Wei Yutang hadn't spent much time with Chu Qing before, and ever since Chu Qing started to become a good father, he had always felt this sense of unease.
It seems that Chu Qing exists solely for Xia Xia. Everything he does is related to Xia Xia, and he ties everything he has to her, even losing himself in the process.
It wasn't until last night, when Chu Qing was drunk and acted spoiled and temperamental, that she seemed more like the person who had once made Wei Yutang's heart flutter.
"hold head high?"
For Xiaxia, what Wei Yutang said was a little profound.
A father isn't born a father, but he is a father from the moment he is born.
“Dad gets tired too, wants to rest, and has emotions. Before becoming your dad, his life might have been more exciting, but because he became your dad, he started to focus on loving you.”
Xiaxia understood what he meant and hugged the cushion to her chest, humming softly.
“Father, if you had been like this earlier, I wouldn’t have objected to you being with my father.”
In the past, Wei Yutang would never have wanted to tell Xiaxia these things, but today he was unusually curious about the reason.
Why? Who do you think is better than me?
His romantic history is blank except for Chu Qing, and his private life is also clean. He has never had any messy lovers or bed partners.
Even to put it modestly, Wei Yutang was outstanding among his peers or even older people, but he was belittled to the point of being relegated to the mud in front of his own son.
“My father is good in every way, except he doesn’t know how to love his dad. He’s not as good as Xiaxia. I want to find someone who loves my dad.”
Love is a broad word, and Xiaxia couldn't quite explain what it meant, only that she was certain that love was essential.
After saying this, Xiaxia threw away the cushion and wanted to go play in the back garden.
He only wanted his dad to hug him after waking up because he hadn't seen him all day yesterday; he didn't necessarily want to find him.
Hearing from my father that Dad was still resting, I decided to go outside for a stroll. As soon as I leaned out onto the balcony, I saw some beautiful flowers in the back garden.
Go pick two now and give them to Dad when he wakes up.
Wei Yutang followed behind Xia Xia, watching him furtively trim the roses, and asked the butler to bring over the tools.
"Put on gloves, roses have thorns."
"oh."
Xiaxia put on gloves and continued cutting; her father's presence did not affect her doing what she wanted in the slightest.
Xiaxia picked five of the prettiest roses, removed the thorns from their stems, and hugged the flowers to her arms, saying happily:
"I'm such a romantic kid."
Upon hearing this, Wei Yutang couldn't help but speak up to remind him:
"This kind of thing is more suitable to be done by one's partner."
Xiaxia waved his hand, already finding his father a nuisance after getting the flowers.
"I'm still young and don't have a partner. My favorite person is my dad, so I want to give this to him."
After saying that, Xiaxia stared at her father in front of her and felt a little embarrassed not to give him something in return for all the money he had spent on her.
After thinking it over, he casually picked a flower that he couldn't even see clearly, and stuffed it into Wei Yutang's hand.
"This is for you, you're welcome!"
Author's Note:
Xia Xia: Master of Balancing (or something similar)
Goodnight, everyone~
Chapter 17
After Xiaxia finished speaking, she glanced at the flower, which was not as pretty as the one she had chosen for her father.
It must have been blooming for a long time, as the edges of the petals are slightly yellow.
To cover it up, Xiaxia planned to pat it with her hand to make it look less shabby.
“Father, you are already an old man, so don’t look down on me for being old.”
After saying that, even Xiaxia herself realized that it didn't sound like a compliment. She coughed and was about to think about something else when she felt a sharp pain in her fingers.
"Ouch."
Upon closer inspection, it turned out that there was a bee hidden inside the petals of the flower. Xia Xia didn't realize it at first, until Wei Yutang came over and took her hand.
Although it didn't hurt much, Xiaxia still cried loudly after realizing she had been bitten.
"Father, it hurts so much, waaaaah!"
"Butler, prepare the car and take us to the hospital."
She had just pretended to be in a lot of pain, hoping her father would feel sorry for her, but now her eyes were wide open, and tears were hanging on her eyelashes, refusing to fall.
He initially wanted to refuse, but rather than go to the hospital to see where he had just been stung by a bee, he preferred to stay home and wait for his father to wake up.
Nothing is more important than running over and hugging Dad after he wakes up.
But then he thought that if he didn't let his father take him to see a doctor, his father would have to pay for the doctor to take him if something went wrong.
Okay, actually saving money for Dad is also very important.
Xiaxia sniffed as her father hugged her, and was about to check if her father's clothes were expensive enough to let her wipe her tears when Wei Yutang first wiped her nose with a tissue.
"Don't cry, the hospital is very close by, we'll be there soon."
Wei Yutang gently coaxed her. He never expected that such a thing could happen in his own garden, and that Xiaxia would shed so many tears.
