121: Chapter 121 An Unexpected Joy: The Third Child Arrives

The ornate iron gate of Longwan No. 1 was nearly knocked off its hinges by the ambulances that came speeding in.

The usually well-trained bodyguards were in complete disarray, clutching defibrillators and first-aid kits as they sprinted behind the doctors in white coats.

Chen Haoyu had lost one of his shoes and was slipping on the polished marble floor with his bare foot, shouting, "Hurry! Everyone, hurry the hell up! If anything happens to Auntie, Second Uncle will tear this villa apart!"

In the master bedroom on the second floor, the air was so thick it felt like it would crush anyone.

Su Wanqing lay on the large European-style bed, her face deathly pale. She clutched her chest with one hand, dry heaving every now and then.

Chen Fan knelt by the bedside, gripping his wife's hands tightly, the veins on the back of his hands bulging. His eyes, which didn't even blink when the stock market crashed, were now bloodshot.

"Why aren't they here yet? Did these doctors crawl here?" Chen Fan roared, his voice hoarse.

Su Guohua was so scared he huddled in the corner of the leather sofa. The keys to his teahouse no longer mattered as he tremblingly asked Liu Yumei, "Old woman, this... could this be from that roasted sweet potato earlier? I told you not to eat street food..."

"Shut your crow's mouth!" Liu Yumei glared at him, but her hands were also shaking as she kept muttering prayers to the Bodhisattva.

Chen Muyang and Chen Nianyao stood at the foot of the bed. The two high-achieving students, usually so full of spirit, were now in a panic.

Tears welled up in Chen Nianyao's eyes, and she bit her lip hard to keep from sobbing.

At that moment, a group of people in white coats rushed in.

The leader was the president of Yunzhou First Hospital, who was also the family medical consultant Chen Fan had hired for a high price.

"Move aside! Bring the equipment!"

With a wave of the director's hand, several nurses quickly set up a portable ECG monitor and an ultrasound machine.

Chen Fan was pushed to the side, pacing the room like a restless lion. The [God-level Investment System] interface in his mind was flashing frantically; he even wanted to ask the system if it sold any "Resurrection Potions."

If anything happened to Su Wanqing now, what use was his trillion-dollar fortune?

The room was filled only with the beeping of instruments and the sound of the probe sliding against skin.

Time ticked by, and every second felt like a knife cutting into Chen Fan's heart.

The director's brows furrowed, relaxed, then furrowed again. He moved the probe repeatedly over Su Wanqing's lower abdomen, his expression looking very strange.

Chen Fan finally couldn't take it anymore. He strode over and grabbed the director by the collar. "Speak! Is it a perforated stomach or food poisoning? Do we need to transfer hospitals? My helicopter is on the roof!"

The director was almost choked to the point of rolling his eyes and quickly raised his hands in surrender. "Mr. Chen... Mr. Chen, please let go! It's not an illness! It's really not an illness!"

"If it's not an illness, then what is it?" Chen Fan released his grip.

The director took a deep breath, removed his mask, and revealed a face crinkled with a beaming smile. He cupped his hands in a salute toward Chen Fan. "Congratulations, Mr. Chen! Congratulations! Madam is... pregnant!"

Silence. Dead silence.

Chen Haoyu had just retrieved his shoe and was about to put it on, but upon hearing this, the shoe dropped right onto the Persian rug worth hundreds of thousands.

Su Guohua's mouth hung wide open, his jaw nearly dislocating.

Chen Fan stood frozen in place, as if hundreds of fireworks had gone off in his head simultaneously, wiping his sharp business mind completely blank.

"You... what did you say?" Chen Fan asked blankly. "What kind of joy?"

"She's pregnant!" The director pointed to the tiny black dot on the ultrasound screen. "It's only been six weeks, and the pregnancy symptoms are quite strong. That was just normal morning sickness, combined with the fatigue of travel, her body is just a bit overwhelmed. As long as she rests well and nourishes her body, she'll be perfectly fine!"

Chen Fan stiffly turned his neck to look at the tiny dot on the screen that didn't yet have a recognizable shape.

That was... a life?

Was it his and Su Wanqing's child?

An indescribable current surged from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.

