Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Workaholic Dad 20
The next day, Xue Xiaoting arrived as scheduled and was warmly greeted by Zhuo Zhuo, who had been waiting excitedly by the fountain since early morning. "Sister Tingting, you're here! I missed you so much!"
Zhuozhuo's voice was sweet. He went up and hugged Xue Xiaoting's legs and kissed her hard.
Not only was Qin Xi, who was entrusted with an important task, a little jealous, but 9972 also looked jealous and said sourly: "Baby likes Sister Tingting so much."
It had never seen Zhuozhuo get familiar with anyone so quickly. When dancing last night, Zhuozhuo almost fell in love with Xue Xiaoting at first sight. Originally, the little guy was like a little sea king, but after seeing Xue Xiaoting, he just stayed around her.
Is it because Xue Xiaoting is beautiful? Or is it because she is the female lead?
Zhuozhuo said childishly: "Sister Tingting looks like mom!"
9972 was speechless. Actually, Xue Xiaoting and Yanyan's mother didn't look alike, but they both had a similar aura of cool, confident, strong women. 9972 suddenly realized that Qin Xi and Zhao Xian also had this aura to a certain extent. No wonder Zhuozhuo accepted them so easily.
Xue Xiaoting also liked Zhuozhuo very much. After handing the gifts she had brought to the housekeeper and Qin Xi, she leaned over and picked up Zhuozhuo. She was very strong. She had easily held Zhuozhuo for more than ten minutes last night. Now, she carried her for several hundred meters into the villa without even losing her breath.
Zhuozhuo shouted, "Dad! Grandma! Sister Tingting is here!"
Zhao Xian still wanted to see Xue Xiaoting's attitude to infer whether her son had any hope of finding a partner. After Zhuozhuo left to wait for someone, she was already sitting on the sofa in the living room, drinking three cups of tea. Zhao Xian smiled and greeted the person, speaking to her kindly.
Xue Xiaoting also smiled and chatted, giving Zhao Xian the gift she had prepared. She was graceful and generous, and her attitude seemed friendly, but in fact it was polite and distant, which was the usual social interaction style for people like them. Only when she saw Zhuozhuo or talked about Zhuozhuo did Xue Xiaoting's smile become genuine.
Zhuozhuo had already diligently brought all his toys to Xue Xiaoting and began to introduce them to her, "This is Wangwang, a little puppy. Daddy gave it to me."
She suddenly remembered that her father had not spoken to Sister Tingting yet, so she shouted again, "Dad, look over here."
Qin Jin was working on the computer next to the floor-to-ceiling window. He looked over when he heard this and said in a gentle voice, "Zhuozhuo's sister Tingting is here. Welcome. Don't be shy and have fun with Zhuozhuo." It was like a parent greeting his child's peers, but Qin Jin and Xue Xiaoting were of the same year, so it seemed a bit weird.
Even though the two of them had been at odds since childhood, Qin Jin had a cold personality and had not argued with Xue Xiaoting for more than ten years after he had passed the competitive age. Now that he really couldn't help it, he started to sarcastically attack her.
The reason is very simple. Qin Jin feels that Xue Xiaoting has stolen Zhuo Zhuo's attention.
Xue Xiaoting looked over with a half-smile and said, "I will definitely take good care of Zhuozhuo, don't worry."
Zhuozhuo couldn't hear the hidden meaning in their words and nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, Dad, you go to work, and I'll play with Sister Tingting. You don't have to worry about us."
Xue Xiaoting immediately said, "Zhuozhuo, we're on the first floor and the noise will still disturb Dad. Can we go to your room to play?"
"good!"
Qin Jin: “…”
Zhuozhuo didn't notice his father's sadness and loneliness. He led Xue Xiaoting to the elevator and said considerately, "Sister Tingting, we don't need to climb the stairs. It's not tiring to take the elevator."
When they reached the third floor, Zhuozhuo didn't enter the room immediately. Instead, he asked Xue Xiaoting, "Sister Tingting, which room do you want to see first? I have a room for toys, a room for a bed, and a room for sleeping."
Xue Xiaoting was puzzled. The room with the bed was separate from the bedroom. Could it be that the little one had too many beds, so there was a separate room for the bed? She smiled and said, "Then let's take a look at Zhuozhuo's bed first."
Zhuozhuo took Xue Xiaoting into the children's room. It was decorated in a dreamy way, a perfect combination of a tranquil starry sky and childlike playfulness, vitality, and a pastel pink. It was hard to believe such a combination until you saw it with your own eyes. However, there was only one bed in it, and the room clearly showed no signs of regular use.
Xue Xiaoting realized she had misunderstood. Instead of asking directly, she said, "Can I see the room where Zhuozhuo sleeps?"
Zhuozhuo didn't agree immediately, "I need to ask my dad."
Before Xue Xiaoting could react, Zhuozhuo had already leaned over the railing and shouted, "Dad! Sister Tingting wants to see the room where you sleep, is that okay?"
At that moment, the air was silent. The smile on Xue Xiaoting's face broke. She looked at Qin Jin on the first floor and said, "So you live with Zhuo Zhuo, hehe."
Qin Jin, acting like a doting parent, said gently, "Of course, this is Zhuozhuo's home. Zhuozhuo can take his friends anywhere they want to visit. But we need to get permission from Auntie and Grandma to visit their rooms and belongings."
"Okay, thank you, Dad!" Zhuozhuo shouted like a folk song, then took Xue Xiaoting's hand, pushed open Qin Jin's room next door, and said happily and proudly, "Ding ding ding, doesn't it look good? This is the decoration I chose for Dad, and it's the same as my room, a parent-child room!"
