Chapter 87: Utterly Prodigal Daughter

The two looked proper and serious as they discussed and made markings.

One of them, the group each year takes out twenty percent of its profits to set up a foundation for charitable work.

Also.

It's hard for the lower-class people to make money, and the company's food is a bit pricey, so we need to adjust the price, lowering it by one-fifth.

Hearing the two maidens' ideas, Xiao Ming once again felt like crying but had no tears.

"These two young ladies from a wealthy family are too kind-hearted; they truly cannot do business."

At this point, Xiao Ming finally understood: how could this utterly prodigal daughter manage business?

Too kind-hearted.

After looking for about an hour, Xiao Yuchun lost patience; seeing the large pile of documents on the table, she instantly became irritable.

"Jingrou, you take a look; I'm tired, I need to rest."

Xiao Yuchun stood up, stretched, slipped out of the office, walked around and came back, regaining her lively demeanor, then leaned close to Xiao Ming and asked: "Dad, I heard people at the company comparing us two to the Qingqu Second Miss."

"The Second Miss who's been really popular lately?"

Xiao Yuchun eagerly leaned in to pursue: "How does our family compare to Qingqu?"

"Not much difference." Xiao Ming, not paying much attention, casually replied.

"Really? Then I and Jingrou aren't also the Eldest Miss and Second Miss of the Xiao Family?" Xiao Yuchun said delightedly.

Xiao Yuchun and Xiao Ming chatted for a while; both sisters lost interest in handling documents, so Xiao Ming prepared to take them home.

As they walked, the two sisters were just as happy as when they arrived.

As they went downstairs, Xiao Yuchun and Xiao Jingrou, the two sisters, happily talked about what they had seen and heard at the company, what they had done, and what they thought.

Like two lively, cute little rabbits, Xiao Ming's mood was good just by looking at these two precious daughters.

When they reached the lobby, it happened to be lunchtime, and the staff were preparing to go eat lunch.

Upon seeing the big boss leading those two enviably beautiful daughters away, everyone hurriedly gathered together, whispering excitedly.

Upon learning that the salary increase had been proposed by the boss, the staff all exploded in an uproar.

"Eldest Miss, mighty!"

"Second Miss, mighty!"

Below the financial building, the staff's cheers rose up, each louder than the last.

"This..."

Xiao Jingrou and Xiao Yuchun, startled, darted behind Xiao Ming.

After a while, they came to their senses: it was actually the Inscribe Joy Group employees expressing their gratitude to the sisters in this way.

Xiao Yuchun and Xiao Jingrou's faces instantly flushed red; the two sisters glanced at each other.

They burst into cheerful laughter.

"Dad, let's go." Xiao Yuchun linked arms with Xiao Ming, saying happily: "Dad, you seem to have several more companies, right?"

"Could you take me and Jingrou to see another company tomorrow?"

"Um..."

Xiao Ming's mindset was a bit shattered; after this trip to Inscribe Joy, it had become like this—if he went to another company, the scene would be hard to imagine.

"We'll go again when we have time, we'll go again when we have time..."

……

At dinner time, Xiao Ming had just sat down when the steward brought over a large bowl of soup.

"Dad, drink more soup, it's good for your health." Xiao Yuchun hurriedly took it, picked up a small bowl, and was about to ladle soup for Xiao Ming.

After ladling the soup, Xiao Yuchun smiled gently and handed the soup to Xiao Ming.

"Good, little lass, you're quite filial." Xiao Ming laughed as he took it, feeling deeply moved.

He smiled happily, took a sip of soup, hadn't even swallowed yet when he furrowed his brows: "What's this flavor?"

He glanced at the big bowl of soup; previously he hadn't noticed, but upon closer look he saw it was all made of strongly nourishing ingredients.

Xiao Ming was dumbfounded, instantly feeling a surge of restless heat rising in his body.

He abruptly lifted his head to look at the steward: "This is all..."

"Sir, this..." The steward naturally knew how potent these ingredients were, and she furtively glanced at Xiao Yuchun.

This young lady, the Eldest Miss, was eating her meal as if nothing were wrong.

The steward gave an embarrassed smile: "Sir, the Eldest Miss said you need to really nourish your body, so I had me make this soup."

"Really nourish the body?"

"Why does he need to nourish his body when he's fine?"

With those heavily nourishing ingredients, if he takes them, won't he end up with a nosebleed in the middle of the night?

Suddenly he realized: Yuchun this maiden, since morning she's been acting odd; he sensed something was off, but he didn't know exactly what.

At that moment, the maiden would glance at her, then at him, take a look, then quickly withdraw her gaze.

Xiao Yuchun's face was still deeply flushed.

Xiao Ming immediately understood, gave an awkward, embarrassed smile: "Well, then it's just more Yuchun."

He hadn't expected that last night he and Xie Lingyu... had actually been discovered by this maiden; Xiao Ming instantly felt the embarrassment of being caught, wishing he could find a hole to crawl into.

This daughter is also too sharp.

No wonder, everything has been so strange all day.

The exhausted Xiao Yunzhe, who didn't grasp the profundity of this, upon hearing there was a strongly nourishing soup, immediately grabbed a bowl and ladled some: "Wow, it smells good; I also need to nourish myself properly."

"Hey!"

Xiao Yuchun looked disdainfully at Xiao Yunzhe, then snatched the bowl away.

"Get out of the way, this is the soup I had Aunt Xi prepare for Father, I won't let you drink it." Xiao Yuchun said firmly.

"I..." Xiao Yunzhe was stunned, blankly looked at Xiao Yuchun, then with a sad face said: "Yuchun, you've changed; since you have Father, you've been not good to me, you won't even let me drink a bowl of WA soup."

"Exactly, I just don't want to let you." Xiao Yuchun had an expression that said, "What can you do about it?"

Afterwards, she turned her head full of gentleness toward Xiao Ming and said: "Father, take good care of your health."

Xiao Yuchun had a smile on her face; for some reason, Xiao Ming always felt that every word she said was very meaningful.

After finishing the meal, Xiao Ming went straight back to his room.

Upon entering the room, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

Little girl, she actually knows about his affair with Xie Lingyu.

He is a man, still single; in some matters, he fundamentally doesn't need to worry about anyone's opinions.

But this person is his daughter, which is too awkward.

Whenever he thinks of his daughter's various strange behaviors, he feels his face burning hot with embarrassment; this is truly losing face to the extreme.

What's more fatal is that he can feel that Ah Yue Ou seems to have strange feelings toward him.

He can clearly feel that Xiao Yuchun and Xiao Jingrou are both quite clingy to him, but Xiao Jingrou is just a daddy's good girl, nothing unusual.

But Xiao Yuchun, it seems her feelings toward him are not ordinary.

Initially, the first time he saw Xiao Yuchun was at a matchmaking event; at that time, that girl went to the matchmaking and explicitly said she wanted to find an uncle-type.

Could it be that because she lacks paternal love too much, she developed a father complex?

And he, being a total daughter slave, thus further encouraged her unhealthy feelings?

"Looking at this situation, I'll have to properly guide this child in the future; I must correct her unhealthy feelings."

Xiao Ming wasn't angry or blaming; instead he felt that the child being this way was all his fault; if he hadn't been absent from her life, perhaps the child wouldn't be like this.

"Ah, let's wait until later, find a suitable time, and have a good talk with this child." He sighed helplessly, took a deep breath, adjusted his mindset, and walked out of the room.