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"Alright, CEO Xia!"
Wen Lingxiu slightly raised her voice to interrupt Old Man Xia's words.
Is this a joke?
It was hard enough to get rid of one Xia Yeshuang. How could she let Lu Xing get involved with those people again?
"Hehe, just kidding, just kidding."
Xia Wu embarrassedly scratched his bald head.
He was losing his hair as he got older, and he also had a stubborn family gene for baldness. Out of sight, out of mind. He simply shaved all his hair off.
Hey! Seriously!
Ever since he shaved his head, in the morning, he can wipe from his face to the back of his head in one go.
Awesome!
Lu Xing hadn't expected the Old Man Xia of the eight-divorce family to have this kind of personality, but he didn't think he was joking.
This was a test.
If Auntie Wen had softened, Old Man Xia would have really introduced his sons and daughters to him.
Now Old Man Xia thinks he's backed by the powerful CEO Wen. If they could form a marriage alliance, it would definitely be a good thing.
But...
Hearing Old Man Xia so casually treat his own son and daughter as exchange items, Lu Xing thought...
Is Little Goldie also one of the exchangeable ones?
Wen Lingxiu was afraid that the longer this dragged on, the more nonsense this Xia Wu would spout. So she said directly.
"CEO Xia, my child is not feeling well. I'll take him and go first. You can go about your business."
With a casual greeting, Wen Lingxiu directly told the driver to drive.
"No, what's this situation?"
Xia Wu looked at the car driving further and further away and rubbed his head in confusion.
"How come this CEO Wen seems so moody? Is she already at menopause at such a young age?"
"Whatever, forget it."
He still had business to attend to!
Old Man Xia and his assistant hurriedly walked towards the bench. As he walked, he asked his assistant.
"How should I start the conversation in a bit?"
The assistant immediately replied solicitously.
"CEO Xia, now that Miss Xia is in a bad mood, this is the time to show your fatherly love!"
"You can first stop Miss Xia from crying, then ask her why she's crying and help her solve the problem. Finally, comfort her patiently!"
"With this smooth little combo, I guarantee Miss Xia will feel your fatherly love like a mountain again!"
Old Man Xia listened and instantly felt it made sense.
He had many children. After they were born, he would give them money and then directly throw them to the nannies. They were not precious at all, and he had no parenting experience.
Those experiences of dealing with subordinates and peers were simply not applicable to Xia Yeshuang.
But Shuangshuang was the only child left by his deceased wife. Her status was completely different from the other children.
In the first few years after his deceased wife passed away, he was immersed in grief and had no time to deal with little Xia Yeshuang.
By the time he came out of his grief, Shuangshuang no longer recognized him.
These years.
Old Man Xia had also thought about showing goodwill to Shuangshuang and had thought countless times about repairing their father-daughter relationship.
But there was no way.
Shuangshuang didn't give him any chance at all and was even hostile to him.
And now.
"The opportunity has come!"
Old Man Xia was a little excited. The heavens were helping him. He had to seize this opportunity!
After giving himself a pep talk, Old Man Xia excitedly walked to the bench.
As expected.
On the bench in the shade of the tree, a girl with dazzling golden hair was sitting, her head lowered.
Old Man Xia immediately walked forward.
[The first step the assistant said is, first stop her from crying.]
So Old Man Xia cleared his throat.
"Cry, cry, cry, what are you crying for! You'll cry all your good fortune away!"
Xia Yeshuang looked up in astonishment, her tears instantly stopping.
Old Man Xia was overjoyed.
Hehe, it really works!
I'll give the assistant a raise when I get back!
And the assistant, who was following behind Old Man Xia, was completely stunned after hearing his first opening line.
'No, CEO Xia!'
Is this fucking comforting?
This is a zero-frame critical hit!
Who taught you to stop someone from crying like this?
The assistant's scalp tingled. He silently took out his phone to contact Dr. Zhang to prepare some more medicine, and by the way, told the maids to hide all the kitchen knives and other sharp objects in the house.
There's going to be a fierce battle today!
[The second step the assistant said is, then ask her why she's crying.]
Seeing that Xia Yeshuang was really not crying anymore, and even had a moved blush on her face under the influence of his fatherly love...
