Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 399: Three hundred ninety-eight Home Group_1

Chapter 399: Three hundred ninety-eight Home Group_1

After successfully picking up his daughter, Gu Chen also relaxed a bit, knowing that he still had several hours to wait for his wife to get off work.

And Teacher Zhang, after tasting the fruit grown by Gu Chen as well as the delicious buns he made,

now looked at Gu Chen without the previous disdain and distance.

Even the professional, fake smile on her face had turned into a genuine smile as she said to Gu Chen,

"Tangtang’s dad, don’t forget tomorrow morning at nine o’clock, we’re meeting at the kindergarten gate to go on an outing.

This time it’s the turn of the three classes in the junior group; the bus and route have already been arranged.

After we return, the other classes will take turns to go. Remember to arrive on time tomorrow."

Gu Chen naturally had no objections and readily agreed.

Then, as if he remembered something, he turned around and took out a small porcelain jar about thirty centimeters tall from his car,

which was quite exquisitely and elegantly made, and handed it to the teacher standing opposite him.

"What is this?"

"It’s rice wine I brewed myself, though it’s called wine, it actually has only five degrees of alcohol and generally doesn’t make people drunk.

I have tried it myself before, and it tastes very good.

So when I headed out this morning, I thought to bring some for you, Teacher Zhang, to try."

Gu Chen, holding his daughter in his arms, said with a smile brimming with joy.

"Tangtang’s dad, I didn’t expect you to even know how to brew wine; you really know a lot,"

Teacher Zhang said, genuinely impressed as she looked at the exquisite small porcelain jar and caught a whiff of the faint aroma of wine.

But then she hurriedly continued saying,

"But Tangtang’s dad, I don’t drink alcohol, so you should really take it back. Besides, it’s too precious, and I always feel guilty for troubling you to bring breakfast for us every morning. I couldn’t possibly accept your wine."

Gu Chen just smiled lightly at this and didn’t take it too seriously, saying it was just something he brewed at home.

It wasn’t worth much money, and he insisted that Teacher Zhang take it.

Besides, even if it didn’t suit her taste, she could still share it with her family.

After several refusals, Teacher Zhang couldn’t outlast Gu Chen’s insistence,

and, coupled with genuine curiosity since she could feel the clear and sweet fragrance of the wine growing stronger in her hand,

even though she normally didn’t drink at all,

just the scent alone was enough to pique her interest.

At the same time, she couldn’t help but grow curious about Gu Chen.

Setting aside her initial prejudice and impression that Gu Chen was just a pretty boy living off a woman,

after interacting with him for this past few days, she gradually felt

that Gu Chen was not the incompetent person she had thought he was.

Whether it was the fruit he grew, the buns he steamed, or now this newly brewed fine wine,

it seemed there was nothing he couldn’t do.

And the things he made were different from those amateurish creations by others.

The taste he achieved with each item, even professional chefs or fruit growers, could probably only admire it from afar.

Just about any of them, if taken out to market, could sell extremely well, maybe even become a brand.

Why would such a talented man be content to be seen as a despised idle man by others?

In these days, of all the parents coming and going to pick up their children, not one of them was willing to greet him.

Though nobody spoke out loud, the contempt in their hearts was probably unavoidable.

But Gu Chen wore a smile on his face every day, seemingly unconcerned from beginning to end.

Watching the father and daughter joking and laughing as they left, Teacher Zhang was momentarily lost in thought.

He couldn’t help but grow more curious about Gu Chen.

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The next morning, Gu Chen said goodbye to his wife, who had to work overtime on negotiations even on Saturday.

Feeling somewhat helpless about this, he nonetheless had no solutions.

After all, Ji Pianran wasn’t an everyday, over-worked employee; the Ji Corporation was her future.

Moreover, her career had taken off quickly, as she had already moved from the grass roots to the middle management.

She started as a department manager, responsible for coordinating and overseeing various specific affairs.

This made it difficult for Gu Chen to even offer advice, as it was his wife’s career after all.

Even according to her father, Ji Guangsheng, she was the one who would lead the Ji Family in the future,

and become the head of the number one family in Chuan City.

She was incomparable to someone like Gu Chen who held a nominal title in the corporation and collected money every month.

Being busy was quite normal; after all, Ji Guangsheng had also risen through the ranks in the same way.

And when he ascended to become the Family Head, he didn’t have the advantageous conditions Ji Pianran had.

Everything he earned was through his own hard work and struggle.

Now, Ji Pianran was his lifeline; naturally, he wanted to arrange everything for her as perfectly as possible.

However, lately the in-laws hadn’t stopped calling Gu Chen, pressing him to consider having a second child.

At first, he thought they were like other elders, routinely urging for more offspring.

But as time went on, Gu Chen seemed to sense something more in their persistence.

Though the in-laws adored Tangtang, it was evident they hoped he could give Ji Pianran another child next.

And if it was a boy, all the better; if he could take on the Ji surname, that would be best.

Although the father-in-law was very wise, after managing the Ji Family for so many years, anyone would have their biases.

Ji Changming’s defection from the Ji Family and, in collusion with Xu Qingmu, caused great losses to the family business.

Gu Chen always felt this must have been very painful for his father-in-law, but now it seemed that might not be entirely true.

Had Ji Changming not acted that way, he would have had a chance to vie for the position of Ji Family Patriarch.

Now, he had bet wrongly and burned his bridges, and his whereabouts were unknown.

Even if he wanted to aim for the chairman’s seat in the Ji Corporation in the future, the other shareholders would not agree.

As for Ji Chu, after Ji Pianran decided to stay in Chuan City, he was sent abroad by his father-in-law to study.

It would be years before he could return, and even then, it would be of no consequence.

By that time, his wife would likely have firmly secured the chairman’s position.

Despite his father-in-law’s stern demeanor, not a single rival seemed to be able to outmaneuver him.

Now, from time to time, he would urge Gu Chen to hurry up and have a second child, suggesting he had already started planning for the next generation on behalf of the Ji Family and Ji Pianran.

While Gu Chen felt quite helpless about this, if he put himself in the old man’s shoes, he could somewhat understand his father-in-law’s actions.

After all, people often jokingly ask if someone’s family has a throne to inherit.

The Ji Family might not have a throne, but they had an entire corporation, and in its factories and stores,

thousands of employees were working for the Ji Family every day.

Such a vast family business was something Ji Guangsheng would never hand over to anyone but his daughter.