Due to Manager Chen’s generous act of giving them the access badge, as long as Yan Shuyu had wanted to, she could take her instant son to visit every corner of the hotel. They have access even to the 18th floor and the rooftop, which even regular hotel guests were restricted from entering. Such was the right of an employee!

Yet, Yan Shuyu still decided that she should not push her luck. Manager Chen was just being nice. She was no longer an employee of the hotel. It would not be appropriate for her to wander around the hotel like it was her own backyard. Yan Shuyu didn’t want to be a tool, so she took the kiddo with her to the lounge area downstairs.

Hotel Dorsett was very well-known. Hotel Dorsett’s service and facilities were the best among all 5-star hotels, which was why it was very popular among the rich regardless of its high price. The lounge on the first floor clearly demonstrated how they always had their customers in mind: the lounge was like a club that offered food, drinks, and entertainment. Not only could one find the gym, swimming pool, game room, and a theater room, there was also a children’s playground, and everything was free to the guests.

That was so very thoughtful!

Entering the lounge with his mom, Zhang Yuanjia’s eyes rounded. He was dazzled.

The facilities in the children's playground were leaps and bounds better than those in their kindergarten; it held an immense attraction toward little kids. Even Zhang Yuanjia, who had always been a well-behaved kid that stayed within a few steps of his mother every time they left home, couldn’t resist anymore. He tugged at his mom and asked, “Can I play for a little bit?”

Yan Shuyu smiled and nodded, “Of course! That’s why mom brought you here. You can play for a while, not a problem!”

“Thank you, mom!” Zhang Yuanjia excitedly planted a kiss on his mom before he ran over to the facilities without even looking back.

On a weekend morning, the lounge was actually busier than the lobby of the hotel. There were already a few kids playing here before they arrived. There were no parents nearby, possibly their parents had gone and sought their own entertainments. There were servers all over the place, so it was safe enough for the parents to step away.

Zhang Yuanjia was all sorts of sweet and well-behaved in front of other adults and definitely an angel in front of his unconscientious mother, even referring to himself as Yuanbao. Yet, in front of those of his same age, he was already showing a little of his manipulative nature.

Yan Shuyu watched with her own eyes that when he went to the playground, not only was he not excluded from the circle of children, he quickly befriended all the other kids. In addition, all the kids that were playing separately quickly became one group with him at the center, and everybody was having more fun. Witnessing this scene, Yan Shuyu felt oddly proud of herself. He was the one in the book to fight over the inheritance with the male lead after all. He was competent already at such a young age. It would only be a matter of time before he climbed to the top of the pyramid of life!

As she was being so proud of herself, Yan Shuyu did not forget to praise herself for her own cleverness. Finally, she had gotten rid of her clingy instant son. She could take this opportunity to return to a booth that she had her eyes set on earlier to take some selfies. The decorations there was only too perfect for a young woman her age~~

Having such a gorgeous-looking face, every time Yan Shuyu started taking selfies, she had a hard time stopping. She was completely immersed in her own beauty that when she finally remembered that she has an instant son, he was already gone from the playground.

Yan Shuyu didn’t panic too much as she spotted him almost immediately when she looked up.

The little kiddo probably got tired of playing in the playground and snuck to the entrance of the lounge area when she wasn’t paying attention. Somehow, he was able to befriend a man much older than him, and the two of them were chatting like they were old buddies.

The man was squatting down with his back to Yan Shuyu, so she couldn’t see his face. His back, though, looked quite majestic, and his impeccable suit clearly stating the fact that he was an elite. With Yan Shuyu’s experience, he was probably a very handsome man as well.

(T/N: Really? Her experience could allow her to tell that a man is good looking from his back? That’s some skill.)

By now, the original owner had worked there for two months and had seen her fair share of tall, rich, and handsome customers. Naturally, Yan Shuyu assumed that some tall, rich, and handsome customer saw how cute the little kiddo was and decided to play with him for a little bit – without sounding too braggy, her instant son was very cute. If only she knew someone in the acting field, she would want him to be a child star so he could make some money.

Long story short, Yan Shuyu was quite used to everyone falling in love with her instant son immediately so she didn’t think much before she headed toward the two of them.

She barely gotten closer before Zhang Yuanjia spotted her. The little kiddo stood on his tippy toes, “Mommy, over here~~”

He was grinning from ear to ear, looking even more excited than he was when in the playground. How was he so excited chatting with an adult? Yan Shuyu grumbled to herself, but she maintained her serious look, “You didn’t even tell me when you walked away, don’t ‘over here’ me now.”

“I am sorry, mommy.” The little kiddo apologized right away, but his eyes were curved, and his voice whiny. It was obvious that there wasn’t much sincerity in his apology.

Nonetheless, Yan Shuyu wasn’t a mother with great principle herself and wasn’t really upset, so she started smiling again as soon as the kiddo apologized, “Okay, I will forgive you this time,” she said as she kept on walking towards the two of them.

Zhang Yuanjia’s “old buddy” did not turn around during the mother and son’s conversation. He finally stood up slowly when Yan Shuyu was about to walk up to them. Yan Shuyu paused suddenly and had a bad feeling.

The next second, the man who had just stood up casually looked at her. Yan Shuyu felt her scalp tingling and wanted to turn around and dash – that handsome features, the look that suggested friendliness yet also capable of keeping others in check, this was definitely the male lead’s father.

