Chapter 10

Fortunately, it was a false alarm.

Xu Qingyan, feeling guilty, cleaned up all the fragile items in the room and installed anti-collision sponge strips on all the sharp edges and corners.

Secretary Feng and Assistant Bai, who were halfway through their work report, voluntarily joined in.

After they finished their work, the two continued to report on the remaining tasks. After they finished, Xu Qingyan stopped Secretary Feng and asked, "Isn't the lease on the seventeenth floor about to expire?"

Secretary Feng: "Yes, President."

Xu Qingyan: "Should we renew the lease?"

Secretary Feng pushed up his glasses: "Three months ago, I inquired with the person in charge about their intention to renew the lease, but I haven't received any renewal application from them yet. The lease expires in a week."

Xu Qingyan nodded slightly and said without hesitation, "Take back the seventeenth floor and turn it into an amusement park, which will be open to the children of company employees free of charge."

Ah, an amusement park? Secretary Feng was slightly surprised.

Their company has a 9-to-5 work schedule, good benefits, and allows employees to bring their children to work. But no matter how humane the company's management is, no one would dare to imagine that the company would build a playground and open it to the public for free.

Moreover, this building is located in the most prosperous and expensive area of ​​Beijing, where the rent for a single floor is over a million yuan. Using it as a free amusement park would only result in a loss.

The faint cheers of the cubs could be heard coming from the small room.

Secretary Feng immediately realized that giving employees benefits was just a side effect; the truth was that the president had transformed into a doting father, spending lavishly to build an amusement park for his daughter.

Seeing is believing, hearing is deceiving – isn't this a perfect example of domineering CEO literature coming to life?

"Being born into the right family is indeed a skill," Secretary Feng thought enviously as she left.

When it was lunchtime, Xu Yirou came out rubbing her rumbling stomach, and Xu Qingyan finally took a break from his work.

As usual, he prepared to order takeout, but Xu Yirou shook her head and pulled him out silently, saying, "I want to go out to eat."

The first and second floors are staff restaurants, while Xu Qingyan's office is on the nineteenth floor. When he's busy, he doesn't have time to go down there, so his meals are usually takeout.

The moment the adult and the child entered the restaurant, the previously noisy crowd fell into an eerie silence.

Xu Qingyan, with a composed expression, led the little girl Xu Yirou around the room and asked gently, "What would you like to eat?"

Xu Yirou could only see a sea of ​​heads.

She tried to stand on tiptoe, pouting and looking unhappy: "I can't see anything."

She's gotten so short! QAQ

Xu Qingyan was very direct: "Then shall I carry you?"

As he spoke, he bent down to pick Xu Yirou up, but Xu Yirou dodged him and frowned at him.

Xu Qingyan thought his mother was shy and was about to say a few words of comfort when he heard his little dumpling mother mutter, "You're wrong, you're wrong, Da Bao."

Xu Qingyan raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Da Bao, you should call me Your Majesty. Didn't we make a promise? Have you forgotten?" Xu Yirou asked with a puzzled expression.

Xu Qingyan paused: "...I forgot by accident, I'm sorry."

Xu Yirou sighed, her little belly sticking out, and waved her hand generously: "Alright, alright, I'll give you a chance to correct it. Say it again."

Xu Qingyan moved his lips, coughed lightly, and said in a magnetic voice, "Your Majesty, would you like me to carry you?"

"Okay."

The onlookers who clearly heard this conversation: ...Pfft!

Hahahaha, I can't stop laughing! I never imagined that the CEO and his daughter would have this kind of relationship!

—A touch of shame tinged with warmth.

Xu Qingyan carried Xu Yirou in one arm and walked around the various restaurants. There wasn't a single dish she didn't want to eat; every single one looked and smelled delicious.

Alas, she only has a small belly.

Xu Yirou was overwhelmed by the choices and struggled with the decision for five minutes before finally deciding to eat fast food.

There are many kinds of fast food, so she can eat a little of everything.

Xu Qingyan ordered her the garlic fish fillets, winter melon and meatball soup, steamed pork ribs with rice flour, and stir-fried shrimp with assorted vegetables that she had specifically requested, while he himself only ordered two vegetarian dishes.

