DTBS – Chapter 7
Chapter 7: Urgency
"Cough."
Tao Qiuyun coughed uncomfortably, enduring the nurses' stares as she reached for the doorknob of the ward and pushed it down.
Her well-defined fingers were clenched tightly with nervousness, faint veins visible on the back of her hand. But the woman maintained a calm expression on her face, pushing the door open decisively and pretending to be a patient's family member.
So, what was she crying about?
How am I supposed to talk to Miss Qin?
I can't just say, "Hey! Wife, let's get married."
I'd definitely be kicked out if I did that. Also, how exactly did we end up with a child?
As soon as Tao Qiuyun entered the room, the gazes of the three people inside instantly shifted to her.
Seeing the face that was strikingly similar to Tao Aiqin's, Wen Yu nearly lost her balance. Fortunately, she managed to steady herself by leaning on the wall, slowly calming her breathing.
Help! Suddenly seeing the boss, her secretly married wife, and their child, how am I supposed to pretend I'm blind?
"Waaah—!" As soon as Tao Aiqin saw Tao Qiuyun, she immediately got up and threw herself into her arms, hitting her repeatedly with her little fists. "Bad guy! Bad guy! Don't come in, Mama will be even angrier when she sees you, wuwuwuwu! She doesn't recognize me anymore, and seeing me with the bad guy who bullied her, she'll definitely not recognize me even more! Ying—"
Tao Qiuyun's head ached from the noise. She scooped the child up with one arm and then covered her mouth with her hand. "Don't make noise in the hospital."
The little girl's face was covered in tears, and even with her mouth covered, she was still sniffling and sobbing.
"Hello?" Qin Qingshang looked at the unfamiliar woman who had suddenly appeared, feeling a bit awkward. "Excuse me, your child seems to have mistaken me for someone else."
She didn't doubt that this person was the little girl's mother; after all, that face clearly showed the inheritance.
"No! You are Mama, you wuwu—" Tao Aiqin had just broken free from the "magic claws" and wailed for a couple of sentences before being covered by Tao Qiuyun again.
"Alright, I'll take the child first. Miss Qin, please rest well." Tao Qiuyun said expressionlessly, nodding at the woman on the hospital bed. She turned and left, holding the fussing Tao Aiqin, as if she had just pushed the door open simply to take away her disobedient child.
Standing in the long corridor with Tao Aiqin in her arms, watching the people coming and going, Tao Qiuyun finally felt a sense of reality.
No wonder she wore such heavy makeup when she went to the bar back then.
The woman's eyelashes fluttered slightly, recalling the brief glance in the ward just now...
Perhaps due to the three-dimensional effect or the atmosphere of reality, Tao Qiuyun felt that Qin Qingshang in person was much more beautiful than in photos. Her skin was as fair as snow, her temperament as elegant as a plum blossom, and her image lying on the hospital bed added a touch of aloofness.
No one would have thought that such a pure and exquisite beauty would be the same girl who wore a crop top and danced wildly in the club back then.
The contrast was too great. Was it a rebellious phase?
Intermittent sobs sounded in her ears. Tao Qiuyun turned her head and saw the little fella tilting her head, tears streaming down. They didn't form a continuous line but fell like pearls, one by one, making her look even more pitiful.
The System was curious about her difficult posture: 【Why are you tilting your head like that? Doesn't your neck hurt?】
Tao Aiqin maintained the tilted head posture and replied in her mind: 【Back then, I learned how the female leads in Qiong Yao dramas cried. Only the right side of my face mastered it. Besides, I'm posing. Tears like pearls, leaving no trace, highlighting both my beauty and my pitifulness.】
The System was greatly shocked: 【There's such a technique! Why didn't you cry like that in front of the female lead just now?】
Tao Aiqin was a bit speechless: 【This is a technical skill, don't I need to build up to it first? Of course, it also depends on the audience. Tao Qiuyun is an arrogant and cold villain, a domineering CEO. She'll definitely fall for the little white flower act!】
The domineering CEO, who was defined as someone who liked little white flowers, couldn't stand seeing this face so similar to her own crying. She reached out and wiped away Tao Aiqin's tears. Seeing the girl struggle, she couldn't help but say softly, "Alright, stop crying. What's wrong?"
Tao Aiqin: See, she really falls for this. She's talking to me much more gently.
