Chapter 72 72: Lily, The Lucky Star.

Snow gave Leo a light dressing down before the family decided to return to their nest. Lily was very busy during the evening as she wrote the essay with great detail. Leo wanted to see how she was doing, but Snow forbade him and she guided Lily herself.

She was worried that Leo would have written the entire essay himself. He was worried about Lily's work assessment. The young man was thrown in the kitchen to cook. After he was done with his work, Leo was washing his hands and found himself pouting when he caught his reflection in the window glass.

The young man suddenly chuckled and said, "I understand how you must've felt back then Dad."

Leo's mother also used to scold his father in the same manner. As he was reminiscing about the old times, he heard the mother and daughter pair coming over, and quickly served the dinner.

At the end of the meal, Lily said, "Baba, my winter vacations are starting in two weeks, what will I do then?"

Leo put up a thoughtful expression and said, "Well, you have almost mastered the first ten variations on the piano, so during the four week vacation, you can practice for different songs and apply for the school recital.

Then you can paint some more, or, we can go out for camping. What do you think?"

Snow looked at the two of them and asked, "Aren't you forgetting that she would have holiday homework to deal with?"

Leo and Lily looked at each other and the latter said, "We will finish the homework first and then go out, why do you have to spoil the fun?"

Snow raised her brow and said, "I am just keeping you two in line. If I don't do it, you two will set the world on fire."

Lily covered her mouth and said, "Ma, am I that bad in your eyes."

Snow poked her nose gently and said, "You are a goblin."

Lily chuckled and then she walked around to tap Leo on shoulder and said, "Baba, you are it."

Then began a game of tag between the three, and the house echoed with their chuckles. Only after an hour did they quit, and Lily went to bed. She was tired but she wanted to hear a story from Leo and Snow.

The young couple came to their room and lay down together, Snow looked at her husband and asked, "Are you upset that I scolded you today?"

Leo shook his head and replied, "No, why do you think I would feel bad about it?"


Snow turned to her side and faced him as she asked, "Did you think I won't see your slouched shoulders?"

Leo smiled and he also turned on his side to look at them as he said, "It was just a momentary thing, nothing more. Don't think about it."

Snow snuggled close to him, she did not apologize because it was necessary for her to tell Leo when he was going overboard. The young man said calmly, "Don't feel bad, it is good that you can discipline me like this. Or who knows if I spoiled Lily too much? It is better that you scold me now so that we don't regret it in the future."

The couple gradually fell asleep. The next morning the people resumed their routine, and Leo started coding back in the company. Life was boring if he wasn't facing his enemies. In the afternoon, he received a call.

"Hello, am I talking to Mister Cardinal?"

Leo replied, "Yes, who is this?"

The person said, "Hello, Sir. This is Amara Hak calling from the admin board of the Utopia Research Center. Is it a good time to talk?"

The person was very polite and very calm, Leo replied, "Yes, it's okay. Tell me what the issue is?"

Amara replied calmly, "Sir, we just received the notice that you have acquired half of the research center stocks. So, we want to ask if you have any instructions?"

Leo thought for a bit and replied, "Yeah, well, I do have a project that could use some brilliant minds. Can you arrange a meeting with the aviation research scientists in the research center, in the coming week?"

Amara nodded and replied, "Yes, I will inform you about the date and timing by the evening."

Then Leo disconnected the call and after a few minutes, he finished his daily coding and then he left the office to go and pick up Lily from school.

This was his daily life since he didn't have to face anyone deliberately making a move against him. As for the competition, he didn't care about that, his product had gained traction and it was selling like hotcakes.

Kyle had come over to take charge of the duty and said, "Sir, Simon Silence reached out and he has agreed to the proposal."

Leo nodded and replied, "Well, arrange him and his goons to go under training. I will ask Percie Hibiscal to send someone to groom Simon, and you can take anyone from your reserve team to train the men for a month."

Kyle nodded and they reached the school. Leo picked up Lily and asked, "Love, what do you want to do today?"

Lily thought for a bit and replied, "Nothing, just play the piano."

The young man nodded and replied, "Good, we will prepare for the recital. Okay?"

Lily agreed and they headed home.

Three days passed in a blink, the father and daughter pair had selected a music piece for the recital after the vacations, and just as Leo was picking up Lily from school, he received a call from Percie Hibiscal, "Sir, the issue of the Cardinal Mansion has been sorted, we have the possession."

Leo took a deep breath and asked, "Can I go and take a look?"

Percie replied, "Yes."

The young man disconnected the call, he picked up Lily in his arms and spun her around as he said, "You are my lucky star, Lily. Baba loves you."

Lily giggled as she spun around and said, "Yes, Baba, Lily loves you too."