Me at two years old, a queen!

Just as Zhao Chenyu went out to buy some milk, cake, and snacks for his little darling, he was immediately surrounded by a group of assistants from the CEO's office, who asked him with curious expressions, "Why is the boss so late today?"

"Who is that little girl the CEO is holding? She's so cute!"

"What?! President Lu has a child? No way!" And there were still people coming over, eager to get the latest gossip.

"I've been here for years, and I've never heard of Mr. Lu having a woman by his side. Assistant Zhao! You've been working right next to the boss, you must know."

"Yes, yes, Assistant Zhao! Is that Mr. Lu's relative? That chubby little thing is so cute!"

"I've never seen President Lu so down-to-earth. He looks like he's mixed race, could it be...?"

Looking at the crowd gathering around him, Zhao Chenyu wished he could hang a sign around his neck that read, "Saliva is precious, payment is required for answers," hoping to strike it rich someday.

"I don't want to gossip about the boss's private affairs in HR! I don't think anyone else does either, haha~"

An'an had a wonderful morning. She could watch Peppa Pig all day, had endless chocolate and potato chips, and her favorite strawberry cake and strawberry ice cream.

When Zhao Chenyu finished his work report, he saw the little cutie sprawled on a custom-made Italian POLIFORM sofa watching cartoons, her little legs up, laughing occasionally, with a lollipop in her mouth.

He could still see the crumbs of snacks on the little girl's chubby cheeks from afar, and he was captivated by her beauty...

"Is there anything else?"

"No, no, um... the Sheng family's youngest daughter is having her 5th birthday on Friday night, and we sent out invitations. I see you don't have any other plans for Friday night..."

"Huh? Why do you have to ask about such a small thing?"

"Well, I was thinking that Miss An'an is here. Children love to join in the fun, and the Sheng family's granddaughter is also 5 years old. The children who come should all be around the same age, and Miss An'an should like it."

Lu Junxing glanced at the girl who hadn't made a fuss all morning in the office. She was quite easy to manage; aside from coming over to pull down his pants when she needed to use the restroom and opening snack packaging, she had been quietly watching cartoons.

Then I realized that the child couldn't stay in the office with me every day, going back and forth between the apartment and the company, living a monotonous life, so I agreed.

"Mr. Lu, would you like to have the usual lunch today?" When Lu Junxing first joined Lu's Group, he was so busy that he didn't have time to eat until two or three in the afternoon. Therefore, he always ordered special nutritious meals and had them prepared by a dedicated person.

It's healthy, but it contains special medicinal herbs prescribed for President Lu. Zhao Chenyu wasn't sure if it was suitable for children, and he wasn't sure how to order it himself.

"Don't worry about it, I'll take the kids to the cafeteria downstairs later."

Lu Junxing raised his wrist to check the time, then looked at the pinkish lump sprawled on the black sofa, clearly having also considered this possibility.

————Lu's Building Cafeteria————

Lu's offers unparalleled benefits, boasting a renowned pig farm with everything imaginable, all at Michelin-starred restaurant quality. The food is, needless to say, exceptional, and many employees work diligently at Lu's solely for the culinary delights.

So it was almost one o'clock, and there were still quite a few people scattered around the cafeteria. Therefore, when Lu Junxing brought the girl to the cafeteria, the people inside were like lambs to the slaughter, even more reluctant to leave.

He even messaged his close friends in the same department. They'd been at Lu's for so long, and they'd rarely seen President Lu eat in the cafeteria. The main thing was, he was always accompanied by a little girl in a pink princess dress, with brown hair in small curls, fair and chubby cheeks, and walking with a wobbly gait like a little penguin...

"Is that the little princess? She's so cute!"

"So cute! I want to pet her~"

"So cute and chubby, wow~ my dream daughter!"

"Me too! Which way you pray will bring you a daughter like that! My son is such a brat, he's always climbing on the roof if I don't discipline him. Daughters are so much better!"

"Don't you think about what President Lu looks like? How could that little princess be anything less than beautiful?"

"Sigh~, even resting her chin on her hand looks adorable on her little princess. As for me, well, daughters resemble their fathers, so I've already lost out due to poor genes."

When Lu Junxing returned with the food, he found that most of the surrounding tables were still occupied, but the plates were practically empty.

This time should have been the company's default lunch break. Lu Junxing had always adhered to a humane office management style and didn't usually eat in the cafeteria, but he was a regular there in the early days of Lu's Group. He then sent a "message" to the company's senior management group.

"An'an, put down the iPad, it's time to eat!"

