A Gorgeous Man Takes His Son to the City to Work 15

Chapter 15

The rain-soaked tea deity, inside the car, exuded a rich tea fragrance.

Bai Qingyu could still control himself, but the cub was unaware and needed his father’s magic to control it.

Bai Xiaocha could smell his father’s faint scent, his face nestled against Bai Qingyu’s chest, and he said, “Dad, you smell so good.”

The young man driving said, “It’s green tea car perfume, it smells good, right? I gave it to Professor Jiang. By the way, my name is Xu Zhao, Zhao as in imperial edict.”

Bai Qingyu raised an eyebrow slightly. He had an idea, he could also make a green tea sachet to carry with him, so he wouldn’t be exposed when it rained in the future.

The warm air in the car almost dried Bai Xiaocha’s short hair, making it soft and fluffy again.

Twenty minutes later, Bai Qingyu arrived at an old residential area. Because of the rain, the old lady didn’t let the chickens out today, they were kept inside, and the flower bed was empty.

Xu Zhao got out of the car first, took an umbrella from the passenger seat and opened it, then opened the back door and held the umbrella for the father and son.

As soon as Bai Qingyu got out of the car, he turned around and found that the seat was wet from his clothes, “Sorry.”

“It’s okay, it’ll dry soon.” Xu Zhao skillfully took out the key and opened the security door on the first floor. After Bai Qingyu went in, he returned to the trunk, put away the umbrella, dragged the trash can out of the car with one hand, and lifted it up a few steps, “I’ll leave it here. Uncle and aunt should be watching the morning news inside, just knock on the door.”

Bai Qingyu, “Aren’t you coming in for a bit?”

Xu Zhao smiled and said, “I can only go in when Auntie stops raising chickens.”

Bai Qingyu thought that Xu Zhao, like He Renyuan, had a cleanliness obsession and didn’t want to share a room with chickens. He nodded understandingly, “Then drive carefully.”

Bai Qingyu closed the door and put Bai Xiaocha down.

The old lady heard the noise and came out. She saw the drenched father and son in the living room, exclaimed, “Oh dear,” and said, “Quickly change your clothes, I’ve cleaned this room, see if it’s okay.”

Bai Xiaocha stood by his father’s feet, “Hello, Grandpa and Grandma.”

The old man came out a step later. He wasn’t home last time, so he didn’t see the housekeeper Jiang Libo hired. He heard that he had a child with him, it was the “nationally designated grandson.” Did that brat think he didn’t know what he was up to?

Someone else’s child was someone else’s child… The old man lifted his reading glasses and saw a well-behaved little boy through the lenses. Uh… it wouldn’t be bad if he became their own.

“Quickly change your clothes, don’t catch a cold. Have you had breakfast?”

Bai Xiaocha politely replied, “Grandpa, we’ve eaten, we had buns.”

Bai Qingyu took Bai Xiaocha to the housekeeper’s bedroom and pulled the small cart inside. This house was a unit allocated by the work unit twenty years ago, a three-bedroom, two-living room apartment. The guest rooms were not big, not even one-third the size of the guest rooms in He Renyuan’s villa.

A 1.5-meter bed, a row of wardrobes, and a large trash can in the corner, there wasn’t much space left.

On a rainy day, there were trees outside the window, making the first floor a bit dark, but Bai Xiaocha could now bask in the sun outdoors openly.

…

He Renyuan returned home drenched, looking unusually dejected.

The housekeeper had only seen him in this state after He Renyuan woke up from falling off the cliff. But at that time, He Renyuan still had a ruthless drive to take revenge on his law firm partner, tearing down the law firm he had built until there was nothing left.

That was three years of He Renyuan’s hard work, a reputation built on countless sleepless nights fighting lawsuits.

But that law firm was tainted, so he didn’t even look at it. When it came to letting go, it had to be someone as ruthless as He Renyuan.

He Renyuan now clearly couldn’t “let go,” but even in this state, the housekeeper couldn’t bear to ask why he didn’t catch up.

“Young master, have, have breakfast.”

He Renyuan sat on the chair like a zombie, unaware that his clothes were wet. He picked up a steamed bun, and the image of the little boy eating a steamed bun suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, the image of Bai Qingyu throwing the half-eaten green rice ball into his bowl.

