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The free-range chickens around the yard and the newly bought goslings saw the vegetables in her hand and hurried over, crowding around her.

—It wasn't just the children at school. Even the poultry at home loved vegetable leaves. Every time she came back from the vegetable patch with freshly picked greens, these little creatures would excitedly gather around, waiting for her to pick off the leaves for them.

Unfortunately, though the vegetables were delicious, they didn't have effects like "make chickens grow faster." The chicks weren't growing any faster than those in other households.

"Miss Qiao." The man in the yard greeted her politely when he saw her enter.

Seeing her surrounded by a flock of little animals, the corner of his eye twitched. He couldn't understand why such a stunning beauty would choose to live in the countryside.

And dressed like a farm woman, no less.

The key was that even without makeup and in casual clothes, she was still gorgeous and alluring, not inferior in the slightest to those carefully styled stars on screen.

He couldn't understand why someone with Qiao Wanqing's looks always liked taking such unconventional extremes.

Xu Han plucked the outer old leaves from the lettuce and fed them to the chicks and goslings. "What can I do for you, Mr. Wang?"

The last time Gu Yanqing came, Xu Han's attitude had been so different from what he expected that they hadn't reached an agreement, and the matter had been put aside. Now that Wang Xiao had come again, he was here to settle the matter for Gu Yanqing.

Since Qiao Wanqing had made it clear that she wanted to raise the child herself, Gu Yanqing wasn't the sort of person who would seize things by force whenever they didn't go his way. He could only make up for it by compensating them so the child could have a better life.

Since it was merely compensation, there was naturally no need for him to come in person, so he sent Wang Xiao to get it done.

"I'm here to discuss the matter concerning the child on Mr. Gu's behalf. I'll only take ten minutes of Miss Qiao's time."

Although Wang Xiao spoke politely, there was always a trace of contempt and disdain in his tone, as though speaking to her dirtied his mouth. It was inexplicably unpleasant.

Xu Han knew this was already considered polite. Through Qiao Wanqing's memories, she knew perfectly well how Wang Xiao had mocked and looked down on Qiao Wanqing when Qiao Wanqing had slept with Gu Yanqing and sought to make him take responsibility. Acting on Gu Yanqing's orders, Wang Xiao had gone to negotiate with her and thrown a check in her face.

Since his tone was unpleasant, Xu Han saw no reason to fawn over him. She continued working and said blandly, "Go ahead. I'm listening."

"Miss Qiao," Wang Xiao said with a dark expression, "I'm not just here to talk. There's also an agreement you need to review and sign. Please be straightforward about it."

"Or..." Wang Xiao changed tack, his tone laced with mockery. "Were you hoping President Gu would come personally to negotiate with you? Perhaps you thought your completely different attitude would catch his attention, but instead, you ended up with an unwelcome person like me and now you're unhappy? If so... I'm truly sorry."

Wang Xiao's tone was extremely punchable. Xu Han tightened her grip on the vegetable leaves. She understood that, from Wang Xiao's standpoint, it was normal for him to mock someone like her, and he was mocking Qiao Wanqing, not her.

But anyone would be upset after being spoken to like that.

"There's a one-million check and an agreement inside. Please review it and sign." Wang Xiao handed over a document envelope. "This is the highest compensation President Gu is willing to offer. I advise you to put away those messy little schemes, take the money, and raise the child properly. You could never earn one million in your entire life on your own, so don't think that just because you secretly bore President Gu a child, you can use it to climb the ladder. Otherwise, you'll end up losing both the money and the man, and you won't get a single cent."

Wang Xiao's lofty, charity-like attitude finally enraged Xu Han.

"Who wants your lousy money?" Xu Han finally exploded. "Get out!"

"I..."

"Get out! Did you hear me?" Xu Han rudely cut him off and threw the vegetables at his feet. "Take your precious one million and get out of my home. If you don't leave, I'll sue you for harassment."

Wang Xiao: "..."

In the end, Wang Xiao was driven out of the house by Xu Han without any ceremony. Nothing was settled.

Xu Han decided to fix up the gate to her yard and add a lock so these uninvited guests couldn't enter so easily.

After Wang Xiao left, Xu Han went inside to check on Koukou and found that he was already awake. He was sucking on his little hand while staring at the ceiling. Who knew whether he was thinking about something delicious, but he was sucking away with great relish.

The moment he heard Xu Han enter, he immediately stopped sucking and curiously searched for the source of the sound.

When Xu Han came into his line of sight, he seemed to recognize her as his mother. His gaze followed her, watching her every move.

Xu Han took a deep breath and calmed herself. Her anger wasn't actually that great, but for some reason, a surge of resentment had risen from within her just now, making her want to tear Wang Xiao apart with her bare hands.

Even Xu Han was startled by that thought. Now that she had calmed down, perhaps it was... the resentment Qiao Wanqing herself had left behind toward Wang Xiao, stirred up under these circumstances?

Shaking her head, Xu Han stopped dwelling on the reason. She went over, opened the swaddling clothes, and felt his diaper. There wasn't much urine in it, so she didn't change him for the moment.

Now that Koukou was drinking milk, he peed more than a dozen, even twenty times a day, going through seven or eight diapers daily. It might not sound like much, but Xu Han felt that if this continued, she wouldn't even be able to afford diapers.

Actually, she no longer wanted compensation either, because another issue had suddenly occurred to her.

If Gu Yanqing paid child support, it would mean the child belonged to both of them. Koukou would have to acknowledge that father, and Gu Yanqing would have the right to come see him.

If Koukou learned that he had such an incredible father, would he become dissatisfied with his current rural life, or even resent her? Would he think she was the reason he couldn't be acknowledged by the Gu family?

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