Rebirth of the Little Actor – Chapter 22
22 – He understands the truth, but he can’t help but favor An Xing.
Shen Ying didn’t know whether to leave in relief or sorrow, after all, in her opinion, Lu Tian Shen was really a very good marriage partner – reliable, good-looking, rich, and capable, so much more.
For a little fool like her son, it was very important to have a reliable partner.
She closed the door of the room when she left, and as the medicine kicked in, An Xing also fell asleep. When he woke up again, it was dark outside.
This time, the illness came and went quickly, and his fever had gone down. Apart from the dizziness and weakness in his limbs caused by the fever for a day, An Xing felt much better.
The cell phone was already fully charged, An Xing took the phone, and the first thing he saw was the video sent by Lu Tian Shen. Clicking on it, inside the video was Hua Hua who was meowing from being petted.
“Little kitty cat ah!”
An Xing watched with fascination as the kitten rolled over and had its belly rubbed, softening into a ball under the man’s hands and spreading out its limbs to purr delicately, envious to no end. He coughed twice, too lazy to type, and sent a direct voice over.
” Hua Hua is meowing, Brother Shen, you kiss it!”
The voice message was sent over for a while before Lu Tian Shen returned a new video, the camera focusing on the kitten’s round face.
“Hua Hua, your brother said he wants to kiss you.”
The man’s voice faintly sounded, then the camera came closer and buried itself into the cat’s fur.
An Xing:!
Satisfied, An Xing sent back a “Hua Hua kiss” emoji and exited the chat box to look at the other messages. After skipping through a bunch of group messages, he saw a WeChat from Ning Rong, who had added his contact information only yesterday.
Ning Rong: You’re sick?
An Xingxing didn’t want to catch a cold: how do you know!
Ning Rong: …… You changed your WeChat name.
An Xingxing didn’t want to catch a cold: Oops, just a little fever, now the fever has subsided!
Ning Rong: good.
An Xing held the phone and pondered for a while.
Now that the truth of the hugging mistake has been told in advance, the main cause that made Shen Ying sick has been solved by half. And the remaining half was due to what Ning Rong had encountered.
What a coincidence, the two times he met Ning Rong since his rebirth, although there were accidents during the encounter, there were also gains.
The first time he met Ning Rong, he helped Ning Rong avoid those punks.
The second time he met Ning Rong, he sent Ning Rong’s eldest aunt to the police station, to strike the arrogance of the other side.
Although there was no substantial evidence, An Xing just inexplicably felt that most of the trouble Ning Rong encountered in his last life had already been solved by him. So the next thing he had to do was to get on good terms with Ning Rong, as well as help Ning Rong get close to his mom and dad after recognizing his family.
The teenager bit his fingertips and thought about it, hugging his cell phone to send a message.
An Xingxing didn’t want to catch a cold: you also need to pay attention to your body ah, be careful about catching a cold like me, it’s so hard oh.
It’s better to lack than to overdo: I have a good body. [Ning Rong changed his username to 宁缺毋滥 (Nìngquēwúlàn).
An Xingxing didn’t want to catch a cold: That’s right, you’re full of muscles.
It’s better to lack than to overdo: ….
It’s better to lack than to overdo: When do you plan to go to the police station to sign the letter of understanding?
An Xingxing did not want to catch a cold: well, it will have to be a few days, won’t it? At least I have to get well.
It’s better to lack than to overdo: Yes, let them be scared for a few more days.
An Xinxing did not want to catch a cold: that’s right! They’re so bad to you!
……
When Shen Ying came in, she saw her son holding his cell phone and messaging with someone, and immediately yelled:
“An Xing! You’re not turning on the light and playing with your cell phone again!”
The teenager shuddered and immediately changed the subject:
“Mom Ning Rong asked when we’re going to the police station. He’s coming with us!”
An Zhaoming followed Shen Ying in, turned the lights on, and asked without moving:
“You’re chatting with Ning Rong?”
“Uh huh!”
“You make an appointment with him for the weekend. Going to the police station is not going to be quick, it’s too much of a toss-up during the week.”
“Uh-huh!”
The teenager clutched his cell phone as he clattered and typed, rubbing against the woman’s palm out of habit as she checked the temperature, his eyes still glued to the screen. Watching this scene, An Zhaoming’s mood was a little complicated and indescribably felt relieved. He brushed off those thoughts and cared for his sick son.
“Tomorrow you shouldn’t go to the company, get some rest at home.”
An Xing raised his head and was just about to say something when he was interrupted by An Zhaoming.
“Since you’ve entered the design department, do a good job and don’t think about anything else for now. What that boy from the Lu family said today, I think it also makes sense – first find that boy and settle this big matter before anything else.”
An Xing originally wanted to say that he would never go to the company again, or what if Ning Rong recognized him and misunderstood him, but now that An Zhaoming had spoken, it was hard for him to refute. Thinking about the fact that An Hao was still in the company, An Xing felt that he still had to go to the company.
