After Transmigrating As The Mother Of The Pitiful Female Supporting Character in a Campus Novel - Chapter 36.2

On the day of the building scan, the two little girls were well-fed and well-hydrated. They were wearing the “cosplay” police uniforms Qin Zhijin had bought online, complete with a string of lettered serial numbers. At first glance, it really looked like the real deal.

To help distinguish between the two little girls, Xia Shibai specifically pinned different animal badges onto their hats, right in the center of the wheat stalks on the brim.

It looked as if they were part of the set.

Xia Yaozhou had been happy since last night. While bathing, her head full of bubbles, she seriously practiced her “lines” with a stern face.

“Cat Police reporting! You have the right to remain silent, but everything you say will be used as evidence in court!”

Xia Shibai, whose face was splashed with soapy water: “…”

I’ll tolerate you.

I’ll throw you to Qin Wang tomorrow, and I’ll be free.

In the morning, Xia Yaozhou even repeated this sentence while eating, muttering about wanting to raise an alien puppy. “Patrolling with an alien puppy, I’ll be the coolest cop!”

“Yes, yes, yes… ah, open up and drink your milk.”

Qin Wang and Xiao Nuo arrived as scheduled, bringing along the police dogs that were out for activities today.

Qin Wang saw them and raised an eyebrow slightly. “How did you get here so fast? I thought you’d be later?”

“These two little ones woke up at six; who could hold out?” Qin Zhijin was also sleepy as she handed Gu Mingyi, who was wearing a bunny badge, to Qin Wang. “I’ll leave these two to you. Just make sure they come back in one piece.”

There were surveillance cameras inside the office and their own security in the building. With a circle of adults watching two small children, it was harder than anything for something to go wrong.

But Qin Zhijin still couldn’t help but remind Qin Wang.

Qin Wang and Xiao Nuo each took one child by the hand. Behind them were several other officers holding brochures and QR codes.

“Don’t worry, don’t worry. I guarantee that however you hand them to us, that’s how we’ll return them.” Xiao Nuo smiled and rubbed Xia Yaozhou’s cheek. Seeing the child dressed in police blue, she couldn’t help but kiss her on the face. “How can Zhouzhou be so cute today!”

“Zhouzhou is Cat Cop today! All lawbreakers will be arrested by me!”

“Ah, so cute!”

If kidnapping children weren’t actually a crime, Xiao Nuo would have kidnapped Xia Yaozhou home to be her sister the next second.

Her mother would have gained a second child.

Xiao Nuo handed the QR codes to Gu Mingyi and Xia Yaozhou and taught the two children what to say to promote the software. Then, she and Qin Wang openly made off with the children.

Qin Zhijin: “…If Xiao Nuo weren’t wearing a police uniform, she’d really look like a villain.”

“Understood.” Xia Shibai nodded and then walked to Qin Zhijin’s side, pulling her toward the elevator reserved for directors. “Don’t worry; I’ve arranged for people to stay by their side. Nothing will happen.”

“Where are we going now?”

“To my office. It’s rare that both of them are gone; we can’t just find more work for ourselves.”

Xia Shibai came here to relax and slack off; how could she possibly follow behind the two children with Qin Zhijin? She wasn’t a real masochistic workaholic.

Xia Shibai had previously asked Shao Qing to prepare food, drinks, and various entertainment facilities in her office. Once inside, the air conditioning was very strong.

“It’s rare they’re not here. What do you want to do?” Xia Shibai turned on the office lights and lowered the blinds, waiting for Qin Zhijin to give an answer.

Whatever Dr. Qin said, she would do. She’d accompany her through anything.

“Sleep.” Qin Zhijin was so sleepy she kept yawning, tears hanging on her eyelashes. When she opened them and saw Xia Shibai’s surprised face, she realized her words were indeed a bit ambiguous.

“I mean, I’m too tired; I want to have a good sleep.”

Qin Zhijin added: “Even though Xiao Yi is very obedient, children’s energy is really too abundant. They play from morning to night without showing any fatigue… I feel more tired than when I’m working at the hospital.”

“I truly admire every parent who raises children from the bottom of my heart. For me, right now I just want to find a good place to sleep and do nothing.”

Xia Shibai nodded. “There’s a lounge inside; you can go sleep in there. When you’ve slept enough, we’ll talk about other things.”

Qin Zhijin said shyly, “What about you? Or… together?”

“The sofa bed inside probably can’t accommodate two adults. You sleep; the cleaning lady helps change the bedding every week, so it’s all clean.”

Xia Shibai led her inside. When Qin Zhijin took off her shoes and lay on the bed, she still asked cautiously, “Is it really okay for me to sleep?”

“Sleep, sleep. I’ll just handle some other things.”

With repeated reassurances, the groggy Qin Zhijin fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.

