Chapter 7 Looking for Daddy
Sansa Ran quickly got into work. After one day, she drew some draft, which was completed faster than she expected. She shook her sore wrist and looked at her watch. It was already 6 pm, and it was time to get off work, so she packed her things, she was ready to take Jeffrey back home.
She walked out of the office and she saw Annie Mu and Jeffrey were wearing headphones. She didn’t know what they were watching. But both of them were smiling. This scene made her smile too, and she felt that the fatigue of the day had disappeared, now she is full of motivation.
Jeffrey looked up and saw his mommy looking at him and smiling, he hurriedly took off his headphones, “Mommy, are you off work??”
“Yes, the work is done, let’s have some food.” Sansa Ran pat Jeffrey’s head.
“Mommy I want to eat sushi.” Jeffrey excitedly tilted his face to feel mommy’s touch.
“Annie, why don’t you come with us too?” Sansa Ran looked at the assistant who had helped her taking care of her child for a whole day and she really liked this girl.
“Sure! Ms. Ran, I know a good Japanese restaurant, let me lead the way.” After saying that they packed their things and drove to a Japanese restaurant called Sakura.
During the meal, Annie Mu was taking care of Jeffrey. Sansa Ran had nothing to do. It was a warm feeling to have this kind and caring girl to be her assistant. Sansa Ran thinks she’ll put up with anything for Jeffrey. After the meal, Sansa Ran dropped Off Annie Mu and returned home with Jeffrey.
The next day, Sansa Ran came to the company with Jeffrey, when the car was passing by Lan’s Group, Jeffrey was excited thinking about his own plans.
When they arrived at the office, Sansa Ran handed Jeffrey to Annie Mu and went to work. Jeffrey played with Annie Mu for a while and then went to the lounge, pretending he was sleepy, Annie Mu was convinced and closed the door of the lounge, and leave to work.
After a while, Jeffrey sneaked out of the lounge and ran out of the D. R. building when no one was noticing, he quickly ran to the building next door.
He looked at the building in front of him, many people in professional suit coming in and out, he feel more determined to find Daddy. He strapped on his satchel and went into the Lan’s Group.
“Who are you looking for, kid?” Before he could enter the building, he was stopped by security at the gate.
Looking at the kind middle-age security in front of him, Jeffrey raised his head and gave the man a big sweet smile, “Hello Mister, I’m here to find my uncle.”
Looking at this little pretty face, the security instantly thought of his four-year-old grandson, “Looking for your uncle? Tthen what is his name? Tell me I’ll help you looking for him.”
“That’s great, my uncle’s name is Dean Lan, please help me.” The little guy gave him a nice smile.
“Dean Lan? The President, are you the nephew of the president?” The security guard looked at this little boy that looked similar to the president, he already believed in the child.
“Yes, my uncle is Dean Lan, and my name is Jeffrey Lan.” Jeffrey replied calmly.
The security guard believed what Jeffrey said and took him by the hand to the reception.
“Wow, Jack, what a cute boy. Is this your grandson?” Seeing Jack holding such a beautiful child in his hand, employees in the reception became excited and surrounded Jeffrey. But soon they realized this kid looks familiar.
“I don t have such a good-looking grandson. He is the president’s little nephew, he come here to look for the president. One of you can take him to the president. I’ve got work to do.” Jack said happily.
“Thanks for bringing me in, Mister.” Jeffrey thanked Jack. Jack touches Jeffrey’s head and then handed him to the another employee.
The two girls at the reception looked at each other. they didn’t know the president had a nephew, but the boy looked so similar to the president.
“Hello Miss, can you take me to my uncle?” Jeffrey s voice got back their composure.
The two girls looked at the beautiful boy in front of them, not knowing what to say.
“Hi sweetie, is your uncle really our president?” “Asked the older girl.
“My uncle is Dean Lan, your president.” Jeffrey answered emphatically.
Hearing this, the two girls felt assured, they noticed that the boy dressed well and you can tell he is well-educated, there is a great chance he is the president’s nephew. They set Jeffrey up in the reception room and went to look for the assistant of the president.
After a while, the sound of high heels was heard in the parlor. Jeffrey looked up and saw a beautiful woman in a business suit standing in front of him. She had a clean face, short hair, and proper makeup. She looked professional and powerful.
When Jeffrey was looking at the woman, she was also looking at him, Amy looked at the kid that bears some resemblance to the president, wondering, but not showing on the face, “kid, is it you who want to see our president?”
“Hi, Miss, my name is Jeffrey Lan, and I’m here to see my uncle Dean Lan.” Jeffrey calmly replied Amy s question.
Amy looked at the boy’s face and was convinced because the way he talks really like the president’s. “Well, I’ll take you to the president.” Amy takes Jeffrey into the elevator and went to the 28th floor, where Dean Lan’s office at.
Looking at the expensive yet simple design of the office, Jeffrey really likes it and he started looking forward to meet the man.
Amy led Jeffrey to Dean’s office and knocked on the door.
“Come in.” Amy got the permission and she led Jeffrey into the office, Jeffrey looked at the design of the office and secretly said, “It’s a nice office”. He followed behind Amy and did not notice a slender, upright figure sitting on the couch next to him.
The man on the sofa was wearing a black suit, with a slender and upright figure, his face like is fascinating, like a flawless Greek sculpture, he got dashing eyebrows and thin lips, everything about him is so perfect.
