Chapter 043 The Child is Lost

When Shi Yue arrived at the factory with the newspaper, everyone in the factory, from the director and deputy director to the janitor, already knew that Shi Yue and his daughter were in the newspaper.

In fact, everyone knew a few days ago that he was being interviewed by a reporter and would be in the newspaper, but there is still a difference between knowing about the interview and actually seeing his name and his daughter's name in the newspaper.

That's in the newspaper! What a fresh story!

The Security Department's office was bustling with activity all day, with employees constantly coming to watch Shi Yue.

Shi Yue: ...

He just appeared in the newspaper, he didn't become a different person!

People who work in the same office building see each other every day. Why would they come here specially to watch?

Fortunately, Shi Yue is an extrovert, otherwise he would have been driven into autism by these people who came to join in the fun.

But even so, he was still quite tired after working that day.

Those who came to join in the fun not only treated him like a monkey, but also asked him how to educate children. The most outrageous thing was that some even wanted to introduce him to a girl.

For God's sake, he had no intention of remarrying!

Not to mention that he still couldn't forget Shi Qiu Shui's biological mother, his situation was not suitable for remarriage!

After all, he and Shi Qiu Shui traveled through time from the Dayu Dynasty. Even if they tried hard to integrate into the 1990s, there were still some differences in their thoughts and lives from the natives of the 1990s. If they really got married, they would probably be exposed!

This elder sister was particularly persistent in wanting to introduce him to a girl. Even though Shi Yue refused, she did not give up. Instead, she sat on the chair opposite Shi Yue, looking like an experienced person, and began to persuade him earnestly.

"Hey, Xiaoshi, I know you're in a good relationship with your ex and don't want to remarry, but you have to think about you and your daughter, right? You only have your daughter, so what will you do when she grows up and gets married? You won't even have a relative to take care of her. Also, don't get angry if I say something unpleasant. Your daughter is your only child, and you won't even have anyone to help you when you're old. That won't do. Listen to me and talk to my sister-in-law. I'm telling you, my sister-in-law is in good health and good at giving birth. If you marry her, she'll definitely give you a big, fat boy!"

Shi Yue raised his eyebrows, sneered, and said, "What's the point of having a big fat boy? If I die, I'll still be dead. Or can he bring me back to life by smashing pots and banners on me?"

The older sister who was trying to persuade others was choked by these words. Her throat was choked, and she said with a bad face: "Hey, how can you talk like that? I'm trying to persuade you for your own good, why don't you know what's good for you..."

Shi Yue gave a forced smile and said, "Well, I don't know what's good for me, so don't introduce your divorced sister-in-law to me, big sister."

“Hey, you…”

Just then, the bell for the end of get off work rang. Shi Yue stood up and said, "It's time to get off work. I'm leaving first."

He said that, and walked out of the office decisively, regardless of the older sister in front of him with a sullen face, or the big guys in the office watching the fun.

Hey, this made the elder sister angry. She gritted her teeth and secretly hated Shi Yue for not giving her face. Little did she know that Shi Yue already felt that she had given enough face in her heart, and he didn't even say anything unpleasant!

What annoyed him most was people saying that he only had one daughter, Shi Qiushui. He'd heard this kind of talk a lot back in the Great Yu Dynasty, because the Great Yu Dynasty had so many restrictions on women. Even if he didn't like it, he couldn't openly retort. But now he was in the 1990s, and there was no need to endure it anymore!

The government has said that they want gender equality, but they are still sticking to the old way of favoring boys over girls. If you don’t know, you would think that the elder sister is a time traveler from hundreds of years ago!

Shi Yue complained a few words in his mind, but he was not very angry in his heart. After all, he had already retorted back, so what was there to be angry about?

As usual, he didn't take things to heart and walked towards the kindergarten with a relaxed look, ready to pick up Shi Qiu Shui. He arrived at the kindergarten gate on time and waited for two or three minutes as usual, then he heard the bell for the kindergarten to be dismissed.

But what was special today was that the school bell rang for a long time, but he didn't see Shi Qiu Shui.

He touched his chin and said curiously, "Hey, that's not right. Shouldn't Xiaoqiu be the first one to come out of the classroom?"

Many other children have come out, why hasn’t Xiaoqiu come out yet?

"Boss, can't you come home with me today?" "Boss, I saw your dad." "Boss..."

Just as Shi Yue was hesitating whether to go into the kindergarten to ask the teacher, Shi Qiu Shui, surrounded by a group of children, walked out of the classroom slowly.

Shi Yue could hear the group of little brats calling Shi Qiu Shui "boss" from a distance.

Boss…?

When did his daughter become the boss... ?

Shi Yue's head was full of question marks and he was speechless.

Shi Qiushui, who was leading her brothers out, also noticed Shi Yue at this time. She waved her hand in a bossy manner and said, "Alright, we'll talk about other things tomorrow. My dad is here, and I'm going to go home with him."

The little fat/little Taozi/little star/little bubble beside her: "Okay, boss, goodbye, boss!"

Shi Qiu Shui, the boss, had quite a bit of idol baggage. After saying goodbye to a few of her younger brothers, she turned around and trotted towards Shi Yue for two steps. Suddenly, she remembered something, paused, then straightened her chest and raised her head, and walked slowly towards Shi Yue.

"Hey, this kid—"

Shi Yue noticed her movements and twitched his lips. He just watched Shi Qiu Shui walk towards him with her feet turned outwards and step by step.

