But Nan Chen held back this impulsive thought and decided to not answer this question.
He had to hold back his anger.
He swallowed this ball of anger and did not want to argue with such a lowly and uneducated woman.
If he were to be so calculative with her, then wouldn’t he be of the same level as her?
“Erbao, is the food good?” Nan Chen asked Erbao gently to distract himself and not be angered by Ning Ran.
Erbao was so ready to witness a commotion but before she could even sit back and relax, Third Uncle mentioned her name.
Erbao immediately nodded and said, “It’s nice, very delicious!”
Dabao was not interested in poking into other peoples’ business but he was particularly interested in Third Uncle’s reason for getting married.
In Dabao’s eyes, Third Uncle was almost perfect in this world and he could picture how any woman would match up to him.
There was a woman he could picture with Nan Chen, yet he was not allowed to do so.
Dabao was surprisingly a little upset that he shunned Ning Ran’s question.
This was Dabao’s very first time being interested in other peoples’ business, but Third Uncle did not share.
Third Uncle was indeed someone who does not like gossiping.
Everyone continued to dig in silently.
Ning Ran regretted saying those words to Nan Chen.
It was not really appropriate for her to say such words in front of the children.
Furthermore, everyone was clear of his status in Flower City and that he was the ideal partner of many celebrities.
In fact, Nan Chen was not lacking in the ability to get a wife. Ning Ran’s chose to say those words to deliberately offend him as she hated him.
But since Nan Chen did not rebut, she would just let it be.
After the meal, Erbao said that she was too full and wanted to go for a swim.
Before this, Erbao already noticed that the hotel had a very big swimming pool that was temperature-controlled as well as a children’s pool. She wanted to visit the pool and have fun.
As expected, Ning Ran did not agree and said that it was not good to swim right after a meal.
Erbao was unhappy, and she said as she lifted her jaw, “You resent me for being fat, but now you’re not allowing me to go for a swim to lose weight!”
“How are you trying to lose weight? You want to go and play!” Ning Ran exclaimed.
“What’s wrong with wanting to go and play?”
Erbao did not say this as she would not dare to talk to Ning Ran in this manner.
It was the Poker Face who said this.
This bloody Poker Face. I am trying to educate my child, why is he poking his nose into my business?
Erbao was surprised that she had Third Uncle’s to get her back.
This child was very smart. She will not get arrogant just because she had someone’s support as she knew that Ning Ran would dislike it.
Instead, she gave a pitiful look, “I just want Mommy to spend more time with me, it has been too long since Mommy had last accompanied me.”
How amazing. Erbao’s words touched Ning Ran, making her feel grieved and had no choice but to agree.
“It is innate for children to like to have fun. If a child does not like to play, how is the child still a child?” Nan Chen was still trying to help.
“Why are you still nagging? Haven’t I already agreed?” Ning Ran was angered.
“Did I say anything wrong?” Nan Chen replied coldly.
It seemed like they were about to have an argument. Dabao slid from the chair onto the floor and said, “Mommy, Third Uncle, let’s go.”
Half an hour later, Ning Ran rested on the chair next to the swimming pool and started scrolling through her phone out of boredom.
Dabao and Erbao were having lots of fun in the swimming pool under Nan Chen’s company.
Ning Ran did not expect Nan Chen would personally change out into a swimming outfit to accompany the two children to play in the pool.
Just then, Ning Ran received an update. During the upcoming weekend, Ning Ran and Zheng Lunlun were going to be working together again for the second time to visit districts with less well-off families to carry out some inspection and express concern towards them.
They would be visiting the poor children before attending the live ceremony for item donations.
This piece of news was to prove that the information being circulated previously was true and to help the both of them clean up their images by backing up with sufficient evidence.
Perhaps it should not be termed as cleaning up their images as both of them did nothing wrong. It was more of to help the both of them get back to what they used to be normally.
But the problem now was that everyone would have their attention placed on this activity that was coming up. If Zheng Lunlun and Ning Ran did not attend the activity mentioned in the weekend, they would receive a lot of criticism.
Just as Ning Ran was thinking of this problem, she saw that particular someone emerging from the swimming pool.
This man had a wonderful build. He was well-toned and muscular, and she felt that she could even smell his hormones.
He started to walk towards Ning Ran and she could feel her heart racing. What is he trying to do?
Nan Chen took a bath towel and wiped away the water from his body before lying down next to Ning Ran. He stretched his hand out to reach for the glass of red wine and took a sip of it.
She was not used to how close he was to her and felt rather uncomfortable.
However Nan Chen was rather comfortable. He was totally relaxed as he took another sip of the red wine, and threw glances at Ning Ran intermittently.
“I saw the news report that I donated five million to the poorer district. What’s going on?” Ning Ran asked Nan Chen.
“That was necessary in order to not let Zheng Lunlun’s image be affected by you. The money donated was donated under Zheng Lunlun’s name but subsequently the five million were split up to be donated under the name to maintain your image. That isn’t fake news, but we have really done a lot for the people in the poorer areas. In fact, the entire Nanshi Corporation donates hundreds of millions worth of material to them every year.” Nan Chen got proud of himself as he mentioned his own charitable efforts.
“Thank you then.” Ning Ran said.
“You don’t have to thank me; you will still have to return the money that was donated under your name.”
Ning Ran was shocked. I have to return that five million on my own? How is that possible?
“You should know that I have no money.”
“You’ll owe me for now. Return me in future.” Nan Chen had already spared a thought for Ning Ran.
The amount of debt is so much!
Ning Ran already had a debt of two million and four hundred thousand as she previously caused the filming to stop. Now that she has another debt of five million, isn’t that going to total up to eight million?
She would not be able to repay this heavy debt even if she were to sell herself in exchange for money.
“No, I did not get you to do all these. Who are you to make me pay you for this?” Ning Ran was panicking.
“If I do not do this, what else can I do? Are you able to face the allegations against you and Zheng Lunlun? You should know that as long as a celebrity has been blacklisted, there is no way for you to get back on track no matter how hard you work in future. No one bothers as all they will remember is the flaw you had! It serves you right for being blacklisted but you cannot ruin Zheng Lunlun like that!” Nan Chen exclaimed.
Ning Ran was at a loss for words. She really did not have the ability to handle the crisis that she was facing at the moment.
A poor person cannot go far in life!
But thinking about it in another perspective, I shall just be indebted to you. I have no money to repay you anyway, you can just take my life if you want to but I have nothing to repay you with!
“So I must really go to the donation ceremony with Zheng Lunlun this weekend?” Ning Ran asked.
“What do you think?” Nan Chen threw a rhetorical question back at her.
“But isn’t Zheng Lunlun going to stammer in front of the crowd?”
“You should think about yourself first, you don’t have to worry about others.” Nan Chen said coldly.
“You……”
“Mommy, come and play with us.” Erbao shouted loudly to Ning Ran.
Ning Ran waved his hands and said, “I am not playing, the two of you can go ahead.”
Just then, Qiao Zhan walked over, “Sir Chen, the car is here to pick the children up, I have gotten them to wait in the carpark.”
Nan Chen nodded his head.
“How about letting the kids stay the night with me in the hotel?” Ning Ran said.
“They have a home to live in, they don’t have to stay in a hotel.” Nan Chen said cold heartedly.
This was really mean. Fine, I have no home and it serves me right to live in the hotel.
“The rate of the room that you are sleeping in is at thirty-eight thousand per night. Please remember to pay for this on your own.” Nan Chen said again.
Thirty eight thousand？
Ning Ran almost choked to death on her saliva when she heard this. Before she could say anything, Nan Chen had already left.
