Chapter 887 - 885: Feeling Confused

Zhou Yaling frowned and only spoke after a long time:

"I don’t know, I’m a bit lost."

"I’ve been waiting for him to bring it up, to see when he’ll first take me to meet his parents. I can’t be the girl who主动ly takes him to meet my mom and dad first, right?"

Mo Jingchun nodded, then shook his head, leaving Zhou Yaling a little confused.

Nodding and then shaking his head—what was that supposed to mean.

"What do you mean?" Zhou Yaling voiced the confusion in her heart.

"Nothing much. If you’re feeling lost, then think more about it. I told you, I don’t interfere in the emotional stuff between you two."

"Take your time. It’s still a while until the New Year; you’ve still got plenty of time."

Left standing there in a daze, Zhou Yaling thought for a long time.

Yeah, before the New Year is the best time to meet the parents.

If they get past the New Year with no progress, she really does need to rethink things.

Two days later.

Candy grinned as she held onto the car door and climbed down.

Before she had time to catch her breath, she heard the school bus driver honk twice, urging her on.

"Coming, coming!"

She slowly lifted her leg and only managed to get onto the school bus after quite a bit of effort.

Outside the bus, Mo Jingchun and Li Xuanyu found Candy’s struggle a bit amusing.

But it wasn’t a big deal; by tomorrow she should pretty much be running and jumping again.

In the parents’ group, the homeroom teacher had notified all the parents early in the morning that, considering the students’ condition, the school had canceled the long Monday and Tuesday mid-morning exercises.

Watching the school bus drive out of Candy Science and Technology Park, Mo Jingchun smiled slightly and said:

"Let’s go."

As they walked along the road, they happened to see Zhou Yaling getting off and heading into the office building.

Walking, Li Xuanyu said:

"Yesterday, when you were busy in the study, Zhou Yaling came to me for a heart-to-heart."

"Oh? About her relationship?"

"Relationship?" Li Xuanyu turned her head in puzzlement to look at Mo Jingchun.

Seeing the confusion in her eyes, Mo Jingchun knew that wasn’t it.

"Go on."

Mo Jingchun deliberately avoided the topic, and Li Xuanyu didn’t ask further, instead continuing:

"She came to me and said she didn’t want to eat dog food anymore and was planning to move into the dorm."

"Move into the dorm?" Mo Jingchun’s brows furrowed.

"I don’t even show off in front of her, so where’s the dog food coming from? Little Grey’s dog food we do still have at home, you can ask her if she wants some."

As he spoke, Mo Jingchun’s tone eased, and he sighed, saying:

"If she suddenly moves out, what do you think Uncle and Aunt will make of it? The ones who know will know this is her own idea, but what about those who don’t? They’ll think you just became the lady of the house and couldn’t wait to kick her out."

"People don’t care about the truth of things! By then, you won’t be able to explain yourself even if you try."

"Don’t worry about this; I’ll talk to Zhou Yaling in a bit. Honestly, she’s trying to set me up again."

Uh, these two siblings really did think differently from others—what they thought about was "setting each other up."

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Mo Jingchun knocked on the glass door of the large office of the president’s office, and the few employees who had just arrived all turned their heads to look.

When they saw it was the boss, they all stood up.

"Good morning, boss."

Mo Jingchun smiled and nodded, saying, "You guys go on chatting, I’m here for Zhou Yaling."

Glancing at Zhou Yaling, Mo Jingchun said:

"Come to my office for a bit."

Although she had doubts, Zhou Yaling still stood up and followed him.

No matter what, in the company, her big brother was the boss. She couldn’t go against him; that would be way too dumb.

"Close the door behind you."

"What?" Zhou Yaling didn’t hear clearly and froze for a second.

"Close the door behind you."

"Oh, oh."

Now, Zhou Yaling felt even stranger and more confused inside.

After sitting down in his office chair, Mo Jingchun quietly looked at Zhou Yaling.

Being stared at like that by her big brother without him saying a word, Zhou Yaling lowered her head guiltily.

Even though she didn’t know the reason, her big brother was giving her a lot of pressure.

"I heard from your sister-in-law that you’re planning to move into the dorm?"

Zhou Yaling looked up in surprise and asked, "Just for that? You scared me to death."

Mo Jingchun raised a brow. "Be serious, I’m talking to you."

"Yeah, I’m eating dog food every day, I can’t take it anymore."

At that, Mo Jingchun fell silent and started tapping the desk rhythmically with his hand.

His fingers and the wooden desk made a dull thumping sound.

Each beat felt like a heavy hammer pounding on Zhou Yaling’s heart.

It was as if what Mo Jingchun was knocking on wasn’t the desk, but Zhou Yaling’s heart.

"At least before the New Year, I’m not allowing you to move into the dorm."

"Why?" Zhou Yaling felt her big brother was overstepping a bit.

"Why?" Mo Jingchun glanced at her, snorted lightly, and said:

"You pat your ass and move out to be all free and easy, but what do you expect people to think of your sister-in-law?"

"That she just became the lady of the house and couldn’t wait to kick you out to show her authority?"

"I didn’t mean it like that!"

"You didn’t. You don’t have that kind of scheming. Right now you’re, like me, a big boss, not someone frowning every day over some spreadsheet."

Rubbing his temples, Mo Jingchun said helplessly:

"Outsiders don’t care about the real reason. All they see is that you were ’kicked’ out. Even Uncle might think that."

Zhou Yaling opened her mouth, wanting to argue, but after thinking for a long time, she couldn’t come up with a single thing to say.

Yeah, people don’t care about the real reason.

"Stay put. Next year, if you want to move out, I won’t say anything."

"Of course, if by then you and Bin have met each other’s parents and made your relationship public, I’ll also have no problem with you moving out then."

After a long while, Zhou Yaling sighed.

"Rich people’s lives are such a hassle."

Hearing that, the corner of Mo Jingchun’s mouth twitched.

For all his billions, their family life really wasn’t that luxurious.

At best, they had just reached the normal living standard of a family that had barely achieved financial freedom.

Not to mention anything else, at least they hadn’t hired any maids or a housekeeper.

"Fine, I’ll hold off on moving out before the end of the year."

"Mm."

As Zhou Yaling pushed open the office door, she saw that at some point, Xia Xiaomin had already been standing outside.

"Good morning."

"Good morning."

Xia Xiaomin took a step back to make way.

She had no idea what Zhou Yaling and the boss had been discussing behind closed doors so early in the morning, and she didn’t want to know.

As the boss’s secretary, the fewer secrets she knew, the better.

Otherwise her position wouldn’t be secure.

Mo Jingchun looked up at Xia Xiaomin and suddenly asked:

"Check the latest download numbers for the Candy Smart ERP system, as well as the system bugs and optimization suggestions users have submitted to us. I need to see them."

"Okay, boss, I’ll check right away."

Clearly he could just ask Zero directly and get it done, but Xia Xiaomin had no idea why the boss suddenly wanted her to check.

The boss’s thoughts were impossible to figure out.

While Xia Xiaomin’s mind was running wild, she didn’t notice the brief flicker of confusion in Mo Jingchun’s eyes.

In his heart he muttered, "I could’ve just asked Zero directly."