When Zheng Tianming got home, he cooked several of Xu Mengyu's favorite dishes. He felt guilty because she was so young at the time, and it was a big deal if she didn't finish her homework. She had endured so much pain and suffering on her own.

Time cannot be turned back, and there's nothing he can do to make up for it.

After the door opened, Zheng Tianming glanced over and saw Xu Lu with her arms around Xu Sichen's neck, while Li Mirui stood to the side carrying fruit, snacks, and a large box of building blocks.

"Dad, it's just a few steps, why are you carrying him?" Xu Mengyu said helplessly, sitting on the sofa. Xu Lu is currently the only baby in the family, and is treated like a star.

Xu Sichen put Xu Lu down and patted his head.

“When you were his age, you used to ride on your dad’s shoulders.” Li Mirui said, changing her shoes. She regretted not taking Xu Sichen to the parent-teacher conference.

Not only did they donate 70 million yuan directly to the school, they also offered to improve the school's food...

Xu Lu ran to Xu Mengyu's side and kissed her several times on the face: "Mom, I bought you lychees. I'll peel them for you after dinner."

Xu Mengyu smiled and pinched Xu Lu's cheek. She didn't regret giving birth to Lu Lu at all. Although the process was very difficult, the ending was good.

Xu Lu helped Li Mirui hang up her bag, then ran to the kitchen to serve tea to Zheng Tianming. Being short and having short legs, she was extremely busy.

"Mom, I went to see Miaomiao today." Just thinking about Bai Miaomiao made Xu Mengyu's eyes redden again. Giving birth to her child was truly a brush with death.

Xu Mengyu waved her hand: "Let's not talk about this."

The elders couldn't bear it. Every time she went, she came back with red eyes, feeling heartbroken and helpless. If she could suffer in her place, she would volunteer.

Xu Sichen sighed deeply: "I had a video call with Sixiang yesterday. Bai Miaomiao can only last up to seven months. That's about half a month left."

Li Mirui's heart skipped a beat, as if she had been suddenly electrocuted: "Then I'll have to go to the hospital to keep watch tomorrow. The more people there are, the more help we can provide."

Xu Mengyu nodded: "I'll go after my concert."

Zheng Tianming took off his apron and called out, "Dad, Mom, dinner's ready." Then he took out his phone and sent a text message to his sister, Zheng Wanwan, telling her to eat dinner.

"I don't know what my dad and the others are busy with. Lately, they've been either working overtime or in meetings." Zheng Tianming put away his phone.

Xu Sichen glanced at Li Milui. They had already made their plans: they would retire once Bai Miaomiao finished her postpartum confinement.

Go to the desert, go to the beach, go on vacation, and when you've had your fill of fun, find a place to retire.

After working hard for most of my life, it's time for me to rest.

"Dad, is there still no news from Chen Han? I'm just not reconciled!" Xu Mengyu put on her slippers and stood up. He ran off with so much money and then disappeared without a trace.

Xu Sichen peeled a lychee and fed it to Li Mirui beside him: "Didn't you say you could do it?"

Xu Mengyu chose to remain silent. She was just worried about implicating him back then; she was so considerate...

Zheng Tianming served the rice, and Xu Lu put down her chopsticks: "Dad, when are you going to give me a little sister?"

“No hope, give up.” Zheng Tianming said, then moved the chair from the head seat.

Xu Sichen sat in the chair and looked at Zheng Tianming: "If you want to have a child, then have one yourself. Don't ruin my daughter."

Is childbirth just a matter of the upper lip touching the lower lip? Wouldn't that just cause Xu Mengyu a lot of suffering?

"No, I won't have another one." Zheng Tianming said, handing the spoon to Xu Lu. "Having a baby would require a C-section on your mother's stomach. Do you still want a little sister?"

Xu Lu's face turned pale, and he shook his head: "No, I don't want it anymore."

Xu Mengyu pinched Zheng Tianming's ear: "Can you stop scaring Lulu?" Although it was the truth.

During the meal, Xu Lu looked up at Li Mirui and asked, "Grandma, is my aunt carrying a little sister?"

"No." Li Mirui answered decisively. It would be too fake for a private hospital to say they didn't know the gender. They knew it was a boy when Miaomiao was four months old.

Xu Lu ate her rice and thought for a long time: "Then can I still have a younger sister?"

