Chapter 976 The Giant Panda After 12 Years
Ketone City, Giant Panda Base.
Lu Yuanqiu, 30, sat by the flower bed, opened the notes app on his phone titled "Everything I Promised My Wife," and typed a checkmark next to the first item that had been gathering dust for a long time.
Below the first item are dozens of "tasks to be completed", but some of these tasks have already been marked with a "task" tag.
Switching to the next page, Lu Yuanqiu exclaimed "Whoa!" feeling a sense of relief.
"dad!"
A loud shout came from the bathroom. Lu Yuanqiu looked up from his phone screen and saw Lu Yanhe running towards him after washing her hands.
Lu Yanhe is already six years old. A few months ago, she officially graduated from kindergarten and became a proud prospective Young Pioneer.
He was very handsome, even more so than Bai Ruoan at the same time, according to Bai Songzhe. He had big eyes, long eyelashes, fair skin, and exquisite features. When he was quiet, he had an indescribable melancholy air about him. But Lu Yanhe at this age was not quiet at all. He ran like Sun Wukong when he was born, even for just a few short steps.
Everyone thought that the boy would grow up to be as quiet and gentle as his mother, but as he grew older, Lu Tian was surprised to find that the boy's personality was almost exactly the same as Lu Yuanqiu's back then.
ADHD, chuunibyou (middle school syndrome), occasional seizures and epileptic fits.
Lu Yuanqiu had argued with Bai Qingxia, suggesting that he take their son to get a buzz cut, but Bai Qingxia absolutely refused, insisting that their son keep his hair long so he could be a quiet and handsome man.
Lu Yuanqiu pointed at his son and said, "Look at this guy, is he quiet?"
Bai Qingxia always had a reason, saying that being too quiet wasn't good either, as it could easily be perceived as aloof. She said that being noisy and boisterous was good, as she was down-to-earth, approachable, and easy to get along with.
"Where is your mother?" Lu Yuanqiu cupped his son's face in his hands, squeezing his cheeks between his palms until his lips were pursed.
Lu Yanhe said in a muffled voice, "She's in the women's restroom next door. I'll go see if she's done."
"Count me in."
"good."
"What a load of bull! You actually went!" Lu Yuanqiu pulled the brat back, and the two of them hugged and laughed heartily.
"Dad, why is there a separate peeing station between everyone in the men's restroom?"
"Because men become more privacy-conscious as they get older."
"Oh, right, Dad, Mom said you and she were locked in the bathroom together."
"Really?" Lu Yuanqiu looked at his son, then suddenly remembered and nodded, "Oh right, there was one time, but an accident happened."
"What accident?"
Lu Yuanqiu didn't respond, but patted his son on the back of the head and said to him, "Your mother is out. Get ready to see the pandas."
It was almost September, and Bai Qingxia was wearing a cream-colored suit dress and a pair of Chanel-style chunky-heeled sandals. She swept her hair back, revealing two silver earrings. After coming out of the restroom, she first glanced at the father and son by the flower bed, then walked to the sink and lined up to wash her hands. Her back was straight, and her temperament was gentle and noble, as if she were on a completely different level from the other women around her.
Lu Yuanqiu squatted down next to his son and asked, "Don't you think your mother is as beautiful as an angel?"
Lu Yanhe shook her head and tilted her head in response, "My mother is more beautiful than an angel."
"Wow... he's even better at talking than me." Lu Yuanqiu looked at his son in surprise.
Lu Yanhe: "My classmates all envy me for having a beautiful mother."
"Aren't you envious of having a handsome dad?"
"No, they said you must be very rich."
"...There's no need to contact these classmates anymore," Lu Yuanqiu replied expressionlessly.
But kindergarten kids wouldn't know any of this; they must have learned it from their own parents. I should have known better than to let Bai Qingxia pick up the kids from school and had Zheng Yifeng pick up Lu Yanhe along with his daughter.
"Go, carry your mother's bag."
Lu Yuanqiu patted his son's bottom.
"Mom, your bag is peeling, aren't you going to replace it?"
"Let's change it next time." Bai Qingxia smiled as she took her white bag from her son's hand. She ran over and grabbed Lu Yuanqiu's arm, as eager as a calf plowing the field, her heels slapping the ground.
"Let's go see the giant pandas."
Upon entering the panda base and standing outside the fence, watching their mothers/wives frantically taking pictures of the giant pandas, Lu Yanhe and Lu Yuanqiu paid more attention to their mothers than to the pandas.
"Dad, why does Mom like pandas so much?" The little guy looked up, and Lu Yuanqiu had lost count of how many times he had asked "why" today.
However, he still patiently replied, "I don't know either. I've asked her several times, but she won't tell me and tells me to guess."
"Mom said she's been mentioning her to you for 12 years now, and you're only bringing her now." Lu Yanhe couldn't stop talking.
Lu Yuanqiu's eye twitched, and he gave a dry laugh, raising his hand to stroke his son's head.
"Dad has a bad memory and a carefree attitude. Don't be like that in the future."
"Dad, do you have heart failure? Grandma said that only people with heart failure have enlarged hearts."
"Grandma, don't contact her anymore either." Lu Yuanqiu stroked her son's head.
After taking pictures of the panda, Bai Qingxia turned around and adjusted the camera. Just as she was about to make a cute pouty face for a photo with the panda, she glanced to the side and saw the father and son over there smiling at her with the same perfect smile, like two lovesick fools.
She immediately felt embarrassed and handed the phone to Yan Yan with her arm straight: "Yan Yan, take a picture for Mom and make sure the panda is in it."
"Okay, Mom!" The little guy hopped over like a monkey.
Lu Yuanqiu smiled without saying a word, turned around and leaned on the railing. A minute later, Bai Qingxia, having reviewed the photo quality, handed her phone to her husband expressionlessly: "You take the picture."
Lu Yuanqiu, the "backup candidate," stepped forward and raised his phone. Bai Qingxia was really different from others. Even after seven years of marriage, she was still as shy as a 17-year-old girl in front of her husband.
"Can you smile more naturally?"
"Ha, ha, ha..." She deliberately opened her mouth and made a fake laugh in front of the camera.
Lu Yanhe, standing to the side, tilted her head back and shouted loudly, "Hahahaha, hohoho!"
...Anyone who didn't know better would think this family had escaped from a zoo. Lu Yuanqiu freed one hand to cover his son's mouth.
After taking many photos, the three of them temporarily ate three bowls of Xia Yi Wan noodles in the tourist rest area to fill their stomachs.
Xia Yiwan Noodles has now successfully surpassed the previous top two brands in market share, officially becoming the leading instant noodle brand in China.
This is all thanks to an event during the mask-wearing period. Over three years, following Lu Yuanqiu's suggestion, Lu's Group and Baixi donated more than two million servings of instant food nationwide, 60% of which were Xia Yiwan noodles. This greatly enhanced Xia Yiwan noodles' reputation and status in the instant noodle industry, and Lu's Group and Baixi were awarded the title of "Pioneer Model Enterprise" during this period.
The White Rhino branch is located on the front lines in Sakura City, providing greater support and even making headlines in official news on multiple occasions.
In addition, with the operation of its online video accounts over the past few years, Xia Yiwanmian's official account has gained tens of millions of followers. Whenever it promotes products through its live streams, the number of viewers can reach 100,000 or more.
Thanks to Lu Yuanqiu's far-sighted business approach, coupled with the consistently low price and excellent taste of instant noodles, Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia, a married couple, have become genuine billionaires.
(End of this chapter)
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