Why didn't you tell me earlier that my little sister is still waiting for me?

Lin Bufan lazily leaned against the sports car behind him, took out his cell phone and called Gu Jia. The phone rang a few times before it was picked up. Gu Jia's voice was a little tired: "Hello?"

"Sister Gu~" Lin Bufan dragged out his tone, his tone frivolous: "I haven't seen you for a few days. Did you miss me?"

There was silence on the other end of the phone for two seconds, and then Gu Jia's unpleasant voice came: "If you have something to say, please say it. I'm busy here."

"So cold?" Lin Bufan sighed, pretending to be sad. "I was thinking about helping you sell tea tomorrow. Where are you? I'll come over to catch up with you and discuss tomorrow's itinerary."

"I'm already at the tea factory." Gu Jia's voice was filled with the sound of wind. "The signal here isn't very good. If there's nothing else, I'll hang up first."

"What?! Why did you go alone first? You should have asked me to join you in such hard work. I could help you share some of the burden." Lin Bufan's reproachful tone was filled with concern and heartache!

However, Gu Jia didn't appreciate it at all: "Heh...you have celebrities and beauties around you every day, how can you care about me?"

Lin Bufan's face lit up with laughter. "Oh, Sister Gu, are you jealous? Don't worry, I own an entertainment company. I danced with them purely for the company's promotion!"

"Don't give me that!" Gu Jia's voice was clearly filled with shame and annoyance. "If you don't have anything else to say, I'll hang up. I still have a lot of work to deal with here."

"Wait!" Lin Bufan quickly stopped Gu Jia: "Um...how's the matter between you and Brother Xu going?"

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment, and Gu Jia's voice became low: "He doesn't want to get a divorce... This business trip is a good opportunity for him to calm down. Maybe he will figure it out when he returns."

"Is that so?" Lin Bufan suggested after a moment's thought: "How about I send the photo of us together to Brother Xu? I believe it will definitely help with your divorce-"

"Lin Bufan!" Gu Jia gnashed her teeth and yelled, "If you keep talking nonsense, don't come to tomorrow's live broadcast!"

"Okay, okay, I'm wrong, isn't that okay?" Lin Bufan quickly begged for mercy, but couldn't help but add, "But Sister Gu, your angry voice is also very nice, like a big long worm with its hair standing on end..."

"Get lost!" Gu Jia hung up the phone angrily.

Lin Bufan looked at the black screen of his phone and smiled smugly. Since Gu Jia was not around, Lin Bufan casually dialed Zhong Xiaoqin's number.

"Hello? Lin Bufan?" Zhong Xiaoqin's voice came along with the noisy background noise.

"Sister Xiaoqin, where are you? It's so noisy." Lin Bufan held the mobile phone in one hand and opened the car door with the other hand and got in!

"Zi Yan, Mai Rui, Cupid, and I are at Biaoge Paradise." Zhong Xiaoqin raised her voice: "Do you want to come over?"

"almost there!"

After hanging up the phone, Lin Bufan did not start the car directly, but waved to Duan Jiabao who was not far away!

After Duan Jiabao ran over, Lin Bufan said slowly, "Dabao, I'm going out of town for a few days. You don't have to go with me this time. You should find a boyfriend quickly during these few days!"

After saying that, without waiting for Duan Jiabao to reply, Lin Bufan put on his sunglasses and started the car in a cool manner, leaving Duan Jiabao standing there and inhaling the exhaust fumes.

"Ahem... Lin Bufan, you bastard!" Duan Jiabao stamped his feet in anger and shouted at the departing sports car, "I hope you get a flat tire! I hope you get stopped by the traffic police! I hope you..."

In the middle of cursing, Duan Jiabao suddenly realized that many of the people around him were crew members, so he quickly shut up and took out his phone to type frantically in the "Three Golden Flowers" group:

"Sisters! I'm so angry! Our boss is simply not a human being!"

