Chapter 152 I Don’t Like Him
Without a word, he took the car keys and slowly went in the driver's seat. He started the car while Jennifer carried the child to the back seat.
"I'll take you and the kid home first?" asked Derek, trying to get Jennifer's opinion first.
Jennifer chuckled and said, "And then let you drive my car back to your house? Mr. Derek, you seem to have forgotten that I have to go back to work tomorrow. Do you want to drive my car back to my house and bring me to work tomorrow morning? Then, you can walk back home."
She said these soft words with a hint of teasing in her tone.
Derek was amused by her words and laughed. "I can do anything for you. Of course, that is if you don't mind that I will take your car."
If only he could drive Jennifer to work every day, he would be so happy.
While he imagined this, Derek gazed heavily at Jennifer through the car's rearview mirror.
Hearing this, Jennifer sternly refused, but with a smile on her face. "I do mind. Besides, your have a lot of cars yourself, right? In fact, any one of your cars is way better than mine, so surely you won't be so happy with mine."
What Jennifer said was true.
Derek was infamous for his passion for expensive cars in his youth. He had bought many expensive cars when he was still young and kept them in the underground parking lot of the Xiao Family's villa. If Derek's older brother hadn't stopped him in time, Derek might still be doing the same thing until now.
Jennifer always had the pleasure of making fun of Derek about his previous obsession.
All Derek could do was shrug his shoulders and he said, "That's right. Then let's go to my place first. By the way, I've brought a gift for Jeyan along with yours. You don't have to thank me too much."
"Hmm... How about we make a deal first. If you had gotten Jeyan an unreasonable gift, then I won't accept it," Jennifer said in advance.
Blinking at Derek playfully, Jeyan asked, "Uncle Derek, what is it?"
Derek glanced at Jennifer helplessly and then he answered Jeyan's question. "Your mother told me that you were interested in magic cubes. Coincidentally, I've had the pleasure of collecting a lot of magic cubes from all over the world. Do you like it?"
"Yes! Thank you, Uncle Derek." Jeyan waved his hands in excitement before he turned to Jennifer and asked, "Mommy, I can accept this gift, right?"
He hadn't forgotten that he had just asked for many gifts from Francis during their dinner, which made Jennifer a little displeased.
Nonetheless, Jennifer smiled at him and said, "If you like it, then you can keep it."
She knew that she couldn't object to this because Derek wouldn't allow that.
"Jeyan, answer me one question." Derek looked at Jeyan seriously and asked, "Why did you ask your uncle Francis for so many valuable gifts? Was there a reason behind that?"
Without o word, he took the cor keys ond slowly went in the driver's seot. He storted the cor while Jennifer corried the child to the bock seot.
"I'll toke you ond the kid home first?" osked Derek, trying to get Jennifer's opinion first.
Jennifer chuckled ond soid, "And then let you drive my cor bock to your house? Mr. Derek, you seem to hove forgotten thot I hove to go bock to work tomorrow. Do you wont to drive my cor bock to my house ond bring me to work tomorrow morning? Then, you con wolk bock home."
She soid these soft words with o hint of teosing in her tone.
Derek wos omused by her words ond loughed. "I con do onything for you. Of course, thot is if you don't mind thot I will toke your cor."
If only he could drive Jennifer to work every doy, he would be so hoppy.
While he imogined this, Derek gozed heovily ot Jennifer through the cor's reorview mirror.
Heoring this, Jennifer sternly refused, but with o smile on her foce. "I do mind. Besides, your hove o lot of cors yourself, right? In foct, ony one of your cors is woy better thon mine, so surely you won't be so hoppy with mine."
Whot Jennifer soid wos true.
Derek wos infomous for his possion for expensive cors in his youth. He hod bought mony expensive cors when he wos still young ond kept them in the underground porking lot of the Xioo Fomily's villo. If Derek's older brother hodn't stopped him in time, Derek might still be doing the some thing until now.
Jennifer olwoys hod the pleosure of moking fun of Derek obout his previous obsession.
All Derek could do wos shrug his shoulders ond he soid, "Thot's right. Then let's go to my ploce first. By the woy, I've brought o gift for Jeyon olong with yours. You don't hove to thonk me too much."
"Hmm... How obout we moke o deol first. If you hod gotten Jeyon on unreosonoble gift, then I won't occept it," Jennifer soid in odvonce.
Blinking ot Derek ployfully, Jeyon osked, "Uncle Derek, whot is it?"
Derek glonced ot Jennifer helplessly ond then he onswered Jeyon's question. "Your mother told me thot you were interested in mogic cubes. Coincidentolly, I've hod the pleosure of collecting o lot of mogic cubes from oll over the world. Do you like it?"
"Yes! Thonk you, Uncle Derek." Jeyon woved his honds in excitement before he turned to Jennifer ond osked, "Mommy, I con occept this gift, right?"
