No Bounds for the CEO’s Spoiling

Gu Zijin tossed and turned with his eyebrows wrinkled. He felt himself like a pancake being fried on a pan, unable to sleep.

Every time he closed his eyes, Qin Xiaobai’s words ‘They married with each other’ would echo in his head.

Suddenly, he sat up and lifted the quilt. Then, he put on his slippers and grabbed the car key. In no time, he arrived at the Bright Pearl neighborhood where Yin Youting’s villa situated.

Only until he saw the light of Qin Muxuan’s room was turned off did he calm down.

He stared at the black windows and pulled out a cigarette. After he lit it up, he didn’t smoke and only let the cigarette burning between his fingers. The special smell of the nicotine could make him relax.

When Qin Xiaobai saw the familiar license number, he walked over and knocked on the car windows, “Daddy?”

Seeing nobody inside, he knocked again and raised his voice, “Daddy, are you here to take me home?”

Gu Zijin didn’t know when he had fallen asleep. After he was woken up by Qin Xiaobai, he was startled by the scene in front of him as he opened his eyes. Only after a while did he realize where he was.

Having wiped his face with a tissue and water, he ran a hand through his hair and straightened his pajama. Then, he rolled down the car window. Seeing that only Qin Xiaobai and Qin Xin were there, he sighed, not knowing whether he should be disappointed or relaxed. With his back loosened up, he asked, “Why there are only the two of you here? Have you eaten breakfast?”

Qin Xiaobai was surprised to see Gu Zijin’s pajama and wondered if his daddy had stayed here for a whole night.

Then he realized that his dad had stayed in the car all night because of the words he had said. Thinking of that, Qin Xiaobai moved his toes ashamedly and shook his head, “I took Xinxin out to do some exercise.”

“Miss Xuanxuan and the others were making breakfast now. Daddy, do you want to…” Qin Xiaobai looked at Gu Zijin.

“Ok.” Gu Zijin flashed a smile in his eyes.

After he got off the car, he took Qin Xin up and held the hand of his son. Then he walked to the house in large strides.

A lot of people recognized Gu Zijin’s face on the road. Meanwhile, those people were also shocked to find him walking in a pajama with two kids.

Gu Zijin ignored those people’s looks and strode proudly ahead toward No. 1803 as if he was in a suit.

Qin Xin put her little finger on the keypad to open the door. Then she slipped down from his arms and ran to the kitchen, “Xuanxuan, Xuanxuan, Dabai is here. Hurry up, put the steamed bun I made in the pot. I’ll give Dabai a big treat”

— The steamed buns Qin Xin had made were regarded as meat pie by Qin Muxuan and had been left there uncooked last night.

Yin Youting who was assisting Qin Muxuan in the kitchen felt a twitching of his eyelid as he heard the title ‘Dabai’. Then he looked to Qin Muxuan at once.

She was completely frozen and the steamed bun in her hand dropped on the ground.

So was Qin Xiaobai.

Dabai was the special nickname of his mother. Qin Xiaobai wouldn’t allow anyone to occupy that name, not even his dad!

He looked at Gu Zijin and then lowered his head to wipe his face in a hurry. After he caught up to Qin Xin, he corrected her, “Xinxin, my father’s name is not Dabai, you should call him…”

He pondered for a while and couldn’t think of a nickname for his father who always wore a cold face. Then he looked to Gu Zijin for help.

Gu Zijin received that signal. However, he didn’t want a nickname.

Then, he walked into the kitchen straightly. After he looked around, he found Yin Youting standing a meter away from Qin Muxuan, which made his eyebrows wrinkled for a second. Then, he said, “Sorry that I have bothered you so early. I couldn’t sleep because Xiaobai has left, so I have come here.”

He spoke plausibly. However, if he wasn’t wearing that pajama, his words would sound more convincing.

As he walked closer to Yin Youting, the latter smelled the scent of cigarette right away. Then Yin Youting said with a fake smile, “President Gu, do you need to go to the restroom now?”

“Please show me the way.”

Yin Youting who had wanted to ridicule Gu Zijin never realized that the latter would make that request. Then he could only put down the kitchen knife and threw the steamed bun on the ground to the trashcan. After that, he took Gu Zijin to the bathroom to let the latter rinse the mouth.

In the meantime, the two children were still debating about the name ‘Dabai.’

“Why couldn’t Brother Xiaobai’s father be called Dabai? Others would know that he is your father at once hearing that nickname.” Qin Xin argued with reason.

Qin Xiaobai didn’t want to mention about his mother and only said with a long face, “No, it sounds bad.”

“Why does it sound bad? It sounds great!”

“No.”

“Yes!”

Qin Xiaobai knew that he couldn’t win this and stopped arguing. After that, he walked to Qin Muxuan and pulled her apron, “Miss Xuanxuan, can you tell Xinxin not to call my daddy Dabai? My father is too old for that name.”

Qin Muxuan came back to her sense. After she took a look at him, she lowered her head and asked, “Why is that?”

Qin Xiaobai licked his lips and replied with a dejected look, “Because my mom’s name is Dabai.”

“I see.” Qin Muxuan blinked hard to prevent herself from crying. Then she put the steamed buns in the steamer while saying to Qin Xin with a loud voice, “Xiaoxin, you should think of a better nickname for Uncle Gu. He is a cold person and that name doesn’t suit him well.”

“All right.” Qin Xin curled her lips and scratched her head, “I’ll call him Uncle Gu only.”

..

In the bathroom.

“President Gu, is this sort of your self-injury trick?” Yin Youting took out the disposable brush and a cup out while sneering at Gu Zijin.

“Is that useful?” Gu Zijin touched his hair, “If it is, I would consider about it.”

