The Wealthy Tycoon's Game of Life

Chapter 1188: Chapter 449: [Mother and Daughter] (Part 2)

She is now playing the role of a nanny in Zhou Wang’s house. Besides the daily cleaning and organizing, whenever Zhou Wang or others need, she also cooks some meals.

To be honest, Zhao Yu’s cooking skills can’t be said to be exquisite, but perhaps because it’s the hometown flavor from Zhou Wang’s memory, he praises it highly.

This also gives Zhao Yu some consolation, that her presence is still somewhat useful...

After all, although she is called a nanny, Zhao Yu’s presence isn’t strong. The property at Tangchen Yipin already has two housekeeping staff responsible for daily cleaning. Added to the diligent Yun Rou and Yun Lan sisters, it often leaves Zhao Yu in an awkward ”nothing to do” situation.

Now, she and Linlin occupy more than one room in the house.

Originally, Linlin was supposed to stay with Zhao Yu in the nanny room, but it was Xu Wenqian who mentioned that since there are still vacant bedrooms available in the house, and Linlin is not that young anymore, she needs her private space. It’s better to let her have her own room.

After some silence, Zhao Yu didn’t know what considerations led her to eventually agree.

But under Zhao Yu’s insistence, Linlin was allocated the smallest room, which the developer referred to as the ”children’s room.”

Of course, even though it’s called a children’s room, at forty to fifty square meters, it still seemed overwhelmingly large to Zhao Yu and Linlin.

Knock, knock, knock!

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the room, followed by Xu Wenqian’s voice asking:

”Sister Xiao Yu, are you in Linlin’s room? Is Linlin up yet?”

”She’s up, Miss Xu, please come in...”

While Zhao Yu signaled Linlin to quickly put on her clothes, she responded.

Linlin had just put on her little vest when Xu Wenqian walked in. She glanced at Linlin who was rushing to get out of bed and smiled: ”No need to rush, we have plenty of time. I’m here to invite you to breakfast together...”

”Miss Xu, there’s no need, just you and Mr. Zhou have breakfast. I haven’t finished the porridge I cooked yesterday, I’ll just serve a bowl for Linlin later.”

Zhao Yu hurriedly waved her hand, refusing.

”I’ve poured out that pot of porridge, Sister Xiao Yu, it’s not that I want to lecture you, but you are a patient, and Linlin is still growing. It’s better to avoid eating overnight food... Mr. Zhou has already gone out ahead, I’m just missing company, so I came to invite you along.”

Xu Wenqian shook her head, ”Come on, after breakfast, I’ll go with you. The car sent by Housekeeper Han is already waiting downstairs.”

Seeing Xu Wenqian’s insistence, Zhao Yu had no choice but to agree, turning around to hand the clothes she had just picked out to Linlin, ”Linlin, these are the ones I washed for you, you wear this one...”

When Xu Wenqian noticed that Zhao Yu had handed Linlin old clothes with quite a few faded spots, she immediately went over and took two new outfits bought by Lin Ran from the wardrobe and placed them on the bed.

”Linlin, today is a very important day in your life. Don’t listen to your mom. Wear these instead.”

”Miss Xu...”

”Sister Xiao Yu, let Linlin change her clothes herself, come out for a moment, I have something to discuss with you.”

Seeing Zhao Yu still nervously trying to refuse, Xu Wenqian immediately pulled her out of the room. Once the door was closed, Xu Wenqian slightly sighed.

”Sister Xiao Yu, you can’t keep going on like this. Have you ever thought that Linlin is only seventeen, and she has a wonderful life ahead of her? Now that the conditions are right, there’s no need for her to endure unnecessary hardship...”

”I... Miss Xu, although I haven’t read much, I understand what you’re saying. But I owe too much to Mr. Zhou. Having food and a place to live already makes me very satisfied, how dare I ask for more?”

Zhao Yu replied with a bitter smile, ”I am someone destined to die, and I don’t know how to repay him. I feel really guilty...”

Hearing this, Xu Wenqian paused for a moment before she spoke: ”What if I told you that your illness might be curable?”

”Miss Xu, what, what are you saying?”

”Haven’t you noticed that your physical condition has been gradually improving over the past few days?”

