The blind boss's nanny

Aunt Mei hesitated outside the study for a long time before finally knocking lightly on the door.

"Chairman, regarding the tiramisu for afternoon tea..."

She looked behind the table at the figure shrouded in darkness.

"It's been removed exactly as it was for three days in a row. It's such a waste to do this every day, maybe... I should ask my master to stop making it?"

Lu Tingzhao's fingertips paused on the Braille document.

Apart from her two younger sisters and Lin Xiaoman, almost no one in the family eats this kind of dessert.

Aunt Mei is getting old, and her blood sugar needs to be controlled. The later caregivers either complained that it was too high in calories or said they wanted to lose weight, and wouldn't touch it at all.

He himself never had a sweet tooth.

This once-anticipated dessert now appears in solitude every day, only to be discarded intact.

"Send the pastry chef to Tingxi's place."

Lu Tingzhao's voice was calm.

"At home..."

He lowered his head again, his fingertips tracing the raised nipple.

"It's not needed for now."

Aunt Mei quietly withdrew. Silence returned to the study.

Inside the door, Lu Tingzhao remained in a reading posture, but did not move his fingers for a long time.

It turns out that habits are more stubborn than memories.

It seeps silently into the cracks of daily life, until you suddenly turn around and find that those gaps have been filled... and when it is dug out, the void left behind is clearer than you imagined.

The light outside the window gradually moved, enveloping him in deeper shadows.

And that unpopular tiramisu finally disappeared completely from the manor's menu.

As night fell, the restaurant in the Lu Family Manor was brightly lit.

The long table was laden with dishes.

Lu Tingxi was cutting his steak when he suddenly laughed, as if something had occurred to him.

"She looked so funny today."

She turned to look at Lu Tingzhou.

"Second brother, right? She shut up that snobbish ex-boyfriend so badly he couldn't say a word."

Lu Tingzhou recalled the scene and couldn't help but chuckle.

"That's really interesting. I thought she would silently endure it like she did when Lu Xingyuan bullied her last time..."

Aunt Mei, who was serving food to Lu Tingzhao, paused, her eyes suddenly lighting up:

"You saw Xiaoman? How is the child now?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Aunt Mei realized her lapse in composure and apologized repeatedly.

The brother and sister didn't seem to care and continued their previous conversation.

Just then, Ah Zhe, who was sitting quietly eating in the corner, looked up with curiosity in his eyes.

The most surprising thing was Yuanbao... The guide dog, who had been lying listlessly at Lu Tingzhao's feet for the past few days, suddenly perked up its ears, stood up, looked around, and wagged its tail gently, as if searching for that familiar figure.

Lu Tingzhao's grip on the knife and fork tightened slightly, his voice calm and even:

"Who are you talking about?"

"It's Lin Xiaoman!"

Lu Tingxi, oblivious to his brother's sudden stiffness, continued speaking with great interest.

"She suddenly came to Tianze today to help a friend. Bro, you didn't see it, her ex-boyfriend tried to make things difficult for her, but..."

She added with a smile:

"The most interesting part is that later she was alone with her ex-boyfriend in the conference room. I don't know what happened, but when he came out, he looked really ugly."

Aunt Mei couldn't help but smile.

She could almost picture the scene; she was just glad that Xiaoman hadn't suffered any losses outside.

Yuanbao had already walked to Lu Tingxi's side and gently nuzzled her hand with its nose, as if asking where the person who secretly fed it snacks was.

Lu Tingzhao listened in silence.

Everyone remembers her, everyone misses her... even Yuanbao is no exception.

Just then, Lu Tingzhou glanced around and asked casually:

"Brother, where's your new nanny?"

Lu Tingzhao gracefully forked the steak that Aunt Mei had cut, his movements so fluid that he didn't seem like a blind person at all.

He didn't even look up, his tone indifferent:

I let her go.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, and even Lu Tingzhou, who had been focused on eating his steak, stopped what he was doing.

Especially Qin Xiu, whose usually calm face now clearly showed the words "I have a bitter pill to swallow".

He felt a dull ache in his temples.

Lu Tingzhao has never been an easy person to please. He can offer astonishingly high salaries, but his demands are also outrageously demanding.

Qin Xiu didn't think Lin Xiaoman was particularly outstanding at first... until he experienced the "baptism" of the other nannies.

Over the past two weeks, Qin Xiu has used almost all of his personal connections to personally screen resumes, interview candidates, and conduct background checks to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

However, after these people arrive at the manor, all sorts of unexpected problems always arise.

Qin Xiu began to seriously doubt his life... Had his work ability suddenly plummeted?

Or was it that he had used up all his luck in this life by finding Lin Xiaoman?

Lu Tingxi and Lu Tingzhou exchanged a glance, and in the end, Lu Tingxi cautiously probed:

"Brother, since you're not satisfied with any of those people... how about we bring Xiaoman back?"

"no."

Lu Tingzhao refused quickly and urgently, almost blurting it out as soon as she finished speaking.

"I don't need a nanny anymore."

These words were spoken with such certainty that everyone present was stunned.

Lu Tingzhao put down his knife and fork and elegantly wiped his mouth with a napkin.

"Don't bring this up again."

After saying that, he got up on his own, tapped his cane on the ground, and disappeared into the shadows at the restaurant entrance.

Even Ah Zhe could tell that the chairman was in a bad mood.

The remaining people looked at each other, the relaxed and joking atmosphere from just moments before completely gone.

Qin Xiu unconsciously loosened his tie, feeling a little short of breath.

Having worked alongside Lu Tingzhao for so many years and weathered countless business storms, he had never felt as anxious as finding a nanny.

This was truly the Waterloo of his career.

When Lu Tingzhao said he no longer needed a nanny, everyone present knew it was just an angry outburst.

A frustrated and weary outburst after experiencing too many disappointments.

But it was precisely because of this that Qin Xiu's inherent professional qualities were fully unleashed.

He clenched his fist inwardly; the more difficult the task, the more determined he was to achieve perfection.

Lu Tingzhou and Lu Tingxi exchanged a worried look.

As family members, they were more perceptive than Qin Xiu of their elder brother's low spirits.

That suppressed restlessness is more worrying than outburst of rage.

Lu Tingxi stirred the black tea in his cup and said softly:

"We need to think of a way to cheer up our older brother."

Lu Tingzhou's gaze drifted thoughtfully in the direction his brother had left.

That night, Lu Tingzhao was awakened again.

The bedroom was at a comfortable temperature, yet he felt a chill for no apparent reason.