Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 362: Three hundred and sixty-two burning bridges after crossing

Chapter 362: Three hundred and sixty-two burning bridges after crossing

"Actually, it’s nothing serious. Pian Ran, you’d better hurry to work, or you’ll be late." Gu Chen shook his head, saying this to her.

After all, his wife was quite the jealous type, and today he had gone to great lengths to pacify her.

What if this incident stirred up trouble again?

But they say a woman in love is like Sherlock Holmes, and Ji Pianran scrutinized his face closely for a while.

Then she pouted somewhat accusingly and said, "I don’t believe it; you must be lying to me."

At this, she shifted her gaze to their daughter standing by, and her face instantly brightened with a smile.

"Tang Tang, tell Mommy everything you did with Daddy after you went out yesterday, okay?"

"Okay~" Tang Tang immediately responded sweetly upon hearing this.

Seeing this, Gu Chen felt he had no choice but to confess, as he was all too aware of his daughter’s extraordinary memory.

It could practically be called photographic.

Yet, children can’t comprehend the complex relationships between adults, and what should have been a simple matter,

could possibly lead to a misunderstanding with Ji Pianran, couldn’t it?

"Well, it’s really nothing. It’s just that Dong Yuwei was in charge of looking after Tang Tang at the kindergarten this time."

"Dong Yuwei?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Pianran first froze, and then seemed to come to a realization.

"Is she the girl who fell off the cliff with you last month, Professor Dong’s daughter?" Ji Pianran asked aloud.

Gu Chen nodded, and then recounted the entire process of their meeting yesterday.

Despite his initial anxiety, that was based on a vague intuition; in reality, Gu Chen and Dong Yuwei had always gotten along naturally and normally.

For him, of course, there was nothing secretive about it.

Even so, after he had spoken, Gu Chen still felt somewhat uneasy inside,

especially upon seeing Ji Pianran’s thoughtful expression, since he dreaded she might feel unhappy about it. However, after waiting a while, he suddenly heard Ji Pianran say,

"That’s fine, and besides, I remember that Miss Dong is also your friend, right? I feel quite relieved to have someone I know looking after Tang Tang at the kindergarten. Better hurry over there, or you might be late."

Hearing his wife speak this way, for a moment, Gu Chen thought he was hallucinating or hearing things.

He couldn’t help but touch his own forehead, checking his temperature, which was perfectly normal.

Then he felt Ji Pianran’s smooth and delicate forehead and muttered to himself,

"This isn’t hot either, so why are you talking nonsense in broad daylight? That can’t be right, could this wife be a fake?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Pianran couldn’t help but gently smack him, complaining coyly, "You’re the fake one. Do I really seem so petty and jealous in your eyes?"

Gu Chen turned to look at her and was left speechless.

"Isn’t that the case?"

Of course, that was something he dared not say outright. Instead, he quickly waved his hands and exclaimed,

"No, absolutely not. I have never said such a thing. I’m wrongly accused, my dear wife."

"Hmph!"

Ji Pianran gave a light snort and then threw him a beautiful eye-roll.

However, almost immediately, a smile reappeared on her face, and she softly said to Gu Chen beside her, "I trust my husband’s character. I believe that you would never let me or our daughter down."

She had seen and remembered everything Gu Chen had done for her and their daughter over the past year.

The fact that he chose to stay in Chuan City instead of leaving showed just how important she was to him.

Deeply touched, Gu Chen then took Ji Pianran into his arms.

"My dear wife, thank you for trusting me like this." He spoke these words from the bottom of his heart.

"Mmm~"

Ji Pianran’s pretty face beamed with happiness as she snuggled into his warm embrace.

After they quietly held each other for a moment, just then, Ji Pianran suddenly continued.

"By the way, husband, are you good friends with that Miss Dong?"

Gu Chen looked at her with a puzzled expression and, after pondering for a moment, replied.

"Let’s just say we are acquaintances. Pian Ran, do you have something you want to say?"

When she heard his question, Ji Pianran hesitated before speaking.

"Actually, recently, Dad has been working hard to establish a collaborative relationship with Professor Dong and the Chuan University Research Institute.

But the progress has been somewhat difficult, so I thought if you were on good terms with her.

Maybe you could help by putting in a few good words. I mainly want to help Dad alleviate some pressure."

As she finished speaking, Gu Chen couldn’t help but frown.

All traditional Chinese medicines listed for sale by the Ji Family was formulated by Gu Chen a month ago.

His father-in-law was so eager to contact Professor Dong mainly because he didn’t want to put all his eggs in one basket.

It seemed that the Ji Family’s newly released medicines in the future would no longer involve him.

For a businessman, this is a very normal strategy.

Only by diversifying investments can a business be more sustainable and secure.

And now that the Xu Family had completely collapsed, it was only a matter of time before the Ji Family took their place in Chuan City.

However, personally for Gu Chen, this strategy couldn’t help but make him think of another phrase, "burning bridges after crossing."

But it looked like his father-in-law’s initial intentions were good and he surely meant well.

Yet unexpectedly, he hit a soft nail at Professor Dong’s end.

Clearly, she wasn’t someone who was swayed by money alone, and based on the information Gu Chen had received before,

Professor Dong had been somewhat dissatisfied with the Ji Family and Gu Chen’s previous actions.

But she was so crucial; if the Ji Family wanted to develop new medicines without Gu Chen,

Then in the whole of Chuan City, only Professor Dong and her research institute had the capability to develop new medicines for the Ji Family.

What’s more, the Ji Family had kept this matter from him very well from start to finish.

Had Ji Pianran not mentioned it to him today,

Gu Chen might still be in the dark.

And Gu Chen could guess that by now, his father-in-law

had probably exhausted all available approaches, yet Professor Dong remained unyielding.

Without the capacity to develop new medicines,

it would mean that the Ji Family’s traditional medicine business would stagnate from now on.

In the future, they could only continue to expand their channels, but they would not be able to capture a larger market share.

For his father-in-law, who saw the family reputation and the group’s future as his own responsibility, this was clearly unacceptable.

Otherwise, Ji Pianran would not have been so worried.

With these thoughts, Gu Chen turned to look at the faint hope in his wife’s eyes,

and could not help but let out a long sigh before holding her hand and comfortingly saying,

"Don’t worry, Pian Ran, I will definitely help with this matter."