Chapter 103 Extra Chapter 01: Adorable Baby Appears (Subscription Optional)

October 7, 1996

Gu Man'er, who has become a well-known lawyer in the port city, is finally ready to walk down the aisle with Fang Haiming after a nine-year-long love affair.

While preparing wedding cakes at home, Gu Zhen'er laughed as her sister ultimately walked towards a woman's grave—marriage.

"I am absolutely determined not to go down this path. I won't marry any man, no matter how good he is." Gu Zhen'er is a staunch non-marriage advocate, which gives her parents a real headache.

Aunt Shen Yue'e wanted Ye Baoling to persuade her, but Ye Baoling believed that everyone has the freedom to choose their own preferred lifestyle, and she did not want to persuade her.

"Freedom? When I'm old and lying in bed with no one to take care of me, that's true freedom."

Gu Zhen'er retorted, "Even if you get married and have children, you might still be bedridden and left unattended. Besides, if you have the money, can't you just hire a caregiver?"

Shen Yue'e: "When you can't move anymore, the caregivers can bully you if they want. With no family around, you'll be living a life worse than death."

"Then I'll commit suicide."

Shen Yue'e was so angry that she had a headache: "Don't talk nonsense on your sister's wedding day. I get annoyed just seeing you like this."

Gu Zhen'er smiled and obediently shut her mouth: "Okay, okay, I won't say anything. I'll go and do my work."

The Gu family moved out for a while, but after the old house was renovated, they all moved back.

It's inevitable that the old lady will feel lonely living alone in such a big house. It would be much happier for her to live with the whole family, making it lively and bustling.

Ye Baoling chatted with Gu Xianyong about the factory. Gu Xianyong was over fifty years old and would retire after working for a few more years.

Huayuan Beverage Factory has two factories in Shenzhen and two more in the Yangtze River Delta region, but its production lines are still insufficient.

It's getting harder to acquire land in Shenzhen, so Gu Xianyong suggested going to Dongguan.

“There are preferential policies for acquiring land in Dongguan, and the transportation is not much different. It's also not difficult to recruit workers.”

Ye Baoling agreed to go to Dongguan: "If we are going to build a factory in Dongguan, we need to take a large industrial park and build a real large factory."

Factories in Shenzhen will eventually be phased out due to industrial upgrading, so it's better to vacate the factory area sooner rather than later. While the relevant regulations are not yet so strict, you can pay extra to try to convert industrial land into commercial or residential land and develop it, which will have a greater prospect.

After discussing work, Ye Baoling went to her grandmother's room and asked the maid to call Gu Man'er over.

In front of her grandmother, she handed the wedding gift she had prepared to Man'er.

Gu Man'er took the large envelope, weighed it in her hand, and asked, "It doesn't look like money. What is it?"

"Open it and take a look."

Gu Man'er opened it and saw that it was a property transfer agreement.

Ye Baoling gave her one of her large single-level apartments.

Gu Man'er was both surprised and delighted. This was a mansion that she might not be able to earn even after working for more than ten or twenty years.

"Cousin!" Gu Man'er rushed into Ye Baoling's arms, hugging her tightly. "Why are you so good to me?"

Ye Baoling smiled and said, "Of course it's because I like you."

"My brother-in-law is going to hit me if he hears this."

Grandma Gu instructed Man'er: "Just say that your cousin sponsored you with a sum of money for the down payment, but you still bought the house yourself and have to pay the monthly mortgage."

The advantage of this arrangement is that Ye Baoling doesn't need to treat all her other cousins ​​equally by giving them a house as well. When others want to buy a house, she can provide them with a small donation as appropriate, and she can decide how much or how little.

If people tell others that Gu Man'er has a mortgage, they will be more likely to refrain from taking advantage of her.

It's good for both of them.

Ye Baoling didn't care whether she treated everyone equally or not. She wasn't afraid of offending her relatives. At her level, these were all trivial matters.

On the day of their wedding, they booked the entire banquet hall on the second floor of the hotel.

Before the bride and groom returned from the marriage registry, relatives and friends arrived, some chatting and others playing mahjong, creating a lively atmosphere.

