Zhang Yuanjia had always been a sensitive one but, under the Yan Shuyu's influence, he was ongoing like any other child his age. In addition, he had been told a lot by his mother that his father was tall, big, and outstanding. As such, he looked up to his father a lot in his mind. Now that he was able to meet his father and saw that he was, indeed, as tall, big, and incredible as his other had described, he felt a sense of familiarity with him. He walked up, smiled at him, and said, "Daddy."

Ye Rongchen couldn't wait anymore but pulled his little body into his arms. Zhang Yuanjia felt a little awkward at the beginning but he quickly relaxed his body. Perhaps it was the nature of a father and his son, Zhang Yuanjia even reached out his little hand and patted his father on his shoulder.

The loving father-and-son scene made Yan Shuyu particularly happy. Her son's father had reappeared and the two of them hit it off right away. Surely their relationship would continue to grow stronger. Her future was nothing but brightness.

As she was being exited, she turned and noticed the boss looking at her. When their eyes met, the boss started smiling immediately, and a particularly happy smile at that.

Yan Shuyu was baffled. Was the boss touched by this scene in front of them as well?

Yan Shuyu had no idea what was going through the boss's mind at the moment but she could tell that her son was very accepting to his father the showed up out of nowhere. The first time the two met each other and they were about to hug and cried into each other's arms. There wasn't even a transition period before the two were affectionate with each other.

The two of them spending a few hours together wasn't good enough. Zhang Yuanjia also made plans to hang out with his father the next day. The normally hardworking little boy had put his father over his school work.

That being said, her son being able to meet with his father was a great thing that happened entirely by chance. Yan Shuyu felt very relieved and could understand why her son wanted to spend more time with his father. Not only did she not try to talk him out of it, she even took a few days off for him with his school and the musical institution so he could spend as much time as he wanted with his father.

In the next few days that followed, Zhang Yuanjia would leave the house early, come back late, and had more fun than he could described. Ye Rongchen didn't complain about being tired at all and just spend everyday with his son happily. He would not give his son the star if moon was what he had asked for. It seemed that he wanted to make up for all the lost years all at once.

Yan Shuyu secretly thought that he was being a pretty decent father. Much more loving than the Boss, that was for sure.

Yan Shuyu's philosophy on child-rearing was the same as her folk's, that they should dote on the children. She stressed more and asked for a lot on Zhang Yuanjia's schoolwork in the past because she wanted him to depart from his path of being the cannon fodder and take on with him on the path to riches through hard work.

With the exception of that, she still spent a lot of time smooching him and hugging him. Unfortunately, she met the very disciplined boss who were strict when it came to himself as well as others.

The boss seemed to be a gentle and reasonable person who never lost his temper with the children and never even raised his voice. Nevertheless, he was somehow still able to encourage them to work hard everyday and never slack off. Yan Shuyu sometimes felt that the boss's asks for the little male lead, who hasn't even started grade school yet, was much higher than what he had for her, who was an adult.

If he was that way with his son, naturally he was the same way with her son as well. The boss was, after all, a very fair person.

Yan Shuyu was very glad that her son's real father, who would give his son whatever he wants and didn't care to take a few days off work to play with him, had resurfaced. Her son could experience all these at the tail end of his children and that, in turn, earned Ye Rongchen very high approval rating with Yan Shuyu.

Approval or not, that did not change the fact that he had disappeared for a few years and resurfaced all of a sudden. Yan Shuyu was not so careless that she would trust him with her child altogether. As such, while she had taken time off for her kid, she had taken time off for herself as well so she could tag along the entire time.

The boss didn't have too much to say about her taking time off to go out with Zhang Yuanbao. In fact, he was very supportive and, at the same time, made a suggestion to her. He had to bring the little male lead with them. "Yuanbao and Xiao Yi are close with each other and always do things together. He would be very hurt if he finds out that you took Yuanbao out to have fun but not him."

"We can not tell Xiao Yi and that will be that, no?" said Yan Shuyu reflexively. She then saw the boss frown and he asked her, displeased, "Do you really think its that easy to fool Xiao Yi?"

Yan Shuyu shook her head immediately. Of course she did not mean to second guess the intelligence of the male lead. The little kiddo had not only the boss's amazing genes but also the male lead's halo. He was a winner in life in more ways than one. Who was she, a cannon fodder, to question his intelligence?

She only rejected the boss's suggestion reflexively because she was surprised by it. Her son wasn't exactly going to out have "fun"; it was more for him to bond with his father. How would he be able to bond with his father when the little male lead tagged along?

Nevertheless, given the boss's reaction, Yan Shuyu dared not object to it anymore. The boss was right about it after all. The little male lead was a smart boy. Though he wouldn't fuzz when he found out that she brought Zhang Yuanbao out without him, but he would certainly be a little sad.

