The Cold-hearted CEO's Unwanted Bride
Chapter 37 Dad, dinner is ready!

Chapter 37: Chapter 37 Dad, dinner is ready!

She struggled to her feet again and pounded desperately on the bathroom door, "Open the door! Let me out! I need to... pick up my daughter from school."

Qin Yan’s tears suddenly overflowed from her eyes.

Because she had to attend a celebration banquet yesterday, Qin Yan had asked Lu Xiangxiang to pick up Yinyin for her.

She had not expected that she would still be unable to get away by tonight.

Kindergarten ended at four-thirty in the afternoon, and although it wasn’t cold, it was now pitch dark outside, at least after seven o’clock.

Just the thought of Qin Yinyin possibly waiting for her at the kindergarten’s gate made Qin Yan’s breath catch in her throat.

With the wickedness of society, what if something happened to Qin Yinyin...

Qin Yan dared not continue the thought. Qin Yinyin was her everything. In that moment, fear and terror invaded every part of her being, tearing at her heart and lungs, tormenting her until her scalp tingled.

"Help! Open the door... Is anyone there?"

Qin Yan repeated the phrase, shouting as loud as she could a few times, but received no response from anyone.

After a day without a drop of water, Qin Yan’s physical strength was severely depleted, and her body slumped to the ground.

She could not think of any way to escape, didn’t know how her daughter was, and desperation and agony spread through her body. Qin Yan could no longer hold back and broke down in desperate tears.

"Let me out..."

...

When Bo Yunshen finished his work at Bo Group, it was already dark. When he came out from the CEO’s office, Xu Lin had not yet left.

His expression somewhat grave, Bo Yunshen glanced his way when he heard him move.

"President..."

Xu Lin hesitated to speak, and only after Bo Yunshen gave him a look did he stutter, "President, I couldn’t reach Director Qin."

A spark of anger flicked through Bo Yunshen’s eyes, "Oh? I asked you to find someone for me, and just ’couldn’t reach them’ is how you leave it?"

Xu Lin pressed his lips together, not daring to speak. Bo Yunshen sneered and said, "Regardless, have Qin Yan go to Hai Wan Xiang Xie tonight and take her daughter away!"

After finishing, Bo Yunshen took a few steps toward the elevator, then suddenly turned back to Xu Lin and added, "After you find her, tell her to hurry up. Hai Wan Xiang Xie is my home, not a refugee camp!"

Qin Yan has gone mad—does she even care about her daughter anymore? She thought Qin Yan liked that wild child, but it turns out to be merely a tool to catch my attention!

Xu Lin: "..."

Whatever one might say, Miss Yinyin is the president’s daughter, too. They’re family, what’s the issue with staying one night?

But, no matter what Xu Lin thought internally, he didn’t dare voice it, and simply nodded through the thick air between them.

Bo Yunshen then went downstairs. He had just driven out of the Bo Group building when Old Gu’s call came through.

"Old Bo, feeling down? If you’re a brother, join me at Night Club for a drink."

Bo Yunshen frowned and said, "Old Gu, have you lost your mind? Today is Friday; Night Club is closed!"

There was a moment of silence on the phone before it turned into a busy tone.

Bo Yunshen didn’t call back, thinking about the nag back home. He felt his mood wasn’t much better than Old Gu’s.

He casually threw his phone onto the passenger seat, then drove back to Hai Wan Xiang Xie.

He parked his car on the villa’s parking pad, and walked a few minutes under the starlight and night sky to his home. As he approached the villa window, Bo Yunshen’s steps slightly hesitated, almost imperceptibly.

There were lights on in the villa.

In these years, living alone, he had grown accustomed to the icy darkness, and it had been a long time since there were lights in the villa when he came back!

But as soon as he thought about who was inside the villa, Bo Yunshen’s face, which had just softened, was once again filled with a vision of a fierce battle!

Bo Yunshen pushed open the door, and Aunt Chen came up to greet him.

"Young Master, you’ve returned."

The man nodded as a response. He walked a few steps into the villa and his eyes landed on the neatly arranged dinner table not far away.

Bo Yunshen furrowed his brows, and Aunt Chen, following his gaze, smiled and said, "Young Master, Miss Yinyin made all this for you. Have you had dinner yet? If not, would you like to try it?"

Bo Yunshen sneered. A three-year-old child capable of cooking a whole table of dishes?

Was he not awake, or was Aunt Chen not awake?

He walked toward the dining table, and Qin Yinyin suddenly emerged from the kitchen, small in stature, holding three bowls, her eyes pure.

Bo Yunshen stopped in a peculiar position, which allowed him to take in everything inside the kitchen. Near the stove on the floor, there was a small stool with a few messy footprints on it, clearly Qin Yinyin’s.

Bo Yunshen fell silent, his gaze sharply falling upon Qin Yinyin.

She struggled to set the bowls on the table, then looking up at Bo Yunshen, she said, "Daddy, it’s time for dinner!"

Bo Yunshen incredulously observed everything before him; he had never thought anything so absurd.

After all, in the past, the deepest impression Qin Yan had left on him was her extraordinary affection for Qin Yinyin.

She had had a cesarean delivery, shielded her daughter with her body, but to think a three-year-old could cook so much—was it also because Qin Yan loved her too much?

Impossible!

There was only one reason!

Qin Yan had intentionally taught her; the fact that she hadn’t shown up all day today was very likely premeditated.

Otherwise, Xu Lin couldn’t have failed to find her!

Qin Yan’s strategy was profoundly inscrutable; she had Lu Yi create a ruckus in his office first, laying the foundation for her disappearance, and then had Yinyin get into an argument with a classmate!

She had calculated that he would go to the police station and even guessed that he would bring Qin Yinyin back home, letting Qin Yinyin cook a meal at his place to play on his emotions!

Bo Yunshen’s expression turned livid—well done, Qin Yan!

Even he, Bo Yunshen, had been completely manipulated. Could it be that the news on the car radio this afternoon was also arranged by Qin Yan, deliberately played for him to hear?

How could it be such a coincidence?

Otherwise, how could Gu Jinyan have switched on the car radio just in time to hear that precise message?

Bo Yunshen narrowed his eyes, furious, his handsome face casting a sinister and gloomy shadow under the living room’s light.

He glanced at the food on the table and, surprisingly, each dish looked quite appealing.

The man’s expression became even more morose, and with a dark look, he glanced at Aunt Chen and said, "Do you expect me to be full or end up in the hospital with something a three-year-old child has made?"

Aunt Chen was startled and said, "Sir, I watched over the little miss while she was cooking. There were no conflicting ingredients, and indeed, the dishes she made are edible in terms of color, fragrance, and flavor."

If he ate now, wouldn’t it be playing right into Qin Yan’s hands?

Qin Yan had managed to stay out of his life and yet devoted herself so cunningly to use their daughter to make her presence felt before him—what if he compromised today, what would Qin Yan think if he backed down?