He smiled and joked, "Hey, boss, you're finally here?"

Shi Qiushui: "Dad!"

Shi Yue took Shi Qiushui's hand and led the child out. As they walked, he asked curiously, "Hey, no, Xiaoqiu, how did you become the boss of your kindergarten?"

Shi Qiushui: "Because of the newspaper!"

Her face was flushed, her eyes were curved, the corners of her mouth were upturned, and she said happily and proudly with her little belly sticking out, "The kids in my class saw me on the newspaper and they all thought I was awesome, so they recognized me as their boss!"

Shi Yue: "Wow, you're quite good at showing off, huh?"

Shi Qiushui pouted and said, "No, I didn't show off to the kids that I was in the newspaper. It was Teacher Xiaolin who told them."

She took a step forward, put her hands on her hips, turned around, looked at Shi Yue with her big, distinct black and white eyes, and said, "Teacher Xiaolin also bought a newspaper today and brought it to our class to read. That's why they knew I was in the newspaper. I didn't do it to show off! Dad, you wronged me!"

"Oh." Shi Yue thought about it for a moment and quickly realized that the leaders of the machinery factory all knew that he was being interviewed and would be in the newspaper, so the leaders of the kindergarten should also know that Xiaoqiu would be in the newspaper, so it was normal for Teacher Xiaolin to pay attention to the newsstand to buy newspapers.

After all, Xiaoqiu did a good thing as a classmate in kindergarten, and the kindergarten also gained honor.

Shi Qiushui pouted: "Dad, you are wronging me!"

Shi Yue apologized decisively: "Xiao Qiu, I'm sorry, it was Dad's fault. Dad wronged you."

He never thought that there was anything wrong for a father to apologize to his daughter. If he had wronged the child, he should apologize to her.

Shi Qiushui was a good-tempered girl. Although she was wronged, when she heard her father apologize, she immediately said generously: "Okay, I forgive you."

But she emphasized seriously, "But only this time. Don't wrongly accuse me next time, or I won't forgive you easily!"

Shi Yue continued to hold the little girl's hand and promised earnestly: "No, Daddy promises that next time I will never wrongly accuse our Xiaoqiu again. Daddy swears, okay? If Daddy wrongly accuses Xiaoqiu again next time, then punish Daddy, punish Daddy, punish Daddy, punish Daddy by not being able to eat meat for half a month and only eating vegetable leaves, okay?"

Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui, father and daughter, are both loyal meat lovers. For them, not being able to eat meat and only having to eat vegetables is a huge punishment!

Shi Qiu Shui's face wrinkled just by hearing the words "can't eat meat".

Shi Yue looked at his daughter's chubby face and felt itchy. He pinched her nipples and said jokingly, "Dad said he would punish me by not allowing me to eat meat for half a month, not that he would forbid you from eating meat."

Shi Qiushui shook his head in dissatisfaction, trying to shake off Shi Yue's big hand. Shi Yue once again used the food temptation method. He pretended to be puzzled and said, "Oh, I'm hungry while talking. Tsk, what should we eat tonight?"

Shi Qiushui's thoughts were instantly distracted by Shi Yue: "Dad, let's have pancakes tonight. I want to eat pancakes wrapped with pork elbow!"

Shi Yue: "Okay, then let's go home and put our schoolbags away, and then go out to the market to buy some pancakes."

Shi Qiushui cheered: "Great!"

She swallowed and asked again: "Dad, I also want to eat the one at the east end of the market..."

As the father and daughter were talking, they walked into the yard. Gao Cuifen saw them and joked with a smile, "Oh, our yard's famous person is back!"

Shi Yue smiled and waved his hands: "What big celebrity? Aunt Gao, you are too flattering to me."

Gao Cuifen: "Hey, you're still being modest. You've even been in the newspapers, so why aren't you considered a celebrity?"

Old Lady Yang chimed in, "That's right, kid, don't be so modest. Being in the newspaper is such an honor! No one in our alley has ever been in the newspaper, and you're the number one in our alley!"

Shi Yue smiled modestly: "Well, Aunt Yang, you're wrong. Not to mention our alley, even in our courtyard, there are people who have been in the newspapers, and they are in it frequently!"

Old Lady Yang: "Ah? Who is it?"

Shi Yue: "Xiaoxi, my sister Xiaoxi from the Niu family. Aren't her articles often published in newspapers?"

"Hey!" Old Lady Yang looked at Shi Yue with a smile: "You kid, was I kidding? Is this a serious matter?"

Shi Yue laughed and said, "Just tell me if Xiaoxi is often in the newspapers?"

Old Lady Yang was helpless: "Yes, yes, that's enough."

Shi Yue: “Hehe.”

Old Lady Yang: "But Xiaoxi...eh, Xiaoxi?!"

Old Lady Yang was halfway through her words when she suddenly exclaimed in a raised tone, and her eyes turned towards the door with surprise. Shi Yue realized something was wrong and turned around to see Niu Xiaoxi standing at the door with a bad expression, and Ma Yulan, who was being supported by her and looked exhausted.

Old Mrs. Yang was surprised: "Hey, Xiaoxi, what happened between you and your mother?"

Niu Xiaoxi raised her head, her eyes red and tears half lingering as she said, "Aunt Yang, I, I, my Xiaobei is missing!"