Yin Youting snorted and put those things on the countertop, “Then why did you stay for a whole night outside my house?”

“… I followed an impulse.”

Yin Youting chuckled, “If you could follow your impulse three years ago, you would have ended up like this.”

As Yin Youting remembered that Qin Muxuan’s eyes had been swollen for the whole night because of crying, his words sounded even more sarcastic.

Gu Zijin looked to Yin Youting and asked with a meaningful look, “End up like what?”

“Separating with your child, meeting your family but cannot speak out your relationship with her. How’s that feel?” Yin Youting squeezed those words one after another, sounding and also looking murderous.NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

Gu Zijin fell into silence with his lips compressed to a line. Then he took up the toothpaste and brush and started to brush his teeth.

Yin Youting leaned on the door while staring at Gu Zijin quietly. Suddenly, he punched Gu Zijin fiercely.

Gu Zijin didn’t have the time to dodge and took the beat. The pain got his eyebrows knitted, then he punched back.

The two men who had had grudges against each other for a long time finally stopped restraining themselves. In no time, they ended up in a fierce grapple and made a lot of noise.

Hearing that, Qin Muxuan rushed over at once. Then she saw that the pot plant which had been knocked down was about to hit Gu Zijin’s head.

She, without thinking too much, ran over at once and pushed Gu Zijin away. The heavy glass pot filled with little stones and water stroke right on her shoulder. The next second, the pot was smashed on the ground, and the water and stones were all over her body.

“Bam!”

Hearing that loud noise, the two men who were drown in jealousy got sobber right away.

Gu Zijin, with his pupils shrank, plunged forward to Qin Muxuan who was covering her bleeding shoulder, asking, “Was your shoulder hit?”

Yin Youting also came over to her from a further distance. He tried to hold her up but was dodged by her.

“Don’t touch me, the bones of my right shoulder might be broken.” Qin Muxuan bit her lips while trying not to cry for pain. Then she said calmly, “Youting, call Jian Xi and let her ask a day off for me. Then you can take Xiaoxin to her kindergarten after she finishes breakfast.”

“President Gu, you should take Xiaobai to the shooting site later.”

The difference of the way she addressed them made Gu Zi feel painful.

“Then who will take you to the hospital? You can wait here.” His hands by his sides clenched to fists.

“Jian Xi lives in the neighborhood nearly. I’ll wait for her to pick me up.” Qin Xin took a deep breath and walked outside slowly, “Lately there are so many rumors about me, you two shouldn’t accompany me to the hospital.”

The two men also knew that. However, seeing her pretending to be strong, they both felt a stabbing pain in their hearts.

‘If, if it were not for us…’ They thought.

After the two men gave each other a fierce stare, Gu Zijin followed Qin Muxuan closely to protect her.

Yin Youting called Jian Xi. After the latter knew about Qin Muxuan’s injury, she rushed over at once without brushing her teeth.

After Jian Xi opened the door, she glared in gasps at the people who were around Qin Muxuan and roared, “What happened? Why did she get hurt again?”

‘Again?’ Gu Zijin looked to Qin Muxuan puzzledly.

“President and I were in a fight just now. Muxuan tried to stop us and was hit by the pot plant.” When Yin Youting said those words, he felt even more guilty without daring to look at Jian Xi.

Jian Xi snorted, “So this is all because of your jealousy.”

Then, she added, “Do what you gotta do and get out of my way.” After she pushed the two men away, she supported Qin Muxuan to go outside.

Qin Xin whose eyes had been watery the whole time sent them out and watched the car leaving. When she couldn’t see the car, she cried out at once.

In the meantime, she punched Gu Zijin with her little fists, “It’s all your fault! If it were not for you, my mom wouldn’t have got hurt! Go away, I don’t want to see you anymore!”

Gu Zijin stood still and took all her punches. However, the pain in his heart was much more suffering for him. Especially when Qin Xin said that she didn’t want to see him anymore, he felt a pricking all over his body. For a moment, he got giddy and staggered.

Qin Xiaobai stepped forward to support Gu Zijin. After he organized his words, he said in a low voice, “Xinxin, sorry. My daddy didn’t mean to…”

He couldn’t ask Qin Xin to forgive his dad, because he also had a little grudge against Gu Zijin too.

The father and son could do nothing with Qin Xin while the girl almost cried her heart out. Seeing that, Yin Youting sighed inwardly. Then he took Qin Xin up to wipe the tears on her face and coaxed her, “Xinxin, don’t cry. After you come back from kindergarten, your mom will be back.”

“Now you should eat breakfast and go to the kindergarten. The more quickly you do this, the sooner you’ll see your mom.” Yin Youting patted on Qin Xin’s back to help the latter breathe.

Qin Xin hiccupped and asked with red eyes, “Really? Are you lying to me?”

“It’s true. I promise you that you can meet your mom at night.”

Only until then did Qin Xin stop crying.

After she walked into the house, she gave Gu Zijin a sullen stare and slurred with a sobbing tone, “I won’t give you that big steamed bun! Before my mom recovers, you are not allowed to come to my house!”

Her baby voice sounded very cute, but quite forceful.

Qin Xiaobai was afraid that Qin Xin would hate him too, so he pulled Gu Zijin away with his head lowered.

“Brother Xiaobai, aren’t you going to eat breakfast?”

Hearing that, Qin Xiaobai got excited at once. Then he let go of his dad’s hand and rushed to Qin Xin.

Gu Zijin who had got a black eye after the fight was left there alone, facing the gossips of the people from this neighborhood.

After the door of Yin Youting’s house was closed and Gu Zijin was completely shut out, he closed his lips tightly and went back to the car to wait with a glum face.

‘Little traitor!’