Yan Shuyu was already proud of herself and the hint of praise in Boss Zhou's voice further made her tail stuck straight up into the air. Yep! That was right! She was certainly a smart one!

After being prideful of herself for a little bit, Yan Shuyu seemed to recall something else. "Why don't you stay with Yuanbao outside of the examination room tomorrow? That way you two can keep each other company."

Zhou Qinhe asked casually, "Were you planning on having Yuanbao wait outside for you had I not said I am going with?"

"Oh, I will probably drop him off the musical institution first."

Boss Zhou sounded somewhat disapproving. "Wouldn't that mess up his learning schedule?"

"Um... not that serious, I don't think." Yan Shuyu had no idea, but this was not exactly the studying time before the college entrance examination.

As though hearing her subtext, Zhou Qinhe expressed how serious that was, "It is precisely because he is young that we need to train him to follow through with plans and have good self-control. Kids who can complete what they have planned for independently will excel both academically and in their careers later on in life. So we don't want him to think that he can just take time off if he's tired. He'll get lazy once he gets used to it."

Baffled, Yan Shuyu asked, "So your point is?" "We should just have him stick to his

schedule," said Boss Zhou casually. "I'll have Xiao Yi join him as well. Xiao Yi likes attending classes with Yuanbao."

Yan Shuyu looked up to the boss when it came to child-rearing. In the original novel, both the male lead and the stepbrother were raised and trained by him. Judging from how the two were fighting with their lives, it was easy to see how successful the boss's upbringing was.

Yan Shuyu hesitated for only two seconds before she happily accepted his suggestion. "Alright. Tomorrow, we will drop the two of them off at the musical institution first."

Yan Shuyu received the call from the boss the next day right after she had finished applying her makeup. He was already waiting downstairs and brought their breakfast with him. Yan Shuyu quickly walked downstairs with Yuanbao in tow. She thought the boss had stopped by somewhere and bought them breakfast, but instead, there was a thermos there waiting for her in the car.

"Might be hot. Be careful," said Zhou Qinhe.

"You didn't bring this from home, did you?" Yan Shuyu picked up the thermos curiously and she could smell the wonderful aroma of thick porridge when she twisted it open.

Zhou Qinhe had already started the car. Smiling, he said to her, "It seemed you quite enjoy porridge. I had our housekeeper aunty make it at home ahead of time."

The smell had already made Yan Shuyu hungry. She scooped some out with the long handled spoon, blew at it till it cooled down and tried it. She exclaimed right then and there, "Oh, my god! This is so good!

"Why do you still have porridge outside all the time when your housekeeper aunty's cooking is so good at home? This is such a waste." Yan Shuyu genuinely felt that her cooking was about as good as the pricey seafood place that they had been to twice.

Hearing her words, Boss Zhou turned and. With a smile that wasn't a smile, he asked, "You want to come and have it at my place next time?"

Yan Shuyu: Ugh...

That wasn't a simple question to answer, not to mention she was the one who brought it up first. Yan Shuyu resorted to lowering her head and continued on with her porridge.

Zhou Qinhe wasn't surprised by her reaction at all. He pursed his lips and refocused on driving. His look was nonchalant, and there was no way to tell whether he was happy or not. Yan Shuyu dared not spend too much time studying him but slowly placed all her focus on her breakfast.

She was enjoying her delicacy with no distraction, but Zhang Yuanbao, who was also hungry, started to complain. He had been reaching out his neck for a while now but his mommy never remembered to turn around and feed him. The little kid was both hungry and gluttonous. He finally licked his lips and asked, "Mommy, is the porridge tasty?"

"Yes!" Yan Shuyu turned around reflexively and seeing that her son was drooling behind her, she finally remembered and gave him a spoonful that she had just cooled. Zhang Yuanjia had a spoonful. Mimicking how her eyes were curved into moon shapes, he nodded forcefully and said, "It's so yummy."

