Heads-up! The CEO's Wife is a Hidden Big Boss! novel Chapter 1025

Chapter 1025: Ten-Mile Red Dowry, Grand Wedding

Editor: Atlas Studios

Gu Si ran towards the helicopter excitedly with his short little legs and he shouted, "Sis!"

Before he reached the front, he saw that the helicopter was moving again.

Gu Si squinted as the propeller caused violent winds. He tilted his head back slightly and stopped in place subconsciously. Then, he took two steps back.

When he saw that the helicopter went off after just landing, he frowned and pouted. "...What’s going on?"

Missing Gateway and the others walked over and all of them looked confused. "Young Master, what... happened?"

Gu Si shook his head. He found it strange, so he took out his phone, "I’ll ask them."

He had just received a message from Sister Lin saying that things on the Base 102’s side have all ended.

What else could be so urgent?

Lu Chengzhou did not bring his phone along so Gu Si contacted Lu Yī.

"Where are you guys going?" Gu Si asked once the line went through.

Lu Yī maximized the speed of the helicopter and he was really nervous. "Young Master, something’s wrong with Ms. Gu’s body. We are now heading towards the hospital at the sub-island. Come here straight."

As a great soldier of Lu Chengzhou, Lu Yī always maintained a calm composure when something cropped up. He seldom spoke in such a tone that signaled extreme danger.

So it was clear how serious things were.

When Gu Si heard this, his expression changed abruptly and he answered with a heavy tone. "Alright, got it."

He did not ask further. If his sister suffered external injuries, Lu Chengzhou would have just sent her to the hospital right away instead of wasting time and coming back here.

It could only be...

Gu Si did not dare to make further guesses. He tightened his grip around the phone and pursed his lips as he turned around and ran toward the car immediately. "Head to the hospital at the sub-island!"

On the way to the hospital, Gu Si sent Lin Shuang a message.

...

Lu Zhan and Lan Sha could not interfere with the matters regarding Base 102 so they stayed at the side.

The people of the Shadow League were in charge.

The people of Red Flame acted as support.

The statuses of the two organizations were very clear.

If this was in the entertainment industry, these two companies would surely dislike each other and have a lot of fights both publicly and privately. They were definitely the kind to hate on each other and bring each other down.

In the past, they had definitely cursed each other and all of their ancestors.

Now, their bosses were a couple! They both had the same thoughts.

Our boss managed to conquer the Shadow League (Red Flame)!

In a way, the Shadow League (Red Flame) has unified everyone!

As such, everyone laughed off the past conflicts and as they worked hard, they boasted about themselves. Some of them simply started referring to one another as brothers.

Someone from Red Flame said, "Hey bro, where are you usually at? Can I hit you up for some drinks during my annual leave period in the future?"

The person from the Shadow League was more cold. "I don’t drink."

The person from Red Flame answered, "Damn, I’ll show you! Cigarettes, alcohol and gaming. I’m great at all of these! I can guarantee that you can pick up all of these from me!"

He looked really excited, as if he was saying ’I’ll guide you along on this wrong path."

The person from Shadow League looked at him calmly and coldly. "What happened to the cool image of Red Flame?"

The person from Red Flame kept quiet.

Here.

Lu Zhan walked to Lan Sha and reached his arm out politely. Then, he said with a smile, "Greetings, Mr. Lan. I am Lu Chengzhou’s father, Lu Zhan."

Lan Sha was expressionless. He stared at Lu Zhan’s arm for a few seconds before he looked up and shook it. His voice was very distant. "Greetings. I’m Gu Mang’s godfather, Lan Sha."

Given Lu Zhan’s position, he had his own observations about people and things, and he was always very accurate.

Lan Sha sounded a little unhappy and enraged, and Lu Zhan could sense it clearly.

So he guessed that Lan Sha was probably aware of Gu Mang’s pregnancy.

Indeed, a few seconds after Lan Sha introduced himself, he continued, "Your son is pretty impressive."

Lu Zhan was speechless.

Ye Junci, who had just walked over, heard what was said and she was speechless.

Lu Zhan said in a very serious tone. "I have come today for another reason. It is to discuss the marriage between Chengzhou and Gu Mang with you, Mr. Lan. Just let me know if there are any requests that you may have."

Ye Junci sounded very sincere too. "Don’t worry, Mr. Lan. The Lu family and the Ye family will prepare twice as many gifts for Gu Mang."

As Gu Mang was pregnant, they had to take the marriage even more seriously.

They could not treat her any less than she deserved.

The attitudes from the two of them made Lan Sha feel less unhappy.

He nodded as if he was about to say something...

Lin Shuang strode over suddenly and she looked flustered. "Mr. Lan, Commander Lu, Madam Ye, bad news..."

...

At the Sub-Island Hospital.

The elevator doors had not fully opened yet, but Gu Si squeezed his small body in and he quickly scanned through the directory in the elevator. Then, when he caught sight of Lu Chengzhou standing along the corridor, he charged over.