There was an unusual silence without Bai Qingyu chattering beside him during the meal.

He Renyuan looked up and scanned the housekeeper, Li Ru, Li Yuan, Jiang Mengmeng, and Auntie Liu. He hadn’t noticed before, half of these six people were mute, and the rest were also mute.

The mute sisters were gently gesturing. This was the safest way to communicate at this time.

He Renyuan, “Jiang Mengmeng, translate.”

Jiang Mengmeng was suddenly called upon and stammered, unable to speak. She was already socially anxious and even more afraid to translate the mute sisters’ whispers in front of the boss.

The young master’s stand-in baby was gone, and she hadn’t built up her courage yet.

He Renyuan waited patiently for three seconds, then threw down the steamed bun and went upstairs.

The housekeeper said, “It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s not a big problem, it’ll be fine when Bai Qingyu comes back.”

Auntie Liu asked, “Can Qingyu still come back?”

The housekeeper was confident, “I have his contact information. When I find out what his next job is, I’ll poach him.”

The situation was unclear now, and the young master was still stubborn. Once he figured out Bai Qingyu’s new job, he could offer a higher salary and benefits to poach him – he believed He Ying would be willing to pay.

The housekeeper waited for a while, took out the tea that Bai Qingyu had stir-fried, and made a cup of hot tea.

When he brought it upstairs, He Renyuan had just finished showering. He smelled the tea fragrance and said without looking up, “I’m not drinking it.”

The housekeeper, “It’s the tea stir-fried by Bai Qingyu.”

He Renyuan, “…Leave it.”

The housekeeper, “Drink more hot water.”

He Renyuan pressed his forehead, “Don’t presume, I don’t need him to come back as a housekeeper.”

The housekeeper was stunned. Did this mean he wasn’t allowed to poach him?

“Then should I still ask where Bai Qingyu is working?”

He Renyuan didn’t say anything. The housekeeper understood, he should ask, and then decide what to do.

He Renyuan picked up the tea, didn’t drink it, and looked at it closely. What magic did Bai Qingyu have? Why was the tea he stir-fried also different?

He unconsciously went up to the third floor. Everything here had been cleaned by Bai Qingyu, the floor was spotless, the ugly bedsheet on the bed had been removed, revealing the original wood color.

A jacket was drying on the balcony. He Renyuan, as if finding an excuse to meet his ex after breaking up, pushed open the balcony door. The moment he saw the clothes clearly, his brain cooled down.

It wasn’t the jacket Bai Qingyu had forgotten to take away, it was his.

Bai Qingyu had actually picked up the jacket he threw in the trash can, hand-washed it, and hung it here to dry.

The jacket, the tie… The tie couldn’t be washed. After being washed, it was wrinkled like pickled vegetables hanging in a farmhouse.

He could even pick up things from the trash can? Was Bai Qingyu stupid… Forget it, he could even put his own son in a trash can, like an unwanted stray cat.

He Renyuan remembered the scene at the bus stop, his heart still heavy, as if he was the culprit behind this scene.

He hadn’t fired Bai Qingyu. Judging from the housekeeper’s reaction, Bai Qingyu had already planned to leave.

Ding—

WeChat beeped. He Renyuan unlocked his phone, and a message from his father popped up.

He Renyuan clicked on the picture and saw a screenshot of a Moments post that He Wangzhong had taken from somewhere, the theme was sanitation worker and father.

He Renyuan closed his eyes. This world was really small, even his father had to stab him in the back.

He Wangzhong: Other people’s one-year-old children know how to help their father push the trash can in the rain, you didn’t even turn on the gas tank for me when I cooked.

He Renyuan: It’s different, you didn’t take me to work.

He Wangzhong: It’s the same now, my culinary career has just begun, and I’m taking you with me.

He Renyuan: You want to be a chef, and I have to be a monkey?

He Wangzhong: What chef and monkey? This is fatherly love. You probably can’t produce such a thing as fatherly love.

He Renyuan: Hereditary deficiency.

He Wangzhong: Bullshit, I’m just waiting to see how your bad temper will be as a father, huh. Don’t be worse than me!

