Susu playfully winked at Tianyi and leaned close to Rong Ma, asking, "How naughty was he when he was little? How much trouble did he cause?"
"When the second young master was your age, he'd climb onto the roof and pull off tiles. He fell from the roof quite a few times. Getting bumps and bruises on his head was common. After playing until he was tired, he'd still wet the bed at night..."
Susu covered her mouth and giggled. Qin Tianyi was mortified and interrupted Rong Ma, "You must be mistaken. I never wet the bed."
Rong Ma earnestly recalled, "I'm not mistaken. When you were six, you still wet the bed at night, which caused Madam and Chen Ma to constantly change your bedding."
"I did not," Qin Tianyi's face turned bright red.
Susu had never seen him so embarrassed, like a child who had done something wrong. She couldn't stop laughing.
Little Star also laughed at him, "Daddy, you're so shy. You still wet the bed at your age!"
"Alright, you little rascal, you dare to make fun of me." Tianyi said, scooping up Little Star and striding ahead.
Rong Ma watched his retreating back, still speaking with the authority of age, "Look at the second young master, what's there to be shy about? Who didn't wet the bed when they were little?"
Susu supported Rong Ma as they walked behind, immensely amused. She thought that if Tianyi dared to tease her again, she could use his bedwetting to shut him up.
...
Their family accompanied Rong Ma in this picturesque place, enjoying a leisurely holiday for a few days before returning to Lancheng on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
Qin Tianyi resumed his work at the group office from the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, while Susu also prepared some New Year red envelopes, intending to distribute them to everyone at the studio for good luck in the new year.
After much persuasion, she finally got Tianyi to agree, but he insisted that bodyguards accompany her and that her location be shared with his phone at all times.
No matter what Tianyi said, she agreed, as long as she could go out for a walk and visit her studio.
As soon as she arrived at the studio, Zhang Ting, Shishi, and the others surrounded her, praising her for looking better and having a rosy complexion after not seeing her for a while.
Susu attributed this to resting at home and Tianyi and Chen Ma taking turns to nourish her body.
After a lively reunion with her colleagues, she gathered everyone for a small meeting, discussing the studio's next key arrangements and assigning specific tasks and clients, giving everyone clear work objectives.
Shishi also repeatedly reassured her to rest well during her pregnancy, promising that they would not slack off in her absence.
Before leaving the studio, Susu had a private chat with Shishi, asking about the luxury goods store she had entrusted to her care and whether Huo Zheng had returned to take over.
Shishi was just about to tell her about it. "Sister Susu, didn't your friend say for us to manage it for a month? But that month has long passed, and we haven't seen your friend return. Did he say when he would be back?"
"That's not right," Susu calculated the dates. Huo Zheng's closed-door training should have ended before the Lunar New Year. Why hadn't he returned to the luxury goods store to hand over to Shishi? "He should be back by now. Perhaps something at home has delayed him. Please bear with it for a few more days, and I'll contact him as soon as possible."
"Sister Susu, I can still manage for now, but I'm worried that after the New Year, the studio will be very busy, and I won't be able to handle it all."
"Okay, I understand." Susu thought that after Huo Zheng's training, he must have known that Huo Jin was harmed by Shu Yan. Was he angry with her, or was he genuinely unable to leave due to family matters? He hadn't contacted her at all.
She had sent him a New Year's greeting text message, but he hadn't replied.
Although Susu didn't want to face his questioning, it seemed she had to call him proactively.
After leaving the studio, she didn't go straight home. She also visited Sophie and spent some time with Xiaoxiao at the children's hospital.
Compared to before, Sophie was much more lively and vibrant, no longer looking self-pitying. It seemed her condition was improving in all aspects at the treatment center.
The only thing that made Susu's heart ache was that there was still no news about Xiaoxiao's bone marrow match.
The child had become much paler and thinner, underdeveloped compared to children her age. Coupled with the inability to undergo a bone marrow transplant, she truly wouldn't be able to make it.
...
On the first day of work after the Spring Festival, the Aoxiang Group was filled with joy and laughter. Everyone had not yet recovered from the leisure of the long holiday.
Qin Tianyi still disliked crowded and lively atmospheres. He delegated the task of distributing the New Year red envelopes entirely to Xiao Anjing and stayed alone in his office to handle the backlog of official duties.
However, no matter how focused he was on his work, he would occasionally check Susu's location sharing on his phone. Seeing that her location was still at the studio, he knew she must be as busy and happy as he was.
He pursed his lips into a smile and didn't urge her to come home, continuing to bury himself in his work.
Xiao Anjing walked into his office without knocking. Seeing that his expression was no longer as cold when he looked at documents, and that he even had a smile, he realized that a wife, children, marriage, and family... could indeed change a person.
He suddenly felt that he should also settle down and consider his own marriage.
"All the red envelopes have been distributed. I'm exhausted. You're the one enjoying the peace and quiet." He sat directly in the chair opposite Tianyi, looking distressed.
Tianyi didn't fall for his act. "I asked you to distribute red envelopes, not to do manual labor. Why are you always complaining about being tired? How about I give you all these documents on my desk, and I'll go chat with the department managers?"
"No, you should handle these public-facing tasks," Xiao Anjing flattered him. "You are the CEO; you need to maintain your mysterious aura."
Tianyi couldn't help but smile and said to him, "You can go get busy now. Don't just hang around here chatting aimlessly."
"Who wants to chat with you?" Xiao Anjing stood up, pulled all the blinds in the office, and made sure the door was closed. "I have something important to tell you."
Tianyi closed the document in front of him and asked, "What's the big deal?"
"Don't worry, nothing's wrong with the group," Xiao Anjing said as he took out his phone, opened a file, and showed it to him with a nervous expression. "Take a look at this."
Tianyi thought that if nothing was wrong with the group, what could be such a big deal? He felt that Xiao Anjing just liked to exaggerate everything.
He calmly looked at the file on Xiao Anjing's phone, and as he read, his expression became unusually solemn.
"When was this investigated? Why are you only telling me now?"
"The day before New Year's Eve. I wanted you to have a good New Year with your family, so I didn't tell you immediately," Xiao Anjing explained. "And it still needs further confirmation. I've had people watching Allen, but they haven't found anything. Nor have they seen him enter or leave his residence or the dessert shop with someone in a wheelchair."
"How is that possible? The day Sophie went crazy at the orphanage, Yang Sijie was donating money to that orphanage!" Qin Tianyi was still unwilling to believe what the investigation had revealed.