System: 【6】
"Mama, she," Tao Aiqin sobbed and hugged the woman's neck, as if seeking comfort, saying in a muffled voice, "Mama doesn't recognize me anymore, wuwuwu, Qinqin... Qinqin is so sad wuwuwu—"
Tao Qiuyun paused in her steps, took out her phone, and sent a text message. She typed so fast that Tao Aiqin couldn't see clearly.
Tao Aiqin: 【Holy cow, didn't see anything. With this typing speed, it's a shame she's a CEO, she should be playing esports.】
System: 【I think you should go sing opera.】
Tao Aiqin was annoyed by the System. She sniffled and quietly asked Tao Qiuyun, "What are you doing? Are you asking Mama for forgiveness?"
Tao Qiuyun glanced at her. "Your Mama is really named Qin Qingshang?"
Hearing this, Tao Aiqin knew she was still doubting her identity. Her peripheral vision caught sight of the fact that they had already reached the ground floor of the inpatient building. The girl immediately burst into tears: "You bullied Mama until she was hospitalized, you're a bad person! A bad person! And you say I'm not her daughter, I want Mama! I want Mama! Wuwuwu—"
She said this loudly, and there were many patients' families around. Some people started whispering:
"What this little girl is saying, is it domestic violence?"
"Oh my god, beat his wife until she's in the hospital? This can be reported to the police."
"Dressed in a suit, but a beast in human skin."
"Damn, why isn't she divorced yet?"
"How nice it would be if the pretty sister hit me."
"...With that kind of comment, you shouldn't be in the inpatient department, you should be in psychiatry, right?"
Tao Qiuyun wanted to cover her mouth, but Tao Aiqin struggled constantly and shouted even louder. A few nurses exchanged glances, unable to watch any longer, and stepped forward, politely asking, "Hello? Do you need any help?"
Tao Aiqin was a social terrorist who was never shy. Seeing the nurses arrive, she immediately stopped crying, reached out and hugged Tao Qiuyun's neck again, sobbing softly, pressing close to the woman's cheek, and slowly said, "Mama loves Auntie Li's vegetable porridge the most."
Perhaps it was a misconception, but Tao Qiuyun keenly sensed the hidden meaning of this little fella:
If you don't buy porridge for my Mama, I'm going to cry loudly again, and it will be in front of the nurse sisters ~
Knowing how much damage those words just caused, Tao Qiuyun's usually calm expression now held a hint of gritted teeth. She smiled at the nurses, "It's nothing, we'll be leaving right away."
After saying that, as soon as she saw Tao Aiqin in her arms open her mouth, she immediately reached out and pinched the girl's cheek, saying with a fake smile, "Let's go, we'll go buy Auntie Li's porridge for your Mama."
Seeing this, Tao Aiqin closed her mouth in satisfaction, rested her little head against Tao Qiuyun's, and gently rubbed against her, looking like a sweet, obedient little padded jacket.
Good heavens, this girl has two faces.
Two similar faces, stunningly beautiful and extremely impactful, and now looking like a harmonious mother-daughter pair, the nurses instantly overturned their previous guesses. They politely exchanged pleasantries with Tao Qiuyun and left.
Tao Qiuyun's face darkened as she carried the child out of the inpatient building and walked towards the parking lot. On the way, she said to the little fella in her arms, "I see you're not a little rabbit at all, you're a little fox."
So many tricks up her sleeve. Is this really a four-year-old child?
"Wuwu! You're calling me cunning!" Tao Aiqin was happy that she didn't have to walk. She cried symbolically a couple of times in the woman's arms and poked the big villain's face with her little paw. "I'm not a little fox, I'm a little cat. I'll scratch people if I'm unhappy."
Tao Qiuyun ignored her.
Tao Aiqin continued to poke. "Say it, say I'm a little cat! I'm a cute little cat, not a cunning little fox!"
Tao Qiuyun was annoyed by her poking and sneered, "You want me to say it just because you say so? What benefit will you give me?"
The little princess seemed to be thinking seriously and didn't reply along the way. When Tao Qiuyun unlocked the car and put her in the back seat, she hooked onto the woman's finger and said softly, "If you say I'm a little cat, I'll tell you where Auntie Li is."
The little fella looked confident, her eyes narrowed, seemingly certain that she would compromise.
Tao Qiuyun stared at her face, never realizing that her own face could make such a cute expression. She couldn't help but reach out and stroke her head, coaxing, "Okay, you're a cute little cat. Can you tell me where Auntie Li is?"
Perhaps, this child really is Qin Qingshang's daughter? After all, their eyes are so similar.
