Yu He didn't think so. "Brother Ting won't agree to her dating until she's an adult. Besides, they're so young now, and there's a lot of uncertainty before they reach marriageable age. You should worry less and focus on your pregnancy."
"That's what you say, but think about it, your Brother Ting was set on you from a very young age. How do you know Duoduo won't inherit your Mr. Qin Seven's excellent genes?"
Yu He: ... Well, that's hard to say.
Ruan Tianxin continued, "No, I have to let our Zhan Zhan play with Duoduo more and build a relationship. I'll have Zhan Zhan go to the downtown school tomorrow! Let him skip grades and be in the same class as Duoduo."
Yu He was amused and exasperated. "You'd better not make it difficult for the child."
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Meanwhile, at Emperor One Hotel.
Ye Qichen had just signed a contract with a client. The female CEO of the client company said politely, "Mr. Ye, it's been a pleasure doing business. Please join us upstairs for dinner?"
"No, I have some personal matters to attend to. I must leave now. Please enjoy your meal." Ye Qichen smiled and declined.
"Mr. Ye is as elusive as the rumors say. You've been negotiating for so many days and always say you're busy. It seems a lady is waiting for you here?" the female CEO teased with a smile.
Ye Qichen chuckled. "It's just some personal matters. I'll be in Beishi another day, and I'll treat you to a meal then."
"Then I'll have to mark my calendar and come find you. You can't stand me up," the female CEO said with a beaming smile.
Ye Qichen smiled charmingly and nodded. "Alright, I'll be going now."
His assistant, Xiao Guan, quickly collected the contract and followed his footsteps.
As they entered the elevator, Xiao Guan couldn't help but joke, "Mr. Ye, it seems Ms. Wen is interested in you."
Ye Qichen glanced at him, his charming smile gone.
Xiao Guan immediately shut up. It seemed it was unwise to pry into the boss's personal affairs.
They arrived at the hotel parking lot. Xiao Guan started the car and asked, "Mr. Ye, are we going to the hospital?"
"Yes," Ye Qichen replied.
"Got it," Xiao Guan said.
It seemed Mr. Ye only had Ms. Gu in his heart.
Beijing was heavily congested during rush hour. Ye Qichen sat in the back seat, handling emails on his laptop. He looked up to find the car hadn't moved an inch.
He casually glanced at a mobile flagship store in a mall outside the window and suddenly remembered Duoduo mentioning last night that Gu En didn't have a phone.
"Xiao Guan, pull over. I need to go buy something," Ye Qichen suddenly said.
"Alright, Mr. Ye. What do you want to buy? Do you need me to go?" Xiao Guan asked.
Ye Qichen replied, "No."
Xiao Guan carefully pulled the car over and watched as Ye Qichen crossed the pedestrian walkway and entered the mobile store opposite. Five minutes later, Ye Qichen emerged with a bag containing a phone.
"Mr. Ye, did you get a new phone so quickly?" Xiao Guan remarked when Ye Qichen got back into the car.
He remembered Mr. Ye had just bought a new phone two months ago when Apple released its latest model.
"A gift," Ye Qichen replied.
Xiao Guan couldn't resist being gossipy. "For Ms. Gu?"
Ye Qichen didn't answer and instead asked, "Have you been working too little lately?"
Meaning: So much free time, meddling so much?
"No!" Xiao Guan immediately fell silent, not daring to ask any more questions.
Just then, the heavily jammed road finally cleared. Xiao Guan stepped on the accelerator and quickly drove Ye Qichen to the hospital before making a swift exit, fearing he'd be asked to work overtime if he delayed any longer.
Before leaving, Xiao Guan couldn't resist offering a piece of advice, "Mr. Ye, from an experienced person, it's best to add a bouquet of flowers when giving a gift to a woman. It's more romantic."
Ye Qichen: ...
"Brother, are you here to visit someone? Would you like to buy some flowers? Wishing the person you're visiting a speedy recovery."
At the hospital entrance, an old woman with white hair and a little girl were selling flowers. The little girl looked up at Ye Qichen with her dark, bright eyes.
Ye Qichen glanced at the flower basket slung over the old woman's arm. There weren't many white roses and lilies left. It was already dark, and it looked like they wouldn't go home until they sold out.
"Pack up all the flowers in the basket for me. How much?" he asked.
The little girl was delighted. "Thank you. That will be eighty-eight. Wishing the person you're visiting a speedy recovery, and wishing you good health too."
Ye Qichen walked towards Gu En's hospital room with the bouquet. He suddenly felt that these flowers didn't seem very suitable for visiting a child.
As he was pondering what to do with them, Gui Yi came over with a thermos to deliver food. Seeing the flowers in his arms, she smiled, "These white roses are so fresh, they'll look lovely on Ms. Gu."
Gui Yi said this as she entered the room and pushed Gu Yan to take the flowers from Ye Qichen.
"Thank you." Gu Yan took the flowers. Seeing they were white roses and lilies, she suddenly recalled the flower meanings she had learned with friends.
These two types of flowers together represented pure love, loving her immaculately, and giving her a perfect, eternal world of love, in which their lives would be happy and beautiful.
Was Ye Qichen giving her flowers with this meaning?
Her heart suddenly fluttered like a frightened deer.
"Ms. Gu, this is the first time Young Master has sent roses to a woman, other than for his family!" Gui Yi whispered in her ear.
Gu Yan's cheeks suddenly felt a little hot. "Thank you, I like them very much."
Ye Qichen saw how much she liked them and was about to explain that he had bought them on the roadside, but he swallowed the words back.
"I'm glad you like them," he said, taking out the phone box from his briefcase and handing it to Gu En on the bed.
"How are you feeling? This is for you."
Gu En sat up immediately when Ye Qichen arrived. He hadn't expected that besides flowers for his mother, he would also bring him a gift, and it was the latest Apple model, the highest-spec version. He felt overwhelmed.
After all, it was too precious for him, and he was hesitant to accept it.
But as he held it, he couldn't put it down.
Because it was a gift from Ye Qichen, and after last night, Ye Qichen was a lifesaver and an idol in his heart.
If Ye Qichen liked his mother, and his mother liked Ye Qichen, he even hoped Ye Qichen would become his father.
Gu Yan was also overwhelmed seeing Ye Qichen give such a precious gift to her son.
"Qichen, this is too valuable for the child, we can't accept it."
She quickly took the phone and handed it back to Ye Qichen.
Yesterday, when she couldn't contact her son, she had realized that at his age, it was indeed inconvenient for him not to have a phone, so she had planned to buy him one. She hadn't expected Ye Qichen to be so in sync with her thoughts.
But this phone was too valuable; she couldn't accept it.
Ye Qichen didn't take it back. "A gift from a business partner, I don't need it. If you don't want it, just throw it away."
With that said, Gu Yan found it difficult to refuse further. She said to her son, "Gu En, quickly thank Uncle Ye."
"Thank you, Uncle Ye." Gu En, rarely so obedient, asked, "Uncle Ye, can I have your phone number?"
He wanted to register his phone number and save Uncle Ye's number first.