The President’s Man - Chapter 309

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By the time Han Ye reached home, Xiao Lei was already back in her home. Since she only had the first scene with Vivian Siew today, which took longer to film than scenes without the latter, she managed to finish her scenes today quite early and decided to go home and cook a feast for everyone. She texted Han Ye earlier and invited him, Lu Ziyan, An Xin, and Tian Le over for dinner.

She also invited Callum and Luo Guangying, but both of them declined to come. Luo Guangying said that he had to go somewhere with his mum while Callum said he was going to stalk Luo Guangying and that Xiao Lei had to keep this secret for him.

After making fun of him slightly, she promised to keep it a secret, and that “if the policemen come to investigate a stalker, I do not know anything”.

“I’m going to give our babies a complete family…” Callum merely said with a serious tone before hanging up.

Xiao Lei continued to cook until she received a message from Han Ye.

[Are you sure it’s alright for me to come? I can just stay out.]

She quickly texted him back.

[It’s fine. Just come. Zhihao wouldn’t openly hate you when the rest are here. *smirk emoji*]

A reply came back.

[ 🙁 ]

Xiao Lei chuckled before putting her phone aside. She then yelled out, “Zhihao, can you please help me set the table for 6?”

A few seconds later, Xiao Zhihao came out and asked while yawning, “6?”

He had just woken up from a nap when he heard his mother, so he hadn’t washed his face yet.

“Our neighbors are coming for dinner tonight…” She quickly wiped her hands on the apron that she was wearing before turning to look at her son with a bright smile on her face. “I want to thank them for being such great neighbors.”

Xiao Zhihao stared at his mother, and his eyes then landed on the papers that were rolled up into a thick, tube-like form and forcibly shoved into the back pocket of her jeans. His mother was extremely serious about this job, even more serious than when she was Han Ye’s assistant. She could memorize those scripts easily, but she still read them over and over again, as if she was afraid that she would miss out on something.

Xiao Zhihao wondered what his mother’s plan was, exposing herself like that, or if she had any plans at all.

“Mum… Is it safe?”

“What?”

“For you to be an actress…” he said as he looked into her eyes. Ever since he found out who she was,  and who her parents were, he had been doing some online research of his own. And he watched some of the movies that his grandparents starred in. When he looked at them closely, he could see the resemblance between his mother and his grandparents, even between him and his grandfather. It was just in his smile and when he tilted his head to a certain degree; it wasn’t too obvious for people to see the resemblance and make the connection.

However, his mother’s resemblance to his grandmother was stronger, and anyone who paid attention to her would most probably recognize her, as long as they stopped doubting their mind.

Xiao Lei looked at her worried son. She smirked and put her hands on his cheeks before kissing him on his forehead. “Don’t worry about it. I’d make sure that I’m here for a long time.”

Xiao Zhihao could not dispel his worries, but he still nodded. “I’ll set up the table now.”

Xiao Lei released him and let him go.

Once Xiao Zhihao finished setting the table, he even made some simple place cards.

“What are those for?” Xiao Lei asked as she placed down two dishes on the table. Xiao Zhihao had put the plates and utensils down, and he was now putting the place cards down with a serious expression.

“To make this more fun…” he replied seriously. When he was done, he stood akimbo while nodding, as if he was praising himself in his heart for a job well done.

Xiao Lei looked at the names on the card, and she couldn’t help but chuckle softly. Xiao Lei was seated at one end of the table, while Han Ye was placed opposite her, making him further from her than anyone else.

“Did I give birth to this cute boy?” Xiao Lei thought to herself. Xiao Zhihao’s attitude toward Han Ye was confusing at times, but whenever he did something like this, she could also see the jealousy that a boy felt toward a man whom he perceived as someone who was there to steal his mother’s attention.

Even though she felt bad for Han Ye, it also made her feel protected in a way.

She did not say anything about the place cards. She merely smiled at him and said, “We are ready. Can you text Tian Le and let him know that we are ready?”

“Mm…” Xiao Zhihao nodded before running back into his room.

A minute later,

RING~

“Coming!” Xiao Lei quickly tied her hair up in a bun as she rushed over to the door. When she finally opened the door, she was shocked to see her guests all dressed up as if they were going for dinner at five-star hotel. “Erm… This is just a homecooked dinner.”

“Big Brother Han made-” Tian Le was about to rat Han Ye out when a hand was clamped over his mouth.

“Hahaha, since you formally invited us, we just want to be respectful by dressing up for the dinner,” Han Ye said as he continued to shut Tian Le up by closing his mouth with his hand. Once he was done talking, he looked at Tian Le, who immediately nodded, before releasing him.

Tian Le sighed. Han Ye made them dressed up just so that he could look handsome in his dinner suit, which by the way was almost the same as his work suit, and impress Xiao Lei. However, Han Ye did not want to make it so obvious, so he made everyone dress up as well so that Xiao Lei and Xiao Zhihao would not suspect anything.

“Well, you don’t have to…” Xiao Lei looked at her own attire. Underneath her apron, She was wearing a plain black shirt that belonged to Xiao Zhihao and a pair of ripped jeans that had seen better days. “Now I feel like I have to dress up…”

“No, you don’t have to,” Han Ye immediately spoke up, which caused the rest to look at him. He then cleared his throat and said with a blush, “You look cute in that apron…”

Upon hearing that, Xiao Lei could feel blood rushing to her head and she immediately turned around. “The table has been set, so we can start whenever you are ready. I-I’m just going to change into some fresh clothes.”

She then quickly walked in, leaving them to close the door behind her.

“Smooth, Han Ye.” Lu Ziyan smirked before wheeling himself in, with An Xin walking in front of him with a grin on her face.

Tian Le merely grinned and gave him a thumbs-up before walking in behind Lu Ziyan.

Meanwhile, Han Ye walked behind them with a slight smile on his face, as if he was feeling happy at teasing her.

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