Chapter 1

Chapter 1

That night, I had just finished putting on a full face of exquisite makeup and was about to head out when my five-year-old daughter, who should have been asleep by now, was somehow bursting with energy.

The little thing refused to let the nanny coax her to bed and insisted on clinging to me-her beautiful, captivating mother.

“Mommy, where are you going?”

I was spraying on perfume and answered offhandedly, “I’m meeting your Auntie Nanzhi.”

After I finished, I crouched down and kissed her soft little cheek. “Be good, baby. Go to sleep. We’ll see each other tomorrow, okay?”

Little Zhao Yue still had that adorable baby fat on her face, with big round eyes and fair skin. She was exactly the kind of little girl who made people’s hearts go soft at a glance.

She blinked up at me, her lashes fluttering. “Mommy, I want to go too.”

Originally, I intended to reason with her. Or, failing that, pull rank as her mother and scare her a little.

Lines like “children who don’t sleep won’t grow tall” had become second nature to me after becoming a mom.

But the little girl looked at me so pitifully that my heart was about to melt.

I told her that children couldn’t go to entertainment venues, but she chose not to understand that part.

In the end, seeing that the agreed time was almost here, I called my best friend to tell her about this sweet little problem. Who knew that the moment she heard the girl’s soft, milky voice over the phone, she would shriek, “My precious Yue! Bring her here right now! Auntie is going to kiss her to death!”

“…”

Thanks to an excellent combination of genes from both parents, little Zhao Yue had been irresistibly adorable ever since her one-month celebration.

Plenty of people had half-jokingly asked me and her dad to give them the child.

It was rare for me to get a night out, but in the end, after a few minutes of staring my daughter down, I bent over, scooped her up, and headed out.

This kid was chubby and a little heavy. Clearly, I hadn’t been lifting weights often enough lately.

Little Zhao Yue was so happy in my arms that she waved her hands and kicked her feet. Then she nuzzled against my neck like she was acting spoiled.

She was a sensible child. She knew I had makeup on, so she wouldn’t rub her face against mine.

Anyone who saw her would have to say this child had been raised so well.

Meng Nanzhi came to welcome little Zhao Yue in a sexy leopard-print camisole, looking every bit the hot girl.

“Oh, my baby Yueyue, Auntie missed you to death.” Little Zhao Yue was promptly smothered in kisses.

Meng Nanzhi was a master of romance, but she was firmly against marriage.

She did, however, love little Zhao Yue quite a bit by association. She said the little girl looked like me when I was a child.

Little Zhao Yue wrapped her arms around her Auntie Nanzhi and whispered to her in a childish, tender voice, innocent and pure.

I spread my hands. “Well? The child is here. Who’s watching her?”

A child this age basically couldn’t be out of an adult’s sight for even a second.

No matter how well-behaved they were, they would always find some little way to get into trouble.

After Meng Nanzhi had gotten her fill of inhaling the human cub, she drawled, “With me here, are you really worried there won’t be anyone to watch the kid?”

?

She did not look like someone who knew how to take care of children.

And Meng Nanzhi really didn’t.

A few minutes later, the private room door opened again, and a row of young, handsome men dressed like butlers appeared before us. Each of them looked to be at least 180 centimeters tall.

Every single one had broad shoulders, long legs, and delicate features.

Meng Nanzhi swept her gaze over them, then tapped her fingertip twice, leaving behind the two who were especially outstandingly handsome.

I nearly choked on my own saliva.

“Meng Nanzhi, did you forget that I’m married?”

And my child was right here!

“I know,” she said calmly. “They’re not for you.”

She patted little Zhao Yue on the head. “They’re for your daughter.”

“…”