Hotel front desk.
"Get me a presidential... I mean, a standard room." Zhang Han stopped himself just in time.
The reason he stopped was that he... was out of money again.
He had nineteen point six million in total. After spending twelve million on renting the mountain, he had seven point six million left.
Three million for the rental, five hundred thousand for labor, five hundred thousand for tiles, three hundred thousand for auxiliary materials, one million for the TV feature wall, five hundred thousand for furniture, and 1.1 million for the piano—6.9 million in total. In other words, after Zhang Tian signed the mountain-rental contract tomorrow, Zhang Han would have only around seven hundred thousand left, which wasn't enough to support him staying in a presidential suite.
"Pfft..." The receptionist couldn't help laughing. With a bright smile, she handed him a room card and said, "Here, your presidential standard room."
Zhang Han looked at the receptionist who had burst out laughing, utterly confused.
According to the hotel's standards and strict rules, even if his words had taken an unexpected turn, she shouldn't have laughed in his face!
She was probably some rich young lady here to experience ordinary life.
After taking the room card, Zhang Han didn't go upstairs right away. Instead, he had dinner in the restaurant.
At seven o'clock, Liu Meng called to tell Zhang Han to come find him at nine the next morning to sign the contract.
Back in his room, Zhang Han lay on the bed, staring at the television while his thoughts were filled with that adorable Little Princess.
He missed his daughter.
Meanwhile, at Cloud Sound Garden, Ziyan and Zhou Fei had just opened the door and walked in.
"Finally, we've finished going through a hundred garbage songs!" Zhou Fei said irritably, her face filled with exhaustion.
"Thanks for your effort, Xiaofei." Ziyan smiled gently. "Tomorrow, we'll select twelve songs. It won't be this painful after that."
Listening to music should have been a wonderful thing. A good song could indirectly affect people's moods: cheerful songs could make people happy, sad songs could make them cry, and melodious songs could relax their tense nerves.
But the songs Ziyan and Zhou Fei had listened to were pure torture for the two of them!
It would have been one thing if they were merely unpleasant, but there had to be a limit! Some of the songs were simply unbearable. Even so, the two of them had listened to hundreds of them. These past two days had truly been agonizing.
"Yan-jie, if you had four genuinely excellent songs, this album could still cause quite a stir. But these songs are just too awful." Zhou Fei said indignantly, "And I heard that besides Xu Ruoyu's eight excellent songs, another third-tier singer actually got two excellent songs as well. That old witch clearly gave you those songs just to fill the numbers. I think we should stop trying to compete with Xu Ruoyu on the fifteenth."
Ziyan's brows furrowed slightly. Stubbornly, she said, "No. We're releasing it on the fifteenth."
As one of Huaguo's hottest stars in the past, Ziyan had her pride!
How could a mere Xu Ruoyu make her bow her head?
"Fine, then we'll fight one more time!" Zhou Fei shook her head with a smile, feeling somewhat helpless. She knew persuading Ziyan would be useless. Ziyan was extremely stubborn about things like this. What she had just said was nothing more than a complaint.
"Let's go see Mengmeng." Ziyan shook her head, smiled faintly, changed into her slippers, and headed upstairs.
Only when she faced her daughter did Ziyan often reveal a smile.
"Forget your friends once you have a daughter, hmph." Zhou Fei rolled her eyes and muttered to herself, "Mengmeng this, Mengmeng that. You sure say it smoothly. Didn't you say you disagreed with that guy naming her?"
As soon as she reached the stairs, she heard the Little Princess sobbing and wailing upstairs.
"What's wrong, Mengmeng?" Ziyan hurried over and took the Little Princess into her arms.
The nanny, Wang Juan, stood to one side uneasily. The Little Princess's crying had come out of nowhere, and she was completely at a loss too.
"I miss my Daddy very much!"
Normally, Mengmeng could speak Huaguo's language fluently, though imperfectly. But whenever she grew anxious, she still expressed herself in English.
Ziyan paused when she heard that, then said helplessly, "Didn't I tell you? Once your daddy finishes this busy period, he'll come see you."
"But I want to see him now. Mommy, can you ask Daddy to come keep Mengmeng company?" Mengmeng said pitifully.
"Mengmeng!" Ziyan's brows drew together slightly. "If you keep throwing a tantrum, Mommy is going to get angry!"
"Waaah, I don't want you to hold me anymore!" Mengmeng began struggling in Ziyan's arms, looking utterly heartbroken.
Ziyan felt both angry and helpless at the sight.
Why? They were only together for five days, and it had already become like this?
But when Ziyan's gaze fell on the television, where a program showing fathers interacting with their children was playing, she understood.
She sighed softly and had Auntie Wang turn off the television before saying gently:
"Mengmeng, don't cry, okay? Be good. Mommy loves you very much too. Tell Mommy, why do you miss Daddy?"
"I just want to play with Daddy," Mengmeng said quietly.
"What do you play with your daddy? Is it fun?" Ziyan asked, trying to distract her.
"It's really fun. Daddy took me to the, to the mountains. There were so many cars, and Daddy drove really fast. It was so, so loud. Those bad people even said bad things about Daddy, but then, then they all praised Daddy for being amazing." Mengmeng stopped crying and answered thoughtfully.
Ziyan's face darkened when she finished.
