DTBS – Chapter 9
Chapter 9: Shock
"I'll deliver it?" Tao Aiqin took the thermos from a certain CEO Tao, her expression not even having time to register. "You're not going?"
"What, didn't you say I was a bad person and wouldn't let me see your mom?" Tao Qiuyun squatted down to look the little furball in the eye. Seeing her expression, she found it amusing and reached out to rub her head. "Go quickly, and remember not to say anything random to her."
Tao Aiqin: Sys, is this person from the Eastern Tang Dynasty? (Note: Refers to someone incredibly naive or pure)
System: Are you calling me a mischievous monkey?
Tao Aiqin: Get lost. What I mean is, she's too honest and not moved by female beauty. Qin Qingshang is so beautiful, and she's being forced to get a marriage certificate with her within three days. Shouldn't she seize this opportunity to get closer?
Tao Aiqin wasn't the only one with this thought. Su Qingxiang had the same idea and voiced it directly: "Qiuqiu, this is the time to seize the opportunity, give her warmth, and reverse your image as a heartless scumbag who just ran off."
"Sure enough," Tao Qiuyun stood up and looked at her, "Grandpa sent you."
"Ah, well." Su Qingxiang coughed lightly. "It's just that the old man was afraid you couldn't handle it, so he sent me, the eloquent one, to help out. If you make her angry again, I can smooth things over."
"She just got over a high fever, let her rest well. If she knew now that she has to marry me..." Tao Qiuyun paused, worry clouding her brow again. She shook her head, "I want her to at least get a good night's sleep tonight."
After finding out about this, Qin Qingshang would definitely be as troubled as she was.
"You mean," Tao Aiqin stared at her, looking pure and innocent, and asked curiously, "After Mama marries you, she won't be able to sleep well? Why? Will you bully her in the middle of the night?"
Tao Qiuyun choked, and Su Qingxiang burst out laughing. Seeing the woman next to her look over, she quickly waved her hand, "Cough cough! First, I wasn't thinking anything dirty. Second, I naturally know your daughter is just purely curious, really. I'm also very pure, I didn't think of anything else at all."
Tao Qiuyun sighed, not wanting to get into it with these two. She looked down at the little furball who always said surprising things, "I still have some documents to handle later and a video conference. Come out as soon as you finish delivering the porridge to her."
"Are you sick?" Su Qingxiang was greatly shocked. "Ignoring your celebrity wife, not spending time with your adorable daughter, you're going back to keep your work company? What kind of work is so..."
"Worth fifty billion, a cooperation project with the higher-ups." Tao Qiuyun said expressionlessly, "The Tao family might not care about this fifty billion, but Chunjin cares, I care. My professional ethics don't allow me not to take this seriously. This is basic integrity."
"CEO Tao, I'll take your daughter home for you," Su Qingxiang immediately changed her expression, showing a standard smile, "You should hurry back. Just give me a little bit of benefit afterward."
Tao Aiqin reached out and tugged at the woman's sleeve, "Bad guy, can I tell Mama what I said at the store?"
"No." Tao Qiuyun lowered her head and said seriously, "Didn't we agree? You can't say things like that to her."
"But I still haven't seen the fries! You're a big liar! Lying to kitty, you're mean!" Tao Aiqin felt she was too bad and prepared to glare at her.
"Look," Tao Qiuyun showed her phone screen to her, "I ordered from the nearest store, the rider is on the way. After you deliver the porridge to her, we can go to the front desk to pick them up."
"Okay~" Hearing this, the little girl finally felt relieved and walked with light steps towards Qin Qingshang's hospital room.
"She seems to like you quite a bit," Su Qingxiang bumped Tao Qiuyun with her shoulder. "It seems your mother-daughter relationship is quite harmonious. Although you've been separated for so many years, sure enough, there's a connection through blood."
"I don't feel any connection." Tao Qiuyun didn't admit it. "The test results for Qin Qingshang and Tao Aiqin are out, they are mother and daughter, but the one I asked Uncle Liu to test hasn't come out yet. She might not be my daughter."
"You really are a typical example of 'cremated and only the mouth remains'." Su Qingxiang rolled her eyes at her. "Why do you keep refusing to admit it? She even took the surname Tao. What? Do you need a banner on the little girl's forehead saying 'Tao Qiuyun's Daughter' for you to believe it?"
Tao Qiuyun frowned, "Because I really haven't slept with her. How could she be pregnant?"
"Look closely at my face," Su Qingxiang sneered, "Do you think I believe you? She's already given birth to your child, and you say she wasn't pregnant? You say you didn't sleep together? You say it is, so it is? Can you be scientific? Can a daughter fall from the sky?!"
Tao Qiuyun turned her head away, "I can't explain it clearly to you."
Probably only Qin Qingshang could understand now. After all, she didn't know Tao Aiqin, so she should be in the same situation as herself, both skeptical of this suddenly appearing daughter.
It's just... the paternity test was too solid, simply the Hammer of Thor! It hammered her into silence.
"Alright, Qiuqiu, at least you're just stubborn with your words, your nature isn't bad." Su Qingxiang scrolled through her phone, starting their daily sharing as friends. "You wouldn't believe it, after I found out you had a daughter, the recommendations on the internet were all kinds of weird videos. It's really big data running rampant, no privacy at all."
"This afternoon, I saw a rant video. The uploader said he saw a scumbag who beat his wife into the hospital, and she was a refined-looking, well-dressed elite woman. Her wife wanted a divorce, but that scumbag still wanted custody and wouldn't let the child see her mother. Isn't that outrageous?"
