Xia Xingchen had asked Chi Weiyang if she could use her kitchen. The moment she knew that both were on their way, Chi Weiyang was already waiting for them downstairs. Upon seeing her and Yu Zenan, gossip was written all over her eyes.
When Chi Weiyang was in the kitchen preparing the food with her, she could not help but ask, “Is there something between both of you?”
“We are just friends.” Xia Xingchen’s reply was very honest.
“If both of you are just friends, would you still come over and make lunch for him? Do I look as if I am the type to be easily deceived?”
“I got my job all thanks to him.”
“Him?” Chi Weiyang looked outside the kitchen. Yu Zenan was watching the television in the living room; however, he did not sit lazily as he always does in front of Xia Xingchen. Instead, he sat upright and looked very elegant. He immediately got into Chi Weiyang’s good book.
“Wasn’t the President the one who let you work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?”
Upon mentioning him, Xia Xingchen recalled the incident at the golf field and a complicated look flashed past her face. She shook her head and said in a faint voice, “It has nothing to do with him.”
…
Six o’clock in the afternoon.
Bai Yeqing told Leng Fei to cancel the event at the Ministry of Finance and went back to President’s Manor.
“Mr. President, do you want to eat now? The food is already ready.”
The butler came up to him and asked.
Bai Yeqing folded his sleeves up and looked at his watch. He asked in a cold and deep voice, “Where’s Miss Xia?”
“Miss Xia isn’t back yet.”
He furrowed his eyebrows. “Let’s wait a little longer then.”
“Yes.” The butler nodded.
Xia Dabai came down the stairs donned in his home clothes and furry slippers. He looked at his father who was sitting on the sofa reading his documents. He immediately noticed that the President was in a bad mood today.
“Dad.” He carefully sat closer to him with both of his legs crossed on the sofa.
“Sit properly.” His gaze glanced past Xia Dabai.
He gave an ‘oh’ before quickly putting down his fair legs from the sofa and slip his feet into his slippers again.
“Little Bai, are you waiting for Big baby to come back to make you dinner?”
“….No!” His facial expression darkened as he denied.
“Really?”
“You are so long-winded.” He despised Xia Dabai.
Xia Dabai raised his eyebrows. “If you are waiting for Big baby, forget about it. It’s already so late. Big baby must have forgotten about making dinner for you.”
Bai Yeqing’s expression immediately worsened and his gaze on the documents froze.
“Little Bai, let’s eat, alright? Please?”
It was not until then that Bai Yeqing realized that this rascal must have been hungry. He ordered, “Butler, serve the dishes!”
In the end, Dabai was the only one munching on his chicken at the dining hall. Bai Yeqing, on the other hand, was sitting on the sofa and had glanced at his watch for the third time already.
The butler came over and invited him to eat his dinner. “Mr. President, no matter what, you should still eat a little.”
“You don’t have to care about me.”
“How about I ask the kitchen staff to make some soup for you?”
“No need. I have no appetite.”
Since he was so persistent, the butler did not say anything further and silently backed away.
…
A while later.
The telephone in the bungalow rang. The maid immediately answered it and walked towards the dining hall. “Little master, Miss Xia called and wants you to answer it.”
Xia Xingchen was the caller?
Bai Yeqing looked at the telephone and thought for a while before putting it to his ears.
“Dad, Big baby asked me to answer it!” Xia Dabai happened to come out and ran over.
Bai Yeqing’s face darkened; however, he still passed the phone over unhappily. “I took it to pass it to you.”
“Oh, really?” Xia Dabai was very suspicious about it.
Bai Yeqing did not look at him and went upstairs with a sour expression.
………….
“Big baby.”
“Have you taken a bath?” asked Xia Xingchen.
“Hmm, I have already bathed and I smell really nice now.” While Xia Dabai answered her question, he lowered his head and smelt his arms. “Big baby, why are you not home yet?”
“Mommy won’t be coming home tonight.”
“Huh? You already went on a date with that uncle this morning, must you date at night, too?”
“Of course, not.” Xia Dabai gave a light chuckle. “I am spending the night at your godmother’s house.”
“I see. In that case, you can accompany my godmother. But…” Xia Dabai seemed to have recalled something and raised his eyes to look upstairs. “Big baby, if you are not coming home tonight, does that mean that Dad will not have dinner tonight?”
“What do you mean by dinner?” Xia Xingchen was curious and suspicious.
“Didn’t you wake up early today to prepare dinner for Dad? Dad has been waiting and still has not eaten dinner yet!” It was already seven-plus in the evening!
Xia Xingchen was at a loss. “I did not have the intention to prepare dinner for him though?”
“No? But Dad said that…”
“I prepared all of that this morning because I wanted to cook for the uncle I was supposed to meet today.”
Oh no. It seemed that this was a big misunderstanding.
Poor Daddy~
He waited for a day and yet… it was his wishful thinking.
When Xia Dabai was pitying Little Bai, he suddenly heard a ‘kacha’ sound on the phone.
Xia Xingchen froze.
This was clearly the sound of someone putting down the phone.
But the phone line was not cut off.
It could only be…
“Big baby, I think… Dad overheard our conversation over the phone upstairs.”
“…”
Xia Dabai felt even more sorry for Dad. After he put down the phone, he quickly called someone. “Uncle butler! Uncle butler!”
“Little master, you seem to be in a hurry. What happened?”
“Quickly ask the kitchen staff to prepare a few dishes and send it upstairs. He definitely won’t be coming down again today.”
To be the one having wishful thinking was an extremely embarrassing thing. Dad was a prideful person and must definitely feel very shameful now. He definitely would not dare to come downstairs again.
The butler did not know what happened and could only nod his head. “Oh, alright. I will prepare now.”
…
After she hung up the call, she sat next to Chi Weiyang on the bed. Xia Xingchen could not understand why he had to secretly hear their conversation.
“You have the chance to live in such a nice President’s Manor and yet you don’t want to go back. What are you thinking?” Chi Weiyang took her phone and played games on it while nagging at her.
“Are you complaining?”
“How dare I? You don’t even have to mention about living here for a day. Even if you want to live here for half a year, I have no complaints. You are the biological mother of the President’s son. I still have to give you face for other people’s sake, am I right?”
“Who said that I am only living here for a day?”
Chi Weiyang sat up straight and looked at her. “Are you really going to live here for half a year?”
Xia Xingchen did not reply, only hugging her knees before going into a daze.
With what had happened today, she did not know how she should face him if she were to go back.
…
Although Bai Yeqing didn’t eat dinner, how could he even have the mood to do so when he was too angry to eat?
It took only a while for the butler to serve the food upstairs before he was sent downstairs again.
Xia Dabai was sitting at the corner of the children’s room, but his eyes lingered towards the study room. He really pitied his Dad; hence, after a while, he decided that he should ‘console’ his father even if it meant that he was actively seeking his doom.
However, was it really a consolation?
His small hands knocked on the door to the study room, but the person inside ignored him. However, he did not care and pushed the door open after saying, “Little Bai, I am coming in.”