That bastard! He actually took our daughter racing? What a bastard!
She was furious inside, but she kept a smile on her face and asked, "What else did your daddy take you to do?"
"We also rode a big bird, and went to Disneyland here. Mommy, Disneyland was so much fun! There were so many fun things inside. Mengmeng wants to go again." At the mention of Disneyland, Mengmeng's eyes lit up.
Ziyan's expression became faintly dejected and self-reproachful.
Mengmeng had grown so big, yet she had never taken her to an amusement park.
If Zhang Han hadn't taken Mengmeng out to play and left such a deep impression on her, Ziyan wouldn't have made this decision. She said, "Mengmeng, how about Mommy takes you to Disneyland the day after tomorrow?"
She decided to squeeze every last bit of energy out of herself at work tomorrow, then spend the entire following day properly accompanying Mengmeng.
"Huh?"
Mengmeng was stunned at first, then her eyes lit up. She clapped happily and cried, "Yay! Yay! We're going to Disneyland! We're going to Disneyland! Mommy is the best!"
After saying that, Mengmeng puckered her little lips and gave Ziyan a light kiss on the cheek.
Seeing this, Zhou Fei said with a smile, "Mengmeng, give Auntie Feifei a kiss."
After speaking, Zhou Fei bent down and waited for the Little Princess to kiss her, but after waiting for a while, nothing happened.
"Mm-hmm, I'm not kissing you." Mengmeng shook her head with her clear, bright eyes.
"Oh?" Zhou Fei was stunned. Unconvinced, she said, "You little girl, you used to kiss Auntie whenever I asked. What happened now? Hmph! Give me a kiss, or Auntie Feifei is going to get angry."
"No, I'm not kissing you." Mengmeng immediately hid in Ziyan's arms.
Seeing this, Ziyan assumed Mengmeng was simply shy. An amused smile appeared at the corners of her lips.
Zhou Fei puffed out her cheeks and said, "Mengmeng, don't you like Auntie Feifei anymore?"
"I like you..." Mengmeng replied in her childish voice.
"Then why won't you kiss Auntie?" Zhou Fei was utterly puzzled.
"Daddy said I can't." Mengmeng looked completely serious. "Daddy said that apart from Daddy and Mommy, Mengmeng can't kiss anyone else, or I'll get sick."
Zhou Fei's face froze.
Ziyan couldn't help laughing at the sight. Sharp-tongued Zhou Fei only ever came up short in front of Mengmeng. Seeing her at a loss amused Ziyan.
However, Mengmeng's next sentence made Ziyan's face darken too.
"Daddy, Daddy also said that I should kiss Mommy less, because, because then my mouth will be covered in foundation. Daddy said that stuff isn't clean." Mengmeng recalled what Zhang Han had told her.
"Pfft..." Seeing Ziyan's dark expression, Zhou Fei burst out laughing this time.
"Your daddy is right. From now on, I think Mengmeng shouldn't even kiss your mother!" Zhou Fei muttered.
"That bastard!" Ziyan ground her teeth furiously.
"Mm-hmm! Mommy isn't allowed to say bad things about Daddy. Mommy, I want to talk to Daddy. Can you call him?" the Little Princess asked in her childish voice.
"Fine! Let's call him!" Ziyan immediately took out her phone and dialed Zhang Han's number.
"Zhang Han!" As soon as the call connected, Ziyan said irritably, "How did you teach Mengmeng? What's wrong with her kissing me? Is there a lot of foundation on my face? I barely wear makeup, okay? And that little bit of light makeup isn't a problem at all! Hmph! You blockhead! Mengmeng wants to talk to you!"
Ziyan finished in one breath. Mengmeng had been slightly unhappy when she heard her, but when Ziyan handed her the phone, she took it over delightedly.
What's gotten into this woman? Did she take some gunpowder?
Just as Zhang Han was thinking this, Mengmeng's voice came from the phone.
"Zhang Han! Guess who I am?" Mengmeng imitated her mommy's tone.
"Let me guess... You're... the beautiful and adorable Little Princess Mengmeng?" Zhang Han said gently.
"No, no, I'm not Mengmeng. I, I'm Yanyan!" Mengmeng said in a fake voice.
Zhou Fei couldn't help laughing when she heard this, while Ziyan rolled her eyes irritably.
"Yanyan?" Zhang Han chuckled, then lowered his voice and said, "Ahem, Yanyan, where's Mengmeng? I miss her. Let her answer the phone!"
"Mm, okay. Wait a moment." Mengmeng spoke with great seriousness, moved the phone away from her ear, then brought it back two seconds later and said in her childish voice, "Daddy, I'm Mengmeng. I miss you so much."
"Hahaha..." Zhang Han burst out laughing. "Daddy misses you too."
"Daddy, when are you coming to play with me?" Mengmeng asked.
"In a week, Daddy will come pick you up."
"Oh, then that's still so many days away. By the way, Daddy, Mommy is taking me to Disneyland the day after tomorrow. Daddy, can you come too?" Mengmeng immediately extended her invitation.
"Sure."
When she heard Daddy agree, Mengmeng laughed happily. After chatting for a long while, she finally hung up.
"Mommy, Mommy, Daddy said we're not going to Disneyland this time. We're going to another amusement park!" Mengmeng said, raising her little hand.
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