Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Workaholic Dad 19

Before, Qin Jin doted on Zhuo Zhuo, and although people in the circle were shocked, they didn’t take it too seriously. But now that Qin Jin brought Zhuo Zhuo to the dinner party, it seemed like he wanted to treat her as a real member of the Qin family.

A favored illegitimate daughter and a favored eldest daughter of the Qin family, the difference in status is huge. The one who will marry Qin Jin in the future must be the daughter of a prominent family, but how many families in such families are willing to let their daughter become a stepmother?

No girl from a prominent family could accept that her husband has an illegitimate daughter whom he dotes on to death, right?

In other words, Qin Jin had been exceptional from childhood, with a good reputation and strong abilities, and he had always been a woman of high status, so suddenly having multiple daughters didn't have much of an impact on him. If this happened to someone else, their reputation would have been exposed overnight, and they would have been considered to have a chaotic private life.

Feng Qixiao wasn't worried about Qin Jin finding a wife; he was curious about Zhuozhuo's mother. Four or five years ago, when Qin Jin was obsessed with work and expanding his business, who could have won him over?

Qin Jin had never thought about marriage, but at this moment he said as a matter of course: "Let's talk about it when Zhuozhuo comes of age."

"Wait another ten years? Why don't you just find a partner?" After Feng Qixiao finished teasing, he realized that Qin Jin was serious. He immediately let out a "hiss" and felt that Qin Jin was really obsessed and that something serious was going on.

Based on their friendship of more than ten years, Feng Qixiao couldn't help but remind him, "You've been devoted to everything you do since you were young, which is a good thing, but raising a child is not that simple. When the child grows up, he or she will not want to be close to their parents. Don't be too frustrated when that happens."

Feng Qixiao was worried that Qin Jin would become a controlling parent. Judging from his current situation, if he really hurt Zhuo Zhuo, he would definitely blame himself and be in great pain.

Qin Jin glanced at Feng Qixiao speechlessly, too lazy to talk to him. At this moment, Zhuo Zhuo suddenly noticed something and looked at Qin Jin with sparkling eyes, "Dad, they are dancing!"

The banquet entered the dancing stage. Everyone entered the dance floor holding their partners' hands. As the melodious music played, people in pairs danced on the dance floor.

Zhuozhuo jumped off the sofa and imitated the guests' movements, pinching the hem of her skirt and turning around, looking at Qin Jin expectantly, "Dad!"

She didn't say what she wanted to do, but Qin Jin had already received the signal. He smiled, bent down, and gracefully extended his hand to invite, "Dear little Zhuozhuo, can I invite you to dance with me?"

"Can!"

Children are always inexplicably attracted to things that have a strong sense of ritual. Zhuozhuo was extremely excited and walked towards the dance floor hand in hand with Qin Jin. Looking at the chaotic yet orderly movements of the people in front of her, she was a little overwhelmed, but was quickly led to the dance floor by Qin Jin's calmness.

Zhuozhuo had never learned to dance. At first, she was nervous and wanted to dance just like the people around her. Later, she started to dance freely, twisting her hips and waving, spinning in circles, swinging on Qin Jin's hand, and jumping around Qin Jin.

The people on the dance floor noticed this father-daughter duo and gradually surrounded them, watching the fun while they danced.

As long as his closest people were around, Zhuozhuo was a little social bull. As the focus of everyone's attention, Zhuozhuo was briefly shy before becoming excited, greeting everyone like a little spinning top. Later, he simply let go of Qin Jin's hand and ran around the wall of people.

Zhuozhuo not only ran a lap, she also stopped in front of the beautiful sister, looked up with a sweet smile, and took the initiative to hold her hand and dance.

No one can resist the cute attack of a child. Even those who had a problem with Zhuozhuo before couldn't help but respond to her with a smile, holding her soft little hand, and dancing with her in a illogical and childish dance.

In the end, for some unknown reason, the female guests abandoned their partners and began to play around Zhuozhuo. With bursts of laughter and joy, the elegant ladies and Zhuozhuo twisted and danced with them as they pleased, completely disregarding their appearance.

Zhuozhuo's old father had been squeezed out long ago and could only look through the wall of people, trying to see Zhuozhuo's shadow.

Feng Qixiao came to Qin Jin's side and looked at the excited ladies with a complicated expression. "I take back what I said just now. Maybe someone really wants to be Zhuozhuo's stepmother."

Qin Jin: “…”

When the music ended, the ladies said goodbye to Zhuozhuo reluctantly and started the next stage of socializing with their male companions.

Zhuozhuo was carried by a woman in a dark blue fishtail dress. As they got closer, Qin Jin realized that her fair, tender face was covered in several layers of lipstick marks of different colors. He stared at her unhappily for two seconds, then reached out to take Zhuozhuo.

Zhuozhuo didn't call him dad right away. Instead, he leaned towards the girl with his eyes glued to her, and said reluctantly, "Sister Tingting, come to my house and play with me tomorrow."

Xue Xiaoting was wearing long gloves of the same color as her dress on one hand, and had already taken off the gloves on the other hand. Upon hearing this, she touched her burning little face and said gently, "Okay, baby, wait for me at home. I'll be there at ten o'clock."

After she finished speaking, Xue Xiaoting looked at Qin Jin and said in a cold voice, "Don't take Zhuo Zhuo out tomorrow."

Before Qin Jin could say anything, Zhuo Zhuo nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "I'm not going anywhere tomorrow!"

Xue Xiaoting burst into laughter in an instant, and her voice unconsciously changed to a clip, "Oh my, Zhuozhuo baby is so cute."

