Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Workaholic Dad 2

Zhuozhuo thought of the important matter again and looked at Qin Jin with tears in his eyes, "Dad, grandma and aunt are waiting for us to go home for dinner."

Qin Jin was amused by the child, "What time is it for dinner?"

Zhuozhuo couldn't tell his tone, so she said in a baby voice, "Eat whenever you want, any time you want."

Qin Jin chuckled twice, "Don't eat yet, take care of your injuries. Qian Wei, find someone careful and take her out to take care of her."

[Qin Jin actually remembered that you were injured. It seems you're not hopeless. But Zhuozhuo, we can't go out and let others take care of us. We have to stay with Qin Jin's father.]

Zhuozhuo felt that what 9972 said was wrong, and for a moment he forgot how to communicate with it in his mind. After thinking for a while, he said, "Dad has to work and is very busy, so should we ask someone else to take care of Zhuozhuo?"

"Yes." Qin Jin was satisfied with Zhuo Zhuo's understanding and gave an order as usual, "Be good and don't make trouble."

Zhuozhuo shook his head, "No."

Qin Jin was a little surprised. He frowned and looked over. His voice was filled with the coldness of a superior. "Why?"

9972, who was about to stay here just now, backed off. [Zhuozhuo, why don't we just take it step by step? Your father, Qin Jin, is really busy.]

Zhuozhuo was also frightened. He lowered his head and clasped his hands, then secretly looked at Qin Jin and said timidly, "I don't want others to take care of me. I can take care of myself. I don't want to go out. I want to stay here. I won't make a fuss. I'll accompany Dad to work."

9972 almost applauded Zhuozhuo. I won't comment on her courage, but her verbal skills are truly beyond her peers. Excellent. But Qin Jin has such a strong aura, and his cold expression makes him look so fierce. Will he hit Zhuozhuo? Even if he doesn't hit her, a scolding like that would scare her into tears.

Everyone was terrified when they heard Qin Jin's cold voice scolding them, "Stand still and don't clasp your hands."

Zhuozhuo subconsciously stood up and looked at Qin Jin, his big eyes filled with tears again, like a little rabbit frightened in an unfamiliar environment, pitiful and cute.

Qin Jin's hardened heart was rarely touched, and he softened his tone, "You're hitting me like this right after I fell. Doesn't it hurt?"

"It hurts." A vague voice with a crying tone came out, and the burning tears fell instantly. The attention that had been diverted by the tension just now returned to the pain, and the tears could not be held back.

Qian Wei brought in a female employee with extensive experience in childcare. They saw Zhuo Zhuo crying miserably. His first reaction was that Qin Jin had made her cry, so to avoid further angering Qin Jin, he immediately signaled the female employee to carry Zhuo Zhuo out.

Zhuozhuo dodged the female employee and ran towards Qin Jin, crying and saying, "Dad, you haven't promised me yet."

Qian Wei's heart immediately began to tighten, remembering that a partner had once knelt before Qin Jin, crying and begging him to give him a chance. Not only did Qin Jin cancel all the cooperation projects, he was also enraged and reported the partner without mercy. The partner is now in jail.

As Qin Jin's assistant for eight years, Qian Wei knew him best. Qin Jin was now willing to meet people and didn't lose his temper, not because he accepted his daughter's sudden appearance, but because she was innocent and naive, so there was no need to waste his emotions. But Zhuozhuo cried several times when they met, and was disobedient and clingy, easily annoying Qin Jin.

Qian Wei, having a good impression of Zhuo Zhuo, didn't want the little girl to be ignored by her biological father in the future. Thinking of some way to smooth things over, Qian Wei and the female employee hurried over to take Zhuo Zhuo out, only to see Qin Jin pinching her armpits and placing her on the desk.

Qin Jin held down Zhuo Zhuo's hand that was rubbing against his face, "Stop crying, I promise you."

Zhuozhuo choked with tears and said, "I, I can't bear it... anymore."

