Journey to Happy Ending

Chapter 1763 You Asked For It (Part One)

If Rain had been told what a mammoth task awaited him at the FX International Group, he wouldn't

have volunteered to go to the company for the document. But there was no way anyone could predict

the future. Rain had no other choice but to stay and deal with the problem, while the guy who called

him was nowhere to be seen.

"Dear little Aaron, I heard that Anna just had a baby. That's good news! Congratulations!" Rain teased

Aaron for fun and to while away the time. Finding someone to make fun of helped relieve the boredom

of having to deal with loads of files.

"Thanks. I am still waiting for your gift. I hope it's a fancy one." Aaron was too excited at having

become a father, that he didn't notice Rain was teasing him by calling him 'dear little Aaron'.

"Humph! You only care about a gift!" Rain pouted. He wondered when Aaron became obsessed with

money and gifts.

"I have no other choice! I have a family to raise," Aaron teased, shrugging. It was easy to tell he was

really happy now.

"Stop showing off! I also have a wife and kids to raise, you know." Besides, Rain had two kids.

"I am nothing like you. Your kids have already been raised somewhat when you met them. But my girl

is still a baby, and it will cost me a fortune to raise her." Aaron just blurted it out to argue with Rain, not

intending to remind him of the fact that he had been absent during much of his children's lives. He

didn't notice there was something wrong with what he had just said, until he noticed Rain's face fell.

"Well, I didn't mean to hurt you. It just came out." 'I am screwed, it really hurt him, ' Aaron thought to

himself.

"It's okay. I am going to work on these files." Rain walked away in frustration. It was the biggest regret

in his life that he missed most of his kids' childhood. And it hurt every time someone reminded him of

how bad a father he was.

As Rain began to deal with the files, his phone rang and he left in a rush after answering it.

Rain thought he was done with the Ke family, but deep down, he didn't expect he could totally cut all

ties to them. So he left after Lawrence called him.

"Mr. Xia." Lawrence rushed to Rain as he arrived.

"What happened? Why did he black out?" Rain frowned as the whole house was filled with the smell of

disinfectant water.

"Well. Cyrus and Vance said something awful to enrage him," Lawrence sighed. Mr. Ke was not a

happy man, despite his great wealth.

"What did they say?" Even though Rain didn't want to admit it, Sanford was his father, and Rain still felt

a small pang of emotion upon hearing that he was not well.

"They found out that Mr. Ke still owned a mansion, so they forced him to take out the property

certificate and sell it." 'In past days, something like this would never have happened, ' Lawrence

thought to himself.

"Well, you see. That's what his dearest sons do." Rain gave a brittle laugh, unsure of how he felt. Torn

between smug satisfaction and sadness?

"Mr. Xia, I think you misunderstood him all these years. He left you and your mother only to protect you.

Otherwise, Mrs. Ke wouldn't have gone easy on you. You know how crazy a jealous woman can be.

She wouldn't stop until she saw your corpse. Mr. Ke assured her that he would never get in touch with

you and your mother again, so that Mrs. Ke let you and your mother go." Lawrence wouldn't have

mentioned their history again, if the situation hadn't deteriorated so far.

"Are you trying to tell me what a great father he was? If he was, he wouldn't have been threatened by a

woman and he would have dealt with it himself, in his own way." He did do wrong to Rain and his

mother, and there was no way someone could explain it away.

"Mr. Xia, the situation was complicated. You and your mother was not the only factor affecting his

decision. He was also responsible for the whole Ke family. He had no other choice but to choose his

family over you and your mother." Lawrence could empathize with how much what Sanford did hurt

Rain. But Sanford wouldn't have done it if he had any other choice.

"I see what you mean. My mother and I was the side he didn't favor, so, all in all, he just couldn't give

up his fancy life." Rain couldn't control his feelings and his voice sounded sharper than he intended.

Whatever Sanford's reasons were before, it was now too late to confess his regret, now that he was in

need of his abandoned son.

"Well..." Lawrence was at a loss for words. Even though he had served Sanford for many years, he still

couldn't figure out what Sanford was thinking sometimes.

"All right. I don't want to talk about it any more. How is he now?" Rain rubbed his forehead as he felt a Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

headache threatening.

"He has come around. The doctor is busy giving him a whole medical examination. I was afraid matters

would worsen into a real emergency, so I called you." Even though Rain and Sanford were not close, at

least he was better than Cyrus and Vance. So he was the only person Lawrence could think of to ask

for help.

"Since he's okay now, I think I'll go." Rain was not interested in speaking with Sanford, and knowing

that he seemed to be out of any immediate danger, he decided to leave.

"Mr. Rain, could you wait for the doctor to finish and at least speak to him?" Lawrence begged, really

wanting Rain to stay.

"No. I have somewhere to be. I can't stay!" Rain said as he turned around to leave. His so-called father

was not his responsibility, and having rushed over to find out he was okay, was enough on his part.

Rain was wrapped in bitter memories and a darkened mood as he walked from Sanford's home. At the

gate he paused before getting into his car. Prior to the call, Rain had assumed that he was done with

Sanford, but his coming here to check on the man proved him wrong in this. Sanford was his biological

father, and he could not continue ignoring him.

Rain looked at his watch and realized it was time for him to pick up his children. So he hurried through

traffic, not wanting to be late. Annie was at a photo shoot today, so she would only return home much

later.

As Annie moved to his place, they had to transfer the two kids to another kindergarten. This time she

and her kids were going to stay in S City forever, so they chose a well-known school to offer them a

better education.

"Daddy, why is it that you are picking us up today?" Joyce flew into her father's arms like a little butterfly

as soon as she saw him at the gate.

"Well, don't you want to be picked up by me?" Rain reached out to take her bag and led her by the

hand along the concrete path, instead of picking her up.

"No! I love to be picked up by you, daddy." Because then, she could show off her very attractive father

to her classmates.

"Where is your brother? Is he still in class?" Rain looked around for his son, but the little guy was

nowhere to be seen.

"He was surrounded by girls. They wanted to offer him some snacks to impress him," Joyce pouted. At

the previous kindergarten she was the popular one, followed by all her classmates, but the situation

had changed at the new school. Huey, due to his mysterious brooding face, became the most popular

kid in school. That was typical of human beings - they always chased the unattainable, what was out of

their league.

"Really? Is he that popular?" Rain stared at Joyce in amazement. He couldn't believe his son already

had so many followers at this young age.

"Who knows," the little girl pouted some more. Even though she was jealous of his brother's popularity,

Joyce was still glad to see her brother was this popular. After all, he shared all the snacks he received

with her.

"Is our little princess jealous of him?" Rain picked her up and kissed her on one of her cheeks. Joyce

was so adorable when she became angry at being teased.

"No, I am not! I have many boys chasing after me." Even though she kept explaining she was not

jealous, Joyce defended herself with a cutting acidity in her voice. Rain couldn't help chuckling as his

little princess didn't realize how cute she was.