Chapter 17: Friends?
Zhi Ruo looked shocked for a second before confusingly blinking her eyes.
" You want to marry me? " she asked in a baffled voice.
" Yes! " Liam put his well-rounded arms on his hips while nodding.
Zhi Ruo looked up at Liam's grandparents that they just found a couple of minutes ago and only heard them sigh.
She looked one more time at the little boy and burst out laughing.
Zhi Ruo's cold mask melted off only to be replaced with a youthful smile.
Everyone was momentarily stunned by her pretty face and even Liam was astonished.
" Thank you very much for your proposition but I am currently working a lot so I don't have time for a relationship. I really appreciate your feeling but I am sorry, I can't reciprocate them. " Zhi Ruo gently answered him as she crouched down in front of him.
Hearing her serious answer, Liam beamed of joy, he thought, " Finally someone who takes me seriously! "
" It's fine! I can help you work so you will have more time for our relationship! " Liam thought for a second before coming up with this genius idea.
" That would be very nice but...Liam, in which country, do you live? "
" France! " Liam quickly responded.
" Exactly...Contrary to you I don't live in France, I live in China. We won't be able to see each other much and it would be hard to maintain a long distanced relationship. " Zhi Ruo calmly continued her explanation.
" That's also fine, I will visit you every month! " Liam was very proud of his flawless solution.
Seeing his determined expression, Zhi Ruo could only resign herself to tell him the truth.
" Honestly, I want to have a partner that is at least my height ..." Zhi Ruo said.
As soon as the words left Zhi Ruo's mouth, Liam who was originally very excited instantly froze.
" As tall as you?! " Liam asked shakingly.
" ...Yes? " Zhi Ruo started to feel very bad.
Liam bit his lower lip and his eyes started to fill up with tears, his vision got blurry.
" That means I am no tall enough and...we can't get married!!! " Liam dramatically wailed.
His tear fell and everyone around him started to panic.
" But we can be very good friends, right? " Zhi Ruo pulled on his small hand to approach him and pet his back.
" Friends? " Liam stopped sobbing and looked at Zhi Ruo with hope.
" Hmm. " Zhi Ruo nodded.
" If we are friends, we can play together and you can come live with me if you come to visit me in China! " she smiled.
" Really?! " Liam's eyes enlarged and shined.
" Of course! "
" Yay! Let's be friends then! " Liam happily cheered as he jumped up and down.
" Does that also mean I can come to see you whenever I want? " Liam asked.
" Of course. I will be going back to China tomorrow in the afternoon but whenever you want to see me you can just call me and I'll fly you to China. " Zhi Ruo promised.
" Yay! I'll always go to see you! " Liam cheered.
" Hmm. But first, we need to ask your grandparents okay? " Zhi Ruo elegantly lifted her eyebrow.
" I'm sure they'll let me! "
Zhi Ruo finally relaxed and picked the little toddler up to face his grandparents.
Miss Castel and Mr. Castel were Liam's grandparents. They both looked in their 60's but were still healthy-looking and well off. Both of them didn't wear anything extravagant but from one glance, we could tell they didn't lack money at all.
Liam obediently stayed in her arms as his eyes were shining.
" Miss, you don't really have to do this. " Miss Castel, Liam's grandmother, said in a concerned voice.
" No worries, Miss Castel. I also want to spend time with Liam, he is a very nice boy! " Zhi Ruo gently smiled.
" He has always been very spoiled, please forgive him if he is a bit direct..." M. Castel held his forehead.
" It's fine. Miss Castel and Mr. Castel, I know I shouldn't have made this decision without your permission but if you are willing, I could fly you to China whenever you want so I can spend some time with Liam. I know this might be a selfish request but I just promised him and it wouldn't be fair for me to go back on my words. " Zhi Ruo explained.
" We can also see that he is very attached to you but..." M. Castel hesitated.
" Oh, of course, how silly of me to have forgotten. " Zhi Ruo said before pulling out her business card.
" I am Zhi Ruo, the CEO of the Z Empire that is situated in China. I might sound a bit suspicious and asking you to believe me is a bit pompous but I promise I won't harm your grandkid in any way. You can always stay with your grandkid no matter what we do or go. " Zhi Ruo tried to convince them.
" Grandpa...grandma..." Liam also showed his puppy eyes.
M. Castel accepted her card and his eyes immediately flew out. The president of the Z Empire!
Z Empire was extremely big in China and even had a few international connections making it absolutely powerful. Even him, M. Castel, a tycoon in France, has heard of this company.
" What ill intention would she want from Liam? " the couple thought.
So after a bit more discussion, the grandparents accepted to call her if they wanted to visit China which, in Liam's mind, was already next week!
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Who would have thought that after handling this toddler...there would be another one?
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