He crouched 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 never told 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 to take care of the two of them. We finally met as a family, can we not be separated anymore?"
"This runaway was all my idea. If you want to scold someone, scold me. Don't be angry with Mommy."
Zhan Bei Jue considered himself a man of iron will.
Nothing had ever been able to defeat him, let alone make him shed tears.
But the little one's words made his nose sting, and he almost lost control.
What bad intentions could children have?
They just wanted a couple more candies and more hugs from Mommy.
It was all his fault, what right did he have 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?
"Do I seem that fierce to you? Always getting angry?"
"Then I'll reflect on myself. I'm sorry, I won't be fierce anymore, and I won't argue with your Mommy."
The family finally hugged happily, shedding tears of joy.
After a moment of emotional release, Jiang Nan Fang ordered food and asked the waiter to bring it to the room. The family ate and chatted together.
They clarified the whole story.
A cold glint flashed in Zhan Bei Jue's eyes.
"This Tang Xue Ying is truly greedy and audacious. She actually dared to scheme against me."
"Don't worry. I'll have someone find her and deliver her to you, whole and unharmed."
"Then, we'll settle all the debts – what you owe me, what I owe you, and what the children are owed."
Jiang Nan Fang pouted aggrievedly, "So now you won't call me a woman who sells out her children and is unfit to be a mother anymore, right?"
"And you won't say I'm someone who only knows how to give birth but not raise, and is unqualified to be a father anymore, right?"
After speaking, they looked at each other and smiled.
"Alright, enough said. The past is completely over and done with."
Since she no longer had a career in Dan Country and her children had been accepted by Zhan Bei Jue, Jiang Nan Fang had no reason to leave Nan Cheng.
Zhan Bei Jue discussed with her about sending the children to kindergarten the next day.
Jing Tian reminded him.
"Daddy, it's almost summer vacation. What's the point of going to kindergarten? Just enroll me in a summer camp."
Jing Yu: "Yes, preferably a full-day, closed-management one, just like before in Dan Country. We'll go for the entire summer vacation."
Rui Rui: "This way, you and Mommy can have some private time and 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 Nan Fang was touched, she still had to consider reality.
"Mommy still has work to do. I promised Uncle Xu Yan Chuan that I would write a script for him. So many days have passed, and I haven't written a single word."
"I can't delay any longer. I'll send you to school first, and tomorrow I'll start working properly."
Jing Tian: "Although Daddy is rich, Mommy's skills shouldn't be wasted. Okay, we'll go to school tomorrow, and I support you going out to work!"
Upon hearing that she was writing a script for Uncle Xu Yan Chuan, Ge'er also said.
"Uncle Xu Yan Chuan is handsome and gentle. Since it's for him, I support Mommy too!"
Ge'er was smitten again.
Zhan Bei Jue pinched her ear.
"What do you mean you support Mommy because he's handsome and gentle? Did you praise the wrong person?"
He hadn't settled the score with Ge'er and Rui Rui for being overly attentive to Xu Yan Chuan in front of him last time.
And now this?
"Get it straight, Zhan Jing Ge. Jiang Nan Fang is your Mommy, and I am your Daddy. We are the couple."
"Don't go around matchmaking or pairing us up. From now on, besides praising how handsome your Daddy is, you are not allowed to mention any other man in front of me. Do you understand?"
Daddy is jealous!
The little ones exchanged glances and all smiled knowingly.
At the hospital, as soon as Zhan Bei Jue left, Uncle Gong saw off Mrs. Zhan and entered the ward in a good mood.
Seeing her father enter with a beaming smile and no sign of Zhan Bei Jue, Gong Bei Bei quickly sat up.
"Why are you coming in alone? Where is Zhan Bei Jue?"
"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 Bei Jue had given him to his daughter.
"Look at this. Bei Bei, Dad always told you we had a family heirloom, but you never believed me."
"Family heirloom?" Gong Bei Bei held up the exquisite and clear jade pendant and looked at it from side to side.
"Where did you get it?"
"Zhan Bei Jue gave it to me."
"He broke off the engagement with you, probably out of guilt, so he used this to bribe me."
"This thing is not easy to find. It's worth at least a hundred million. Our family is in dire need of 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, you won't have a good life even if you marry him. It's better this way."
"Since he's given you enough face, you might as well go with the flow. Don't mention the engagement anymore."
Hearing her father say this, Gong Bei Bei was so angry she almost threw the jade pendant to the ground.
"You always used to say I was unmotivated and lacked ambition. How have you yourself become like this now?"
"If I can get a hundred million just for breaking off my engagement with Zhan Bei Jue, 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 giving up just because of a broken jade pendant?"
"You have no shame, but I still have my reputation!"
"Since things have come this far, I will marry Zhan Bei Jue no matter what."
"I know it won't be a good life with him, but at worst, we can get married and then divorced. With Aunt Zhou's affection for me and her concern for the Zhan family's reputation, we can get at least 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 must redeem the old house."
"So for long-term planning, you can't have this. And I absolutely cannot break off the engagement with Zhan Bei Jue."
Uncle Gong was originally quite content.
After Gong Bei Bei's calculation, he suddenly felt like he had lost billions. Not getting married seemed like a bad deal.
He had ruined his daughter's reputation, and he thought a mere hundred million could settle it. Who did he think he was looking down on?
"You're still smart. Alright, Bei Bei, Dad will listen to you. What should we do next?"
"Zhan Bei Jue is going to issue a statement of broken engagement tomorrow, so I must create some big stir tonight."
"Go and open the door to the rooftop upstairs, invite some reporters. I'll go up later for a live suicide broadcast."