Wang Dong's sudden arrival made Hu Min, who was devouring stir-fried pork belly to satisfy her hunger, forget to chew. She swallowed the meat in one gulp.
"Cough, cough!"
The violent coughing shattered the quiet of the ward. A nurse who had been lurking outside the door, hoping to overhear some gossip, pushed the door open and rushed in the moment she heard the cough.
"What's wrong! What's wrong!"
Her gaze fell on the stir-fried pork belly in the expectant mother's bowl and the half-chewed fatty meat she had just coughed up...
The five pairs of eyes in the ward turned to the little nurse who had rushed in immediately after coughing twice, all thinking the same thing: that speed... she must have been standing at the door just now, right?
Chen Long was the first to react. He warmly invited the silent nurse standing at the door, "It's fate that we meet. There aren't many people on this floor. Why not have something to eat together?"
"No, no, we've brought our own food. Uh, if you need anything, just ring the bell. Haha, sorry to have disturbed you, sorry to have disturbed you."
After hearing this, Liu Fang quickly picked up an unopened lunchbox from the table and walked to the ward door, pressing it into the nurse's hand.
After some polite refusal, she couldn't refuse in the end. After all, it was the Lunar New Year, and sharing a bowl of soup was not a big deal.
After the nurse left, Wang Dong's hard-won courage was almost entirely gone.
"Minmin, I've already told my grandmother that I will only marry you in this life. No matter who tries to stop me, I will not back down!
I know anyone can say anything, so to prove my sincerity, this is my meeting gift for you and our unborn child."
With that, Wang Dong took out a property transfer agreement from his somewhat worn briefcase.
Hu Min, who had spent the afternoon mentally preparing herself to be a single mother, admitted that being so resolutely defended and acknowledged by Wang Dong had touched her.
Liu Chen took the property transfer agreement from Wang Dong's hand and carefully read the clauses. Only Liu Chen, who belonged to the 'child,' could handle such matters.
If anyone else, be it Liu Fang or Hu Min herself, picked up this agreement, whether they read it or not, it would represent their agreement to the proposal.
"It states that after Uncle Wang Dong and Auntie's child is born, Auntie and the child will receive fifty-one percent of the shares of Uncle Wang Dong's food factory. Until the child reaches adulthood, Auntie Hu Min will hold the shares on behalf of the child."
Even Liu Chen had to admit that Wang Dong's sincerity was evident, as this food factory was his pre-marital asset, and...
Thinking about the profits Wang Dong's old company made in a year in his previous life...
"Auntie, you two talk amongst yourselves. I'm a bit full after dinner, so my mom, Uncle Chen, and I will go for a walk."
After saying this, Liu Chen pulled her mother, who still wanted to say something, and quickly left. Chen Long didn't need to be called; he simply followed Liu Fang, picked up his coat from the bed, put it on, and left.
The three of them cooperated seamlessly, heading straight for the elevator to go downstairs to give the young couple more time.
Liu Chen had intended to go to the small supermarket in the hospital to buy some basins and handkerchiefs for his aunt, but when they arrived, they found a notice on the door stating they were closed on New Year's Eve.
Chen Long looked at the somewhat bewildered Chenchen and said, "How about we drive to the mall? I remember there's a department store nearby that's open until ten in the evening during the New Year."
"Okay!"
To be honest, Liu Chen remembered that the last time she went to a mall on New Year's Eve was to promote a new product for her old boss, Wang Dong.
It was the kind where she stood inside a small house built of plastic sheets, wearing an apron with the brand name on it, cooking meatballs in an electric pot with hot pot broth. When someone passed by, she would invite them to try it and enthusiastically promote the day's promotional discounts.
She remembered that after the promotional event, Wang Dong had sent a WeChat red packet of six hundred yuan to the employees who were working overtime on New Year's Eve.
Hmm...
Thinking of the shrewd and capable Wang Dong from her previous life, and the Wang Dong from just now, who looked like a child who had lost his favorite toy.
Indeed, people are all the same.
No matter how capable a person is, when facing the one they love, they become ordinary.
"We're here, let's get out of the car."
Chen Long's words interrupted Liu Chen, who was lost in thought. She got out of the back seat of the car, her feet touching the ground, and looked up.
The words "Century Mall" stood tall on the facade of the mall, shining with a pale white light.
Isn't this the high-end mall where she bought gemstone cufflinks for Ren Yu?
She hadn't noticed this mall having a supermarket last time?
Liu Chen was full of doubts, but her face showed nothing. She linked arms with her mother and walked into Century Mall.
Unlike its usual deserted state, Century Mall on New Year's Eve was as bustling as the vegetable market downstairs, giving people the illusion that it was no different from other department stores.
At least, Liu Chen didn't think her mother had noticed anything different about this mall.
Chen Long walked into the mall as if he were home, leading the mother and daughter towards the Miu Miu store near the escalator.
The Miu Miu store had a glass facade inlaid in polished stainless steel frames, paired with backlit curtains and the polished brass Miu Miu logo.
Liu Fang, who hadn't been shopping in a mall for a long time since her divorce, sighed with emotion:
"It's only been a few years since I last shopped, and malls have become so beautiful now!"
No, it's not that the mall has become beautiful, but because the mall we are visiting now is probably the most expensive mall in C City, so it looks so beautiful, Liu Chen thought silently, but didn't tell her mother the truth.
She also wanted to buy her mother an expensive New Year's gift, and Chen Long's idea coincided with hers.
Chen Long, dressed in designer clothes, walked into the Miu Miu store with the beautiful mother and daughter behind him, and was immediately spotted by Yue Dan, the store's general sales manager.
On New Year's Eve, a family of three coming to shop, it would be a shame not to buy something, considering the perfect cut and material of the cashmere coat the man was wearing!
What's more, Yue Dan immediately recognized that the girl was wearing this season's down jacket from the neighboring Dior store.
If she could afford a down jacket from Dior, let alone her brand, which was less expensive than Dior's!
Chen Long, who was keen on fashionable dressing, felt a little unsure where to start looking at the light-colored displays in the store.
Liu Fang, completely unaware of all this, naturally pointed to a nude pink sleeveless dress on the mannequin and said,
"Chenchen, try this on."
As the three of them were trying on new clothes in the store, Hu Xingfa also emerged from the parking lot with his secretary Xu Ni, whose pregnancy was quite noticeable.
"Because you've been performing well lately, I'm taking you shopping at this mall. You have a budget of ten thousand yuan, so take your time and choose."