"Right? Right?" Yan Shuyu, too, was excited. After scooping another spoonful for her son, just when she was about to have some herself, another little mouth appeared next to her abruptly, "Ahhhhhh~~"

She turned and saw the little male lead looking at her with his mouth wide opened. Yan Shuyu found that amusing. This little kiddo was getting more and more familiar with her. She had no choice but to give him a spoonful as well as she asked, "Have you not had breakfast before you left the house this morning?"

The little young master did not respond to her but curved his eyes and nodded. "Yummy."

Yan Shuyu turned to look at the boss. "Eh?"

The boss, focused on his driving, said simply, "He did."

Once Yan Shuyu found out about it, she was less willing to feed the little male lead. She was splitting it with her instant son for the most part and would feed Zhou Yi occasionally when his "Ah~~~~" was particularly eager.

With the three of them and only one thermos inside the car with very limited space, breakfast took them almost half an hour to finish. Once they were done, Yan Shuyu wiped the faces of the two kiddoes with wet napkins before she pulled her foundation out to re powder herself.

She barely finished applying her lipstick when the car pulled up in front of the musical institution. By the time she put away her lipstick, Zhang Yuanjia and Zhou Yi had already been carried out of the car by Zhou Qinhe and were saying goodbye to Yan Shuyu while holding hands with each other. "Bye, Mom. We are going inside now."

Yan Shuyu waved her hand at them from inside of the car. The two of them were perfectly capable of going inside by themselves, so she had no intention of getting out of the car. "Be good boys and listen to your teachers. We will be here to pick you up in the afternoon."

Boss Zhou was slightly more responsible than her. He waited outside until the kids had walked inside and met up with some workers before he got back inside of the car. A familiar person walked out from the inside holding one kid in each hand and greeted him from afar. "Boss Zhou, are you the only one here to drop them off today?"

Ever since Yan Shuyu's relationship had been exposed at Sunshine House, Yan Shuyu already realized that she would not be able to keep that a secret at the musical institution. She had given up even trying and just waved at him from inside of the car. "I'm here."

"Ah, that's what I thought." Liu Ci didn't even bother pretending to be surprised. "Boss Zhou will be accompanying you to your examination?"

Yan Shuyu nodded and Liu Ci teased, "You must be well prepared for today then?"

Yan Shuyu got what he was insinuating but

said pridefully, "I feel very confident even if he

isn't coming with me."

Liu Ci didn't rush out just to tease her. He mainly wanted to remind her of what she needed to pay attention to. Then, he saw them off after checking with her to make sure that she had all of her IDs with her, etc. "Good luck. I will be waiting for your good news."

Under the encouragement of both her boyfriend and her future boss, Yan Shuyu finished the examination under her best condition. It would be a few days before she found out the result, so Yan Shuyu didn't pay it too much attention and went on with her normal life.

Winter vacation was getting close for Zhang Yuanjia and the teachers had started organizing the kids for rehearsals for their performances before the vacation. They have further notified Yan Shuyu to have her attend the rehearsals as much as she could and she could even bring a friend or two with her.

Yan Shuyu replied that she would.

Christmas would come immediately before the performances and Yan Shuyu, recalling the bracelet that the boss had given her, went to discuss with Manager Yang with her bank deposit.

"Christmas gift, eh?" Her little buddy, as a Second Generation Rich, asked her point blank. "Why don't you first tell me what your budget is?"

Yan Shuyu reached out her shivering hand and finally gave him a number. Manager Yang was shocked speechless, "Your budget is 10,000 yuan?"

Yang Zifeng was shocked by her generosity. He gave her a very suspicious look and asked, "You came into some money recently or something? How are you so generous?"

Yan Shuyu couldn't help but chuckle. She then rolled up her sleeves mysteriously and showed him the bracelet on her wrist.

The gift from the boss was an astronomical piece of jewelry and also the first gift after they have started dating.

Yang Zifeng was from an okay family, but he wasn't so rich that he could spend money without even thinking about it. He was still surprised by the bracelet after he had seen it. "This is from Boss Zhou? He sure is a generous one. Is that for your birthday or something?"

