Chapter 544 - 327: Mom, You Have to Call Him Dad Too
Chapter 544: Chapter 327: Mom, You Have to Call Him Dad Too
Fang Jie chided him playfully, but her tone wasn’t harsh, and her expression was even a little coy.
Lin Jiang smiled. He felt like this could actually work out and that he should find an opportunity to put it on the agenda.
At his current level, being on his own really wasn’t enough anymore.
"But you really don’t want to go up and sing?"
Lin Jiang glanced at Fang Jie. "You just want me to go up there and put on a big show, don’t you?"
"Mhm."
"Since you’re asking, of course I’ll indulge you."
"Mwah! You’re the best, honey."
"Just how great am I?"
"You rascal!"
Soon, Fang Jie finished picking out her books. Lin Jiang drove them to her mother’s house to pick up Zhang Jiayuan, and then they headed to the year-end party for her English cram school.
"Hello, Uncle."
Zhang Jiayuan was dressed up beautifully, and it was clearly Fang Jie’s handiwork.
"What did Mommy teach you?" Fang Jie asked.
Zhang Jiayuan’s big eyes blinked. "To call you Dad."
"When we get to the party later, you can’t get it wrong. Otherwise, *Uncle* won’t go with you."
Zhang Jiayuan looked at Fang Jie.
"Mommy, didn’t you tell me to call him Dad?"
The question caught Fang Jie off guard.
"Well, *I* can refer to him as Uncle, but *you* have to call him Dad."
"Shouldn’t you have said, ’Don’t get it wrong, or *Dad* won’t go with you,’ and that calling him ’Uncle’ would be wrong?"
Lin Jiang found this exchange amusing as well.
’Kids really do think differently than adults.’
"Yes, yes, you’re right. I should call him Dad, too..."
Fang Jie paused.
’Wait, why does that sound a little weird?’
"Mommy, are you and my new dad married?"
The question left Fang Jie speechless.
"Not yet."
"If you’re not married, does that mean I can’t call him Dad?"
"We’re getting married soon, so it’s okay for you to call him Dad."
"Then after the party today, can I keep calling him Dad?"
Subconsciously, Fang Jie glanced at Lin Jiang.
Lin Jiang smiled and nodded at her in the rearview mirror, which finally put Fang Jie at ease.
"If you want to, of course you can."
"Then I won’t call him Uncle anymore. I’ll call him Dad from now on."
"Okay. But when we’re at the party later, you absolutely can’t get it wrong."
"I know!"
A sweet smile graced Fang Jie’s face. This moment, like a family of three on an outing, was the very life she had dreamed of countless times.
Lin Jiang drove leisurely, arriving at the cram school at three-fifty.
When they got there, Lin Jiang realized he had underestimated this cram school.
It had its own building surrounded by a wall and even had a small playground. At first glance, it looked almost like a regular school.
Moreover, the cars parked out front were almost all high-end models worth several hundred thousand yuan, with many even costing over a million.
Compared to these cars, his own Maybach didn’t seem all that superior.
"You can tell this place isn’t cheap just by looking at it."
"It’s over 1,000 yuan per class, and there are three classes a week. The teachers are all from overseas. If they didn’t make it look this nice, parents wouldn’t be willing to foot the bill."
"So a conservative estimate is 12,000 a month. That price is really something."
"There’s no other way. The college entrance exams in Zhonghai are an absolute arms race, especially for English. In the slightly better high schools, many kids can already pass the Level 4 college English exam."
"That’s seriously impressive. I took the Level 4 exam twice in college and only scored in the 200s each time. I gave up after that."
PFFT—
Fang Jie couldn’t help but laugh. "And you were just bragging to me about your English, but you couldn’t even pass the Level 4 exam? You must have spent ages memorizing the lyrics to ’Whataya Want From Me’."
Lin Jiang was caught off guard and chuckled. He hadn’t expected her to be lying in wait with that comeback.
"That smile of yours looks awfully condescending."
"Not at all! President Lin is the most amazing."
"Mommy! Why did you call Dad ’President Lin’?" Zhang Jiayuan exclaimed.
"Then what should I call him?"
"Shouldn’t you call him ’Honey’ or ’my kid’s dad’?"
Lin Jiang: ???
’Why are kids these days so shockingly blunt?’
Fang Jie was embarrassed.
"That’s enough out of you. Hurry up and get out of the car."
"Hmph. Fine, I’m getting out."
The three of them got out of the car and started walking toward the school. Zhang Jiayuan then said,
"Mommy, why aren’t you holding your husband’s arm? Did you two have a fight?"