When Leonid heard her voice, he unconsciously straightened his back and replied respectfully, "No."
"Okay, then we'll fly over tomorrow to see you and see what my future daughter-in-law looks like."
"Mom," Leonid said helplessly, "Did Alexander say something to you?"
"Uh-huh," Anna did not deny it. Alexander was Leonid's younger brother, and Ron was the one who called him at that time. Anna said in an exasperated tone, "What do you want me to say to you? Don't you already have a son? You were very decisive when you were trying to breed. Why are you so cowardly now? Don't tell anyone that you're my son. I won't take the blame! "
Leonid thought to himself, Ron, you even revealed the truth about your son. No wonder you received their call in the middle of the night.
On the other end of the phone was a different person. It was his father, Igor's voice. "Leonid, you better be tough! If you can't coax him, then use force! Take him down the same way you impregnated him in the past! "
After saying that, the phone changed hands again. This time, it was Alexander, the initiator of the call. "Brother, don't listen to Dad. You need to coax your wife. Just let him do everything …"
Before Alissanda could finish his sentence, the phone was snatched away again. Leonid could vaguely hear his mother scolding Alissanda, saying that he had let the girl go because he had coaxed her.
Leonid had a headache listening to them the whole night. None of them could give him good advice. If he followed their bandit ways, Ren Zhouyuan would have to run away with his family in less than half a day.
He patiently comforted his parents and gave them a promise that even he wasn't sure about. He didn't expect that just as he hung up the phone, his brother would call again.
"Alexis," Leonid's tone was a little weak. "I've heard what you said countless times two minutes ago. I understand the logic. I promise I'll get her in a short time."
Alexis chuckled on the other end of the phone. "My good brother, I'm just concerned about your relationship and see if there's anything I can do to help. I don't mean to rush you, but it seems that you've gotten enough advice, so I won't disturb your rest."
Leonid immediately stopped him. In his opinion, Alexis's family was the model of a perfect marriage in his mind. Back then, Alexis had spent a lot of effort courting his sister-in-law. This man's advice was much more practical than those who came to make trouble.
Alexis didn't hide anything. He chatted with him for the whole night, telling him how he managed to woo Daria back then and how he was going to teach him now. Leonid listened attentively and almost wrote it down on a piece of paper.
The next day at work, Ren Zhouyuan was surprised to find that Leonid, who was full of resentment yesterday, seemed to have changed into a different person today. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he was in a much better mood. But what surprised him even more was not the change in Leonid's aura, but the sudden 180-degree change in his attitude towards him!
Until today, Ren Zhouyuan had always felt that he was redundant on this floor. He even wondered if it was really necessary for him to be transferred up here. Other than Ron who would occasionally chat with him, Leonid usually seemed to not see him. Occasionally, when their eyes met, Leonid would just nod at him stiffly.
But today, for the first time ever, Leonid invited him to lunch with him!
This time, Ren Zhouyuan's jaw dropped. He was afraid that he would be recognized if he appeared in front of Leonid for more than two minutes, let alone lunch together. Fortunately, he had the habit of bringing food, so he rejected his invitation under Leonid's regretful expression.
But things weren't that simple. He found that Ron spent less time in the office, so his role as an "assistant" was finally reflected.
During this time, Leonid had almost become a "problem prime." Whenever there was the slightest uncertainty in his work, he would call Ren Zhouyuan in and let him analyze it together. Ren Zhouyuan didn't know where he got a bunch of Chinese materials from. Ren Zhouyuan suggested that he go back and translate them into Russian for him, but Leonid said that it was too much of a waste of time, so he insisted that Ren Zhouyuan stay in the office and let him translate for him.
Ren Zhouyuan didn't know if Ron always worked like this in the past, but after a few days, he was so tired that his voice was a little hoarse. But Leonid didn't seem to want to let him go. After he didn't need to do the translation work, he directly prepared a laptop next to his desk and asked Ren Zhouyuan to bring his work in. If Leonid didn't understand anything, he could just turn his head and ask him.
Ren Zhouyuan felt uncomfortable at first, but he gradually got used to it. He was able to deal with Leonid with ease. He read the documents more than Leonid did. Sometimes, before Leonid finished a sentence, he knew what the other party wanted to ask and answered without looking up.
So Leonid changed his way of tormenting him. He would suddenly ask him about An An while Ren Zhouyuan was working. Every time he was asked, Ren Zhouyuan's heart would beat wildly, and he would carefully pick out the words to answer him.
Leonid was very skillful with his questions. Every time he talked about An An, he would add a few interesting stories about his brother's son. His yearning look looked like a single man who envied others for having children. For a moment, Ren Zhouyuan couldn't tell if he simply liked children or if he had discovered something.
But human habits were always scary. Under Leonid's constant attacks, Ren Zhouyuan gradually let down his guard. In the end, he unknowingly said a lot. Occasionally, when he was busy writing the script, he would complain in his heart that Leonid talked too much. He didn't realize what his initial resistance had become.
Leonid gradually closed the distance between him and Ren Zhouyuan by using this method of boiling a frog in warm water. He could feel that Ren Zhouyuan was becoming less and less afraid of him, which gave him a lot of confidence.
So he took advantage of the situation and bought a bunch of mechanical parts, robot circuit boards, and other miscellaneous things for Ren Zhouyuan in the name of the company. He said that they were samples of equipment purchased by the company and that they were useless. He asked Ren Zhouyuan to send them to An An. When Ren Zhouyuan received them, his expression was a little subtle, but in the end, he did not refuse his good intentions. He thanked him and accepted them.
In this way, Leonid tasted the sweetness of buying things for his son. He didn't know what ordinary children liked, so he just bought them according to his own preferences. However, the things he bought were very much to An An's liking. The excuses he made up were getting better and better. Under his expectant gaze, Ren Zhouyuan reluctantly accepted all of them.
But after a long time, although Ren Zhouyuan was slow, he also noticed something strange.
The most obvious point was that Ron seemed to have disappeared from the office for half a month! He had also asked Leonid about this, but the latter only replied that he didn't know, which confirmed Ren Zhouyuan's guess even more.
So when Leonid invited him to dinner again, Ren Zhouyuan frowned and said that he wanted to talk to him.
Leonid thought that this slow guy finally couldn't help it. He was a little excited, but he didn't show it on his face. He maintained that cold expression and nodded, but his heart was already full of flowers!
Fan Wenfeng poured him a cup of tea and said, "Don't mention those unhappy things in the past. Just live your life well now." He thought for a moment and said, "But about An An, you have to think about it. He can't … be like that for the rest of his life."
Ren Zhouyuan looked down at An An. Seeing that he obediently picked up his chopsticks to eat, he also felt a little headache.
He never thought about distinguishing whether his son was Chinese or a foreigner, but he had to say that An An was too assimilated by him. He had a face that was almost 99% foreign, but he spoke fluent Mandarin. Ren Zhouyuan was stunned when he heard a few words that occasionally popped out of his mouth. He had never held a knife and fork since he was a child, but he held chopsticks steadily.