He Renyuan: Still fantasizing about being a grandfather.

After settling in, Bai Qingyu said, “I’ll take a day off tomorrow and take Cha Bao out to find a kindergarten.”

Mother Jiang was puzzled, “Isn’t one and a half years old too early for kindergarten?”

Bai Qingyu remembered what Zhang Xiujuan had said, “It’s not early, two years old is a crucial time.”

He was responsible for cooking as a housekeeper at the Jiang family. The Jiang’s kitchen was semi-open, and Bai Xiaocha would sometimes crawl in. What if he was splashed by oil or something?

He planned to send Bai Xiaocha to a half-day daycare, dropping him off at 10 am and picking him up at 3 pm. During that time, he could make a good lunch, clean the house, and clean the chicken coop.

Mother Jiang said, “We’re both free and can watch Cha Bao. Or, you don’t have to cook, we can order takeout.”

Father Jiang agreed, “Don’t rush, you have to choose a kindergarten carefully. Children won’t tell you if they are bullied.”

Bai Qingyu understood their kindness, but—

“I became a housekeeper so that Cha Bao could attend kindergarten in the city.”

Mother Jiang exclaimed, “Ah,” she didn’t expect Bai Qingyu to be so serious about his child’s education. Thinking that poor children had to mature early, she expressed her understanding, “There are many kindergartens near our community, and they haven’t been fully enrolled this year. It should be easy to transfer in. Choose one that’s closer, it doesn’t matter if it’s expensive, Grandma supports Cha Bao’s education.”

Bai Qingyu, “Thank you, Auntie, I’ll choose carefully.”

The next day, Bai Qingyu took Cha Bao to visit the kindergartens around the community. He focused on one thing: a large outdoor activity space.

After looking around for half a day, only Apple Kindergarten had a large outdoor space and was inexpensive, three thousand yuan a month. The only drawback was that the facilities were sparse and old, but it wasn’t a big problem. Bai Xiaocha could play in a hole for a long time.

Bai Qingyu contacted the kindergarten principal. A young teacher also came out with him. Seeing Bai Xiaocha’s size, they both shook their heads, “He’s too small, come back next semester.”

Bai Qingyu hurriedly said, “He can eat by himself, he can also say when he needs to go to the toilet, and he has the IQ of at least… a three-year-old.”

“Really?” The principal looked at the soft little dumpling in Bai Qingyu’s arms with suspicion. To be honest, enrollment was difficult this year, and the kindergarten was about to close down. He was very happy to enroll one more student to cover the rent, but a child this young would be a burden on the teachers.

“It’s just lunchtime, let him eat by himself and see.”

Bai Qingyu, “Okay.”

The kindergarten’s food focused on being safe, it was all easy-to-eat and digestible food. Bai Xiaocha, who was sleeping in his father’s arms, woke up automatically when he smelled the food and started eating when he saw it.

The principal and the teacher were shocked ever since Bai Xiaocha lifted his face from his father’s arms. In so many years of working, this was the first time they had seen such a lovable child. Their hearts melted just looking at him.

What was even more surprising was that, at such a young age, he ate more attentively and skillfully than the other children who were three years older.

He even wiped his mouth after eating.

Bai Qingyu, “Can you accept him?”

The principal and the teacher looked at each other, as if they had found a treasure, “Yes, yes.”

The principal, “Teacher Zhou, quickly get the enrollment contract and form.”

The contract was related to tuition and insurance, and the form was to understand some basic family information.

Bai Qingyu discovered that when enrolling a child, they actually asked about the parents’ education level!

He honestly filled in “illiterate,” and then filled in “housekeeper” for his occupation.

“If you didn’t go to university, you can fill in junior high or high school,” Teacher Zhou reminded him.

Bai Qingyu, “I didn’t go to those either.”

Teacher Zhou, “Elementary school?”

Bai Qingyu: “…”

Teacher Zhou saw that his form was mostly blank, and her words became cautious, “The child’s mother?”

Bai Qingyu, “Single parent.”

Teacher Zhou, “Emergency contact person other than yourself?”

Bai Qingyu opened his phone and scrolled through his contacts, finally filling in Housekeeper Qi Yun’s number.

