Still Have This Side – Chapter 16

What did Dad know?

After leaving Yi Wanyue’s house, Qiu Baiyu and Jiang Zimin went to the city’s largest shopping mall, bought many clothes, ate lots of delicious food, and enjoyed themselves freely.

They returned to the Jiang family home after dinner.

Qiu Baiyu had a strong sense of direction and drove smoothly to the Jiang house.

The two got out of the car and walked towards the house, carrying large bags.

Jiang Zimin walked happily, even expressing her feelings very positively: “Auntie, I’m very happy today! So—— happy!”

Two small arms stretched out as if to embrace the whole world.

Qiu Baiyu was also very happy.

She was happy that Jiang Zimin could now express her feelings proactively.

When they first met, Jiang Zimin was a timid child who spoke hesitantly. Now, this was better, showing that she had a sense of security.

“As long as you’re happy, that’s good. We’ll go out and play more often in the future.”

Jiang Zimin heard these words, and the smile on her face became even brighter.

It didn’t matter that she didn’t have her father’s attention; she had her auntie now!

She hopped and skipped into the house, right in time to see Jiang Shen coming down the stairs. She quickly stopped her steps, and the smile on her face froze for a moment, then she obediently called out, “Dad.”

Jiang Shen stood on the last step of the staircase, one hand in his pocket, exuding arrogance.

His gaze swept over the child and slowly landed on Qiu Baiyu behind her. His eyes narrowed slightly: “Why are you back so late?”

Qiu Baiyu heard this and unhurriedly picked up her phone to look at it: “It’s just past eight o’clock. I thought it was half past twelve.”

Jiang Shen: “…”

Don’t think he couldn’t tell she was mocking him!

“Qiu Baiyu, stop being so sarcastic here. You know what you should do next.”

Qiu Baiyu looked curious: “What should I do next?”

Jiang Shen: “？”

Qiu Baiyu: “Going upstairs to take a shower and sleep, not disturbing Mr. Jiang?”

Jiang Shen’s temple throbbed, and he gritted his teeth: “Report to me your itinerary for the day!”

Qiu Baiyu: “Why?”

Jiang Shen’s voice was cold: “Because you’re using my money.”

Qiu Baiyu suddenly understood.

Alright, she still had professional ethics. It was reasonable for the boss to want to know the work details.

“I accompanied Xiaomin to Miss Yi’s house, then went shopping. We ate lunch and dinner outside, and then we came back.”

Jiang Shen: “What did you do at Miss Yi’s house?”

Qiu Baiyu: “Visited.”

Jiang Shen: “？”

Deliberately talking nonsense with him, huh!

Indeed, Qiu Baiyu was doing it on purpose.

She knew what this man wanted to hear, but she didn’t want to be the mouthpiece for the male and female leads. Besides, she and Yi Wanyue didn’t talk much about him, it was irrelevant to him.

It’s their privacy, and she had the right to choose not to say.

But Jiang Zimin didn’t think so.

She thought her dad was genuinely curious about what they did at Auntie Yi’s house.

“We played the piano at Auntie Wanyue’s house. Auntie’s piano playing is so beautiful!” she said. “Auntie also taught me to play other instruments. Auntie is amazing!”

As she spoke, she took a box out of the gift bag in her hand. Opening the box, there was a toy piano inside: “Auntie even gave me a little piano when we came back. It can be played~”

Jiang Shen walked to her side and carefully took the little piano.

Qiu Baiyu saw this and immediately strode forward, issuing a warning: “Don’t snatch the kid’s toy.”

Afraid he might get possessive and just snatch it away because it was given by the female lead.

Nothing would surprise anyone with a crazy male lead.

Jiang Shen: “…I’m not that shameless.”

Qiu Baiyu’s desire to retort was almost uncontrollable.

She glanced at Jiang Zimin, who was still there, put down her things, and walked towards Jiang Shen: “Mr. Jiang, may I have a word?”

Jiang Shen didn’t really want to comply, but he was afraid that she might say something inappropriate, so he took the small toy piano and followed her to the side.

As soon as they stopped, he heard Qiu Baiyu say softly, “Having a child and not caring for them, finding someone to be a stand-in for your white moonlight, and yet refusing to divorce—how do you still think you have any face left?”

Her tone was almost like she was genuinely giving advice.

Qiu Baiyu truly didn’t understand how he could still consider himself dignified.

Men are generally confident, but does becoming the male lead make them even more confident?

—Attacked.

The surge of anger in Jiang Shen suddenly flared up.

He couldn’t help but grip the small piano tighter, and with the irregular sound it made, he almost gritted his teeth and shouted, “Qiu Baiyu!”

“Dad!”

Jiang Zimin’s voice suddenly came, interrupting their conversation.

She looked anxiously at the small piano toy in Jiang Shen’s hand, full of worry, and said, “Dad, be careful. This is a gift from Auntie. Don’t break it…”

This was a gift she had gotten with great difficulty…

Jiang Shen looked at the piano in his hand, and his anger dissipated. Then he just stared at it, not saying a word.

Qiu Baiyu’s expression hadn’t changed from the beginning until now.

She wasn’t afraid of Jiang Shen. She intended to attack him in various ways, forcing him to consider divorce.

She just didn’t expect that looking at Yi Wanyue’s gift would calm him down.

So miraculous, so absurd.

Would he really want to snatch a child’s toy?

Qiu Baiyu guessed in her heart.

Fortunately, Jiang Shen didn’t do so. He returned the toy to Jiang Zimin, as if he still had the last shred of integrity.

At the same time, he asked, “Do you like Sister Wanyue?”

Calling her “sister” after all.

Jiang Zimin hugged the toy to her chest and nodded.

Jiang Shen then asked, “Do you also like playing the piano with her?”

Jiang Zimin recalled today’s pleasant memories and happily nodded.

Jiang Shen said, “Got it.”

Qiu Baiyu: “?”

Jiang Zimin: “?”

“Know what?” Qiu Baiyu asked.

But Jiang Shen waved his hand: “Go back to your rooms.”

After speaking, he returned upstairs with an air of mystery.

“Dad, know what?” Jiang Zimin asked.

Qiu Baiyu shrugged—crazy person, always hard to understand.

Jiang Shen quickly returned to his room, picked up his phone, his eyes full of anticipation.

He knew what to do!

The next day, Qiu Baiyu picked up Jiang Zimin from school and had just walked into the house when she was notified of something by Jiang Shen, who approached them.

To be precise, he was informing Jiang Zimin:

“I’ve hired a piano teacher for you. From now on, you will take piano lessons at home.”

Jiang Zimin looked at her biological father in confusion and blinked.

Qiu Baiyu: “So, this piano teacher is…”

Jiang Shen blurted out: “Miss Yi.”

Qiu Baiyu: “…”

Really, I’m speechless by you, crazy person.