Chapter 72
Chapter 72
72. 7 What else Can I Learn from Our Father
Love is deep, hate is deep, and that’s how they feel.
Alex first went to the study to see Grandpa Rudolf. Maybe it was because Fifi had come. Grandpa Rudolf sat on the rattan deck chair by the window and stared blankly at the long green tree in the garden outside. He had been yelling over the phone about how to deal with Alex, but now he had lost his temper.
Fifi’s room and Alex’s bedroom were in the same hallway on the second floor.(This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com) Alex went upstairs and heard Fifi’s cheerful and clear voice in the hallway.
“Just kiss me! If you don’t kiss me, I will ignore you! I will kiss you first. Listen. You are so bad! Remember what you promised me. When I come back, draw me your naked body. Don’t worry, hubby, have a good figure that can only belong to me alone. How could I possibly be willing to sell your nude painting…”
Alex frowned and walked over.
The door of the room was open. He raised his hand and knocked on the door.
“I’ll call you later!” Fifi hung up the phone and turned her head to pounce over happily.” Uncle, you’re back?”
Alex put one hand on her shoulder and walked in. He untied the buttons of his windbreaker and sat on the sofa. Seeing the light pink button top and the black super short leather skirt o n her body, his thick eyebrows knitted even tighter. “You are not cold?”
“Not cold. The house’s heater is quite good.”
Fifi hugged a coffee colored soft pillow and bent one leg to sit on the sofa diagonally opposite him. Her smiling face was in front of him.
She looked about seventy to eighty percent like her mother. Alex looked at her as if he saw Amanda who was unrestrained all those years ago. He could not help but be in a trance.
“Uncle, I came specially to find you today. I’m begging you for a favor. It’s absolutely a piece o f cake for you.”
Alex woke up. He folded his long legs and leaned against the back of the sofa. “Tell me.”
“I have a friend who wants to re-join the MTC Entertainment company under your company. He’s very talented. He used to be an artiste of the MTC Entertainment. He’s very famous. I heard he’s competing with the company in the same industry. It made things a little unpleasant. (This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com)The person in the same industry had a good relationship with the higher- ups. In the end, he was forced out of the company. It would be a huge loss to your company if he was fired based on his popularity. He also liked the MTC Entertainment and wanted to continue working with them. Uncle, help me tell the person in charge over there personally. Just let
him renew the contract with the MTC Entertainment.”
Alex’s heart sank slightly. He asked with a frown, “What’s your friend’s name?”
Fifi’s smile became even brighter, “Mike! The superstar Mike, who has always been very popular!”
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, her grandfather and grandmother came over to celebrate the festival together. With her grandmother’s help, Jouvita did not need Jessie’s help to prepare the Mid-Autumn Festival feast and only asked her to accompany the children.
Felix and Fia had already played with the children in town for the entire morning. Jessie asked Felix to give Fia supplementary lessons.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, They were going back to R City to go to school. Fia was originally playful and had not gone to school for so many days. She had almost returned everything she learned to the teacher.
When Fia heard that she need to study, Fia fell onto the sofa and pretended to be dead. “I don’t want to study. My wound hurts!”
Felix rolled his eyes. “I didn’t see you screaming in pain when you learned how to climb trees in the morning. Your wound has already healed, right?”
Jessie sat down by the sofa and picked up the little girl. “After the festival, you are going back to school. So we can’t delay anymore. Come on, just make up for the lessons that have fallen i n the past few days.”
“Then I’ll go to school to make up for it.” The little girl leaned into her arms. “Who did you learn that you don’t like studying so much?” Jessie smiled and carried her to the small chair in front of the coffee table. She gently scratched her little nose.
“Who else can it be? My dad.” Felix sighed. “My grandma said that my dad always skipped school when he was young. I don’t know how many times my grandpa beat him up.” “Really?” Jessie could not help but laugh. She could not help but imagine the scene of Alex getting beaten up. She laughed again. So Alex was the special case of being naughty and mischievous when he was young and becoming successful when he grew up?
Fia was even more excited and her small arms tightly wrapped around Jessie’s neck, “I have also heard of it. It is true. So Mommy will let me skip two more days of classes. Maybe I’ll be able to manage a big company like my dad in the future. I’ll learn it tomorrow, okay?”
“No, with your brain, you’ll only miss more classes if you’re a day late!” With a beautiful face, (This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com)Felix took out his textbook from his schoolbag.Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.
Fia looked at the textbooks and felt a headache. She saw a coin on the sofa. She immediately used her short legs to climb up and catch the coin. Holding the coin in her palm, her delicate
face was especially sincere. “I’ve decided to use a coin to decide whether I want to learn or . not!. If the coin is on the other side, I’ll play. When the coin stands up, I’ll learn!” Jessie and Felix were speechless.
In order to not learn, she could even think something!
After eating, Jouvita wanted to go to the cemetery at the back of the suburbs.
During holidays or every October or 3rd day, she would go there to visit a person.
Jessie only knew after she became sensible that every time her mother brought her to see the tomb, it did not even have a tombstone, the one buried was her father that she had never seen before.
Jouvita had never told her how her father died, nor when he died.