Closing the door, Xia Shibai, sitting in the office area outside, gave a light tsk, feeling a bit sleepy herself.

For a moment, Xia Shibai felt a bit of regret.

She just didn’t know if she regretted only buying one sofa bed for the lounge, or if she regretted refusing Qin Zhijin’s invitation to lie on the same bed and sleep just now.

Yao Yao was slacking off at the secretary’s desk. After all, from the day Xia Shibai said she wanted Xia Yaozhou to bring the police to Lansui for legal and anti-fraud promotion, everyone had treated today as a holiday and had no heart for work.

The company group was silent, but several large slacking-off groups were chatting heatedly; even the cleaning ladies could say a few words in them.

For the first time, Yao Yao regretted that her security clearance was too high, such that Xia Yaozhou, dressed in her police cosplay, couldn’t come up here to scan the building. But then she felt fortunate that she could go to the conference hall later for the meeting.

—”For the first time, I feel that listening to a lecture has become a beautiful thing.”

This was the sentiment of this group of workers.

Before Yao Yao could slack off with a serious face for long, she received a message from the boss—”Come into the office for a moment.”

Yao Yao: “?”

The first thing Yao Yao did was check if her previous “So cute!”, “Aaaaaah let Auntie pet you too” and many other fangirl comments were sent to the wrong group and seen by the boss.

After reviewing them all from top to bottom—phew, no problem.

So the boss’s daughter coming is fine, but why does the boss herself have to join the fun? It’s really interfering with her slacking off while earning a high salary!

Muttering curses in her heart, Yao Yao still moved very quickly.

Pushing the door open, she saw Xia Shibai watching a movie.

“Since everyone’s mind isn’t on work today anyway, come watch a movie with me.”

“Where is Miss Qin?” Yao Yao knew the little girl who came with Xia Yaozhou today was called Gu Mingyi.

Shao Qing was their information source closest to the boss.

Red packets weren’t sent for nothing.

“Sleeping inside.”

Yao Yao really wanted to refuse. After all, compared to the boss she saw every day, the cute, pettable, huggable, and photo-ready baby was definitely cuter—even if she had to scan a code and download an app.

That was better than accompanying the boss.

Faced with a choice between refusal and salary, Yao Yao chose salary.

Once again, she cursed the capitalist fiercely in her heart.

What are you doing watching movies during work? Dock your salary!

Yao Yao watched the crime movie with a expressionless face, her heart itching. While watching, she held her phone and complained wildly in the group, only to receive bragging and ridicule from others.

Infuriating.

Yao Yao had no mind for the movie.

Xia Shibai had even less.

It was a “noir” movie with twist after twist; by the end, they were both dazed, but they didn’t want to ask questions lest it seem like they were spacing out.

Every now and then, Xia Shibai pulled out her phone to check the time.

As soon as the first twenty minutes passed, she stood up and walked toward the lounge. She opened the door quietly, looked at the person inside, and then came out and sat down.

Yao Yao: “?”

Yao Yao’s fingers flew over her phone—”0.0 Guys, I think I’m confused.”

Not long after, before the movie even reached the part where they catch the killer, Xia Shibai stood up again to go to the lounge.

After this happened four or five times, Yao Yao finally couldn’t help but ask: “Excuse me, is Miss Qin still not asleep?”

Xia Shibai was confused. “What’s wrong?”

“Boss, you look like a dorm mother checking rooms right now…” Yao Yao said seriously. “Unless Miss Qin isn’t asleep, I really don’t understand what’s in there that’s worth you standing up seven times during one movie to go look.”

“Even Meng Huo was only captured seven times; surely you don’t need to check the room seven times if Miss Qin hasn’t fallen asleep.”

Having her thoughts exposed, Xia Shibai touched her face and said wordlessly, “What nonsense are you talking about? Haven’t you also not been watching the movie? Is the group chat on your phone fun?”

“If you hadn’t called me in, I might have already petted a police dog by now!” Yao Yao looked at the photo Shao Qing had sent, so envious that drool was practically running from her eyes.

Xia Shibai was speechless. She rubbed her aching temples and waved for Yao Yao to leave.

“Goodbye, Boss!”

Having received the command, Yao Yao ran faster than anyone.

If she went now, she could still make it for a photo.

The door closed. Xia Shibai stared at the movie for a while and found she really couldn’t get into it. She turned off the TV, stood up, and started pacing back and forth in the office.

She couldn’t go in for an eighth time.

She was worried Qin Zhijin was a light sleeper and could feel her coming in and out.

When Qin Zhijin woke up, if she asked…

Xia Shibai wouldn’t even know how to answer.

Thus, the utterly bored President Xia began walking in circles in her office, calling it “boosting her WeChat Sports step count”—to make herself look a bit busier.

Qin Wang was originally worried the children might be scared and wondered what to do if they started crying.

