Chapter 13 Chapter 13 Workaholic Dad 13
Qin Jin was so sharp and experienced that he could see Qin Xi's thoughts at a glance. He sent Zhuo Zhuo away and asked her to go see if Aunt Zhang had prepared the meal, and then he explained lightly.
"I don't doubt that you'll treat Zhuo Zhuo badly, and I won't force you to treat her well. If I force you to treat her well, I will simply prevent you from having any contact with her. I just think Zhuo Zhuo needs a good family atmosphere, so I want to change."
It was all for Zhuo Zhuo, but Qin Jin's statement was obviously easier to accept. Unfortunately, Qin Xi, who had been subjected to Qin Jin's cold violence for more than 20 years, only thought that he was comforting her.
Qin Jin said with emotion: "Last night Zhuo Zhuo asked me why you treat me with such caution, like the employees of my company."
In fact, there is a big gap in the attitudes of the two. It's just that Zhuozhuo is young and inexperienced, so he can't accurately describe Qin Xi's awe, flattery, resistance and disgust towards Qin Jin, as well as Zhao Xian's guilt, pain and powerless expectations towards Qin Jin. He racked his brains and could only use employees who are somewhat similar as examples.
Zhuozhuo asked Qin Jin sadly whether their relationship would become like this when she grew up, and she didn't want that.
Qin Jin had experienced a cold family atmosphere himself and witnessed Qin Xi's twisted growth, so he naturally wouldn't let Zhuozhuo live in an unhealthy family. However, children have a natural sensitivity to adult emotions, and it can't be easily dismissed with simple acting.
However, as Qin Jin had said to Qin Xi before, he held no resentment or ill will toward either Zhao Xian or Qin Xi. His refusal to respond to them over the years was simply because he had grown accustomed to a life revolving around work and hobbies and didn't want to change. Now, for Zhuo Zhuo's sake, Qin Jin didn't mind actively sending friendly signals to improve his relationship with his mother and sister.
Qin Xi was skeptical. Her long-cherished wish was finally fulfilled, but she was not ecstatic. Instead, she felt confused and empty, as well as a sense of inexplicable grievance and resentment after being relieved of a heavy burden.
Unable to control his emotions, Qin Xi did not eat with everyone.
Zhuozhuo was carried by Qin Jin to sit in the child seat. She first asked Qin Jin's aunt why she didn't come to dinner. After getting the answer, she showed Zhao Xian a full smile and said with full energy: "Grandma, good morning!"
Zhao Xian, who was reading a newspaper, was stunned for a moment. The Qin family's family relationships were not harmonious. Even Qin Xi, whom she poured her heart and love into, quickly smoothed out his childish nature after he grew up a little, and rarely spoke so carefree and happily.
Zhuozhuo's simple greeting was like a ray of sunshine that pierced the dark clouds that had enveloped Zhao Xian's heart for decades. Zhao Xian was a little bewildered and didn't respond immediately. Zhuozhuo didn't care either. She turned to look at Qin Jin and, in a long, coquettish voice, asked for two glasses of juice.
It was inappropriate to say anything more at this time. Zhao Xian turned his attention to the newspaper again, and his focus was on the children as always.
Qin Jin did not refuse Zhuo Zhuo's request, "Finish the meal you need to eat. If you still have room to drink, I'll give it to you."
"Great!" Zhuozhuo cheered, put down the children's chopsticks with a click, and urged: "Father, feed me quickly, Dad, feed me quickly!"
Because of her previous frail health and Qin Jin's current pampering, Zhuozhuo still doesn't know how to eat on her own. However, after learning that normal kindergartens don't feed children, Qin Jin has been training Zhuozhuo to use chopsticks and a spoon, although he still can't help but feed her himself most of the time.
Qin Jin raised an eyebrow and began to feed Zhuo Zhuo skillfully. Just when Zhuo Zhuo was about to run out of food, he stopped and said, "Okay, that's enough. Do you want another glass of juice?"
Zhuozhuo touched his full stomach, looked at the juice eagerly, and said stubbornly, "Yes."
Qin Jin didn't say anything and placed the juice in front of Zhuo Zhuo. Zhuo Zhuo happily held the cup and drank two sips with all his might. Then, with a look of pain on his face, he said aggrievedly, "I can't drink any more. My stomach is full."
Zhao Xian found Qin Jin's tricks funny. She felt sorry for her own cub, so of course her stomach was full, because Qin Jin was observing her expression and deliberately fed her several more bites.
Normally, Qin Jin wouldn't let Zhuozhuo overeat, as it was bad for her health. But he also didn't want her to develop a bad habit of drinking too much juice with meals, so he just tricked her.
If Zhuozhuo ate by herself, Qin Jin would put the food on her plate, and he could tell at a glance how much was enough, which was difficult for him to do. But when Zhuozhuo asked Qin Jin to feed her, he had the final say on how much she should eat.
"What a pity." Qin Jin said sincerely while rubbing Zhuo Zhuo's belly, "It would be a waste if you can't finish it."
Zhuozhuo held the juice towards Qin Jin and said, "Daddy, drink it for me."
Qin Jin took the small cup and drank it slowly. Then he heard Zhuo Zhuo say in a baby voice, "Dad, I didn't drink the juice this time. Please put it on my account and I'll drink it tonight."
9972 secretly thought it was a miscalculation. It seemed Qin Jin's tactics had failed this time. Zhuozhuo was already intelligent, and after spending two months in the CEO's office, he was exposed to cunning people and a wealth of information. He had learned so much, and despite being a child, he often said things that surprised adults.
