“Vaping” and such, Cheng Leyan naturally didn’t mention to Mama Rong. Mama Rong only realized the seriousness of the issue from his expression.

In the end, she coughed lightly and cautiously said, “Zhuozhuo, you’re really great, awesome, and amazing—how about trying to say some other words?”

Zhuozhuo was downcast, “Mine.”

Mama Rong: “Uh… it’s okay if you can’t say it, it’s already better than before! Our Zhuozhuo can say these two words, that’s already amazing!”

Zhuozhuo happily said, “Mine!”

Rong Papa pondered, “Nian Nian, do you remember the current head of the Lu family? He only ever says ‘Heh, interesting,’ no matter what others say, it’s always ‘Heh, interesting.’ I’m… I’m a bit worried Zhuozhuo might follow in his footsteps.”

Mama Rong was so startled her eyelids twitched, “Don’t jinx it, with our Xiao Cheng around, it’s only a matter of time before Zhuozhuo says more.”

Zhuozhuo firmly said, “Mine!”

Everyone couldn’t help but fall silent again…

Cheng Leyan curiously asked, “Dad, what did you just say? There’s someone who only says ‘Heh, interesting’? What’s that boss’s name?”

Rong Papa: “Just called Heh Interesting, everyone calls him ‘Heh Boss.'”

Cheng Leyan: “…Dad, didn’t you just say he’s the head of the Lu family? Isn’t his surname Lu?”

Rong Papa suddenly confused, “Yeah… why isn’t his surname Lu?”

Mama Rong: “Give him a break, he must be surnamed Lu, it’s just his name… probably Lu Heh! So everyone calls him Heh Boss.”

Cheng Leyan: “You didn’t let him off either, Mom! How could anyone have such a name!”

Rong Papa: “The Lu family is really strange, giving such a name, they should have consulted me back then.”

Cheng Leyan: “…Alright.”

Rong Papa: “So it’s okay to only say two words, Heh Boss can be a CEO, our Zhuozhuo can be one too. Zhuozhuo, remember, you must tell your dad something—say your dad’s ideas are outdated, he doesn’t understand management, tell him not to meddle and just take dividends, then join forces with the board to kick him out of the group, give him a good workout!”

He was getting excited as he spoke.

Cheng Leyan: …What’s wrong with your family!

Zhuozhuo was confused, “Mine?” Thinking, what does that mean? I don’t understand, I need to ask Brother Gu Qin.

Cheng Leyan directly picked up the little cub and placed him on the high chair, “Zhuozhuo, come, come, eat, eat, no need to understand.”

They started having breakfast, and after finishing, continued the previous conversation that defied the heavens.

Mama Rong said she had already announced to the outside world that Rong Wangzhi was likely to wake up, and she believed it would spread soon. For safety, she would send a few bodyguards to the villa for security.

She also gleefully mentioned that some people who previously favored Rong Lao Er had started to befriend her, “No matter what Rong Lao Er says, it can’t compare to a single hair of our Wangzhi! He even dreamed of making a comeback with his son, specially made a VCR, which was useless. Xiao Cheng, you did well yesterday!”

Cheng Leyan: “This is called ‘a tiger father has no dog son’—no, this is called ‘a tiger mom has no dog daughter-in-law.'”

He made Mama Rong laugh.

After breakfast, she went to find Rong’s Grandma to share the news that Cheng Leyan was actually Wangzhi’s online lover. It was only because it was too late yesterday when she found out, and the old lady was already asleep, that she finally got to say it now.

Rong’s Grandma was extremely shocked, listening in a daze, her first reaction was, “So that Liu swindler isn’t a swindler after all?”

Mama Rong: “…Mom, I told you, he’s a master! Don’t call him Liu swindler, it sounds so bad.”

Rong’s Grandma: “Oh, okay. I didn’t expect it, Liu swindler actually has some skills, next time let’s invite Liu swindler to our home to take a look.”

She looked at Cheng Leyan, liking him more and more, smiling so widely she couldn’t close her mouth, repeatedly saying “a fateful encounter.” Then she went back to her upstairs safe and took out a blue diamond brooch as a meeting gift for Cheng Leyan.

Rong’s Grandma: “Xiao Cheng, don’t refuse.”

Cheng Leyan: “Grandma, I never thought of refusing!”

He directly pinned it on his clothes, “Thank you, Grandma! Look, it’s just right!”