If a child cries too hard, it is easy for him to get over it and he will need to calm down for a long time.

Qin Jin didn't scold or show any impatience, but raised his other hand slightly. Eight years of tacit understanding had made Qian Wei act faster than he could think. He pulled out a few pieces of paper and handed them over, then silently watched Qin Jin wipe Zhuo Zhuo's tears until he stopped crying.

"Take her to wash her face—" Qin Jin's words were not finished. He met Zhuo Zhuo's red eyes from crying and seemed a little helpless. "I'll go with you."

Qin Jin stood up and clumsily carried Zhuo Zhuo to the bathroom. He placed her on the counter and turned on the water to wash her hands. After washing her hands, he washed her face. Seeing Zhuo Zhuo staggering from the motion of wiping her face, Qin Jin said with a smile, "You cry so much that you've become a cat."

Zhuozhuo shouted, "Daddy, be gentle," while trying to keep his balance. Upon hearing this, he immediately argued for himself, "Because Daddy asked me. I didn't feel any pain at first, but when Daddy asked me, it hurt so much that tears started to fall."

Qin Jin chuckled, "Little fool." He took a towel and wiped Zhuozhuo's face, and his movements were finally not so rough.

Zhuo Zhuo's dissatisfied voice came through the towel, "You can't call me stupid."

Qin Jin ignored her, dried her, carried her out, and placed her on the table next to the sofa, asking the stunned female employee to examine her. The female employee walked closer, took a look, and without even touching her, said confidently, "Boss Qin, the little girl is fine. There's no broken skin from the fall, and there's no bruises or swelling."

"She said it hurts when she thinks about it." Qin Jin glanced at the female employee and felt that her attitude was too perfunctory.

The female employee was startled by what she saw. She quickly held the burning arm with her little hand to move the joints, and gently pressed the place where it was hit. "Boss Qin, look, it's really okay. Children can withstand falls."

She explained: "Children's crying is often a reaction to external factors. If someone cares and comforts them, they can cry loudly even if they are not in pain, not to mention that this little girl really fell."

Qin Jin observed Zhuo Zhuo's expression and found that she really didn't feel uncomfortable at all. Even the red eyes, red eye rims, and red nose had disappeared. He was about to ask her cautiously if it still hurt when he heard her serious little voice, "Qin Jin Daddy, you can't call me stupid. Say sorry."

Cute and infuriating.

Qin Jin rarely felt the feeling of being choked up, and deliberately said: "I think what I said is right, I refuse to apologize."

"You can't do this." Zhuozhuo raised his head and wanted to argue with Qin Jin, but Qian Wei suddenly said, "Boss Qin, there's a meeting in seven minutes."

Qin Jin put Zhuozhuo on the sofa with one hand and said, "I'm going to work. You wait here and don't make any noise." He asked the female employee to stay and look after Zhuozhuo and left the office without looking back.

Zhuozhuo angrily stared at Qin Jin's departing back. After the door closed, he snorted heavily and muttered softly, "How long are you going to wait? You didn't even tell me when you were coming back."

9972 was still marveling at the progress of the situation, [Zhuozhuo, you're awesome! Qin Jin actually washed your face and hugged you.]

Is it the natural instincts of father and daughter? Zhuozhuo isn't afraid of Qin Jin's cold face, and Qin Jin isn't bothered by Zhuozhuo's constant crying. But their blood relationship is just a setting, it doesn't have such a magical effect.

Qian Wei briefly summarized the key points of the meeting with Qin Jin, but the image of Qin Jin washing Zhuo Zhuo's face was still in his mind. He couldn't help but make a joke, "Boss Qin, I thought you would bring your daughter to the meeting with you."

Qin Jin knew that his behavior in the office was very surprising, and he also knew the purpose of the mother sending the child over, but he just happened to have some free time to fiddle with the gadgets. It was simply wishful thinking to expect him to make any changes because of the child.

It’s impossible to raise a child, Qin Jin said coldly, “Raising a child will only affect the speed of my work.”