As it turned out, once they reached the scene, Qin Wang found Xia Yaozhou was like a fish in water; there was no need to worry at all.

Not only that, she had to greet everyone.

This prompted a bunch of employees to share their desk snacks with her until her hands couldn’t hold any more. Someone even gave her a small trolley so she could push the snacks along.

“Thank you, brothers and sisters~ Love you, love you!”

Xia Yaozhou adjusted her hat, handed the trolley to Xiao Nuo, and held out the QR code to everyone. “Please, please, scan the code to register!”

Employees being personally asked: “!”

Truly, I’m dying from the cuteness! The boss hid such a daughter away—who can stand this! The boss should bring her daughter to work every day!

Clearly super cute!

Compared to Xia Yaozhou walking in front, Gu Mingyi was more steady, but the contrast with her youthful face caused quite a few people to surround her.

They were surrounded by so many people that if it weren’t for Qin Wang, Xiao Nuo, and the others protecting them, it felt like the two little “dumplings” would have been directly swallowed by the crowd.

Twenty-seventh floor.

Sheng Liu was in a remote meeting. She also felt a headache regarding the conflicts her subsidiary was currently facing. The reports in her ear hadn’t stopped. She turned her head to look at her daughter playing with building blocks on the floor; the frustration in her heart didn’t subside much.

The Sheng family was one of Lansui’s major shareholders. They started in the supermarket business and had a deep foundation. Lansui was an investment made by the older generation as partners, and no one expected it to develop so well.

Compared to Xia Shibai, who had steered Lansui through danger, Sheng Liu was not interested in these things.

Because she also had an older sister who took over the Sheng family. Because she confessed her partner was female, she was forced to take a child from an overseas orphanage with her partner to be her daughter.

She was even coerced into working at Lansui, pressured at every step, suffocated until she could barely breathe.

There were even people sent by her mother to watch her at home.

The office she originally hated the most had become the only place where she could breathe freely.

Sheng Liu knew this meeting would take a while longer to end. She sent a text to her assistant, asking her to come in and take her daughter, Sheng Huaixing, to the company canteen for lunch, while she continued to endure this meeting that couldn’t go on.

Sheng Huaixing saw the office door open. The assistant sister beckoned to her. Holding her building blocks, she turned her head to look at her mother who was working.

Sheng Liu waved her hand, indicating for her to follow.

Only then did Sheng Huaixing start walking toward the assistant sister.

When the door closed, Sheng Huaixing discovered there was no one in the office area outside. She asked unclearly, “Why is there no one out here today?”

“They all went downstairs. Police came to give a lecture downstairs, and everyone went to watch.”

“Oh.” Short-legged Sheng Huaixing nodded. Because she walked slowly, she was eventually picked up by the assistant and carried quickly toward the restaurant.

The lecture was long, so they had to eat in shifts.

Shao Qing took the now-free Gu Mingyi and Xia Yaozhou to the restaurant on the high floor for the buffet.

As for the boss…

The story of the boss “entering the lounge seven times but not staying” had already been shared by Yao Yao in the private group.

Although Shao Qing couldn’t guess Xia Shibai’s sexual orientation, she didn’t rule out some possibilities.

Yao Yao’s post in the group received approval from the small group—”If the boss’s marriage were happy, why would she be a single mother? Support bringing in someone new!”

The boss’s sexual orientation didn’t matter as long as the monthly salary was paid on time.

In the restaurant, Shao Qing settled the two children and went to get food.

Having run around all morning, Xia Yaozhou was hot, her bangs sticking to her forehead. She wiped them aside, and her gaze fell on Sheng Huaixing not far away.

“Xiao Yi, look—a child!”

Gu Mingyi looked in the direction Xia Yaozhou was pointing and nodded. “Mhm.”

“So tired.” Xia Yaozhou’s gaze lingered for a moment before moving away. She said aggrievedly, “Xiao Yi, don’t ask Uncle Qin Wang to go to your dad’s company after all. It’s too tiring.”

“Aren’t we petting the dogs anymore?”

“Not petting them…” Xia Yaozhou felt like a salted fish. Her eyes rolled slightly as she said seriously, “The police dogs need good rest too! We can’t let them get tired.”

“Okay,” Xiao Yi nodded.

Shao Qing’s return interrupted the children’s conversation. The starving children didn’t pay any attention to Sheng Huaixing, who was eating slowly.

If Xia Shibai were there, she would probably have asked a few questions and then realized in shock—”So the original female lead appears this early?”

Xia Shibai walked several circles. After nearly making herself dizzy, she started researching phone wallpapers again. She found many but was dissatisfied with all of them.

After all, Qin Zhijin’s old wallpaper was her own face.

Currently, Xia Shibai hadn’t seen anyone with looks that suited her preferences more than Qin Zhijin’s. After fiddling around at her desk for a long time, Xia Shibai stood up again and walked toward the lounge.