Rong’s Grandma chuckled, “You child, who pins a diamond brooch on a T-shirt. But you’re good-looking, anything looks good on you. Pin it anywhere you like.”

Cheng Leyan nodded like a pecking chick.

The bracelet he received yesterday, the brooch today, and a black card, Cheng Leyan’s mouth couldn’t close, his mind filled with the BGM “Congratulations on getting rich, I congratulate you on being wonderful” playing on loop.

Yonghe Palace didn’t deceive me, I’m rich, I’m really rich this time!!

I used to not dare imagine, if I had money, how happy a little boy I would be, now I know, I’m really happy!

Next time I go to McDonald’s, I’ll order an Angus Thick Beef Burger! Just the burger, no set meal! Let the staff feel from the way I spend money that I’m a rich person!

Cheng Leyan was already envisioning a beautiful future, but it wasn’t over yet.

Yesterday was Zhuozhuo’s first appearance to the outside world, and the outside world didn’t know Zhuozhuo was adopted, they just assumed Rong Wangzhi really had a biological son. Early this morning, all sorts of gifts for Zhuozhuo were sent over.

There were toys, jewelry, toys made of jewelry, all sorts of things, dazzling and splendid.

Cheng Leyan and Zhuozhuo spent hours unwrapping gifts, leaving with a full load.

The biggest feeling was: money doesn’t grow on trees, but money can really be blown in by the wind.

He was so happy his mouth was stiff.

But just…

While he was happily excited, a steady yet slightly amused voice suddenly came to his ear. Rong Wangzhi said, “Mr. Cheng, goodbye. Looking forward to the day we officially meet.”

Then, the Bluetooth earphone in his ear could no longer be touched.

419 indicated that the “sweet talk” prop had a time limit of 24 hours, and it was just about to expire.

Cheng Leyan let out an “ah.”

He didn’t know why, but he couldn’t quite describe the feeling in his heart.

During those previous 24 hours, he had gotten used to Rong Wangzhi speaking in his ear.

It was like he knew there was someone on the other end of the earphone, who could support him at all times, be his backing. No matter what happened, he didn’t have to panic, he knew that person would tell him what to do in a steady, reassuring voice.

Now it’s just…

A sense of loss.

419 was horrified: [What’s going on, those sweet words actually worked? Host, you actually fall for this? How are you any different from Yan Mingtong, who almost got pursued by a scumbag after hearing a few “I want to give you the world”? Are you actually a pure love party?]

Cheng Leyan: [More like a pure hate party. Hey, System Father, mainly because it felt very reassuring before, Sugar Daddy is so powerful, his voice is so steady, it felt like nothing was a problem. Now it feels… like I’m alone again. A bit lonely, you know?]

419 was also a bit sad from what he said, the system began to seriously think about how to care for the host and chat with him.

But the next second…

They just got home, and Cheng Leyan directly rushed back to his room, picked up the golden apple, held it to his heart, and called out affectionately, “Wife, wife!!! You’re finally mine! We can finally be together openly! Wife!!!”

Then he took out the blue diamond brooch and jade bracelet, introducing them to the golden apple, “Wife, these are my other two wives, get to know each other. From now on, the four of us will live happily together! In the future, there will be a golden watermelon joining our big family, let’s wait and see!”

419: …I can’t see where you’re lonely, where you’re sad, where you’re upset! Really unnecessary to worry about you! Hmph.

Afterwards, Zhuozhuo went for a nap, Rong Wangzhi was also settled by the caregiver, and Cheng Leyan continued to sort through the gifts Zhuozhuo received.

It wasn’t long before he received an unexpected friend request, surprisingly from—Ning Simeng, the one who previously claimed to be Rong Wangzhi’s ex-boyfriend.

Cheng Leyan accepted the friend request.

Ning Simeng was straightforward, quickly sending a WeChat message: [I’m sorry, Mr. Cheng, I apologize for my previous attitude, please forgive me, I’m really very sorry.]

Ning Simeng: [I heard from Aunt Zheng, it turns out you and President Rong have been lovers for many years. I also want to explain, I’m not President Rong’s ex, saying that was purely me being brainless, I hope it didn’t cause you any misunderstanding.]

Cheng Leyan: [It’s okay, no misunderstanding caused. You said he only ever said ‘excuse me’ to you, what misunderstanding could there be.]

