Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Workaholic Dad 5
Although he had gotten up half an hour earlier, Qin Jin arrived at the company later than usual. Qian Wei and the secretaries watched Qin Jin walk out of the elevator holding Zhuo Zhuo. They were surprised for a moment, then asked if they wanted to hire a nanny to look after Zhuo Zhuo at the company.
"Is my family short of servants?" Qin Jin held Zhuozhuo in one hand and a large satchel, as big as a travel bag, in the other. "Secretary Sun, all plans after 4pm today are cancelled. Let Li Jing Restaurant deliver lunch. No bitter melon, honey, or tofu, Zhuozhuo doesn't like them."
Qian Wei shut up. He thought Qin Jin was forced by his family to take care of the baby himself, but it turned out that Qin Jin himself liked it very much.
When Qin Jin reached the office door, he remembered that Zhuozhuo had fallen here yesterday, and ordered, "Lay carpet on this floor, and cover the corners of the tables, chairs and cabinets to prevent Zhuozhuo from getting bumped."
Zhuozhuo shook his head and retorted, "I won't run around, I won't get bumped."
"But Dad and the uncles and aunts are walking around, so it's easy for them to bump into each other." Qin Jin said calmly, put Zhuozhuo on the sofa, and pointed to the side, "Add a cabinet here to store Zhuozhuo's things."
Zhuozhuo remembered something and jumped off the sofa to grab the big bag, "Dad, it's time to drink some water!"
She took out two red, big-bellied bird-shaped water bottles, one large and one small, and said enthusiastically, "I'll go fill some water for Dad!"
"Oh, okay, thank you, my dear." Qin Jin took out the things from his big bag. "Secretary Li, go follow Zhuo Zhuo and make sure she doesn't get scalded by the hot water."
"Okay, President Qin." Secretary Li walked over to Zhuozhuo, suppressed his excitement, and said gently, "Miss Zhuozhuo, I'll take you to the tea room. Do you need me to get you a water bottle?"
Zhuozhuo raised his head and smiled, "No, I can get it myself. Thank you, Sister Li."
Wow, this is so cute! Secretary Li was so adorable that she almost wanted to take out her phone and take ten photos in a row.
Arriving at the tea room, Zhuozhuo filled her water bottles with the help of Secretary Li, then strapped them on her back, one on each side. She excitedly ran back to the office. Seeing Qin Jin take a sip of coffee, her eyes lit up, "Dad, what is this? I want some too!"
"You're still young, you can't drink this." Qin Jin took the water bottle away and rubbed Zhuozhuo's head. "Zhuozhuo, go play over there on the sofa. Look, there's a mechanical puppy."
Zhuozhuo didn't even look back. He stood on tiptoe on the desk, staring at the coffee cup eagerly, "I want to drink."
Qin Jin didn't try to reason with Zhuo Zhuo anymore. He picked up the coffee cup and drank it all in one gulp, then showed her the bottom of the cup, "No more."
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Zhuozhuo was stunned for a second, slowly opened his mouth, and burst into tears with a cry of "Ah".
Now it was Qin Jin's turn to be stunned. He hadn't expected the child to be so easily teased. He quickly carried Zhuo Zhuo to the desk, wiped her tears and apologized softly, "It's all Daddy's fault, but Zhuo Zhuo really can't drink coffee."
He tried to coax her for a long time, but it was no use. Qin Jin was very upset, but he also thought Zhuozhuo was very cute when he saw her looking up at the sky with her mouth wide open crying. He couldn't help but curl his lips, and Zhuozhuo happened to see it again.
Zhuozhuo cried even louder, her tears piercing her heart. After all, she had only been crying to protest earlier, but now she was truly angry and heartbroken.
It was the first time Qin Jin had seen Zhuozhuo cry so hard. Worried that she might be hurting herself, he quickly called Secretary Zhou to make her another cup of coffee. Seeing that Zhuozhuo's crying had subsided, Qin Jin simply held her and followed Secretary Zhou, watching her do it.
Perhaps because she was distracted by the coffee-making process, Zhuozhuo's crying gradually subsided, with only a humming sound from time to time. However, when Qin Jin brought the finished coffee for her to smell, Zhuozhuo suddenly burst into tears again, crying very sadly.
Qin Jin thought that he was not holding the coffee steady and Zhuozhuo was scalded by the coffee. He put the coffee down and checked Zhuozhuo's hands and legs, but there were no signs of burns.
Secretary Zhou was getting very anxious, worried that Qin Jin would get angry, and kept explaining to Zhuo Zhuo that this cup of coffee was the same as the previous one. Zhuo Zhuo covered his ears, hid his head in Qin Jin's arms, and hiccuped.
Even 9972 panicked and said softly, "Baby, what's wrong? Can you tell me, baby?"
Qin Jin pinched Zhuozhuo's waist to make her stand up straight, and patted her back gently, "Zhuozhuo, don't cry first, tell Daddy what you did wrong, okay? Daddy is too stupid to think of it."
Zhuozhuo covered his eyes and said intermittently: "I don't want it, I don't want this cup."
Secretary Zhou and 9972 were still confused. It was clearly Zhuozhuo who asked for this cup of coffee. Even if he didn't want it anymore, he could just say so. He couldn't cry like this.
Qin Jin had a flash of inspiration and said patiently, "Okay, we don't want this cup. This cup of coffee is obviously different from the one just now. Dad has already drunk up that cup. There is no more left. How can Dad ask someone to make a new cup to trick Zhuozhuo? Dad was wrong. Zhuozhuo, please forgive Dad, okay?"