Thinking of An Hao, An Xing revealed a little hesitant expression.
“Dad, about this matter…..of hugging me wrongly, let’s not tell anyone else first, right? I mean, second uncle and second aunt and them. Wait until we find your children.”
An Zhaoming froze and quickly reacted, thinking that it made sense. His son had a bad relationship with An Hao from before, and if he told the truth, he might be bullied by that An Hao kid.
There is also the fact that An Xing has been loved as his own son for so many years, An Hao is not good to An Xing, so in his heart of hearts, An Zhaoming still hopes that his own son will not hold a grudge against An Xing, and can treat An Xing as a brother. Of course, he also knows that this kind of idea is sorry for his own son, but people….will always have favoritism.
At least now, he understands the truth, but he can’t help but favor An Xing.
Such thoughts were not right, An Zhaoming had always been cautious and was unwilling to make more mistakes at such a sensitive time. He then felt that it was better to maintain the status quo for the time being, and when he found his own son and made all kinds of preparations, then it would not be too late to gradually publicize the truth.
“Dad knows.” The man touched the teenager’s head, his expression gentle, “You get well first. All other things, leave it to dad, no need for you to worry.”
“Uh-huh!”
*
An Xing burned all through the night and during the day, he had little strength and didn’t even want to go out of the bedroom. He would not know that An Zhaoming went out of the bedroom and directly into the study, where his most capable secretary was waiting.
“Xiao Xu.”
An Zhaoming signaled his secretary to sit down, his expression serious.
“What have you found out?”
“After you instructed me last night, I went to that hospital early this morning and asked for some of the relevant information on the hospital’s side. The hospital where Madam gave birth back then, there were a total of five babies born that day, two were girls and three were boys.”
Girls didn’t need to be considered, An Zhaoming and Shen Ying were both very certain that their child was a boy.
“The hospital refused to divulge specific information about the three children for privacy reasons. However, as you explained last night, I directly asked the hospital if one of the three families was surnamed ‘Ning’……”
An Zhaoming held his breath.
“The hospital acknowledged it.”
“……”
An Zhaoming slowly exhaled a breath. He pondered for a long time and slowly said:
“But it can’t be confirmed that the child born that day was Ning Rong?”
“Yes. At least the hospital side is refusing to confirm this news for me. Time was rushed and I haven’t had time to inquire, but I don’t think it’s too hard to ask about it.”
An Zhaoming nodded, “I believe in your ability to do the job, I’ll leave this matter to you to inquire.”
“In addition, there is another matter that has to be given to you to do together.”
The secretary made a face of listening, but saw An Zhaoming fall into deep thought.
From last night until now, An Zhaoming had been reminiscing about the situation back when she gave birth. Back then, unlike today, there were private hospitals and moonlight centers, where pregnant women could stay in early and be pushed directly into the delivery room to give birth when it started. At that time, it was only when the baby was about to be born that they rushed towards the hospital.
The day Shen Ying gave birth, several brothers of the Shen family were either not in Tang City, or were too wrapped up in business to come over, so he and his second sister-in-law Tan Xiu were there, and hurriedly sent her to the hospital. After the child was born, he looked at the child’s condition, and the nurse sent the child to the nursery to care for.
Then it was when the nurse went to carry the child for a physical examination, but found the crib, the baby was missing.
At that time, he accompanied Shen Ying, Tan Xiu heard the news and rushed to tell them, but he did not expect Shen Ying to be stimulated all of a sudden, the situation is somewhat bad. He did not dare to leave, can only let Tan Xiu and the nurse to go to find the child.
Fortunately, in the end, it was a false alarm, and the child was recovered. Because the only one that couldn’t be found that day was their family’s child, and the newborn baby wasn’t much different at all, all wrinkled. After checking the blood type was correct, they were relieved, and it never even occurred to them that the one that was recovered wasn’t even their family’s child.
“If Ning Rong was born in that hospital, check his parents.”
An Zhaoming lowered his eyes and slowly said.
“Check what his parents are like, if there have been any major financial changes over the years. Check their behavior, how they treat Ning Rong, how the rest of their family is.”
“Find out why they passed away.”
If it was just a simple hugging mishap, then everything was still fine.
But if there was some kind of conspiracy behind …… this, he had to find out.
The secretary’s heart fluttered and he responded seriously.
An Zhaoming sighed tiredly and rubbed his brow.
“The other thing should be easier to find out.”
“Gather all the rumors and gossips about An Xing since he entered the company. All the relevant news, as well as the source of the news, should not be spared.”
If those rumors had nothing to do with his family’s affairs, then naturally it would be best.
But if they were related, he would have to consider if there was a deeper secret behind it.
T/N: My first language isn’t English, and there may be some grammatical errors. But I try not to deviate from the author’s narrative. If there are any errors or nonsensical sentences, feel free to comment.