Cheng Leyan: [So, are you still planning to secretly love Wangzhi?]

In other words, will you still be my kid’s golden thigh in the future?

Ning Simeng: [I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I wasn’t seriously in love, it was purely shallow admiration for President Rong’s looks before. Rest assured, Mr. Cheng, I’ll cut off my feelings immediately, there won’t be any more troubling behavior.]

Cheng Leyan: [No, no, President Rong is still very good-looking now! If you want to secretly love, you can totally continue. Really, you can, don’t give up easily!]

Ning Simeng: [Mr. Cheng, you’re really a good person. But your respect isn’t an excuse for me to overstep, I know what can and can’t be done. I hope President Rong wakes up soon, wishing you both a long and happy life together.]

Ning Simeng: [By the way, my family is in the pawn business, Runchangxiang is our family business, Mr. Cheng, consider this a favor I owe you, if you need anything, just let me know.]

Cheng Leyan: Ning Fourth Master is so generous!

There really is!

Cheng Leyan: [Young Master Ning, then I won’t be polite, I’ll be direct, please help me keep an eye out, if you see the legendary yellow diamond necklace of the Rong family on the market, help me hold it, we need to buy it back.]

Referring to the one sold by Second Aunt. If it really shows up, he’ll immediately tell Mama Rong, and she’ll definitely take it.

Ning Simeng: [I’ve had the privilege of seeing that necklace, I can recognize it. Rest assured, I won’t speak of this to anyone, it’ll stay with me.]

Cheng Leyan smiled.

Maybe it’s the filter from the original book, but he felt Ning Simeng was quite nice. Ah, should he let Zhuozhuo interact with him more in the future?

He casually opened Ning Simeng’s Moments and found the latest post was about yesterday’s Rong family banquet, with wording roughly thanking the invitation and wishing Rong’s Grandma good health and longevity.

The post had a nine-grid photo, and surprisingly, there was a picture of him.

Him in a suit, holding a champagne glass, smiling appropriately, back straight, amidst the clothes and shadows, looking quite proper.

Clothes make the man. Cheng Leyan sighed.

He hadn’t sighed for two seconds when he suddenly saw a new comment under the post.

It was Ning Simeng’s own comment, saying: [Unified reply: Yes, the person in P7 is President Rong’s lover. I asked Aunt Zheng, it’s not some ‘marriage for luck,’ they were originally in a secret relationship, stop guessing, okay? I’ve already locked my heart, let’s all wish President Rong and Mr. Cheng a long and happy life together.]

Cheng Leyan: …Almost spat out.

Sugar Daddy, I’m sorry, it seems someone is ruining your reputation again!

Does Sugar Daddy have consciousness now?

Should he tell him immediately? Wonder if he’d mind.

As it happened, while he was hesitating, he received a call from the scumbag Xiang Jingzhou.

The other party started off angry and aggressive, “Cheng Leyan, you attended Rong Wangzhi’s grandma’s birthday banquet? Why didn’t you tell me before? I only found out when I saw you in Moments!”

Cheng Leyan: Damn… who do you think you are?

When talking to such people, the most important thing is not to self-justify when accused, nor to refute, just direct the topic to the other party.

Cheng Leyan said, “Rong Wangzhi’s mom trusts me now, isn’t your company short on money? The Rong family has plenty of money.”

Ten seconds later, Xiang Jingzhou’s voice softened, tenderly saying, “Yanyan, I knew it, only you care about me, only you think of me. Yanyan, thanks to the recording you sent me before, I realized in my mom’s heart, I’m nothing, she only favors my brother. I had a big fight with my mom, Yanyan, I only have you now.”

Cheng Leyan: …I’m going to puke!

Really, it’s only by thinking of the nine million plus that he can endure the scalp tingling and continue talking to him.

Cheng Leyan asked, “How’s your financing going?”

Xiang Jingzhou’s tone stiffened, but he still said, “Not going well.”

Cheng Leyan: “Alright, I’ll connect you, see if Rong Wangzhi’s mom is interested in your project.”

This time, Xiang Jingzhou was genuinely overjoyed, saying a basket of good words to Cheng Leyan.

Finally, he also said he was about to return to the country from Singapore.

The other party seemed to have a fit, saying sweetly, “Yanyan, I’ll work hard, I also want to be your sun, to give you light, to shine on you.”

Cheng Leyan: …No, if you really want to be the sun, please roll far away, roll to 92,955,807 kilometers away, thank you.

