The President is Being Shameless Again

“If anything bothers me, it’s that Jiaojiao pays the waiter quite a bit because of the heavier workload. But well, it only bothered me a bit at the beginning, but now that I’ve so much time to myself, I feel a lot better about it. Jiaojiao said we’ve worked so hard for so long, but we still need to get our necessary rest. When I have nothing to do, I help her with the accounts. Although we ended up spending a bit because we hired someone, the boom in our business means that we’re making better profits too.” Dai Huimin smiled so widely her eyes were barely slits. Her expression lit up when she mentioned how much better life was becoming for her. “Jiaojiao plans to keep at this for another two years. Once we’re going stable, we’ll find a larger store nearby and expand the shop. There’s no rush, though. We gotta be steady.”

Lin Chu nodded approvingly. “She’s right.”

It seemed like Dai Huimin was living a pretty good life lately. All those years of hard toil had taken a toll on her, and she was not going to get any younger, so the wrinkles were still there, but she did look much better.

It was probably because she had more time now. At the same time, Jiaojiao was much wiser now. She helped her parents wherever she could, and she put all her heart into her work, staying away from all that nonsense from before. As a result, Dai Huimin felt at ease now, and once her worries were gone, her spirits were naturally lifted as well. She seemed to brighten, from inside out.

She was even slightly plumper now, and her face was slightly rounder. She was not as haggard as before, and it almost looked like her wrinkles were filled out somewhat, so she looked much healthier.

“In any case, Jiaojiao is very kind now and really capable too, so I’m relieved. That’s why I have time to visit the orphanage today,” Dai Huimin said.

Lin Chu nodded and looked at the Principal. “Did Zhu Hexian come to see you again?”

The Principal was looking a tad more cheerful, but her expression dimmed again at that. She sighed deeply and nodded somewhat tragically.

That was a child she had raised with her own hands, so the way Zhu Hexuan left her to die shattered her heart to pieces. The Principal believed that she had been kind enough to Zhu Hexuan, and she had treated every child equally, so she had not expected Zhu Hexuan to grow up grudging her.

“She called today, and she seemed to insinuate that she had been to the previous hospital, but she could not find the Principal there. That’s why she called again. She called the Principal first, but when the Principal saw it was her, she just turned her head away and did not pick up the call. After that, Zhu Hexuan called Teacher Yuan, and Teacher Yuan called to tell me. I’m worried that Zhu Hexuan would go make a fuss at the orphanage. Only Teacher Yuan and the children are at the orphanage now, so I was really worried something would happen there. That’s why I picked up her call when she called me. Zhu Hexuan asked where we are, but I didn’t tell her. She apologized all pitifully over the phone, but in the end, she asked the Principal to contact you for her anyway. That’s why I refused to tell her where we are, no matter what.”

Teacher Wang explained as she brought out the sliced fruits. She placed one plate on the table attached to the bed and pushed it in front of the Principal, before putting another plate on the small round table next to the bed for Lin Chu and the rest.

“Teacher Yuan said that she’d been begging her since last night too, but the Principal refused, so she turned on her.” Teacher Wang sighed and shook her head sadly. “I don’t dare to invite her over.”

“Don’t worry. Even if she finds out you’re here, I’ve given the hospital advance warning. If you don’t want to meet her, she won’t come in,” Yan Beicheng said. When he saw Lin Chu pressing her fork into another piece of mango, he reminded her, “You can eat mango, but don’t eat too much. It has cold attributes, and according to traditional Chinese medicine, it has a sort of wet poison.”

The last time when Lin Chu ate hawthorn, Yan Beicheng had not known that pregnant women should not eat too much hawthorn, so he had not stopped her.