Chapter 4 (1/2)

That night Huang Xuan slept very well, hugging the stamp-alb.u.m in his arms, of course.

When the first beam of sunlight came through the window the next morning, and the birds in banyan trees started chirping, the fully dressed butler knocked at Huang Xuan's door lightly. Huang Xuan hummed in a daze. His arms were sore as he tried to move them, but it made him wake up right away.

”You got up early,” said his mom, who was already sitting in the dining room.

Huang Xuan sat beside his mom affectionately and answered with a smile: ”Because I want to have breakfast with my dear mom.”

”Aww that's lovely,” his mom said, smiling. ”So what do you want? Going out is non-negotiable.”

”How about going to the company with you? I haven't been there for a long time.”

Of course, it had been a long time. Last time two hours after he had been there, the office already looked as if it had been flooded.

Zhang Xinyi smiled, waving her hand. ”We have all agreed on your punishment. Do you want your dad to make fun of me?”

”Surely not,” Huang Xuan put on a pitiable look and said. ”But there is nothing to eat at home. What if I starve to death? What if I risk my life to break through Butler Zhou and climb over the wall just because I am too hungry?”

Zhang Xinyi couldn't help laughing and said: ”Climb over the wall? Are you threatening me?”

”Mom...” Huang Xuan prolonged his voice and shook his mom's arm, which had been successful every time.

Zhang Xinyi became dizzy because of the shaking. As expected, she compromised, pointed on his head with her forefinger and said with a smile: ”I will take you with me if you promise to stay within Butler Zhou's sight or mine.”

”No problem.” Huang Xuan nodded continuously, then asked, ”Is Uncle Zhou coming too?”

”What's the point for him to stay at home if you are not here?” Having decided to skip breakfast, she stood up and said: ”Let's go.”

Huang Xuan jumped up and said: ”One moment. I need to get something upstairs.” He rushed upstairs to get the stamp-alb.u.m.

On the way, Huang Xuan tried to call Rolin. However, the base guardian seemed to have disappeared, just like his voice.

The office of World Group was located in Zhonglou District, which had a 48-floor main building and two new 8-floor affiliated buildings. It was in a mature commercial circle that contained half the best office buildings in the city. Although it had been less than 20 years since the rise of World Group—whose owners.h.i.+p of such fancy office buildings had undoubtedly benefited from the backgrounds of the Zhangs and the Huangs—Zhang Xinyi, the president of the board, had put a lot of effort into it.

The young and innocent Huang Xuan was thinking about nothing else but how to sell the stamps.

Half an hour later, Huang Xuan was already sitting in his mother's top-cla.s.s office. As the eldest daughter of the Zhangs, Zhang Xinyi was running her own business. Out of old habits, she built this 300-square-meter office, which was the biggest in Nanjing if the outside secretary room was included.