Tao Aiqin gave the address, a shop near the drama university. The novel mentioned that the female lead particularly liked this shop when she was studying there. It was perfect to use this to add points for the villain mom now.
System: 【Little cat, little fox, are you pretending to be cute?】
Tao Aiqin: 【Shallow! Do I need to pretend to be cute? It's obvious, isn't it?】
If the System had hands, it would definitely scratch its head. It didn't understand, so it asked, 【Then why did you want Tao Qiuyun to say you're a little cat?】
Tao Aiqin looked at Tao Qiuyun, who was buckling her seatbelt, with wide eyes and replied to the System: 【I'm a little cat, so my mom Qin Qingshang is a big cat. I'm establishing a mimetic image for the big villain. Maybe she'll think Qin Qingshang looks like a cat from now on. Come on, it's a cat, don't you love them?】
The System was speechless. 【I'm an AI, I don't love humans.】
Tao Qiuyun originally thought she would take the child to Qin Qingshang, but somehow they ended up back in her car. She said helplessly, "After we go to the drama university, I'll have someone switch cars. Sit properly in the back seat, just like when you came, don't move around."
Seeing her get up to go to the driver's seat, the System continued to ask, 【Why switch cars?】
Tao Aiqin lowered her head and played with her fingers. 【Nonsense, of course, it's to have someone switch to a car with a child safety seat.】
After saying that, the girl looked up at Tao Qiuyun, who was starting the car, and said to the System, 【She's very careful and patient. Maybe the cold and arrogant description in that crappy novel was wrong.】
The System clicked its tongue twice. 【It seems she really sees you as her daughter, even though the report she requested hasn't come out yet.】
Tao Aiqin turned her head to look at the scenery outside the car window and replied with a smile, 【So, this CEO Tao, her mouth is the hardest part of her body.】
Tao Qiuyun drove steadily and arrived smoothly at the destination on the navigation. The woman unbuckled her seatbelt. "I'll go to the supermarket first to buy an insulated container. You can also get any snacks you want."
"No snacks," Tao Aiqin shook her head and pointed at the old man next door. "I want fries."
"Okay," Tao Qiuyun left her seat, went to the back seat, and picked her up. "After ordering for your Mama, I'll take you to eat fries."
【She doesn't think fries are junk food?】 The System found it strange. 【Don't CEOs in novels rarely eat this kind of thing?】
Tao Aiqin was also rarely curious and guessed, 【Maybe she stayed abroad for a long time and ate them often?】
Tao Qiuyun held a child in her arms, but her steps were not slow. She entered the supermarket, checked the sections, and went straight to her destination, got what she needed, paid, and left without delay.
Immediately after, the woman in a sharp suit walked into a shop called "Porridge Hut", ignoring the stares of the surrounding customers. She clearly stated her request, handed the insulated container to the owner, and instructed that it was for a patient recovering from a high fever before leaving.
Entering the fast food restaurant, the woman skillfully used the mini-program to order and found an empty table to put the little princess down.
Tao Aiqin: 【Sys, this CEO is so down-to-earth. She even uses a mini-program to order.】
System: 【...】
The System didn't reply, and Tao Aiqin didn't mind. She continued, "I'm getting more and more curious about her past life. How did she and the female lead even get together?"
【Qin Qingshang doesn't recognize you,】 the System was still a bit worried. 【Will she really marry Tao Qiuyun?】
"Come on, she's the CEO of a big corporation. Even if it's a contract marriage, she'll get Qin Qingshang to agree."
【Will such a marriage be happy? What if the female lead and the male lead...】
"First of all, a woman with a normal brain wouldn't like that kind of man." Tao Aiqin interrupted the System, then covered her mouth and laughed. "Secondly... hehehe, the red book, legal wives, cohabitation."
The System was speechless. 【Are you thinking something bad?】
Tao Aiqin ignored its comment, still immersed in her own fantasy. "Help! So fragrant, so fragrant!"
"What's wrong?" Tao Qiuyun got the food, placed the fries in front of the little girl who was covering her mouth with her head down, and helped her with the ketchup. Since they weren't very familiar with each other yet, her expression of concern was slightly unnatural. "Are you feeling unwell somewhere?"
Just then, Tao Qiuyun's phone received a text message from Old Master Tao:
【Today is the first day.】
The woman's expression changed, and she frowned, looking very troubled.
If today counts as the first day, doesn't that mean there are only two days left?
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