Lu Yī bowed respectfully. "Young Master."

Lu Chengzhou stood at the entrance of the emergency room and his face was as pale as a sheet. His eyes were so red they looked like they were injected with blood and he stared at the door of the emergency room without blinking at all.

Gu Si walked to Lu Chengzhou and he saw that his fists were clenched tightly. He used so much force that his joints were pale and he was shaking slightly.

A lot of blood was shed for Red Flame to be where it was now.

Missing Gateway and the others had seen Lu Chengzhou’s indifferent and merciless self, but they had never seen him in such a state before.

He was on the verge of collapsing and he was almost going out of control.

His fear and anxiety was shown clearly.

As if half the sky had fallen.

Gu Si tilted his head up and looked at Lu Chengzhou. Then, he swallowed his saliva and asked anxiously, "What happened to my sister?"

Lu Chengzhou did not respond at all. It was as if he could not hear anything.

He just stood still in place and stared into the emergency room.

It was as if his soul had left his body.

When Gu Si saw him in such a state, he frowned uncontrollably. He felt really worried too. "Lu... Brother..."

He changed his address for him when the word came to his mouth.

Still, Lu Chengzhou did not respond.

Gu Si pursed his lips. In the past, Lu Chengzhou would be rather happy whenever he called him ’Brother’. Now, he was ignoring him.

His sister must be severely injured...

Lu Yī said in a heavy tone. "Ms. Gu fought in Base 102. She bled."

Gu Si understood what Lu Yī meant. He stared hard at him and his eyes turned bloodshot red. "Who fought with my sister?!"

"Leng Xuan and Leng Yun." Lu Yī answered. "Leng Yun’s dead and Leng Xuan is now sent to the supermax prison at the Security Bureau."

"The Leng family again!" Gu Si said through gritted teeth. "I should have killed them all earlier on!"

The atmosphere along the corridor was extremely tense.

After some time, the doors of the emergency room were pulled open.

Lu Chengzhou, who had been standing still the entire time, moved suddenly. "How is she?"

His voice was really hoarse.

Gu Si and the others turned to look at the doctor as well.

"How is my sister?" Gu Si’s heart was suspended in his throat.

The doctor took off his mask and when he looked up, he met Lu Chengzhou’s bloody eyes. It made him shudder and his scalp went numb.

It was as if he was going to smash the hospital into bits if something bad was to happen to the person inside.

The doctor suppressed his fear and answered, "The fetus is saved. There is a threat of miscarriage. She must be careful and not participate in vigorous exercise during her pregnancy. She needs to recuperate well and rest more."

"What about the mother? How is the mother?" Lu Chengzhou asked in a tight voice and he sounded really tense.

The doctor was surprised. He had worked in this profession for so many years but this was the first time he had heard such a question.

Usually, the family of patients who were facing a threat of miscarriage would just ask if the child could be saved. Almost nobody asked about the condition of the mother of the child.

Her impression of the man in front of her got better and she was no longer as afraid of him.

The doctor smiled and explained, "The mother is in good physical condition and she is not facing any dangers at the moment. We will have her warded and observe her for a day. Make sure that she keeps up with her nutrition afterwards."

Alright...

She’s fine...

Lu Chengzhou finally relaxed and he sighed a huge sigh of relief. "Thank you."

The murderous intent in Gu Si’s eyes dissipated and he also released his little clenched fists.

Just then, the nurse pushed the hospital bed out.

Lu Chengzhou went pass the doctor and strode towards the hospital bed.

Gu Mang was still unconscious and she was still lying on the mobile hospital bed. Her figure was thin and her face was pale.

Lu Chengzhou held her hand and his eyes never moved away from her face again.

"Oh right." The doctor spoke again. "There’s another thing."

The mobile hospital bed stopped and Lu Chengzhou looked back. His pupils shrank again.

"Don’t worry." The doctor smiled. "Just a reminder. For the first and last three months, no intercourse."

The atmosphere in the corridor that was initially pressuring became rather strange in an instance.

Everyone knew Gu Mang’s age.

Everyone was even more aware of the fact that Lu Chengzhou made this big boss, who had just turned 18 a while ago, pregnant.

In the minds of these people, the doctor’s reminder made it sound as if Lu Chengzhou was an uncompromising beast."

Other than Gu Si, everyone looked down and they did not dare to make a sound.

...

When Lan Sha and Lu Zhan arrived at the hospital, those from the upper management team were activated to welcome them by the door.

The underground market was the largest investor of the Sub-Island Hospital.

The hospital director had made deals with Lan Sen many times. As for Lan Sha...

Putting aside the fact that Lan Sha never reveals himself, even if he did, the hospital director had no right to see him.

At this moment, he looked at the man in the Chinese tunic suit whom even Lan Sen had to greet "Sir" respectfully.

He was quick to identify who that person was.

It was the right-hand man of the underground trading guild, Lan Sha!

Then, he looked at the other people who exuded the same aura as Lan Sha. They must all have some big background.

