Chapter 32: Deciding to Change Surname

When the two maids went back to the kitchen to work again, Xiao Ming glanced at the utterly dispirited Wen Yunzhe and asked, "Yunzhe, what's wrong? Your face looks so awful."

Dad, you've never seen how capable my two dear little sisters are at cooking; let me tell you, their food is simply awful.

Wen Yunzhe looked utterly desperate: "I can be angry but dare not speak; once I complained a little, they ignored me for a week, and since then I haven't dared to complain again."

"Really?" Xiao Ming obviously didn't believe it.

However, when he walked to the dining table and saw the dishes on it, he believed it.

Their appearance and smell were really... indescribable.

He suppressed his inner collapse, picked up a bit of the dish and put it in his mouth.

Instantly, his whole body froze.

"Dad?" Wen Jingrou and Wen Yuchun happily looked at Xiao Ming: "How does it taste?"

"Hmm... very good, really good." Xiao Ming gave a complicated look at his son, who was burying his head in plain rice, and gave a reluctant compliment.

"Really? Then Dad, you ought to eat more; this is something we two sisters specially made to honor you."

Wen Jingrou and Wen Yuchun, upon hearing that, instantly became delighted, hurriedly piling all kinds of dishes into Xiao Ming's bowl.

Xiao Ming almost broke down, but he couldn't bear to hurt his daughters' feelings, so he forced himself to endure and ate all those deadly dishes: "Cough cough cough... um, Jingrou, Yuchun, from now on you two shouldn't do any kitchen work."

No wonder the son reacted that way; their cooking is indeed lethally bad.

"Dad, what's wrong?" Wen Yuchun first blinked, then teared up pitifully.

"Yuchun, you two are girls; look at your hands, all soft and delicate—how could you use them for housework? I just can't bear to let you." Xiao Ming said this with utmost sincerity.

"Where Dad lives, there are servants to do the housework, so you two don't need to lift a finger. Don't forget, Dad has plenty of money; you two just need to be the wealthy young ladies you are, and stay beautiful."

Xiao Ming hadn't forgotten that he needed to take the children to Yuxi Villa; he'd just been too busy these past few days to attend to it.

Now that the company's affairs have been arranged, he has nothing else to do, so this can be put on the schedule.

"In a few days, you three get ready, and we'll move back there; the villa's environment and location are fine, but it's really a bit small, with no servants at home, so it's more comfortable to live back there."

"Fine, Dad, just arrange it."

After hearing Xiao Ming's explanation, Wen Yuchun was no longer aggrieved; she wiped her tears and gave a playful smile.

After the meal, the two daughters went to wash up, while Xiao Ming and Wen Yunzhe chatted idly in the living room.

Afterwards, as usual, the family of four went out for a walk.

Just after they stepped out, Wen Jingrou and Wen Yuchun, walking behind, glanced at each other, nodded in understanding, then ran to Xiao Ming's side, one on the left and one on the right, linking arms with him.

"Dad, today a woman came to our house."

"She opened the door with a code and came in; she said her name is Xie Lingyu."

"She said we could call her Lingyu Sis; she's extraordinarily beautiful, with a hot figure, a voice that's especially pleasant, and a demeanor that's exceptionally good—so much so that even we two girls can't help but want to look at her a second time."

"She's so beautiful! Any man who sees her will fall in love."

"Ugh!" The daughters' sour words made Xiao Ming feel momentarily short of breath.

We're doomed!

How could he have forgotten this?

He turned his head to look at the two girls; the two little maids' eyes were full of deep meaning.

Xiao Ming's face instantly flushed red; he had actually been laughed at by his daughters—what a blunder!

He couldn't fathom what the two little girls were thinking.

He could only smile helplessly and say, "Calling her Lingyu Sis is fine; she's quite young, under thirty."

"Dad, is your relationship with her pretty good?" Wen Yuchun asked, hinting at something.

"Um... yeah, really good; she and I have been close friends for years." Xiao Ming replied somewhat unnaturally.

"Hehe, got it." Wen Jingrou and Wen Yuchun looked at each other, suppressing smiles: "Dad, you don't need to be so flustered."

"No." Xiao Ming helplessly pinched his brow.

Seeing Dad's unnatural expression, Wen Yuchun couldn't help but laugh hehe.

Actually, she had already agreed with Wen Jingrou that from now on, the two of them would not interfere in their father's private life, and would certainly not be jealous over any other woman beside him.

No matter what, Dad is their father; over all these years, he's been on his own. As long as Dad is happy and content, they can accept whatever woman he chooses as a stepmother for them.

"Dad, Lingyu Sis invited the two of us to go out and play, saying we'll go shopping and get beauty treatments; can we go?" Wen Yuchun asked.

"Really?" Xiao Ming paused, then replied, "Of course you can go."

"All right, then I'll reply to Lingyu." Wen Yuchun cheered happily while pulling out her phone to send a WeChat message to Xie Lingyu.

"Dad, Lingyu Sis is truly a strong woman; my dream is to be a female tough guy like her, able to carve out my own place in this world."

Xie Lingyu, indeed is a strong woman.

She's also pretty good.

Xiao Ming thought so to himself.

Fortunately, judging from the two girls' reactions, they don't dislike Xie Lingyu.

"Dad, today at the company something strange happened."

Wen Yunzhe recalled what had happened at the company, looked at Xiao Ming with puzzlement: "Today at the company, the boss actually came personally to my workstation and told me to go work at headquarters."

"The boss is named Liang Ting." Wen Yunzhe stared at Xiao Ming with inquisitive eyes: "I always feel something's off; the company is called Minghui Group, Dad, since both Minghui Group and you share the character 'Ming', could it be that this group is yours?"

"Cough cough..."

Xiao Ming cleared his throat: "Well, the situation with this company is complicated; I can't explain it in a sentence or two. I'll tell you the details when I have time."

"That Liang Ting, he's a master's graduate from the top university in Mi Guo, now a prominent figure in the industry, very capable; working under him you could learn a lot." Xiao Ming said this confidently.

"Okay, I will." Wen Yunzhe replied, still full of doubts.

Suddenly, Wen Jingrou and Wen Yuchun grabbed Xiao Ming's arm to stop him from walking forward, walked to face him, and said mysteriously: "Dad, we three have something to say to you."

The three children standing opposite, serious in demeanor, Wen Yuchun spoke first: "Dad, we three siblings have decided to change our surnames to yours; do you have any objections?"

"What?" Xiao Ming heard, in his surprise and joy, he happily said: "Good, I have no objection, no objection."