He has her son, so as much as Yan Shuyu wanted to take off running, she still remained standing where she was. At the same time, she exercised her imagination: she bedded the big boss last week and today, she happened to meet him again. This sounded oddly like a plotline of those cheesy novels where the female lead ran away pregnant with the male lead’s child.

But, she really wasn’t one of those young wives who’d say no verbally when her body was very true to itself. She even stopped by the pharmacy by her house on her way home and picked herself up a morning after pill just to be sure. She wasn’t running away while pregnant…. Oh wait, she had been trying to stay as far away as possible from the big boss. Why was her instant son trying to get close to him? Was she fated to be the cannon fodder after all?

Suddenly, it crossed Yan Shuyu’s mind to abandon her son altogether. =.=

While all sorts of crazy thoughts went through Yan Shuyu’s brain, she was staring at Boss Zhou in a very infatuated manner. Boss Zhou was also looking at her calmly, showing no intention of being the first to break the silence. From the perspective of an outsider, it looked like two lovebirds looking at each other; to a point that while many others noticed Boss Zhou and wanted to come and greet him, they felt that they should not interrupt and just stand and watch from afar instead of troubling him.

Having received Yan Shuyu’s text and just now “finishing up” all her work and coming to meet her was Chen Jing, who stopped half way and started questioning: Was she overthinking this? Perhaps, Yan Shuyu and the big boss were already an item? She even wondered if that was Boss Zhou’s son…

Regardless of whether they were already an item, what she could definitely tell there was chemistry between the two, and she couldn’t possibly intrude at this moment. She’d better go back, “busy” herself some more, and come back later.

It was very unfortunate that Chen Jing didn’t turn around quick enough. Out of the corner of her eyes, Yan Shuyu had already spotted her. Like a drowning person grabbing onto a straw, she called out loudly to her, “Manager Chen, are you done with your work?”

She was so loud that Chen Jing couldn’t even pretend that she didn’t hear her. Manager Chen stiffened and stopped in her way before turning and smiling at them, “Hi, Boss Zhou…. Eh, Shuyu, I still have a little more to do….”

Yan Shuyu straight up pretended she didn’t hear that part and went on, “I am coming with you!”

She didn’t know how to greet the male lead’s father, so she decided to skip it altogether. She gave Zhou Qinhe an awkward smile before she took Zhang Yuanjia by his hand and said to him, “We are heading out now.”

This was when she noticed that her instant son had the corner of Zhou Qinhe’s suit in one hand. Tsk tsk, that was too brazen.

Being urged by his mom, the little kiddo gave Zhou Qinhe a reluctant look and said, “Bye-bye, uncle.”

“Bye-bye, little Yuanbao,” said Zhou Qinhe as he looked down and smiled at him. He was no longer that superior man who was standing at the top of the world, the hard to read Boss Zhou. Tenderness could be seen on his clear and handsome face, making it so dazzling it was difficult to turn away from. Now, not only the instant son, it was even difficult for Yan Shuyu to walk away from him.

Exactly because she had bedded him that Yan Shuyu knew how amazing this big boss truly was – hundreds of billions of dollars net worth, incredibly competent at work, super handsome with jade-like quality, hot body, great skill and stamina. It was said that a gorgeous woman only appeared once in 4,000 years in the entertainment industry. If that’s the case, Yan Shuyu thought that Zhou Qinhe was the one in 8,000 years male god and could only be found in a novel. Even though she was a gorgeous beauty now, it was still very lucky for her to bed such a man.

Suddenly, after arriving at this conclusion, Yan Shuyu was no longer nervous. She was the reacher in this whole incident, meaning the ball was in her court – as long as she didn’t make the first move, the big boss probably didn’t care one way or another. It wasn’t like he hasn’t seen any pretty women before.

And, thinking about the way he was interacting with Zhang Yuanjia, Yan Shuyu suddenly felt that her son was in a much more vulnerable spot than she was. In the original novel, was Zhang Yuanjia the original intended target of the big boss to be his son’s whet stone, and he just happened to take the cannon fodder mother as a package deal?

Thinking that somehow a gorgeous beauty like her held less appeal to the big boss than her kiddo son, Yan Shuyu couldn’t help but feel a little bummed. But, she also felt relieved at the same time. It’s good that the big boss wasn’t interested in her. That way, as long as she held her ground and refused to be the male lead’s stepmother, the big boss couldn’t possibly force her to marry him.

Now that the critical situation was resolved, Yan Shuyu felt much more relieved. Step by step she walked out of the big boss sight with her instant son in toll. In fact, she was so happy that she couldn’t help but chuckle. What a good day this was? She and the big boss dad laughed off their issues (single-sidedly) and she was about to pick up her entire month’s salary, what more could she possibly ask for?

What followed went smoothly, Manager Chen took her to sign the documents, then personally took her to Treasury. The entire event took 10 minutes.

Yan Shuyu headed home with a stack of cash on her back while holding hands with her her instant son. She looked fully contented.

On the other hand, Boss Zhou Qinhe, who was already completely gone from Yan Shuyu mind, pensively returned to his room and said to his assistant, “Get me a copy of Yan Shuyu’s human resource file.”

Louis was out on a business trip, and Robin stayed in the hotel assisting the boss. Hearing the request that was entirely not business related, Robin didn’t even blink but just replied professionally, “Yes, Boss Zhou, I will have that for you by the end of the day.”

Nevertheless, Robin was curious inside. The boss didn’t even seem all that interested in learning anything about the lady right after the incident, so what brought on the sudden interest before coming back to the room?