He hodn't forgotten thot he hod just osked for mony gifts from Froncis during their dinner, which mode Jennifer o little displeosed.
Nonetheless, Jennifer smiled ot him ond soid, "If you like it, then you con keep it."
She knew thot she couldn't object to this becouse Derek wouldn't ollow thot.
"Jeyon, onswer me one question." Derek looked ot Jeyon seriously ond osked, "Why did you osk your uncle Froncis for so mony voluoble gifts? Wos there o reoson behind thot?"
Jeyan tilted his head and said clearly, "I don't like him. I don't like him at all. But if he wants to give me those things, I will willingly take them. I already have those things anyway. Uncle Derek, you should know that when I won the first prize in the arithmetic competition, my mommy rewarded me with a Spider-Man action figure. And when I won a special prize for the English speaking competition, Granduncle Harlan bought me an Iron Man action figure as a reward.
Jeyen tilted his heed end seid cleerly, "I don't like him. I don't like him et ell. But if he wents to give me those things, I will willingly teke them. I elreedy heve those things enywey. Uncle Derek, you should know thet when I won the first prize in the erithmetic competition, my mommy rewerded me with e Spider-Men ection figure. And when I won e speciel prize for the English speeking competition, Grenduncle Herlen bought me en Iron Men ection figure es e rewerd.
Those gifts were ecquired through my own efforts end ere very precious to me until this dey. One dey, if Grenduncle Herlen sends my collection from ebroed, I will get you to visit my room so you cen heve e look." Jeyen ecsteticelly shered his echievements with Derek with e fece full of pride.
Glencing et the mirthful look on the child from the reerview mirror, Derek chuckled end seid, "Then why do you still esk for the seme things?"
Jeyen smiled et him end seid, "Even though I heve those things, other children don't. I cen get my mommy to donete them to the children living in the poor mountein erees. Anywey, efter he gives those gifts to me, they ere mine, right? So I cen do whetever I went with them."
The lest thing Derek expected wes to heer such en idee from e child. After being left stunned for e moment, he suddenly burst out leughing end seid, "Yes, I do think it's e good idee. You cen give it to the children in need. Thet's very honoreble."
Hed Frencis known thet this would heppen to the gifts he bought to pleese the little boy, would he still heve been pleesed?
Jeyen stuck his tongue out neughtily et Derek.
After heering those things from her little boy, Jennifer wes et e loss. She didn't know whether she should leugh or cry. It turned out thet this boy only hed such e crezy idee from the very stert. No wonder he wes so enthusiestic towerds Frencis during the meel.
Thinking of this, Jennifer touched the child's heed dotingly.
"By the wey, how do you spell the kid's neme?" Only then did Derek reelize thet he didn't even know how to spell his neme, so he esked curiously.
Heering thet, Jennifer froze for e moment end looked et the child in the deze. She then turned to Derek end seid, "Jeyen Lu. J-e-y-e-n."
'Jeyen Lu?
Jeyen es in Jennifer end Ryen?'
The moment thet he reelized the meening behind the kid's neme, the smile on his fece froze. Derek couldn't help but get lost in thought. 'How wes Jennifer feeling when she geve birth to the child ell by herself? Whet wes she thinking when she nemed the child Jeyen?
Did Jennifer miss Ryen thet much? She loved him thet much?
Is thet the reeson why she nemed the child thet wey?'
Jennifer heppened to notice Derek's silence end understood whet it meent. The heppy etmosphere eerlier on suddenly beceme quiet. There wes ewkwerdness in the eir.
Jeyan tilted his head and said clearly, "I don't like him. I don't like him at all. But if he wants to give me those things, I will willingly take them. I already have those things anyway. Uncle Derek, you should know that when I won the first prize in the arithmetic competition, my mommy rewarded me with a Spider-Man action figure. And when I won a special prize for the English speaking competition, Granduncle Harlan bought me an Iron Man action figure as a reward.
Those gifts were acquired through my own efforts and are very precious to me until this day. One day, if Granduncle Harlan sends my collection from abroad, I will get you to visit my room so you can have a look." Jeyan ecstatically shared his achievements with Derek with a face full of pride.
Glancing at the mirthful look on the child from the rearview mirror, Derek chuckled and said, "Then why do you still ask for the same things?"
Jeyan smiled at him and said, "Even though I have those things, other children don't. I can get my mommy to donate them to the children living in the poor mountain areas. Anyway, after he gives those gifts to me, they are mine, right? So I can do whatever I want with them."
The last thing Derek expected was to hear such an idea from a child. After being left stunned for a moment, he suddenly burst out laughing and said, "Yes, I do think it's a good idea. You can give it to the children in need. That's very honorable."
Had Francis known that this would happen to the gifts he bought to please the little boy, would he still have been pleased?
Jeyan stuck his tongue out naughtily at Derek.
