Guo Rong has always been troubled by the issue of Guo Qian's schooling.
She herself didn't have much education, only attending a vocational school. Later, she stayed in her hometown, living as a female hooligan and spending her days aimlessly. She never thought about starting a family or having children, but by a twist of fate, she became another person and had a child. She had no choice but to deal with the leftover problems of this body and raise the child.
But raising a child was obviously not as easy as raising herself. She couldn't count how many times she had been irritated and thought, why couldn't she just go back to her original body? What did this child have to do with her? After all, it wasn't her son.
Unfortunately, people have feelings. After being together for a long time, she couldn't bear to abandon even an animal, let alone a living child.
She occasionally thought about giving this child a better life, at least one different from her own. Guo Qian didn't want to study; he thought it was a waste of time, and he also felt that what the schools taught wasn't suitable for him. Guo Rong thought about finding him a better private school. Unfortunately, their place was small and didn't have any good schools. She considered moving to a big city, but she didn't have enough savings to support the two of them, and her salary was unstable.
After considering various factors, the matter was delayed again and again. But now, it was solved by a good person.
Guo Rong sincerely felt that the boss Chun Yuxi was beautiful and kind-hearted, simply like the Bodhisattva Guanyin in the world.
He said he would help them solve the problem of Guo Qian's school enrollment. After learning that they had no one to help them move, he even took the initiative to go back to C City with them to move their luggage. If it weren't for the fact that her own beauty was not as good as the other party's, she would almost suspect that the boss had some improper thoughts about her.
Chun Yuxi walked into the rental house where Guo Rong and her son had lived for three years and almost knelt down. As a delicate person, he really couldn't stand such a messy lifestyle. Looking through the kitchen's glass door at the washing machine on the balcony and the pile of clothes, he couldn't take his eyes off them.
"Qian Qian's mom, your clothes, over there, left like that before you left?"
"Actually, I think it wouldn't take much time to wash them a little with the washing machine, right?"
Guo Rong: "..."
"Qian Qian's mom, don't you think the garbage in your living room should be thrown away?"
"Qian... Guo Rong, did you see, your bathroom has moss growing in it. I've never seen a bathroom with people living in it that can grow moss."
Guo Rong: "Aha, I think this green color is full of vitality, it's like an indoor natural potted plant."
Indoor natural potted plant? Chun Yuxi was speechless.
Guo Rong watched as the boss's expression changed from dignified to ashen to one of utter disgust. She shrugged, picked up a broom, mop and brush and started working. After all, she was going to work under him in the future, so she had to leave a good impression.
Guo Rong's doors and windows were wide open, dust was flying everywhere, causing the neighbors upstairs and downstairs to stretch their necks and watch. The quarrelsome woman downstairs shouted that their dust was getting into her house, her complaints growing louder and louder.
Guo Rong was still talking to the boss who was wearing gloves and scrubbing bags with a smile on her face. Hearing the scolding downstairs, she threw down the broom, ran to the window and started arguing with the woman downstairs. They both used the local dialect, which Chun Yuxi couldn't quite understand.
He glanced at Guo Qian who was brushing his little sandals beside him, "Qian Qian, what is your mother saying?"
Guo Qian calmly replied, "I don't understand. My mother learned the local dialect here in the first year. She uses this kind of language when she quarrels and scolds people."
While the shrew's scolding was unpleasant, Chun Yuxi was surprisingly not disgusted by Guo Rong; instead, he felt moved. A single woman raising a child faces not only material difficulties but many other hardships as well. If a mother cannot show a fierce side, she and her child will easily be bullied.
Chun Yuxi had a deep understanding of this. When he was young, his mother had a gentle personality and was always gossiped about by the neighbors. She wouldn't refute them, and when she heard these words, she would become depressed, which made him very disgusted with those neighbors when he was a child.
Chun Yuxi heard the woman downstairs scolding a few sentences, and Guo Rong had no reaction. It wasn't until the woman mentioned the child not having a father that Guo Rong's anger truly flared. Chun Yuxi thought that no matter if it was the fierce appearance or the local dialect full of rural flavor, it was probably this woman's love for her child.
Although she undoubtedly loved her child, as a mother, she was really terrible at taking care of her child and herself!
Chun Yuxi went downstairs to buy laundry detergent, and Guo Qian followed.
"I'll take you to buy it, otherwise you won't know where to buy it cheaper." Guo Qian said.
Chun Yuxi held his hand and walked out. Not far downstairs, he saw a few middle-aged women chatting. He recognized one of the voices as belonging to the woman who had been arguing with Guo Rong earlier.
With her back to them, she said with saliva flying, "That woman upstairs, no proper job, where does she get the money from? Can she make money playing games online every day? I think she must be doing something to earn it, wearing that short skirt, oh my, I can't even look at it. Foxy slut, who knows which man she had that son with..."
Chun Yuxi seemed to be back in his childhood, listening to the gossiping women in the neighborhood talking about his mother, "Look at her sickly appearance; no wonder her husband doesn't want her and doesn't even want his son. Usually men wouldn't abandon their own sons. Maybe it's not her husband's seed..."
Guo Qian frowned and glared at the woman. Suddenly, he heard the boss beside him laugh.
Chun Yuxi picked him up and whispered something in his ear. Guo Qian also laughed and said loudly, "Dad! I'll take you to the supermarket over there to buy it!"
