After seeing that his mother had changed her mind, Zhang Yuanbao turned his head back to look at Uncle Zhou with anticipation.
Uncle Zhou, however, had already lost his interest. "No, it's alright. I will just wait here."
Sh*t! Yan Shuyu was sure that he had made a mental note of this incident to retaliate at a later date. All CEOs under the sun were petty as heck.
As Yan Shuyu badmouthed him in her head, she was getting even more anxious. She took a step forward, passing her son. Standing in front of the boss, she said with the most sincerity, "Boss Zhou, the two of us genuinely would like you to come up with us if we can have the honor."
Aye, how quickly the table had turned? Just a minute ago, the boss was so eager to go up to their place and she was giving all her might to keep him from doing that. Now that the boss was "okay" with it, it was her turn to adamantly invite him upstairs. Even Yan Shuyu must lament at the rate things had been changing. Of course, the way she was looking at the boss was still very sincere.
What she heard from the boss, instead, was, "You have already resigned a while back. Plus with our current relationship... isn't it somewhat improper for you to still be referring to me as 'Boss Zhou'?"
"Eh?" Yan Shuyu didn't notice the curious pause when the boss mentioned their "relationship". She was very baffled. How did the subject go from going up to her place to how she was addressing him? Without thinking, she blurted out, "Then how should I address you? 'Brother Zhou'?"
Zhou Qinhe, "......"
Many different people had referred to him differently throughout his life. Only the closest to him would call him by his name. Most of the others would either refer to him as "Young Master", or "Young Master Zhou". Of course, mostly he got "Boss Zhou", "CEO Zhou", "Boss" (in Chinese), and "Boss" (in English) in the last few years. But, this was definitely the first time he has heard of something as peasant as "Brother Zhou". Even he was dumbfounded beyond words for a little bit there.
After she had said that, Yan Shuyu realized that she was being unrealistic here. She was just a cannon fodder stepmother here. How could she think that the boss would be her brother and become the instant aunt of the male lead? That was such a shameless move on her part!
After she was done with self-deprecating, Yan Shuyu waved her hand and said, "Never mind these details. Let's go."
Zhou Qinhe's original plan was to ride it as far as he could, but after hearing her words, he was, somehow, a little bit moved. He looked at the two faces of different sizes that were filled with anticipation. Even though the bigger face's expression was a bit over exaggerated, that look had still touched something inside of him.
For the first time in his life, Zhou Qinhe had given up on his plan. Meeting the gaze of both the mother and son, he nodded slightly and said, "Okay."
"Great!" said Yan Shuyu with relief. Her son in one hand, she led the boss toward her building eagerly. At that very moment, she had already forgotten all about how she was digging her feet in just two minutes ago trying to stop him from going to her place.
Zhang Yuanbao also had a happy look on his face as he reached out his hand and said, "Uncle Zhou."
Zhou Qinhe also reached out and took his hand.
The two grown-ups and a child held hands and walked into the elevator together. Any way one looked at it, they looked like a family of three.