TGDS Chapter 66.5

The Good Dad System (Arc 8) Chapter 66.5: After the Daughter Married Into a Wealthy Family (41)

The three of them sat down around the table. The soup on the table had begun to bubble. Things that were running on the ground and swimming in the water, which had nothing to do with each other, were placed at the bottom of the pot and subtly merged together.

Pei Naochun said casually, “Daijun, won’t you get bored accompanying an old man like me every day?”

“Why would I be bored?” She was a little surprised, afraid that her father was just imagining things. “My life is so rich now. I work hard at work, talk to you after work, read a little, and even work out on my days off. My life is so fulfilling, I’m not bored. Don’t let your imagination run wild.”

The first round, a failure. But it didn’t matter, he could continue. “What did your old friends talk about with you when they went out?” Pei Naochun asked again. He had read the online complaints: when single women and married women go out, their biggest fear is that the other person will talk about their husbands and children at home. Even if they see a small thing on the street, they will smile and say, “Hey, my family XX likes this.”

Pei Daijun took a sip of soup and said, “A lot. We recommend each other the latest new products, skin care products, and useful things. Sometimes we also chat about gossip.” She has been staying in City B and has maintained a good relationship with several of her old friends.

“…Ah? Then they won’t talk about their husbands and children at home?” Pei Naochun tried to smooth things over. “Just like you’re the only thing I talk about every day.”

“Dad, you’re so cute.” Pei Daijun smiled. “How could that be? Most of my friends’ kids are about to graduate from high school or have already gone to college. They’re not around anymore, so why would they talk about this? Besides, they know I don’t care about this, so of course they won’t talk about it.”

The second round, failed. Pei Naochun fell into deep thought. After thinking about it, he could only attack directly: “Daijun, isn’t Dad concerned about you?”

Pei Daijun understood what he said, but she wasn’t offended. At her age, how could she not understand her parents’ feelings? She answered seriously, “Dad, don’t worry. I’m doing really well now.” She pointed at herself and said, “Look, I look beautiful every day. I can go out whenever I want and see my friends whenever I want. How can I be lonely?”

“Won’t.”

She shook her father’s hand and said, “Don’t worry about me. There’s nothing to worry about. Got it?”

“…Okay.” The third round also ended in failure. Pei Naochun silently cast a helpless look at Gu Changqin. He had no experience in urging marriage, and he didn’t want to urge marriage. He just wanted to help test whether his daughter had any ideas.

“But Dad, you’re so weird today. You usually don’t tell me anything. It’s okay if you don’t look for it. Isn’t happiness the greatest thing?” Pei Daijun suddenly became suspicious.

“Cough cough cough–” Pei Naochun and Gu Changqin started coughing at the same time. They leaned forward and backward and quickly poured water into their mouths. It took them a while to recover.

“…Sure enough, it’s very strange.”

Pei Naochun used a strategic diversion: “Well, Dad drank too much water, I’m going to the bathroom and will be back soon.” He always walked fast, but he exuded the momentum of fleeing in panic.

Seeing her father walk away, Pei Daijun lowered her head to eat and joked with Gu Changqin: “Do you think my dad is weird?” She didn’t feel uncomfortable because Gu Changqin. The three of them had been eating together for nearly five years. Even if they were strangers at first, they had become good friends now.

Gu Changqin thought about it and mustered up his courage. Even at his age, he still acted like a dull young man. “Actually… Boss Pei asked this today because I asked him to.”

Pei Daijun was shocked for a moment and didn’t come back to her senses for a long time, with confusion written all over her eyes.

He swallowed his saliva: “I, I have something to tell you.”

Steam was rising from the soup pot in front of them, and the soup base was boiling and churning with a slight sound.

“You tell me.” Pei Daijun guessed something, but it was all in disbelief. She had never thought about what would happen between the two of them. They were clearly just tacit work partners, right? Of course, she and he were particularly compatible, and their lives had countless intersections.

Gu Changqin stood up suddenly. Although he was tall and strong, he was unconsciously clumsy. He reached out to the counter and found a big bouquet of roses in his hand. There were water droplets on them, and they looked bright and tempting.

It was already like this, even pretending to be stupid was hard. Pei Daijun tried to look away, but her eyes kept meeting his.

“We’ve known each other for five years.” Gu Changqin was extremely nervous, holding the flowers as if he was standing at attention. “Maybe a year, I realized I’ve always been very fond of you…”

Pei Daijun was stunned. A year? She hadn’t noticed. “A year?”

Gu Changqin had a helpless look on his face: “Yes, for a year, I have tried almost everything I could, all kinds of hints and explicit statements. I didn’t dare to say it too directly. After all, I was afraid that you would have some grudges about the relationship. If we talked about it, you would just run away.” He was also very embarrassed. If he said it too clearly, he was afraid that he would not even have the chance to keep trying. But if he was a little bit tactful, Pei Daijun would not be able to hear it.

“You… hinted at it?” She began to recall the past, but she was confused.

“Yeah.” At this point, Gu Changqin’s eyes were filled with bitter tears. “I wanted to talk to you about your hobbies, and you talked about work… I hinted that I wanted to take you to see my grandfather, and you and my grandfather had a long talk about Xinghao’s development plan. I asked a friend to jokingly say that we were a good match, and you said that we were revolutionary partners and our feelings were pure… We celebrated Valentine’s Day, Chinese Valentine’s Day, and your birthday together. I always prepared gifts for you and treated you to meals, and you called me “good boss…”

Come to think of it, Pei Daijun really had an impression of this, and she rarely felt guilty.

“I’ve been waiting for a long time, but it seems that if I don’t explain it clearly, you will never realize it.” Gu Changqin cleared his throat, “I don’t mean to force you, but, can I have a chance? Give me a chance to get closer to you.”