He had missed the birth of Muyang and Nianyao. He hadn't heard their first cries, hadn't seen them roll over for the first time, and hadn't changed a single diaper. That was his greatest regret in life, a wound in his heart that would never heal.

But now, heaven had actually given him a chance to do it all over again.

"I'm going to be a dad?" Chen Fan muttered to himself, then suddenly jumped up, punching the air like a twenty-year-old youth. "I'm going to be a dad! I'm going to be a dad!"

"Pfft."

Su Wanqing, who had been feeling unwell, couldn't help but laugh at Chen Fan's foolish appearance. A flush of color returned to her pale face.

"You silly man, Muyang and Nianyao are already nineteen; you've been a dad for a long time."

Chen Fan rushed over, wanting to hug her but afraid to use force, his hands hovering helplessly in mid-air. "That's different! This time... this time I'll be there for the whole process! Let's see who dares to say that I, Chen Fan, only know how to make money and not how to raise kids!"

He turned around abruptly, pointing at everyone in the room, and roared with overwhelming generosity, "Rewards! Everyone gets rewarded! Every doctor and nurse present today gets a one-million-dollar red envelope! The villa's maids, bodyguards, and drivers—everyone, from the cleaners to the cooks—get ten times their monthly salary! No, give them three times their annual bonus!"

"Thank you, Boss!" "Long live the Boss!"

The doctors and nurses were overjoyed; this wasn't just a house call, this was a money grab!

Chen Haoyu was so excited he was howling, not even bothering to put his shoes back on, jumping around the room barefoot. "A third child! Our Chen family is having a third child! Second Uncle, does this mean I'm going to have a little brother or sister?"

Chen Muyang and Chen Nianyao exchanged glances, their expressions quite complex.

"Brother..." Chen Nianyao pointed at the ultrasound screen, her expression complicated. "We're... going to be older siblings just like that? The age gap is a bit big, isn't it? By the time this little thing goes to college, I'll be nearly forty."

Chen Muyang pushed up his non-existent glasses, his mouth twitching for once. "Look on the bright side, at least we don't have to worry about no one inheriting the family fortune. Having someone to spend money for us later on is also a kind of relief."

Although they were complaining, the two siblings walked to the bedside in unison.

Chen Nianyao extended a finger and poked Su Wanqing's still-flat abdomen cautiously. "Mom, is there really a little bean in there?"

"Yes." Su Wanqing stroked her daughter's head gently. "You're not allowed to bully him in the future, you hear me?"

"That goes without saying!" Chen Nianyao lifted her chin. "I'm the big sister! If he gets bullied in kindergarten, I'll take people there to settle it directly!"

Su Guohua and Liu Yumei had finally recovered from the shock.

Liu Yumei was grinning from ear to ear, but then she immediately became worried. "Wanqing, you're an older mother, you have to be careful! From now on, don't lift a finger for any housework; let your father do it!"

Su Guohua slapped his chest with a resounding thud. "Right! I'll do it! From now on, I'll stay at Longwan No. 1, and I'll be specifically responsible for telling stories to my unborn grandchild!"

Watching the laughter and joy in the room, Chen Fan felt like he was floating on a cloud.

He sat by the bed and gently pressed his face against Su Wanqing's palm.

"Wife," he called out softly.

"Hmm?"

"Thank you," Chen Fan's voice trembled slightly. "Thank you for being willing to give me another chance. This time, even if the sky falls, I will hold it up for you. I swear, I will never let you suffer the slightest grievance."

Su Wanqing looked into the man's affectionate eyes, and the softest part of her heart was struck hard.

But as the excitement slowly faded, in the dead of night, Su Wanqing lay in Chen Fan's arms, unable to sleep.

She touched her stomach and looked at the powerful, wealthy man beside her, who was now sleeping like a child, and a strange sense of unease spread in her heart.

He was now a high-and-mighty god-tier tycoon, but could she... really deserve this perfect happiness? What exactly had he experienced during those years of absence? Behind all that wealth, were there hidden, tumultuous storms she didn't know about?

Su Wanqing turned over and sighed softly.

Although this sigh was light, it was exceptionally clear in the quiet of the night.

Chen Fan's eyes, which had been closed, slowly opened in the darkness.

His eyes were bright and clear, showing no trace of sleepiness.

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