DTBS – Chapter 23
Chapter 23: Then Hit Me
"Sister …"
Tao Zhuohua was dragged out of the lounge by Wu Hu and fell to the ground when Wu Hu let go. He looked half-dead, with blood on his cheek. His voice was weak, saying, "Sister, I know I was wrong. They say don't hit someone in the face, why did you let Brother Hu hit me… hiss, in the face."
Tao Qiuyun got up from her chair and walked towards him. "Leaving something on your face will save you some effort when you go clarify the rumors with those people, won't it?"
The woman half-squatted. "Zhuohua, you'll clarify properly, right? It's better to treat this injury sooner rather than later. If you wait, I can't guarantee it won't turn into a scar."
"I… I'll, I'll arrange a meeting to clarify this afternoon."
"Pat, pat."
Tao Qiuyun reached out and lightly patted Tao Zhuohua's uninjured cheek, smiling. "You're a CEO now, after all. Be smarter. Can a little alcohol really get you to spill secrets? This time it was my non-existent lover, what will it be next time? Business secrets? Remember, if you do something this stupid again, it won't just be this one beating."
"Sister," Tao Zhuohua regretted it deeply. "There won won't be a next time, I promise."
"To prevent you from being stupid again," Tao Qiuyun stood up. "I have to warn you, your sister-in-law and I are in a hidden marriage. She doesn't want her career to be interfered with by me, do you understand? If her relationship with me is exposed, you'll be the first one I hold accountable!"
"Hidden marriage?" Tao Zhuohua endured the pain in his legs and stood up. "Sister, I can understand you not interfering, but I want to sign Qin Qingshang not because she's my sister-in-law. She's truly capable. In the entertainment industry, where capital runs rampant, there are too few people who can make it on their own."
He took a couple of breaths. "You don't usually interact with the entertainment industry. The atmosphere in this circle isn't good right now. Actors without background or popularity have a hard time. Sister-in-law has always been capable, but look, was she popular before?"
"She should have been popular long ago! She just lacked someone to back her up and deal with the capital forces coveting her, do you understand? Sister, you can't let her struggle on her own. It's fine for her to work hard, but you have to protect her from behind, otherwise, if something really happens one day, you'll have nowhere to cry!"
"Her popularity this time was an accident, but it also exposed her to the eyes of wolves. This is her most dangerous time. Sister, you still won't protect her? Then I can only say you…"
"Say what about me?" Tao Qiuyun saw him suddenly fall silent and finished for him, "Say I'm cold and heartless?"
"You're blind and heartless too." Tao Zhuohua closed his eyes after saying this, looking like he was waiting to die.
"After all that," Tao Qiuyun chuckled softly, turned around, and sat back in her chair. "You want me to bring her to Fuyao Entertainment, is that it?"
"Sister! You're the best~ If sister-in-law comes to Fuyao, your brother can also help you protect her at all times and keep those with ulterior motives away from her."
"That drama you mentioned, I can invest in it, but the signing is up to her to decide. You are not allowed to make decisions on your own or say anything you shouldn't say to her."
"Okay! I'll listen to Sister. Qin Qingshang is my sister-in-law, so she's my second sister. I will definitely treat her with the same standards as I treat you, Sister!"
Tao Zhuohua was very happy, even clenching his fist and jumping hard, which then pulled on his sore muscles. He twitched and fell onto the sofa.
He tremblingly took off the watch on his left hand, revealing his scraped wrist. "Sister, you hit too hard."
"Click…"
The office door was pushed open. Tao Qiuyun wasn't surprised. She looked up and saw it was indeed a certain fearless little cat, swaggering around the doorway.
Only this girl dared to open her office door without knocking.
"So I came to collect a debt from the bad guy!" The little milk cat's voice was soft, but her presence was quite strong.
"Oh, so CEO Tao owes you a debt." A group of people from the secretary's office surrounded the little one. "What does CEO Tao owe you?"
"Are you all very free?" Tao Qiuyun walked towards the door, her deep eyes sweeping over everyone.
"Uh, CEO Tao, are you… are you married?" Zhang Zhenzhen's gaze kept shifting between Tao Aiqin and Tao Qiuyun. "We were all shocked when we first saw her."