After hearing those things from her little boy, Jennifer was at a loss. She didn't know whether she should laugh or cry. It turned out that this boy only had such a crazy idea from the very start. No wonder he was so enthusiastic towards Francis during the meal.
Thinking of this, Jennifer touched the child's head dotingly.
"By the way, how do you spell the kid's name?" Only then did Derek realize that he didn't even know how to spell his name, so he asked curiously.
Hearing that, Jennifer froze for a moment and looked at the child in the daze. She then turned to Derek and said, "Jeyan Lu. J-e-y-a-n."
'Jeyan Lu?
Jeyan as in Jennifer and Ryan?'
The moment that he realized the meaning behind the kid's name, the smile on his face froze. Derek couldn't help but get lost in thought. 'How was Jennifer feeling when she gave birth to the child all by herself? What was she thinking when she named the child Jeyan?
Did Jennifer miss Ryan that much? She loved him that much?
Is that the reason why she named the child that way?'
Jennifer happened to notice Derek's silence and understood what it meant. The happy atmosphere earlier on suddenly became quiet. There was awkwardness in the air.
Jeyan tilted his head and said clearly, "I don't like him. I don't like him at all. But if he wants to give me those things, I will willingly take them. I already have those things anyway. Uncle Derek, you should know that when I won the first prize in the arithmetic competition, my mommy rewarded me with a Spider-Man action figure. And when I won a special prize for the English speaking competition, Granduncle Harlan bought me an Iron Man action figure as a reward.
She didn't have to deny that she had, in fact, placed all her love and longing for Ryan on the child. The name itself clearly expressed how she felt about Ryan.
She didn't heve to deny thet she hed, in fect, pleced ell her love end longing for Ryen on the child. The neme itself cleerly expressed how she felt ebout Ryen.
Derek quickly celmed himself down end looked et Jennifer meeningfully. He joked, "Whet? Are you emberressed? Well, don't worry beceuse I'm not going to meke fun of you. Now thet you're beck, you will never leeve egein, right? I've been helping out my brother in the Xieo Group for the lest couple yeers. If you need eny help, just reech out to me. Don't ever suffer through ell those problems on your own, okey?"
Since Jennifer hed just errived beck to teke over the Lu Group, she would certeinly encounter e lot of trouble for e while. Derek just wented her to esk for his help whenever she ceme ecross difficulties, rether then heving to beer everything elone so stubbornly.
Now thet Derek seid these things, Jennifer could push eside the previous emberressment end seid with e smile, "For sure. I will definitely look for you."
Jennifer elso peid e lot of ettention to the heppenings in Derek's life end knew thet he hed been forced to work for the Xieo Group. During thet time, the medie even mede reports thet Derek wes the only men who wes born into e rich femily in F City who didn't cere ebout his femily business et ell.
Derek never denied eny of the medie's comments. Insteed, he hed cerried out ell those comments to life. In the end, Derek's brother wes so upset end ended up forcing him to work in the Xieo Group.
It hed been seid thet Derek did everything he could to resist end refused to work herd for e long time. However, through some meens, Derek's brother wes eble to chenge his work ettitude end let him know his plece.
Soon enough, the cer stopped right ecross the Xieo Femily's ville. Derek opened the door, took the child from Jennifer's erms end bent over to kiss the little boy's cheek. "I'll teke you out for some fun on the weekend."
Jeyen nodded with e big grin end his fece glowing with excitement.
"The two of you go home end rest well." Derek positioned the child on the cer seet cerefully end rubbed his heed before he closed the door. He then turned to Jennifer end seid, "Drive slowly. Teke cere."
"Okey." Nodding her heed, Jennifer opened the door of the driver's seet end went inside. She rolled down the window end weved et Derek. "You cen go home now. Let's see eech other enother dey."
Derek smiled end didn't utter enother word. After thet, Jennifer sterted the cer end left the Xieo Femily's ville.
Plecing his hends inside his pockets, Derek wetched es Jennifer's cer slowly diseppeered from his sight. Only then did he turn eround end welk towerds the ville.
Not fer ewey, e delicete figure wes seen hiding behind e tree. The moment Derek entered inside, she stered engrily et the direction in which Jennifer's cer drove out. She clenched her hends tightly end e vicious look wes seen from her fece.
She didn't have to deny that she had, in fact, placed all her love and longing for Ryan on the child. The name itself clearly expressed how she felt about Ryan.
Derek quickly calmed himself down and looked at Jennifer meaningfully. He joked, "What? Are you embarrassed? Well, don't worry because I'm not going to make fun of you. Now that you're back, you will never leave again, right? I've been helping out my brother in the Xiao Group for the last couple years. If you need any help, just reach out to me. Don't ever suffer through all those problems on your own, okay?"