"Sister Tingting is cute too!" Zhuozhuo opened her mouth and said sweet words, "Sister Tingting is so beautiful, she is a great beauty!" She spoke so fast that she couldn't make out the words clearly.

Xue Xiaoting was so coaxed that her face lit up with smiles. She grabbed Zhuozhuo's hand and kissed it, then kissed her cheek. It was so fast and unexpected that even Qin Jin had no time to stop her and could only sullenly vent his anger.

Just when Qin Jin couldn't help but want to chase her away, Xue Xiaoting was called away by her father to attend a social event. Before leaving, Xue Xiaoting and Zhuozhuo said goodbye reluctantly, as if they were close friends who had been together for decades and were about to part ways forever.

Qin Jin's big hand pushed Zhuozhuo's little face towards him and said quietly, "Zhuozhuo, do you still remember who I am?"

Zhuozhuo was completely unaware of Qin Jin's jealousy and said lovingly, "You are my favorite father, Qin Jin!"

The icebergs melted, and spring returned to the earth. Qin Jin smiled and scratched his burning little nose. "You little devil." Then he said disdainfully, "Look at the dirt on your face. How can you let anyone kiss you casually? No one can kiss you from now on. Remember?"

Zhuozhuo whined, "I don't want to remember, I want Sister Piao Niang to kiss me."

"No." Qin Jin carried Zhuo Zhuo to the bathroom and said seriously, "Respectable people don't kiss people easily. These people are not serious. Zhuo Zhuo, don't play with them."

Zhuozhuo looked confused, "Dad, are you secretly saying bad things about others?"

"Dad is teaching you to distinguish between good people and bad people. It is a valuable experience in life." Qin Jin said shamelessly.

"Okay." Zhuozhuo blinked and said, "Can I still kiss daddy in the future?"

Qin Jin was rather reserved and had never kissed Zhuozhuo, no matter how much he loved him. But Zhuozhuo would sometimes kiss Qin Jin. Qin Jin nodded without hesitation, "Of course, it's only natural for a baby to kiss his daddy."

Feng Qixiao: “…”

What a shameless man.

But he wasn't worried about Qin Jin finding a wife at all. Maybe Zhuo Zhuo could even help the cold and stinky man find a partner sooner or later. Didn't you see that Xue Xiaoting, a cold beauty with a similar family background and outstanding abilities as Qin Jin, was also impressed by Zhuo Zhuo?

Qin Jin washed the lipstick marks off Zhuo Zhuo's face and hands and didn't want to stay here anymore. There was no other reason, Zhuo Zhuo was like Tang Monk entering the Silk Cave, he was so worried that his precious daughter would be bitten by someone.

After returning home, Qin Jin told the housekeeper that Xue Xiaoting would be visiting at ten o'clock tomorrow. Qin Xi and Zhao Xian, who also heard this, were extremely surprised. Qin Xi hesitated and said, "Brother, Miss Xue is coming home. Do my mother and I need to prepare anything?"

In fact, she just wanted to ask Xue Xiaoting if she was here to visit Zhao Xian or to hang out with Qin Jin. If she was here to hang out with Qin Jin, could it be that they...

Before Qin Xi could finish her thought, Zhuozhuo said crisply, "Sister Tingting came to play with me. She is my good friend!"

Qin Xi was puzzled. She thought that "looking for Zhuozhuo to play" sounded like an excuse for a young couple to go on a date, but she couldn't bear to spoil Zhuozhuo's fun. She was also worried about Zhuozhuo's state after Qin Jin fell in love, so she followed her words and said, "So that's how it is. How did Zhuozhuo and Miss Xue become good friends?"

So, Zhuozhuo used his language expression ability that was beyond his peers to vividly describe the scene at the dance party, which made Qin Xi suddenly feel that Xue Xiaoting seemed to be just being friends with Zhuozhuo, and Qin Jin had nothing to do with it at all.

Thinking of this, Qin Xi saw Qin Jin winking at her. She followed him to the window in confusion, "Brother?"

Qin Jin said solemnly, "If you have nothing to do tomorrow, stay home. Wait until eleven o'clock, no, half past ten, and take Xue Xiaoting out to play. Don't let her bother Zhuozhuo."

Qin Xi: “…”

This was not enough. Qin Jin's eyes showed a look of vigilance and irritation. "From now on, no matter who it is, don't let them get too close to Zhuo Zhuo."

This was a bit too much. Qin Xi didn't know where he got the courage from, and joked, "Brother, are you afraid that they will come to snatch Zhuozhuo away? Don't worry, you are Zhuozhuo's father. Even if you don't want her, she won't abandon you."

Qin Jin was silent for a moment when he heard the words, and then said, "Zhuozhuo needs friends too."

After saying that, he walked towards Zhuozhuo who was showing Zhao Xian a dance, and was pulled by Zhuozhuo to dance together.

It wouldn't have been a big deal at a dinner party when the atmosphere was good, but now it was just for fun at home, it was too embarrassing. Even Qin Jin's eyelids twitched, and he couldn't help but hold his forehead, saying in a deep voice, "Zhuozhuo, Daddy's going to take a shower."

Zhuozhuo didn't realize that Qin Jin wanted to escape, so he nodded regretfully, "Dad, go quickly. After you wash, we can dance together."

Qin Jin kept smiling and didn't respond, frantically thinking of ways to divert Zhuo Zhuo's attention.

Qin Jin had originally wanted to use the excuse, "It's time for Zhuozhuo to take a bath and go to bed," to avoid the situation. Unexpectedly, God was kind to him. By the time he came out of the shower, Zhuozhuo, exhausted from the day's work, was already nodding off. The little guy was forcing himself to stay awake, but upon seeing Qin Jin, he leaned into his arms and fell asleep in an instant.