"Yes, I'm married." Tao Qiuyun nodded, ignoring the shocked and excited exclamations from the people around her.
Although she was in a hidden marriage with Qin Qingshang, the news of her marriage couldn't be kept secret, especially with a noisy little ancestor at home. As long as she didn't reveal that her wife was Qin Qingshang, it was fine.
"Bad Mama, hug." The cat reached out.
"Can't you stand on your own?" Tao Qiuyun bent down and picked her up. "I haven't seen you ask anyone else for a hug."
"Silly! If others hug me, they'll take me away." The little one nestled on her shoulder, reaching out her paws to poke her face, saying angrily, "When are you going to buy me fries? You bad guy who lied to the cat! No wonder Mama won't let you sleep in the bed."
Tao Qiuyun: "…"
"Pfft—" The group of secretaries watching from outside the door couldn't hold back and burst into laughter.
Tao Qiuyun turned and stared at them. "Are you all very free?"
"Uh…"
Help! Can we, who know CEO Tao's family status, still leave alive?
"Bad Mama!" The little one rubbed her cheek against her neck. "The pretty aunties definitely want fries too."
"Wuwuwuwu, CEO Tao's daughter is too cute."
"Can this face be so soft!"
"She's a little angel~"
Tao Qiuyun stared at those eyes, then turned to look at the group of onlookers. "Want fries?"
"CEO Tao, if we want to eat, can we really eat?" Someone asked.
"Yes," Tao Qiuyun nodded. "Order whatever you want to eat today, then come to me for reimbursement."
After saying that, she raised her hand and tapped the little cat's forehead. "Consider it Qinqin treating you."
"Come, say with me, Thank you, CEO Qin!"
"Wow! Thank you, CEO Qin!"
"CEO Qin is generous!"
"I'm going to tell Mama," Tao Aiqin turned her head away from the woman's finger. "You treated many pretty aunties to fries today, but you didn't treat Mama!"
Tao Qiuyun ignored her. After telling everyone to go back to work, she carried the little one back to the office.
Tao Zhuohua was still lying on the sofa, holding his arm, feeling the pain, and crying to himself.
"Sister, who dares to open your office door without knocking?" Tao Zhuohua heard her enter the room and slowly stood up. "I think I vaguely heard you owe a debt just now?"
After saying that, his gaze suddenly froze, looking at the child in Tao Qiuyun's arms, then looking up at his sister's face.
Tao Zhuohua rubbed his eyes and exclaimed, "Holy cow! Sister, any clear-eyed person can tell she's your and Qin Qingshang's daughter! You still want a hidden marriage? I think you're dreaming."
"It's really possible for someone to specifically inherit the best genes!" He leaned closer to Tao Aiqin, smiling. "Baby, do you know me?"
"Wuwuwu, he's so scary, bad guy protect me!" The little cat shrank in fear in Tao Qiuyun's arms.
Tao Zhuohua: "…"
Tao Aiqin: Sys! Calling the villain mom's sister, this person is Tao Zhuohua, right? But why does he look like he's been beaten up?
System: I don't know either!
"What's scary? Do you know what our relationship is? I'm your mother's younger brother, you're my niece, do you know, niece?" Tao Zhuohua poked the little one's shoulder with his finger. "Do you know what you should call me?"
"She's so young," Tao Qiuyun frowned. "How could she possibly…"
"Little Uncle!" The little cub's voice was soft and milky, and her adorable appearance instantly made Tao Zhuohua defect. "How can you be so cute with Sister's face! Come, let Little Uncle hug my dear niece."
"As for niece," Tao Qiuyun thought for a moment. "Shouldn't you be called Little Uncle?"
"It doesn't matter, our family's treasure can call me whatever she wants," Tao Zhuohua smiled brightly, though the injury on his face ruined his handsome features, making him look a bit comical. "I call her niece, she calls me uncle, we'll address each other however we like."
【Host of System 030, congratulations on unlocking the achievement [Remove a Love Interest] (Made one of the female lead's love interests wither) and the achievement [Deeply Devoted Simp] (The male lead who was supposed to be infatuated with the female lead is now completely devoted to you). You have gained 200 points and a beautiful CG image. Please don't be arrogant and continue to work hard~】
Tao Aiqin was greatly shocked. She stared at the CG image and said to the System, "Does the Main System's simp judgment have a problem?"