The meeting took longer than expected. When Qin Jin returned to the office, he had forgotten that he had a baby who had fallen from the sky. So when he saw the angry little face, he was stunned for a moment. Then he continued to explain the work to Qian Wei and sat behind his desk to process documents.

After getting into his work, Qin Jin forgot about his child from heaven until a series of "gurgling" sounds were heard in the quiet office. He was about to call someone in to deal with the thing that made the strange noise, but he looked up and met a pair of big eyes filled with tears.

Qin Jin: “…”

Qin Jin: "Why are you crying?"

Zhuozhuo said aggrievedly: "I cried because I was hungry."

Qin Jin glanced at the time, it was 13:15, and then looked at the female employee who was taking care of Zhuo Zhuo, "Why don't you take her to dinner?"

Before the female employee could say anything, Zhuozhuo said firmly, "Don't be mean to me, it's me who won't go to eat."

"If you don't want to eat, what do you want to eat?"

"I want to have dinner with you." Zhuozhuo's little head still remembered the mission, and he said loudly: "Daddy wants to go home with me and have dinner with grandma and aunt."

Qin Jin retracted his gaze and continued to read the documents. "If I don't reply, you will starve if you don't eat."

Zhuozhuo jumped off the sofa and ran to Qin Jin, "Dad, stop working. You'll starve to death if you don't eat!"

Qin Jin curled his lip and said, "I am an adult. I can bear hunger. Only children will starve to death if they don't eat. Just go and eat and don't disturb me."

Zhuozhuo didn't listen and shook Qin Jin's legs vigorously, chanting as she did so, "Daddy, daddy, daddy, eat, eat, eat..." After shaking for a while and seeing that Qin Jin didn't respond, she burst into tears, "Daddy, don't die! I don't want you to die!"

Qin Jin's mouth twitched. He picked up Zhuo Zhuo and put him on the desk, wiping his tears. "Don't cry, I won't die. Let's go eat now."

"Okay." Zhuozhuo held back his tears, opened his arms towards Qin Jin, smiled, and said in a joyful voice, "Daddy, carry me to eat."

Qin Jin: “…”

Qin Jin hugged Zhuo Zhuo and asked the female employee to go eat. "Thank you for your hard work today. I will triple your salary and reimburse your meal expenses."

The female employee who thought she could only go to the company cafeteria to pick up leftovers was surprised as if she had won the lottery. "Thank you, Mr. Qin, it's what I should do!"

Qin Jin had originally planned to grab a bite at a restaurant near the office, but then he remembered Zhuo Zhuo and asked Qian Wei to look up restaurants that offered children's meals. As they were driving there, they suddenly realized there were no child seats, so they carried Zhuo Zhuo back to the office and asked the restaurant to deliver.

Zhuozhuo sighed in a mock manner, "It's so hard to eat a meal."

"You're a little kid, but you're so smart." Qin Jin sat on the sofa, letting Zhuo Zhuo sit on his lap, and asked lazily, "How old are you?"

"I'm three and a half years old!" Zhuozhuo looked at Qin Jin, "Dad, are you not busy now?"

"Um."

Zhuo Zhuo placed his hands on Qin Jin's belly, with a stern face, and said in a baby voice, "Then Daddy, tell me you're sorry now."

"Um?"

"You just praised me for being smart. You said I was stupid this morning, and you said you were not wrong. That was a lie. You have to say sorry, twice." Zhuozhuo stretched out two fingers and looked at Qin Jin seriously.

Qin Jin didn't expect her to still remember this, and was also surprised by her stubborn temper. He didn't think it was right to be perfunctory to a child, nor did he think it was shameful to apologize to a child. He smiled and said, "Okay, I apologize. I shouldn't have called you stupid, nor should I have lied. I'm sorry, please... Um, what's your name?"

The warm atmosphere froze. Zhuozhuo, who was smiling, froze for a moment. The corners of his grinning mouth gradually widened, and he burst into tears, "You forgot my name, you bad dad!"