At that mont, as Hua Xiaomo followed Qi Longbing down the stairs, she was startled by sothing she heard and glanced back at the second floor. Just then, Candy was standing by the railing, watching them both. Hua Xiaomo imdiately felt a bit awkward.
She quickly gave Qi Longbing a aningful look and said hastily, "Uncle just ca over this morning. Mom needed to discuss so things with him, so he ca over. Mom is just about to talk business with him."
Qi Longbing smiled but didn’t say anything, striking a cool pose for Candy.
Candy climbed off the railing and swiftly ran downstairs to Qi Longbing’s side. "Uncle, you’re up so early! Usually, I wouldn’t even be awake at this ti, but you’re already here. Though, I generally have to get up early too. If it weren’t for school, I’d definitely sleep for a long ti."
"Is that so? Candy, how about Uncle takes you to school today?" Qi Longbing asked with a smile, feeling a surge of joy in his heart as he gazed at his daughter. In truth, he really wanted to tell her he was her dad. He wanted even more to hear her call him Dad.
But he wasn’t in a hurry. Sooner or later, he believed, Candy would recognize him, and he would make Hua Xiaomo marry him.
Candy tilted her head to look at Hua Xiaomo. "Mom, aren’t you supposed to take to school today? Why would Uncle be the one to do it? Do you want Uncle to take ? That’s so strange."
Hua Xiaomo gave an awkward smile. "Mom and Uncle will take you to school together. Besides, we happen to be heading the sa way, so Uncle will ride in Mom’s car, and you can sit beside us. We’ll drop you off at school together, okay?"
"Alright then. It’s actually good that Mom and Uncle need to talk business, and you can drop off at school along the way," Candy said with a laugh. "But please don’t go inside the school, okay? Just drop off at the gate, so my classmates don’t start gossiping again." Without giving it much more thought, she quickly ran into the kitchen in search of sothing to eat.
Hua Xiaomo felt a bit embarrassed hearing this, clearly understanding what her daughter’s peers were discussing.
But these words planted a different idea in Qi Longbing’s mind. He turned to Hua Xiaomo with a sowhat reproachful expression.
"Look what happens when a daughter grows up in a single-parent family. She might not say it, but she must feel very insecure inside. She must be wondering where her dad is. And you? What did you tell her?" Qi Longbing looked at Hua Xiaomo, his gaze filled with reproach.
To be honest, at that mont, he really wanted to personally tell his daughter that her dad was right there by her side—that he was the ’Handso Uncle’ she kept calling him.
Hearing Qi Longbing’s words, Hua Xiaomo’s expression dimd slightly, but she looked at him and didn’t say much in response. She remained silent.
Afterward, Hua Xiaomo and Qi Longbing took Candy to school before heading to the company.
Hua Xiaomo and Qi Longbing had agreed to go to the company to revisit the details of the ga software contract.
But when Hua Xiaomo arrived at the company, she couldn’t find her secretary, Xiao Qing.
"Where is my secretary, Xiao Qing?" Hua Xiaomo asked the receptionist.
"Oh, Xiao Qing said her sister is ill. She had to cover her sister’s shift at work today," the receptionist replied.
"Ah, she’s covering her sister’s shift? What does her sister do?" Hua Xiaomo continued to inquire.
"Oh, her sister is a greeter at a hotel!" the receptionist answered.
"Which hotel is it?" Hua Xiaomo asked.
"Crown Prince Jiuxuan, I believe!" the receptionist replied.
Hua Xiaomo asked no more questions. She looked at Qi Longbing and said, "So of the keys for the archives are with Xiao Qing, and all the contracts are in there. Why don’t you co with to her sister’s hotel to find her?"
"Sure, no problem," Qi Longbing said with a smile. Then he and Hua Xiaomo left the building and drove to Crown Prince Jiuxuan.
「Inside Crown Prince Jiuxuan.」
Xiao Qing had already arrived and blended into the team of greeters.
She was covering her sister’s shift. However, her sister had warned her that if the manager found out about the substitution, her sister’s wages would still be deducted, so Xiao Qing didn’t dare tell the manager she was a substitute.
Suddenly, a woman in a green cheongsam rushed out from the elevator area. "Oh my, I’m so sorry, Manager Zhang, I’m late! One of the girls I was bringing couldn’t make it, so I got a bit delayed."
"Which girl couldn’t make it? We have ten people here in total, aren’t they all present? Yuan Lili, isn’t that excuse a bit too la?" Manager Zhang chided with a stern face.
Yuan Lili was startled. When she saw Xiao Qing clearly, she instantly rembered: this was the younger sister of her co-worker, the one who had said her sister would cover for her. Yuan Lili had thought this younger sister wouldn’t co, but she had already arrived.
Yuan Lili’s beautiful face wore an embarrassed smile. "Yes, all the girls are here. Look at my mory..."
"Your head’s still on your shoulders, but mine’s about to roll! Hurry up and get them changed!" Manager Zhang grumbled, walking into the event hall. He then instructed all the greeters to work as servers.
After Manager Zhang left, Yuan Lili quickly approached Xiao Qing. "Little sister, we don’t need that many greeters for now. Hurry and change into a server’s uniform. You can go up to the 5th-floor cocktail party and work as a server; it’s perfect."
"No, I don’t want to go in there," Xiao Qing imdiately objected. She was here to be a greeter, not a server. Besides, her sister had said that if it involved working as a server, she wouldn’t need to cover the shift, because the workload of a server was much more tiring than that of a greeter.
And she had also promised her sister that if the supervisor asked her to work as a server, she wouldn’t do it.
"Please, I’ll treat you to dinner afterward," Yuan Lili said. Missing one person could an no year-end bonus... No, I’ve finally found soone; I can’t let her go.
"You think a al is enough to fob off?" Xiao Qing looked at the woman in the green cheongsam, who seed to be a minor supervisor at the hotel. Her eyes narrowed craftily, and she extended five fingers. "Five hundred."
"Five hundred?" Yuan Lili’s eyes widened. This little girl doesn’t look like much, but she sure has a big appetite!
"Alright, alright, five hundred it is! Hurry up, get changed, and go to the 5th floor!" Yuan Lili urged.
Xiao Qing said nothing more. She quickly went to the staff room, changed out of her outfit, and put on a server’s uniform. After tidying herself up, she headed to the 5th-floor cocktail party venue.
When she arrived at the cocktail party, Xiao Qing froze, utterly stunned.
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