In the CG, Tao Zhuohua had a graceful demeanor, but he was holding a pile of snacks and coaxing a little girl sitting on the ground playing with a puzzle.
That's right, the girl in the CG who was smiling like an idiot was her!
"Help, Sys!" She frantically knocked on the System in her head. "Stop playing dead, what kind of composition is this! Why do I look like an idiot in the CG?"
【Is it possible that you…】
"Okay, you can shut up now :)"
【Host, the male lead is now completely devoted to you, and the emotional line with the female lead has been cut off. The plot has greatly changed! The Main System just contacted me, your performance is very good, and you can be rewarded with a chance to draw a prize. Do you want to draw now?】
"Not in a hurry. I'll go back, bathe and fast for three days, pray to Buddha, and then draw."
【6】
"Sister," Tao Zhuohua looked at Tao Qiuyun intently. "What's the baby's name?"
"Tell Little Uncle yourself." Tao Qiuyun poked her face.
"Qinqin! Tao Aiqin!" The little cat looked proud.
"Tao… Ai… Qin? Hiss—"
Tao Zhuohua took two steps back and rubbed his arm. "Sister, this is too mushy, it's making your brother sick. As expected of the crystallization of your love, you even have to express how much you love sister-in-law when naming her."
Tao Qiuyun was slightly stunned, only then realizing that her daughter's name could be interpreted that way.
Seeing that she didn't reply, Tao Zhuohua turned his gaze to the little doll in her arms. "Qinqin, be good, tell Little Uncle, do they two often stick together?"
"What?" The cat tilted her head.
"Do your two mothers often whisper together?"
"I don't know," the little one seemed to hear 'Mama' and reached out to grab Tao Qiuyun's collar. "I want Mama, I want to see Mama! Let me talk to Mama!"
"Sister," Tao Zhuohua saw his little niece suddenly start fussing and quickly said, "She's about to cry, call sister-in-law."
Tao Qiuyun silently pursed her lips. "Am I not Mama?"
"Wuwuwuwu, you're not, you're a bad guy, Mama hasn't forgiven you."
"She has forgiven me," Tao Qiuyun said seriously. "She has forgiven me, so, quickly call me Mama."
"I don't believe it!" The cunning little cat's eyes bulged. "Let Mama tell me, call her!"
"Fine, don't believe it." Tao Qiuyun put her on the sofa. Tao Zhuohua immediately went over to talk to the little one.
"I want Mama! I want to talk to Mama on the phone! Wuwuwu, you're a bad person, you won't let me see Mama!"
"Don't cry, Uncle will show you a video."
"I want Mama! Wuwuwu—"
"Sister! Think of something!"
His sister's heart was really cold and hard, unmoved even seeing such a cute daughter cry.
Tao Qiuyun lowered her eyes and walked back to her desk. "I'll have Secretary Zheng take you to see her this afternoon."
Qin Qingshang asked them to meet less often, she had to comply. Also… they were married, but until now, she didn't have her contact information. If word got out, wouldn't that be too inappropriate?
"Bad guy," Tao Aiqin keenly sensed a possibility, blinked her innocent big eyes, and said innocently, "You wouldn't happen to not have Mama's contact information, would you?"
Tao Qiuyun's action of holding the pen and signing paused for a moment. She looked up at the little cat sitting on the sofa, swinging her feet.
Seeing her expression, Tao Aiqin instantly understood.
She really didn't have it!
As expected of the awakened female lead, she completely blocked the path for their relationship. However, I'm still one step ahead!
She sniffled her little nose and said in a childish voice, "No way? No way? You really don't have it? Bad guy, then you're so pitiful."
Tao Qiuyun's forehead veins bulged…
She was actually being mocked by a little girl? And her own daughter! This little cub is completely disrespectful!
The woman's eyebrows lowered, her eyes were deep, and her voice was cold: "I do."
This chilling aura made Tao Zhuohua shiver. He stood up from the sofa in fear.
"Then call her~" The little cat wasn't affected at all, her voice was soft, and her eyes held a hint of provocation.
Tao Zhuohua swallowed…
Is this what it means to be fearless when you are favored?
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