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Chapter 222: Why, is it so exhausting?

Chapter 222: Chapter 222: Why, is it so exhausting?

"Aunt, it’s not necessary. The shop has provided me with transportation, but, I just hitched a ride today with Mr. Yan."

In the past, she could accept the kindness from the old people without any guilt because she knew she would become their daughter-in-law, and that she would honor and care for them.

But now, she means nothing to them. So, why should she accept their kindness?

Yan Han never expected that after he finally managed to bring her home, his mother not only offered meals and soups, but also arranged for a driver to send her away.

While Zhu Qianying was present, Yan Han couldn’t voice his frustrations. When she was gone, and they returned to the room, he couldn’t help but complain.

"Mom, I was hoping you would keep her here. Instead, you arranged for a driver to take her away."

Mrs. Yan sighed, "And what did you expect me to do? Show her a mean face and scare her off?"

Yan Han had no come back!

To cure a disease, you have to address the cause. To defeat someone, you have to conquer their heart.

If Zhu Qianying was his disease, he had yet to find the right medicine to cure it.

As for the battle of the hearts, he hadn’t even figured out the keys to her heart. How could he conquer it?

How could he blame his mother for being a bystander when he, the person directly involved, was helpless?

"Baby boy, what did mommy talk to you about?"

Yan Han was pretty tired. He hadn’t rested since he hastily returned from M country, but he had a gut feeling that Zhu Qianying had made some kind of transaction or promise to their son behind his back.

The baby boy was sprawled on the carpet, working on a large animal jigsaw puzzle. He appeared lively just now when his mommy was present, but he unexpectedly quieted down. The abrupt change was something Yan Han wasn’t used to.

Before Zhu Qianying returned, he thought his son was the quiet and reserved type. But after observing how the little boy behaved in front of Zhu Qianying, he vaguely understood that the little boy had been walking on eggshells since he returned.

The baby boy raised his head and looked at him with his deep black eyes. After briefly lingering on his face, he shook his head, "We didn’t talk about anything..."

Yan Han would rather his son make more mischief and tease him more. If that was the only way to communicate with his son, he wouldn’t mind being the one to be teased.

However, the problem was, the little boy didn’t always have the mood to tease him. Like now, the little boy has a look of "I can’t be bothered with you, and don’t bother me" on his face.

"What are you putting together? Let Daddy help you!"

Although Yan Han was a bit disheartened and physically tired, he still sat cross-legged in front of his son, his hands resting on the carpet.

The small boy gave him a glance as if it didn’t matter, and then lowered his head, focusing on his puzzle. Yan Han took his son’s disregard as consent, "Daddy will put together the top left corner, and you take care of the center, okay?"

The little boy didn’t respond, but he did push a small box of classified images towards Yan Han.

Yan Han carefully reclassified the small images according to the diagram, then casually asked his son, "Are you worried about mommy?"

The baby boy’s hand paused for a moment, but, as Yan Han anticipated, he received no response.

Yan Han was getting used to his son’s indifference; it moved from being uncomfortable to slowly becoming a habit.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that he has accepted it happily or that he was not saddened by it, but he understood why his son reacted this way.

As a father, he had been absent for the first few years of his son’s life, from his son’s perspective, he was no more than a stranger with a "Daddy" label.

So, it was natural for his son to be hostile and wary of him, to ignore him. And, as the one who owed something, he had no right to complain.

"Mommy has been busy at work recently, so she has to stay at the shop. When she’s less busy, Daddy will bring Mommy back. Don’t worry, baby boy!"

Before he left for M country, he promised his son to bring his mommy back. Now, his mommy was back but she hasn’t returned home.

The reason why she didn’t return home was something Yan Han felt it inappropriate to explain to his son who was not even five. He would be ashamed to mention it to anyone, to be honest.

Regardless of the difficulties he faced, ultimately and in some aspects, he did not fulfill his promise.

The baby boy finally gave him a soft "oh.." in response. But because the reply was faint, Yan Han couldn’t tell whether his son was simply humoring him, or if he truly believed him.

Yan Han breathed a sigh of relief, as if a weight had been lifted off his shoulders.

Why was spending time with this mother and son pair so exhausting?

It seems to be even more mentally taxing than negotiating billion-dollar deals.

Meanwhile, Zhu Qianying, after being driven back to the shop by the Yan family driver, looked around the shop and checked the sales for the day with the manager before logging into the company’s intranet to view some sales data and related comparisons, as she was the chief designer.

After settling work, she saw that it was almost dusk and all the shop assistants were eating takeout dinners in the shop.

When they ordered the takeout, they also ordered a meal for her. Without being picky, she ate with them in the shop.

Among the group, which includes the shop manager, although she’s had the longest tenure, she was the youngest.

She had been in M country for five years, and these shop assistants weren’t familiar with her. Now, when they found out that the chief designer had a child who was nearly five years old, they were all shocked.

"Did you leave your son in M country?"

Gossip is a trait of women.

"No, he has returned to the country as well!" Zhu Qianying didn’t think such a matter needed to be concealed.

Moreover, she had a hunch that she was likely to settle down in L City again.

These colleagues might be her long-term companions in the future. What they need to know and what they don’t need to know, they will find out sooner or later.

Instead of letting untrue rumors fly about, it was better to tell the truth from her perspective.

"What about the father of the child? Did he come back as well?"

The shop assistants were curious about her private life, but they meant no harm.

"No, the child’s father is in L City, and my son is living with his father."

When Zhu Qianying said this, the shop assistants stopped asking more questions.

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