Chapter 916 - 912
In the presidential office, Lu Yuxuan suddenly stood up.
"This won’t do! Big brother, are you joking?"
Lu Jinxuan remained calm, "Do you think I’m joking?"
"Aren’t you?" Lu Yuxuan asked in confusion, "The Cabinet has always kept your identity a secret. And now you want to train me? Train me for what? You want me to take over soon? How is that even possible?"
"Why not?" Lu Jinxuan raised an eyebrow, "After the Battle of Hu Bei, your support is already quite high."
"Big brother!" Lu Yuxuan became anxious, "Stop it! I’ve never been interested in your position! I’m begging you, let me be!"
"Yuxuan." Lu Jinxuan suddenly said, "I’m tired, and I want to live a peaceful life with your sister-in-law..."
Lu Yuxuan was surprised, "Why can’t you do that while holding this position? What are you really worried about, big brother?"
Lu Jinxuan fell silent. The things he worried about... how could he tell his family?
He hoped that when he was no longer in control, Yuxuan would be capable of taking charge on his own.
Lu Jinxuan waved his hand, "Alright, you can go now. I also need to return... Ou Guanshen is taking care of the wedding arrangements, and I can’t let your sister-in-law be alone all the time. I should go and see if she needs my opinion."
"Okay..." Lu Yuxuan muttered absentmindedly, frowning as he left.
Back in the inner courtyard.
"Mom!" Lu Qingming was jumping up and down, "Don’t hit me! Am I not your baby anymore?"
"Hmph!" Yu Sangwan snorted coldly, holding a feather duster in her hand, "Baby? A baby who doesn’t do his homework is not mine! Let’s see if I won’t spank you today!"
Lu Qingming ran out and crashed into his father’s arms. Startled, "Dad!"
Lu Jinxuan rubbed his son’s head, "What’s wrong? Your mom looks furious."
Yu Sangwan came over, pointing at Lu Qingming, "Come out here! I told you to do your homework!"
"Dad!"
"Hey..." Lu Jinxuan shielded his son, smiling at his wife, "What’s going on?"
Yu Sangwan frowned and showed the workbook to Lu Jinxuan, "Look... not a single exercise from yesterday’s writing practice. Shouldn’t he be punished?"
"Oh." Lu Jinxuan nodded, looking at his son, "Why didn’t you do it?"
Lu Qingming lifted his head proudly, "I already know them, why waste time writing?"
"Hmm." Lu Jinxuan thought it made sense, nodding, and took the workbook from Yu Sangwan, tearing it into pieces in a few swift moves.
Yu Sangwan and Lu Qingming were both dumbfounded...
"Jinxuan?"
"Dad!"
Lu Qingming snapped back to his senses, alarmed, "Why did you tear it? If the teacher finds out, I’ll be punished!"
"Didn’t you say you wouldn’t do it?" Lu Jinxuan retorted, "Then what’s the difference between it and a pile of trash? I tore up the trash, is there a problem?"
Lu Qingming’s eyes welled up with tears; he had been lazy avoiding his homework, but did not expect his dad to simply tear the workbook to pieces!
"Dad..." Lu Qingming frowned, "How will I do my homework in the future?"
"That’s your problem." Lu Jinxuan stated firmly, "The words you said led to this result... So resolving it relies only on you."
Lu Qingming was puzzled, "Then what should I do?"
"Hmm." Lu Jinxuan gave a slight nod, "Use your physical education points to exchange for a new one, I’ll ask your teacher to prepare it... But likewise, the deducted points must be repaid."
Lu Qingming looked unwilling, realizing he should not have said those words, "Oh! Alright then."
Turning around, "I’ll go earn some points now!"
Patting away, the little guy ran off.
Lu Jinxuan lifted his hand and took away the feather duster from Yu Sangwan, "Alright, spanking Qingming is a small matter, but affecting your pregnancy, hurting my little princess is not good. Look, the child didn’t need to be beaten, and wasn’t it resolved?"
Yu Sangwan was at a loss for words, indeed his way of educating was different from hers.
"Rest assured." Lu Jinxuan soothed, "He’s taken a hit this time, and will understand not to lie in the future, and to think carefully before speaking."
"Ah." Yu Sangwan sighed deeply, nodding, "Hmm."
She had to admit, Jinxuan’s approach to education was far more sophisticated than hers.
"Taotao."
Lu Jinxuan gently embraced his wife, placing his hand on her belly, "Even though you’re pregnant, the wedding must go on... I want everyone to know that the child in your belly is mine!"
Yu Sangwan’s heart was moved, looking up at Lu Jinxuan, deeply touched.
"As for the wedding dress, I’ve talked to Ou Guanshen, he’ll be coming to take measurements in a few days... they’ll make it without a waist, like the dress you’re wearing now, there won’t be any problems, right?" He said, a smile on his lips, "Our son and daughter, they’ll be at our wedding, how wonderful?"
"Jinxuan..."
Yu Sangwan suddenly called his name.
"Hmm?" Lu Jinxuan raised an eyebrow, "Want to say something?"
Yu Sangwan opened her mouth, uncertain of what to say... Could her happiness really be so complete?
... Gong Xueyan was still lying in the Fu Family, her and her daughter’s situation was heart-wrenching to think about.
But, could this really be blamed on Jinxuan? Yu Sangwan understood that blaming all of this on Jinxuan would be unfair to him!
As it is, she was the only one left stuck in a dilemma and feeling distressed.
Yu Sangwan frowned, shaking her head, "No, nothing..."
"Dad’s economic development plan will begin soon..." Lu Jinxuan rested his cheek against his wife’s head, slightly closing his eyes, "I have to get busy again, hopefully before the wedding..."
That way, he could pave the path for Yuxuan one last time.
Afterwards, he could leave everything behind.
Back at the Fu Family, Yu Sangwan learned bad news.
"Miss Fu, you should go check on Miss Gong! Her condition is not good." The doctor sighed.
Yu Sangwan’s face tightened, rushing immediately to the small building.
On the bed, Gong Xueyan lay quietly.
"Xueyan?" Yu Sangwan called her name, but there was no response.
Yu Sangwan turned to the doctor, "What’s happening to her? Is she asleep?"
"Ah..." The doctor sighed, "Starting today, she’s developed symptoms of somnolence..."
Somnolence? Yu Sangwan didn’t understand.
The doctor frowned, explaining, "Somnolence is the earliest symptom of consciousness beginning to fade..."
Yu Sangwan panicked, "Then what’s going to happen next?"
"It will..." The doctor hesitated, "Gradually progress to light coma, coma, and deep coma. At the same time, her bodily functions will rapidly decline..."
"..." Yu Sangwan covered her mouth, turning pale.
The doctor shook his head and sighed, "With her current condition, trying to use the child in the womb to save her daughter is really too risky!"
Yu Sangwan couldn’t argue, as she wasn’t Susu’s mother.
She stayed by the bedside, with Gong Xueyan continuing to sleep, for a long time...
"Hmm." Gong Xueyan woke up with a frown, still very sleepy, smiling as she saw Yu Sangwan, "You’re here?"
Yu Sangwan choked up, "The sun is shining outside, should we take a walk in the courtyard?"