After Xiao Shaowan sincerely called him “Daddy,” Yang Haoran found it genuinely difficult to view her merely as a plaything. Although the carnal abuse and debauchery she would endure from him would not diminish in the slightest, the emotional sentiment within him had shifted.
As he helped her get dressed, Yang Haoran teased her, “Doesn’t it make you feel ashamed to call someone your own age ‘Daddy’?”
Xiao Shaowan was thoroughly enjoying Yang Haoran’s caresses. Upon hearing his question, she pondered for a moment before replying, “It does, and it doesn’t. I am both your daughter and your sex slave. My feelings are not importantโall that matters is the pleasure you feel when I call you Daddy.”
Her bright eyes fixed on Yang Haoran’s as she pursed her lips and said, “Yang Haoran, my Daddy, you can leash your daughter with a dog collar anytime, lock her in a dog cage, and abuse her. Your daughter doesn’t mind at all.”
Her words delighted Yang Haoran immensely. Not only did they express that she would not become spoiled or arrogant because of her favored status as his “daughter,” but they also frankly acknowledged her willingness to satisfy his fetish for sadism. It struck exactly the right chord with him.
Yang Haoran remarked emotionally, “No wonder Xu Liang is completely wrapped around your finger, Wan’er. You understand men’s psychology all too well.”
Xiao Shaowan shook her head. “Those boys haven’t experienced much hardship in life. Their minds are immature and not difficult to figure outโthey’re just driven by their lust.”
“What about me?” Yang Haoran chuckled.
“You?” Xiao Shaowan shot him a sidelong glance and said nothing, her meaning abundantly clear.
“Alright, just wait till Daddy spanks your assโฆ”
“Noโฆ ahhโฆ”
After their playful banter and laughter, Yang Haoran exited the men’s restroom first, checking that the hallway was empty before allowing Xiao Shaowan to come out.
He wasn’t truly angry that Xiao Shaowan had grouped him with those other boys. Compared to herโwho had fled a remote rural village with only her mother to rely on, rootless and adrift, struggling to put down roots in G Cityโhe and those other boys could indeed be consideredๆธฉๅฎค้็่ฑๆต (greenhouse flowers, sheltered and fragile).
Hardship is not something to be glorified, but it often teaches people to become more mature.
…
After leaving the mall, Yang Haoran parted ways with Xiao Shaowan. He did not plan to return to finish watching that movie. He had come alone, and he would leave alone.
Before stepping out, Xiao Shaowan had already tidied her appearance. Aside from the slightly darker shade of her black stockings beneath her pleated skirt, no one could tell that her lower body was filled with semen and plugged with a vibrator.
And it was in this state that she would return to the screening room to reunite with her boyfriend, Xu Liang.
…
When Yang Haoran arrived home, it was already 10:30 PM. The house felt empty and quiet without his father and Yaoyao.
He wondered how his father and Yaoyao were enjoying their trip.
With these thoughts in mind, Yang Haoran moved from the living room up to the second floor and headed toward his mother’s master bedroom.
Only his mother’s room was lit, making the house feel particularly desolate.
The door to his mother’s room was unlocked. Yang Haoran turned the handle and walked in.
“You’re back? You should get to sleep early.”
Under the curtain, seated at her desk, Liu Ruoxi was handling company documents. Hearing the door open, she spoke without looking up.
She didn’t need to look to know who it was.
“Mom, what are you working on?”
Yang Haorman stepped forward with a cheeky smile. Seeing that the computer screen was filled with documents and PowerPoint slides he couldn’t understand, he quickly lost interest and turned his attention to his mother.
Liu Ruoxi’s slender, jade-like fingers tapped away at the keyboard, ignoring him.
To Yang Haoran, his mother appeared efficient and solemn while working, exuding an aura of authority that commanded respect. He knew this was how she presented herself in front of her company employees.
He, on the other hand, felt somewhat like a minor employee coming to report to his superior, having to wait obediently for the boss to finish her work before he could speak.
Yang Haoran clearly couldn’t adapt to this atmosphere. After standing there for a while, he searched for something to say: “Mom, what does this curve here mean?”
He was pointing to an intricate diagram on the screen, crisscrossed with lines and labeled with terms like x1, y2, year-on-year growth rate, production-to-sales ratio, production-to-shipment ratio, accounts receivable turnover days, inventory turnover days, cash cycle, and moreโall forming a complex chart.
Liu Ruoxi frowned slightly and said, “There’s no need to ask so many questions. You’re still a high school student. Studying hard is your only duty right now.”
Faced with his mother’s admonishment, Yang Haoran grinned and said, “Hehe… it’s no big deal if I don’t get into university. I can just go work at your company, right?”
Liu Ruoxi raised an eyebrow, glanced at him, and said coolly, “If you don’t go to university, you won’t even be able to step through the front door of my company, let alone work there. Give it a rest.”
“You’re the boss of the company, and I’m your son. Can’t I just go through the back door?” Yang Haoran said, looking entirely unconcerned.
His unambitious words made Liu Ruoxi’s eyebrow twitch. Suppressing her anger, she retorted sarcastically, “Fine. In that case, we can add a position for you in the cleaning staff. You can be responsible for sweeping the company every day.”
Yang Haoran looked embarrassed and said sheepishly, “It doesn’t have to be that bad, Mom. You can just give me some managerial role.”
“You? A manager? Who would respect you? Aside from the cleaning staff, everyone in the company graduated from a prestigious university. Don’t make a fool of yourself with your half-baked skills.”
“Then just make me a nominal manager. Give me an office where I can drink tea and wait for you to finish work every day.” Yang Haoran started off joking but began to feel that such an arrangement might not be so bad after all.
Liu Ruoxi was so angry she felt like strangling him. She said coldly, “Manager? Over my dead body. If I really set that precedent, the powerful executives would stuff the company full of their relatives, and within a year, my company would go bankrupt.”
“Bankrupt is fine. Anyway, Grandma is the mayor. She dotes on me so muchโI could just mooch off her and never starve.”
Liu Ruoxi narrowed her cold eyes and said menacingly, “Are you itching for a beating?”
Seeing his mother about to rise from her chair, Yang Haoran took a step back and chuckled, “I’m just joking, Mom. Can’t you tell?”
Liu Ruoxi turned away and said calmly, “If you really mean it, you can go mooch off your grandmother right now.”
“Oh, and there’s also your grandfather. He’s in the capitalโyou can go find him too.”
Hearing the sarcasm in his mother’s words, Yang Haoran fawned, “Mom, with that miraculous potion you mentioned, if I still can’t get into a prestigious university, I might as well find a tree to crash into.”
When her son mentioned the potion, a blush spread across Liu Ruoxi’s stunning face, but she acted as if nothing was wrong and said, “The potion is still in shipping and will arrive in a few days. I’ll give it to you then.”
Although she had the points to exchange for it, she couldn’t just produce it out of thin airโotherwise, her earlier explanation would fall apart.
Reassured by his mother’s promise, Yang Haoran changed the subject. “Mom, is Grandma really that busy? She didn’t even come to see me during the National Day holiday. It’s been so long since I last saw her.”
Yang Haoran’s grandmother, Lin Wanqing, lived in the same city but usually resided in the municipal government building, which was not a place just anyone could enter freely.
The last time Yang Haoran had seen his grandmother was on television.
“Your grandmother had to attend meetings in the capital during the National Day holiday. How could she be as free as you, idling around all day?”