He's gained quite a bit of weight recently, so he needs to control it.

Xu Qingyan was worried that the fish slices might have bones, so she lowered her head and patiently picked out the bones from each slice.

Even the simple act of picking out fish bones was full of elegance. He already had sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, and a high nose bridge, which made him even more handsome and refined, like a goddess descending to earth.

This scene left many people speechless.

No wonder their CEO rarely appears on camera. If he did, those popular young actors would definitely be overshadowed and have no one to complain to.

After Xu Yirou regressed to the age of four, she got into the habit of using chopsticks and spoons together to eat, slurping her food with great relish.

"Dabao, being a picky eater isn't good. There's no meat in your bowl." She took a moment to check on her eldest son.

"I've gained a little weight recently, so I'm eating something light to cleanse my palate."

"Have you gained weight?"

Xu Yirou slowed her chewing, a hint of confusion in her clear black eyes: "Where am I fat?"

She tilted her head and carefully examined his face, then asked sincerely:

"I can't tell at all, Da Bao. Are you lying to me because you don't want to eat meat?"

"How could I dare to lie to Your Majesty?" Xu Qingyan explained without changing his expression. "I just weighed myself this morning, and I've gained seven pounds."

Xu Yirou scoffed. She didn't believe it. Her eyes were the only judge.

"Come here."

She beckoned with her chubby little finger, and Xu Qingyan slowly went over.

As soon as he sat down next to Xu Yirou, she suddenly reached out and pinched his face, her two chubby little hands pinching and squeezing his face here and there.

The employees who have been quietly watching: Oh my gosh!

They all lowered their heads, thought through all the sad things in their lives, and bit their cheeks to hold back their laughter.

They even seemed to see a hint of tolerance and helplessness on the president's battered face. No need to say more, he loves it!

Xu Qingyan could clearly feel that his mother's chubby little hands were covered in oil stains, but he dared not make any rash moves and could only try his best to endure it.

"Hmph, you're not fat at all. You were lying to me all along."

It's not soft and chewy at all when you squeeze it.

After the inspection, Xu Yirou had a stern face and her little mouth was pouting.

“Your Majesty, please calm down. I still have evidence to present in court.”

Xu Qingyan calmly took out his phone from his shirt pocket, opened the photo album, and handed it to her. There were two before-and-after photos of his weight.

Xu Yirou stared blankly and exclaimed, her dark, round eyes blinking. Suddenly, she covered her mouth and giggled, "Da Bao, so you're so vain! You like taking selfies. You're such a delicate little piggy boy."

Xu Qingyan: ?

He pressed his throbbing head and realized he couldn't keep up with the cub's mother's thought process; his head was throbbing.

*

Xu Qingyan used to work overtime when he was alone, but since he started bringing his mother, Xu Yirou, to work with him, his overtime hours have become shorter and shorter.

Xu Yirou urges him to leave work at 5 o'clock every day, and she will make a fuss if he is even a minute late.

Since the CEO stopped requiring overtime, the overworked employees on the 19th floor finally dared to openly slack off for a while and leave work early.

Another change is that the CEO has become more cheerful.

Xu Yirou is like a little sun. Her smile is sweet, soft, and charming. She greets everyone she meets, and everyone who sees her feels warm inside.

In stark contrast, Xu Qingyan, standing to the side like a bodyguard and doorman, was impeccably dressed in a suit, his expression as cold as jade.

He habitually responds coldly to employees' greetings, which displeases Xu Yirou, who often corrects him in a soft, childlike voice.

"Dabao, smile more! Don't frown, just show your teeth."

Not being good at smiling, Xu Qingyan could only stiffly twitch the corners of her mouth, barely managing to manage a smile.

Employees accustomed to the CEO's cold demeanor: 0.0

Inner monologue: It's better for the CEO not to smile; that forced smile is really scary.

As time went by, everyone in the company knew that the president had a very down-to-earth nickname: Da Bao.