Teacher Zhou accidentally saw that he only had five contacts in his address book and looked surprised.

“Bai Xiaocha’s father, you can follow our Apple Kindergarten’s official account. We post parenting knowledge and information about the kindergarten every day.”

“What’s an official account?” Bai Qingyu had encountered another knowledge blind spot.

Teacher Zhou then took Bai Qingyu’s phone, followed the official account, and joined the “Apple 001 Little Saplings Class Group.”

“Okay, you can bring Bai Xiaocha to school tomorrow. This is a list of items you need to bring for the first day of school.”

Bai Qingyu glanced at it, spare clothes and shoes, a nap blanket, etc.

He took Bai Xiaocha to spend a fortune on a small nap blanket and said with relief, “Baby, from tomorrow onwards, you will be a highly educated baby.”

Higher than Dad was high.

“It will definitely be easy to find a job in the future.” Bai Qingyu couldn’t help but think of He Renyuan. Being a lawyer must be very lucrative, right? It would be great if Bai Xiaocha could also become a lawyer.

Having completed a major task, Bai Qingyu happily held Bai Xiaocha’s hand and walked back. He saw a crowd of people watching something, cheering from time to time.

He had to join in the human fun.

Bai Qingyu held Bai Xiaocha and squeezed into an empty space, “Baby, it’s an acrobatics troupe.”

An acrobatics troupe from somewhere had made arrangements with the property management and was allowed to perform in the open space inside the community. Two people were doing acrobatics, and after warming up the crowd, they released a parrot from a cage.

This parrot was trained and could fly around according to whistle commands, landing on the audience’s hands.

“Do you want the parrot to fly to your hand?” The owner of the acrobatics troupe said cheerfully.

Bai Xiaocha shouted, “Yes!”

The troupe owner, “This parrot is very smart. Hold up some money, and it will fly to whoever has the largest amount.”

Bai Xiaocha, “Dad!”

Bai Qingyu took out money from his pocket and gave Bai Xiaocha a hundred-yuan bill. He had told Bai Xiaocha not to play with the sparrow last time, so he had to compensate him.

Bai Xiaocha excitedly held it up, waiting for the parrot to fly to him.

Bai Xiaocha was the only one at the scene who held up cash. Bai Qingyu was a little puzzled, then he figured it out, because many people didn’t carry cash anymore.

This was even better, Bai Xiaocha had a higher chance of interaction.

The next moment, the parrot flew towards Bai Xiaocha as expected.

Then, it snatched the money from his hand.

The parrot quickly went into the troupe owner’s box and came out without the money in its mouth.

Bai Xiaocha looked at his empty hand, huh? Where did the money go?

Bai Qingyu: “…”

The father and son, who couldn’t even put together one kindergarten diploma, could only look at each other. Bai Qingyu felt that the surrounding people were also looking at them like they were fools.

Bai Xiaocha knew that one hundred yuan was a lot of money. Grandpa Deng had to sell a lot of eggs to get one.

“Dad, where did the money go?”

Bai Qingyu, “Because, because the little bird was hungry, it took the money to buy food.”

Bai Xiaocha nodded, “The little bird ate a lot.”

Bai Qingyu hugged his son tightly, “Baby, the world outside is very dangerous.”

Outside the crowd, He Renyuan, who had witnessed the whole process of the father and son being scammed, “…”

Bai Qingyu was really good at making people angry. He was angrier than when he lost a lawsuit.

If Bai Qingyu hadn’t called the housekeeper when filling out the emergency contact information, he wouldn’t have known that Bai Qingyu was enrolling Bai Xiaocha in kindergarten.

He just “happened” to be nearby and wanted to see the kindergarten environment, in case Bai Qingyu chose one that was too cheap and made Uncle Qi worry.

Bai Qingyu also saw his former boss when he turned around, his cheeks flushed. Lawyer He was so smart, he must have never been scammed, right?

Bai Qingyu wanted to pretend he didn’t see him, quietly retreat, and leave discreetly, when his wrist was suddenly grabbed.

He Renyuan, “Aren’t you eloquent? Why don’t you go and argue?”
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It’s hard to scam a lawyer’s money, but easy to scam his feelings (●—●)