Two three-year-old twin babies, dressed in pretty white tulle dresses, ran through the crowd.

Several nannies followed behind, worried that they might stumble or fall; they couldn't bear the responsibility if they got hurt.

They went into the dressing room and saw that their aunts, who were serving as bridesmaids, were all dressed up more beautifully than usual.

Little Bao Ye Zhimo exclaimed in her adorable voice, "Wow, Auntie is so pretty!"

Gu Zhen'er teased her with a smile, "Am I prettier or Aunt Xiu?"

Ye Zhiming said sweetly, "You are all beautiful."

Da Bao Ye Zhiyan doesn't mince words: "Aunt Xiu is beautiful."

Gu Zhen'er pretended to be angry: "I'm clearly pretty."

Ye Zhiyan climbed onto the stool and looked at herself and her sister in the mirror. The two twin babies did not look very alike, but their features were well-defined and they were both very beautiful.

Ye Zhiyan leaned over the mirror: "Baby is beautiful."

"You guys are pretty? Oh dear, you're not modest at all." Everyone laughed.

Ye Zhiyan asked very sincerely, "Humility... what is humility?"

Gu Zhen'er gently rubbed her chubby little face: "Humility is a bad thing. It's not a good thing, you don't need to have it."

Ye Zhiming climbed onto the stool as well. She took a liking to the lipstick on the table and asked, "Aunt Zhen, can I give this to the baby?"

"You like it? If you like it, I'll give it to you." Gu Zhen'er felt around on her gauze skirt and found a small pocket. "I'll put it in your pocket."

"Thank you, Aunt Zhen."

The nannies quickly took the two children away and brought them to the next room.

Grandma Gu was chatting with relatives in the next room when she saw her two great-grandchildren come in. She smiled and waved, saying, "They're so big now, why are you still carrying them?"

The two broke free from the nanny and rushed towards Grandma Gu.

"Grandma, your clothes are so pretty." Ye Zhiming was the best at making people happy.

Grandma Gu immediately smiled broadly, "If you like them, Grandma will make you Tang suits for the New Year, okay?"

"good."

Despite her young age, Ye Zhiyan has a keen eye for observation. She noticed that her great-grandmother's fingers were wrapped in tape and asked loudly, "Grandma, what happened to your hand? Is it injured? Does it hurt?"

"I accidentally got a cut. It's okay, it doesn't hurt."

Ye Zhiyan leaned forward and gently blew on the wound for her great-grandmother, saying, "Mommy said it won't hurt anymore after I blow on it."

"Oh my, our Yanyan is such a sweet little darling." Grandma Gu wished she could hold one in each arm, but unfortunately she was too old to carry them.

I could only lightly touch it to my face.

At this moment, Ye Huaizhang entered.

Ye Zhiyan and Ye Zhimo ran over together, "Daddy!"

Ye Huaizhang crouched down slightly, looked at the flower wreaths on their heads, and asked, "Are you going to be flower girls today?"

"have no idea."

The nanny explained, "The emcee just mentioned that the groom's family has a little boy, so we only need to send a girl. Traditionally, one boy and one girl are flower girls, but it's still undecided whether it will be the older or younger sister."

Ye Huaizhang asked them, "Who among you wants to go?"

Both little ones said they wanted to go.

"My sister and I will each carry a small flower basket and scatter flowers."

Ye Huaizhang: "You wait here, Dad will think of a solution."

He stood up and went out, and just then he saw Fang Haiming's sister, who was the main person in charge of this wedding.

After he explained the situation, Sister Fang dared not offend Ye Huaizhang. She immediately said, "I'll make the arrangements. I'll make sure both of your daughters can be flower girls. We don't need boys, just two girls are fine too."

In the past, Ye Huaizhang would have taken this for granted.

But since becoming a father, his heart has softened. "The original little boy has already been chosen, and now they're saying he can't participate, that's not right. I see there are still many children here, you can find one or a few more to make an even number. My child is quite young and doesn't follow instructions very well, you can find older children to walk in front, so the line won't get messy."

