He squatted down and beckoned to them.
The two little ones quickly ran over and threw themselves into his arms.
Ge'er: "Daddy, I'm sorry. We actually knew about this a long time ago, but we didn't tell you."
"I just didn't want you to be angry with Mommy. We really want Mommy to stay, we really want our own Mommy. Please, don't be mad at us."
Rui Rui also pleaded, "Yes, Daddy, it's so hard for Mommy with just the two of them. We finally met as a family, let's not separate anymore, okay?"
"This runaway was all my idea. If you're going to scold anyone, scold me, but don't be upset with Mommy."
Zhan Beijue considered himself a tough guy.
Nothing had ever managed to defeat him, let alone make him cry.
But the little ones' words made his nose sting, and he almost lost control.
What bad intentions could children have?
They just wanted to eat more candy and get more hugs from their mommy.
It was all his fault, and he had no right to blame them.
Jing Tian was right.
A family reunion should be the happiest thing in the world. Since everyone was safe, what was there to be angry about?
"Am I that fierce in your hearts? Always getting angry?"
"Then I will reflect. I'm sorry, I won't be fierce anymore, and I won't argue with your Mommy anymore."
The family finally embraced happily, shedding tears of joy.
After a moment of emotional release, Jiang Nanfang ordered food and had the waiter deliver it to the room. The family ate and chatted together.
They clarified the whole sequence of events.
A cold light flashed in Zhan Beijue's eyes.
"This Tang Xueying is truly greedy and audacious. She actually dared to plot against me."
"Don't worry. I'll have someone find her and deliver her to you, whole and intact."
"Then, we'll settle the scores for what we owe you, what you owe me, and what the children are owed."
Jiang Nanfang pouted aggrievedly, "So you won't call me a woman who sells her children and isn't fit to be a mother anymore?"
"And you won't say I'm someone who only knows how to give birth but not raise, unqualified to be a father anymore?"
After speaking, they looked at each other and smiled.
"Alright, no more talk. Let's put the past behind us and never mention it again."
Since she no longer had a career in Dan Country and her children were accepted by Zhan Beijue, there was no reason for Jiang Nanfang to leave Nancheng.
Zhan Beijue discussed with her about sending the children to kindergarten together the next day.
Jing Tian reminded him.
"Daddy, summer vacation is starting soon. Why send us to kindergarten? Just sign me up for a summer camp."
Jing Yu: "Yeah, preferably a full-day, boarding program like the one we had in Dan Country. One that lasts the entire summer vacation."
Rui Rui: "This way, you and Mommy can have some private time, maybe go on a honeymoon."
"..."
The children were too kind.
For their parents' happiness, they were willing to go to a summer camp for the entire summer vacation.
Although Jiang Nanfang was touched, she still had to consider reality.
"Mommy still has work to do. I promised Uncle Xu Yanchuan I'd write a script for him. So many days have passed, and I haven't even started a word."
"I can't delay any longer. I'll send you to school first, and tomorrow I'll start working hard."
Jing Tian: "Although Daddy is rich, Mommy's skills shouldn't be wasted. Okay, we'll go to school tomorrow. I support you going out to work!"
Upon hearing about writing a script for Uncle Xu Yanchuan, Ge'er also said.
"Uncle Xu Yanchuan is handsome and gentle. Since it's writing a script for him, I support Mommy too!"
Ge'er was infatuated again.
Zhan Beijue pinched her ear.
"What do you mean, 'since he's handsome and gentle, you support Mommy'? Are you praising the wrong person?"
He hadn't settled the score with Ge'er and Rui Rui for being overly attentive to Xu Yanchuan in front of him last time.
And they were at it again today?
"Get it straight, Zhan Jingge. Jiang Nanfang is your mommy, and I am your daddy. We are the couple."
"Don't go around matchmaking or shipping us. From now on, besides praising your daddy for being handsome, you're not allowed to mention any other man in front of me. Understand?"
Daddy is jealous!
The children exchanged glances and all smiled knowingly.
In the hospital, as soon as Zhan Beijue left, Uncle Gong saw off Mrs. Zhan and entered the ward in high spirits.
Seeing her father enter with a beaming smile and no sign of Zhan Beijue, Gong Beibei quickly sat up.
"Why are you entering alone? Where's Zhan Beijue?"
"What are you smiling about? Your daughter is in this state, and you can still smile?"
Uncle Gong thanked his colleagues who had helped, saw them off, and handed the jade pendant Zhan Beijue had given him to his daughter.
"Look, what is this? Beibei, Daddy always told you we had a family heirloom, but you never believed me."
"Family heirloom?" Gong Beibei held up the delicate and clear jade pendant and looked at it from left to right.
"Where did you get it?"
"Zhan Beijue gave it to me."
"He broke off the engagement, probably out of guilt, so he's trying to bribe me with this."
"This is not easy to find. It's worth at least a hundred million. Our family is short on money right now, so I'm quite satisfied with getting this."
"If you ask me, if it doesn't work out, don't force it. If he doesn't like you, and you marry him, you won't have a good life. It's better this way."
"Since he's given you enough face, you might as well go with the flow. Let's not talk about the engagement anymore."
Hearing her father say this, Gong Beibei was so angry she almost smashed the jade pendant to the ground.
"You used to always say I was unmotivated and lacked ambition. How have you become like this yourself?"
"If I can get a hundred million just by breaking off my engagement with Zhan Beijue, then what about marrying him, or divorcing him?"
"..."
"I finally gained Aunt Zhou's trust and made a presence in the Zhan family for so long. Now, I'm supposed to give up just because of a broken jade pendant?"
"You have no shame, but I do!"
"Since things have come to this point, I must marry Zhan Beijue no matter what."
"Knowing that you won't have a good life with him, at worst, we can get married and then divorce. Given Aunt Zhou's affection for me and her concern for the Zhan family's reputation, we should be able to get ten or eight jade pendants from the divorce."
"You've already sold the ancestral home. If Grandpa and Grandma knew, would they forgive you? No matter what, I have to redeem the old house."
"So, for the long-term plan, you can't have this thing, and I absolutely cannot break off the engagement with Zhan Beijue."
Uncle Gong was initially quite content.
But after Gong Beibei calculated it, he suddenly felt like he had lost hundreds of millions. Not marrying him seemed like a bad deal.
Ruining his daughter's reputation and trying to appease him with a mere hundred million? Who did he think he was looking down on?
"You are indeed smart. Alright, Beibei, Dad will listen to you. What should we do next?"
"Zhan Beijue is going to issue a statement of broken engagement tomorrow, so I have to make a big scene tonight."
"Go and open the door to the rooftop upstairs, invite some reporters. I'll go up later for a live broadcast of a suicide jump."