Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
âYes, Iâm still staying at our old home. Weâll wait for you at home tonight. Take care of yourself. If you canât get a ride, call me and weâll pick you up.â Gu Shaoting nagged like an old man.
âAlright, thanks.â Shu Pan hung up after she said that.
Gu Shaoting looked at his phone after he was hung up on and smiled bitterly. The tables had really turned. As the CEO of a large corporation, when had he ever been hung up on? But he couldnât get angry. Besides, it also seemed pointless to get angry.
He arrived at the kindergarten and picked up his little princess.
âSweetie, Uncle Gu is taking you home today. Your mommy has something to do. Sheâll pick you up later, okay?â Gu Shaoting squatted down and said to Joy.
âMommy doesnât want me anymore?â Joyâs eyes turned red, like she was about to cry.
âNo, Mommy is just busy with something.â Gu Shaoting coaxed her with heartache as he helped her wipe her tears in a flustered manner.
âJoy, you havenât been to Uncle Guâs house, right? Uncle Guâs house is huge. I even have a turtle. Do you want to go and see?â Gu Shaoting played his trump card.
âReally? Is it a big turtle?â Joyâs attention was suddenly diverted.
âYes, letâs go. Uncle will take you for some dinner before we go home.â Gu Shaoting was relieved to finally see Joy smile.
âOkay, Uncle. It would be great if you were my father.â Joy said happily.
Gu Shaoting froze when he heard that. It turned out that the girl wanted badly for him to be her father. He had half a mind to tell his baby that he was her father.
However, he couldnât do that now as this thing required Shu Panâs approval. He planned to tell Shu Pan the truth soon and then acknowledge Joy.
âJoy, you can treat Uncle as your father. Tell me, what would you like to eat? Anything you want, Uncle will satisfy you.â Gu Shaoting promised Joy since Shu
Pan wasnât around.
Everything would usually be restricted when Shu Pan was around.
âReally? Yay!â Joy was so happy that she wanted to stomp her feet. âI want to eat French fries and play with Barbie dolls.â
âThatâs junk food, yeah? Your Mommy doesnât usually let you eat it.â Although Gu Shaoting wanted to spoil Joy, he still wouldnât let her eat things that were bad for her health. It was a matter of principle.
âUncle, just a little bit, okay? My kindergarten friends have all tasted it. Iâm the only who hasnât.â Joy said pitifully, making it hard for people to reject her.
Gu Shaoting gave in. He couldnât bear to see her eager little eyes, but he also had a condition. âYou must have some rice and vegetables first before we get you a small order of French fries, okay?â
âOkay, whatever you say, Uncle.â Joy looked like a penguin as she nodded and walked at the same time.
Gu Shaoting carried her into the car and then took her to dinner.
It was true that this mother and daughter were Gu Shaotingâs focus now. Even deals worth hundreds of millions of yuan werenât as important as them.
Joy chattered as they drove and told him everything that happened in school today. She seemed to have forgotten completely that her mother didnât have time to go home with her today.
Gu Shaoting listened to her carefully, adding a warm sentence every now and then.
Gu Shaoting was very happy. Joy was his daughter. He would dote on her and watch over her like a gardener tending to a delicate blossom.
She would take on his surname because she was his blood.
When they arrived at the restaurant, Joy also held Gu Shaotingâs hand tightly, worried that she would get lost in the crowd.
Gu Shaoting picked her up and carried her proudly..