Beads of cold sweat formed on the hospital director’s forehead. He wondered who was admitted into his hospital such that so many mysterious big bosses would come and visit her personally.

"Commander." Lu Yī saluted to him and led the way.

Lan Sha asked in a deep tone. "How is Gu Mang?"

Lu Yī lowered his head slightly and his attitude towards him was even more respectful than he was towards Lu Zhan. "Mr. Lan, Ms. Gu is not in any danger."

In other words, the child was safe and so was Gu Mang.

Lan Sha released the tightly held hands behind his back. "That’s good."

Everyone was relieved to hear that this was just a ’false alarm’.

The group of personnel in the upper management who had come with the hospital director were well-informed people. Also, this was the sub-island of Jijing Island. Naturally, they have heard of the big happenings regarding the switch of the Director of Jijing Island.

When they heard the name ’Gu Mang’, they instantly knew who was admitted into their hospital.

It was the current Head of the Council of Jijing Island, Gu Mang!

No wonder so many big bosses have come!

The people from the upper management in the hospital were usually followed by a group of people everywhere they went. But at this moment, everyone in the hospital watched them follow Lan Sha and the others fearfully and respectfully.

The entire hospital felt really crowded.

The nurses in the hospital lowered their volumes as they talked about them.

"Where are these leaders from? Look at our director’s attitude..."

"I don’t know, a lot of helicopters and luxury cars were stopped outside our entrance! Who can garner such a big crowd?"

"It doesn’t seem like they are here to conduct checks. Did an influential person get sent to the hospital?"

"When the sky was just getting bright, a helicopter stopped here. I saw a man carrying a lady down from it and they were both really good looking!"

"I saw it too, but that woman looks familiar. I forgot where I’ve seen her before. Maybe she’s on some drama or the news."

"Ah!" Someone suddenly shouted and everyone around her was shocked. She continued excitedly. "It’s Gu Mang! The new Jijing Island Head of the Council! It was on the news!"

"Oh f*ck! Such a big shot?!"

...

Lan Sha and the others arrived at the floor where Gu Mang was warded.

Gu Si, Missing Gateway and the others were all seated on the chairs along the corridor.

When Gu Si saw that everyone had arrived, he stood up and greeted all of them politely.

There were quite a lot of people and Gu Si’s mouth felt rather dry by the time he greeted all of them.

"Where’s your sister?" Lin Shuang patted Gu Si’s head and asked.

Gu Si looked into the ward. "She’s still asleep. Brother is accompanying her in there."

When Lan Sha heard Gu Si’s address, he glanced at him. "..."

Even Gu Si had gotten comfortable with Lu Chengzhou...

When Lin Shuang, Yun Ling and the others found out that Gu Mang was fine, their attention went to Gu Si’s ’brother’.

What happened to declaring that they were sworn enemies back then?

Indeed, money works wonders...

Gu Mang was still asleep so they could not go to the ward to disturb her.

The hospital director stepped forward. "Mr. Lan, how about heading to the lounge first?"

It wasn’t nice to have so many people standing along the corridor.

Lan Sha, Lu Zhan and Ye Junci were the elders. They exchanged glances and nodded.

The group of people followed the hospital director to the lounge.

He Yidu walked to Missing Gateway and lowered his voice slightly. "Return to Red Flame with the technical team."

"Alright." Missing Gateway responded. Then, he seemed to be hesitant to say something for quite a while, before he asked with a complex expression. "Young Master He, I heard from a brother that Ms. Gu is the Arctic Fox?"

He Yidu looked at him and there was a smile on his face. "Yeah, aren’t you online friends with Arctic Fox? Didn’t you say that you guys were destined to be married?"

He recalled that he once told Gu Mang about having a friend called Arctic Fox...

Even earlier before, he said that if Arctic Fox was a high school student, he would hang himself with the cord of a mouse...

Life is hard. Missing Gateway sighed and he felt embarrassed. "Please stop talking about it."

Qin Fang understood what Missing Gateway was feeling very well. He had been through that before too. He patted Missing Gateway on the shoulder.

Whenever Gu Mang was mentioned, Gu Si would look really proud. He might as well carve the words ’My Sis Is The Coolest!" on his face.

Yun Ling ordered the Shadow League to return too.

The people that Lu Wu had brought took over to ensure the safety of this level in the hospital.

He Yidu, Qin Fang and a few others were just about to head to the lounge when the door to Gu Mang’s ward was pulled open from inside.

Lu Chengzhou walked out.

The man’s clothes were rather untidy and his face was cold. The redness in his bloodshot eyes had not fully faded and he looked rather intimidating.

Gu Si looked at him and his eyes lit up. "Brother, is my sis awake?"

Lu Chengzhou shut the door softly and the sound of the lock could barely be heard. He answered, "Nope."

Gu Si’s eyes darkened again.

Lu Chengzhou patted him on the head.

Lin Shuang said, "Let her have more rest. There has been too much nonsense going on lately. I bet she never had a good rest."

