Having dealt with the mess at FAW and successfully produced the first independently developed Zhonghua brand sedan, Lin Huowang no longer needed to linger in Northeast China.
To be honest, although Lin Huowang's earth-shaking reforms earned him the unanimous support of the Northeast industry from top to bottom.
The people of all ages in the three northeastern provinces were so enthusiastic that they wished they could keep him here and treat him like a "living god of wealth."
But there are still many more matters waiting for him to handle in Beijing and Hong Kong!
Moreover, for some reason, his right eyelid has been twitching these past few days, and he has a feeling of... a slightly uneasy premonition.
Back in Beijing, in the courtyard house, the old jujube trees, which were probably a hundred years old, had already sprouted tender green buds on their branches.
As soon as Lin Huowang pushed open the vermilion door, he immediately sensed that the atmosphere inside the house seemed somewhat different from usual.
Normally at this time, Zhang Guizhen, the mother, would be leisurely sunbathing in the yard or chatting and laughing with visiting neighbors while sewing shoe soles, while Gong Xue would be busy preparing dinner in the kitchen.
But today, the courtyard was quiet. Instead, the faint sound of my mother's nervous voice could be heard coming from the main house.
"Mother? I'm back!"
Lin Huowang shouted with a laugh and then walked directly towards the main house.
"Oh! It's Awang! Awang is back!"
Mother Zhang Guizhen came running out from inside with a happy expression on her face.
"Mother, what good news is this? Why do you seem so mysterious?" Lin Huowang asked with a smile.
Shh! Keep your voice down!
Zhang Guizhen grabbed her son's arm, gestured towards the house with her lips, and deliberately lowered her voice, saying, "It's Shuzhen... Shuzhen fainted just now!"
"What? Shuzhen fainted? How can you still laugh?"
Lin Huowang frowned, as if something had come to mind, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
Over the past year, Qian Shuzhen has mostly stayed in Hong Kong Island. She even used her connections with Xinhua News Agency to work as a resident reporter in several countries, including the United States, Italy, and France, which truly broadened her horizons.
Later in the latter half of the year, Lin Huowang mostly traveled between Beijing and Northeast China, so Qian Shuzhen applied to return to work at Xinhua News Agency in Beijing, where they also lived in the same courtyard house.
"Oh dear, child, what's the rush! This is great news! We just had the old Chinese medicine doctor from the alleyway come to take a look..."
At this point, Lin's mother glared fiercely at Lin Huowang, then poked his forehead with her finger.
"It's all your fault, you little rascal! Look what you've done!"
"ah?"
Lin Huowang was a little stunned by the beating. "Mother, what did I do wrong?"
"What happened? The doctor said it's a pregnancy pulse! A slippery pulse! You're over three months pregnant!"
Although Lin's mother was scolding, she couldn't hide the smile in her eyes as she said, "Awang! You're going to be a father! Our family... is going to have a new member!"
"boom!"
Lin Huowang's mind went blank for a moment, and then he froze on the spot.
Is she pregnant?
Is Qian Shuzhen pregnant?
He calculated the dates, and it must have been those nights during his last trip back to the capital...
"I...I'm really going to be a dad?"
Lin Huowang muttered to himself, and then a huge look of surprise appeared on his face.
I've been a human being twice in my life!
In my past life I was all alone, but in this life, I'm finally going to have my own bloodline!
Back in Northeast China, although he and Liu Rumeng tried to conceive almost every day, they were unable to get pregnant due to Liu Rumeng's health condition.
Later, I went to Hong Kong Island, and I didn't have many encounters with Lui Shui-yung and Kobayashi Keiko. Perhaps it was because I wasn't ovulating on my ovulation day, and there was no sign of pregnancy.
Moreover, since Liu Rumeng had been receiving treatment in this area, and Lin Huowang was still young, they hadn't brought it up.
But now...
God truly blessed him with a child; Lin Huowang was instantly filled with the joy of becoming a father for the first time.
So, he disregarded everything else and rushed into the room, lifting the curtain as quickly as possible.
In the inner room, Qian Shuzhen lay pale on the bed, leaning against the quilt, while Gong Xue carefully fed her sugar water.
Seeing Lin Huowang enter with such a joyful expression, Qian Shujuan's gentle face instantly flushed red, and her eyes darted around as if she had done something wrong.
“Ah…Awang, you’re back…”
"Silly girl!"
Lin Huowang immediately rushed over, grabbed her hand and said, "Why didn't you say you were pregnant sooner? If you had, I would have flown straight back this time."
"I...I don't know either..."
Qian Shuzhen lowered her head slightly and said softly, "I've been feeling tired lately and don't want to eat... I thought it was my stomach acting up. Awang, am I... am I causing you trouble?"
In this day and age, getting pregnant before marriage, even in rural areas, is something that people will talk about behind your back.
Although Qian Shuzhen married Lin Huowang, she never had a marriage certificate, so she always felt inferior to him.
More importantly, in the consensus among these girls, Liu Rumeng was the rightful wife, and if they wanted to get pregnant and have children, they should wait until Liu Rumeng's illness was cured and until Mr. Liu Rumeng was pregnant.
"What nonsense are you talking about!"
Lin Huowang immediately grasped her hand tightly and said with great certainty, "What trouble or not? You know our family's situation. Don't worry about what others think. Besides, you're pregnant, which is a great joy! This is our Lin family's eldest son... or eldest daughter! You are a great contributor to our family!"
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