudly. "I guess so. Well that reminds me. With you having a kid, does that mean that you are no longer a playboy?" Yang Chen asked.
"Yes, it does. According to the book I am reading, I have to get rid of my bad habits I used to enjoy on the past and it happens that drinking and sleeping around is my only bad habit. So, bye-bye playboy Xiang," Ye Chaoxiang said with a smile plastered on his face. He was kind of loving his new life.
"Who told you that being a playboy was your only bad habit?" Li Fengjin scoffed at him.
"Yeah. Or have you forgotten about the you being a workaholic part?" Yang Chen burst out laughing. "That is not true. I work less now, okay?" Ye Chaoxiang tried to defend himself.
"Who are you kidding? When was the last time you came home early?" Li Fengjin asked. "Let answer that. NEVER." They all knew that Ye Chaoxiang's line of work does not allow him to go home and rest whenever he wanted to. He always had operations to carry out as he was the best in the hospital. So every now and then he gets emergency calls from the hospital even late at night.
"Well, I'm sorry to burst your bubbles. I was giving a months leave from the hospital so I am apparently not a workaholic," Ye Chaoxiang retorted. His friends sure knows how to get under his nerves.
"Why is daddy frowning?" A little voice disrupted their laughter. Lee Ai ran towards her father and said in askance, "Daddy are you sick? Why are you sad?"
"You uncles are being mean. They were saying that I do not have time for you and that I am a bad dad," Ye Chaoxiang reported like a little kid seeking for justice from his parents. Hearing what he said, Lee Ai gasped and turned to the two onlookers sitting opposite them.
"That is a very mean thing to say. Daddy takes care of me alot and plays with me and reads me bedtime stories and takes me ice cream parlors every weekend. My daddy is the best. It's Chenchen and uncle Jin that are bad because they don't visit little Ai anymore," she said with an angry pout and cute glare.
Ye Chaoxiang felt proud of the way his daughter was defending him. Also the looks on Li Fengjin and Yang Chen's face were priceless. He quickly took out his phone and took a picture of Lee Ai scolding them a d their shocked faces.
"Daddy don't be sad, okay? I will tell grandma Li that we will not give anyone the cooking we made except from you. Let's go and check it now," Lee Ai turned out the other two who still a shocked expression on. "As for you two big bullies, reflect on your sins, hmph."
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2:00pm at flower shop, a man in his mid-twenties, tall and well-built. His long blonde hair was packed at the back leaving some strands to fall freely on his forehead, aligning his eyebrows and beautifying his light green eyes and handsome sculptured face is seeing admiring the daisy flowers in the shop.
"Sir, would you like to get those flowers?" The shop owner asked. He had being studying the man for the past twenty minutes. He seemed to be entranced by those flowers so he walked up to him.
The man turned towards the voice that spoke. He smiled smiled politely and nodded his head. The shop owner hurriedly packed a few of the daisy flowers to give his customer. Just as payment was being made, three more handsome faces sauntered into the shop. It seems like they were looking for someone.
"Kai," Yang Chen was the first among the three to speak up. Turning around, Yang Wenkai smiled when he saw his little brother. It has really been a long time.
"Long time no see Chen," he said. Yang Chen rushed up to him and hugged him. His elder brother was finally back. He has finally returned after ten long years. The two brothers hugged for a while before they separated. They kept on staring at each other. Accessing each other.
"Brother Kai," Li Fengjin and Ye Chaoxiang gave him a hug too. Yang Wenkai could not stop himself from smiling. "My little warriors are all grown ups now. I have missed a lot, haven't I?"
"Of course you have. You missed my ten birthdays, my graduation from high school and college, my first official launched game and many others," Yang Chen listed.
"Yeah, you have a lot of catching up to do. We missed you so much," Li Fengjin added.
"Alright guys, let us take brother Kai home first. He looks tired from his flight. Show some mercy," Ye Chaoxiang chided them.
"I can see that Xiang is still the most sensible and matured one amongst the three musketeers," Yang Wenkai jested.