I Became the Eye Candy: Four Bigshots Claimed to be My Dad?-Chapter 86: Jealousy Makes One Unrecognizable

Zhan Chi blurted out, "Then I’m your dad too—"

Ye Qianning looked at him with a complicated expression.

Only after he spoke did Zhan Chi realize what he’d said. He couldn’t quite meet Ye Qianning’s gaze, his eyes darting away. ’What am I doing?’

"There are some things you shouldn’t say so carelessly," Ye Qianning said, calmly looking away.

"Exactly! You brat, you can’t just see a good girl and try to claim you’re her dad," Elder Gu couldn’t listen to it anymore.

"But I am," Zhan Chi insisted stubbornly.

"Bullshit! If you’re her dad, then I’m her great-grandfather."

"How are you taking advantage of me?"

"..."

"Who’s taking advantage of you? You brat, you talk such nonsense. The title of ’dad’ isn’t something to just fight over. Is there something wrong with your head?" Elder Gu berated him soundly. ’If you could just claim a child, he’d have his grandson do it too!’

Zhan Chi was fuming. Without a blood-paternity test, this child could very well be his, but he couldn’t bring himself to say it and argue back.

Ye Qianning’s head was buzzing from all the shouting. She massaged her temples. "Why exactly were you two climbing the wall of the General’s manor?"

"Little lass, I just came to see you," Elder Gu said sincerely.

A few days ago, he had waited on Lou Mountain for a full day, but the little lass never came up. When he came to pay a visit, he heard that General Xiang was ill and not receiving guests.

He waited for several days and finally heard the General’s manor was hosting a banquet, so he seized the opportunity to come. But who would have known? Before he could even get inside, he saw people delivering gifts being thrown out, and then the gates were shut!

Left with no choice, he climbed a tree to get over the wall, just in time to witness that shocking scene!

"And you?" Ye Qianning asked.

"I... was just wandering around, bored." Of course, Zhan Chi wasn’t about to admit he had come specifically to see her too.

"Tch. The boy from the Zhan family is just like the rumors say. Go wander somewhere else. I need to discuss academic matters with the little lass." Elder Gu clearly looked down on the young man.

"Why should I? I’m not leaving," Zhan Chi said, taking a step forward.

"Suit yourself. Little lass, let us go." Elder Gu bent down with a wide smile, reaching for Ye Qianning’s small hand.

Ye Qianning instinctively pulled her hands behind her back.

Failing to take her hand, Elder Gu sighed. The little lass was so distant with him.

KNOCK KNOCK

The sound of knocking came from the main gate.

Luo Wen went to get the gate.

"General."

Xiang Minghou was back!

Zhan Chi stiffened. ’What rotten luck! How did I run into Xiang Minghou again!’

Xiang Minghou stepped through the main gate, his eyes immediately falling on the group of people in the courtyard. Before he could take a proper look, a small figure in pink rushed toward him. He instinctively bent down and opened his arms.

"Dad."

Ye Qianning threw herself into his arms, all of her earlier iciness gone. She tilted her head back and called out to him sweetly.

"Slow down," Xiang Minghou said, easily scooping her into his arms.

Zhan Chi’s face twisted with jealousy. ’Why is it that whenever the little fatty sees me, she either scoffs at me or threatens me with her needles, but when she sees Xiang Minghou, she’s as cheerful as a lark?’

But most importantly, it was the way she said that one word: a soft, sweet "Dad"—

It was so damn frustrating—

’If, back then, I hadn’t suspected someone was pulling the strings... if I hadn’t been so cautious... would I be the one holding this child right now?’

Elder Gu wasn’t faring any better. His heart ached with envy at the sight. The little lass wouldn’t even let him hold her hand, yet when she saw her dad, she became as soft and clingy as a little rice cake.

’Sigh... If only Xiang Minghou were his grandson!’

"Dad, why did the Emperor summon you?" Ye Qianning asked, worried.

The smile on Xiang Minghou’s face faltered for an instant. "It was nothing important. He just asked about the situation at the border."

Ye Qianning knew something was definitely wrong.

"General Xiang," Elder Gu said, walking over.

Zhan Chi stood there for a long moment, staring at Xiang Minghou with eyes so full of jealousy they looked like they might shoot sparks.