When it was time for dinner, An'an was engrossed in watching an exciting cartoon and didn't want to leave at all. Lu Junxing had to carry her away, and the clever little girl even brought the iPad with her.

Fortunately, the little girl knew to concentrate on walking, so she obediently carried him the whole way. When Lu Junxing went to get food, she turned on the iPad and started watching Peppa Pig.

"An'an! I'll say it again, it's time to eat! Put the iPad down!"

Although the patriarch of the Lu family was a rough and unrefined man with a military background, he was still very strict with Lu Junxing's upbringing. The Lu family had already made their fortune and they were afraid of raising a good-for-nothing who would just laze around and do nothing.

Lu Junxing had been taught etiquette since childhood, and being mindful of manners at the dining table was a basic requirement. Seeing the little girl's unmoving expression, Lu Junxing was truly annoyed.

"I'll count to three! One!"

Realizing something was wrong, An'an reluctantly put down her iPad and looked timidly at Lu Junxing: "Waaah~, I...don't want to eat."

An'an suddenly had so many delicious foods, and she couldn't help but eat a lot of snacks. When she saw her favorite sweet and sour pork ribs and chicken drumsticks on the plate, she wanted to eat them too.

But my stomach was so full I couldn't eat anything, and I even felt nauseous: "Hey~, don't eat~"

"Why?" Looking into those big, watery eyes, Lu Junxing really couldn't understand. What could such a little kid possibly want or not want?

"Waaah~, it's so high..."

An'an pointed to her round, swollen belly and said to Lu Junxing, who was a little angry, with a hint of fear. She knew that her mother and grandmother would be very angry if she secretly ate snacks like this.

Lu Junxing looked at her belly, which even her thick dress couldn't hide, and reached out to touch it. It was hard and firm, definitely very full. Remembering the messy coffee table when he called her at noon, he asked his assistant to buy some children's digestive tablets.

An'an looked nervously at her father, whose face was dark with anger. Her little face was full of unease, afraid that the man was angry. She hadn't eaten snacks for a long time because of a toothache from eating candy, but she couldn't resist and ate too much.

Lu Junxing looked at the little girl's expression: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

An'an slid off the chair, clutching her skirt, and clung to the man's knees: "Daddy~, I went the wrong way~"

Seeing the little girl's sincere and uneasy expression, Lu Junxing paused for a moment, then shifted his body awkwardly, subtly moving the little girl away: "Okay! Don't do it again!"

An'an thought with some confusion, "What? What plums?"

"No! Daddy, I don't want plums!" the little girl shouted angrily, unconsciously placing her little hands on Lu Junxing's knees again.

"You want to ask me... is that wrong?"

Lu Junxing tried hard to recall his interactions with his parents, hoping to glean something from them, but he realized he had never had such interactions before, not even those that seemed so natural to his child. He was momentarily at a loss for how to respond.

"Slap~" Seeing that her dad was stunned and didn't react, An'an anxiously slapped Lu Junxing's knee with her chubby little hand and asked angrily, "Daddy~, you want to ask An'an~, ask her quickly!"

" Um."

"Hmm~ It's not like that, you want to say... An'an, did you do something wrong? Did you do something wrong?"

"Ahem, what did you do wrong?"

Lu Junxing uttered these words stiffly, like a robot.

Lu Junxing was emotionally detached and had little contact with his family. His parents' marriage was arranged, and they were both busy with their family businesses, so they might not see each other even once a year. After he came of age, he started his own business and took over the family business, after which he lived alone.

He was somewhat at a loss in the face of An'an's actions, but she was his daughter, and raising her was his responsibility. As the head of the Lu family, it was also his responsibility to cultivate the next generation of successors.

He subconsciously hid it, not wanting anyone to discover this vulnerable side of him, not even his daughter. But he was her father, and he would try his best to respond to her.

At the same time, a vague worry arose in my heart, fearing that I wouldn't be able to give my daughter good advice when she deals with romantic relationships and interpersonal interactions in the future.

This is why, even though she needed a child, she was willing to let Gu Nanxu take the child away, because she was more suitable than him to raise an heir.

...After Lu Junxing finished eating, the little girl was already sleepy and leaning against his feet. Helpless, Lu Junxing could only take the child back. After spending some time together, he had learned to control his strength and knew how to hold An'an properly.

Looking at the little girl's rosy cheeks as she slept, Lu Junxing felt as if something had changed, yet nothing had changed at the same time.

When An'an woke up, she found herself surrounded by darkness, like Cinderella's dark room, and she couldn't help but feel scared: "Emm~, Mom~, An'an baby is awake."

