Chapter 370 - How is My Daughter Mischievous?

During her long maternity leave, Li Qin Yao continued to monitor the project development in B City through reports from both Liang Sheng and Xiao Lian Yi. 

Fortunately, the little princess was so well behaved whenever Liang Sheng dropped by the house to send his report. As long as she could sense that her mother was near to her, Zhang Li Xue did not mind playing by herself with all the toys that everyone had bought for her. 

In her third month, the little princess can now roll over and lay on her stomach for a while and laugh while playing around with the others. Now that she can now laugh and spit bubbles, her frown had become a rare sight, unless if she was in a presence of some strangers, or whenever her father took her away from her mother.

Li Qin Yao left her daughter to play in the cot while she was browsing through the documents that Liang Sheng had brought to her. Now that she was planning to return to work, there were a few things that she needed to check.

The Tourism City had entered its third phase two months ago. The hotel building that Zhang Yu Han had invested in had almost finished and soon, the people from Zhang Group were going to work on the interior. Meanwhile, the amusement park project that QL Group had collaborated to build with MH Group was halfway completed. It was expected that the Tourism City project will be completed by the end of next summer.

Once she was done looking at the paperwork, Li Qin Yao jotted down her signature and reread the documents one last time before she gathered everything and passed it to Liang Sheng.

"You should hand it over to President Li and have him inspected everything," Li Qin Yao said to Liang Sheng. "Once the President had approved of everything, we will proceed with the supplier, and the construction may continue."

Liang Sheng nodded. 

A small smile curled on her lips. "You haven't go back to Capital City and visited your family for months because of me. This time, you should stay in Capital City for a few more days and spent your time with your family."

"Please don't say that, Mrs. Zhang," Liang Sheng lowered his head. "I don't mind staying in B City and work for you. This way, I can escape my mother's nagging about finding a girlfriend."

Li Qin Yao laughed upon hearing his words. 

It was true that Liang Sheng had not gone back to Capital City ever since Li Qin Yao had given birth to her daughter. But mostly, it was because he was trying to avoid meeting Li Mu Chen. Liang Sheng did not know why, but he always had a bad feeling whenever he ran into Li Mu Chen. 

"I am planning to return to the office in two weeks," Li Qin Yao spoke. "Later, you and Xiao Lian Yi won't be too busy."

The little girl was kicking at waving around the soft teddy bear in her hand when his father arrived. Sensing a familiar scent, Zhang Li Xue stopped moving before she stared at her father. Then, she started to coo and spewing bubbles at him. 

Zhang Yu Han bent down to kiss her forehead and the little girl yelped to protest. Her hands were flailing and her legs were kicking as she continued to speak in something that only she can understand.

Seeing how active she was, Zhang Yu Han then carried her in his embrace before he rained his kisses on her face. The little princess frowned and pouted before she started to make more noise to complain.

Zhang Yu Han pressed his finger at the crease between his princess's brow. "Zhang Li Xue, you were smiling the first time I carried you in my arms. Why do you put on a frown on your face now? What happened to my beautiful smiling princess?"

Zhang Li Xue put her hand in her mouth before she wiped her hand on her father's shirt, smearing him with her saliva. Satisfied with her work, the little princess lips curled into a smile.

Looking at how she acted, Zhang Yu Han let out a low laugh and pinched at her chubby cheek softly. "You are clearly like your mother. Look at your mischievous smile. Just like your mother."

"How is my daughter mischievous? She's very well behaved." Li Qin Yao smiled as she peeked at her daughter. "Isn't that right, my little princess?"

Zhang Yu Han turned around to find that his wife was standing right behind him. His gaze softened as he laid his eyes on her.

After three months, her body had almost gone back to the way it was before she was pregnant. Zhang Yu Han thought that he preferred her like this. Anyway, hugging her was more comfortable when she had a bit more meat on her.

Zhang Yu Han pulled his wife closer and bent down to kiss her on the lips. "Have you finished your discussion with Liang Sheng?"

"Un," Li Qin Yao nodded. She looked at her daughter who was flailing her arms and sighed. "I'm going to return to work soon. How am I going to be apart from you?"

After staying by her daughter's side for months, Li Qin Yao was finding it difficult to 

Zhang Yu Han stared at his wife and did not say anything. Previously, he had told her that whatever decision she was going to make, he will give her his support. It doesn't matter if she wanted to continue and work or quit her job and spend her time with their child. Anyway, it was not as if he could not afford to raise them both.

"Are you reluctant to leave Li Xue?" his tone softened. He watched her nodded and kissed her on her head. "You can always change your mind, you know."

Li Qin Yao leaned her head on her husband's arms. "But the project in B City is almost completed. I don't want to leave it halfway."

She had agreed to manage this project from the very beginning to prove herself. Now that it was almost completed, of course, she did not have the heart to leave it to someone else. This project was her blood and sweat.

"Come on, let's go to Grandfather's place and send Li Xue."

Li Qin Yao stared at her daughter and nodded.

Earlier, it was planned that they were going to leave Li Xue to Zhang Yu Ying and Auntie Wu while they went out for a few hours. Since she had planned to go back to work, Li Qin Yao needed to start distancing herself from her daughter.

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Zhang Yu Han parked her vehicle at the porch and his sister immediately came out from the house.

It was planned earlier that they were going to send Zhang Li Xue and let Zhang Yu Ying babysit her for a couple of hours to get herself and her daughter used to being apart from each other.

Zhang Yu Ying had a smile on her face as she looked at her niece. She was about to greet the little girl when she noticed that she had fallen asleep.

"Will you be alright to look after her for a few hours?" Li Qin Yao asked as she passed Li Xue's stuff to her sister-in-law.

"Sister-in-law, you don't have to worry. Auntie Wu is here with me. There won't be any problem," Zhang Yu Ying said. "You should go out with my brother. If there is anything, I will call you."

Li Qin Yao stared at her sleeping daughter and nodded slowly.