Xu Wenqian said softly, ”The so-called special medication alone couldn’t achieve this effect. What you’ve been taking is the advanced health medicine developed by a newly established pharmaceutical company of the boss’s. Each small dose costs nearly six figures...”

Seeing Zhao Yu in shock, Xu Wenqian continued: ”That’s why, Sister Xiao Yu, you already can’t repay him, so why keep dwelling on it?”

”Understand that all of us gathered by the boss owe him a lot, and no one dares claim they can repay it all...”

”All we can do is try our best to repay him through our work and life.”

”You’re always apprehensive, living uncomfortably here, and it makes the boss feel uncomfortable too. Even from the standpoint of repaying gratitude, you shouldn’t be like this, right?”

After Xu Wenqian finished what she wanted to say in one breath, she squeezed Zhao Yu’s hand and turned to leave.

Zhao Yu stood dumbfounded at the doorway for a long time, then she looked down at her slightly worn clothes. After pressing her lips together, she hurriedly turned back to her room.

...

Pinghe School, a private school in the Magic City, which sounds rather rustic.

But Xiaoyun, standing at the school gate at this moment, knows very well about the unique status of this private school founded in 1996 in the education circle in the Magic City.

Among more than a hundred international schools in the city, Pinghe School has always been in the indisputable top tier. In many people’s eyes, it is the one that holds the fort, hailed as the ”benchmark of international education in Shanghai” and the ”gatherer of Oxbridge and Ivy League schools.”

Despite the sky-high annual tuition over 150,000, from the elementary to the high school section, it’s still ”hard to get a ticket.” Each year with only a 5% admission rate, it makes countless elite families break their heads to get their children in.

Although it is already 2024, the notion of ”winning at the starting line” no longer prevails as an educational concept that many parents hold, but with the uniqueness of the Huaxia-style education, it’s undeniable that many parents still treat this concept as truth.

Looking back a few months ago, Xiao An and her already estranged husband didn’t know how many times they ran back and forth in the Magic City for their daughter’s elementary school admission but still couldn’t find a way in, Xiao An couldn’t help but sigh.

Back then, all she thought was to get her daughter into a better school, never daring to dream of a place like Pinghe School.

But after meeting Mr. Zhou, all of this was achieved so effortlessly...

Things in the world are truly marvelous. She never regretted that night in Hang City when she proactively climbed into Zhou Wang’s bed. She just didn’t expect that the returns Zhou Wang gave her would far exceed her expectations.

Not to mention her daughter, even her own life’s trajectory has fundamentally changed, hasn’t it?

Ring, ring, ring!

The sound of the phone interrupted Xiao An’s thoughts. Seeing the contact displayed on her phone, she quickly picked up the call.

”Hello, Sister Ran, it’s Xiao An... Mm-hmm, I rushed over here right after landing, I’m now at the school gate... Is Mr. Zhou still inspecting? That’s alright, I also need a little more time, my ex-husband hasn’t brought my daughter over yet... Okay, I’ll contact you in a bit.”

When in Hang City Manor, Xiao An had met Lin Ran, but the two weren’t familiar, so Xiao An was very polite on the phone, despite being older than Lin Ran, she still addressed her as ”Sister Ran.”

Lin Ran on the other end was the same, mainly because she had heard Xu Wenqian mention discreetly that Sister Xiao An was sent to Beidou by the boss to be an assistant to a woman very special to the boss.

How special that woman, whom Lin Ran hasn’t met, was, Xu Wenqian was vague about, but since Xu Wenqian had mentioned it with such seriousness, Lin Ran naturally paid attention.

After hanging up, seeing that the agreed time had passed, yet her unreliable husband still hadn’t shown up, Xiao An frowned and called again.

”Du Huai’an, you...”

Xiao An had just called out his name when the call was abruptly hung up. While feeling a bit indignant, she heard the sound of a horn from behind. Turning around, a brand new Mercedes-Benz S-Class with a Shanghai plate pulled up beside her.

The window rolled down, revealing a slightly chubby face. He looked up and down at the elegant woman before him, somewhat incredulous.

”An Xiaoyun, did you... did you go to South Korea for plastic surgery?”