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1
Ye Qiu was a good uncle and a great brother.
He took care of his lazy twin and loved his nephew as if he was his own. He would be a perfect father, yet he still refused to marry. No matter how hard his parents tried and pushed him to, he stayed single.
2
His secretary just looked at Ye Xiaoqiu in horror. Her boss had a child? When? Who was the mother? Since when did Ye Qiu have a wife? The reason she took this job in the first place was to climb the ladder and marry a wealthy man, it was just a bonus her boss was handsome. But a kid? She calmed down for a moment, just because there was a child in the picture, it doesn’t mean there is a mother.
“Oh, who is this cute little thing?” The woman tried to appeal to Ye Xiaoqiu, only to be hit in the face with a One Autumn Leaf, pre-Sun Xiang’s hair dye, plush toy.
“...”
“He doesn’t like you, you’re fired.” Ye Qiu didn’t look up from the papers he was reading. He was waiting for an opportunity to dismiss her for months. This was perfect. Her work ethic was just horrible.
“But-” She was frazzled, “That doesn’t mean that I deserve to be-”
“You were late two days straight, five minutes then the other 10. I take my coffee with two shots of espresso and 1 cream, not 1 shot and 2 cream. My child doesn’t like you. Did you know someone caught you smoking in the women's restroom in the 10th floor? I know you were briefed about no smoking indoors, a common courtesy towards our other workers. If any of our sponsors or anyone affiliated with us saw you disregarding the rules set, what would they think of us? You sat in my chair, as if you owned the place. Tell me, is your name Ye Qiu? Then who am I? Most importantly, my child doesn’t like you.”
“You said two-”
“It deserves to be emphasized.” Ye Qiu didn’t pity her, promptly telling the woman that she had a few hours to leave.
3
No one knew what to say.
Ye Qiu was in a video conference call. It would all be normal if it weren’t for the fact that their boss wasn’t swaddling a tiny crying child in his arms. He shifted Ye Xiaoqiu every other minute, his face and posture lax, “So do you understand what I said so far?”
Ye Xiaoqiu kept wiggling around, “Up!”
“No, stay still, you have to nap.”
“...”
They saw a different side of their boss today.
4
Ye Xiu got many looks as he passed by each worker from floor to floor
“Is this our boss?”
“He looks so lax today? Is it because of his wife?”
The gossip travelled until Ye Xiu got to the floor where Ye Qiu and One Autumn Leaf was in.
When he got to the top, Ye Xiaoqiu was handed back to him.
“Thank you for taking care of my Xiaoqiu, was he good?”
“I’m not paid enough for this. He kept crying, do you know how hard it is to concentrate?”
“At least you didn’t need to change his diapers.” Ye Xiu said, giving him a big smile. One Autumn Leaf copied him.
“Mama.”
“Hello Xiaoqiu, did you have fun with your uncle?”
The kid pointed at Ye Qiu, “Dad.”
“What.”
“I taught him that.”
“Is this revenge?”
“No, he just needed to know the truth.”
Extra: Who’s your dad?
One Autumn Leaf and Ye Qiu were staring down at each other. The child pointed to his face.
“Dad?”
“Good.” Ye Qiu gave him a toy, watching his little hands latch onto it with a vicious vice grip. It was positive reinforcement.