Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Meng Nanzhi said to the two meticulously dressed pretty boys, “Thanks for helping us watch the kid.”
The pretty boys froze, probably having never imagined when they entered the industry that one day they would be hired to babysit.
“Miss, you booked us so we could entertain a child?”
Meng Nanzhi gave a little hum. “Is there a problem?”
“No, no problem.”
Meng Nanzhi stroked little Zhao Yue’s cheek. “Sweetie, go play with these two uncles. Your mom and I are going to sing.”
Little Zhao Yue was very obedient and wasn’t afraid of strangers at all, which made the two pretty boys-who had originally been prepared to work their seductive charm-look a little restrained instead.
And so, Meng Nanzhi’s and my plans for the night officially began.
Microphone in hand, tonight we were veteran musicians.
Karaoke: an important human activity for relieving stress, gaining happiness, and incidentally losing weight.
Once the singing started, we went all in and forgot ourselves completely.
The flashing lights in the private room were like stage lighting. Whoever held the mic was the star.
Every now and then, I turned to glance at my daughter. Seeing her having a great time under the care of the two pretty boys on either side of her, completely unaffected by the two of us, put me at ease.
During the pause after one song ended, she even clapped obediently along with the pretty boy beside her and praised us.
The emotional support was so abundant it was practically overflowing.
Adorable baby.
The pretty boys were professional too. When Meng Nanzhi and I wailed like ghosts while belting out high notes, they even thoughtfully covered the little girl’s ears.
On the table were the drinks Meng Nanzhi had ordered, along with one wildly out-of-place bottle of milk.
Prepared for the child.
I was so lost in singing that I didn’t even hear the phone ringing in my bag.
So when the private room door was suddenly shoved open, neither Meng Nanzhi nor I reacted at first.
The accompaniment was still playing. I looked toward the door, brows knitting, wanting to see which blind fool had barged into someone else’s private room.
But when I saw who it was, I froze.
A man in a suit stood in the doorway. His bone structure was striking, and his deep-set eyes were cold at that moment.
His hands hung at either side of his trouser legs, his long, well-defined fingers drawing the eye. On the ring finger of his left hand was a silver wedding band set with diamonds, the matching pair to the diamond ring on my own hand.
My husband by arranged marriage, who was supposed to be away on a business trip, was now standing at the door of the private room as if he’d caught me cheating.
“Su Xu, you’ve really grown bold. You dare bring our daughter along while you hire strange men-”
Before he could finish, he had already taken in the scene inside.
Me and Meng Nanzhi holding microphones, and little Zhao Yue-his daughter-sitting between the so-called strange men.
Zhao Suiyu: “…”
The two pretty boys, still focused on babysitting, also looked bewildered.
The child’s biological father’s gaze swept over their faces as if it had become something tangible.
Little Zhao Yue knew nothing of all this. The moment she suddenly saw her father, who had been away from home for several days, her eyes lit up.
“Daddy!”
The little girl hopped off the sofa and ran to her father’s side, her arms already spread wide.
The man’s dark expression softened in that instant, and he bent to pick up his daughter.
Little Zhao Yue was a cuddly little sweetheart who loved to act spoiled, and she was very good at expressing herself.
“Daddy, I missed you so much!”