Chapter 352: Daddy's Back

That night, Gu Chen, Ji Pianran, and their daughter, Tang Tang, had a warm dinner together at home.

Tang Tang had finally seen her favourite grandparents again in the past few days, and she was overjoyed.

Tang Tang's grandparents-in-law also doted on their granddaughter.

Just today during the day, they even chartered an amusement park in Sichuan.

They had a really crazy day with Tangtang, and when Gu Chen returned in the evening, her daughter's excitement had not yet subsided.

It was not until after 10 o'clock in the evening that her daughter finally lay down in her princess bed and fell asleep.

Gu Chen also put down the fairy tale book in her hands and looked at her daughter's sweet sleeping face.

He couldn't help but kiss her forehead and gently tuck the quilt around her.

After Tang Tang fell asleep, she was actually very restless. From time to time, she would kick the quilt off in her sleep.

In the past, Tang Tang always slept with him or Ji Pianran, so he didn't feel anything.

However, Tang Tang is now a bit older, and she has her own room. It is naturally inappropriate to always sleep together.

Gu Chen thought to himself, and then carefully checked the doors and windows again. After all, the temperature in the city at night was still quite low.

As someone who felt the cold, he didn't want his daughter to catch a cold.

After making sure everything was in order, he then turned off the lights in the room and adjusted the air conditioning to a comfortable temperature.

Gu Chen then quietly walked out of the room.

There was a pile of draft papers and scattered pencils on the table in the living room. Gu Chen couldn't help but smile and shake his head when he saw this.

Then he walked over and found Ji Bianran leaning back on the sofa in the living room, lost in thought.

Gu Chen reached out and put his arms around her, and the faint, sweet fragrance of his wife wafted up to him.

This smell is quite pleasant, and Gu Chen can't get enough of it.

'If you feel tired, then you can just paint tomorrow. Our family has enough money. The Xu Group has already gone bankrupt, and the Ji family's business in Chuancheng is now booming. Piran, you don't need to be so tired.'

Gu Chen's face was full of concern as he spoke. These days, Ji Piran has less and less time to rest.

She spends almost all her time drawing design sketches for new costumes. If it weren't for Xu Qingmu, her former nemesis, who had previously occupied his attention, Gu Chen would have long since wanted to persuade her.

However, upon hearing what he said, the expression on Ji Pianran's face quickly wavered.

Her gaze fell on the neatly stacked pile of design sketches on the table, and she couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic.

However, after a moment, it seemed as if she had made up her mind. Her watery eyes looked over at Gu Chen's face, and her expression was extremely serious.

'Hubby, actually, there's something I want to tell you.'

'Huh? What is it?' Gu Chen was a little confused.

Ji Pianran's voice was a little low, and there was also a little guilt in her tone. Leaning quietly against his chest,

'Gu Chen, as you know, Dad's health has never been very good. And now that he's getting older, there are more and more family matters to take care of, so I was thinking that maybe this time I should stay in Sichuan City and help him with his business, so that he won't be as tired as he is now.'

She paused here, looked up at Gu Chen, opened her mouth, but in the end she couldn't continue to say anything.

However, Gu Chen had already read her mind.

'You want me and Tangtang to stay in Sichuan City together, right?'

Ji Pianran's eyes dropped, and she didn't want to leave Gu Chen and her daughter.

But she couldn't bear to see her father, who was already so old, continue to work so hard.

Once upon a time, she could have run away from the marriage for her own future, but now that she was a mother,

but has gradually come to appreciate the difficulties her parents had back then, so she is now willing to give up her dream of becoming a designer.

She is going to try to become a strong woman in charge of the family and group business, and also to shoulder the responsibilities that should have belonged to her.

However, she also knows that this is very unfair to Gu Chen. After all, there are Gu Chen's parents and family in Haicheng.

And there is also the business that he has worked so hard to establish.

If he stays here with her, then I'm afraid all of this will have to be given up.

Not only that, she actually hoped that Gu Chen could take care of their daughter more when she was busy.

After all, the Ji family already had enough money, so even if Gu Chen's business became even bigger in the future, it would be meaningless.

In contrast, Ji Pianran still felt that the growth of Tang Tang was more important.

Gu Chen could understand what his wife meant, and then couldn't help scratching his head, smiling indifferently and saying, 'In that case, it seems that I will just be living off your soft living in the future.'

Ji Pianran's expression was a little stunned for a moment. She had not expected Gu Chen to agree so readily.

In fact, she had not been able to eat before because of this matter, and she had no idea how to bring it up.

But now it seemed that it would not be necessary anymore.

'Honey, actually, I really didn't mean to let you live off me. I just wanted it to be easier for you, so you wouldn't have to worry about the business anymore, and you could spend every day with our daughter. And since Tangtang is going to be going to kindergarten soon, it won't be any easier for us...'

Ji Pianran couldn't go on. She really wanted to explain, but no matter what she said, she felt like she was being a bit much.

After all, the most mainstream value in this era is that the man is responsible for the outside world and the woman is responsible for the home.

When she married Gu Chen in the past, she never imagined that she would one day return to the Ji family.

But now it has all come so suddenly, and Ji Bianran feels very guilty.

She feels that Gu Chen has sacrificed too much for her and for the family.

However, Gu Chen is not as sad about this as Ji Bianran thinks, and he even feels a little indifferent about it.

It's just being a stay-at-home dad, and there's nothing bad about taking care of the kids every day at your leisure.

Besides, business is still going well, and he can take a few days off to go back and visit, which is not a bad idea.

In the world before his rebirth, there were many people like him, and he didn't feel any surprise about it.

As for the store in Haicheng, although remote control is not as convenient as before,

it is good that the people who stayed there are more reliable.

And with his second brother Gu He to help look after things, Gu Chen still has a lot of trust in them.

Although his eldest brother Gu Zhigang is not up to much, it is precisely because of this that he has remained in the countryside to accompany and care for his parents.

As for the store and everything else, the worst that can happen is that he flies back regularly to take a look.

Thinking about this, Gu Chen's mood suddenly relaxed, and he then laughed as he put his arm around his wife's slender waist.

'Don't worry, Pienan. You can do whatever you want, I support you. I'll take care of our daughter from now on. Especially since you and mom and dad have been taking her everywhere, she's become a bit of a wild child. This is not good for her growth. Tomorrow I'll take her to register for kindergarten!'