“Of course not,” Li Ze hurriedly comforted his daughter, “Dad will take you to buy ice cream.”
“I don’t want ice cream,” Weiwei said with tears shining in the eyes, “Last time you said it, I got a shot on my butt.”
“I promise you there is no need for injection this time,”
“Uh!”
Weiwei tightly hugged Li Ze’s arm replying.
“I’ll pick it up on Thursday afternoon, okay?”
“Probably,” the doctor said as he handed a business card to Li Ze, “I’m on duty this Thursday. You can directly call me. I’ll tell you whether the report is ready.”
“Thank you,”
“You’re welcome,”
Looking at Weiwei, the doctor smiled at Li Ze.
Li Ze held his daughter tightly, “Say goodbye to uncle.”
When she realized that she didn’t need the injection, Weiwei said excitedly, “Bye, Uncle!”
Carrying his daughter out of the department, Li Ze recorded the phone number on his phone, then threw the business card into the trash can. His wife would know that he took his daughter for a paternity test if she saw the card. However, even if his wife found out about it, he would still get the identification report. The only difference was that it would also affect their relationship as Weiwei is still their daughter before proven otherwise. Of course, if his daughter wasn’t his child, but of his wife and someone else, then he wouldn’t hesitate to divorce her and get his wife to take Weiwei.
After this thought appeared on his mind Li Ze suddenly felt a bit lost, as if he is going to lose the most important thing to him.
Looking at his daughter hugging his neck, Li Ze couldn’t help but kiss her on the face.
Then they stepped into the elevator.
Li Ze kissed on her face again, “What do you want to eat, my angel?”
“Ice cream!”
Seeing his daughter cheering, Li Ze smiled, “Alright! Dad will buy you the biggest one!”
“I want it to be so big! like this!”
At the same time, Weiwei spread her arm out like she’s going to hug someone.
“Ask the aunt selling ice cream for such a big one, right?”
“Yeah!!”
After leaving the hospital and buying an ice cream on the roadside for daughter, Li Ze drove her back to the kindergarten.
He was still worried that his daughter would tell her mom about the ice cream today, so he was thinking about teaching her to lie. But after pondering for a few minutes, he dispelled this thought. Because his wife was good at lying which enrages him. If he still taught his daughter to lie, then it would be a destruction for her future husband to be a liar. As a father, Li Ze should teach his daughter to be honest and keep her promise. Besides, if his daughter had mentioned being taken to the hospital today, he could have said that his daughter was feverish and had been brought to the hospital for body examination.
He headed to school after sending his daughter to the kindergarten and instructing her to behave obediently.
It was now close to ten.
Li Ze’s cell phone rang a kilometer away from the school.
Li Ze was startled when he saw the call of the principal.
Had he known that he hadn’t attended class?
Li Ze had classes for the third and fourth lesson in the morning. He thought that he might catch up with the classes after the paternity test, so he didn’t ask other teachers to substitute for him the class. However, it took longer than he thought with the messy program. If it had been before, he’d have called Sun Lanna, but now she was still trying to quit taking drugs.
After hesitating for a while, Li Ze answered the call.
“Hello, Headmaster Zhao.”
“Teacher Li, have you come to school?”
“I’m sorry,” Li Ze said, “My daughter has a fever today, I just got back from the hospital, and I’ll be at school in five minutes.”
“Come to my office,” the principal said, “The list of students with offering fine arts has been collected. Come to my office for it later.”
“Alright.”
“See you later, then.”
“Right.”
After hanging up, Li Ze focused his attention on driving.
When they arrived at the school, Li Ze first told his students to study by themselves, then quickly headed to the Principal’s office.
Despite the open door, he knocked.
“Come in,” the principal who was brewing tea laughed when Li Ze sat down, “Teacher Li, although we are not art schools, I want you to pay attention to this provincial art competition. More honors are better for our school. And if you can lead them to the top three, we’ll have cash rewards for you. The first place is five thousand, three thousand for the second, and one thousand for the third. The prize will be directly transferred to you. Make your decision with your students then.”
“The bonus is not important. I will try my best to fight for our school’s honor.”
“I like your words,” the principal continued as he pushed the tea into the front of Li Ze, “I will bring you the list. The teachers’ statistics were quite complete, and even recorded the years of their prizes. One of the students was particularly boastful, the son of a painter and his paintings were exhibited. Zhou Jun, right, here it is.”
At the same time, the principal handed over the list to Li Ze.
Looking at the list of ten people, Li Ze said, “I don’t know their real skills, so I’ll spend spare time to text…”
After seeing the name “Liu Yuou”, Li Ze widened his eyes, “Zhao …Principal Zhao, how could Liu Yuou be on this list? She’s a total idiot in arts. She hadn’t even learned the basics of threading! I doubt the authenticity of this list.”
“I’m not sure about the authenticity. It’s reported by the class teachers of each class. However, because we only need three students to participate in the competition, even if there are a few students who can’t draw, it’s not a big deal. You can just eliminate them. Anyway, pick three students who can take on a heavy responsibility, don’t seek personal gain.”
“Headmaster Zhao, believe me, the provincial competition isn’t easy, I can’t be sure I will do it absolutely.”
“There are phone numbers on the list. Teacher Li, you can call them directly,” the principal said, “Only Liu Yuou is a senior among them. The other nine are all from lower classes. Don’t you need to take college entrance exams as a consideration when you arrange for training? Of course, the parents might be against it because you will occupy their class period, you’d better put the training on the weekends. There was still about two months before the competition now, and there should be plenty of time. By the way, Teacher Li, I wonder the relationship between Liu Yuou and you.”