"Oh, it seems to be this hospital. I hope I don't run into that scumbag, otherwise, I don't care if she's a woman, I'll just beat them up."
Seeing Tao Qiuyun didn't respond, Su Qingxiang nudged her, "Give me some reaction, CEO Tao. Weren't you the one who hated guys who bullied women the most? Let's curse together!"
Tao Qiuyun stared at her, expressionless, "Scumbags who commit domestic violence should all be dragged out and beaten to death."
Of course, video bloggers who take things out of context to gain traffic should also be dragged out. It would be best if what that uploader said was true.
"Wow, this one is even crazier," Su Qingxiang stared at her phone, sharing the latest gossip she found with her friend in real-time. "Near the drama university in our city, that Old Man Bai's place, an uploader encountered an even more outrageous scumbag this afternoon. Why are there so many scumbag women who like to wear suits these days? I heard it was the latest top-tier Chanel. Qiuqiu, she seems to be wearing the same outfit as you."
"The most outrageous thing is, that person actually wanted to kidnap her daughter to threaten her ex-wife into remarrying her. That's really criminal."
Tao Qiuyun was startled, her face turning a little grim. "Let me see the video?"
"Don't rush, wait for me to finish sending this comment."
Tao Qiuyun couldn't stand it anymore and leaned over to look at Su Qingxiang's phone. The comments were all saying they should have called the police at the time.
No, are video bloggers these days just making things up with their mouths? And these netizens are too easily led astray.
Did the word "kidnap" come out of her mouth? It was that little brat who said it herself!
Tao Aiqin, who suggested kidnapping, didn't see Tao Qiuyun and Su Qingxiang after delivering the porridge. Instead, she was taken away by the strong bodyguard, Wu Hu.
"Little Miss," the man's voice was deep, "Eldest Miss received a call, she went to a meeting. She asked me to pick you up and take you back to the old residence today."
Tao Aiqin obediently followed him into the car, chatting with the System in her head, a little excited: "This is finally right, the old residence of the domineering CEO's family that appears in almost every novel!"
The System was also excited: "They've taken you back to the old residence, it seems the Tao family's attitude is clear. They can't possibly keep the daughter and abandon the mother, right?"
Tao Aiqin rested her chin on her hand, her eyes darting around. "But if Tao Qiuyun and the female lead never click, this marriage will be in name only, which would be a shame."
"So?"
"So I've decided to see it through and help them out properly."
"...You better be."
"Sys, don't worry. Tomorrow, I'll make a fuss about Tao Qiuyun owing me fries, get familiar with her company first, and scatter all her potential romantic interests."
"I think you want her to be utterly embarrassed! Let's exploit someone else."
After the meeting, Zheng Liuyu followed Tao Qiuyun into the office.
"CEO Tao," Zheng Liuyu looked at Tao Qiuyun, who was tidying her desk, feeling strange, but still reported dutifully, "Because the plan has changed, the meeting report for today will probably be a bit late. Is 4 PM okay? Also, you didn't ask me to order lunch, are you eating the staff meal?"
"Send the report to my email tonight, I won't be in the company this afternoon." Tao Qiuyun capped her pen and turned to look at the surprised Zheng Liuyu, smiling, "I asked Executive Assistant Wang to arrange lunch with Director Ji from IOM, so don't worry about me not having lunch."
"Arranged, Director Ji?" Secretary Zheng didn't react for a moment. "Although Director Ji included a request in her report, I've already conveyed it to her. It shouldn't require you to personally go..."
"You misunderstood," Tao Qiuyun took off her light gray suit jacket. The matching vest underneath made her look even taller and more elegant. "I wasn't planning to lecture her. I just wanted to see Qin Qingshang through her."
"Why would CEO Tao want to see Qin Qingshang?" Zheng Liuyu felt she couldn't understand her boss's thoughts. Yesterday she said she wasn't interested in female stars, and today she's thinking of arranging a meeting.
Is this reasonable?
Tao Qiuyun thought for two seconds, considering Zheng Liuyu's character and future work arrangements, and said frankly, "I'm preparing to get a marriage certificate with her. Tianhua City has a large population, so please trouble Secretary Zheng to make an appointment for me at the Civil Affairs Bureau. It's not a popular date recently, so it shouldn't be hard to book. Today or tomorrow is fine."
The folder in Zheng Liuyu's hand dropped to the floor. "Mar... marry?"
"Yes, marry." Tao Qiuyun bent down to pick up the folder from the floor and handed it back to the woman in front of her, saying gently, "So I'll be quite busy recently. I'll have Executive Assistant Wang come over to take over the work. You two will have to work a bit harder lately."
Zheng Liuyu stiffly gripped the edge of the folder and nodded.
"Do you have anything else to say?" Tao Qiuyun noticed Secretary Zheng looked like she wanted to say something but was hesitant, so she asked directly.
"CEO Tao," Zheng Liuyu was a little embarrassed, after all, she was asking about her boss's gossip, "Didn't you not know Qin Qingshang before? Why are you suddenly marrying her?"
"I just didn't know her name was Qin Qingshang." Tao Qiuyun's expression didn't change. Although she really didn't want to admit it, this matter would be known by the company's employees sooner or later, and it definitely couldn't be hidden from the secretary. So she said frankly, "We have a daughter."
Secretary Zheng's folder dropped again.
Gossip! Such big gossip!
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