Dean Lan frowned at the little guy behind Amy, he was a little confused.
Amy said, “Mr. Lan, your nephew is here and he says he wants to see you.” Amy said to Dean Lan.
At that, Dean Lan’s eyebrows furrowed even deeper, nephew? How can I didn’t know I had a nephew? He looked at the little guy in front of him and saw a face that looked very much like his own when he was a child, and he was shocked. He waved his hand at Amy, signaling her to leave.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.
Amy’s felt relieved inside, it seems that this kid really known the president, she closed the door gently and left the office.
Dean Lan looked at the little guy and became more and more confused, so he asked directly: “Alright kid, why do you say I am your uncle, I don’t remember I had any nephew.” Dean Lan said in an imposing manner. He wanted to see if the boy would be intimidated by his aura.
He saw Jeffrey looking back at him calmly. Dean Lan sighed in his heart, this boy is not simple, he is not afraid of me at all. “Hello President Lan, my name is Jeffrey Ran, I’m sorry for pretending to be your nephew, I’m here to see you on behalf of my mother.”
Dean Lan smiled and thought to himself, “Is it possible that some woman saw that her child has some resemblance to me and let the child come to me? Are all women nowadays are so unscrupulous. While Dean Lan was thinking, Jeffrey opened his backpack and took out some photos from it, trying to hand them to Dean Lan who sat on the sofa, but he didn’t realize he is too short, or you can say he underestimated Dean Lan’s height. Dean Lan could not help but laugh as he lifted his hand to carry the little one to the sofa and picked up the photo in the little one’s hand.
The first photo was of two identical looking babies, what caught his attention was the similarity between the two children in this photo and a photo of him as a child. The second photo was a solo photo of a woman, it only showed the woman holding scissors in her hand, trimming the flowers, the woman showed her side face, which looked fine, and the third photo was a photo of the woman and the children together, the woman was holding a child in each of her hands, and you can tell they took this picture by a pool.
“The children in the photo are my brother and I. The one holding us is our mommy, her name is Sansa Ran, she works at D. R which just next to your company, she is the chief designer of D. R.” Jeffrey introduced his mommy with pride in his voice.
“You just said you’re here on behalf of your mommy, tell me what’s going on.” Dean Lan said with a straight face, things are getting interesting.
“I saw your picture in a magazine and I thought we looked a lot like you, Mommy she had us three years ago but she wouldn’t tell us who our father is and I think you are my daddy.” Jeffrey said in a serious look.
“There are so many similar people in the world, what makes you think I’m your daddy?” Dean Lan asked in a calm voice.
“Because my mommy was in this city four years ago, and we look so much like you, I have good reason to ask that whether you had seen my mommy four years ago.” Jeffrey had a valid point.
Dean Lan was deep in thought, he was thinking about what happened before, he didn’t let any woman have a chance to carry his child, and he hadn’t touch a woman for several years.
No, he suddenly remembered that he was doped in a hotel four years ago, he had entered a room and slept with a woman lying in the room. It wouldn’t be that time…
Thinking of this, Dean Lan looked at this kid who has a so many similarities with him, he already known what might have happened.
Jeffrey watched Dean Lan thinking for a while then suddenly looked at him, he understand that Dean Lan was thinking of something, so he said before Dean Lan say something: “If you do not believe, we will do a paternity test to see if you are my daddy.
Dean Lan raised his eyebrow when hearing the little one s word, he agreed what he said, one simple test is enough to reveal the truth.
So he nodded in agreement, Jeffrey saw him nod, he immediately pulled a few of his own hair, and pack them up with a small bag he prepared, Dean Lan realized this kid was fully prepared, he is a really smart kid , it s not bad if he is really his son.
Jeffrey put his own hair and then took out a small bag and handed it to Dean Lan, the man took the bag and also pulled out his own hair and put it in. If someone else was around at this time, they would have noticed the similarity in the movements of the two, the kid is the spitting image of Dean Lan.
Completed his task, Jeffrey jumped off the couch and said to Dean Lan, “My work is done, I’m going home.”
Dean Lan asked, “Did your mother send you here? Where is she, I want to see her.”
Looking at Dean Lan’s vaguely unhappy look, Jeffrey explained, “Mommy didn’t ask me to come, I sneaked out to look for you, I should go back, Mommy will be panic if she can t find me anywhere. I will wait for you to find me, daddy.” Jeffrey said sweetly to Dean Lan.
Dean Lan looked at the little one calling him in a such cute tone, his heart felt soft, he stood up and took Jeffrey’s hand, led him out, “I’ll walk you down.”
Jeffrey let him hold his hand, Amy saw her boss walking out with Jeffrey, she shocked, Dean Lan has come to her, handed her two bags, “I need you to do a DNA comparison test for me, as soon as possible.” After saying that, he led Jeffrey into the special elevator.
Jeffrey also waved his hand to Amy as the elevator reached the first floor. The employees on the first floor were slightly surprised to see the president holding the child in his hand, only the receptionist looked at each other and smiled, it seemed they had done the right thing.
Dean Lan held Jeffrey’s hand all the way back to D. R., he watched the child waved hime goodbye and then jumped and ran into the building, his heart had a vague feeling that this is his son, made sure Jeffrey get into the building, he walked back to the company with confidence, Soon he would found out whether he is his son or not.