Things have finally come to a certain point.

Lu Chengzhou nodded, and his eyes fell on Jiang Sui who was behind him. "Jiangsui, bring some people and return to Jijing Island right away. Restrict all the information on the island, not a single word is to get out. Search and investigate the Head Elder’s Residence as well as the Leng and Bi residences. Brahma’s place too."

The last part of his speech sounded intimidating and fierce.

Jiangsui stepped forward. "Got it."

Since Gu Mang was not awake yet, he was obliged to listen to Lu Chengzhou.

"Suspend the daily meeting at the Elders’ Association Council House today and send me an email of the emergency file. When I’ve read through it, I’ll use Gu Mang’s personal seal on it. Put those that aren’t urgent on hold for now."

Each time Lu Chengzhou finished a sentence, Jiangsui responded, "Got it."

"Hand over all the matters related to the Elders’ Association to Elder Bai. All the financial organizations and research labs will operate as usual. Do I have to tell you what to do with the ones who won’t listen?" Lu Chengzhou narrowed his eyes a little.

There must not be any problems with the operations of Jijing Island nor should there be social panic caused. Otherwise, Gu Mang would still have to deal with the aftermath.

Jiangsui bowed. "Don’t worry, I know what to do."

Lu Chengzhou responded. "Release the message. Whoever dares to interfere with the matters of Jijing Island will have their entire family exterminated by me."

With such a big change in Jijing Island, there must be many people all around the world watching closely and wanting to kick them when they are down.

No one is thinking of messing with Gu Mang’s stuff.

Lu Chengzhou spoke really slowly and everyone there could sense the coldness in his tone. It was so chilling that it pierced into their bones.

Jiangsui answered respectfully, "Got it."

"When you ransack their home, get a few journalists and reporters to cover the news well." Lu Chengzhou said with cold eyes. "Do a good job."

He intended to set this as a deterrence and to knock some sense into the unlawful and untrustworthy families.

"I got it." Jiangsui answered.

After Lu Chengzhou finished giving out his orders, he lifted his chin. "Go now."

Jiangsui bowed, then he turned around and led his people to get their jobs done.

Yun Ling exchanged glances with Lin Shuang and he was a little stunned. He had probably seen too much of Lu Chengzhou being soft with Gu Mang and also how good-tempered he was when he messed around with Gu Si, such that he forgot the true nature of this big boss.

Then, Lu Chengzhou instructed Lu Yī. "Move the kitchen over. Get a chef and a dietitian."

Move the kitchen here...

Lu Yī thought that he had heard wrong and he did not respond immediately. When Lu Chengzhou looked over, he quickly bowed and answered, "Got it."

Everyone kept silent.

"Brother Cheng," He Yidu said, "Mr. Lan and Uncle Lu are waiting at the lounge."

Lu Chengzhou hummed in response and walked towards the lounge with one hand in his pocket.

He Yidu and Qin Fang followed.

At the lounge.

The hospital director served drinks to Lan Sha and the others respectfully.

Lan Sen looked at the hospital director and the others. "The hospital must be very busy, you should get on with your work. We will call for help if needed."

The hospital director nodded. When he went out, he bumped into Lu Chengzhou who happened to be at the door.

The hospital director did not know how to address him, so he just bowed.

When Lan Sha saw Lu Chengzhou enter, he put down the cup and stood up. "Has Gu Mang woken up?"

"Nope." Lu Chengzhou was expressionless. "Godfather, Dad, there’s no need for you to wait around here. Go back and have some rest."

Too many things have occurred tonight.

Even if Gu Mang had woken up, she would need ample rest too.

So the three of them nodded.

Lan Sha stayed at the sub-island, so he said, "I’ll drop by to see Gu Mang tonight."

Lu Chengzhou answered politely and respectfully, "Alright."

As one of the big families on Jijing Island, the Ye Family was most affected by the big change on Jijing Island. There were many things that Ye Junci had to handle.

She said, "Let Gu Mang rest well. I will tell Elder Ye to help Elder Bai out with the matters regarding Jijing Island."

Lu Chengzhou was not surprised that Ye Junci had assumed correctly that he had given the power to make decisions to Elder Bai.

The Bai Family was the only one who would give in their all for the best interests of Gu Mang.

To put it nicely, the Ye Family cared for everyone. But to put it crudely, they were just timid and fearful.

Ye Junci had tricks up her sleeves, but she had to prioritize the Ye Family at all times. Her bottom line was the interests of the Ye Family.

The Ye Family ranked first. Then came Lu Chengzhou and Gu Mang.

Ye Junci had her own choices, and naturally, so did Lu Chengzhou.

He would not give the rights in Gu Mang’s hands to other people easily.

When Ye Junci said so, Lu Chengzhou rejected the offer right away. "No, it’s fine."

Lu Zhan frowned, "Chengzhou..."

Ye Junci clenched her fists so she could suppress her emotions and not reveal the changes to anyone. "Alright, let me know if Gu Mang needs any help."