Xue Xiaoting looked in surprise at the starry sky-themed room, which was definitely not Qin Jin's style, and the two nest-like beds, one large and one small, and completely realized how important Zhuo Zhuo was to Qin Jin.
The bedroom is everyone's most private space. Qin Jin actually decorated it according to Zhuo Zhuo's preferences and allowed Zhuo Zhuo to live in it, which means that he tacitly agreed that Zhuo Zhuo could arbitrarily ask him to make any changes or share any of his belongings.
This kind of situation is rare, not to mention in wealthy families where family affection is weak, even in ordinary well-off families, right? After all, as long as they have the conditions, parents tend to sleep in separate rooms with their children and hire a nanny to look after them.
Zhuozhuo, unaware of Xue Xiaoting's feelings, even took her on a tour of the bathroom and cloakroom. The bathroom had two toilets, one large and one small, and two washbasins, one tall and one short. In the cloakroom, Zhuozhuo's clothes had already surpassed Qin Jin's in just six months.
Xue Xiaoting could only sigh that Qin Jin truly loved Zhuo Zhuo. Perhaps he would never love another person like this again in his life, not even his future partner. She kissed Zhuo Zhuo's little cheek and said with a smile, "After thirty years, I finally found Qin Jin's weakness."
If Qin Jin offends her in the future, she will come to play with Zhuo Zhuo and make Qin Jin jealous.
Zhuozhuo tilted her head, not understanding what was said, but that didn't stop her from praising her father. She said with full energy, "Dad has no weaknesses. Dad is the most powerful man!"
"Yes, yes, Zhuozhuo is right." Qin Jin is a man without weaknesses, but he is a father with weaknesses.
Zhuozhuo and Xue Xiaoting played in the toy room until lunchtime, and she eagerly invited them to stay and eat together. She diligently took care of Xue Xiaoting at the table, recommending dishes to Xue Xiaoting like a little adult, asking her if she wanted soup or juice, and whether the food was to her liking...
Qin Xi and Zhao Xian also had subtle thoughts and expressed their affection for Xue Xiaoting. As a result, the four of them were all happy and cheerful, like a loving family. The cold-faced Qin Jin seemed like an outsider who didn't fit in.
After dinner, Zhuozhuo shook her little head, skipping her nap and earnestly inviting Xue Xiaoting to the audio-visual room to watch TV together. She was no longer craving cartoons and let Xue Xiaoting choose, recommending various DVDs to her.
Xue Xiaoting was amused and laughed continuously. While choosing, she observed Zhuozhuo's reaction and finally chose the one she liked to look at.
Downstairs, Qin Jin glanced at the ineffective Qin Xi, then at Zhao Xian, and suddenly said slowly to the housekeeper, "Zhuozhuo hasn't eaten enough. Prepare some fruit for her."
Zhao Xian: “…”
Qin Xi: “…”
The two looked at each other, bewildered. Why did they prepare fruit? In order to help Zhuozhu develop a habit of eating well, even if she was upset and didn't eat enough, Qin Jin would not prepare extra fruit snacks for her. Instead, he would let her eat when she was hungry and talk to her while she ate.
Did the sun rise from the west today?
After a while, when they saw Qin Jin personally carrying a fruit plate to the audio-visual room, Zhao Xian and Qin Xi realized that he was jealous. He felt that the little cotton-padded jacket was not fitting well today, so he went to show off and make his presence felt!
Alas!
In the audio-visual room, Zhuo's biological clock began to work. She sat unsteadily, her little head nodding non-stop. When she saw Qin Jin coming up, she subconsciously opened her arms and said, "Daddy, hold me."
Qin Jin immediately held Zhuo Zhuo in his arms, let her little head rest on his shoulder, and gently patted her back with one hand.
Seeing this, Xue Xiaoting whispered, "Then I'll leave first. I'll come see Zhuozhuo next time."
Qin Jin was about to nod when Zhuozhuo, who was about to fall asleep, suddenly turned around with a start and said, "Sister Tingting, don't leave. Why don't you stay at my house? You can sleep with my dad. His bed is bigger."
Xue Xiaoting smiled and said, "Not now, baby, I still have things to do."
"Then when can you live in my house?"
"Not at any time. Only your future mother can live with your father."
Zhuozhuo knew all this, and she asked innocently, "Then when can you be my mother, Tingting's mother?"
"That's not okay, baby."
Zhuozhuo didn't insist. He said "Oh" in disappointment and leaned drowsily on Qin Jin's shoulder. "Will you come to play with me again?"
"Of course, Zhuozhuo and I are good friends."
"Hmm, hmm." Zhuozhuo closed her eyes and was about to turn off the power, but she still forced herself to say in her mind: "Why can't Sister Tingting be my mother." It can be seen that she missed it very much.
9972 didn't answer immediately. After Zhuozhuo fell asleep, he gave his own answer: "Because Xue Xiaoting is the heroine and Qin Jin is the villain, the heroine will only be with the hero."
After coming to this world for more than half a year, 9972 has never told Zhuozhuo about the plot and missions of the original book, because it is bound to Zhuozhuo as its host. A big part of the reason is that it is kind-hearted and wants to help this poor child, and it never expects her to complete the mission.
9972 only wanted Zhuozhuo to stay with her target for a while longer, to earn basic survival points. After about three or four thousand worlds, she would have enough points to heal her body. She would then use her own points to help Zhuozhuo stay alive until the day before his death, allowing him to continue living in good health.
However, the interaction between Zhuozhuo and Xue Xiaoting gave 9972 a bad feeling.
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