The CEO's Porcelain Wife

A Vow of Learning

“An Da, who exactly are all those women at home, who do I need to be careful around?” Sima Chun said, trusting his bodyguard’s words completely. An Da’s judgment was usually very accurate.

“They’re all the unmarried socialites from all over Canada, oh my god, the scene is huge and terrifying. You’ll know when you get there. When you didn’t arrive, the Madam took her anger out on me and Secretary Lin. President, I need to go and wish the Old Madam a happy birthday, you need to come quickly and save us. If the Old Madam doesn't see you, she'll probably swallow Secretary Lin and I whole.” I should have known not to go early, An Da thought, hoping the Old Madam would be merciful and not hit him on the head with her cane in front of all those women.

"Don't worry, the Old Madam is old and her teeth aren't good enough to eat you. Tell them I'll be there by 11:00 PM.” Those two old women, it’s just a birthday, why gather so many women at home? Are they really so crazy for grandchildren that they lost all sense?

"Big brother, where are you going later?"

"I need to go see Grandma, it’s her 80th birthday today." He thought, Those two women at home definitely won’t let me off easy tonight, and not going is not an option, I need to find a foolproof way out.

"Then I want to go with you,” she said, pouting and wrapping her arms around his neck, acting like a spoiled child.

He took the chance to peck her lips again. He really wanted to take her with him, but it wasn’t the right type of event for her. Although his grandma and mommy wanted grandchildren so badly, they would only accept someone who was their equal, if they found out he had picked up a Cinderella from the streets, and she was still just a child, those two old women would definitely go berserk.

“Little princess, I’ll definitely take you there in the future. That place is also your home, but not today.”

“Want to go… want to go… I want to go today!”

He felt so heartbroken. He couldn't even fulfill this one request of hers.

"Little princess, look at your lips, they’re all marked with the teeth marks I left. Won't people laugh at you when they see them?” He finally found a good excuse.

“Oh… then… I won't go.” She said, lowering her head, looking dejected. “Mom has a special nurse to take care of her every day, and I’m bored, I don’t have any friends here."

Yes, she’s still just a 16-year-old child, she needs playmates, she needs friends.

"Little princess, would you like to go to school in Canada?"

“Study? In Canada?” Hearing about studying, she leaped up with joy, Yes, she really wanted to study so much, if it wasn’t unavoidable, she would have never suspended her studies. She had always been number one in the whole province in every standardized test.

“But it must cost a lot of money,” she said, lowering her head quietly, all the joy gone in a second.

He knew what she was thinking. “Little princess, I am telling you this now very seriously: Big brother earns money so that you can use it, do you understand?” He held her face with both hands so their eyes met.

She opened her eyes wide, shook her head side to side, her face written all over with question marks.

I'm out of ideas, I’m really out of ideas, I’ve made myself perfectly clear, any woman with a little intelligence would understand what I mean, but this confused little fool just can’t seem to understand it.

“Because when you were very young, big brother knew that we were going to live together, and since big brother is more than ten years older than you, I need to earn lots of money for my little princess to spend." Heavens, if she can’t understand that then I’ll just go bang my head on the wall!

"Oh,” she said, seeming to understand a bit.

“Then how about I take you to school next week?”

“Okay! I want to study in the third year of high school, is that ok?”

“What, not second year?” He said, knowing that An Da’s report said she was in the second year of high school.

“I’ve already finished all the coursework for both the second and third year by myself, my scores are definitely high enough to study in the third year," she said confidently when talking about her studies.

“Really? Then you'll be taking the college entrance exam in two months,” he said, looking skeptical.

“No problem,” she said, very assured.

“As long as you’re fine with it, I’m fine too, but even if you don’t get in, it’s okay.”

"Hmph, don't underestimate me, I’ll show you I can get in. Wow, that’s perfect. I’ll be sixteen years and four months old, and I’ll be able to go to college! Haha, that's wonderful!" she said, waving her arms like a little child.

“Little princess, you’re not even sixteen yet?” He thought that she was already sixteen.

She counted on her fingers: “I’ll be sixteen in three days, Mom said she'll give me a big princess doll.”

“Oh, what do you want big brother to give you?”

“Well, I haven’t really thought about it. I really haven’t. Let me think about it properly,” she said, tilting her head as if she were contemplating very deeply, so cute.

She suddenly changed the subject. “Aren't you going to see grandma? It’s almost 11:00 PM.”

Ah, he truly didn’t want to go, but if he didn’t, those two women would definitely make a scene at headquarters tomorrow.

“Little princess, from tonight on you’ll be living at home. You can choose whichever room you want,” he said, really hoping she wouldn't refuse.

Should I ask mom first? she thought, remembering her mom saying she should do what she wants and live for herself.

“Then I’ll take the smallest room, I’ll be scared to sleep in a big room by myself.”

“Whatever you want. You go wash up and I’ll go change the sheets for you," he said, feeling incredibly happy.

“Big brother, you should go see grandma first, I’ll wait for you to come back before I sleep, I’m really scared to sleep in that big house by myself,” she said honestly.

“Silly girl, no one except you and me can enter this house. Sleep without worry, I’ll come back early.”

“But it’s so lonely being in that big house all alone. I want to wait for you before I sleep. Can I watch TV and play on the computer?”

Loneliness isn't something you're born with; it starts the moment you fall in love with someone.

“Of course, as long as my little princess is happy," he said, kissing her forehead before rushing off, knowing there were still a few hundred women waiting for him at the Sima Mansion.