Jiang Xiaoguo replied immediately: "What's wrong? Did he ask you to run errands and buy food again?"

Duan Jiabao: "It's even worse than running errands! He just told me, 'I'm going out of town for a few days, so you should find a boyfriend during these few days!' Do you think this is human language?!"

Luo Yan posted a shocked emoji: "??? What kind of new workplace PUA is this?"

Jiang Xiaoguo, however, sent a series of lemon emojis: "Ahhh, I'm jealous! What kind of magical company is this? Not only do they not object to employees dating, they encourage and support it, and even give you time off just to find a partner?! Our company wants us to be on call 24/, and even have to report dates!"

Duan Jiabao rolled his eyes. "Is that the point?! The point is the look on his face that says he's afraid I'll covet his beauty!"

Luo Yan made a head-patting emoji: "Although I think your boss's concerns are quite right...but as a sister, I firmly support your decision! We can look for someone if we want to, and not look for him if we don't want to. It's none of his business!"

Jiang Xiaoguo continued to send lemons: "Is your company still hiring? Is it too late for me to change jobs now? Our supervisor was sent away because he couldn't balance work and family!"

Duan Jiabao was so angry that he sent a voice message: "Whose side are you two on? I'm really angry now! What right does he have to dictate my love life?"

Jiang Xiaoguo made a dog head emoji: "Because he's the dad who pays you?"

Luo Yan quickly tried to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, Dabao, don't be angry. How about we go eat hot pot together tonight? I know a new Chongqing hot pot place has opened, it's super authentic!"

Duan Jiabao finally calmed down a bit: "That's better... I want to order the extra spicy hot pot base, so spicy that bastard boss will die!"

……

Twenty minutes later, Lin Bufan pushed open the door to Biaoge Paradise and saw a golden retriever wagging its tail as it walked towards the booth, carrying a tray with two drinks on it. He looked around and quickly found Zhong Xiaoqin and Xu Ziyan in the children's play area.

"Uncle Bufan!" Xu Ziyan spotted him with his sharp eyes and waved his little hands excitedly.

Lin Bufan walked over and rubbed Xu Ziyan's head: "Are you having fun?"

"Happy!" Xu Ziyan nodded vigorously and pointed at a Samoyed playing with children not far away: "That dog can do arithmetic, even better than Mai Rui!"

Lin Bufan squatted down with a smile and said to Xu Ziyan, "Mai Rui is also very smart, but it lacks a good teacher. Ziyan, are you willing to be its teacher?"

Xu Ziyan's eyes lit up and he nodded vigorously: "Yes! I want to teach Mindray how to calculate 1+1=2!"

"Great!" Lin Bufan rubbed Xu Ziyan's little head: "Then go play with Mindray now. Remember to teach it patiently."

"I see!"

After sending Xu Ziyan away, Lin Bufan sat down next to Zhong Xiaoqin: "Why do you want to come to Brother Biao's Paradise today?"

Zhong Xiaoqin sighed, her eyes following Xu Ziyan who was playing with Mairui: "Now that Gu Gu's family has this thing, I don't have the energy to take care of Mairui for the time being, so I brought Mairui over. Today, Mairui and Cupid are clamoring to come back to visit their relatives, so I brought Ziyan along to play."

Zhong Xiaoqin paused, and said a little embarrassedly: "Now that Ziyan is here, it's a bit difficult for me to take care of these little guys alone. I thought of fostering them at Biaoge Paradise for a few days. When Gu Gu finishes her business and takes Ziyan back, I will take them home together."

Lin Bufan naturally had no objection to this: "No problem, you can foster them for as long as you want. This is their home."

"Thank you!" Zhong Xiaoqin smiled gratefully and then asked, "By the way, would you like something to drink? I'll treat you."

Lin Bufan waved his hand and pointed at the cup of milk tea in front of Zhong Xiaoqin: "No need to order again, you and I can just have one cup." After that, he waved to the waiter not far away: "Please bring us a Y-shaped straw."