Old Man Xia was greatly encouraged, his face beaming with joy. He continued to say.
"What are you crying for?"
"Who made you angry? You tell me, and I'll make sure he celebrates his hundred-day banquet next year!"
Phew—
The assistant let out a sigh of relief. CEO Xia's words were quite reliable, showing a father's love like a mountain.
However.
After Xia Yeshuang heard this sentence, she was instantly enraged.
"You get lost! You're like you're sick!"
[The third step the assistant said is, finally, comfort her patiently.]
'Hey, hey, hey?'
Not right!
Old Man Xia was about to follow the formula but suddenly found that Xia Yeshuang's reaction was not right.
No.
"You have to follow the script. At this step, you should be starting to feel moved."
Old Man Xia deeply felt that this daughter was really not easy to raise. Why didn't she play by the book at all?
The assistant closed his eyes in despair.
Goodbye, CEO Xia.
I will miss you.
...
Xia Family Villa.
"Pain, pain, pain!"
Old Man Xia lay on the sofa. The eighth-generation stepmother was applying blood-activating and stasis-removing medicine to his back with heartache.
Xia Yeshuang sat on the sofa on the other side, too lazy to even lift her eyelids. Beside her sat Zhao Yeye, with a look of wanting to speak but hesitating.
Old Man Xia was in too much pain to speak.
Xia Yeshuang didn't want to speak at all.
And Zhao Yeye?
She wasn't speaking because she didn't want to?
No!
It's because she was racking her brains to remember what this eighth-generation stepmother's name was!
'F*ck!'
Can't Old Man Xia give a list next time?
I can't remember at all!
Zhao Yeye thought for a long, long time before she remembered that this eighth-generation stepmother's name was Zhou Huaiyun.
Zhou Huaiyun listened to Old Man Xia's hissing and groaning, and couldn't help but say.
"Shuangshuang, it's not that Auntie Zhou is saying this to you, but this is your dad, after all. No matter how you... oh, never mind."
Seeing Xia Yeshuang expressionlessly wiping a golf club with a cloth, Zhou Huaiyun obediently shut her mouth.
In this strange atmosphere, it was Zhao Yeye who took the initiative to speak.
"Auntie Zhou, don't mind it. Shuangshuang is in a bad mood. She's young, and it's the age where she can't hide things. Please be more tolerant."
With this sentence, Zhou Huaiyun was directly choked.
If she spoke again, wouldn't it be proving that she was picking on a child?
"Alright, alright."
Old Man Xia waved his hand. "Everyone, shut up."
Sigh.
He had never been so cowardly in his life. But there was no helping it. This daughter was naturally his nemesis!
At this moment.
Old Man Xia couldn't help but think, if that yellow-hair really had a good character, it wouldn't be impossible.
Mainly, this daughter's combat power was too strong. His old bones really couldn't take a few more hits.
Young people are at the age to be beaten. It's better to let that yellow-hair take it!
Zhao Yeye laughed inwardly.
Old Man Xia and Xia Yeshuang were a typical top-lane father and daughter.
(TL: "Top lane" is a term from MOBAs like League of Legends, known for being an isolated lane for tough, brawling characters.)
So interesting.
Love to see it, more please.
Unfortunately, the show didn't last long. After Old Man Xia's medicine was applied, he and his wife were swept out of the house by Xia Yeshuang.
There was no helping it.
This villa was under Xia Yeshuang's name. She really could do whatever she wanted.
After everyone had been driven out, only Xia Yeshuang and Zhao Yeye were left, sitting opposite each other.
Zhao Yeye picked an apple from the fruit platter, took a bite, and threw it away.
"What a boring fruit."
Xia Yeshuang thought of the way Lu Xing always ate his food so seriously. She rolled her eyes at Zhao Yeye and frowned.
"Can you not waste food?"
Zhao Yeye laughed nonchalantly and sighed casually.
"Heaven strikes with thunder and lightning. When did you start saying such things?"
"Did that kid teach you?"
Xia Yeshuang instantly choked and stammered, "People always change."
In her way of doing things, Lu Xing's imprint had been unconsciously carved.
Zhao Yeye picked a grape, leaned back on the sofa, and said slowly.
"Say it."
"What's going on with you and that kid?"
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