Chapter 1330: The Grand Finale: Shuangshuang's Dad Is Kinda Cool

Yin Shixiu walked a couple of steps ahead and, noticing there was no movement behind him, turned around and asked, “Why aren’t you coming?”

“I-I need to tie my shoelace!”

Just then, Xiao Xiaoang was squatting on the ground, with his butt raised high in the air. From Yin Shixiu’s angle, the little guy’s head was almost touching the floor tiles. He stood nearby waiting, watching as those little hands clumsily fiddled with the shoelaces on his sneakers. Possibly because the bending posture was also uncomfortable, Xiao Xiaoang was panting heavily—

“Stand still.”

Yin Shixiu spoke, already squatting down in front of Xiao Xiaoang.

Xiao Xiaoang straightened up, took a long breath, and said, “I’ve finished, let’s go.”

Before the little guy even lifted his leg, Yin Shixiu had already grasped it with his hand, “Tied like this, the laces are too long and might get stepped on.”

“Ah? Really…?”

Xiao Xiaoang touched his nose, still thinking he’d done a pretty good job tying his shoelaces.

Yin Shixiu first untied the knots that Xiao Xiaoang had made and then skillfully tied them into a bow.

Clapping his hands, he stood up and picked up his backpack again, “Done.”

“…Oh.”

Xiao Xiaoang replied blankly, although he followed behind Yin Shixiu, his gaze frequently darted towards his shoes, feeling indescribably weird.

Yin Shixiu’s peripheral vision caught the little guy’s somewhat puzzled face, and once inside the elevator, he asked,

“What’s wrong? Didn’t I tie it well?”

Xiao Xiaoang shook his head, looked at Yin Shixiu, and muttered, “Well… it feels so girly!”

“…”

“It’s like a girl’s style, not cool at all.”

“…”

“Can you change the tying style?” Xiao Xiaoang asked, looking up at Yin Shixiu’s slightly arched eyebrow…

“We’re here, get out.”

Fortunately, the elevator had already reached the floor by then, and as the doors opened, Yin Shixiu pulled Xiao Xiaoang out.

Tying his shoelaces was already nice enough, but he had a few complaints.

Yin Shixiu’s private elevator opened directly into his office.

Xiao Xiaoang stepped out of the elevator, instantly widening his eyes in surprise, and immediately forgot about the “uncool bow” shoelaces.

“It’s so big…”

Xiao Ang gaped, looking at the luxurious office before him, and said.

Yin Shixiu slightly curled the corners of his lips, placing his backpack on the coffee table in the reception area. Xiao Ang, still clutching his piggy bank, shuffled over to Yin Shixiu’s side and said, “You use such a big room all alone?”

“Why?”

Yin Shixiu softly asked.

“It’s such a waste!”

Xiao Xiaoang said, continuing to look around the spacious and luxurious office.

Yin Shixiu raised his eyebrows slightly, naturally not about to argue with a child.

Although Xiao Xiaoang criticized the wastefulness, he also felt… Shuangshuang’s dad is really kind of cool!

“Sit here. Wait for me a moment.”

Finished speaking, Yin Shixiu left the office door to go to the secretary’s room. The secretaries had not yet clocked out, but by this time, people who had finished their work were somewhat relaxed, some napping, playing on their phones, or chatting.

Then, suddenly, President Yin, who had clearly left the company, appeared in front of them, startling the two junior secretaries; one was so shocked that her phone fell to the ground, and she stood up instantly, respectfully greeting:

“Hello, President Yin!”

“The front desk called earlier saying a child came to find me. Who took the call?”

Yin Shixiu asked directly.

One of the frightened junior secretaries raised her hand tremblingly, “President Yin, I took the call.”

“What time did you take the call?”

Yin Shixiu asked again calmly, without showing much emotion.

“It was slightly before two o’clock,” the junior secretary quickly replied.

“Why didn’t you inform me?”

Yin Shixiu’s tone remained calm, the female secretary was newly transferred from the planning department downstairs and hadn’t interacted much with Yin Shixiu. Luo Su had just returned from the restroom and overheard Yin Shixiu calmly questioning the secretary named Wendy…

“Because you were in a meeting, President Yin. I told my colleague at the front desk that I would inform you once the meeting ended.”

“What time did my meeting end?”

“I think it was around four-thirty…” Wendy answered, seemingly unaware of the brewing anger beneath Yin Shixiu’s calm exterior.

“President Yin, what happened?”

Luo Su asked.

Yin Shixiu glanced at Luo Su, “Secretary Luo, come here for a moment.”

“Oh.”

Secretary Luo followed Yin Shixiu out of the secretary’s room, but they merely exited it, leaving Wendy and her colleagues curious, peering out, wanting to know what was being discussed between the chief secretary and President Yin…

“Wendy, why do I feel… you might be in trouble?”

“Huh?” Wendy still hadn’t realized she might have offended the big boss and frowned, “How could that be? I didn’t do anything wrong.”

“You let a child wait in the lobby for over two hours.”

Luo Su entered directly picking up from Wendy’s words, “Such cold weather, could you bear it?”

“…”

Wendy blinked and quickly moved closer to Luo Su, “Luo Su, did President Yin really get angry?”

“He’s mad at you? Do you think you’re that important?”

“Haha, I thought so too,” Wendy said, glancing at her colleague nearby, and smiled, “I told you!”

“Pack up your things, return to the planning department tomorrow. President Yin said the secretary’s room might not be suitable for employees who are inflexible and careless.”

“…”

Luo Su finished speaking, and Wendy was completely stunned, hastily chasing after Luo Su, “Sister Su, this isn’t true… How could it be? What else was I supposed to do? The front desk and security said the child’s surname was Xiao, it couldn’t possibly be the president’s son.”

“Sister Su? This feels so unfair, even if it really was President Yin’s connections, how could I have known…”

“I’d advise you to say less.”

“…”

Luo Su watched Wendy gloomily pack her things, sat back at her desk, also puzzled about the child’s background.

Although Yin Shixiu accused Wendy of being inflexible and letting a child wait in the lobby for so long, it seemed more like a father’s act of protecting his own kid…

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Xiao Xiaoang wandered alone in the oversized office, looking up at the large built-in bookcase…

“So many books…”

After the bookshelf, he swayed over to the display shelf, looking at the various decorations and artworks…

“So pretty…”

After the display shelf, he ran to the large floor-to-ceiling windows, leaning his little face against the glass, watching the traffic below that looked like tiny ants, while the pedestrians seemed like rows of black dots.

Yin Shixiu walked in, seeing the child on tiptoes peering down… the glass window fogging up with every breath.

He walked over to him,

“Is it high?”