Chapter 1142: Chapter 1142: Quite Startled
After Lu Yichen left, Luo Qiao felt listless for several days, and Yanyan and Yueyue weren’t as lively as before either. Michael kept trying to find ways to cheer them up.
The Jun family had fallen, and the few people her grandfather had placed abroad had already beco accustod to living there over the years, their spouses were also from there, so they chose to stay abroad.
Her grandfather phoned in, “Those people are very reliable, if you have any issues, you can send them to handle it.”
Luo Qiao was silent for a while before saying, “Grandpa, I don’t plan to use them. We’ve always only contacted by phone, I’ve never t them face to face. I will give them a sum of money as compensation for their loyalty these past years.
I dare not gamble with people’s hearts. Even if I offer them an employnt opportunity, I won’t reveal my identity, and I won’t let them know that I am the person who has been in contact with them.”
Old Master Gu replied after hearing Luo Qiao’s words, “I’ve been thoughtless, what you said is right, better safe than sorry.”
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In Capital City, after Lu Yichen returned, he had been busy writing reports and summaries. Because the mission was completed excellently, he received a second-class personal rit.
Today, he finally managed to wrap up his work at the unit and visited the Gu family. Stone’s college entrance exam results had co out; he was first in the whole city, becoming the child in everyone else’s eyes.
Stone inford Luo Qiao as soon as he got the news, and Luo Qiao was genuinely happy for him, full of pride, and said she would send him the latest model of a Walkman as a reward.
Stone told Luo Qiao he wanted to study finance, and Luo Qiao didn’t object; as long as he liked it, it was fine.
Master Gu also hosted several tables at ho to celebrate Stone, who, in his heart, though not born into the Gu family, had grown up there and had long been regarded as one of their own.
The Luo family was also happy for Stone, and each household sent gifts, encouraging him to study well in college.
Stone was now bubbling with excitent, just waiting for the school term to start.
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At the Ning family, Old Lady Ning was reading the newspaper. When she read about the top score in the Capital City college entrance examination belonging to Sun Zhenglei, she thought about her son’s words regarding the grandson she had never t, whose na was Ning Zhenglei.
“If only that were my grandson,” she thought to herself, as Ning Ziping and his wife returned.
Upon entering the yard, Ning Ziping saw his mother with the newspaper, “Mom, I’ve brought back so waterlon. Should we eat it now, or put it in water to chill first?”
Old Lady Ning didn’t even look up, “Up to you.”
Ning Ziping brought out half a bucket of water, subrging the waterlon, then asked, “Mom, what are you reading so intently?”
Old Lady Ning pointed at the newspaper: “The kid who scored first in Capital City’s college entrance exam this year is called Sun Zhenglei. I rember you said before that the kid’s na was Zheng Lei, too. What if that were our child?”
“Mom, how could that be possible? Our family doesn’t have those genetics. Besides, that child was in the countryside before, and the Sun family didn’t want him; they wouldn’t let him go to school. Even if soone generous adopted him later, it’s impossible that they could support him through high school and college entrance exams.
Moreover if they did, based on the tiline of his schooling, he’d probably just be starting high school and wouldn’t be taking the college entrance exam this year.”
“I was just making a comparison, I didn’t say that was the kid.”
Ning Ziping picked up the newspaper and glanced at it, “This na really is exactly the sa as that kid’s, it’s just a pity it’s Sun by surna.”
Upon seeing the surna Sun, an idea flashed through Ning Ziping’s mind, but then he shook his head, dismissing the thought that the adoptive family would allow the boy to take his mother’s surna.
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Qiao Hua contacted Luo Qiao soon after getting over his jet lag.
The property his grandfather left was indeed not far from Harvard, only a ten-minute walk away. Luo Qiao usually went over at noon to provide him with acupuncture.
After three sessions, he started feeling sensations in his legs and felt much lighter overall.
On the day Luo Qiao ca over, Old Lady Qiao greeted her with a full smile: “Dr. Luo, Qiao Hua says his legs are responding.”
After checking, Luo Qiao told the Qiao grandparents: “Then we won’t perform acupuncture today, let’s do a full-body conditioning instead. It might hurt a bit, so be prepared.”
Qiao Hua now had hope, naturally, he was willing to follow Luo Qiao’s instructions, “It’s okay, I can endure.”
Luo Qiao saw the expression on his face and felt that he had beco much more stable, perhaps due to so stimulus.
Qiao Hua’s sole focus now was to heal his legs, then find a good job, ensuring his grandmother lived out her years happily, without regretting her past choices.
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Ti flew by and Luo Qiao’s belly swelled like a balloon, changing every single day. Now, she was living in the university apartnt, and He Qing ca every day to bring her lunch and dinner.
Professor Wilson had originally wanted Luo Qiao to take maternity leave, but she had declined. She had said that resting at ho was the sa as resting here, and she would overthink things with nothing to do. It was better to stay occupied.
When He Qing ca to deliver lunch, he always brought extra fruit or pastries for the lab staff to share, and everyone took extra care of Luo Qiao.
By the eighth month, Luo Qiao switched to a hospital closer to ho for prenatal check-ups, preparing to give birth there.
That way, Rong Daniang could take care of her nearby.
During the weekend, Yanyan, rubbing her mother’s belly, asked, “Mom, when will my little brother be born?”
Luo Qiao replied tenderly, “Soon. When the ti cos, Yanyan and Yueyue will have to help Mom take care of your little brothers, okay?”
Yueyue, very seriously, interjected: “Yes, when the ti cos, my sister and I will take good care of them.”
As she approached nine months of pregnancy, the news finally reached back ho, and both the Luo and Gu families were in an uproar.
Before Lu Yichen returned ho, Luo Qiao specifically asked him not to ntion the pregnancy; she didn’t want her family to worry. Now that the birth was imminent, she had to let them know. She wanted her grandparents to co over, mainly to take this opportunity to get them out and about.
When the families found out she had a two-child policy quota from the governnt, knowing it was not easy to obtain, no one inquired further.
The Luo’s elderly couple and Gu Qianru, her aunt, quickly sorted out their travel docunts. When they saw Luo Qiao, they were all quite startled.
Gu Qianru exclaid, “Qiaoqiao, isn’t your belly too big?”
Luo Qiao laughed, “There are three in my belly, so it’s normal to be larger.”
When they heard this, they were first shocked, then delighted, but almost imdiately, looks of worry appeared.
Luo Qiao found their reactions amusing: “You don’t have to worry, I’m in good health, but having multiples ans there will likely be a premature birth.”
Rong Daniang voiced out, “Let’s not stand outside talking, co inside.”
Zhou Guifang kept holding Luo Qiao’s hand, “Qiaoqiao, how could you not tell your family in advance? I would have co earlier to take care of you.”
Luo Qiao coquettishly replied, “That way, after I’m done with my confinent, I can take you and Grandpa around to see the sights.”
Hearing her granddaughter’s words, Zhou Guifang felt a surge of warmth in her heart. She was careful and considerate, making it difficult not to worry about her.
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