Stepmom Male Lead Villain

Chapter 40

That could be a problem . Yan Shuyu slightly hesitated and said, "Maybe I can go home first and calm her down for a few minutes?"

It's three hours until the time of his departure. Must there be a lot of time?

Zhou Qinhe shook his head and said, “No, it's okay. It was almost midnight after you drove me away. It's too late and unsafe. ”

Yan Shuyu's first reaction was to look towards the driver in front. "Can't he take me home?"

He knew the secretary would go with his boss, but there was no way his driver would go too?

"Not yet . I will worry about you, ” Zhou Qinhe said gently to her ear, acting like a domineering CEO that she wants a change. “Add again, you get used to going to bed early. It's very difficult for you. ”

Yan Shuyu blushed suddenly and began to hesitate. He had more or less already accepted the boss's reasoning. It was almost midnight when he returned home after seeing the boss leave. Then she still had to shower and get ready for bed. Even he was worried that he would not be able to wake up the next morning. His job was not very important; he could always take a day off. The important part was that he had to get up to take his son to kindergarten.

Nevertheless, if he was too easily convinced, he was worried that his boss was just being verbally polite and would be offended again if he retreated too quickly. He's a little distracted.

Zhou Qinhe, probably looking through his thought process, smiled and said, "If you really feel bad about that, why don't you come and pick me up from the airport when I get back?"

Yan Shuyu, who was in a daze, was instantly convinced, "OK!"

After they happily reached an agreement, Yan Shuyu voluntarily opened the car door and got off when the car stopped in front of her apartment building.

He had just gotten out of the car when he realized that his boss had also gotten out of the car; unless he was standing next to the car and smiling at him.

Yan Shuyu turned around and looked at him for a few seconds before she knew it. He walked towards her proactively and hugged her tightly. “Hopefully your trip is safe and contact me when you arrive in USA. ”

"course . He became a perfect submissive apparently pleasing boss. Zhou Qinhe hugged her gently with a very happy smile on her face. When Yan Shuyu tried to be sweet, she could do a very good job. Most of the time he is ridiculous. Zhou Qinhe barely wanted to leave when she was so sweet.

As they hugged outside, Secretary Xu madly exchanged glances with Zhang Yang, his driver. Look, his boss looks like a gentleman, but when he's in a relationship, he can really be like an emperor who easily dumps their own country for the sake of beauty. Here they thought he had something very important to go and take care of when he canceled the top management meeting of the company. And all he did was say goodbye to his super beautiful girlfriend.

Moreover, the only thing they discussed on the way back was whether he would go to the airport with him or not – was not even something valuable. Can't they discuss over the phone or WeChat? Do I really have to talk about it in private like this?

All of this can be summed up into one line: the people of the city really know how to live their lives. Secretary Lu might look like a serious person, but he is only a high-level employee. As far as his boss didn't care about the loss, he wouldn't feel sorry for him. He's just here to eat melons and enjoy the entertainment.

Therefore, Secretary Lu was wrong in his assessment of Boss Zhou. It's not that he doesn't want to do anything more meaningful. But after all, he was an honorable man. He could not be more intimate with Yan Shuyu when there were two other people in the car with them. And now they were standing in the middle of a busy street, moreover he would not do anything else. The two simply hugged quietly, and eventually ended up with Boss Zhou planting a kiss between Yan Shuyu's eyebrows.

Yan Shuyu quietly let go. For once, he felt reluctant to let go. “Then... I go.”.

"Wait…"

Yan Shuyu immediately turned around, her eyes beaming. There was more anticipation in his voice than he realized, "Another thing you want to tell me?"

Zhou Qinhe personally took out the bag from the trunk of the car and handed it to him. "I almost forgot this."

Yan Shuyu accepted it without realizing she was doing that and that was when she realized that it looked like a toy bag. He looked at his boss, somewhat confused, "This?"

“Xiao Yi was so happy when she got your present yesterday. He wanted to thank me personally, but it was too late. So he prepared a gift in return. ” Boss Zhou stopped and even went on to explain. “This is his favorite car. Xiao Yi wrapped it himself and hoped Yuanbao would like it too.”

Yan Shuyu thought about it for a while before she discovered the logic behind the little male lead who gave her the toy – She had bought her an item for the children. Maybe the little male lead felt like that was how someone retaliated? But, as an adult, he would not use it, so the toy would be given to his son.

By the way, Yan Shuyu had never actually bought a toy for her instant son since she moved. Not because she was frugal, but she had just become an instant mother and did not have the experience to become a mother. That and his son were too tame and mature and never asked for any toys. In fact, he barely even played with the few they had at home; thus giving Yan Shuyu the impression that he did not need any toys.

Come to think of it, if the outstanding male lead had his favorite toy car in his childhood, his son might as well have it. He may just not care about some of the low-end ones they have at home.

The thought made him feel uneasy. Suddenly, she was drowning in guilt for not doing a good job of supporting her son. He just wants to get home soon. And whatever little reluctance he had for the boss's departure, it was all gone. She quickly waved at him and said, “I'm sure he'll like it. I have to go now. Goodbye!!"