"Nope. This is a gift that he brought back for me after his business trip," said Yan Shuyu happily as she lowered her sleeve and shook her head.

"Wow. That's what he brought back from a business trip?" Yang Zifeng couldn't help but make fun of her. "I guess you didn't come across some amount of money but hit the royal jackpot. As busy as Boss Zhou is, he must travel easily over 100 times a year."

Yan Shuyu thought about his words and finally lamented, "I wish he will go on 365 business trips a year."

Yang Zifeng, "..."

Manager Yang finally couldn't help but say straight out, "You truly have no shame."

"Why should I worry so much when I am daydreaming? What's the point of that?" said Yan Shuyu unapologetically.

After he was done teasing Yan Shuyu, Yang Zifeng said in all seriousness, "Well, this will be challenging. Your 10,000 yuan budget is a pretty good amount for a regular person, but this is Boss Zhou we are talking about."

Yan Shuyu knew that as well. "That's why I need your help."

Yang Zifeng thought about it for a few seconds and gave her his honest opinion. "Well, don't think along the line of something big. Go for something small and delicate like a tie clip, cuff links, or cologne."

After thinking about it for a little bit, Yan Shuyu also expressed her own thought. "Maybe I should start with tie clips. Cologne would be difficult to pick out as well. His taste is going to be up there."

Yang Zifeng grinned at her. "This probably won't be your only time getting him something. You can rotate through these ideas."

Yan Shuyu gave him a thumbs up. "Good idea~"

Once they had made a decision, Yang Zifeng decided to go with her to the shopping mall. He had met Boss Zhou a few times by now and remembered the few brands that Boss Zhou would normally wear. Once they arrived at the mall, he took Yan Shuyu straight to the specific counters. Yan Shuyu finally decided on a tie with a burgundy colored pattern that cost her a total of 15,000 yuan.

She was still pained by the amount that she had spent when Manager Yang asked, with doubt, "Are you sure this is going to be the one?"

Yan Shuyu nodded with confidence. "Yup. His skin tone is pale. A red tie will make him look even more handsome than he already is."

Having said that, Yan Shuyu could already see in front of her eyes how the boss would be so handsome that he could make others' knees weak. All of a sudden, she stopped grieving over her money. With a wave of her hand, she told the salesgirl, "I'll take this one. Wrap it up. Thanks."

Yang Zifeng's lips twitched. It wasn't that he didn't trust Boss Zhou's look. But he was one who'd attend all sorts of high-end banquets with other successful entrepreneurs. Would he truly use a tie that's so "showy"?

Nevertheless, looking at how confident and excited his little buddy was, he finally decided against saying anything.

Carrying the expensive Christmas present with both hands and clutching her wallet that was now half emptied, Yan Shuyu planned to return home with her little buddy. She suddenly paused as she walked away from the counter and looked thoughtfully at a certain direction.

Yang Zifeng asked with curiosity. "What is it?"

"I think I've seen someone familiar." Yan Shuyu thought about it for a second, then quickly dismissed the thought. "I must be seeing things. Let's go."

Yang Zifeng, too, dropped the subject and the two of them went to the underground garage for his car.

Shortly after, Yan Shuyu found out that the familiar silhouette that she saw in the afternoon wasn't just her imagination.

After she returned to the coffee shop, Yan Shuyu changed back into her uniform to finish up her day.

Now that her relationship with the boss had started to stabilize, in the event that they did not make plans ahead of time, she'd continue to have dinner with her little buddies at work and work till 8 PM. And today was one of those days.

After dinner, she saw the familiar car parked outside of the coffee shop. She wasn't surprised but got inside of the car with a smile. "You are done for the day? Have you had dinner yet?"

Zhou Qinhe nodded gently, started the car, and headed toward her place as he casually asked, "You went shopping this afternoon?"

"Yeah." Yan Shuyu had just finished up with buckling herself. She looked up at him when she heard his words and asked, "I thought I have seen someone familiar in the afternoon but that didn't look too much like you?"

Boss Zhou glanced over at her and said nonchalantly, "It wasn't me."

"Who was it then?"