Little Wang was still looking wronged as he brushed his teeth. After spitting out the toothbrush foam, he didn’t forget to defend himself, “Dad, I’m telling the truth. Mom moved over to sleep next to you and took over my spot. I only slept on the sofa because I didn’t have a place to sleep.”


  Song Tingshen wasn’t in the state of mind to pay attention to his son. Standing in front of the mirror, he touched his chest.

  He exercised, but he wasn’t like those exercise fanatics that exercised every day. When he had the free time, he would go exercise 2 to 3 times a week. When he didn’t have free time, the frequency would be reduced to going 2 to 3 times in half a month. Fortunately, he had a healthy diet and was healthy. At present, that was just enough to keep his six-pack

  Little Wang tugged on his dad’s clothes and pitifully asked, “Dad, are you listening to me?”


  Song Tingshen finally looked at him. “I’m listening.”


  Little Wang asked, “Then why didn’t you let me speak before?”


  Song Tingshen simply picked him up and said, “Mom didn’t deliberately take your spot when she was sleeping. If I agreed with you, Mom would have felt very embarrassed. Little Wang, didn’t you say we’re boys and Mom is a girl, so we have to be considerate of Mom’s feelings?

  Little Wang thought it over. “Yup.”


  Mom is a girl, so they had to protect her and take care of her.

  “So, let’s not mention that again.”


  “Oh, okay.”


  The boys of the family reached a consensus to pamper and indulge the only girl in the family.

  —


  That Friday, Ruan Xia waited in the office all day, but that customer didn’t come.

  Her manager said with an apologetic expression, “The boss said something came up for that customer at the last minute and he canceled the plan to visit. I’m sorry that I didn’t approve your request for time off.”


  Ruan Xia quickly waved her hand. “It’s okay. Today was a work day to begin with. I should be in the office. My husband went to participate in the parent-child activity, so it wasn’t an issue for me to come to work.”


  After hearing this response, the manager casually remarked, “When I saw on your information that you were married with a child. I was very surprised. After all, you’re quite young and you already have a child in kindergarten.”


  “Yeah, I met my husband when I was 20, so that development was only natural. Anyways, marrying and having children is something that’ll happen sooner or later.”


  The manager smiled and agreed, ”Yeah, I have a child too, but not as old as yours. My child won’t attend kindergarten until next year.”


  Perhaps, it was due to having a common topic to chat about. The manager chatted with Ruan Xia for a long time about marriage and children.

  After this conversation, Ruan Xia discovered that her manager didn’t seem happy with her marriage. She frequently said things like “she would definitely divorce if she met a more suitable person”.

  —


  Early next Monday morning, Ruan Xia came to work and happened to meet the receptionist in the elevator. They chatted and laughed on the elevator ride up.

  “I’ll reveal something to you in advance,” the receptionist mysteriously said, “The company is going to organize a company retreat soon. It seems like it’s going to be on an island. The boss had me book plane tickets and a villa.”


  Ruan Xia was surprised. Wasn’t this branch of the company started only a few months ago? How surprising that it was offering a company retreat as a perk. When she had interviewed in previous places, the interviewers would emphasize that there was an opportunity to go on a company retreat once a year. But, this branch of the company hadn’t even been established for a year…… Sure enough, their boss was a nouveau riche!

  Translator Ramblings: In asian dramas, annual company retreats seem like a normal employment benefit (or forced social time with coworkers depending on how you look at it). It seems like one of those things that technically aren’t mandatory, but will reflect badly on you if you don’t go. I think going to a vacation spot when your boss and coworkers will be there is more stressful than relaxing, no matter how fun the vacation spot is. Have you guys ever gone on one for work?