When Xiaohua returned in the evening, He Yan was still there. Seeing Xiaohua come back, he said with some resentment, "Kang An has been waiting for you to tell her a story. Why are you back so late?"

Xiaohua looked up at the clock on the wall and pointed to the time: "Is 8:30 too late?"

He Yan snorted.

"Isn't 8:30 too late?"

Xiaohua retorted without hesitation: "Since it's so late, you can leave. It's a bit inappropriate for a grown man like you to be in a family with an orphan and a widow!"

He Yan was somewhat angry when he heard the words "orphan and widow".

"Talking complete nonsense."

I'm still alive and well in this world, so how did they become an orphan and a widow?

Isn't this just a pure curse to his death?

After He Yan left, Xiao Hua went to the bathroom to quickly wash up, told the child a few stories, and then planned to put the child to sleep.

Kang An, however, keenly observed, "Mom, are you unhappy on your birthday today?"

Xiaohua patted the child's head.

"No, Mom is very happy, not unhappy at all."

Kang An, however, did not believe it.

"Mom, are you unhappy? Did having dinner with Uncle Zhou make you unhappy?"

Xiao Hua really couldn't do anything about her precocious daughter.

I feel like I can't hide anything from her.

He nodded helplessly: "You little one, you're better at reading people's expressions than an adult every day. Go to sleep."

After Xiaohua finished speaking, she covered her with the blanket.

Kang An clung to the blanket with her little hands, refusing to go to sleep.

"Mom, did you confess your feelings to Uncle Zhou and get rejected?"

"Cough cough..."

Xiao Hua was so startled by her daughter that she choked on her saliva and coughed violently a few times.

"Mom, it's okay. Even if Uncle Zhou doesn't like you, you still have my dad. He likes you a lot. Why don't you stay with my dad?"

Xiao Hua was speechless!

"Honey, do you even know what 'like' means? Did your dad teach you to say those things?"

If He Yan really taught her to say that, then she should have a frank and open discussion with He Yan about the child's education.

Kang An quickly shook her head: "No, no, it's what I saw on TV. Just because you like someone and they confess to you doesn't mean they like you back. So Mom, don't be sad. The TV said that girls should find someone who likes them, not someone they like."

Xiao Hua tapped her head angrily: "You're not allowed to watch these kinds of messy TV shows anymore. You're still a kindergarten kid, okay? Is this something you should be watching?"

"Hmph, why can't I watch? I also want to know about my mother's love life."

"Mom doesn't have a romantic life. Mom's emotional world only revolves around you. Okay, my baby, go to sleep now."

As Xiaohua spoke, she turned off the light, hummed a lullaby for a while, and said that children are so simple; once the light was off and she was patted gently, they fell asleep in no time.

Xiaohua went back to her room, lay down, turned off the light, and tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.

She now regrets saying those things to Zhou Musheng. Will it be awkward when they meet again in the future?

Thinking about it, she realized how foolish she had been. Zhou Musheng was her investor and had helped her a lot; she could repay him in various ways.

But why would she be so foolish as to think of offering herself to him?

Ultimately, it was my own feelings that led me to fall for him.

How could her heart be so easily moved! She's so pathetic, so embarrassing!

Sigh... some relationships can only go this far; it might be difficult to break through to the next level.

Xiao Hua wasn't stupid; she could sense that Zhou Musheng seemed to have some affection for her.

However, this joy was not much, and it didn't quite reach the point where they could talk about love.

Just when Xiaohua didn't know how to face Zhou Musheng, a few days later, Zhou Musheng asked her out again.

In the past, whenever she met Zhou Musheng, she would make a point of dressing up. Firstly, as a girl, who wouldn't want to look beautiful when going out? Secondly, Zhou Musheng always paid great attention to her appearance when he saw her.

She couldn't meet, talk, or eat with him in a disheveled state.

So she always dresses up quite carefully.

But this time she felt that if she dressed up carefully, it would seem a bit deliberate, like she was trying to seduce him.

But if I just grab any clothes and put them on, it makes me look like I'm doing it on purpose.

It's really annoying.

Finally, Xiaohua wore jeans, a shirt, and a casual jacket. She didn't wear makeup, her hair was tied in a low ponytail, and she wore canvas shoes.

It doesn't look sloppy, but it's very casual, like you just grabbed a few clothes from the closet and put them on.

It has absolutely nothing to do with the phrase "dressed up carefully".

Xiaohua looked at herself in the mirror from left to right, and finally sighed, thinking to herself, "Oh well, I have to face it even if it's embarrassing!"

When she went out, Kang An woke up from her afternoon nap, and He Yan happened to be free to come and pick Kang An up to go out and play.

"Mom, why didn't you put on makeup today?"

He Yan glanced at Xiao Hua. In any case, she looked like she had just grabbed a few clothes from the closet and put them on. Usually, she would dress up carefully before going out, with beautiful makeup and appropriate and nice clothes. Today was indeed quite unusual.

He Yan wondered if she had failed in her confession to Mr. Zhou and was no longer interested in dressing up for him.

If that's the case, then that would be wonderful.

However, He Yan was also a little angry. He was angry that Zhou Musheng was blind to his daughter's beauty. His daughter was such a beautiful girl, she was loved by everyone and everyone.

He actually looked down on it! Humph! He's really blind.

“Honey, we girls should have the freedom to dress and the freedom to wear makeup. That means you can wear whatever you want, wear makeup if you want, and not wear makeup if you don’t want to. Don’t dress up for others. All our dressing up is to please ourselves, not to please others.”

Xiaohua's educational remarks were somewhat insincere.

He Yan nodded approvingly: "Yes, your mother is right."

When Xiaohua arrived, Musheng had already arrived on Saturday.

Xiaohua said apologetically, "I always seem to be a little later than you."

"It's not that you're always on time, it's just that I like to arrive early."

Zhou Musheng noticed that Xiaohua was dressed casually and wasn't wearing makeup today.

I don't know why I felt a sense of loss.

He knew what Xiaohua's outfit meant today.

"That joke went a bit too far that day. I was wondering how I should face you, Mr. Zhou. But then I thought that you are an easygoing person and probably wouldn't mind my jokes. So there's nothing awkward about us meeting again."

Xiao Hua chuckled sheepishly, patted her mouth, and continued, "I'm the kind of person who doesn't keep my mouth shut; I just say whatever comes to mind without thinking."