The women heard the voice, turned their heads and saw Guo Qian and the strange man Guo Rong had brought back. They were all very surprised, especially when they heard Guo Qian call him dad. They all looked at each other in dismay.
The woman who had been badmouthing directly asked, "Qian Qian, is this your dad? The new dad your mom found for you?"
Guo Qian hugged Chun Yuxi's neck, looking innocent, guileless and proud, "No, he's my real dad. He's going to take us home."
After Guo Rong finished cleaning and rubbing her sore waist, she went downstairs to order food. Only then did she realize that she had been "married off". The handsome boss, Chun Yuxi, had become her husband and the child's father in the eyes of the neighbors. Their touching love story left the old lady downstairs sighing with emotion.
The old lady held Guo Rong's hand and said, "From now on, you must live well with the child's father. You've waited so long for this day, and things will only get better."
Guo Rong: "???"
Apparently, she and Chun Yuxi had known and loved each other when they were young. But Chun Yuxi's family was wealthy, and his father was a scumbag who looked down on Guo Rong's poor family and didn't allow them to be together, driving her away.
After leaving, Guo Rong discovered she was pregnant. Unable to bear aborting the child, she gave birth and raised him until now. The two lovers had been separated for many years, but now Chun Yuxi had finally reunited with her and acknowledged her and their son, preparing to take them back to live together as a family.
Guo Rong listened with great interest, feeling that the boss must have read plenty of melodramatic online novels to come up with such a story on the spot so smoothly.
Chun Yuxi returned carrying Guo Qian, with a bottle of laundry detergent in hand while Guo Qian hugged a pile of snacks.
Under the kind gaze of the old lady, Guo Rong took Chun Yuxi and the child upstairs. Seeing no one around, she said, "Does your dad know you're making up stories about him like this, boss?"
Chun Yuxi: "What does it matter? Calling him a scumbag isn't wrong anyway."
He hesitated for a moment before saying, "There's something I wanted to ask your opinion on."
Guo Rong: "What is it?"
Chun Yuxi: "I want to take Qian Qian as my godson. What do you think?"
Guo Rong: "That's great. I have no objections. Ask him yourself. If he agrees, it'll be unanimously approved by our whole family."
Chun Yuxi: "You... agree so easily without considering it more?"
Guo Rong: "Don't hesitate on good things. Think too long and the chance will slip away."
Guo Qian had already been completely won over by Chun Yuxi. Firstly, Chun Yuxi was the boss of his favorite game studio and the coolest "dad" he could imagine. Secondly, when Chun Yuxi crossdressed, he was simply a gentle and virtuous intellectual "mom". Guo Qian loved this gentle and virtuous "mom".
Guo Qian: "I'm willing! I'm willing! Dad, you are my real dad!"
Chun Yuxi was quickly upgraded to "dad", and all three were very satisfied. Chun Yuxi smiled faintly, thinking it was great that this adorable little genius was now his son.
Guo Rong turned around to pretend to be busy, snickering to herself. Her son would finally have someone to keep him in line. The next time he skipped school, she could rightfully have his godfather handle it. She was free!
Guo Qian narrowed his eyes slyly, thinking it wasn't bad to have successfully secured a good-looking, responsible and kind father. Next, he would get his godfather and birth mother together so their family would be complete and his mom wouldn't be bullied anymore.
Moving involved many trivial matters. Many large items couldn't be taken, so Chun Yuxi planned to call a professional moving company to handle it. But Guo Rong went up and down, door to door to the neighbors, and sold those large household items at "friendly prices". The old things that couldn't be taken or sold were given to the old lady downstairs. In the end, there were only two bags left.
Guo Rong could carry those two bags by herself. "They're all old anyway. Shipping them all the way to S City would cost more than buying new ones, so why bother? It's more convenient to deal with them locally."
Seeing her swiftly handling these matters, Chun Yuxi felt she didn't seem to need his help. Indeed, a woman who could raise a child alone for so many years and decisively sign a contract with him wouldn't need to rely on others for everything.
But he had a quirk. The more he saw Guo Rong like this, the more he wanted to help. He wasn't sure if it was out of empathy or concern for his godson.
Now that he had a godson, Chun Yuxi felt he had more responsibility towards the two of them. His original plan was overturned and replaced with a new one.
He brought the two back to S City, to the high-end neighborhood where he lived, and had them move directly into the apartment below his with their bags.
"Considering my godson, I won't charge rent. But you can't make it a mess. Clean it regularly for me. If you don't want to clean it yourself, work hard and hire an auntie to come clean regularly. I can recommend reliable ones." The apartment was also well-decorated, and although a bit empty, it looked much better than the old apartment they used to live in.
Guo Rong looked around, grinning like a flatterer. "Oh my, how embarrassing. This apartment is yours too, boss?"
Letting them in, Chun Yuxi found the keys and casually replied, "This whole building is mine. Some are rented out. This unit wasn't rented because it's a bit small, but it's quite suitable for you two."
Guo Rong: "...!"
Guo Rong: "Daddy, do you need a goddaughter too? The gaming kind!"
Chun Yuxi: "...If you call me daddy, what will Qian Qian call me?"
Guo Rong: "Grandpa or Grandfather, take your pick. I'm totally fine with either!"
Chun Yuxi rolled his beautiful eyes. "Stop messing around, sis. Hurry up and get settled. I'll take you out to eat. You haven't had a proper meal in two days."
Author's Note: Meanwhile, the green-eyed monster was still engaged in business warfare.
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