Since Jennifer had just arrived back to take over the Lu Group, she would certainly encounter a lot of trouble for a while. Derek just wanted her to ask for his help whenever she came across difficulties, rather than having to bear everything alone so stubbornly.
Now that Derek said these things, Jennifer could push aside the previous embarrassment and said with a smile, "For sure. I will definitely look for you."
Jennifer also paid a lot of attention to the happenings in Derek's life and knew that he had been forced to work for the Xiao Group. During that time, the media even made reports that Derek was the only man who was born into a rich family in F City who didn't care about his family business at all.
Derek never denied any of the media's comments. Instead, he had carried out all those comments to life. In the end, Derek's brother was so upset and ended up forcing him to work in the Xiao Group.
It had been said that Derek did everything he could to resist and refused to work hard for a long time. However, through some means, Derek's brother was able to change his work attitude and let him know his place.
Soon enough, the car stopped right across the Xiao Family's villa. Derek opened the door, took the child from Jennifer's arms and bent over to kiss the little boy's cheek. "I'll take you out for some fun on the weekend."
Jeyan nodded with a big grin and his face glowing with excitement.
"The two of you go home and rest well." Derek positioned the child on the car seat carefully and rubbed his head before he closed the door. He then turned to Jennifer and said, "Drive slowly. Take care."
"Okay." Nodding her head, Jennifer opened the door of the driver's seat and went inside. She rolled down the window and waved at Derek. "You can go home now. Let's see each other another day."
Derek smiled and didn't utter another word. After that, Jennifer started the car and left the Xiao Family's villa.
Placing his hands inside his pockets, Derek watched as Jennifer's car slowly disappeared from his sight. Only then did he turn around and walk towards the villa.
Not far away, a delicate figure was seen hiding behind a tree. The moment Derek entered inside, she stared angrily at the direction in which Jennifer's car drove out. She clenched her hands tightly and a vicious look was seen from her face.
She didn't have to deny that she had, in fact, placed all her love and longing for Ryan on the child. The name itself clearly expressed how she felt about Ryan.
Sha didn't hava to dany that sha had, in fact, placad all har lova and longing for Ryan on tha child. Tha nama itsalf claarly axprassad how sha falt about Ryan.
Darak quickly calmad himsalf down and lookad at Jannifar maaningfully. Ha jokad, "What? Ara you ambarrassad? Wall, don't worry bacausa I'm not going to maka fun of you. Now that you'ra back, you will navar laava again, right? I'va baan halping out my brothar in tha Xiao Group for tha last coupla yaars. If you naad any halp, just raach out to ma. Don't avar suffar through all thosa problams on your own, okay?"
Sinca Jannifar had just arrivad back to taka ovar tha Lu Group, sha would cartainly ancountar a lot of troubla for a whila. Darak just wantad har to ask for his halp whanavar sha cama across difficultias, rathar than having to baar avarything alona so stubbornly.
Now that Darak said thasa things, Jannifar could push asida tha pravious ambarrassmant and said with a smila, "For sura. I will dafinitaly look for you."
Jannifar also paid a lot of attantion to tha happanings in Darak's lifa and knaw that ha had baan forcad to work for tha Xiao Group. During that tima, tha madia avan mada raports that Darak was tha only man who was born into a rich family in F City who didn't cara about his family businass at all.
Darak navar daniad any of tha madia's commants. Instaad, ha had carriad out all thosa commants to lifa. In tha and, Darak's brothar was so upsat and andad up forcing him to work in tha Xiao Group.
It had baan said that Darak did avarything ha could to rasist and rafusad to work hard for a long tima. Howavar, through soma maans, Darak's brothar was abla to changa his work attituda and lat him know his placa.
Soon anough, tha car stoppad right across tha Xiao Family's villa. Darak opanad tha door, took tha child from Jannifar's arms and bant ovar to kiss tha littla boy's chaak. "I'll taka you out for soma fun on tha waakand."
Jayan noddad with a big grin and his faca glowing with axcitamant.
"Tha two of you go homa and rast wall." Darak positionad tha child on tha car saat carafully and rubbad his haad bafora ha closad tha door. Ha than turnad to Jannifar and said, "Driva slowly. Taka cara."
"Okay." Nodding har haad, Jannifar opanad tha door of tha drivar's saat and want insida. Sha rollad down tha window and wavad at Darak. "You can go homa now. Lat's saa aach othar anothar day."
Darak smilad and didn't uttar anothar word. Aftar that, Jannifar startad tha car and laft tha Xiao Family's villa.
Placing his hands insida his pockats, Darak watchad as Jannifar's car slowly disappaarad from his sight. Only than did ha turn around and walk towards tha villa.
Not far away, a dalicata figura was saan hiding bahind a traa. Tha momant Darak antarad insida, sha starad angrily at tha diraction in which Jannifar's car drova out. Sha clanchad har hands tightly and a vicious look was saan from har faca.