Sister Fang had heard that Ye Huaizhang was difficult to deal with, but she was surprised that he was so considerate of others. She quickly smiled and said, "That's even better."

The problem was successfully solved, and the two little babies happily became flower girls and page boys.

Ye Baoling and Ye Huaizhang, a married couple, each took a camera and a video camera, capturing their children's cutest moments.

After the wedding, Ye Baoling had to go back to the company for a meeting, and Ye Huaizhang also had other work to do. The two children went home first with Sister Ping and the nanny.

The two children slept in the car and were carried back to their room by the nanny when they got home. As soon as they entered the room, they woke up.

They struggled to get down and ran upstairs.

Two large open spaces on the third floor were combined to create a small indoor playground for the two little princesses to play in.

Hearing the children's laughter, Ye Qizu came over in his wheelchair and stood guard at the door.

When Ye Zhiming saw Ye Qizu, he called out to him loudly, "Grandpa, have you eaten?"

Ye Qizu smiled and nodded: "I've already eaten."

Ye Zhiyan ran over and asked, "Great-Grandpa, why aren't you coming with us to that wedding banquet?"

Ye Zhiming: "We're flower girls now. I'm so happy."

"We scattered lots of flowers."

"My aunt is a bride today, she looks so beautiful."

Ye Qizu couldn't keep up with their pace of speech. Before he could even speak, Ye Zhiyan suddenly pinched her nose and asked, "Great-Grandpa, did you fart?"

"It smells awful. It wasn't the baby who farted."

Ye Qizu denied it: "I didn't put it there. It must have been Uncle Xing who put it there."

Uncle Xing standing behind: "..."

Yeh Chi-tsu then asked, "Would you like some snacks?"

"I'm not hungry."

"Great-Grandpa, you eat it yourself."

Half an hour later, the two little babies who said they weren't hungry sat at the small table, happily eating their respective baked milk puddings.

Ye Qizu watched them eat, feeling quite satisfied, while also teasing them, "How about your parents have another baby brother for you?"

Ye Zhiyan looked up, pinched her nose, and ignored the old man's words: "Great-Grandpa, did you fart again?"

Ye Qizu: "..."

The old man reluctantly gave up on the topic and said, "When you grow up, don't marry outside the family. If you have children, they should take the surname Ye, okay?"

The two sisters were playing around and didn't listen to him at all.

Uncle Xing whispered, "Grandpa, the two young ladies are still young. Don't rush to tell them these things."

"I won't be able to see what happens in the future." Ye Qizu has recently felt inexplicably that his days are numbered. In any case, he has two great-granddaughters, so the Ye family will have successors in the future, and there are indeed many things that he doesn't need to worry about.

Ye Qingtang is now famous all over the world, and Suman Jewelry has opened more than 100 branches overseas. Their family business has reached this scale thanks to his granddaughter Ye Baoling. He can now give an account to his ancestor in the afterlife.

In the evening, Ye Baoling and Ye Huaizhang returned, and the family of four ate dinner at the restaurant.

Seven years ago, their financial battle with Yun Chang Group ultimately forced the Li family to transfer their shares in Gangtong Industrial.

After Ye Baoling and Ye Huaizhang became the largest shareholders of Yunchang Group as acting in concert, they, as investors, still allowed Li Shaochang to continue to manage and operate the Yunchang Group.

After all, Li Shaochang is a very capable businessman. Having a capable person make money for you saves you a lot of trouble.

After a brief chat about Yunchang's shareholders' meeting next week, the couple discussed going on a family trip.

Ye Zhiming: "I want to go find Grandma."

Ye Zhiyan also said, "I want to go too."

Their grandmother, Yang Pinxian, and aunt, Ye Yongqi, accompanied Grandma Guan on a cruise ship to travel around the world.

At this point, their ship should be near New Zealand, and a few days later, the cruise ship will dock in New Zealand for a week.

Ye Baoling: "Should we go to New Zealand for a trip? A week should be enough."

Ye Huaizhang calculated the time; he still needed to go to Beijing, so he wouldn't have enough time.

