"Gu Tingxiao has a daughter?"
After receiving Gu Manqi's call, Gu Jinwen was shocked. How could Gu Tingxiao have a three-year-old daughter?
"I saw it with my own eyes; Gu Tingxiao was holding that little girl very affectionately."
Are you sure?
"Uncle, I've already been fired, why would I joke with you?"
Because it was Gu Tingxiao who personally gave the order, the personnel department basically made a clean break, leaving no room for negotiation. Linda and Gu Manqi were fired by the Gu family that very day.
As a representative of a relatively strong branch of the Gu family, Gu Jinwen's ambition grew with his extensive observations. Dissatisfied with his own small territory, he constantly coveted the Gu family's gold mine.
Unfortunately, under Gu Tingxiao's management, the Gu family business was like an iron barrel, and he couldn't get involved at all. So even when he was assigning Gu Manqi a job, he could only arrange for her to be a minor logistics manager, and it took him a lot of effort to get that position.
I never imagined that this small, insignificant accident today would lead to its complete uprooting.
"Uncle, what should I do?"
Gu Manqi was both ashamed and angry. When she left Gu's Group, some people even said to her face that she was indeed not a real Buddha, yet she still had the nerve to swindle and deceive people in Gu's Group, acting as if she were royalty. She never expected that she was not a real royalty at all, but just a clown like her who was too busy to pay attention to President Gu. Today, she ran into President Gu's gun and lost everything.
"Don't worry, I'll handle this. You should rest and recuperate at home for a while."
Gu Jinwen's words sounded nice, but in reality, he had no intention of arranging any more jobs for Gu Manqi. It was her own stupidity. Who is Gu Tingxiao? He's a man who can make the whole of Ancheng tremble with a stomp of his foot. You've offended him, do you expect to have a good life in Ancheng?
Since that's the case, why should he bother?
However, the news that Gu Manqi brought him was still very important. He hadn't expected that Gu Tingxiao would have a daughter without anyone knowing. He had thought that because of his parents' situation, Gu Tingxiao would never get married or have children in his life.
It seems it's time to find an opportunity to visit the old house and see what's really going on.
***
"Sir, here's a phone call from the old house."
The morning sunlight filtered through the soft pink gauze curtains and fell on Xiao Anman's princess bed. At this moment, Xiao Anman was covered with a light yellow blanket, one little hand clenched into a fist and placed next to her pink cheek, her eyes closed, sleeping soundly.
Gu Tingxiao finished his regular training at the gym and took a shower early in the morning. As he passed through the living room, he heard the maid remind him that there was a phone call from the old house.
Today is neither the beginning nor the end of the month, nor is it a holiday, so why would the old house call?
"Bring it here."
Gu Tingxiao reached out and took the phone that the maid brought him.
"Hello."
"Can't you even call home? What, do you think we're too old to even be fooled?"
The old lady Gu spoke with a strong voice on the other end of the phone, and began to lecture Gu Tingxiao as soon as she heard his voice.
"Grandma, is something the matter?"
No matter what Madam Gu said, Gu Tingxiao neither refuted nor paid any attention to it. He only spoke after Madam Gu finished speaking.
"Can't I call you if there's nothing wrong?"
Grandma Gu has always been like this since he was a child. She didn't really expect that she could change Gu Tingxiao by saying a few words to him. The main purpose of her call today was not to teach Gu Tingxiao a lesson. She missed Xiao Anman.
"Where's An'an? Why didn't you bring An'an back? It's fine if you don't come back on your own, but we want to see An'an."
Thinking of Xiao Anman's adorable little face, Old Madam Gu's tone softened.
Thank goodness Xiao Anman diverted half of Madam Gu's attention; otherwise, her phone call today might very well have turned into an attempt to get Gu Tingxiao to go on a blind date.
Gu Tingxiao sighed and said, "Grandma, An'an is going to kindergarten now."
It means that there is no way to take An'an to the old house right now.
"Why send her to kindergarten? An'an is so young, can't you let her play more?"
Madam Gu wasn't against elite education, since the Gu family's children would eventually receive such an education. However, the thought that the sweet, soft, obedient little Anman might turn into a stoic person like Gu Tingxiao when he was young made Madam Gu very wary.
An'an is still so young. If she doesn't play around for a few more years, she'll become the second Gu Tingxiao once she's grown up.
Just thinking about that scene made Old Madam Gu very resistant.
There are no children who don't go to kindergarten, and the kind of kindergarten that Xiao Anman attends provides comprehensive early childhood education, develops children's potential, and expands their interests.
Gu Tingxiao had done his homework, because he had skipped grades all the way up and was used to not having a childhood. But like his mother, he also hoped that Xiao Anman could become more lively and be like other children his age. Even if she was a little spoiled and willful, it didn't matter; he could afford to raise her.
"Okay, I'll take An'an to the old house this weekend."
It's a good thing for An'an that Madam Gu likes her; having someone to care for her means having someone to love her.
That's more like it. Madam Gu was somewhat satisfied with the reply: "I had someone send some small toys to An'an. They should arrive today. Remember to show them to An'an."
The Gu family hadn't had such a tiny little one in a long time. When Old Madam Gu missed Xiao Anman, she couldn't resist getting many new and interesting little things for him.
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