Zhong Xiaoqin's face flushed instantly, and she gently pushed Lin Bufan: "What are you doing... so many people are watching..."

"What are you afraid of?" Lin Bufan took the straw handed to him by the waiter and inserted it into the milk tea cup skillfully. He winked at Zhong Xiaoqin and said, "We are a serious couple. What's wrong with drinking from the same cup of milk tea?" As he spoke, he leaned in and took a sip, deliberately making an exaggerated sound of praise: "Hmm... milk tea that Sister Xiaoqin has tasted is sweet!"

Zhong Xiaoqin was amused and burst out laughing. She glared at Lin Bufan coquettishly: "You are so smooth-talking!" But her hand secretly held Lin Bufan's hand under the table.

The two of them interlocked their fingers and smiled at each other. Sunlight streamed through the windowpanes, casting a shadow of the perfect couple. The hustle and bustle of the surroundings seemed to fade away, leaving only their reflections in each other's eyes.

As the sun set, Lin Bufan drove Zhu Suosuo's car slowly away from Biaoge Paradise. In the back seat, Xu Ziyan was holding Mindray's toy ball, his face drooping, looking unhappy.

Seeing Xu Ziyan's expression, Zhong Xiaoqin asked softly, "Ziyan, are you reluctant to leave Mindray? Don't worry, we'll come and take it home in a few days."

Xu Ziyan shook his head, his little hands tightly clutching the toy ball: "No, godmother... I just miss my mother..." As he spoke, his eyes suddenly reddened: "Are mom and dad going to get divorced?"

Hearing this, Zhong Xiaoqin couldn't help but look up and exchanged glances with Lin Bufan, who was driving in the front seat, through the rearview mirror. Then Zhong Xiaoqin asked softly, "Zi Yan, why do you say that? Mom and Dad just have a little conflict temporarily."

"My classmate Xiaomei's parents are like this... They first quarreled, then lived separately, and finally divorced..." Xu Ziyan's voice became increasingly quiet: "Xiaomei said that her parents didn't want her anymore, and now she lives with her grandparents..."

Zhong Xiaoqin hugged Xu Ziyan in her arms distressedly: "Ziyan, be good, your parents love you very much, they will never abandon you."

Lin Bufan looked at Xu Ziyan's red eyes through the rearview mirror and suddenly said, "Ziyan, do you want to see your mother?"

Xu Ziyan suddenly raised his head, his eyes lit up: "I want to!"

"Then uncle will take you to see mom, okay?"

"Lin Bufan, what are you talking about?" Zhong Xiaoqin frowned and interrupted Lin Bufan: "Gu Gu went to work at a tea factory in another city, why did you bring Zi Yan to see her?"

Lin Bufan shrugged nonchalantly: "I'm going to the tea factory tomorrow too, so why not take Ziyan with me?"

"You're going too?" Zhong Xiaoqin's eyes widened in surprise. "What are you going for?"

"Didn't Sister Gu tell you?" Lin Bufan was also a little surprised: "Our company wants to cooperate with her tea factory to hold a live broadcast to sell goods."

Zhong Xiaoqin's expression froze instantly. Her fingers twisted together unconsciously, and her heart was in turmoil.

Why did Gu Gu hide it from me?

Is there anything about work that cannot be discussed?

Could it be that Gu Gu is the same as himself, so he didn't say anything?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Although she thought it was impossible, when she looked at Lin Bufan's handsome profile, Zhong Xiaoqin suddenly became less determined!

No, no!

Must make this clear!

Zhong Xiaoqin, having made up her mind, immediately shouted, "I want to go too!"

Lin Bufan was startled by Zhong Xiaoqin's sudden high-pitched voice, and the steering wheel almost tilted. "Oh my god! Sister Xiaoqin, if you want to go, just go. Why are you shouting so loudly? You're almost deafening me!"