“They’ll be arriving in Australia at the end of this month, so why don’t we go there and wait for them? We can spend two weeks there, and then we can take some time to visit Big Bieber.”

Ye Baoling recently wanted to buy the Big Bieber Gold Mine, which has even larger reserves, next to the Little Bieber Gold Mine. Ye Huaizhang's idea was perfect for her, as it would allow her to travel and inspect the gold mine at the same time. She immediately nodded and said, "Okay. Let's go to Australia then."

The couple decided to fly directly to Australia to meet up with Yang Pinxian and the others, and give them a surprise.

After dinner, Ye Baoling had a conference call, while Ye Huaizhang played with the children in the garden.

We didn't come back until it was completely dark.

After returning home, Ye Huaizhang went out for a social engagement, while Ye Baoling bathed the two babies with the nannies.

After they finished showering, she applied perfume to them.

Ye Zhiming asked softly, "Mommy, can my sister and I wear lipstick?"

Ye Baoling: "Of course you can. But you have to use lipstick specifically for babies. You can't use adult lipstick. You want to wear lipstick?"

Ye Zhiming nodded vigorously, while Ye Zhiyan looked indifferent.

"Your lip color is so beautiful, you don't need lipstick at all. But if Momo really wants some, Mommy will buy you a set next time, okay?"

"Yay! Mom, I want pink." Ye Zhiming already has her own preferences and aesthetic sense.

"no problem."

After drying her hair, Ye Zhiyan nestled in Ye Baoling's arms and asked, "Mommy, can I sleep with you tonight?"

"I want one too. Just for one night, okay?" Ye Zhiming looked at her mother pitifully.

Ye Baoling asked them, "What about Daddy?"

"Daddy sleeps in his own room."

"Daddy sleeps on the sofa."

"Daddy sleeps on the floor, hee hee."

"Okay. Mommy will sleep with you tonight." Ye Baoling rubbed their heads. "Go and choose your favorite storybooks, and go to sleep early after the story."

The two little ones ran to their reading corner, found their favorite storybooks, and then trotted into their mother's room and climbed onto her big bed.

Ye Baoling quickly finished her shower, then told her daughters stories. While putting the children to sleep, she also fell asleep herself.

When Ye Huaizhang returned after finishing his work, he found that his seat had been taken by his daughters. He smiled helplessly, took a shower, and, too lazy to sleep in any other room, lay down on the sofa in the bedroom.

Ye Baoling woke up just as she lay down.

She asked him, "Do you want to sleep in the next room?"

"No, I'll stay here with you. This sofa is spacious enough for two people to sleep on."

With so many rooms in the house, he just wouldn't sleep alone, so she had no choice but to give him a thin blanket.

He pulled her into his arms. The couple had been busy lately and hadn't done it for over a week.

They inevitably had to get intimate and affectionate.

Because they were afraid of making too much noise and waking the child, the two of them were very restrained. The more restrained they were, the more interesting it became.

After finishing, cleaning up, and simply putting on some clothes, he held her close and fell asleep contentedly.

As a result, the two children slept in the bed, while the couple slept on the sofa.

The next day, Ye Baoling was awakened by the noise next to her. When she opened her eyes, she saw her two daughters squatting beside her, applying something to Ye Huaizhang's face.

Upon closer inspection, she burst out laughing.

The children used lipstick to paint their dad's lips bright red.

Ye Huaizhang also woke up. "Honey, what are you doing?"

"Daddy, get dressed up!"

Hehehehe.

Looking at the lipstick in his daughter's hand, he already had a rough idea of ​​what was going on. He quickly walked to the mirror and saw her big, sausage-like red lips. She even used lipstick instead of blush on her cheeks, leaving two red dots. He was both annoyed and amused.

As a result, his wife quickly found a camera and started taking pictures of him.

He had no choice but to pose to cooperate.

They even had someone take a really funny, but also very memorable, family photo of the four of them.

When the children grow up and they get old, they will surely cherish the memories of this incredibly happy time.

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There will be one last bonus chapter tomorrow! [heart emoji]

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