Suddenly, the little creature flying up gave Wen Xin a big scare, and after seeing Dou Dou's appearance, she patted her chest with lingering fear: "Ye'er, what... what happened to it? Did you buy it?"
Luo Ye spread her hands with a smile: "No, it just wanted to follow me. I had no choice but to bring it back!"
Little Seagull seemed to understand, nodding its tiny head and chirping twice. Wen Xin's heart immediately softened like it could drip water. She squatted down and affectionately stroked the lovely little thing: "Alright, from now on it's a member of our family. What should we name it?"
Luo Ye quickly responded: "Dou Dou, let's call it Dou Dou!" Heaven knows what peculiar name her mom would come up with next. Her and her brother's names were because Mom loved maple leaves; her brother was born and named Luo Feng, and she was named Luo Ye. According to Mom, she had planned from the beginning to have two kids.
"Dou Dou?" Indeed, upon knowing her naming rights were seized, Wen Xin showed a disappointed expression: "I was thinking of naming it Luo Piao. Maple leaves fluttering, how nice!"
Luo Ye wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, secretly relieved by her 'brilliant' foresight, "Mom, please spare it. If it 'floats' away, it will be gone."
While Wen Xin was stroking him, Dou Dou displayed a well-behaved little demeanor, occasionally pecking affectionately at Wen Xin with its little beak, tempting Wen Xin to hold it in her arms and not let go.
Luo Ye rolled her eyes: "Such a novelty-loving little thing!"
"Chirp chirp..." Dou Dou began to struggle with scratching hands and feet—after all, others have four limbs, but it also has two wings.
"Okay, okay, let Mom hold you for a while!" Luo Ye hurriedly intervened, and as her words fell, Dou Dou stopped struggling and obediently lay in Wen Xin's arms.
Everyone was amazed. Maybe it had interacted with tourists by the sea a lot, and naturally it could understand human speech now? If it could speak, it would truly become a spirit!
"Ye'er!" Wen Xin sat up straight holding Dou Dou, sighing: "It's all Mom's fault for not telling you in advance. You should respect the veterans at the company. What you did today hurt their feelings."
"Oh?" Luo Ye smiled lightly: "Mom, did you go to the company this afternoon, and Su Yan complained?"
Wen Xin nodded: "Yes, your Aunt Su cried a lot. She told me that if I don't trust her, I should tell her directly instead of having you audit the accounts silently. This makes everyone at the company think she took advantage of something, leaving her unable to defend herself.
Mom explained to her, and she then let it go, but she claimed she was unwell and asked for half a month's leave, and no matter how I tried to keep her, it didn't work!"
"Is Mom worried?" Luo Ye leaned close to Wen Xin: "Or does Mom blame Ye'er in her heart?"
Wen Xin raised her hand to stroke Luo Ye's head, and Dou Dou took the opportunity to fly into Luo Ye's arms, prompting a burst of laughter from the mother and son. This little thing was busy showing its loyalty.
"Mom doesn't blame Ye'er. Tell Mom, did you think it looked cool to audit accounts like they show on TV?" Wen Xin's question gave Luo Ye a headache, but it would be even weirder if her mom really thought she was just auditing accounts for show.
"Mom!" Luo Ye said seriously: "I know you might think I'm just messing around, but I'm serious. Don't you think there's something off about Su Yan?
Wenxin Garden is Mom's wholly-owned company. How can Mom leave everything to outsiders? Don't you think her influence among the staff is much higher than Mom's?"
Wen Xin shifted to a more comfortable position and hugged Luo Ye, casually stroking Dou Dou's white chest, "Ye'er, running a company isn't as simple as you think. Mom has to take care of the family and doesn't have much energy to devote to the company.
Of course, Mom is aware that Su Yan has taken some advantages, but if you want a horse to run, you must feed the horse. There's no one else in the company who can take on the responsibility, so Mom has to turn a blind eye."
"Mom must be almost completely turning a blind eye now, right? The company's personnel are slack, good employees don't get to be put to good use, while relatives and sycophants occupy important positions. If this continues, who will take their work seriously?" Luo Ye stared seriously at Wen Xin: "Mom, do you trust Ye'er?"
"Of course I trust you, but Ye'er, don't interfere with these matters. Mom doesn't have much ambition in her career, being able to earn a bit more to make our family's life more comfortable is enough!" Wen Xin touched her daughter's delicate little nose: "Ye'er's task is to study well!"
"I remember Mom once said that Wenxin Garden was invested by uncle. If hundreds of thousands of funds eventually go down the drain, how could Mom face uncle's good intentions?" Luo Ye straightened her posture: "Mom never mentions Grandpa's family affairs, I believe there must be unavoidable reasons, but even based on the principle that we must not let Grandpa's family look down on us, we can't just let outsiders embezzle the company, right?"
Wen Xin's eyes dimmed: "Ye'er stop, Mom is tired and needs to go back to the room to rest. For dinner... call Huachen Restaurant, and you two go pick it up!"
Luo Ye reluctantly called out: "Mom!"
"The wallet is in the bag!" After saying this, Wen Xin went straight back to the bedroom.
Luo Ye stood up in annoyance: "Brother, you make the call to order the food, I'll try to persuade Mom!"
Luo Feng quickly held his sister back: "Ye'er, let Mom have some peace. Think about it, we've grown up so big and have never seen anyone from Grandpa's family, showing that the conflict between Mom and Grandpa's family is irreconcilable. This must be very heartbreaking for Mom. Aren't you just peeling off her scab by persuading her?"
"Brother, some scars might heal after being exposed, but if puss remains inside, they might never heal for life, and might even get infected!" Luo Ye patted Luo Feng: "Don't worry, I won't ask about Grandpa's family, but we can't just let Mom go back to her room and be sad, right?"
"What are you two pulling and tugging at each other for? Where's Mom?" Luo Zhenggang's stern voice suddenly came.
Luo Ye quickly stood next to Dou Dou: "Dad, why did you come back so early today?"
"What early? Isn't it just time of getting off work? What are you blocking?" Luo Zhenggang said while leaning over to take a closer look.
"There's... nothing blocked, I was just about to introduce a new member of our family to you..." Luo Ye smirked as she lifted up Dou Dou: "Dou Dou!"
After Luo Zhenggang took a hot towel twisted by Luo Feng and wiped his hands, he seriously looked at Luo Ye: "Ye'er, you shouldn't be too greedy, I already made an exception by agreeing to keep a foxhound!"
"Dad, I didn't want to..." Under Luo Ye's explanation, Dou Dou was a lonely orphan, seeing her was like seeing its own mother, if she didn't bring it home, it would have been a corpse on the beach by now...
"Dad, I can vouch for it, it's true!" Seeing his father look towards him, Luo Feng quickly testified.
Luo Zhenggang looked his son up and down: "Your testimony is invalid, I'm just wondering if you've gotten smart and started dating girls?"
"Dad..." Luo Feng's face turned slightly pale with fright: "I promise, I've been studying hard, I've already agreed to Ye'er, no more dating!"
Luo Ye looked silently at her brother; when had she ever said he couldn't date?
Nu'an's First watch is here, special thanks to "Little Bunny" "Super Super Worm" guys for your pink tickets, love you all! Guys, throw your pink PK tickets over, Nu'an isn't afraid of getting smashed, hehe...