Yan Shuyu felt bad when she thought about how the little male lead would look when he was sad and said to the boss, "Alright, let me ask the boys what they want to do then."

The boss nodded calmly and Yan Shuyu went to talk to the boys. She wasn't as calm as the boss. She was uncertain about how her son would react to that. He was a generous one and would even share his favorite toys with the little male lead but his real father was not the same as a toy.

Nevertheless, Zhang Yuanbao accepted the suggestion with no hesitation. Surprised, Yan Shuyu asked him why and his reply was, "Mommy is about to marry Uncle Zhou and Xiao Yi will become my little brother. My daddy is his daddy."

Yan Shuyu was stunned by his very generous speech. She thought to herself: Darling, you are so insistent on me marrying Uncle Zhou. Now that your real daddy is back, wouldn't a normal child wish for daddy and mommy to get back together?

She was so surprised that she finally couldn't help but asked, "Don't you want Mommy and Daddy to get back together?"

The little kiddo frowned and thought about it for a little while and finally said, with some struggle, "But Uncle Zhou is very nice too."

Then, he gave her a look and said seriously, "And Mommy likes Uncle Zhou."

Yan Shuyu was not an emotional one but that last thing that he said still brought tears to her eyes. She couldn't help but threw her arms around her son and gave him a big hug.

And, just like that, each time that Zhang Yuanbao went out to have fun with his father, they would bring the little young master along as the "third wheel". Ye Rongchen, as a new daddy who would bend over backward for his son, had no opinion about the "third wheel". Lo and behold, now Zhou Qinhe, too, had a reason to also tag along. Ye Rongchen, on the other hand, was very opinionated about the third wheel's father.

As his son didn't object to that and seemed especially happy, there was not much that Ye Rongchen could do.

Yan Shuyu might be slow but she wasn't stupid. She finally realized that all the righteous reasons that the boss had thrown out was simply for him to his own son as an excuse so he could barge in himself. He was, after all, the devil who almost drove the male lead insane.

She, however, did not object to that. In fact, she was happy about it. The boss has always been a difficult one to read and she always had to speculate boldly and come to her own conclusion that he was jealous. Truth was, Yan Shuyu wasn't all that confident about it. She finally was able to have some real evidence this time. The only reason that the boss had done so much was, in the end of the day, him worrying that she and Yuanbao's father would be get together if they spent too much time together with each other!

Yan Shuyu knew that they would never get back together. Not in this life time. But that did not stop her from feeling gleeful - Hah, even the prideful boss was no exception~

Nevertheless, Yan Shuyu was way less happy after a few of her cozy days after, one night, when she got up to go to the bathroom, she saw the boss who should be sleeping in bed next to her was working in the side living room.

Came to think about it, that would only make sense. The boss was one who had lots to take care of. If he was goofing off in the day time, he would need to take care of his work at some other time. That made Yan Shuyu regret deeply. She had been wondering why the boss hadn't been looking his best as of late. In fact, there had been dark circles under his eyes. She had assumed that they were from him being jealous. But it was because he had been pulling all-nighters!

As a woman who was all about the looks, pulling all-nighters was bad for the boss's health but it also made her heart ached.

Yan Shuyu couldn't just sit by and watch the boss, whose skin was better than even hers, do that to himself. She tried to drag him back to bed right away but he wouldn't budge. "I have a few documents that they need first thing in the morning. Why don't you go back to bed yourself?"

Yan Shuyu knew that the boss's time could worth upward of millions so she didn't dare to force him back to bed. It could have dire consequences. After some hesitation, she said, "Why don't you go back to work tomorrow instead of hanging out with us?"

"No need," was all the boss said to her. His concisely clearly conveyed his determination. Then he turned his attention back to his work. Yan Shuyu stopped trying to talk him out of it. Partly because his decision had been made and partly she also worried that the more she said wouldn't make any difference other than causing him to stay up even longer.

Aye, it was all her fault for being so dang attractive. Yan Shuyu returned to her bed after some more struggling.

With all those that had happened, she wasn't able to fall back asleep either. She started pondering about how to change the boss's mind.

She was acutely aware that the boss's jealousy was a testimony that he wasn't getting the sense of security from her. He worried that she would turn around and make up with Yuanbao's father. Ye Rongchen had never said it out loud, but he looked at her lovingly all the time and surely looked like he was ready to sweep her off her feet at any given moment. She would need to have a heart-to-heart conversation with Ye Rongchen and let him know that under no uncertain terms would the two of them get back together. That would be the only way to assure the boss.

The problem was, Ye Rongchen had never expressed his desire to get back together with her. As such, how was she going to turn him down?