Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
âOkay, Uncle will come back as soon as heâs done.â Gu Shaoting made a pinky swear with Joy.
After Gu Shaoting left, Shu Pan took Joyâs temperature again. Fortunately, her fever was almost gone.
Shu Panâs heart ached as she looked at her daughterâs haggard and pale little face.
She didnât know if she had made a mistake because when Joy was at her weakest, she called out âDaddyâ.
To her, âDaddyâ was a very unfamiliar but sacred term.
Shu Pan looked at Joyâs bright and innocent eyes and felt a little confused.
âJoy, do you miss Daddy?â
âYes, Daddy can piggyback me on his shoulders so Iâm very high up. Doesnât every child have a daddy? Why isnât Joyâs Daddy home yet?â
Joy had a disappointed look on her face.
Shu Panâs eyes reddened. She almost blurted out that her daddy was right in front of her.
âYour Daddy is just busy with work. He also loves Joy very much.â Shu Pan used her usual perfunctory reason on Joy again.
She didnât know how long this reason would last.
âMommy, why canât Uncle Gu be my Daddy?â Joy asked innocently.
âWhy do you want Uncle Gu to be your Daddy?â Shu Pan asked. She had no idea that Joy would think that after just a month.
âI think Uncle Gu feels like Daddy. Heâs also handsome. He picks me up from school and buy me lots of fun things.â Joy counted with her fingers as she gave her reasons.
Shu Pan didnât expect Joy to switch sides to Gu Shaotingâs after just a month.
âMommy got it.â Shu Pan replied softly.
Gu Shaoting went into office with a cold face. Secretary Zhang immediately summoned everyone for the senior management meeting.
Although he didnât know what happened, he still shunned Gu Shaoting when he saw his face.
In the meeting room, all the senior managers sat upright and waited for the CEO to speak.
Everyone was on tenterhooks, worried that they would be scolded, when they saw the CEOâs dark face.
Fortunately, the meeting ended in less than an hour.
Back in his office, Gu Shaoting stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows again.
He couldnât figure out why Shu Pan didnât want to see him when others clamor for an opening in his calendar to meet the respectable head of Gu Corporation.
For the first time in his life, he felt neglected, and it was a very unpleasant feeling.
Secretary Zhang was in his room to pick up some documents when Gu Shaoting called out, âSecretary Zhang, if a woman says youâre an a* *hole, how will you try to please her and make her change her mind about you?â Secretary Zhang looked at Gu Shaoting strangely.
âItâs not me. Itâs my friend. Iâm just asking.â Gu Shaoting was not a very good liar.
Secretary Zhang guessed that his boss was having problems with Shu Pan, so he answered carefully, âI see. Sometimes women can be unreasonable.â Gu Shaoting nodded in agreement as if he had met a soulmate.
Secretary Zhang then said, âHowever, women are soft-hearted creatures. Sheâll be fine if you coax her a little.â
Hearing Secretary Zhangâs answer, Gu Shaoting tried to recall. He had indeed never spent any effort to coax a woman in his life. He didnât know how to coax a woman at all.
Secretary Zhang silently tried to figure out what his boss was thinking and only spoke when the time was right..