With Xu Yirou's childish "Dabao" and Xu Qingyan's queenly demeanor, the entire company's filter of Xu Qingyan as an unattainable beauty shattered into pieces.

Especially when that cold-faced man held a soft, cuddly cub in one arm and carried a rabbit plush toy in the other.

The bulging arm muscles wrapped in the suit jacket exude a vigorous strength, giving off a strong "male mom" vibe. The striking contrast is so endearing it's almost arousing.

"Dabao, I want to wear this today!"

Xu Yirou got up early today, which is rare for her. The weather has been getting warmer lately, so she can wear lighter clothes.

She got up early and went to the dressing room to choose the clothes she would wear that day, and finally picked out a princess dress with big wings on the back.

Xu Qingyan did not object: "It's a very pretty dress."

Xu Yirou smiled sweetly, revealing adorable dimples on her cheeks: "Dabao, shall we wear matching outfits today? You wear a pink suit, and I'll wear a pink princess dress. Everyone will know we're a family at a glance!"

Xu Qingyan: "Mom, the whole company already knows we're a family."

"But they don't know we're mother and son, so let's just take this as a little hint."

Xu Yirou's eyelashes fluttered, and she said dreamily, "And matching outfits are so cool, the two of you wearing the same clothes... Oh right, you didn't wear the clothes I bought with you last time!"

The thought of wearing those brightly colored clothes out made Xu Qingyan feel dizzy and she could barely hold onto her cup.

He composed himself and said, "Mom, why don't you go change into the dress first and then help me pick out clothes?"

Xu Yirou: "Okay."

The cub hopped and skipped back to the room.

The moment she closed the door, Xu Yirou couldn't wait to take off her pajamas and put the carefully chosen princess dress over her head.

Her head and arms went through smoothly, but when it came to zipping it up, Xu Yirou's face turned red, and she just couldn't get it up.

Heave-ho... Heave-ho, what's going on? Why can't I pull it up?

After struggling with the zipper for two minutes to no avail, Xu Yirou pouted and ran out to find help.

"Son, the zipper on your little skirt seems to be broken."

The moment Xu Yirou saw Xu Qingyan, she almost burst into tears of grievance. Only girls can understand how aggrieved and sad it is to not be able to wear the clothes they like.

"Don't worry, Mom, let me take a look." Xu Qingyan went around behind her, pinched the zipper and tried to pull it up, but it got stuck halfway.

"Mom, suck in your tummy."

Xu Yirou obediently did as she was told, holding her breath and inhaling with all her might.

Her round little belly has indeed shrunk a bit, but only a little bit; it's still a long way from being able to zip up the zipper.

Seeing this, Xu Qingyan thought for a moment, then unzipped the zipper and said, "Mom, this dress is too small for me. I'll buy you a size bigger."

One size larger?

Xu Yirou turned around, tilting her little face up, and stared blankly at her eldest son. After a while, her beautiful eyes were covered with a misty, watery light.

"Am I...am I really fat? Have I become a chubby little boy?"

She bit her lip nervously, looking wilted like a frostbitten eggplant.

"No, Mom, you've only gained a little weight." Afraid that she wouldn't believe him, Xu Qingyan gestured with her hand, "Just this much."

The chubby baby's mother was skeptical: "Really? Am I really not a little fatso?"

"Of course not." Xu Qingyan skillfully shifted the blame. "You're still growing, it's normal that you can't fit into the dress you bought last month."

Yes, she's a baby now, and babies naturally get chubby, so she's not fat!

With that thought, Xu Yirou immediately felt better. She sniffed and revealed a proud smile.

"It turns out I'm growing too fast. There's nothing I can do. Da Bao, from now on I'll just buy clothes a little bigger."

"What should I do now? I can't wear my clothes..." she scratched her head in distress.

Matching outfits for the whole family are going to be a disaster QAQ

Xu Qingyan's lips curled slightly, and he was about to speak when Xu Yirou slapped her forehead: "Oh right, I also have a fairy dress with sparkly big wings!"

A few minutes later, a small, fluorescent green moth emerged from the cloakroom.

"Dabao, Dabao, am I pretty?!"

"..."

What can save you, my dear baby mother?