She did not expect a response from Lu Chengzhou, so he bade goodbye to Lu Zhan and Lan Sha, then she left with the people from the Ye family.

Ye Junci straightened his back as if nothing could bring her down.

The Ye family was backing her up, so she had to back the entire Ye Family up too.

She was the only matriarch in the entire Jijing Island.

Lu Zhan left with Lan Sha and the two of them went to Lan Sha’s underground market. There were still some things they had to discuss.

...

That afternoon.

The doctor came over with several test reports of Gu Mang. There was no major problem.

Just to be safe, they had her warded for the night. If Gu Mang did not feel any discomfort on the next day, then she could be discharged.

Lu Jiu and Lu Shi brought the Base 102 authorization card and seal that they found in the core research lab and handed them to Lu Chengzhou.

"Young Master Lu, the Shadow League has put the matters in Base 102 on hold for the moment. They said that they would deal with the matters after Ms. Gu has woken up." Lu Jiu said.

Lu Chengzhou looked at the authorization card and the seal, "Alright."

They could only wait for Gu Mang to deal with these things.

"Have the corpses of the children been found?" Lu Chengzhou looked at them.

Lu Jiu answered, "They’re found, it’s just that..."

"Go on." Lu Chengzhou said coldly.

"Yes." Lu Jiu looked down. "The corpses must have been buried straight into the pits that they have dug. After all these years, only a bunch of white bones can be found. We can no longer tell which ones belong to whom. The biochemical group from the forensics department of the Security Bureau have gone there and they intend to collect the bones back for DNA testing."

Every family wanted to bring the remains of their children back to their family cemetery. They had to separate these bones.

This was a big project and they needed some time.

Lu Chengzhou nodded. "I’ll contact Elder Song later and borrow some manpower from the Criminal Division. Get the Security Bureau to form an assay team. Prepare a private jet to chauffeur them here."

Lu Jiu answered respectfully, "Got it."

Lu Chengzhou took out his phone and made a call to Song Xian.

"I heard some things about Jijing Island, that there is some unrest." Song Xian asked in a worried tone, "Is Gu Mang alright?"

"Don’t worry, she’s fine." Lu Chengzhou answered.

"If she’s fine then why are you the one making the call to me?" Song Xian did not believe him.

Lu Chengzhou went silent for a second and he explained, "She has been busy for the entire night so she’s resting now."

"Alright, take good care of my precious apprentice." Song Xian sighed in relief. "You need some people from the biochemistry department huh? I’ll prepare them for you right away. Deal with the visa issues on Jijing Island."

"Alright, sorry to trouble you." Lu Chengzhou expressed his gratitude.

Lu Jiu and Lu Shi left the hospital to get things done.

Lu Yī walked out of the ward opposite Gu Mang’s. The hospital beds had been moved away by the hospital management. There was a long dining table placed inside.

He Yidu and the rest made do with sleeping on the sofa. At this moment, they were having their meals.

Lu Yī really brought the kitchen here.

"Young Master Lu, go in and have some food." Lu Yī said.

Gu Mang was still asleep and Lu Chengzhou had no appetite. "You guys go ahead."

He poured himself a glass of water and gulped everything down. Then, he returned to Gu Mang’s ward.

Lin Shuang propped up her face in her hands and she looked at the shut doors of Gu Mang’s ward. "Tsk, both the kingdom and the beauty. What a winner in life."

He Yidu raised his eyebrows. "Which one of them are you talking about?"

Was it Big Boss Gu who had both the beauty and the kingdom in hand...

Or was it their Brother Cheng?

Qin Fang swallowed his rice and slapped the table. "I bet she meant Sister-In-Law."

"Watch out, that Young Master Lu of yours would whip you if he knows that you called him a beauty." Yun Ling said unrestrained.

"Well... Here’s the thing. If I call Brother Cheng a beauty, I am definitely getting whipped, without a doubt." Qin Fang poked his chopsticks into the rice. "But if I say that Brother Cheng is Gu Mang’s beauty, I might even be rewarded."

The corner of Lin Shuang’s lips twitched a little. You know so much and yet you’re still single as f*ck. I don’t get it!"

Qin Fang disagreed. "Isn’t it the same for everyone on this table?"

Lin Shuang raised her hand. "Hold on, I have a fiancé. I am not single."

He Yidu looked up and stared at her with deep eyes.

Qin Fang was greatly shocked.

Yun Ling stared at her in confusion. "Since when did you have a fiancé? You never mentioned it."

Lin Shuang shrugged. "It’s just a fiancé, what’s worth mentioning? Remember to prepare your monetary gifts when I’m married!"

Preparations for weddings?

He Yidu looked down. The expression in his eyes could not be deciphered.

...

Meanwhile at the Gu Manor.

Old Master Gu stood in the ancestral hall of the Gu family. In just a few days, he seemed to have aged ten years.

He held a walking stick and his back was crouched.

Elder Gu entered, "Old Master."