But returning to the country is good.

Hurry back to pay the money, you bastard.

Really unlucky.

After hanging up the scumbag’s call, he refreshed Moments again and saw Ning Simeng had deleted the previous comment. Mama Rong also quickly sent a WeChat message to Cheng Leyan, saying that it was best not to publicly announce his and Rong Wangzhi’s past relationship for now.

After all, she just said Wangzhi had a high chance of waking up, and at this time, she was afraid someone might target Cheng Leyan, causing trouble.

Cheng Leyan agreed.

Mama Rong: [It’s a bit of a grievance for you.]

Cheng Leyan: [What’s there to be aggrieved about, Mom. Mom, look, I put on the bracelet!]

Attached a photo.

Once it’s on, it’s hard to take off, oh Mom.

Mama Rong: [Looks good [thumbs up]]

It does look good. Men wearing bracelets aren’t as common as women, but some people like jade, so it’s not that rare. Cheng Leyan’s skin is fair, the spicy green bracelet on his hand complements his skin tone, and it can be stacked with a watch, looking quite grand.

Most importantly, it’s all money.

Cheng Leyan admired it for a while, feeling delighted.

But there’s still business to attend to.

He took advantage of Zhuozhuo still napping to find Butler Li, “Butler Li, can you check if anyone around Zhuozhuo is vaping?”

Yes, he’s still concerned about the vaping issue…

Mainly because seeing Rong Jishi vape was such a shock! He must nip vaping in the bud!

Butler Li was stunned for a moment and said, “Young Mistress, I vape—what’s wrong? Rest assured, e-cigarettes don’t have tar, there’s no secondhand or thirdhand smoke, I won’t affect your and Young Master Zhuozhuo’s health.”

Cheng Leyan: !!!

Incredibly surprised, his eyes widened.

Butler!?

It’s actually you!

It turns out it’s you all along!!!

I didn’t expect you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, to be vaping too!

Come to think of it, no wonder sometimes the butler has a fresh fruity scent, Cheng Leyan always thought it was cologne or something, turns out it’s the vape smell!

So vapes really are fruity, Zhuozhuo even learned this from you!

Cheng Leyan decisively said, “Butler Li, quit. I’ll talk to my mom, give you a 10% raise every month if you quit.”

Butler Li: “If you request it, of course, I can quit. But, can you tell me why?”

Cheng Leyan: “Because Zhuozhuo will learn from you! Even if you don’t vape in front of Zhuozhuo, he’ll learn from you! Isn’t this a bad influence on the child?”

Butler Li was very confused, “Learn from me? Learn to vape? But the young master is only three years old?”

Cheng Leyan: “It’s learning from a young age! Butler Li, this is very likely to happen. Let me put it this way, you don’t want Zhuozhuo to pull out a vape while pursuing other pretty boys, do you?”

Butler Li: …

Cheng Leyan continued, “In the future, you’ll have to say to Zhuozhuo’s partner, ‘The young master is bringing someone home for the first time,’ ‘I’ve never seen the young master smile so happily,’ you don’t want Zhuozhuo vaping while pursuing someone, do you? He won’t succeed.”

Butler Li: …

Although he felt the example was strange, well, okay.

Butler Li was a very professional butler and immediately decided to quit smoking.

At this time, in the room, Zhuozhuo woke up.

The little cub’s first thing was to find Gu Qin. He had many things to tell Brother Gu Qin, the first being that he could talk now!

He no longer needed the old phone, he chatted with Gu Qin using his smartwatch. He repeatedly said “mine” in voice messages to Gu Qin, who sent several 59-second voice messages praising him, making the little cub very happy.

Then, he asked: [Brother Gu Qin, I don’t understand many things. What does ‘red eyes, hands on hips, giving life’ mean? What does ‘the sky is cool, the king is broken’ mean? Why contract a fish pond? Can’t you say someone is ‘mine’? Do I need to join forces with the board to kick my dad out of the group and give him a good workout?]

Gu Qin: [Huh? Red eyes what? And the sky is cool what, I don’t understand either. Let me check.]

Soon, Gu Qin: [Found it! Turns out those are things CEOs say and do. If a CEO likes someone, they’ll have red eyes, hands on hips, give life, and contract a fish pond for them.]

Zhuozhuo: [Oh, I see! I understand now.]