"One more ..." Zhou Qinhe barely spoke two words before the person in front of him had already turned around and left, leaving him with the sight of his cheerful back like the wind.

Even though he had deliberately kept the item until the last minute, he was still shocked by the sudden change in his attitude. He stood in the same spot and watched her until she disappeared in the darkness before he finally remembered himself. He was still unsure if he should be happy as he did not give away his bag any faster.

Secretary Lu, who had just witnessed how his boss was left by his girlfriend without much thought, secretly rolled the car window back and pretended not to see anything.

There are always dangers associated with being an observer or a melon eater. He knew that a woman who could judge his boss was no ordinary woman. He did not expect her to be such a beautiful woman yet behaved so strangely. He also did not expect that Boss Zhou, who almost never regressed anywhere, seemed to be the one who had the shorter end of the stick in this relationship. Judging from the interaction between the two, even if this was not true love, she might still have to see this Miss Yan as half of the female boss.

He will probably take that title someday.

Thinking of that, Secretary Lu did not dare to be nosy anymore. He quickly restored his iconic look.

Under the casual attitude of his deliberate subordinates, Boss Zhou walked back into the car like nothing had happened and Zhang Yang stepped on the gas towards the airport.

Now, Yan Shuyu was already happily playing toy cars with the little ones at home. As he thought, Zhang Yuanbao was extremely excited when he received the gift from the little male lead and wanted to open it immediately. After a series of actions, a very detailed car model that is almost an exact imitation of a particular car brand is placed on top of their very shiny floor. The mother and son duo were lying on the floor in the same posture, and they looked so serious that their eyes would be glued to the car model if only they could.

Not only Zhang Yuanjia, even Yan Shuyu did not know that the car model could be so detailed and realistic at the moment. Both the mother and the unenlightened child opened their eyes. Suddenly, they could think of nothing else but focus on playing with the toy car.

After being engrossed in a toy car for about half an hour, Yan Shuyu finally looked at the time, got up, and said, “It's late. I have to go take a shower. Yuanbao, you should also sleep. We'll play it again tomorrow.”

Yan Shuyu walked into the bathroom after she said that.

Zhang Yuanjia had already bathed under the supervision of his mother when they came home early in the night, but he had been playing on the floor the entire night. The floor may look clean, but it is not dipeled every day. A little boy, who likes to be clean, can't just sleep like this. Therefore, he went and took out a set of clean pajamas to replace.

For unexplainable reasons, the little boy went to the big bed in the bedroom and went into the bathroom with Yan Shuyu. She was very focused on removing her makeup before, but now that her son had entered with her, she had no choice but to enter further and almost stand right in front of the mirror.

Yan Shuyu had told the little boy as soon as he walked inside the door that this was the gift that Xiao Yi had asked Uncle Zhou to give them. When the extremely considerate little boy asked about it, Yan Shuyu did not even think about it before she replied, “Newly. When Mom gets home from work.”

"Did Uncle Zhou take you home?" The little boy was very good at catching his point.

Yan Shuyu did not hide anything from him and the little boy said with regret, "Why didn't you invite Uncle Zhou?"

He had finished changing his clothes and putting his dirty pajamas inside the washing machine. Everything was done, but he still stayed in the bathroom to ask this question. It should show how obsessed he was with Uncle Zhou.

Even so, Yan Shuyu was no longer as frightened as before. Ever since the boss started seducing her, she had been less and less worried about the storyline of the book. She became bolder ever since she got in close contact with the boss, especially after their relationship was determined. In fact, she was so brave that she had the illusion that even if she threw a hiss in front of the boss, she still would not be angry at him.

Money hinders relationships; and relationships get in the way of money. Now that their relationship is official and undefined as before, then there will only be one result – peaceful farewell. If the boss had sincere feelings for her, she probably wouldn't be too crazy to use her son as a grindstone.

Indeed, he did not come to this conclusion based on his instinct alone – he had made some observations as well. His boss was a planner with extraordinary abilities. Yan Shuyu had a pretty good idea of how he was teasing her and how he resolved the rich lady incident. From his observations, he had learned the boss's principle of not messing around with those he wasn't messing with.

For example, after their relationship was determined, he put aside all their past problems. She was so nice to him that she sometimes felt guilty. Also, he was a little jealous of Manager Yang and the male god Liu in the past, thinking that one of them was the reason why he rejected it but he had no proof of it. But he never took any action against them. Instead, he was friendly and courteous towards them whenever they were around. This is proof that his boss is a classy guy with a bottom line.

As for why he was so crazy in the novel, he suspected it was a two-way street. Since the duo of stepmothers and stepchildren had started the imperial drama the moment they entered the family, perhaps the boss was influenced by them from time to time?

But none of that is the key to takeaway now. The key was that Yan Shuyu was no longer worried about her close insta son and was dependent on the boss. Now that the male lead and his villainous half-brother had become best friends, and he had even voluntarily offered a reward, what else was there to worry about?