Old Master Gu was still staring at the ancestral tablets. "How are things going out there?"

Elder Gu’s eyes were heavy. "Young Lady has not returned and we did not receive any news about her either, but an order was received. Jiangsui led a large number of people to ransack many houses. The movement is huge."

Most importantly...

After such big things happened, everyone on Jijing Island was in danger. Yet, they had to pretend as if nothing had occurred.

Everyone performed their duties and carried out their tasks even better than they did before.

They were just afraid that Jiangsui would bring his people along to ransack their house.

Jijing Island operated as usual and everything was calm and peaceful.

The last time Jijing Island had an internal strife, the Head Elder and his team took a month for everything to settle down.

Now, there was barely a stir and yet four forces were entirely wiped out!

Elder Gu couldn’t help but think about Lu Chengzhou and Gu Mang’s incredible talents. A chill ran down his spine.

"Lu Chengzhou told both sides of society that if anyone dared to meddle into the affairs of Jijing Island, Red Flame would wipe them out." No one would take Red Flame’s words as a joke. After all, that was the Red Flame’s style of handling things.

Initially, when last night’s incident was leaked to outsiders, there would be several ships floating around in the waters near to Jijing Island.

But after Lu Chengzhou released the warning, no ships dared to go near Jijing Island again.

Lu Chengzhou... Gu Mang...

Old Master Gu pursed his lips. "One wrong move, and you lose the game."

This morning, he had been thinking about something. If he had stood on Gu Mang’s side right from the beginning...

Would it mean that the Gu family would now have restored its former glory?

Everyone had underestimated Gu Mang’s capabilities.

Brahma included.

The Killer Alliance which Brahma created on his own was now removed from both sides of society.

Before this, who would have thought that such a great organization like the Killer Alliance would become a thing of the past?

And who would have thought that the Head Elder, the Leng family and the Bi Family would all be wiped out overnight?

With the rise of the Bai Family, Elder Bai, whose voice weighed little in the Elders’ Association, became the new Head Elder who had tens of thousands of people under him. This all happened from one command from Gu Mang.

Old Master Gu murmured to himself repeatedly. "One wrong move, and you lose the game."

Just then, a subordinate ran over clumsily.

"Old Master, the people from the Security Bureau are here. So are the police from the capital. They said that we have been charged with two homicides and they require your cooperation in the investigation."

...

Gu Mang slept until nighttime.

When she opened her eyes, it was pitch black in the ward.

Her hand was held by a warm palm.

"Are you awake?" Lu Chengzhou’s voice was heard from the side of the bed. It sounded really warm in the dark environment.

Gu Mang hummed in response and her voice was really hoarse.

Lu Chengzhou switched on the wall lamp which wasn’t very bright, so it did not hurt the eyes.

He went to pour a glass of warm water, then he sat on the edge of the bed and helped her up. He let her take a few sips of water in his arms.

After Gu Mang finished drinking, her throat was more comfortable. "What time is it now?"

"Almost 9." Lu Chengzhou put the cup down. "Are you still going to sleep?"

Gu Mang licked her lips. "Not anymore."

"Are you still feeling any discomfort?" Lu Chengzhou looked down at her and held her hands. Then, he touched her face. It was warm.

"Uh." Gu Mang said, "I’m kinda hungry. Is there anything to eat?"

Lu Chengzhou smiled. "Yeah, I made Lu Yī move the kitchen here and we simmered porridge for you. We can make anything that you want to eat now."

Gu Mang was silent for a second. She was already used to Lu Chengzhou’s style of pleasing her with his rich way of life.

"Is there something spicy?" She asked.

"You want something sweet?" Lu Chengzhou said expressionlessly. "Yeah, does Sister Mang want some chestnut porridge?"

Gu Mang raised her eyebrow and held him by the back of his neck, then he pushed his head down and said in his ear, "I want to eat something spicy. Can you hear me now, Brother Cheng?"

The girl pressed herself by his ear and her warm and soft lips were almost biting his ears.

Her "Brother Cheng" made Lu Chengzhou’s ear go numb and his breathing got heavy. His eyes were scarily deep.

He did not speak for quite some time. He tried to breathe calmly.

After one whole minute, he straightened his back and ruffled her hair. "If you flirt with me again, I won’t be humane."

Gu Mang laughed and nodded. "That’s fine by me."

Lu Chengzhou stared at her.

Gu Mang waved her hand. "Do you prefer this? Or..." She paused and pointed at her lips. "This?"

Lu Chengzhou’s eyes became extremely deep and the desire that he had was even stronger than before,

He kept quiet.

Gu Mang’s actions reminded him of the time when he asked if she was better with her hands or with her mouth.

She learned really well. Now, she could apply the same method on him.

Lu Chengzhou shut his eyes. He had asked for it.

"I will never teach you anything like this again." He took a deep breath as if he was afraid that he might not be able to control himself. He bit her lip and said, "I’ll get you some porridge."

