CHAPTER 622: CHAPTER 611: THE DIVINE DOCTOR FATHER-IN-LAW OF THE PRESTIGIOUS FAMILY’S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW

Years later, when Gu Mingshen was out shopping with his wife and child, he chanced upon Li Xinyi, who had become a resentful and irritable woman, losing all her previous innocence and purity. Had Li Xinyi not called out to him, he almost wouldn’t have recognized her.

Li Xinyi’s tone during their conversation was laced with a grievance, as if she were blaming him for abandoning her and leading to her becoming what she is now. Gu Mingshen quickly found an excuse to leave with his wife and child.

"Is that Li Xinyi? How did she end up like this?" It was clear that Gu Mingshen’s wife had heard of her before, and her words carried a hint of pity.

Gu Mingshen drove silently, his tone neither sad nor happy, but with a neat judgment: "It’s said that her husband had an affair and even brought an illegitimate child back home, and her father Li Pengcheng wouldn’t allow her to divorce, so it’s no surprise she’s ended up like this."

"That’s the former father-in-law of elder sister-in-law?" Gu Mingshen’s wife spoke with disdain when mentioning that family, "I heard that Li Chengyu and his wife are at it again. I don’t know what there is to fuss about. It’s Li Pengcheng alone propping up such a big company; no wonder their performance is getting worse. It’s good that elder sister-in-law jumped out of that pit of fire early on."

"Elder sister-in-law is about to give birth; have you prepared the gift?" Gu Mingshen asked his wife when mentioning Ye Chan.

"I’ve prepared it long ago. When we had Xiao Hao, elder sister-in-law gave us the Jade Pendant. Didn’t Uncle Ye say that elder sister-in-law’s new baby is a daughter? So, I’ve custom-made a pure gold pig pendant. It may not be as valuable as the Jade Pendant, but it’s our heartfelt gift."

"Hmm, my brother and sister-in-law lack nothing; it’s the thought that counts."

Inside the villa at Beiyuan, Gu Mingting was carefully helping Ye Chan downstairs. Her belly had grown even more prominent, and it always made him anxious.

Seeing the man’s tense face, Ye Chan lightly laughed: "It’s fine; this is normal for pregnancy."

Gu Mingting did not speak, but his protective gesture did not relax in the slightest.

Ye Chan felt both warmth and amusement in her heart. Who would have thought that the initially contracted couple could reach this stage?

In fact, until a year and a half ago, they were still politely containing each other. But one day, after they had returned home from entertaining with drinks, she took a bolder step, and Gu Mingting did not let go of her. Everything just naturally fell into place from there.

It was at that moment that they both realized they had mutual feelings for each other, but feared that expressing this affection would lead to rejection or even further distance from one another. So, they kept this fondness hidden in their hearts.

Once Ye Chan took the first step, Gu Mingting followed with the next ninety-nine steps. Two people, not young in age, fell into a passionate love from that day on, to the point where even Gu Mingmei couldn’t stand their sickly sweet behavior and moved out.

Since they were already a married couple, once their feelings became clear, pregnancy was only a matter of time. Ye Chan’s belly was now eight months along, and while going downstairs, she couldn’t even see her own toes, which is why Gu Mingting was so anxious.

While Gu Mingting was helping Ye Chan downstairs, the little smart aleck Gu Hao had already fetched a cushion and placed it on the sofa.

"Thank you, Xiao Hao." Ye Chan gently rubbed his head.

Gu Hao, now eight years old, had grown up to be a big boy and had already shed his timidity from when he was younger, which had a lot to do with the care from Ye Qiu and Ye Chan.

It was funny to say, but Gu Hao felt even closer to his stepmother Ye Chan and step-grandfather Ye Qiu than to his biological father, Gu Mingting. Gu Mingting didn’t mind; influenced by Ye Chan, he had now abandoned his previous emotions and treated Gu Hao with the attitude of a normal father toward his child.

"Mom, let me accompany you to the hospital later!" Gu Hao sat close to Ye Chan.

"Have you finished your homework?"

"I finished it last night," Gu Hao said, seeking praise.

Ye Chan indeed complimented him: "Our Xiao Hao is really great. Later, we’ll go to the hospital together, and we’ll have lunch at your grandpa’s place."

"Okay!"

Gu Mingting watched the mother and son, with a smile deepening at the corner of his mouth.

When the Gu family’s little princess was born, the entire internet celebrated for them, as Gu Mingting spared no expense to discount his company’s products.

"What kind of immortal father is this? The Gu family’s little princess is too fortunate!"

"Am I the only one who noticed the little princess’s beauty? I can already fully imagine how beautiful the child of President Gu and Mr. Ye will grow up to be!"

"President Gu is so generous, sending a manor for his daughter right after she was born. Just how lavish will her dowry be when she gets married!"

"Am I the only one who saw what the little princess’s grandfather sent? A medical prescription! A formula that can regrow hair!"

"Crying, programmers no longer have to worry about being bald and unable to find a wife!"

"Where on earth is this Divine Doctor Ye Qiu from, and how does he have so many formulas?"

"Speaking of which, none of the medicines handled by the great Ye Qiu over the years have been anything short of miraculous."

"Can I say that those medicines almost exhausted my entire salary? But I’m willing! Taking advantage of the little princess’s birth event, I’m going to stock up on his medicine for a year!"

"I really hope there’s an event like this every year. May I ask President Gu, how many children do you and Mr. Ye plan to have?"

When this netizen asked the question, they tagged Gu Mingting, and he actually responded, even posting a photo. The photo showed four hands, two larger ones from him and Ye Chan, and two smaller ones from Gu Hao and the newly born little princess. In his comment, he wrote: Having a wife, a son, and a daughter in this life is enough!

Looking at this photo, netizens shouted with excitement, and some even questioned Gu Hao’s origins, but knowledgeable people quickly responded. President Gu’s eldest son was an unexpected event during his time abroad many years ago, but he and his wife Ye Chan love this son just as much, and the son even took Ye Qiu, Ye Chan’s father, as his master, with the intention to carry forward Ye Qiu’s mission of promoting traditional Chinese medicine.

Nowadays, Ye Qiu’s net worth is not small at all. He owns a college of traditional Chinese medicine as well as Medicine Gardens across the country, all of which will belong to Gu Hao in the future. If anyone dares to say that Gu Mingting and Ye Chan favor one child over the other, Gu Hao is the first to deny it.

Moreover, after the birth of their daughter, Gu Mingting drafted a will stipulating that after he and his wife Ye Chan pass away, their combined wealth will be evenly split between the two children. Therefore, by that count, it’s the little princess who is at a slight disadvantage.

But the little princess has an extremely protective older brother. Whatever the parents and grandfather give less, brother Gu Hao makes up for it.

In the end, the little princess is pampered by the whole family as she grows up. But because there is the cautionary tale of Li Xinyi, although she grows up indulged in luxuries, she understands how to conduct herself in society very well, inheriting her parents’ intelligence and emotional intelligence thoroughly.