Zhong Xiaoqin then realized that she had overreacted. Her cheeks flushed slightly and she muttered softly, "I'm not... I'm not worried about Zi Yan..."

Xu Ziyan blinked his big eyes in the back seat and said in a baby voice, "Godmother, I will be a good boy and won't cause any trouble for Uncle Bufan!"

Lin Bufan winked at Xu Ziyan through the rearview mirror: "That's right, our Ziyan is the most sensible, right?"

"Yes!" Xu Ziyan nodded vigorously, his little face full of seriousness.

Zhong Xiaoqin looked at the tacit understanding between the big and the small, feeling both angry and amused: "You two seem to be on the same side..." She paused and added, "But I'm still worried. Ziyan is still young. How can a grown man like you take care of a child?"

Lin Bufan raised his eyebrows in dissatisfaction: "Sister Xiaoqin, you say that as if I'm unreliable. I can even raise a Sang Biao, so shouldn't it be easy to deal with children?"

"How can dogs and humans be the same?" Zhong Xiaoqin rolled her eyes at Lin Bufan. "Zi Yan is Gu Gu's dearest child. If he gets hurt, how am I going to explain it to him?"

Lin Bufan shrugged, his tone relaxed: "Okay, okay, you're right. Then let's go together. After all, more people means more care."

Zhong Xiaoqin nodded in satisfaction, took out her phone and began to look through her address book: "I'll ask for leave from the property management right away..."

Xu Ziyan clapped his hands happily in the back seat: "Great! Godmother is coming too! We can look for mom together!"

Seeing the little guy's excitement, Zhong Xiaoqin couldn't help but reach out and rub his little head, her eyes gentle: "Yes, let's go together to pick up mom home."

After returning home, Zhong Xiaoqin immediately ordered: "Lin Bufan, go cook. I'll take Ziyan to take a shower and change clothes."

Lin Bufan had no objection to cooking, but he also wanted to take a shower, after all, he was a clean person!

"Sister Xiaoqin, I want to take a bath too!"

Seeing Lin Bufan's stubborn expression, who was clearly unwilling to compromise, Zhong Xiaoqin could only say, "Okay, then go wash first. But you have to be quick, Ziyan is hungry!"

Seeing that Zhong Xiaoqin didn't understand, Lin Bufan could only remind her again: "Sister Xiaoqin, I mean, I also need to take a shower like Ziyan!"

Zhong Xiaoqin still didn't react, and subconsciously continued, "Go wash up, didn't I agree..." She suddenly stopped mid-sentence, her cheeks burning, and she picked up the sofa pillow and threw it at Lin Bufan, "What nonsense are you talking about in front of the children!"

Xu Ziyan held the teddy bear and tilted his head: "Uncle Bufan, do you want godmother to help you take a bath? Ziyan always washes himself!"

Lin Bufan caught the pillow and laughed heartily. He rubbed Xu Ziyan's head and praised him, "Our Ziyan is amazing!" He turned and winked at Zhong Xiaoqin, "Then I can wash it myself, right? But if Sister Xiaoqin wants to visit..."

"Go take a shower!" Zhong Xiaoqin pushed Lin Bufan into the bathroom with a red face. When the door slammed shut, she could still hear him humming "Bath Song" inside.

After dinner, Zhong Xiaoqin carried Xu Ziyan into the master bedroom and said, "Ziyan and I will sleep here tonight. You go to the second bedroom!" She locked the door with a click without waiting for Lin Bufan to protest.

Late at night, Lin Bufan quietly pried open the master bedroom door and carried away the sleeping Zhong Xiaoqin, tucking her into the blanket. Zhong Xiaoqin struggled drowsily in his arms, "Put me down... Ziyan will wake up..."

"Shh..." Lin Bufan whispered in his ear, "I checked, the little guy is sleeping like a pig."