The Male Protagonist’s Daughter

alone, so it made perfect sense for them to cover the child’s expenditures as well.

However, when she thought about it, she didn’t understand what the company was thinking! Since the company knew that there were no other adults in the family to take care of her, why did they constantly send her father on company trips all over the country?

Luo Tianyuan was about to laugh when he saw his young daughter’s relieved expression.
Though, he was worried that she’d be upset if he did, so he held back from laughing and cleared his throat.
“And, what about the third question?”

Luo Shuyan felt better after her doubts were cleared.
She recalled what she was here for.
She placed the two dresses in front of her and even gave a little twirl.
“Papa, should I wear this ruffle dress, or should I go for this two-piece dress instead?”

Before she heard an answer from her father, she continued.
“The ruffle dress is nice but the material causes it to feel a little stuffy.
It’ll be a little hot, but it looks nice on me.”

“The two-piece dress is comfortable, but isn’t as western-looking.”

“Ah, it’s alright.
I’ll bring both along.
Who knows, maybe the weather in Jing City won’t be as hot as predicted, and I can wear the two-piece dress on the train.”

She didn’t give Luo Tianyuan a chance to give her an answer.
After she answered her own question, she turned around and happily went back to her room to continue to pick out clothes to wear in Jing City.

“…?” Luo Tianyuan expressed.

–

The atmosphere next door wasn’t as peaceful.

Shen Qingruo was deeply conflicted.
She knew that her son wanted to go on the trip, and he’d always been a sensible young boy.
She knew that he would always put their family’s well-being before whatever his heart desired; he’d barely asked for anything from her.

Even though he was now immersed in his studies, as his mother, she knew how much her son wanted to go on the trip.

But what could she do? It was Jing City… Jing City!

When she left the city years ago, she’d never planned on going back.
Even now when she heard of people visiting from Jing City, she couldn’t help but feel anxious.
After seven years, she’d finally settled down, and was able to put whatever that had happened in the past.
Yet, Luo Tianyuan’s offer brought her back to reality.

Everyone dreamed of living in a big city.
She too moved from the rural area to Ning City for her son’s future development.

Her son was smart and she knew that he would spread his wings soon; this city couldn’t hold him back.

While Shen Qingruo was patching up some clothing, she pretended to nonchalantly ask, “Son, do you want to go to Jing City?”

Shen Yan didn’t raise his head, the tip of his pen stopped on the paper he was writing on.
“It’s alright, I’m fine with not going too.”

Her heart broke when she heard her son’s answer.
She gritted her teeth and had her mind made up.

After so many years, the people who knew her in Jing City must all think that she was dead by now.
Jing City is huge, and it was unlikely that they would happen to meet each other.
Even if Luo Tianyuan was wealthy, there was still an income gap between him and ‘that man’…

There was no way they would bump into each other.
Even if they did, who would suspect that a random child was the son of a ‘dead woman’ like her?