Then she remembered that this was Daddy's house, and that she had gone to work with Daddy today. Mommy and the others weren't here, so she rubbed her little eyes and carefully wriggled her body.

The little feet cautiously reached for the floor, while a tiny, childlike voice cried out, "Ugh~, help me~"

The little girl lay on the edge of the bed, her lower body dangling, tiny tears streaming down her face. She clenched her little fists, trying to cheer herself up, "You're the best! Princess An'an, go for it! Hoo!"

Unfortunately, Lu Junxing was nearly 1.9 meters tall, and his bed was a custom-made one, more than 10 centimeters higher than a regular bed.

With a "smack," the little girl froze for a moment, then felt a sharp pain in her bottom and couldn't help but cry out, "Ouch~, waah~, poop~"

Finding no one around, An'an wiped away her tears, climbed off the carpet, and reached for the doorknob. Unfortunately, the little dumpling, barely a meter tall, couldn't reach it even when she jumped.

An'an stomped her little feet angrily, ready to have a good cry first.

"boom!"

"Mmm~ Wow~, Wow~"

An'an covered her head. Before, her crying was all bark and no bite, but now the pain was so intense that tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

An'an looked at the woman who had knocked her down as she opened the door. Sensing the woman's hostility, she looked at her timidly and instinctively tried to find someone she was close to: "Ugh~, Daddy~, Waaah~"

"Shut up! Whose kid are you? Do you even know where this is? Who brought you here?"

Sheng Yixin was just a junior assistant in the president's office. To put it bluntly, she was there to help Lu Junxing's assistant. Under normal circumstances, she had neither the opportunity nor the authority to enter President Lu's office.

But today I found that President Lu was in a meeting, but the door was unusually open, and I could get in without needing to scan my face, so I managed to get in.

After admiring President Lu's office, she heard noises coming from the lounge inside. Thinking some shameless woman had sneaked in to seduce Lu Junxing, she angrily pushed open the door, accidentally knocking over An'an, who was bouncing around by the door.

Sheng Yixin looked at the child, whose messy hair was stuck to his red face with tears, and whose forehead was swollen with bruises, and she was filled with impatience.

"Speak up, are you mute?! You have no manners at all. Didn't your parents teach you how to speak properly?"

"Who brought you in? Do you know where this place is?"

Seeing the fierce-looking woman, An'an got up from the ground, wanting to go around her to find her father. But as she passed by, "Bang!" she was suddenly shoved and fell to the ground.

"Wow~ You're a bad guy, a villain! Waaaaah~, help~, save An'an~"

"Shut up! Trying to run away? Where did this bastard come from?"

"Tell me! Who is your mother? Why did she send you to curry favor with President Lu? How can you be so shameless at such a young age? You know how to find a father for yourself!"

"Alright, this big one isn't good enough, now we have a little one too. The little one is alright looking, though. Tell me, who's your mother? Believe me or not, I'll make sure your parents get out of Lu's!"

"Hmph! You bad guy~ I'm going to get Daddy to beat you up! You scoundrel!"

An'an struggled to get up from the ground; her hands and bottom were in so much pain.

"Hmph! Your father? A good-for-nothing, what abilities could he possibly have, daring to lecture me? Do you even know who I am?"

"If your father had that kind of ability, you wouldn't be here, and your mother wouldn't be thinking of being so pathetic. You people from the garbage dump think you can get on top of President Lu? Humph~, I've seen plenty of people like you. The lowest of the low are just despicable!"

Sheng Yixin had seen many women with children approaching her mother asking for money since she was a child. Every time, her mother would give those women a sum of money, and the women would leave happily with the money. Afterwards, her parents would have a big fight.

Her father would stay away from home for months at a time, and her mother would only lash out at her, glaring at her resentfully: "Why aren't you a boy? If you were a son, your father wouldn't be seeing other women!"

Sheng Yixin deeply hated these despicable people, and by extension, she hated these good-looking children as well. Several handsome illegitimate children were being raised in the villa next to her house.

"You're bad? No, Daddy's amazing, you're a bad person!"

An'an retorted angrily, even though she didn't understand what she meant, she knew she was belittling her father.

"My daddy is the best! You bullied An'an, so I'm going to make my daddy beat you up!"

Sheng Yixin was furious. Given their family's status, which of their girlfriends wouldn't fawn over and flatter her? She, a dignified young lady, was already being squeezed into an office with a bunch of low-class people doing odd jobs—it was already bad enough.

If it weren't for the fact that she could see that man every day and marry him sooner, she wouldn't be doing this kind of ordinary work.

He couldn't stand being insulted by some slut's child, so he grabbed the girl by the collar and dragged her out.