Then, he immediately stood up and turned on the bright lights in the ward,

Gu Mang laughed as she looked at the back view of the man who looked like he had strode out of the ward because he was afraid that he could not control himself.

When the door was shut, the smile on Gu Mang’s face subsided and she looked down at her tummy.

She stared for quite some time and then she lifted her hand to press on her pulse.

When she was sure that her child was still there, she hugged her knees and burrowed her face into her arms. Her fingers clenched onto the shirt tightly.

Just then, the door was suddenly pushed open.

Gu Mang raised her head from her arms and her gaze met Lu Chengzhou’s dark eyes.

The man was tall and he stood by the door with one hand on the doorknob.

The lady sat on the bed with her legs curled up and she looked like she was in a particularly vulnerable position.

There was some confusion in her clear, dark eyes.

As if she was asking, why are you here again?

Lu Chengzhou sighed and shut the door, then he walked to the bed and sat down. He held her in his arms. "Did you make me move away so that you could check on your pulse?"

Gu Mang did not respond.

Lu Chengzhou already found it odd when she did not ask anything when she woke up, and even flirted with him.

"Why is this little girl so dishonest?" He touched her hair. "When will you change this bad habit of dealing with everything on your own?"

Gu Mang still remained silent and she just stayed in his arms.

"Or do you think that I have a fragile mentality so I cannot deal with such things?" Lu Chengzhou lowered his voice.

Gu Mang looked up and rested her chin on his shoulder. In all seriousness, she answered, "Your mental state right now is indeed rather fragile."

"How could you say that?" Lu Chengzhou let her go and held her face up with both hands. He stared into her eyes and asked word by word, "Who made me like this?"

Gu Mang answered, "I did."

Lu Chengzhou stared at her.

"You sound proud." Lu Chengzhou moved his jaw. He looked like he was angry but yet he could not bear to get angry at her again. "Think about it, how many times did you fight?"

Gu Mang answered expressionlessly. "They made me do it."

"Fine." Lu Chengzhou nodded. "And I forced you to check your own pulse, huh?"

They beat around the bush but the conversation went back to where it started. But this time, Gu Mang’s feelings were different.

She licked her lips. "Nah, I know that you didn’t want me to risk my life at Base 102, but I had to go. And now, something bad almost happened. I’m afraid that you’d blame yourself for not stopping me again."

Lu Chengzhou looked at her face.

After a few seconds, he laughed and pinched her cheeks. "You guessed wrong. I won’t stop you from doing anything that you want. I’ll only blame myself for not protecting you well enough."

"Be good, you just have to ask me about it in the future." Lu Chengzhou leaned in towards her slowly. "You had so much to say when it comes to flirting, do you not know how to ask a question?"

Gu Mang stared at him.

"If you have something to say in the future, just tell me in the face. As long as nothing happens to you, I won’t be fragile, okay?" Lu Chengzhou held her by the back of her neck. "Aren’t you pretty quick at learning?"

"Okay." Gu Mang answered and looked at him. "Can I eat spicy food?"

"Nope, we only have chestnut porridge." Lu Chengzhou rejected right away. "Sister Mang, you’re a doctor yourself. Do you not have any idea if you can consume spicy food now?"

Gu Mang stared at him.

"Be good, you can have it next time." Lu Chengzhou softened his voice as if he was trying to coax a child.

Gu Mang looked at him coldly and she felt rather speechless.

...

Gu Mang had slept for ten hours and she wanted to go for a walk, so she went to the kitchen that Lu Yi moved here with Lu Chengzhou.

Qin Fang and the others found a set of mahjong tiles somewhere and they happened to have four people, so they played there.

Gu Si was gaming with Lu Wu on the sofa.

When Gu Si saw Gu Mang, he jumped up from the sofa in excitement and ran to her. "Sis, you’re up!"

"Yeah," Gu Mang patted him on the head and pointed her chin to the phone. "Team fight, play."

Gu Si looked down quickly and supported his team mates.

Lin Shuang yelled, "Little Sister Gu, come and teach me a thing or two, He Yidu that idiot keeps beating me. I’ve already lost tens of thousands!"

That idiot stared at her.

Lu Chengzhou pinched Gu Mang’s hand. "I’ll get you some porridge."

Gu Mang nodded and pulled a chair over to sit beside Lin Shuang. Just as she sat down, He Yidu threw a tile out.

"F*ck! I finally won!" Lin Shuang slapped the table and pushed her tiles to reveal them. She was really excited. "My first win of the night!"

Gu Mang stared at He Yidu.

Lu Chengzhou came with the porridge and walked to Gu Mang’s side. He softened his voice, "They’re really noisy, let’s have this in the ward."

Gu Mang slept for a long time and her head was a little heavy, so she nodded. "Alright."

Lu Chengzhou, He Yidu and Qin Fang were used to Lu Chengzhou’s two personalities.

Yun Ling, who was always slow to understand things, stared speechlessly.

Is this a f*cking place for humans?!

...

After Gu Mang finished her meal, she looked at the news of Jijing Island.