Even though her mind was full of Yao Yao’s “dorm mother” theory.

She still opened the door and entered the room.

Qin Zhijin was sleeping soundly. The slight light shining in didn’t wake her.

Xia Shibai tiptoed to the bedside and slowly squatted down. Even though she felt guilty, only one thing remained in her mind—”No one’s face is more suitable to be the lock screen on Qin Zhijin’s phone than Qin Zhijin’s.”

Instead of looking for stock photos online, why not just take a photo of Qin Zhijin herself?

Unfortunately, in such dim conditions without a flash, it was impossible to take a good photo.

The sleeping Qin Zhijin could only be recorded in her mind.

The activity ended. Both children were exhausted. When Shao Qing and Yao Yao brought them back, they lay down on the sofa and fell asleep.

When Qin Zhijin woke up, she saw one adult and two children huddled on the sofa, each occupying a section.

Xia Shibai was a light sleeper. Hearing footsteps, she slowly opened her eyes and met Qin Zhijin’s gaze.

Qin Zhijin pointed at the two little girls, signaling for Xia Shibai to move quietly. She helped her untangle Xia Yaozhou from her arms.

Only then did the two of them breathe a sigh of relief.

A groggy Xia Shibai, her hair slightly messy, quickly regained her train of thought.

She remembered what she was thinking before she fell asleep—she thought, when Qin Zhijin wakes up, if she helps take a photo, won’t the wallpaper problem be solved?

As she spoke in a low voice, Qin Zhijin reached out to help flatten the hair that was sticking up.

Hearing this, Qin Zhijin’s movement paused slightly. She looked at her sleep-wrinkled clothes and flatly refused.

“It won’t look good.”

“I’m taking a photo of your face, not your clothes.”

“…” Qin Zhijin sighed softly. “Do I look like a narcissist to you? Why would I use a close-up of my own face as my wallpaper? If you only want the face, why don’t you just have me use my ID photo?”

Xia Shibai didn’t speak, but Qin Zhijin read the answer in her eyes—Is that not an option?

Of course it’s not an option!

“Rejected. I don’t agree.”

Xia Shibai sat cross-legged on the carpet. “Alright, alright. Since you don’t agree, I can’t say anything.”

“By the way, Wang Qingyuan and Li Yan were bailed out early with money. The final stage is underway; it shouldn’t be long before Li Yan comes out to clarify the whole situation.”

“What benefits did you give Li Yan?”

“I promised to hire the best lawyer to help her with the lawsuit and make Wang Qingyun leave with nothing.” Xia Shibai stroked her chin. “Although it’s a bit difficult, it’s not an impossible thing to happen.”

Making Wang Qingyun lose everything—that would finish it.

She only promised to make Wang Qingyun leave with nothing; she never said she would help Li Yan get the money.

“At the latest, there will be a conclusion tonight.”

Qin Zhijin was silent for a moment, then whispered a word of thanks.

Yet she felt that a single “thank you” could not offset this matter.

Just as Xia Shibai had planned, Li Yan, once out, found a ghostwriter to write a very long apology letter. She also accused Wang Qingyun and stated she would file for divorce.

As for the others, Xia Shibai didn’t let them have it easy either; those who should be reported were reported, and those who should be liquidated were liquidated. While they were still in the detention center, their “rotten business” had already turned their homes into a complete mess.

Chen Cun lived in fear at home for several days. Even showing filial piety before the old man became disciplined and submissive. Every day he worried the bastard son would come to the door.

Seeing the end of Wang Qingyun and the others, Chen Cun almost fainted from fright at home.

Never had there been a moment where he was more sincere in praying to the gods and Buddha.

He wished he could worship Xia Shibai like a goddess at home, fearing this “young lady” might one day be in a bad mood and spill the beans on him.

If that happened, Chen Cun truly wouldn’t even have a place to cry.

However, after being at peace for several days, Chen Cun was fine. He thought Xia Shibai had been merciful and let him off, so he prepared to pull himself together and return to work at the hospital.

Just as he arrived at the hospital, he received a call from his mother. The person on the other end was sobbing and couldn’t speak clearly.

After a long while, Chen Cun finally understood—”The old man divided half the family property for the bastard son and his mother!”

Chen Cun’s ears buzzed; he couldn’t hear anything. His hands shook with rage, and his blood pressure shot straight to his brain.

With a “thud,” he collapsed.

Chen Cun’s “intestines turned green” with regret.

When Qin Zhijin refused him back then and told him to stop being crazy, he should have been sensible. Who knew that after so many years, a maniac would actually emerge to help Qin Zhijin clean people up.

Countless clips flashed before Chen Cun’s eyes; every clip was evidence of his own self-inflicted sins.

It was all the retribution he deserved.