"Zhuozhuo is so smart." After praising his baby, Qin Jin said calmly, "But after you finish your meal, you feel uncomfortable after drinking two sips of juice. It seems that one sip is just right. What should I do? I can't keep putting it off. What's the difference between that and not being able to drink it?"
Seeing Zhuozhuo's distressed look, Qin Jin considerately offered a solution, "How about this, every time you finish a meal, drink an extra sip of juice. Dad will count how many sips there are in a glass of juice, and I'll give you that many meals."
Zhuozhu's eyes lit up, "Okay!"
Zhao Xian: “…”
9972: [……]
Qin Jin, don’t you feel guilty for plotting against a three-and-a-half-year-old child like this?
Qin Jin felt a pang of guilt and even made an agreement with Zhuo Zhuo that after school, he would see how many sips Zhuo Zhuo took to finish a glass of water. Zhuo Zhuo thought what her father said made perfect sense and nodded vigorously, completely forgetting that she was now picky about water and didn't like to drink it, nor did she realize why they couldn't just experiment with a glass of juice.
It was almost time, so Qin Jin checked Zhuozhuo's backpack and sent her to kindergarten. In the car, Qin Jin couldn't help but repeat his previous instructions, but seeing Zhuozhuo's excited expression, it seemed that she hadn't really listened. He sighed with some melancholy.
To be able to open a private kindergarten in just over a month, Qin Jin had used a lot of privileges and connections, and also sacrificed a lot of interests. However, the kindergarten ultimately missed the enrollment period, which was not a big deal. After all, Qin Jin was not doing it for money.
But Zhuozhuo is not the only one in the kindergarten.
The news that Qin Jin had grandly opened a kindergarten for his daughter had spread throughout the industry. Everyone in the industry was shocked, having never expected to hear gossip about a top bachelor for the first time, not about his rumored girlfriend, but about his daughter.
Qin Jin is truly worthy of being the man admired by countless peers since childhood. He has achieved success at a young age without making any noise!
Even though the child's biological mother hadn't been revealed yet, this news was enough to break countless hearts and minds, and it also led many people to find ways to get close to Qin Jin. Families with school-age children had all tried to enroll them in this kindergarten over the past month.
But Qin Jin didn't want the adults' interests to affect Zhuozhuo, so he didn't open the application for admission to the public.
Qin Jin screened through his own network of contacts, and found out those with children of the right age among his old acquaintances, friends and partners who were trustworthy. He then inquired about the children's character, and finally sent admission invitations to the parents of the children who were more satisfied.
Some people have already made plans for their children's development and are unwilling to change them at will, while some people give up the kindergarten they have originally decided on and send their children to Qin Jin.
Qin Jin's devotion to Zhuo Zhuo was astonishing; the term "daughter slave" wasn't enough to describe him. Fortunately, there were no supernatural powers in this world, or else many in the industry would have suspected Qin Jin had been possessed by Zhuo Zhuo.
It is said that a nouveau riche who had always wanted to marry his daughter to Qin Jin secretly called the police, saying that Qin Jin had changed so much that someone must have hypnotized him, or controlled him with addictive drugs, or threatened him with something.
The upstart asked the police to arrest the criminals who used illegal means and save Qin Jin, but the police speechlessly asked him to leave. The police did not understand Qin Jin and could not empathize with the upstart's shock. They just thought that it was natural for parents to love their children. This person was simply sick.
Not to mention that the nouveau riche couldn't believe Qin Jin's transformation, even 9972, who had been unilaterally entangled with Qin Jin for hundreds of years and had been watching Qin Jin and Zhuo Zhuo get along, couldn't quite understand why Qin Jin was so good to Zhuo Zhuo.
Among the adult hosts that 9972 had bound to before, there were also some who were as innocent and harmless as children, but Qin Jin did not show any special favor towards them.
Sometimes 9972 would think about how to write the mission report. It probably couldn't make any useful analysis and could only attribute the reason to the fact that perhaps Qin Jin just liked raising children, um... raising children like Zhuozhuo.
The car stopped at the kindergarten gate. Qin Jin carried Zhuo Zhuo out of the car, and the waiting head teacher immediately came to greet him. Zhuo Zhuo's homeroom teacher, Teacher Wu, said gently, "Hello Zhuo Zhuo, do you still remember me?"
Zhuozhuo tilted her head and said in a crisp voice, "You are Teacher Wu. Teacher Wu, I'm here to go to school!" She also took the initiative to reach out to Teacher Wu for a hug.
However, when Teacher Wu was about to take Zhuo Zhuo over with a smile, Qin Jin subconsciously leaned sideways to block it.
The head teacher and teachers were experienced professionals hired by Qin Jin at a high price. They were very familiar with this kind of situation and handled the situation naturally.
Teacher Wu didn't try to hug Zhuozhuo anymore. Instead, he took a half step back and stretched out a hand to Zhuozhuo. "Zhuozhuo, can I take you into the school?"
"OK."
After hearing Zhuozhuo's answer, Qin Jin put her on the ground and watched her take the initiative to walk over and hold Teacher Wu's hand.
Teacher Wu squatted down and looked Zhuo Zhuo in the eye. "Let's say goodbye to Dad."
Zhuozhuo turned around and waved to Qin Jin, saying childishly, "Goodbye, Dad. Go to the company."
Qin Jin also smiled and waved. Seeing Zhuozhuo jumping and skipping into the kindergarten with Teacher Wu, the smile on his face disappeared. The emotions that suddenly surged from the bottom of his heart made him almost open his mouth to call out to him.
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