Chapter 325 - Yang Hongzhi (2/2)
Luo Pingxiang did not look very pleased when she saw him. “He has been chasing after sis Li, but she’s not too fond of him and even rejected him a few times. He’s still shamelessly trying for her, but sis can’t do much about it. She can’t afford to offend him as his father is the biggest shareholder in the corporation, and offending them would not be a good idea. She might be treated coldly in the company and even lose her position.”
“Oh.”
Xiao Luo was not too interested in such trivia, so he took Su Xiaobei’s hand and brought her for a stroll in the garden close to the tennis court.
“Mr. Xiao, sis wants us to go over there,” Luo Pingxiang called out to him when she saw Su Li waving them over.
“Let’s go then.”
Su Xiaobei reached out with her little arms, beckoning to Xiao Luo, “Daddy, carry me on your back!”
Xiao Luo kneeled and let the girl hop on his back, then started running with her clinging on tightly. She could not stop laughing all the way to the court.
“This is…” Yang Hongzhi asked, giving Xiao Luo the once-over.
“He’s my daddy!”
Su Xiaobei answered cheerfully before anyone else could.
“Huh?”
Yang Hongzhi turned to Su Li and looked somewhat confused.
Shen Qingyan smiled and said, “Li just hired him.” Then leaning toward him, she whispered in his ear, “I have no idea what’s wrong with Xiaobei, she seems to be very attached to this guy and thinks that he’s her daddy. Li hired him to be Xiaobei’s surrogate father for her sake.”
“I see…”
Yang Hongzhi nodded, mentally striking Xiao Luo off his greeting list, and immediately gave his attention to Su Xiaobei instead. “h.e.l.lo again, Xiaobei!”
Su Xiaobei hid behind Xiao Luo, appearing a little timid and shy.
“Say hi to uncle Yang.” Su Li said.
“Hi, uncle Yang,” Su Xiaobei said, her voice no louder than the buzz of a mosquito.
“Oh, Xiaobei, you’re such a good girl!”
Yang Hongzhi patted Su Xiaobei’s head. “It’s been a while since we last met, do you miss uncle Yang?”
Su Xiaobei shook her head and made no attempt at eye contact.
Her reaction made Yang Hongzhi feel a little hurt.
Su Xiaobei tightened her arms around Xiao Luo’s neck as she pulled herself to his ear and whispered, “Daddy, can we play over there?”
“Okay.” Xiao Luo agreed.
Seeing how close the two were, Yang Hongzhi was dumbfounded. He had given Su Xiaobei everything a girl would want and frequently bought her toys and sweets, yet this little girl was still very distant. Seeing Su Xiaobei show so much affection to Xiao Luo made him feel quite upset.
“Xiaobei, you are mistaken, he’s not your daddy.”
He planned to marry Su Li one day, and it wouldn’t do him any good if Su Xiaobei kept calling someone else daddy. He was extremely agitated when he heard her call Xiao Luo daddy.
“He is!” Su Xiaobei suddenly found her voice, and she was adamant.
“You don’t even know which slum he came from, so how can you call him daddy? Xiaobei, I understand that you want to have a daddy, uncle Yang will treat you like my own daughter. And in the future, you can treat uncle Yang as your daddy, okay.”
Xiao Luo could sense that she was going to cry and thought it best that he spoke up. “She will understand that when she grows up eventually, correcting her now will confuse her.”
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