Chapter 273 - A few things to do

"Goodbye Tangtang. Goodbye Uncle Liaowen, Aunty Kara, Small Xixi." She said her cute goodbyes with a smile.

The trio waved back in goodbye. As for Xu Lingxi, 'Small Xixi' henceforth became her nickname.

As she went back to Southside Villa, she was so tired that she slept in her second uncle's car.

"Daddy, mommy!" she jumped onto her parents as soon as she was home.

Wan Jia looked at her little head of long black hair. She was amazed at her daughter's ability to keep her clothes neat but make her hair so messy that some of it stuck to her face. What kind of games did she play?

As soon as Little Jia got into her mother's embrace, she became drowsy.

"Baby, eat first then go to sleep, okay?" She urged. It wouldn't be too nice if she skipped dinner.

The little girl nodded obediently.

After dinner, she pulled her mother's hand and dragged her into her room. After bathing her, Wan Jia sat next to her bed and pulled out some books with adorable pictures on the covers.

"Baby, what story do you want mommy to read you tonight?"

"Mommy, can you tell me about countries instead?"

"…"

Countries? What sort of weird bed time stories are these? She wouldn't even comprehend a thing!

Well, since her daughter had asked for it, she pretended it was not strange and started rattling on about different countries. Sure enough,  Little Jia understood nothing. She fell asleep very fast.

…

After putting her baby to sleep, she went to the study room. Lu Aotian had been very busy for the past few days. The company was experiencing a very busy phase; even Lu Shaoting was very busy.

In the study room, Lu Aotian had his head against the backrest. He looked very fatigued. His dark circles were so dark that when she took a good look at him, they were quite conspicuous. For a strong man like him to be visibly tired, he must have exceeded his work limit by leaps and bounds for the past many days.

He straightened up when he saw her enter the study room, not willing to look weak and vulnerable in his wife's presence.

Wan Jia glared at him when she saw his actions. "Do you think that by pretending to be alright, I will not see that you are tired?"

She went behind him and placed her hands on his shoulders to massage them a little. "You are working too hard. You should rest."

"I still have a few things to do." He coaxed.

Wan Jia glanced at the so called "few things to do" on the study desk. Her heart ached. This mountain of files and documents is what you call a few things to do? It's no wonder he was not having enough rest. It was even highly possible that he had been taking advantage of the fact that she was a heavy sleeper to sneak into the study room to work the nights away.

"Aotian, you can't work this much. Do you think you are one of those robots you create? You're a man, okay?" she scolded.

"It's not too much. My love, can you not make it sound like I don't rest at all?"

Wan Jia took his hand and lead it to the left side of her chest. "Did you feel that?"

"Your heartbeat?"

Wan Jia looked at him seriously. "No. My heart just broke. Can't you see how dull your eyes look?"

It was only after complaining that she actually felt the temperature of his hand. He was burning!

"you…" she touched his forehead in alarm. "You have a fever!"

Lu Aotian looked at her like she had just said something completely normal. Something like 'you're awake'.

"This won't do. You are going to bed right this instant!"

She pulled him to make him stand. Lu Aotian wanted to resist but when he saw her worried look, he complied and let her drag him into the bedroom.

Since they got married, Wan Jia had moved into the master bedroom.

She made him lie in bed and went to get some fever medicine. After making him take the pills, she covered him and ordered him to sleep.

"You are only allowed to wake up after eight hours. I will be watching you."

He protested to that. "But you need to sleep yourself. Do you really need to watch me like a little child? Also, I really need to select some collaborations tonight. I need them for tomorrow's meeting."

He attempted to coax her to sleep.

Wan Jia pushed his hand that was trying to pull her into bed. Did he really need to?

Now that she thought about it, he had been helping her select her contracts quite often. In one way or another, she had added to his workload. She looked down, very ashamed of herself. Why had she always acted like a little child waiting to be protected by him?

"I will help you." She suddenly declared.

Lu Aotian was startled by her tone. "Don't you hate such boring things as documents and the company's dealings?" most importantly, what did she know about Lu Enterprises?

"Are you underestimating me? I learnt a thing or two all those times I visited your office and watched you work."

She rushed to the study room, took a few documents randomly and went back with them to the master bedroom. She sat on the bed casually and opened one file.

"Huang International Corp. wants a collaboration regarding the Seven Seas development project. It's a fairly powerful company and you have a full chance of benefit. However, this company has been involved in several cases of money laundering before so you will most probably reject it."

Lu Aotian: "…"