Gu Qin: [But why can’t you say someone is ‘mine’? I think it’s okay, like me, I’m ‘your brother’ like that. And why kick your dad out of the group?]

Zhuozhuo: [My grandpa said to kick dad out in the future.]

Gu Qin: [I get it! Your grandpa probably means to let your dad retire early, so he doesn’t have to work. Zhuozhuo, you should be a filial child, strive to kick your dad out of the group early in the future.]

Zhuozhuo suddenly realized: [Oh, I see! That’s what it means. Then I understand. I also need to be filial to my stepdad, and kick him out of the group to give him a good workout.]

Gu Qin: [I knew it, Zhuozhuo is the kindest child.]

While the little cub was looking at his smartwatch, Cheng Leyan and the butler walked in.

He quickly got out of bed and said, “Mine.”

Cheng Leyan smiled, speaking in a cutesy voice, “Baby, you’re awake, just in time, today we’re going to have a special ceremony—let’s have a modern version of ‘Humen Destruction of Opium’!”

Then, together with Butler Li, they destroyed all of Butler Li’s vapes in front of Zhuozhuo, even cutting the vape charging cables, eradicating the problem.

Finally, Butler Li personally explained the various harms of vaping, showing his almost prematurely balding hairline, and that was the end of it.

Zhuozhuo watched in a daze. But the little cub finally seemed to be completely rejecting vaping, and Cheng Leyan was relieved.

The next day, Cheng Leyan went for a medical check-up in the morning to see if there were any issues with his body. In the afternoon, he continued taking Zhuozhuo to the institution for language classes.

He chatted with the teacher, mentioning Zhuozhuo saying the word “mine.”

The teacher was very surprised, saying, “This is a very good sign! Zhuozhuo’s dad, you can understand it this way, Zhuozhuo has a defensive wall in his heart that prevents him from speaking, and now this wall is starting to crack! Although it’s just a two-word crack, it’s a big improvement!”

The teacher said a lot, concluding that now is a good time to strengthen Zhuozhuo’s language skills.

She suggested extending the language class hours and having parents conduct intensive language drills at home.

Cheng Leyan listened, “Oh,” he said, pondering.

Intensive language drills, huh.

Got it! Understood!

From that day on, Cheng Leyan began a crazy “intensive language training.”

When he was with Zhuozhuo, he would talk non-stop, from morning till night, constantly talking.

Saying what he saw: “Baby, this is a table, this is a chair, this is a coffee table, this is money.”

Saying what he was doing: “Baby, stepdad is going to drink water, stepdad is going to eat, stepdad is going to take a bath.”

Encouragement was a basketful: “Zhuozhuo is already amazing, Zhuozhuo can say two words now, so awesome, Zhuozhuo is the best child in the world!”

When there was nothing to say, he would convey his values: “What do you seek in life, wealth and freedom. If the wind understands, earn more RMB. I urge the heavens to shake again, the heavens grant me the wine of wealth.”

He would also talk about his views on love: “If you like someone, you have to pursue them! Spend money! There’s nothing in the world that money can’t solve! If you give enough money, you can have anything!”

These words, non-stop.

Whether it was effective for Zhuozhuo was unknown, but the servants in the villa started to become silent…

And more silent…

Only Cheng Leyan was constantly talking, talking, talking, talking.

419 was going crazy.

The system screamed: [Host, is it necessary! Can you talk less! Can you not use reduplication! Can you not use a cutesy voice! My head is buzzing! At least take a break, don’t talk 24/7!]

Cheng Leyan: [System Father, you only know I was a sales champion before, do you know why I became a sales champion?]

System: [Huh? Why?]

Cheng Leyan: [Because I can be ready 24/7.

[There was a client I couldn’t win over, later at 11 PM I saw his Moments saying he was frustrated teaching his son math, I immediately went to his house, taught his son until 1 AM, finished all the homework. Taught for two weeks, his son was praised by the teacher.

[There was a client who never placed an order with me, I still regularly greeted her, one time during a rainstorm, I saw her saying in a group chat she couldn’t get a ride, I drove half an hour to pick her up.

[There was a client whose dad was sick, I went to the hospital at midnight to queue, queued until 7 AM the next day, helped get an appointment with a top doctor.

[There are many such things. System Father, that’s how I became a sales champion. This is called—dripping water wears through stone.]

419 was speechless, finally uttering two words: [Impressive.]