Chapter 97 First Meeting with Mr. Bo
At the entrance of the Bo family's hall.
Bo Jinzhou took a step with his long legs, easily got off the scooter, and was about to enter the door.
But he was stopped by a childish voice: "Daddy, wait a minute, Zhizhi!"
Tao Zhi's small paws grasped the edge of the scooter, his dark and lively deer eyes blinked at the ground, and his little brows were tightly furrowed.
It’s so high, how can I get down?
Finally, the little fellow could only look at Bo Jinzhou with an innocent look, and pleaded pitifully: "Daddy, I can't get down..."
As he spoke, the little guy stretched out his short arms towards Bo Jinzhou: "Hold me~"
Bo Jinzhou's tall figure stood still, his deep eyes staring at the little bun not far away, as if he was thinking about something.
The air froze instantly.
One second.
Two seconds.
Bo Jinzhou took a few steps to reach Tao Zhi, but didn't reach out to hug her. Instead, he pushed up his glasses and slowly negotiated with the little girl, "I can carry you down, but you have to promise me one thing."
Little Taozhi tilted his head and asked, "What's going on?"
Bo Jinzhou said solemnly: "You can't call me dad."
At first he thought the little kid had just mistaken someone for someone else, but he didn't expect that the little kid would bark louder and louder.
If she keeps yelling like that, there will definitely be some misunderstanding.
"Hmm..." Tao Zhi scratched his head, "If not daddy, what else should I call him?"
This question stumped Bo Jinzhou.
He was stunned for a moment, and before he could speak, he heard little Taozhi ask innocently again, "Then can I call you mom?"
Bo Jinzhou: ...
Little Taozhi said to Bo Jinzhou: "Mom."
The air fell into dead silence again.
Little Taozhi watched the veins on Bo Jinzhou's forehead jump violently twice, and then he spoke to her, spitting out two words through gritted teeth: "Uncle."
Bo Jinzhou's gloomy face frightened little Tao Zhi so much that she took a step back. She raised her furry little head, carefully glanced at Bo Jinzhou's expression, and then whispered, "Zhizhi is not Daddy's uncle... Daddy, don't yell..."
The corner of Bo Jinzhou's mouth twitched.
Is that little bastard's head stuffed with straw? Why can't I understand what he's saying?!
"What I mean is that you can call me uncle, not me calling you uncle." Bo Jinzhou explained helplessly with his hand on his forehead.
He stretched out his big hand, held Tao Zhi's armpit and lifted her down. He let go only after little Tao Zhi stood firmly.
Little Taozhi said obediently, "Okay, Uncle Daddy."
Bo Jinzhou walked into the hall: "Remove the first two words."
Little Taozhi followed behind with his short legs: "Uncle Daddy."
Bo Jinzhou: "Remove the first two words."
Xiao Taozhi: "Uncle."
Bo Jinzhou breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally called the right one.
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The Bo family hall.
Because Mr. Bo admires ancient styles, most of the furniture in his home is made of high-quality wood, and the ancient style is strong everywhere.
There is a carved hollow wooden coffee table in the middle of the living room, with wooden chairs arranged on both sides. Sitting in the main seat is Bo Chengping, the current head of the Bo family.
The old man sat upright on a chair with the help of a wooden cane, his back straight and his temples gray, but he looked energetic and had none of the gloomy air of old age.
"Father." Bo Jinzhou called out with his head down.
Before Bo Chengping could speak, the middle-aged woman standing behind him, massaging his shoulders, smiled and spoke first: "Xiaozhou is back."
It was clearly a smiling face, but it seemed as if only the skin was smiling. The woman's sharp voice sounded inexplicably eerie, making people feel creepy.
The woman's name is Sun Linong, and she is Bo Jinzhou's stepmother. Bo Jinzhou's mother died of illness when he was one month old.
Bo Jinzhou called Sun Linong emotionlessly, "Stepmother."
"Who is this?"
Sun Linong's sharp eyes fell on Xiao Taozhi behind Bo Jinzhou, and she deliberately said, "Xiaozhou, you have such a big happy event and you didn't come back to tell me and your father! It's not good to hide such a cute little baby! Chengping, don't you agree?"
Upon hearing this, Bo Chengping's sunken eye sockets brightened slightly, and he also looked at the little guy behind Bo Jinzhou.
Caught off guard by being stared at by so many strangers, the little guy shrank back behind Bo Jinzhou in fear, his little fleshy hands tightly grasping the corner of the man's clothes.
"Mom, this child might have been picked up by my third brother from somewhere, and he's not of our Bo family's bloodline. Third brother, don't you agree?" The man sitting to Bo Chengping's right suddenly said meaningfully, "We have to make this clear, otherwise it would be bad to let Mom and Dad get away with it."
The man's name is Bo Yifan, the second son of Sun Linong and her ex-husband. His original surname was Liu, but he changed it after he followed Sun Linong into the Bo family. He is much older than Bo Jinzhou, and got married and had children earlier. He now has a ten-year-old son named Bo Xuanyu.
How could someone as smart as Bo Jinzhou not understand the meaning of Bo Yifan's words?
Bo Chengping said early on that if one wanted his father's inheritance, not only must one have the surname Bo, but also must have offspring, because he would only give the inheritance directly to his grandchildren.
From this, we can see how eager Mr. Bo is to have grandchildren.
That's why Bo Yifan got married and had children early on. The couple also wanted to have more children so that they could get more inheritance when the old man passed away.
But things went against their wishes. No matter how hard Bo Yifan and his wife tried, they still couldn't achieve their wish. So Bo Yifan could only try his best to make sure that Bo Jinzhou had no children.
"Second brother."
Bo Jinzhou called Bo Yifan, then raised his hand and patted Xiao Taozhi on the back, whispering, "It's okay, come out."
Little Taozhi then slowly moved half of her face out from behind Bo Jinzhou, and her round deer eyes timidly looked around.
Bo Chengping, who was sitting at the head of the table, suddenly spoke up and beckoned Tao Zhi, "Come here."
Little Taozhi shrank back immediately like a frightened little white rabbit. After a moment, she poked her head out again, only to see the old man still looking at her.
The little guy turned his head to look at Bo Jinzhou.
Bo Jinzhou nodded: "Go ahead."
Xiao Taozhi then slowly let go of his hand, and walked up to Bo Chengping with small steps.
She tilted her head and asked Bo Chengping, "Who are you?"
Everyone present held their breath.
No one has ever dared to speak to Mr. Bo like this!
Bo Chengping has a wide network of contacts and is very successful in both politics and business. Even the richest man in the Federation has to bow his head and call him "you" when he sees him. How dare this little kid who came from nowhere speak to him like that?!
Bo Jinzhou frowned slightly and secretly clenched his palms.
My father has always had a bad temper and is very clear about the distinction between elders and juniors. Will the little bun's words offend him?
But Sun Linong and Bo Yifan were laughing in their hearts, just waiting for the ignorant kid to be scolded by Old Man Bo and then kicked out of the Bo family!
(End of this chapter)
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