“You can look forward to it, your little aunt…” Li Mirui had just finished speaking when Zheng Wanwan and Pei Lan arrived.

They didn't arrive for more than ten minutes after the text message was sent. Zheng Tianming knew without guessing that the two of them hadn't done anything good.

"I had an online meeting when I got home," Zheng Wanwan explained. There were two very obvious marks on her neck, and anyone with eyes could tell what had happened.

Zheng Tianming got up to serve rice: "Then this client is quite important." After saying that, he raised an eyebrow and looked at Pei Lan.

Pei Lan smiled faintly.

Everyone knew perfectly well what was going on, but Xu Lu didn't. He looked up and saw several red spots on Zheng Wanwan's neck, and he couldn't help but ask, "Auntie, what happened to your neck?"

Zheng Tianming rarely leaves marks on Xu Mengyu's neck, but she is an obvious one. There are a group of paparazzi watching her, and it wouldn't be good if she were photographed.

Zheng Wanwan quickly became famous. She pinched Pei Lan hard under the table and blamed him.

"I got bitten by a mosquito," Xu Mengyu said.

Are kids really that hard to fool?

Sure enough, Xu Lu stopped dwelling on the matter and kept looking at Zheng Wanwan's stomach while eating.

Zheng Wanwan asked in confusion, "What's wrong with Lulu?" She looked down at Lulu.

"Auntie, when are you going to have a baby? LuLu wants a little sister." Xu Lu pouted, her little mouth pouting. Soft and fragrant, she could cherish that for a lifetime!

Pei Lan held Zheng Wanwan's hand. He wasn't in a hurry about the child; he needed to focus on getting her health back on track and stabilizing her condition.

Xu Mengyu muttered softly, "Our family can't possibly not have enough daughters..."

Suspended

Nobody can say for sure about this.

After dinner, Xu Mengyu was about to lie down on the sofa to digest when Li Mirui's phone rang. It wasn't just hers, but also Xu Sichen's.

The voice on the other end trembled: "[Miaomiao has been wheeled into the operating room.]"

Li Miru didn't even bother to change her shoes before rushing outside: "Don't panic, I'm coming right away."

Xu Sichen also received news that Bai Miaomiao was about to give birth. It was only six and a half months; if it weren't for an unexpected event, she definitely wouldn't have given birth so soon...

The family rushed to the hospital. Zheng Tianming was in charge of driving. Although he was a bit unsteady at the start, he drove very fast.

Pei Lan drove Zheng Wanwan and Xu Lu, arriving half a month earlier than expected. Whether the six-and-a-half-month-old baby would survive was still unknown.

Bai Miaomiao lay on the operating table, initially experiencing only difficulty breathing, but after receiving oxygen, her heart began to ache terribly...

Pei Kaixin completely lost his usual composure and even looked somewhat disheveled.

The whole family was here. Bai Heng sat on the bench, his elbows resting on his legs and his fingers on his forehead.

Jiang Yi felt sorry for Bai Miaomiao, but she couldn't cry, otherwise Bai Heng would definitely turn on her. He had always disapproved of Bai Miaomiao taking this risk.

Pei Xiuyan is still communicating with the doctor.

"President Pei, you should be prepared that anything can happen."

Bai Heng stood up: "What do you mean by 'accident'! I spent hundreds of millions to hire you, and now you're telling me there's been an accident!"

Jiang Yi stood up and pulled Bai Heng back: "Calm down."

"How can you expect me to stay calm?" Bai Heng said, pointing to the emergency room. "I hope my daughter is alright, or I'll send her with me." He then pointed at Pei Kaixin.

Jiang Yi knew this wasn't the time to argue, so she reached out and patted Bai Heng's chest: "It'll be alright, it'll be alright."

Xu Sichen walked over to Bai Heng and patted him on the shoulder. He understood his feelings all too well. He would feel sorry for him even if he bumped into something. Now he was going in to fight against the King of Hell. If he lost, he would never see him again and would never hear his child call him "Dad" again.

Just thinking about it makes my heart bleed, let alone what he's going through right now.

Pei Lan stood beside Pei Kaixin: "Sister-in-law will be fine. We have the world's top doctors and equipment."

Pei Kaixin's voice was a little hoarse: "Help me..."

People who have faced life and death, who have survived licking blood from the edge of a knife, can barely stand up straight now.

He wouldn't feel this much pain even if a knife cut him...