"Mom, are we going back now?" the little guy looked up, his face a picture of pity, "But I don’t want to leave yet, Qixi is here."
Zhixi hesitated for a moment and said, "But, Mom has to go back now, don’t you want to be with Mom?"
He twisted his fingers anxiously.
It meant making a choice between Mom and Qixi, oh, how difficult...
Seeing him hesitate back and forth, Gu Zhixi felt both annoyed and amused, "Can’t Mom compare with your Qixi?"
This little rascal, actually daring to hesitate so long!
"It’s not the same, I can stay here for a while, then go back to Mom," he said with a grin, taking Gu Zhixi’s hand, "Mom, you say it’s okay, right?"
"If you’re here alone, who will take care of you?" Gu Zhixi asked him, "Your uncle doesn’t have the time to accompany you all day and night!"
Pei Yuanchen took a bite of his sandwich and opted not to join in the conversation.
"I can stay at Qixi’s place!" the little guy said excitedly raising his hand.
"Your Qixi is very busy, she has to go out for events and performances every day, if you stay there, it will split her focus to take care of you," Zhixi explained patiently, "Do you have the heart to let Qixi work so hard?"
He started to feel conflicted again.
"And, if you live with Qixi, she will have to help you bathe, help you wipe your butt..."
"Then... let’s not," he said, covering his face, "I can’t let Qixi help me wipe my butt."
...this kid actually had his pride.
Gu Zhixi barely held back her laughter, "Then should you go back with Mom, okay?"
He sighed, a woebegone expression on his face, and nodded, "Alright then."
Pei Yuanchen gave her a thumbs up and patted the little guy’s head, "You’re still too green to match wits with your mom."
"But Mom, why do you suddenly want to go back, you said before that you’d send me to Dad’s place," the little guy complained, fiddling with his clothes.
Gu Zhixi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly had a brainwave, an idea forming in her mind.
"Xiaobao, maybe... you really can stay."
Meanwhile, He Jingyao arrived at a research institute.
He got out of the car and walked in alone, traversing the long corridor to enter a laboratory.
Behind the glass wall, Huo Yanzhao looked up and saw him, gesturing with his hand before quickly changing into his clothes and coming out.
"Why are you here?" Huo Yanzhao asked, removing his gloves as he spoke.
"How’s the progress?" He Jingyao poured a cup of tea and placed it across from him.
Huo Yanzhao raised an eyebrow, "You said to give you three days last time, weren’t you kidding?"
He Jingyao lifted his eyes to look at him.
"However, your luck is indeed good, I’ve implanted the gene fragment of this trait into a mouse, and so far, there’s been no adverse reaction," Huo Yanzhao smiled, "But to be safe, let’s wait a while longer before your surgery. Your case is currently the only one known in the world, I’ve toiled four years in research, and it turns out I’ve mastered the Dragon Slaying Technique."
"HI Group, one-fifth of my dry shares," He Jingyao stated calmly, "That’s not a low compensation, right?"
Huo Yanzhao was startled, "Are you serious?"
"Do you think I’d let you waste four years for nothing?" He Jingyao snorted faintly.
"Of course not, I know you won’t shortchange me," Huo Yanzhao frowned, "But one-fifth... that’s quite a lot."