After Returning Home, The Female CEO Gave Me A Daughter Chapter 19

She casually pulled out her phone and glanced at it, finding a Weibo post notification. She swiped and tapped to open it.

Of course.

As a Weibo user, she wasn't here to stir up arguments.

Being the editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine, she needed to stay on top of trends and keep up with the latest styles at all times, so Weibo was an essential tool.

"#The Lives of the Rich Are Truly Beyond My Understanding#"

"Today at the Magic City Zoo, I saw a man bringing his daughter to adopt a giant panda. I casually asked about the price, and it floored me. One year of adoption costs 100,000, lifetime adoption is 1,000,000, and if you want to name it yourself, that's an extra 500,000..."

":Envious of that dad, shocked Shen Qingyan! 2nd update, begging for favorites!"

"Damn! For real?!"

"It's true, I looked it up, and that's exactly the price!"

"The hashtag isn't wrong at all. With that much money, you could do so many things, but instead, you spend it on adopting a panda that's still kept in the zoo... I don't get it!"

"And the naming fee is 500,000... My dad only spent two bucks naming me!"

"Huh? Isn't naming a kid free?"

"My dad went to the blind fortune-teller at the village entrance for a reading."

"..."

"That info isn't complete. I work at the zoo, and the full story is even harder to wrap your head around."

"Full story? What is it?"

"Spit it out, bro, don't keep us hanging!"

"The full story is that the little girl couldn't decide which baby panda to adopt, so her dad just went ahead and processed another adoption form on the spot. He adopted both of them and named them Tangyuan and Candy. Oh, right, forgot to mention—both are lifetime adoptions!"

"Holy crap! I definitely understand even less now!"

"1,000,000 lifetime adoption fee + 500,000 naming fee x 2 = 3,000,000..."

"I want to be his daughter too. Does he need a 240-month-old daughter? One who can call him 'Dad' anytime!"

"Above poster is a simp? What a disgrace to modern women!"

"Does this big shot need a son..."

Scrolling through the comments, Xu Nan couldn't help but laugh.

"What's so funny?"

Just then, Shen Qingyan returned. Seeing Xu Nan's amused expression, she asked curiously.

"Take a look at this."

Xu Nan handed her phone to Shen Qingyan.

"Spent 3,000,000 adopting pandas for his daughter—talk about spoiling her rotten!"

"Sigh, this is the gap between people."

"Some people can't even see the starting line in their whole lives, while others are born at the finish line."

"If I had a dad like that, I wouldn't be running around worrying about trivial stuff all day like I am now..."

Xu Nan said with a wistful sigh.

Shen Qingyan looked at the content on the phone, a faint smile curling at her lips, while a hint of nostalgia flickered in her eyes.

If Shen Fei were still alive... she'd probably still be well-protected too, wouldn't she?

But then.

As she kept reading.

The smile on Shen Qingyan's face gradually froze.

Magic City, the zoo...

Adopted two giant pandas?

Candy? Tangyuan?

Her mind flashed back to what Tang Yao had said on the way home: "Mom, Dad took me to the zoo today and adopted two giant pandas. This one's called Candy, and this one's Tangyuan..."

Meaning...

The dad in that post, the one everyone envied—even Xu Nan—was...

Tang Chen?!

Shen Qingyan stood frozen in place.

Her beautiful eyes widened more and more...

"Hey!"

"What's with the daze?"

"Qingyan?"

"Shen Qingyan?"

"Yaoyao's mom!"

Xu Nan waved a hand in front of Shen Qingyan's face, and only then did she snap back to reality.

"It's nothing, just remembered something."

She shook her head and said.

But her emotions were tangled, and she couldn't calm down for a long time.

Over these five years, she had tried to investigate Tang Chen.

But all she could find out, aside from the fact that Tang Chen's parents had both passed away, was that the company his father had run before his death had gone bankrupt.

And that was it.

That was exactly why she felt so conflicted.

Having been the CEO of the Shen Group, a company on the verge of bankruptcy for five years, she understood all too well what bankruptcy meant.

Losing everything was the lightest outcome.

The worst meant being buried in debt, a burden that would take a lifetime to clear.

And on top of that.

Tang Chen's father had already died, so Tang Chen had no track record of a first entrepreneurial venture, nor the connections or experience.

Even if he managed to rebuild, how far could he have come in just five years?

Yet Tang Chen.

Was willing to spend three million on adopting a giant panda for Tang Yao...

Shen Qingyan also wanted Tang Chen to come along! She wondered which company the investor was. Third update, begging for bookmarks.

With the mess taken off her hands, Shen Qingyan was happy to have some relief.

It just so happened that Tang Yao had three days off, so Shen Qingyan decided to take her out for a good time.

When Tang Yao heard she could go out and play for a few days, she immediately scurried off and pulled out the ski board she'd bought but never used once.

Looking at the little girl clutching a ski board bigger than herself, Shen Qingyan knew exactly what she wanted to do. She helplessly patted her on the head but didn't refuse.

After all, going skiing was something she'd already promised Tang Yao long ago...

Seeing Shen Qingyan agree, Tang Yao jumped up in joy.

Then, with a hopeful look, she was about to ask Shen Qingyan if Tang Chen could come too.

But before she could speak, Shen Qingyan had already shoved her phone into her hands and said, "This trip might take a few days. Call your dad and ask if he has time. Mom's going to pack first."

Shen Qingyan knew Tang Yao definitely wanted Tang Chen to come with them.

And deep down, she felt the same way...

"Okay, Mom, I'll call Dad right now!"

Tang Yao took the phone, her face full of surprise.

Going out to play with both Mom and Dad at the same time was, in her little life at this stage, the happiest thing ever—nothing else came close!

"Hey!"

"Good morning, Dad!"

"Mom and I are going skiing! Do you have time, Dad?"

"Okay!"

"See you later, Dad!"

She hung up and dashed excitedly into Shen Qingyan's room. "Mom, Dad has time! He said he'll come over now, and we don't need to drive!"

"Mm." Shen Qingyan nodded, and without realizing it, a hint of a smile appeared on her cool, elegant face.