"The flour mill needs manpower, so come back from Hangzhou first!"

Zhou Chunmei's already happy face now beamed with uncontainable joy.

"Really? Gu Shi, you've finally forgiven me?"

Gu Shi didn't answer her question, but asked again, "Bring back your previous assistant, Feng Chao, as well."

After speaking, Gu Shi turned to leave, but Zhou Chunmei walked over unexpectedly. Noticing something was amiss, Gu Shi dodged away.

He looked at Zhou Chunmei with disgust, while Zhou Chunmei maintained her embrace.

She just wanted to hug Gu Shi. Zhou Chunmei thought that since Gu Shi had taken the initiative to let her come back, didn't she have another chance?

"Remember your place and don't do anything out of line, or you'll be better off staying in Hangzhou!"

After saying that, Gu Shi opened the door and walked out, leaving Zhou Chunmei alone there.

Zhou Chunmei stared blankly at the closed door, which seemed to be the door to Gu Shi's heart, shut by him so ruthlessly.

Gu Shi didn't care about any of that. This method was the least disruptive solution to keep Feng Chao here.

So he did it without considering anything else, such as Zhou Chunmei's feelings.

Gu Shi had already stopped caring when she made her mistake.

The girl he saved had changed her mind at some point, without him even realizing it.

If Zhou Chunmei were still preoccupied with business, things wouldn't be like this now.

When Gu Shi returned to his office, his staff worked quickly and a new desk had already been installed.

Sitting back down, Gu Shi picked up a tender document, which was a tender document for a steel plant in the neighboring province.

In recent years, the country has strongly supported private enterprises, and many local policies are quite good. As a result, Gu Shi opened many branch factories.

The main problem was that the initial investment was too large, which is why we couldn't come up with the money for a while.

In fact, it won't be long before the newly opened factories start operating, and the money that was short before will be a small amount.

After watching for a while, Gu Shi's attention wandered again.

He had finally calmed down completely, and his mind drifted back to Lin Qingyu, who had also been feeling unwell these past two days. So he decided to go home.

On the way, Gu Shi remembered that Lin Qingyu loved to eat fish, especially the fish he cooked, so he bought another fish before going home.

It was hot, so Li Xiuhua didn't take Gu Jue out to play. Lin Qingyu was asleep, and Gu Jue was unaware that the two of them had gone home.

So when Gu Jue saw Gu Shi, her face was full of disbelief, and then she felt wronged and wanted to cry.

Gu Shi felt a warm feeling in his heart and quickly took out the apples he had just bought.

"Little Bei, have an apple first. Mommy will be back after you finish it!"

He gently coaxed Gu Jue, and the little one seemed to understand, reaching out for the apple while calling out, "Mother! Mother! Father! Father!"

"Eat up, Xiao Bei, and Mommy will go home after you finish your apple!"

After that, Gu Jue stopped talking and started taking a bite of the apple.

Li Xiuhua held Gu Jue in her arms, her eyes full of smiles. Gu Shi was indeed a good father.

After putting the fish away, Gu Shi went back to his room.

Seeing Lin Qingyu collapsed on the bed, he couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

Ultimately, Lin Qingyu is the victim in this whole affair, yet these past two days she's been trying to comfort herself.

At this moment, Gu Shi felt extremely distressed.

He lay down on the bed and hugged Lin Qingyu from behind.

Despite the commotion, Lin Qingyu wasn't woken up; she was truly exhausted.

The two of them lay down on the bed and fell asleep, while Gu Jue downstairs was still eating an apple.

She didn't usually like eating apples, but this time, because of Gu Shi's words, she obediently ate them.

It wasn't until dark that Lin Qingyu woke up first.

She felt someone beside her, and when she turned over, she saw Gu Shi, who was also woken up by the noise.

"When did you get back? I didn't even know!"

Lin Qingyu rubbed her eyes, feeling that although she had slept all afternoon, she still hadn't slept well.

"I'll go home as soon as I'm done with work this afternoon. You can take a nap, and I'll stew some fish for you!"

Gu Shi got up and went downstairs. Lin Qingyu was still lying in bed, feeling a little dizzy.

A short while later, Gu Shi came in carrying a plate of fruit.

"Eat something to tide you over, it'll be ready in a little while!"

Lin Qingyu pulled him aside and asked, "Where's Xiao Bei? Is she asleep again?"

Gu Shi chuckled: "She's still waiting for you! She's so sleepy she can barely keep her eyes open but she won't go to sleep. Why don't you go check on her first?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Qingyu rushed downstairs.

Gu Jue saw Lin Qingyu and immediately burst into tears, feeling wronged.

"Mother, Mother!"

She was in Li Xiuhua's arms, now stretching out her arms for Lin Qingyu to hold her.

Li Xiuhua squatted down, and Gu Jue walked towards Lin Qingyu with his short legs.

This was the first time she had walked on her own, and Lin Qingyu was very happy. Gu Jue could walk!

Lin Qingyu held Gu Jue in her arms, wiping away her tears. Looking at the aggrieved child, she kissed Gu Jue's little face.

"Don't cry, baby, Mommy's back! Don't cry, sweetie!"

Gu Jue was crying, and Lin Qingyu felt sorry for him and kept holding the child.

Fortunately, Gu Jue couldn't stay awake any longer and fell asleep.

Lin Qingyu put the person on the bed, but unexpectedly Gu Jue kept pulling on Lin Qingyu's clothes.

She tried to pull her clothes off, but she almost woke Gu Jue up. Helpless, Lin Qingyu could only sit on the side and wait until Gu Jue was sleeping more soundly before leaving.

At midnight, everyone in the family was asleep, and only Gu Shi was left to have dinner with her.

"The fish is delicious! You're so busy, yet you still made fish for me!"

Gu Shi smiled, and with a happy heart, he picked out the fish bones from Lin Qingyu's fish meat and gave it to her.

The light was so dim that Lin Qingyu only just noticed the bandages on Gu Shi's hand.

"How did you get hurt?"

She tried to take Gu Shi's hand to examine him closely, but Gu Shi dodged her.

"It's nothing, I just got scratched by the tree at the brick factory. It's a minor injury, but the factory doctor insisted on bandaging it. Come on, let's eat some fish!"

Lin Qingyu then picked up her chopsticks with some skepticism. There was indeed a small tree in the brick factory, covered in thorns.

But she is very content now. Her family is safe and sound together, and that's enough for her!

The next morning, as soon as Gu Jue woke up, he wanted to find Lin Qingyu.

"Mother! Mother!"

Lin Qingyu also planned to visit Gu Shi, who seemed quite busy lately, and she wanted to see if she could help in any way.

Now she plans to take Gu Jue with her, so that Gu Jue can visit her father's brick factory.

Gu Shi drove the mother and daughter to the brick factory, settled them in his office, and then got busy himself.

Lin Qingyu sat on the sofa with Gu Jue, and she was playing with a small toy with Gu Jue.

The office door was pushed open, and then a girl's voice came through.

"Director Gu, are you feeling better?"