He could guarantee that he hadn't taken his eyes off Xiaxia for a single second, but that didn't change the fact that he was crying loudly after being stung by a bee.
A child this age is really troublesome; it's hard to imagine how much effort Chu Qing usually has to put into taking care of him.
On the way to the hospital, Xiaxia held her hand tightly. When she saw the doctor, she stretched out her hand and found that it was slightly swollen from the bite.
Before, she was just whimpering and crying softly, pretending to be wronged, but now she's bursting into loud sobs.
"Father, it's swollen, boohoo."
Xiaxia sat on her father's lap, then turned her head and buried her head in her father's arms, not caring whether her father's clothes were expensive or not, and wiped her tears and snot all over her face.
Even Wei Yutang, who was always a germaphobe, couldn't care less about anything else at this point. He could only coax this little darling, and by the end, Xiaxia's voice was hoarse from crying.
The doctor disinfected and bandaged his bee sting wound. After it was done, Xiaxia secretly glanced at it, sniffled, and said in a tearful voice:
"Thanks."
In the hospital corridor, Wei Yutang received a call from his assistant, saying that a project at the company had encountered a problem and he needed to go back to resolve it.
This task is quite urgent, and the vice president can't handle it, so he has to do it.
Wei Yutang was about to discuss with Xia Xia whether he wanted to come to the company with him or have the driver take him home when he turned his head and saw that Xia Xia, who was leaning on his shoulder, had already fallen asleep.
I don't know if it was because she was tired from crying, but she slept quite soundly.
Once Xiaxia fell asleep, she lost her choice and could only go to the company with Wei Yutang.
So the employees of the Wei family had the opportunity to see their seemingly indifferent CEO Wei holding a human cub sleeping on his shoulder.
If you look closely, you can also see some marks on the shoulder.
Wei Yutang put Xiaxia to sleep in his lounge and instructed his secretary to call all the project leaders to the conference room.
It wasn't a particularly big deal, but it was a bit tricky to handle, and there were too many people involved, so no one except Wei Yutang dared to deal with it rashly.
Wei Yutang took out a clean set of clothes from the closet and glanced at Xiaxia, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, as he changed.
"President Wei, everyone has arrived."
The secretary's voice came from outside the door. Wei Yutang was afraid of waking Xia Xia, so he didn't answer. He went out and closed the door to the lounge before giving a soft "hmm".
"Have Xiao Li come and keep an eye on things; Xiaxia won't be able to sleep for long."
"Yes, Mr. Wei."
...
On the other side, Chu Qing woke up and tried to sit up by supporting himself on the bed, but he felt a tearing sensation coming from his head, which made him freeze in place.
"hiss……"
It really hurts; my head feels like it weighs a ton.
Chu Qing remained in that position for a long time until the dizzying sensation subsided.
Sitting there, it suddenly dawned on me that I wasn't actually in my own bedroom. After a moment of stunned silence, I instinctively tried to recall what had happened the night before.
Chu Qing drank too much last night, but he didn't forget nothing. On the contrary, he remembered everything quite clearly, including every single detail.
As soon as the party ended, he called Wei Yutang because he was worried that Xiaxia would make a fuss if she couldn't see him because it was too late.
Who would have thought that when Wei Yutang said he would come to pick him up, he actually agreed, almost as if possessed.
This was the first time Chu Qing had felt an urge to go crazy. Her slender fingers gripped the dark sheets tightly, and she fell back down, staring wide-eyed at the ceiling.
He gradually began to give up on himself, thinking, "If only I had known what would happen next."
Even if he gets so drunk he's practically a rag doll, he'll crawl back home no matter what.
She had clearly planned ahead, determined not to get too involved with Wei Yutang, as it wouldn't be good for anyone.
But after this incident, who would dare say that their relationship is completely innocent?
What kind of innocence? The innocence of being drunk and clinging to someone without letting go?
The scene of Wei Yutang holding him last night flashed through Chu Qing's mind, and even his fingertips felt hot.
After a long time of barely accepting this fact, he belatedly realized that he didn't smell very good. It was a pity that Xiaxia, that delicate little devil, didn't complain about him last night.
When I got out of bed, I saw only a pair of oversized slippers by the bedside. It goes without saying who the owner was.
Chu Qing walked to the bathroom door, intending to take a shower, when she realized she didn't have any clean clothes. After much hesitation, she couldn't stand herself like this, so she took out her phone and called Wei Yutang.
After listening to the report from the person in charge, Wei Yutang realized that the main reason for this incident was that they had not done a good job.
If it weren't for their negligence, I should be at home waiting for Chu Qing to wake up right now, instead of sitting here with them working overtime. My face was terribly dark, and the atmosphere in the entire conference room was tense.