Across the table, Su Bei observed Lin Shaochi, who was sitting in front of them. This young Chairman of Lin Group gave people the same impression as the dark suit he wore today: calm, composed, cautious, and even a bit unsmiling.
Of course, these were simply first-glance impressions. As Lin Shaochi's half-employee, after so many chats with him, Su Bei knew the real side of her boss: his solemn and serious appearance was only on the outside. Actually, Lin Shaochi was very warm inside.
It was a bit similar to Mr. Qin. The difference was that Su Bei has discovered that her father's warmth was only for her and Su Xiaobao.
Noticing the gaze, Lin Shaochi raised his head, looked at Su Bei, and asked: "Xiaobei, what's the matter?"
"Nothing."
Probably because she knew Lin Shaochi privately, but even after he found out that she was staring at him secretly, Su Bei didn't feel ashamed or awkward, but simply shook her head calmly.
"Brother Lin, do you want to eat this?" Su Bei asked.
Lin Shaochi smiled and refused: "You can eat it."
Su Bei: But they can't eat anymore.
Under Chen De's order, the waiter brought them too many foods. In the end, Su Bei only picked out some that she liked the best. Even so, many were still left untouched on the table.
Lin Shaochi also noticed Su Bei's 'pickiness.' He found out that Xiaobei seemed to like matcha-flavored cheesecake.
Lin Shaochi: "Is it tasty?"
Su Bei: "Yeah, it's tasty. Brother Lin, are you sure you don't want to try it?"
Lin Shaochi: "No."
It's just that when seeing Su Bei eating the matcha-flavored cheesecake, he suddenly remembered that [Q] seemed to say she liked it too.
—
After accompanying the twins for a while, Lin Shaochi got up and went back to the crowd to socialize. Right after Lin Shaochi left, Xie Minxuan came over with unconcealed fatigue on his face.
"You two found a good place to hide." Thinking how tired he was having to socialize with those corporate bigwigs just now, seeing the twins sitting here cozily and having snacks made Xie Minxuan felt an unbalanced bitterness.
"Is that Lin Shaochi?" The boy sat down and asked.
Su Bei: "Yes. Recently, our company has a lot of cooperation with them."
Su Xiaobao: "What? Do you have a grudge with him?"
"How can." Xie Minxuan glanced at Su Xiaobao coldly and said: "At most, he is my old nightmare."
"To be precise, Lin Shaochi is the nightmare shared together by children of our generation."
Xie Minxuan began to tell Su Bei and Su Xiaobao. Lin Shaochi was five to six years older than the children of Xie Minxuan's age, but they were still the same generation. Therefore, from childhood, Xie Minxuan kept listening to the elders' praises: how many scores did Lin family's son get in the last exam, how many prizes did he win, how many grades did he skip. At the age of fifteen, he began to manage projects. At sixteen, he managed a whole subsidiary by himself. At seventeen, he got a double degree from this and this university...
In short, Lin Shaochi was 'that child from someone else's family.' Like other children in his generation, Xie Minxuan grew up under Lin Shaochi's shadow. Fortunately, now it was his turn to become other children's' nightmare.'
The corner of Xie Minxuan's mouth was raised, and a touch of pride flashed across his face.
——Of course, excluding Su Bei and that annoying guy beside her.
It was no secret among their circle that Mr. Qin brought his two heirs to the company. Before long, people in the circle began to praise them left and right. Even Xie Minxuan's own grandfather recently liked to say: "Qin family's two children are very good. You are classmates. You must learn well from them, and give good influence to each other. Understand?"
Unknown to Xie Minxuan, when he was sitting sullenly in the hall, his grandfather was drinking tea with Mr. Qin in the VIP room, chatting and laughing friendly.
"The two little children from your house has given us a pleasant surprise this year." Xie Zhoucheng sipped his tea and said smilingly.
Mr. Qin also smiled: "Probably not everyone feels so."
Xie Zhoucheng: "Haha, that's true. But my Xie family has no conflict with your Qin family, so they are a pleasant surprise for me."
"I heard that the NST project is originally recommended by your daughter?" Xie Zhoucheng couldn't help sighing in admiration: "How old is she, and already has such a keen eye."
Hearing the Xie family's patriarch praising his children, Mr. Qin still looked modest, but his heart was full of pride.
"Xie family's young master is also very accomplished at such a young age." Qin Shao praised Xie Minxuan back, but he secretly thought: The little kid from Xie family is not bad, but his Xiaobao and Xiaobei started later, and can get a similar result. It's obvious that his children are better.
Listening to Qin Shao praising his grandson, Xie Zhoucheng laughed: "That kid's temperament is still immature. Who knows how he will be in the future. However, those three children have a good relationship, and it's good to let them spend time together."
Mr. Qin nodded, agreeing with Xie Zhoucheng's words. After a while, Mr. Qin took another sip of tea relaxedly, and Xie Zhoucheng suddenly sighed: "Children nowadays are different than us back then."
