After the two children left, Xu Qingqing glared at Lu Chuanbai and said impatiently, "I'll accompany Yiyi during the livestreams from now on. If you're busy, don't come anymore."
"What? Did I do something wrong during today's livestream?" Lu Chuanbai put on a wronged and coquettish look, firmly believing in the principle of being humble when necessary.
"Do you really have the heart to let their father be absent from their lives all the time?"
After realizing that both Xu Yiyi and Xu An'an were reluctant to recognize their biological father, Lu Chuanbai deeply understood that he needed to be with them more often. Otherwise, it would be really difficult for them to accept him in the future.
Lu Chuanbai looked at her sincerely and passionately, and said earnestly, "Xu Qingqing, I'm sorry for what I did before. Please give me a chance. I will make it up to you and the children!"
"No matter what it takes, even if it's my life!"
"You're overreacting. What would I do with your life?" Xu Qingqing turned her head away and helplessly gave in.
"Fine. You can come if you want."
If she made the decision for the two children not to see their father without consulting them, they would be so pitiful.
"Just... keep your distance from me in the future."
Xu Qingqing looked awkward.
She just wanted to live a simple life. Lu Chuanbai's presence always affected her mood and made her feel like a different person.
But Lu Chuanbai said domineeringly, "The children and your parents all think highly of us. If there's no interaction between us, they'll surely start to wonder."
"Moreover, so many people watched Yiyi's livestream, and the news that we're husband and wife has already hit the trending list. From now on, you'll have to accompany me to media events and banquets."
Xu Qingqing instinctively wanted to refuse, but when she met Lu Chuanbai's rarely sincere eyes, she couldn't say no.
"You don't want the Lu family to be in the news for family disharmony, do you? My younger brother might even take advantage of this and I might be kicked out of the family by my father..."
Lu Chuanbai exaggerated more and more as he spoke.
Xu Qingqing's temples throbbed. She told Lu Chuanbai to shut up.
If she didn't stop him, who knew if he would come up with something as absurd as the Lu Group going bankrupt because she refused to accompany him to events.
"Okay, okay! I got it. I'll cooperate with you." Xu Qingqing said impatiently.
"That's good. I'll leave first." Only then was Lu Chuanbai satisfied and left.
After getting in the car, he called his secretary and told him to buy an apartment in the neighborhood the next day so that he could get closer to Xu Yiyi and Xu An'an and strengthen the bond with the two children.
On the other side of the globe, Amy looked at the more than 100,000 new followers on Xu Yiyi's account and analyzed their sources. Most of them were from China.
It seemed that they had successfully penetrated the Chinese market. The most popular topic of discussion was the love story between Xu Yiyi's father and mother.
Looking at these trending topics, Amy came up with a better idea.
Since everyone was so eager to see the interaction between Xu Qingqing and Lu Chuanbai, why not arrange a parent - child variety show for them?
It could not only satisfy the fans who wanted to virtually raise the kids but also those who wanted to ship the couple.
It was a win - win situation!
Xu Qingqing, who had no idea that she was being well - planned by the two, had a good night's sleep. The next day, she was full of energy as she drove Xu Yiyi and Xu An'an to kindergarten.
When they saw the luxurious and magnificent castle - like kindergarten, all three of them opened their mouths in surprise.
This was too exaggerated!
It was just a kindergarten. Did it have to be so grand?
The cars on the road were all kinds of luxury cars, like BMWs, Lamborghinis, and Ferraris.
Because Xu Qingqing wanted to show the children the whole picture of the kindergarten, she drove slowly. The owner of a black Ferrari behind her kept honking the horn to urge her.
"Can you drive faster? We're still waiting to drop off our kids!"
Xu Qingqing opened the window embarrassedly and said to the driver behind, "Sorry. I'll speed up right away."
Just as she was about to step on the accelerator, the driver behind, who had watched Xu Yiyi's livestream and recognized Xu Qingqing as Lu Chuanbai's wife, instantly changed his attitude and said with a smile,
"No, no, no. Take your time. It's still early."
Xu Qingqing was stunned. The change in attitude was too great. It was clearly her fault, but the other person didn't seem to mind.
It was all thanks to yesterday's livestream and Lu Chuanbai.
Xu Qingqing politely returned a smile and accelerated the car.
"Yiyi, An'an, you'll be studying in this kindergarten from now on. Are you happy?"
"Happy!" Xu An'an's childish voice was full of excitement.
Which little girl didn't have a princess dream when she was young? The castle - like kindergarten fully satisfied Xu An'an's princess dream.
Xu Qingqing found a place to park the car. After getting out, she looked around to see if there were any teachers so that she could ask for directions. Then she saw the teachers in dark blue uniforms standing at the kindergarten gate.
Each teacher was holding a small flag with the names of Xu Yiyi and Xu An'an on it.
"Welcome classmate Yiyi and classmate An'an to our school. Welcome!"
Not only the teachers were welcoming them, but even the parents who were dropping off their kids also chimed in.
Everyone knew the identities of the two children and wanted to build good relationships.
Xu Qingqing was a bit unhappy. She led Xu Yiyi and Xu An'an forward. The kindergarten teachers had already seen the photos of the two children and happily greeted them.
"These must be classmates Yiyi and An'an! Wow, your mom is so beautiful!" the principal praised.
Xu Qingqing frowned. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the parents watching from the side and felt a bit embarrassed. She lowered her voice and said to the principal,
"Teacher, please don't do this. Our kids are just here to study. There's no need for them to be treated differently from the other students."
Hearing this, the principal quickly told the other teachers to put away the small flags and added with a smile, "Mom of Yiyi, we welcome all the kids like this when they come to the kindergarten.
"Don't feel burdened."
"Oh, I see. I was being too sensitive."
After learning that this was the kindergarten's special way of welcoming new students, Xu Qingqing felt relieved and handed the two children over to the principal.
"Then I'll trouble you to take them to school."
"Leave it to me." The principal took the two kids by the hand. "Yiyi, An'an, say goodbye to your mom."
"Mom, goodbye."
"Bye! Mom will pick you up in the evening."
After dropping off the kids at the kindergarten, Xu Qingqing went to the store to work. Since it was quite easy to repair the broken vases, she managed to repair four out of the seven vases in one day. Only one was left.
In order to pick up Xu Yiyi and Xu An'an on time after school, Xu Qingqing specially asked Lu Qi for a two - hour leave.
"Go ahead." Lu Qi treated Xu Qingqing, a skilled worker who could do the work of three people, very carefully. He readily agreed to her leave request.