Daddy! Come Home for Dinner!

The view was exceptionally wide.

Looking outside, most of what you see is the sky.

Lately, the air quality in City B has been quite good, without any smog.

The sky is a clear blue, with clouds like cotton candy.

Usually when you gaze out, you can see row upon row of rooftops in City B, with towering buildings, quite impressive.

Zhao Dingli picked up the slippers and said, "I only have men’s slippers at home, you can make do for now. I’ll buy women’s slippers later."

"Okay," Li Xiaoyun responded simply and put on the slippers Zhao Dingli handed over.

She thought that she probably wouldn’t have many chances to come here in the future, so Zhao Dingli didn’t need to specifically buy women’s slippers.

But to refute Zhao Dingli like this seemed a bit impolite.

After all, it was a kind gesture, and saying it like that felt like a stiff rejection.

So, Li Xiaoyun simply didn’t say anything and casually agreed.

After all, who can really predict the future?

But Zhao Dingli evidently didn’t think Li Xiaoyun’s agreement was insincere.

He was already contemplating going to some brand flagship stores a while later to check out what nice slippers he could buy for Li Xiaoyun.

Zhao Dingli lowered his head, wanting to gauge the size of Li Xiaoyun’s feet.

In his sight was the image of her wearing his large shoes.

Her feet looked even smaller compared to his men’s slippers.

Because she was wearing high heels, Li Xiaoyun wasn’t wearing socks, and was barefoot.

When Zhao Dingli chose slippers, he was too lazy to fuss over style and color.

He bought the black ones, with the brand logo embossed on them, but they were the same black, and if you don’t look closely, you can’t see it.

Now the black shoes wrapped around Li Xiaoyun’s feet, the contrast of black and white was rather eye-catching.

Despite her high heels not being tall, they undoubtedly weren’t as comfortable as sneakers.

The area around her toe bones was slightly reddened from the pressure of the shoes.

On her fair skin, it appeared even more prominent.

But in Zhao Dingli’s eyes, it didn’t seem unattractive, he just felt a bit distressed, wanting to touch and ask if she was in pain.

However, seeing Li Xiaoyun wearing his oversized shoes, they didn’t fit well.

Walking seemed difficult.

The shoes were indeed too large, almost twice the size of her feet.

Without thinking, Zhao Dingli suddenly picked Li Xiaoyun up sideways.

Li Xiaoyun was startled.

She had no mental preparation whatsoever.

Suddenly, she was in Zhao Dingli’s embrace.

She could smell the familiar, steady scent of pine and cypress, which made Li Xiaoyun so tense that she couldn’t move.

Her hands instinctively gripped Zhao Dingli’s clothes.

Now, coming to her senses, she found her hand still gripping Zhao Dingli’s suit lapel.

Looking up, Zhao Dingli’s chin was right there, almost within reach.

Just a slight movement of her nose tip would bump into his chin.

And because they were so close, she could even see the bluish beard marks on his chin.

Zhao Dingli’s beard was shaved clean, but still, the blue traces were visible.

"Bang!"

It was Li Xiaoyun’s foot that couldn’t hold onto the oversized slippers.

The slippers finally fell to the ground.

"Mr. Zhao." Li Xiaoyun exclaimed in surprise.

She was in a state of panic.

Being a single since birth.

Until now, she had never been this close to a man.

Zhao Dingli was the first.

A nervous Li Xiaoyun’s mind had stopped working.

Her brain wasn’t completely blank, but definitely not clear.

It was like a TV screen that, due to poor signal, showed a snowy static for a long time in the past.

Li Xiaoyun thought her brain must have malfunctioned.

Because now she couldn’t think of anything else, the first thought that came was what her current weight might be?

It seemed to be 103 pounds.

Wondering if she was too heavy?

Would Zhao Dingli find her too fat carrying her?

Li Xiaoyun mustered the courage to look, only to find Zhao Dingli frowning.

Was he finding her too heavy, was she too much to hold?

But little did Li Xiaoyun know, Zhao Dingli was thinking that Li Xiaoyun was actually too light.

Holding her required no effort at all.

He estimated she should be about 170 cm tall.

Maybe not, but close enough, yet so light.

It really shouldn’t be the case.

"Didn’t you say we don’t need to be so distant? We just agreed on that earlier, and it’s not even been long, yet you’re drawing away from me again?" Zhao Dingli raised an eyebrow and said.

But even so, he didn’t think of putting Li Xiaoyun down first before speaking.

Li Xiaoyun opened her mouth, but finally had to settle with a wry smile.

Zhao Dingli thought it must be because they haven’t spent enough time together, making Li Xiaoyun unaccustomed.

Thus, Zhao Dingli decided not to make things difficult for her.

He then heard Li Xiaoyun say, "Won’t you put me down first?"

Being carried like a princess all of a sudden made her quite flustered.

"These slippers fit poorly. Wearing them while walking may easily trip you." Zhao Dingli deeply blamed himself, "It was my oversight."

With that, he carried Li Xiaoyun forward.

Until he put her down to sit on the sofa.

As he helped Li Xiaoyun sit, bending over naturally brought him close to her, so close.

Li Xiaoyun was so nervous she held her breath, feeling as if her nose almost brushed against Zhao Dingli’s cheek as he bent over.

For a moment, Li Xiaoyun could even sense Zhao Dingli’s breath brushing against her face.

"You sit here first." Zhao Dingli frowned, saying, "Why don’t you wear your own shoes?"

But Li Xiaoyun’s shoes were meant for the workplace.

They weren’t very comfortable at home.

Zhao Dingli thought, Li Xiaoyun worked so hard already, and wearing high heels at home, it’s such a hardship.

But Li Xiaoyun waved her hand and said, "No, no, no, I’ll just go barefoot."

Zhao Dingli’s home decor was too high-end.

And seeing the floors so clean.

Wearing outside shoes inside was impolite, not to mention the heels might damage the flooring.

"Barefoot won’t do." Zhao Dingli said and made another phone call.

The call was to Rui Changhuai.

"President," Rui Changhuai answered the call, immediately asked, "How is Miss Li?"

"She’s fine now," Zhao Dingli replied, and suddenly spoke in a low voice, "You care a lot?"

Rui Changhuai felt Zhao Dingli must have issues now.

Once, while Zhao Dingli was an old bachelor, he was still quite normal.

How would things suddenly turn dumb once he was about to blossom!

He was just showing normal concern for someone in danger, wasn’t he?

Even if it wasn’t Li Xiaoyun, anyone else, he’d still be concerned like this, right?

It’s a normal human reaction, right!

If he couldn’t even care a bit about someone’s safety, would he still be human?

"Of course I care! After all, Miss Li is my future president’s wife." Rui Changhuai responded swiftly, "Naturally, I don’t want my future president’s wife to be harmed."