Ch 8: Full Team Assists
The car arrived at the old house. Gu Qingyin got out of the car and saw Huo Xingye sitting motionless inside. She asked with doubt, “Aren’t you staying at home today? Do you have a girlfriend?”
“No.” Huo Xingye’s tone was stiff. “I usually live in an apartment near the company.”
Gu Qingyin understood. He was still angry. She felt inexplicably lost at the same time.
Having missed all the growth stages of her child from childhood to adulthood, she now had no right to complain that her child had secrets and wouldn’t say anything.
Gu Qingyin took out the jade pendant and handed it over through the car window, “Amulet, wear it close to your body. Mom calculated for you before, and your luck has been a little low recently.” There might be a b*oody disaster.
She didn’t say the last sentence. Anyway, with the jade pendant blocking it, there was no need to say things that wouldn’t happen and cause panic.
Huo Xingye took it with a complicated expression, clenching it tightly in his hand.
“…Thank you.”
Gu Qingyin waved her hand, “We’re mother and son, no need to be so polite!”
Watching the car leave, Gu Qingyin sighed and returned to the villa.
Hua Xin came up to her, asking with a smile, “Did you give Madam’s gift?”
Gu Qingyin nodded and sat weakly on the sofa.
“Does Madam have any worries?”
Gu Qingyin looked at Hua Xin and suddenly asked, “Do you have children?”
Hua Xin smiled, her tone a little proud, “Of course, I have both a son and a daughter! And I have a particularly good relationship with both of my children!”
Gu Qingyin’s eyes lit up slightly, “Then how do you get along with your son?”
Hua Xin instantly saw the essence of the problem, “My son’s personality is completely different from the Family Head’s, and my personality is also different from yours, so our way of getting along may not be suitable for you.”
“That’s true.” Gu Qingyin’s eyes dimmed again as she shrank back into the sofa.
“However, I can probably see the problem between you and the Family Head.”
Gu Qingyin said “Hmm?” and sat up a little straighter, seriously saying, “Tell me more.”
Hua Xin said with certainty, “The most fundamental problem between you and the Family Head is that you spend too little time together and don’t understand each other very well. The Family Head lacks companionship and care from his closest relatives. He is used to deciding everything alone, and no one can guess what he is thinking. I think you should take more time to accompany the Family Head, let him slowly open his heart, and truly accept you as his mother.”
Blood relations are certainly important, but without long-term emotional cultivation, there is no way to connect the hearts of mother and son.
Gu Qingyin fell into deep thought.
Hua Xin silently retreated, no longer disturbing her.
After a long time, Gu Qingyin suddenly stood up and announced, “I’ve decided! Starting tomorrow, I will accompany Xingye to and from work, and personally order takeout for him at noon, so he can feel the warmth and love from his mother!”
Hua Xin, standing in the distance, heard everything clearly. While relieved, she couldn’t help but remind, “Actually, you could cook yourself.”
“I want to too.” Gu Qingyin looked distressed. “But I can’t. I have no talent in cooking at all. What I make is comparable to a laxative. I can’t harm Xingye.”
Hua Xin had probably never seen such a kitchen killer before. She was stunned for a moment before nodding and saying, “Okay, actually, the Huo Corporation’s cafeteria tastes very good. If you don’t mind, you can pack meals every day and eat with the Family Head.”
Gu Qingyin clapped her hands, “That’s a good idea!” Then, after a few seconds, she became entangled again, “If I go, will I disturb Xingye’s work?”
Hua Xin wasn’t sure about this either, but that didn’t stop her from giving advice, “You can discuss it with the Family Head.”
Gu Qingyin did what she said she would do, and directly dialed Huo Xingye’s phone. Unsurprisingly, no one answered. She clicked her tongue and instead dialed Xue Ning’s phone.
The phone was quickly connected, and Xue Ning’s respectful but slightly puzzled voice rang out, “Head Mother?”
“Xiao Xue, I have something I want to consult you about.”
Xue Ning unconsciously stood up straight, responding seriously, “Head Mother, please speak.”
Gu Qingyin felt a little embarrassed for some reason, adjusted for two seconds before asking, “If, I mean if, I go to the company to accompany Xingye to work, would he agree? Would he be happy? Would I affect his work?”
Xue Ning was stunned for a second, then overjoyed.
“If you can come, the Family Head will definitely be very happy!”
Xue Ning thought to himself, the Head Mother should see how perverted the Family Head is when he works. The title of Great Demon King is not for nothing!
“Really?” Gu Qingyin was skeptical. “He should be very busy usually, right?”
“The Family Head is indeed busy, but his office is big.” Xue Ning’s voice was full of temptation. “I’ll arrange a desk for you in the Family Head’s office. When there’s something to do, you and the Family Head can each mind your own business. When you’re done, you can look up and see your closest relative. How happy is that!”
Gu Qingyin was tempted, “What you said makes some sense.”
Xue Ning continued to exert his strength, “The most important thing is that you and the Family Head have been separated for many years and need a lot of time to cultivate your mother-son relationship and make up for past regrets. But there are so many things at Huo Corporation, so you can only trouble yourself to run to the company every day.”
“Not troubled! As a mother, I am willing to do anything I can for my son!” Gu Qingyin said with great righteousness, “Starting tomorrow, I will go to the company to accompany Xingye to work. It’s settled then. Tell Xingye.”
“Okay, Head Mother! See you tomorrow, Head Mother!”
After hanging up the phone, Xue Ning turned around and knocked on the office door. He walked to Huo Xingye’s desk and smiled, “Family Head, the Head Mother asked me to inform you that she will come to the company to accompany you to work starting tomorrow.”
Huo Xingye was a little dazed. How could Gu Qingyin have such an idea? But then he thought, if she was right in front of him, he wouldn’t have to worry about Gu Qingyin going out to exorcise ghosts behind his back.
After a moment of silence, Huo Xingye instructed, “Move a desk over here and put it next to me.”
Xue Ning was not surprised at all. He respectfully responded, went out, and enthusiastically started preparing. Just having a desk wasn’t enough. He had to make sure that the Head Mother wouldn’t want to leave once she came!
Xue Ning admitted that he had his own selfish motives, but aside from the master-servant relationship, from a friend’s perspective, he also hoped that Huo Xingye could receive normal maternal love and have an ordinary but harmonious mother-son relationship.
Sufficient time together was just the most basic condition.
That night, Xue Ning compiled a basic information document about Huo Xingye and sent it to Gu Qingyin.
From small things like hating onions to big things like all kinds of enemies in the business world, he wrote down everything he could think of in detail.
Gu Qingyin saw the value of this document at a glance. She immediately replied to the message: Thank you, Xiao Xue. I owe you a favor.
Xue Ning smiled contentedly and replied politely: This is all I should do.
The next day, Gu Qingyin and Huo Xingye’s cars entered the Huo Corporation building’s underground parking lot one after the other.
Huo Xingye took the initiative to open the car door. Gu Qingyin got out of the car with a smile, carrying a food box. The two walked and talked.
“I brought breakfast. Do you want to eat together?”
Huo Xingye hesitated. He didn’t have the habit of eating breakfast. He usually just had an Americano.
But this was brought by Gu Qingyin herself, and she had personally invited him… Huo Xingye sighed and was about to nod when he heard a gentle female voice from the side, “President Huo doesn’t eat breakfast, and food with strong smells is not allowed in the office.”
(End of chapter)