Chapter 103: The Quarrel between Mother and Son
Xiaobai patted on his chest and guaranteed with his hands on his waist, “Of course, Dabai, don’t worry! I’ll take care of myself, you should too!”
“Ok, we will both take care of ourselves.”
Qin Muxuan smiled with tenderness in her eyes. Then she sighed and said, “Xiaobai, you are busy every day. Mommy feels so lonely.”
“Really? Then I’ll ask for a day off!”
Qin Xiaobai who had stuck to his principles a second before put the principles aside at once with his eyes sparkling.
After that, Qin Muxuan felt her shoulder a bit heavy. Gu Zijin put his hand on her shoulder and whispered to her ear in a low voice, “We are running out of time. Haven’t you chatted enough?”
“Daddy, don’t come close, Dabai and I are having a private conversation.”
Seeing Gu Zijin coming over, Qin Xiaobai pushed his face away immediately.
After that, Gu Zijin held Qin Xiaobai up and put the latter in the car forcibly, saying, “Qin Xiaobai, you have to learn to be alone.”‘
“Daddy, you can’t do this. You are playing dirty now!”
“I’m not.”
“Daddy, how can you be so mean to a little child?”
“This is called education.”
Qin Muxuan watched the father and son quarreling with each other for a long time. She covered her mouth with her hand and almost burst into laughter.
‘Come on, are you guys two little kids who like to quarrel?’
Qin Muxuan walked over and slipped into the car right under Gu Zijin’s arms, saying, “Well, I promised him that I would accompany him to the studio. You should go to work now.”
“Fine.”
“Can you come home early tonight? After living outside for a month, I feel that my cooking skill has improved. Is that right, Xiaobai?”
“… Um, yep!”
Qin Xiaobai nodded repeatedly. Sometimes he just had to tell white lies.
The manager felt that they had finished talking and then drove away.
Qin Muxuan held Qin Xiaobai in her arms. After pondering for a while, she said, “Xiaobai, have you thought about changing your last name to Daddy’s?”
“No. Why did you ask that, Dabai?” Qin Xiaobai asked curiously.
“Well, I’m thinking about letting you use your daddy’s last name.”
Hearing that, Qin Xiaobai only rubbed his fingers in silence with his lips compressed. He was too young to understand his mother’s words. ‘Why do I have to change my last name? Why can’t I use my mother’s last name?”
“I won’t.”
Qin Xiaobai shook his head, showing a strong feeling of resistance, “I don’t want to change my last name! I feel it’s very good now.”
Qin Muxuan tried to persuade him patiently, “You are your father’s son, what’s wrong about changing your last name to his? Gu Xiaobai sounds like a great name, doesn’t it? At least, others will know that you are Gu Zijin’s child when hearing that name.”
Qin Xiaobai, frowning, turned his head and retorted, “But I’m also your child.” After pausing for a second, he continued, “Dabai, is it because you don’t want me anymore? You want to leave me and abandon me like you did last time, right?”
Qin Xiaobai was always worrying after Qin Muxuan’s sudden departure last time. Now, when hearing that Qin Muxuan wanted to change his last name all of a sudden, he got panicky right away.
‘Dabai, are you leaving me again?’
Thinking of that, Qin Xiaobai suddenly got emotional, “Dabai, you said that you would never leave me! You liar!”
“Xiaobai, it’s not like that. I never thought of leaving you.”
Qin Muxuan never expected that Qin Xiaobai would react so drastically. Flustered, she could only hold Xiaobai in her arms and comforted him, “It’s true. Trust me.”
“I don’t trust you. You are a big liar!”
After they arrived at their destination, Qin Xiaobai jumped off the car with his eyes turning red and rushed into the studio right away without looking at Qin Muxuan. She followed him while crying out, “Xiaobai, let me explain to you!”
However, Qin Xiaobai’s figure disappeared right after he entered the studio.
“Miss Qin!” Qin Xiaobai’s manager rushed over to stop her, “Sorry, you cannot enter the studio without a working permit. I’ll comfort Xiaobai. Now it’s already a bit late for you to go to work, let me drive you to your company.”
Qin Muxuan stopped frustratedly. Thinking of Qin Xiaobai’s red eyes, she felt as if her heart was being stabbed.
Then the manager sent Qin Muxuan back to her firm. The firm happened to receive a few orders and was short of hands. Luckily, Qin Muxuan had come back.
Little did she know that she would be that busy. The moment she sat down, Qin Feng handed her a few drawings which needed modification. Due to the heavy workload, she had to put her personal feelings aside first and focused on her work.
When she raised her head, it was already noon break.
“Thanks for your hard work.”
There were still two drawings left for her to modify. As Qin Muxuan rubbed her sore shoulder, Qin Feng put a cup of tea on her desk, saying,
“You should have a rest now.”‘
“Thanks.”
As Qin Muxuan took a sip of the tea, she felt impressed by the pleasant taste. One second before, she still felt a bit tired, but now she was full of energy again.
While she was working, she spared the time to browse her Weibo, finding that the discussion about Xiaobai’s last name had got more heated. Under the video which the crew of the reality show had posted, the comment area had already been occupied by the war of words. Every word the anti-fans of Qin Muxuan had written was quite harsh and unbearable.NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.
After a single glance of those comments, Qin Muxuan closed her Weibo right away with her fingers trembling slightly.
Although that thing happened long long ago, she still remembered how fiercely she had been abused on the Internet and didn’t check Weibo very often now.
The online abuses would hurt someone deeply. If Qin Xiaobai suffered that…
Thinking of that, Qin Muxuan felt her hands numb and overwhelmed by a sense of coldness. ‘No, I’ll never let Xiaobai suffer.’
“Muxuan, what happened?”
Qin Feng detected that there was something wrong with Qin Muxuan. Then he asked, “Do you not feel well?”
“Nothing, I feel a bit cold, perhaps because of the air conditioning.”
Qin Muxuan shook her head and tried hard to restrain the anxious feeling deep inside. At the noon break, she called Gu Zijin and told him about what had happened in the car.
Hearing Qin Muxuan’s trembling voice, Gu Zijin raised his hand to interrupt the meeting while answering her in a deep voice, “It’s nothing, I’ll explain to him when I go back home.”
“… OK.”
Qin Muxuan closed her eyes while regretting over what she had done. She should not have asked Xiaobai to change his last name all of a sudden.
In the meantime, Qin Xiaobai who was in the studio also felt sad.
When he shed tears secretly in the corner, he happened to be seen by Yan Yuxiao who came to the studio. Then she walked over and feigned a caring look, “What’s wrong, Xiaobai?”
Qin Xiaobai felt that someone had come. Then he wiped his tears and said, “I’m fine.”
Yan Yuxiao realized that this was a good chance for her to cozy up to Xiaobai, so she continued asking, “Your eyes are red, who made you cry?”
“It’s none of your business!”
After saying that, Qin Xiaobai ran away.
The look in Yan Yuxiao’s eyes gradually turned cold.