"No one wants a cheeky rascal like you…" Old Jombo paused mid-sentence and frowned.
Staring at Zayn suspiciously, he asked, "What did you just say? ‘Great-grandchildren'?"
"Your hearings must have deteriorated with age, " Zayn feigned a sigh while shaking his head.
"Daddy, Grandpa's ears are still good, " Venus defended Jombo, puffing up her cheeks childishly.
"Venus, what did you just call him?" Old Jombo was stunned.
"Daddy." Turning her head, Venus replied with a straight, serious face.
"Hell, what's going on ‘ere?" Old Jombo looked intently at Venus, before turning his gaze to Zayn and demanded, "Cheeky rascal, you're gonna do some explaining ‘ere?"
"Grandpa… Actually scratch that. You're going to be called Great-grandpa from now on…"
Randy chuckled as he faced old Jombo and enthusiastically explained, "Since he's our Daddy, " the young boy paused and pointed to Zayn before continuing, "And we're Daddy's children. Therefore, we can't address you as ‘Grandpa' from now on, but rather ‘Great-grandpa'."
"Yes!" Josh nodded in agreement as he chirped in, "Daddy's grandfather should be called great-grandpa."
Old Jombo was absolutely flabbergasted. His eyes widened in astonishment. It took him a while to regain his composure as he impatiently called Zayn over, "I can't make no head nor tail of this. Zayn, get your ass over ‘ere!"
The children pouted pitifully and stood aside, giving their spot to their Daddy. Gathering at the corner, they started whispering to one another.
"Why can't Grandpa understand what we're saying?"
"Perhaps we didn't express it clearly enough for him to understand?"
"Makes sense. We're still in kindergarten anyway. It's normal for adults not to understand us.
Daddy will explain on our behalf."
"We'll ascend to the second year of kindergarten next year. We should improve our communication skills."
"Yes. We really should read and recite more. This way we can definitely improve our communication skills…"
"Agreed."
Meanwhile, as soon as Zayn approached, old Jombo punched him on the arm angrily.
"Cheeky rascal."
With his current condition, the punch lacked any strength…
"Thompson mentioned to me that during the time I was sick, you helped me to take care of these children. I was elated, thinking that you finally had grown a conscience in that thick skull of yours."
Prodding his finger at Zayn's head, he continued gently, "You know that I care for them greatly. And I know you do a great job taking care of them so I'll be happy when I wake up."
"Yet when I finally wake up, bingo! There you are, teaching these innocent children to call you ‘Daddy'?" The old man's genial tone suddenly took a totally drastic turn. "Have you lost your friggin' mind?"
"Done with your lecture, old man?" Zayn did not mount a single refutation throughout.
After old Jombo had finished with his tirade, Zayn calmly took out a DNA test result sheet and handed it to the old man. "Now that you're done, take a look."
"What in Hades' hell is this?" As old Jombo scanned through the content, his jaw dropped as he stuttered, "This, this is…"
"The irrefutable proof that they're my children. My genuine offspring, " Zayn solemnly proclaimed. Smiling, he challenged, "If you don't believe it, we can run the test once more."
This time, old Jombo was completely confounded. He could only stare on blankly with eyes filled with utter disbelief.
"Mr. Zayn, it is prudent not to excite nor surprise Mr. Giblo too much. His heart may not be able to handle it." Looking on anxiously from the side, Thompson soothed, "Sir, what Mr.
Zayn said is true. These three adorable children you love are truly the biological children of Mr. Zayn, hence your great-grandchildren…"
"Don't lie to me, you old geezer, " old Jombo muttered. With excitement trembling in his voice,
he turned to Zayn and said, "Cheeky rascal, don't you dare prank me. I can't stand the thrill…"
"Old man, why are you so melodramatic?" Unable to bear it anymore, Zayn boldly challenged, "I've revealed the DNA test result. Yet you still doubt it. Shall I do the test once more right here and now?"
"What test?" Venus widened her eyes blankly.
"You're such a ditz. Even I understand what's going on. It's a test to confirm whether we're Daddy's children, " Josh felt upset at his sister's stupidity.
"A DNA test requires drawing of blood. Quite painful, that one, " Randy shuddered as he remembered the lingering fear of having his blood drawn out from last time.
"I don't want my blood to be drawn. I'm afraid of pain…" Venus exclaimed as she suddenly bawled her eyes out. "Boohoo… Grandpa, why can't you just believe that we are Daddy's children?"
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