Brushing his teeth, Yan Shuyu smiled and told the little boy, “I can't because Uncle Zhou is in a hurry to get to the airport. He is heading to the US for business travel.”

He thought he would see disappointment on his son's face, but he just looked at him and asked with curiosity in his voice, “Will Uncle Zhou go long? Did he bring Xiao Yi with him?”

Yan Shuyu was not too disappointed as her son did not respond as he thought. She muttered to him, “He will be gone for a few days. Of course he could not take Xiao Yi on a business trip with him.”

“Oh, poor Xiao Yi. She should stay home alone.”

Now Yan Shuyu no longer followed the thought process of the little boy. She rinsed the toothpaste in her mouth before she turned around and said to him, “I don't think you need to worry about Xiao Yi. She has a maid and a maid aunt in the house to take care of her. ”

The little boy was very stubborn. "But Xiao Yi had no mother and Uncle Zhou was not home."

Yan Shuyu, "......"

Okay, so the little male lead is pathetic from the point of view of his instant son. Especially since his son had never been served by a group of servants on his cue. She might think of the butler and aunt of the housekeeper like a teacher in kindergarten. They will take care of him but are not present all the time.

Yan Shuyu did not want to explain too much about the situation of the male lead to Zhang Yuanbao's little boy. The villain's half-brother's jealousy towards the male lead's birth status and being born with a silver spoon may be part of the reason why he is so against the male lead and is fighting over her father. He was worried that if he explained too much, he would accidentally trigger the jealousy of his son. He might as well let her continue to think that the little male lead was pitiful.

Thinking that, Yan Shuyu nodded firmly and said, “You are right. Little Zhou Yi was pitiful. ”

"Yes." Yeah." After receiving his mother's approval, Zhang Yuanbao sighed very maturely and ascended silently to the bed, feeling compassionate towards his little friend.

Seeing how he could extinguish his instant son so easily, Yan Shuyu gave a thumbs up. He has chosen the right strategy. Now that the little boy finds out that the male lead's life isn't much better than his life, he feels more emotionally just and won't be fixated on the matter.

Unfortunately, his happiness was short. After he finished bathing, crawled into bed, and was about to do a daily storytelling routine, he suddenly saw Zhang Yuanbao looking at him anxiously. “Bu, if Xiao Yi is very lonely. Do you think we should spend more time accompanying him?”

Yan Shuyu, "Huh?"

"Maybe we should go for a walk with him after school when mom's off."

The little boy even knew he had to wait until after school. Not skipping school or taking time off to go hang out with the little male lead. However, it did little to calm Yan Shuyu down.

Her not-so-high IQ just showed up – She and her boss have only been dating for a few days. They haven't talked about marriage and definitely aren't engaged to each other. Their relationship was not far from him going to his place. If he takes on the role of the little guy when the boss isn't home, who would believe that he's just doing that because "the leader of the little guy is pathetic"? Everyone would think that he was using the little young master to further his relationship with the boss.

Yan Shuyu did not even think twice before she rejected her son's suggestion. Simple reason. “No, we can't do that. I just have a weekend off now. Uncle Zhou was back. There is no need for you to accompany Xiao Yi.”

Zhang Yuanbao nodded in understanding but quickly found a better idea. “Then we can pick up Xiao Yi and bring her to the store. I can play with him while waiting for Mom to come home from work.”

Yan Shuyu, "......"

The little boy went even further by suggesting, “Let's take him with us tomorrow. What are you saying?"

Under Zhang Yuanbao's constant whimpering, Yan Shuyu finally succumbed to his unreasonable request.

When he nodded in agreement, he found some good reasons like the little boy was very stubborn and refused to sleep if he did not agree. The closer his son was to the little male lead, the better. In comparison, what slightly ruined his reputation? Not to mention that time will prove the rumors wrong. And so on and so on. Overall, she refused to admit that she had a weak spot and that she could not refuse her young son.

As usual, Yan Shuyu was not a person who thought about things in the past. As soon as he promised his instant son, he stopped thinking about it. Patting the little boy on his head, he said to him, “Are you happy now? Can we go to bed now?”

Zhang Yuanjia looked up and smiled.

Yan Shuyu said again, “Since you haven't been a good boy tonight, we canceled the storytelling. Now close your eyes and sleep.”

Zhang Yuanjia was quite sleepy after the entire failure. She did not mind her mother's punishment too much and just closed her eyes obediently. Seeing how cooperative he was, Yan Shuyu felt an achievement as well. He felt that he was a good parent who used a good balance between rewards and punishment. He also quickly turned off the lights and happily went to sleep.

When the mother and son pair fell into a deep sleep, Zhou Qinhe, who was waiting in the VIP room, never received a reply on WeChat. He could not even get angry anymore but just shook his head and smiled. Then he sent two more messages. “I'm up now. Estimated arrival time is tomorrow afternoon. Good night to sleep."

As usual, Yan Shuyu did not see the WeChat text until the next morning, at least she obediently checked her phone in the morning. Sure enough, he saw that the boss had sent him some messages. Yan Shuyu smiled sweetly. He could feel his head getting bigger. The boss had never sent him so much at once before.