Chapter 57 You Can Only Have One Daughter: Me
She couldn't rest easy even while lying at home. She thought Xu Qingmin would be very busy, but his phone kept ringing.
"President Xu, don't you need to handle the merger and acquisition matters?"
"The information you provided is sufficient. Zhou Jian will accept our conditions. If my men can't handle this small matter, then they've been wasting their time. Bring your daughter out for a meal so we can formally introduce ourselves."
Have you seen my daughter?
"I saw it at Haoshan Villa, and I also saw it at the coffee shop."
Song Yilin recalled her daughter's words, so her daughter's dislike for him wasn't without reason; they had met, and she had a specific impression of Xu Qingmin that led to her dislike.
She doesn't want to marry Xu Qingmin, but if her daughter really dislikes Xu Qingmin, she might need to reconsider her relationship with him.
It's the weekend, and my daughter has nothing to do, so we'll go out for a meal to see why she doesn't like Xu Qingmin.
Bai Guanqun has become much more sensible recently, and we no longer need to specifically supervise her studies. She even studies on her own on weekends.
"Qunqun, why didn't you go to your classmate's house to study today?"
Bai Guanqun's eyes darted away: "Well, I had a fight with Xu Yijing, so I'm not going."
"What did you argue about?"
"It's nothing, just a disagreement, it's not a big problem, you don't need to worry."
"Um, Xu Yijing's brother, who is also Mom's boyfriend, invited you to have dinner together. Do you want to go?"
Bai Guanqun said indifferently, "Sure, why not? I want to eat something delicious. The restaurant you took us to at Qinghu last time was pretty good."
"Alright then, let's go to Qinghu Restaurant."
Xu Qingmin received the message and started preparing. He sounded good on the phone. Was he going to clear the area?
Imagine Song Yilin sending Xu Qingmin a message: "Children don't need to prepare anything special, just be like usual."
Xu Qingmin: Okay.
When Song Yilin and Bai Guanqun arrived, Xu Qingmin was talking to Gu Sibei.
Gu Sibei is a famous director who likes to make art films. When he runs out of money for art films, he makes commercial films. His commercial films are very profitable, but his art films always lose money. In the beginning, his wife funded them.
Upon seeing them, she pointed to Gu Sibei and introduced him: "Yilin, this is my brother-in-law, Gu Sibei. He happens to be having dinner here. Brother-in-law, this is my girlfriend, Song Yilin, and her daughter."
Gu Sibei looked at Bai Guanqun with excitement.
His eyes looked like a wolf eyeing meat.
Bai Guanqun was startled by that look and hid behind Song Yilin.
Xu Qingmin tugged at Gu Sibei: "What are you doing?"
Gu Sibei realized his rudeness and quickly explained, "I'm sorry, I was too excited. It's like this, I have a role for the female lead in a movie when she was a child, and I haven't been able to find a suitable actress. I think this child is very suitable, so I got a little excited."
Xu Qingmin pushed Gu Sibei away: "Don't you have something to do? Go talk to them. If Yilin and the children are interested in making a movie, we will talk to you."
Gu Sibei then remembered that he had already made an appointment, and immediately followed the waiter off the ship.
Xu Qingmin was still sitting on the same large ship he had been on before.
"Is this big ship yours alone?"
"For reception needs."
Xu Qingmin glanced at Bai Guanqun and Song Yilin and said, "Sorry, my brother-in-law was rude just now."
Xu Qingmin naturally exudes a kingly aura, making most people feel inferior in his presence. However, he seems unafraid of his daughter.
"It wasn't your brother-in-law who was rude, it was you who was rude."
Song Yilin scolded, "Guanqun, don't talk nonsense."
Xu Qingmin raised his hand to signal Song Yilin not to scold the child: "It's okay, your daughter is still young. There's no need to let her learn too many social skills so early. It's good for her to grow up happily."
Xu Qingmin tried to speak to Bai Guanqun in a very calm tone: "However, I want to know your understanding of what you mean by 'rude,' and where I was rude."
Xu Qingmin's tone was neither condescending nor deliberately ingratiating; it was similar to Gu Sinan's way of speaking.
"Director Gu was asking me the question, but you answered it for me. My mother hasn't even married you yet, and you're already eager to be my guardian. I really don't like that."
Song Yilin knew that her daughter's words were impolite, but she was even more surprised that no one would dare to speak to Xu Qingmin like that. She could speak to Xu Qingmin normally now, but when they first met, she had to serve him very carefully.
Song Yilin directly pinched Bai Guanqun's cheek; "Bai Guanqun, how dare you talk like that? You think you're so thick-skinned?"
Watching the mother and daughter interact like this, Xu Qingmin felt a strange sensation in his heart. It felt like he was having dinner with his wife and child, quietly drinking while his wife and child played around. It was as if his family was also among the myriad lights of other homes.
Xu Qingmin shook his head, shaking off these unruly thoughts. Bai Guanqun was Bai Ye's daughter; he wouldn't mistreat her, nor could he treat her as his own.
He knew that Song Yilin couldn't have children, and he didn't really crave a child. Song Yilin already had a child, and he was content as long as she had no regrets.
Xu Qingmin knew that Song Yilin was doing this because of his strict daughter, but he wouldn't criticize Song Yilin's parenting.
Xu Qingmin raised a glass to Bai Guanqun; "Guanqun, right? I want to apologize to you. I overstepped my bounds."
Bai Guanqun, with his arrogant face, said, "That's more like it."
Song Yilin placed a piece of food on her daughter's plate, then, thinking about how upset her daughter had been about Xu Qingmin rejecting Gu Sibei, asked, "Do you want to act in a movie?"
"If I want to act, will you let me act?"
Song Yilin pondered for a moment. She shouldn't have said this in front of Xu Qingmin, but the topic had already been brought up, and if she didn't continue, it would seem as if she was deliberately distancing herself from Xu Qingmin.
“Mom doesn’t know much about this circle. I’ve only heard that it’s quite chaotic. You’re so young to be entering such a big world of fame and fortune. Mom is worried about your safety.”
Xu Qingmin: "Actually, if Guanqun likes it, she can go. Gu Sibei is a very responsible director. If she wants to continue in the entertainment industry, she is the daughter of the Xu Group. No one will dare to touch her, so don't worry."
Song Yilin observed her daughter's expression; Bai Guanqun was against her marrying Xu Qingmin.
But Bai Guanqun was like a carefree child, eating heartily at the food on the table.
Perhaps she's overthinking it.
After dinner, Xu Qingmin took them home. Xu Qingmin was a fairly honest man; he maintained just the right distance in front of his daughter, neither overly intimate nor too distant.
When they got home, Song Yilin went to Bai Guanqun's room and said, "It seems like you don't dislike Xu Qingmin very much."
"It's alright, but I wouldn't say I like him. Anyway, remember this: you can date him, even if the whole world knows, it's fine, but you can't get married, and you can't have children. You can only have me as your daughter."
It's just a child's heart; she's probably worried that her mother will neglect her now that she has a younger brother or sister.
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