She understood that Lu Chengzhou had dealt with everything well when she noticed that everything was going normal.

At around 10pm, Lan Sha came to the hospital.

"Do you know how dangerous it is now?" Lan Sha looked at her with a strict expression. "You promised to enter Base 102 and keep a low profile. No impulsive acts and no rashness. But look what happened?"

Gu Mang stared at him.

Lan Sha spoke, then he looked at Lu Chengzhou. "And you too, you can’t just let her do what she wants sometimes."

Lu Chengzhou admitted to his mistakes guiltily. "Don’t worry, I’ll take note of this in the future."

"Eh..." Gu Mang said and touched her nose, "Godfather, the matter has already passed."

Speaking of this, Lan Sha smiled. "Yeah, it’s all over." As he spoke, his smile became rather distant. "It’s finally over. Your parents can now rest in peace."

Gu Mang got up from the sofa and knelt before Lan Sha unhesitatingly.

Lu Chengzhou followed her and they both knelt in front of Lan Sha.

Lan Sha was slightly shocked. He raised his hands and wanted to help them up. "What are you guys doing? Get up, quick."

The two of them stayed in place and kowtowed to Lan Sha.

Gu Mang’s expression was really solemn. "Godfather, thank you for helping my parents for so many years."

Her parents were also afraid of being a burden to others, so all these years, her godfather was the only one who would risk his life to help them.

"Your father saved my life, it is only right of me to help him out." Lan Sha stood up and pulled the arms of the two of them. "Get up first."

Gu Mang and Lu Chengzhou stood up.

Lan Sha told them to sit down and he looked at Gu Mang. Then, he asked, "Have you thought about how to deal with the matters now that everything on Base 102 has ended?"

Gu Mang answered, "We will close down the core research lab. I won’t move the people from the various departments and research labs of Base 102 for now. I will also make the base half-open."

"Half-open?" Lan Sha didn’t quite understand her.

Gu Mang added water to his cup. "In the past, the elders chose talent and gave chances to people who were willing to work hard. In the future, anyone who passes the internal test will be able to enter the base."

Those who work harder would be luckier.

Lan Sha nodded. "There definitely needs to be a big change in management of the Head Elder’s people."

Gu Mang hummed an acknowledgement.

Lan Sha picked up his glass of water, "There’s another big thing."

Gu Mang was stunned. "What else?"

What other big issue was there?

Lan Sha looked at Gu Mang, then at Lu Chengzhou. "How do you intend to hold the wedding?"

"Huh? This?" Gu Mang said after pondering for a few seconds. "Things are rather busy on Jijing Island at the moment, I don’t have time for that. Let’s talk about it another day."

Lu Chengzhou looked at her. "...??"

When Gu Mang thought of this, she looked down thoughtfully.

There were only half of the members from the Elders’ Association left and there were serious vacancies in the management team of the various major departments.

She had to select a group of people quickly.

Lan Sha did not expect to receive such a response from Gu Mang. "You don’t even have time to get married?"

Gu Mang thought of the several pages of the itinerary sent by the secretarial department just now, and she felt a headache. "My agenda for the following month is rather full."

Lu Chengzhou stared at her.

Of course, they had to accommodate Gu Mang’s timing for the wedding. There wasn’t much Lan Sha could say about it.

"Alright, then you guys shall make your own decisions." With that, Lan Sha engaged in some small talk with Gu Mang, then he got up to leave the hospital.

Lan Sen booked a suite for He Yidu, Lin Shuang and the others in a hotel near the hospital.

At this time of the day, everyone followed Lan Sha and they all left the hospital. They even took Gu Si along too.

Lu Chengzhou and Gu Mang sent them off to the elevator.

When the elevator door was shut, Lu Chengzhou held Gu Mang’s hand as they walked back into the hospital ward. "Is your schedule very packed?"

"Yeah." Gu Mang thought of the information that she had, "The Tang family can be promoted, Tang Yu is pretty good."

"Is it really so packed?" Lu Chengzhou asked again.

Gu Mang thought that he did not believe her, so she took out her phone and opened up a file. "See it for yourself."

There were several dense pages.

Lu Chengzhou glanced at it without much care. Then, he looked into her dark eyes. Seriously, he said, "So I have no right to even cut the line now?"

Gu Mang stared at him.

"Pretty sad." Lu Chengzhou looked away and continued walking ahead. "You’re pretty heartless."

Gu Mang stared at him.

...

He Yidu and the others parted ways with Lan Sha at the entrance of the hospital.

Qin Fang folded his arms and stroked his chin. "Why do I feel like Brother Cheng isn’t in a very good mood?"

He Yidu nodded in agreement.

So he exchanged glances with Gu Si for a few seconds and Gu Si decided to follow them.

Lin Shuang found it rather strange. "I don’t think there’s anything going on now, why would Lu Chengzhou still be in a bad mood?"

The things that had to be settled were pretty much done.

He patted his chest. I’m still in the villa. All is well, all is well.

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