749: Chapter 744 You're Still Ruthless

Klaus Schmidt lowered his head respectfully.

"Yes, Mr. Shen."

"Also, prepare things for me; I'm going back."

Klaus was stunned for a moment.

Going back?

At this great moment, one that was enough to be recorded in the annals of history, the man who had single-handedly created this miracle was leaving?

He thought Shen Yan would stay here to personally witness the perfection of every detail.

But Shen Yan just looked at him calmly, as if he were speaking of something perfectly ordinary.

Klaus didn't dare ask more and immediately arranged the return trip.

An hour later.

A pitch-black, sci-fi-looking "Dragon" suborbital aerospace plane landed silently on the temporary runway outside the base.

Shen Yan boarded the plane.

There was no victory banquet, no champagne, and no grand speeches about the future.

He just wanted to go home.

Guanlan Villa District, Jingzhou.

When Shen Yan pushed open the door to his home, warm air mixed with the aroma of food wafted toward him.

"Daddy!"

A small figure rushed over like a cannonball and tightly hugged his thigh.

Shen Yan bent down and scooped up his daughter, Youyou.

The little girl gave him a forceful kiss on the cheek, leaving a wet mark.

"Daddy, you're back! Youyou missed you so much."

"Daddy missed Youyou too." Shen Yan flicked her little nose.

On the living room sofa, Liu Hui was supporting her waist as she slowly stood up.

Her pregnancy bump was already very obvious, and her movements were somewhat slow, but the smile on her face was brighter than the sunlight outside.

"You're back."

"Mhm, I'm back."

Carrying Youyou, Shen Yan walked over and gently placed her on the sofa.

His gaze fell upon Liu Hui's slightly swollen ankles, and his heart suddenly ached.

How long had it been since he had properly accompanied her?

Three months?

Or even longer?

He was always flying all over the world, handling projects worth hundreds of billions and dealing with various complex situations.

He thought that providing them with the best material life meant he had fulfilled his responsibilities.

But he had overlooked that what they needed most was companionship.

Shen Yan silently calculated the days in his mind.

Liu Hui's due date was next month.

This period was when she needed someone to take care of her the most.

Yet he was still leaving her home alone for the sake of his so-called "career."

A strong sense of guilt surged in his heart.

He walked to Liu Hui's side and gently took her hand.

"Xiao Hui, I'm sorry."

Liu Hui was stunned for a moment, then smiled tenderly.

"Silly, what are you saying? Your work is important; I understand."

The more understanding she was, the worse Shen Yan felt.

"No."

Shen Yan shook his head and looked into her eyes, his tone more serious than ever before.

"From today until the baby is born, I'm not going anywhere."

"I'll work from home and stay with you and Youyou."

Liu Hui's eyes instantly turned red.

She knew how massive Shen Yan's career was and how many important things he had to handle every day.

For him to give up work and stay with her while she waited to give birth—how much would he have to set aside?

"AYan, you really don't have to..."

"It's necessary."

Shen Yan interrupted her and reached out to gently stroke her bulging abdomen.

"Inside here is a new member of our family."

"Welcoming him is the most important 'project' right now; everything else must make way for him."

Youyou listened, only half-understanding, and mimicked her father by placing her small hand on her mother's belly.

"Yes! Welcoming little brother is the most important thing!"

Looking at the two of them, Liu Hui could no longer hold back her tears, though they were tears of happiness.

She nodded, her voice carrying a hint of a sob.

"Okay."

After dinner.

Youyou pulled Shen Yan along and dragged out a huge Lego box as if showing off a treasure.

"Daddy, this is the topic for our kindergarten handicraft competition, called 'Dream Castle.' Will you help me build it?"

Shen Yan glanced at the castle pattern on the box, which was as complex as a precision instrument, and smiled.

"Okay."

The father and daughter sat cross-legged on the soft living room carpet and poured out thousands of pieces.

Shen Yan picked up the instruction manual, and with just one glance, he felt a bit of a headache.

The complexity of this thing seemed no less than the structural diagrams of the prometheus forge.

A man who could write Quantum Entanglement Algorithms by hand was actually stumped by a Lego instruction manual.

"Daddy, here, this red strip should go here."

Youyou extended her little finger and accurately pointed to a spot.

Shen Yan pressed the piece on according to her instructions, and it fit perfectly.

"Youyou is so amazing. How did you know?"

"Because I've been looking at it for a long time!" Youyou puffed out her little chest proudly. "I've been studying it the whole time you were away, Daddy."

Shen Yan felt a pang in his heart.

How many moments of his daughter's growth had he missed?

He put down the manual and decided to follow his daughter's lead completely.

"Alright, then Chief Engineer Youyou, what should we do next?"

"Hmm..." Youyou acted like a little adult, stroking her chin as she directed, "First, find all the small blue squares. We need to build the roof for the castle!"

The lights in the living room were bright.

The man who commanded the winds and clouds outside, whose single word could shake the global capital markets, was now lying on the carpet, sweating profusely as he rummaged through a pile of plastic pieces for small blue squares.

Liu Hui walked over with a plate of sliced fruit, and seeing this scene, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl upward.

This was what a home should look like.

Suddenly, Shen Yan's phone rang.

He glanced at the caller ID; it was Chen Guangke.

"Hello, Guang Ke."

While answering the phone, he quickly grabbed a blue square from the pile and handed it to Youyou.

"Yan Zi, over in Europe, several major shareholders of the 'deep space eye' project have suddenly changed their minds. They want to temporarily increase the technology licensing fees and also want to send people into the core laboratory."

On the other end of the line, Chen Guangke's tone was somewhat anxious.

This project was crucial to the satellite communication layout of "Quantum Dynamics" under Shen Yan for the next ten years.

"Daddy, here, one more is missing." Youyou pointed to the spire of the castle.

"Alright." Shen Yan responded to his daughter before saying indifferently into the phone.

"Tell them that not a single word of the original contract terms will be changed."

"If they don't sign, there are plenty of others who will."

"Release the news that Tiangong Technology's Second-generation Starlink Communication Technology has completed ground testing, with costs 30% lower than 'deep space eye' and double the performance."

Chen Guangke gasped on the other end.

Tiangong Technology?

"Isn't that your secret factory in Earth's orbit, Mr. Shen?"

"They've actually developed second-generation technology already?"

If this news gets out, those shareholders of 'deep space eye' will probably come back crying and begging for cooperation.

"Understood, Yan Zi. You're still the ruthless one!"