Based on the IP address from his securities account purchase history, Pei Rong was near S City, so it’s not difficult to find him.
The CEO’s office had an attached kitchen, but it had never been used before today.
Lu Qin sent someone to buy ingredients, along with various baby utensils, and moved them all to the CEO’s office.
Before finding Pei Rong, he had to bring the child to work. He couldn’t trust anyone else with him, afraid that one day Pei Rong might take the child away.
Maybe the other had already planned to steal the child. They might be waiting for the difficult times to pass so they can free up their hands and then make their move.
Lu Qin would never be a tool for fostering children. Once they came, they shouldn’t expect to leave.
Guarding against home intruders day and night was tough, and with Pei Rong not being a stranger, ensuring the safety of the child presented numerous challenges. Lu Qin was even wary of entrusting this responsibility to his own parents.
While Xiao Dundun was sleeping, Lu Qin prepared a toddler’s meal and kept it warm.
In the past, he didn’t care much about the appearance of his cooking; as long as it tasted good and was filling, it was fine. But this time, he carefully crafted flower-shaped pumpkin puree, mixed carrot flowers into rice balls, rolled fresh shrimp tofu balls into marble-sized pieces, and served them in small yellow duck porcelain bowls.
Pei Dundun, who usually gnawed on bones, was mesmerized, almost drooling.
Lu Qin asked nervously, “Do you like it? Dad made it for the first time. It’ll be better next time.”
“I like it,” Pei Dundun said in a childish voice.
He emphasized, “Dad said you cook delicious food.”
In terms of Pei Dundun’s level of approval, it goes from ‘good,’ to ‘very good,’ to ‘excellent,’ but the most impressive was ‘my dad said it’s good.’
Hearing Pei Rong praise him from the child’s mouth, Lu Qin couldn’t help but smile. “What else did your dad praise me for?”
“For fishing!” Pei Dundun said.
Lu Qin was as happy as a kindergarten student receiving a big red flower. It turned out he was quite impressive in Pei Rong’s heart.
But Pei Rong didn’t praise him in person.
Overflowing with fatherly love, Lu Qin picked up a cute little spoon and scooped up a small meatball. “Dundun, come here.”
Pei Dundun looked somewhat disdainful at the small spoon that could only scoop one meatball at a time. He preferred the large ladle that his dad used to serve soup.
However, since the meatballs were already in his mouth, changing the spoon would be foolish.
He opened his mouth, bit off the meatball, chewed and swallowed, then opened his mouth again, waiting.
The tofu shrimp balls were soft and glutinous; he could eat five at a time!
Delicious.
He happily curved his eyes, his cheeks bulging. Dad didn’t feed him often.
He ate while stacking his newly bought LEGO toys, occasionally glancing at Daddy Lu.
Wow, there’s actually an adult letting a child play while eating.
Of course, eating by oneself was also fun; you could take as big of bites as you wanted, and you could even pick out pieces of meat to share with Orange.
Lu Qin’s heart softened. How could there be such a self-disciplined child when it came to eating? He ate without needing to be coaxed, taking whatever was given to him. Lu Qin had seen his cousin-in-law chasing after her child to feed him before; that brat seemed spoiled by the nanny, indulged with too many snacks, unable to focus on eating proper meals.
Perhaps this was the good habit cultivated from eating instant noodles every day.
Because if you didn’t eat quickly, the instant noodles would get soggy when they cooled down.
Father and son were eating harmoniously when Lu Jianye and Madam Jiang arrived.
Madam Jiang announced on the spot at her friend’s grandson’s first birthday banquet that she also had a grandson now. Taking cues from everyone’s gift lists, she hurriedly went to the toy store.
As she was about to take the gifts she bought for the first meeting up to the 27th floor, Lu Jianye suggested, “After all, it’s a workplace. Let the secretary send these things home. Otherwise, the employees won’t be able to focus on their work when they see them. Take them up now, and tonight the son will move back home.”
Madam Jiang looked hesitantly at the various packages, unsure which ones to take with her.
She wanted to deliver them all immediately.
Little did she know, the employees of the Lu Building had already witnessed the grand scene of Secretary Gao bringing children’s supplies to the 27th floor in the morning, including a children’s bed. They all guessed that President Lu would be bringing his son to work in the future.
From initial shock to numbness, it only took two hours, leaving only one thought: President Lu is really wealthy, and he really spoils his son.
Can they also take a look at the kid?
It was said that those who have seen him want to steal him, and their motivation to get promoted became even stronger!
The elevators for the two elders arrived, and Lu Qin instinctively picked up the child. After all, Grandpa and Grandma were still strangers to the child. Holding the child in his arms would make him feel more secure and prevent Madam Jiang from immediately wanting to hold him.
The child, however well-behaved, might not refuse Madam Jiang, but he might feel scared inside.
Lu Qin: “Dundun, Grandpa and Grandma are here. They both really like you.”
Pei Dundun held Lu Qin’s arm with his chubby hands, his soft cheek pressed against his shoulder. Hmm, he has new grandparents again.
Lu Qin held the child with one hand, while Pei Dundun sat on his strong forearm, showing no signs of difficulty whatsoever.
With the other hand, he held a small spoon, continuing to feed the child like a qualified family cook.
Madam Jiang fell silent upon seeing this scene.
Originally, she had many words of advice for educating Lu Qin, such as ‘Even a child knows to carry a box to bed to sleep. How can you not know as a father?’ At this moment, she was somewhat speechless.
“Hello grandma, hello grandpa,” Pei Dundun said proactively.
