Chapter 1011: My Little Brother
Zhai Yanjun actually understood his worries without him sharing. He looked at his father and patted his shoulder encouragingly as he said, "I'm sorry to say this but dad, you and I both know you don't stand in the position of a father in Fai's life. Not even close."
Zhai Kuijun sighed depressingly. With a little hope, he said, "But that's because we haven't gotten a chance to bond with each other yet. He doesn't know his father, once he does, it'll be different."
Zhai Yanjun almost laughed at his father's nativity. "Do you really think, he doesn't know you're his father?" Zhai Kuijun was left staring at him in shock as he went on, "Believe me, he knows. And now, I finally understand why he had been so hostile toward me. It's all because of you."
"Me?" Questioned Zhai Kuijun.
"Yes, you," replied Zhai Yanjun. "I'll tell you a thing about Fai. He is overly protective of his mother. It means the person who even looked at Ayi harshly is considered his enemy. In his mind, you're an enemy because you're the reason she had been suffering for all these years. Do you think he craves the warmth of a father just because he had been a fatherless child? Nah. He grew out of that phase. Especially now when he has so many offering him so much love that the absence of a father is really not that important anymore."
The more he spoke, the more Zhai Kuijun's expressions worsened. There was no helping it. Because everything that Zhai Yanjun said was true. An undeniable truth!
"Do you wanna know why he is being civil with you until now?" Asked Zhai Yanjun. "The credit goes to Ayi. She would never allow Fai to do anything rude to you and that's why he had been keeping his distance from you. I have understood him very well during this time. He isn't as adorable as he seems. Behind that adorableness lies a person who is willing to go as far as possible for his loved ones. Ayi is his weakness. As long as Ayi says you're off limits, he won't make move. It's the same with me. He always restrained himself because Ayi pulled him back."
"You mean to say he hates me?"
"Don't feel so special, dad. I don't think you're that important for him to actually hate you."
Zhai Kuijun gritted his teeth, "Will you cut it already? You've already hurt me enough!"
"I'm just letting you get familiar with the situation beforehand so that it doesn't hurt you that much later on. You have to first accept these facts before planning your next move. Don't be hasty and ruin things. Don't even think about approaching Fai with this knowledge. You're gonna give him a reason to attack. And trust me, he will. His best friend's name is Raelle Xiang and his Godmother is Mu Chenyan. How innocent do you think he really is with their influence?"
Well, Zhai Kuijun really couldn't just shut his eyes and speak nonsense like Hyson was really innocent and naive. That'd be a big lie.
"Then what should I do?" Zhai Kuijun looked like a student asking for some advice right now and it looked really funny to Zhai Yanjun who hadn't seen his father acting this way. It seemed he got to see a lot of new versions of his dad today.
Shaking off these thoughts from his head, Zhai Yanjun said, "You need to invade into enemy's territory. You can't be forceful about that. That's asking for death. Your best shot is to hook up with an insider."
"What the hell are you even saying? Speak human!"
Zhai Yanjun cleared his throat and changed his words, "Okay fine. I mean to say, your best shot is Ayi. My sweet and nice and warm Ayi. She is the best shot you got here. I'll help you investigate what happened back then."
"I didn't find anything when I tried to look into Ah-Yue's matter."
"That was you. Now, it's me. I have my own plans."
"Okay, genius! Whatever you want." Thinking about what Zhai Yanjun said, Zhai Kuijun nodded his head, "It seems you're right. The person who sincerely welcomed me into that family is only Ah-Yue. She is as sweet as ever. But am I supposed to ask her why she hid it all from me?"
"Do you even have to?" Asked Zhai Yanjun. "It's already obvious why she desperately tried to keep it a secret from you. She must be feeling so guilty. No wonder she hid from you all this time. She just couldn't face you. Tsk. Tsk. My poor Ayi. She must have gone through so much. And even when she was alone, she didn't think about abortion." As if he was enlightened, he looked at his father, "Dad, did you really never have any feelings for Ayi?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? I always treated her like a very good friend. I had no other thoughts."
"That was then. Now is now. Talk about now with me. You had been mom's obsession and Ayi had been your obsession since you couldn't forgive yourself for not protecting her enough. So, during that time, did you never think that maybe the nature of your feelings changed? In my opinion, you must have had feelings for Ayi and mom could see that too. Only you never realized it."
Zhai Kuijun frowned as he asked, "Where are you going with this?"
"I just want you to think about this before approaching Ayi. Whether she is still just a friend or something more in your heart, you need to make it clear to yourself first. Because that can decide the nature of the relationship you'll have with Ayi and Fai in the future."
Zhai Kuijun fell into thought. He took a moment before saying, "I thought I'd be talking about your relationship with you but how did it turn into this?" He shook his head, "I have really gone down in my life. I even need my son's advice now."
"I'm not nice enough to offer it for free," said Zhai Yanjun. "I have my own purpose here. I just want to make sure that I'm able to call Fai my little brother openly."
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