Time passed until the following afternoon, when work ended at the Bai Corporation building.
During the last few days, the gloomy atmosphere among the exhausted office workers in Bai Sheng’s building had eased.
The cub had slowly begun exploring the lower floors.
He resembled a young feline entering a new territory, carefully peeking around as he inspected his parent’s domain.
There was no need to worry about his safety or about foolish people provoking him.
After all, Bai Nuo had a small tail following behind him.
The monitor accompanied him every moment.
Listening to its voice and watching it occasionally fall over and require the cub’s help, it seemed rather foolish. But everyone understood that it represented a pair of eyes—
The eyes of a large predator standing behind its young tiger and casually checking from time to time what its cub was doing.
It provided another means of observing the employees, but the cub understood boundaries.
He never entered busy areas. Most of the time, he wandered only through public spaces already covered by live surveillance.
Moreover, he was excessively beautiful and adorable. His speech was soft and full of childish innocence.
Give him one sweet, and he would hold it up and rejoice for half the day.
The employees became hopelessly captivated.
“Uncle and Auntie are amazing.”
“Nuo Nuo likes this sweet so much. It’s delicious. Nuo Nuo wants to take it to Daddy.”
“Auntie, you dropped something. Look, Nuo Nuo picked it up for you. Here you are.”
“These are little biscuits Grandma Feng made for Nuo Nuo. Nuo Nuo will share with the uncles and aunties.”
What was this?
What was this?!
This was what they deserved for working so hard!
Boss, was there truly no purchase link for Baby Nuo Nuo?
Please.
They desperately needed one.
Thus, when Bai Nuo walked out of the company holding his father’s hand and bouncing beside him, the employees’ gazes still drifted toward the little fellow.
The incident happened then.
Security had been strengthened during the last several days. Bodyguards and assistants were always nearby.
In addition, because Bai Jingyun had suddenly changed his mind and no longer intended merely to encourage the situation before ignoring it, Bai Sheng’s extremist enemy—who had been waiting for an opportunity—became impatient.
An engine suddenly roared.
At the moment everyone relaxed, a vehicle charged from an extremely difficult angle.
Almost as soon as the sound appeared, Bai Nuo—who had been walking beside his father and telling him about his day—turned sharply toward it.
“Daddy!”
Bai Nuo had seen vehicles during the apocalypse.
But as a child who lived alone and was regarded by others as a burden, he had never approached one.
Now a vehicle suddenly rushed toward them.
The dream seemed to overlap with reality.
The cub’s voice instantly became sharp.
Bai Sheng had been thinking that the hospital’s results should probably be ready that evening. During that brief distraction, he saw the little body try to stand in front of him.
The child moved so rapidly that Bai Sheng nearly lost his grip on his hand.
What are you doing?!
Cold sweat covered Bai Sheng in that instant.
He grabbed the child and retreated sideways.
The bodyguards had already moved.
Amid shouts and confusion, a security vehicle that had been waiting nearby drove in front of Bai Sheng and the cub, blocking them.
Assistant Li reacted even faster.
As the uproar intensified, he calmly and decisively drove Bai Sheng’s black car against the attacker’s vehicle, restraining its frantic movement.
Someone called the police.
Others cried out in alarm.
Amid all the noise, Bai Sheng had no attention to spare for anything except the trembling cub in his arms.
“Didn’t Daddy teach you to move away immediately when a car comes toward you?”
This had not been a game.
Bai Sheng frowned.
The cub clung to his neck. His little hands were cold and trembling.
No.
Perhaps Bai Sheng was trembling too.
The child had been frightened.
But if he had been so frightened, then why had he—
The childish voice trembled.
The cub knew only vaguely that the Bai family were villains and would die. He did not know how to explain it.
Nuo Nuo was sometimes “foolish.” He had never possessed anything before.
He quietly tightened his arms around Bai Sheng’s neck, holding his source of support, and said to that very person:
“Because Nuo Nuo said…Nuo Nuo would protect Daddy.”
Author’s Note:
Xie Yu: Thinking that Bai Sheng’s cub will eventually become like mine makes me very happy—no, very sympathetic. [Scattering flowers]
Bai Sheng: I’ll let you remain happy for one more night.