When Jessie was young, when she asked about her father, Jouvita would get sick and her illness would get bad and worse each time. Jessie could only bury the blank in her heart and did not dare to mention it in front of Jouvita again.
When she asked her grandfather and grandmother, her grandfather kept silent and did not say anything. Her grandmother kept sighing and could not say anything. She only said that she should remember her mother’s good deeds and that her mother had sacrificed too much i n this life for her.
Jessie later thought that perhaps her father’s death had dealt too much of a blow to her family, causing them to be unhappy about it. She did not think about this anymore. Anyway, she did not have a father since she was born.
Before Jouvita set off, she let Jessie bring the children along and also let her change into a set of beautiful clothes to dress the children up.
Jessie had nothing to do yesterday, so she just happened to bring Felix and Fia to the town to buy two new sets of clothes. Now, she took them out to change into them.
After she was done, Jouvita looked at the two pretty children in front of her and her eyes were slightly red.
“Mom, what’s wrong?” Jessie noticed and softly greeted.
Jouvita wiped the corners of her eyes and shook her head. “It’s nothing. Let’s go.”
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After not coming for a while, there were a lot of weeds on the grave. Jouvita and Jessie went t o pull out the weeds and place the mooncakes and fresh flowers in front of the grave.
Then they bowed and greeted the grave.
Felix’s small face was calm and respectful as he stood in front of the grave and bent down like them.
Even Fia, who had always been mischievous, bowed down like her brother.
Jessie saw it and her heart felt warm. She touched their small heads and smiled in the direction of the grave.(This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com) “Dad, this is my child. He is Felix and she is Fia. They are beautiful, right? They are not only good looking but also very smart. You must be very happy now, right?
Felix obediently shouted to the front, “Hello, Grandpa!” Fia also did not want to fall behind and called out crisply, “Grandpa, hello. I am Fia.” Jouvita’s eyes were still slightly red as she nodded with a smile. “You did the right thing. It’s good that you have met. Take Felix and Fia back. I will stay and talk for a while.”
“Okay.” Jessie had always felt that although her mother did not want to talk about her father’s matter with her, she had to stay here alone for a long time. Her mother’s feelings towards her father must be very deep and after so many years, it did not reduce in the slightest.
What made her regret was that her mother had been in love with someone for more than half of her life but that person was unable to live in this world to enjoy her deep affection…
Seeing that they were getting further away, Jouvita retracted her gaze. Slowly sitting in front of the grave, she tried her best to smile. However, her tears first flowed down, “Jayden, Did you see that? Your daughter has a child. They are two beautiful and clever children. You are not blessed. The fortunate thing is… Your grandson is blessed. When I heard this news, I was overjoyed. Now that you know, I can imagine how happy you will be.”
“That time when Jessie and Mike left, I am still regretting it. If only I had stopped her at that time, she would not have suffered so much. But now it is better. The father of the children is a responsible one. He did not give Jessie those hypocritical promises, but I could tell. He is someone who can bear Jessie’s burden for the rest of her life. You can rest assured.”
“Your daughter won’t ask me about her father anymore, but I still feel guilty in my heart. You asked me to hide it for the rest of my life, but I am really afraid that one day, I won’t be able to hide it anymore. That person’s fault, why can’t the child know it for the rest of his life?”
“He harmed you, harmed the child, but continued his life. What justice is there in this world? Why can’t I let the child find him and ask him? Did he not feel a trace of guilt all these years? Sometimes, I really want to tell Jessie that I want her to seek justice.”
“But I can’t do that. I can’t bear to not protect your final wish. I can’t accept it. I can’t accept ito n your behalf. Jayden, you didn’t even have a tombstone when you died. Even now, my daughter doesn’t know that the one lying in this icy cold ground is her biological mother. Just thinking about it makes me feel that it’s not worth it to help you. Do you know…”
Jouvita kept sobbing as she wiped away her tears. However, just as she wiped away a layer, another layer covered her.
Jouvita had not returned at dinner.
Jessie left the food in the pot for her and then brought the children to set up tables in the courtyard. She set up fruits, snacks, mooncakes, and drinks. She called her grandfather and grandmother to come out to admire the moon.
When the elders heard that Jouvita had gone to the cemetery and had not returned, their expressions changed slightly, and the originally peaceful atmosphere also became somewhat solemn.
After sitting for a while, Jessie’s Grandfather stood up and looked up at the sky. “It looks like i t is going to rain. We will go over first. You guys should also sleep early.”
Her grandmother also stood up and prepared to leave.
Fia was not willing to let them go. She jumped down from the chair and ran into the room to carry a few umbrellas out.(This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com) She chased after them and shouted, “Great-grandfather. Even if it rains, we are not afraid. We have umbrellas. We can use them to admire the moon!”
Jessie and Felix both covered their faces.
This Silly Girl…
The old man who was still in a heavy mood was amused by the little fellow until his expression eased up. Jessie’s grandfather patted the child’s head and revealed a kind smile.” Silly child, if it was raining, how could there be a moon? It’s late. Great-grandfather and great aunt are tired. We’ll go back and sleep first. You guys also sleep early with your mother.”