Chapter 1257: The Fool's Daughter (36)

"Yes, it is a good thing," Yuan Shuo replied.

He finally understood why, over the past two months, he had constantly wanted to get closer to her.

He wanted to see her every day. Because of her work schedule, he had moved all his afternoon meetings to the morning.

He had once enjoyed eating breakfast at home, but now he got up earlier and brought breakfast to the office instead.

He had changed all those long-established habits for one simple reason—to see her twice every day.

Once in the morning.

And once in the afternoon.

At first, he hadn't paid much attention to it. He had simply acted on instinct and never thought too deeply about it. Perhaps he had only believed that she was an interesting person.

Being around her was indeed relaxing and carefree.

From her words, he often experienced a sense of pleasant surprise.

She occasionally said things that gave him entirely new perspectives.

Even though she lived in such a family, she seemed not to care about any of it.

Among the Tang family members he had met, not a single one was a good person.

Including her.

Yet for some reason, the more he looked at her, the more pleasing she became to his eyes.

He had wondered before why he always wanted to be near her.

Now, in this instant, he understood.

He wanted to bring her home.

Earlier, he had been thinking that it was impossible to give her half of his parents, and had found it strange that he was willing to share them with her in the first place.

Unless one cared deeply for someone—

Unless one liked someone—

Who would ever have such thoughts?

And that was exactly how he felt toward her.

As long as they got married, wouldn't his parents become hers as well?

"Miss Tang, we've known each other for two months now, haven't we?" Yuan Shuo asked.

Tang Guo nodded gently. "Yes. President Yuan, are you saying that since we're friends now, you're planning to lend me money to buy insurance?"

"Of course I can lend you money," Yuan Shuo replied. "As for insurance, I can take care of everything for you. Whatever kind of insurance you want, I'll buy a policy for you. Since we're friends, I'll give you a discount."

Ten percent of the price.

Yuan Shuo silently thought to himself that once he coaxed her to his side in the future, he'd renew her policies for free every year.

Would his own wife need to pay?

Everything he earned in the future would belong to her anyway.

"Miss Tang, since we're already friends, calling each other 'President Yuan' and 'Miss Tang' feels rather distant. How about we change the way we address each other?"

System: Oho, so the guy's finally enlightened. No wonder he's willing to lend money now. Turns out he's got designs on my Host.

"Of course."

"Then from now on, I'll call you Xiaoguo?"

The moment Yuan Shuo uttered the name, warmth spread through his heart.

It felt as though he should have called her that all along.

Every time he addressed her as "Miss Tang," it had always felt too formal.

"Xiaoguo, you can call me by my name, or you can call me Brother Yuan like you did that day."

System: Pfft, this guy!

"President Yuan, you've never played games, have you?"

Yuan Shuo found it strange that she suddenly brought up gaming, but since she asked, he naturally answered.

"I've never had the time."

Although he somehow managed to make time every day to meet her and have meals together, his remaining free time was either spent working or sleeping.

Ever since meeting her, he had squeezed out every bit of spare time just to see her and spend time with her.

"I'll call you Brother Shuo from now on, then." Tang Guo graciously fulfilled Yuan Shuo's desire to be somebody's big brother. "Calling you Brother Yuan sounds too much like the name of some game character. It would completely break my immersion."