"Fourteen or fifteen. At that age, the first thing our family arranged for us is marriage."
Regardless of the intention, Xie Zhoucheng's words made Mr. Qin's entire face turned black at speed visible to the naked eye.
"That way of thinking is very old now." Through his gritted teeth, Mr. Qin spat out those words.
Arranging a marriage? Humph, this old man must be daydreaming.
Meanwhile, in the main hall, while listening to Xie Minxuan's childhood 'anecdotes,' Su Bei suddenly took out her mobile phone.
Su Bei: "Don't move. I'm going to take a photo of you two."
"What?"
Before the boys could react, Su Bei already clicked the button and immediately sent the photo to their WeChat group.
[Su Bei: Look, look. Don't they look like two big bosses?]
[Liu Kai: Haha, gosh, it really looks like!]
In the photo Su Bei just shared, Su Xiaobao and Xie Minxuan were sitting on each side of the sofa. Both were high-spirited teens, and they wore a particularly handsome-looking and slightly mature suit today. Moreover, their temperament was similar, with a kind of arrogance and coldness typical to teenage boys. There was also an obvious disdain on their face when staring at each other. This kind of posture, it really looked like two big bosses who were engaging in verbal fighting.
[Xu Yangyang: Damn, this is so cool! As expected of my brother Bao and brother Xuan!]
[Dong Wenqi: I'm envious that male god Xie can attend the annual gathering of Su Bei's company.]
[Chen Zian: Me too.]
They also wanted to go to Qin Group's annual gathering. Unfortunately, except for the Xie family, the rest of their group were either didn't have the qualification to receive an invitation, or simply had no business dealing with Qin Group.
...
[Su Xiaobao: Actually, it's boring.]
[Du Yiming: Even if it's boring, I still want to attend. Getting the invitation to Qin Group's annual gathering is enough to be bragged for a year!]
[Dong Wenqi: Exactly!]
[Dong Wenqi: And that! What did I see? So many little cakes! Delicious desserts!]
[Dong Wenqi: Hmph, the three of you, just watch out.]
...
Reading Dong Wenqi's comment, Su Bei remembered that she still hadn't offered any food for Xie Minxuan.
"Xie Minxuan, do you want to eat some dessert?" Su Bei asked.
Xie Minxuan: "Okay, give me one."
"How? Is it tasty?" Seeing Xie Minxuan very cooperatively helped them eat one small cheesecake plate, Su Bei's eyes brightened.
Xie Minxuan: "Well, it's not bad."
Su Bei: "Do you want another one?"
Xie Minxuan: "..." No, it's too sweet.
Xie Minxuan felt strange: Even when he had to attend the company's shareholders meeting or was taken to business negotiation with partners, he never felt nervous. But recently, whenever he was facing Su Bei, he always felt an indescribable tension.
"Okay." Xie Minxuan nodded and took another plate from Su Bei.
Su Bei was joyful: It's great. One more eaten, one less wasted. She hoped Xie Minxuan would eat a few more plates, so they could finish this table full of food.
Xie Minxuan seemed to notice Su Bei's 'small thought.' In the end, the three played a game, and the loser had to eat a plate.
When Mr. Qin came over, he happened to see three children playing together, and his expression instantly darkened. If it was before, Mr. Qin wouldn't feel anything wrong with this scene, but after hearing Xie patriarch's nonsenses, this Xie family's little brat was extremely unpleasant in his eyes.
......
After the banquet, Mr. Qin immediately called Uncle Fu right after returning to Jingyuan. He ordered: "Find a teacher who is experienced in teen physiology and gender awareness."
Uncle Fu was taken aback. A little surprisedly, he asked: "Sir, is it for Xiaobei and Xiaobao?"
To teach physiological and gender awareness to children, an experienced teacher was a must. On the one hand, they needed to make sure that the children had a thorough understanding, but on the other hand, they needed to grasp the children's limit and didn't overdo it. Therefore, Uncle Fu was in support of Mr. Qin's intention to hire a professional teacher.
It's just...
"Sir, isn't it a bit too early? Xiaobei and Xiaobao are still young now." Uncle Fu said.
Mr. Qin glanced at the housekeeper and said in a heavy tone: "Not too young."
"After Chinese New Year, they are going to be fifteen."
...
At this time, the pair of siblings who were going to get an additional holiday class were in Su Xiaobao's room, looking forward to opening the New Year gifts Chen De gave them.
Su Bei: Such a large box, could it be an electronic gadget?
Su Xiaobao: It's so heavy. Could it be the set of figures he recently wanted?
When the boxes were finally opened, the twins instantly dumbfounded: New Year's limited hardcover version of the complete eighth-grade exercises set. Chinese, English, math, physics, chemistry...
Su Xiaobao's face darkened, and Su Bei also equally stiffened.
"Su Xiaobao, you can take mine. All for you." Su Bei patted Su Xiaobao's shoulder and quickly ran back to her room.
Su Xiaobao was left alone to stare at the two piles of exercise books.