After she finished speaking, Zhuozhuo's crying gradually stopped. She hugged Qin Jin's neck and said aggrievedly: "No, it's different."
"Yes, it's different. Dad was wrong, Dad was bad, Dad apologized to Zhuozhuo, can Zhuozhuo forgive Dad?" Qin Jin's tone was unspeakably gentle. The secretaries who were usually so busy with work that they wanted to vomit and bang their heads against the wall, now wished they could bang their heads against the wall for him.
Zhuozhuo, who was being coaxed, didn't get the cold CEO's gentle charm at all. He said angrily, "Dad has to promise that he won't lie to Zhuozhuo again before I can forgive you."
Qin Jin covered his chest and said exaggeratedly, "Zhuozhuo's crying is breaking my heart. Daddy will never lie to Zhuozhuo again, and I won't drink coffee anymore, okay?"
Zhuozhuo didn't know the value of this promise. After thinking for a while, he said reluctantly, "Okay, I forgive Dad."
"Thank you, Zhuozhuo."
Qin Jin carried Zhuo Zhuo back to the office to wash his face, leaving the secretaries and assistants in a daze. Was this still the same cold-blooded, heartless, money-making workaholic they'd always been, with only work and profit in his sight, who treated neither his employees nor himself as human beings?!
Qian Wei, who was the most receptive, was still wondering why Zhuozhuo was crying and how he was coaxed into stopping. Secretary Li, who was standing next to him, said, "I know. My four-year-old nephew's candied haws dropped. He refused to accept the new, bigger one and kept crying for the one that fell on the ground. It wasn't until another seven-year-old niece put the candied haws on the wooden stick that he finally agreed."
Secretary Li concluded, "Children don't think logically. They don't think two identical things are the same. In their eyes, this is this, and that is that. Even if there's no difference, they're two completely different entities. It's pure."
The others suddenly realized what was happening, and Secretary Li was filled with regret. "Why didn't I think of that just now? I missed out on such a great opportunity!"
After crying so hard, Qin Jin was still worried that Zhuozhu was in a bad mood. Unexpectedly, when she saw the mechanical puppy, she immediately revived and played with it for the whole morning without getting bored.
This mechanical puppy is a gold medal-winning work from the laboratory invested by Qin Jin in this year's international competition. It is a companion robot with many functions. He specially found it from home this morning to entertain Zhuozhuo.
Qin Jin only demonstrated to Zhuozhuo how to talk, sing, and recognize words by looking at pictures, but by lunchtime, Zhuozhuo had already figured out how to play interactive ball-throwing, race running, and play cartoons. After Zhuozhuo finished showing off his puppy skills, Qin Jin gently praised him, "Zhuozhuo is so smart."
Seeing Zhuozhuo still looking at him expectantly, Qin Jin continued knowingly, "The puppy is also very powerful."
Zhuozhuo corrected, "His name is Wangwang, and he's my good friend."
Qin Jin set the table and said, "Your friends are amazing. Zhuozhuo is about to eat, could you please ask Wangwang to wait on the sofa for a while?"
"Sure!" Zhuozhuo led the robotic dog Wangwang to the single sofa, lifted it up and laid it flat, covering it with a thin blanket. He then said in a baby voice, "Wangwang, you're tired and you don't have anything to eat. You need to sleep. I'll charge you when we get home."
The robotic puppy recognized the voice command, turned off the indicator light and went into sleep, just like it was sleeping obediently.
Qin Jin found it interesting and deliberately asked, "Why do you need to charge it?"
"Because human babies need to eat, and robot babies need to charge, and charging is like eating!" Zhuozhuo answered with a powerful voice, repeating the words 9972 had used to coax her. 9972 was terrified, afraid that Zhuozhuo would reveal it too.
Fortunately, Qin Jin didn't ask any more questions and called Zhuo Zhuo over to feed him.
After dinner, Zhuozhuo quickly felt sleepy, and 9972 quickly emphasized to her that she must not tell anyone about its existence, otherwise it would disappear and her wish would not be fulfilled.
Zhuozhuo didn't want 9972 to disappear, and he also wanted to stay with his parents forever. He was so scared that he covered his mouth and nodded repeatedly.
Qin Jin carried Zhuo Zhuo to the bed in the lounge and scratched her little face. "Why are you so startled?"
Zhuozhuo opened his eyes wide and didn't dare to speak, as if he was sleepy and stupid.
"Okay, go to sleep." Today's work schedule was tight. Seeing that Zhuozhuo didn't want him to accompany her, Qin Jin covered her with a blanket and went out to work.
In the lounge, 9972 comforted Zhuozhuo, "Don't be afraid, baby. If you start to speak out, I'll remind you. Don't worry."
After coaxing him for a long time, Zhuozhuo finally felt relieved, yawned and fell asleep.
Zhuozhuo went to bed early today and woke up at just after three o'clock. After waking up, Zhuozhuo had forgotten about 9972 scaring her. After washing her face, she started playing with the mechanical puppy. After playing for a while, Qin Jin picked her up and said, "Zhuozhuo, say goodbye to Wangwang. We are going to the mall."
Zhuozhuo was reluctant to leave. She pointed at the mechanical puppy that was looking at her with electronic eyes and said, "Daddy, Wangwang wants to go too."
"Then let's go together." The shopping mall that Qin Jin was going to did not have a lot of customers, and Wangwang also had automatic following and alarm functions, so it was not troublesome to bring him along.
However, just as they arrived at the mall, before they had time to go shopping, Qin Xi called, "Brother, I heard you brought Zhuozhuo to work today? Do you want to meet Zhuozhuo's biological mother?"
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