Billionaire's Long Journey of Chasing His Love-Chapter 466 - 402: The Daughter-in-law is Too Awesome! (Second Update)

Chapter 466: Chapter 402: The Daughter-in-law is Too Awesome! (Second Update)

Tong Airui looked at her and laughed, "When you graduate, I’ll exchange it for you."

Yi Luowa counted on her fingers, "It’s only early February now, I won’t graduate until July... husband, in July, I should be having the baby!"

"Hmm, I know." Tong Airui nodded with a smile.

"Are you ready to be a dad?" Yi Luowa blinked her eyes playfully.

"I’m not ready, but I can’t wait for them to be born." Tong Airui sighed.

"It’s just a few days until the Spring Festival, I’ll take you back tomorrow."

"What about you?"

"The day after tomorrow is the trial for Ruan Dawang’s case. After I’m done with the case, I’ll take a leave and accompany you home for the Spring Festival."

"It’s been so many days since I last saw my second uncle. How about you drop me off at the manor first?"

"Your second uncle is worried about the dangers of you traveling back and forth. He said he and Huo Li would come to stay at our place with you for a few days."

"Last year, my second uncle spent the Spring Festival at our home. I wonder if he’ll come again this year? Sigh... I’ve realized that you can’t balance family and country easily. I haven’t even called my second uncle or Huo Li in days."

"Mom already invited your second uncle, and he agreed."

"That’s great!" Yi Luowa smiled contentedly. She was too busy to think about family when occupied, but the moment she had some free time, she’d miss people terribly.

The next day, Tong Airui made arrangements at work and took Yi Luowa back home ahead of time.

At home, bright red lanterns had already been hung up early. As soon as they entered the front gate, the festive feeling of the New Year filled the air.

Yi Weiyang and Huo Li had arrived long ago. Seeing her family, Yi Luowa’s smile was so big it showed all her teeth.

Huo Li teased her relentlessly about her belly, calling her a roly-poly. Yi Luowa, being in good spirits, didn’t even bother retorting.

The next day, Ruan Dawang’s trial began. The result of the first trial sentenced Ruan Dawang, Xiang Zhen, and Xia Nansheng to death, while all other offenders received jail sentences of at least twenty years.

While Ruan Dawang decided to appeal, the other offenders accepted the judgment without objection. However, Ruan Dawang’s appeal was quickly rejected, and the original verdict was upheld.

In response to this, Long Che held a general meeting with all the active House Soldiers the day before New Year’s Eve.

As a member of the Aldrich family, Yi Luowa also attended this meeting.

That day, the three-floor meeting hall in the Aldrich Mansion was packed to the brim.

Long Che sat at the head table, silently surveying the brothers who had once fought alongside him and were now standing by his son’s side through life and death. He remained quiet for a long time.

The atmosphere in the room was incredibly tense; everyone could sense that Long Che was in an extremely bad mood.

Long Che slowly stood up, and everyone else followed.

Yi Luowa stood in the front row, the closest to Long Che. She noticed tears glittering in her father’s eyes.

Long Che’s gaze swept across everyone’s faces again before he finally spoke in a deep voice: "The appearance of such degenerates among the House Soldiers is my failure in discipline. I have no face to show the world, and even in death, I would not be able to face our old General Aldrich. Today, I hand you all over to Airui Aldrich..."

Sighs and murmurs echoed through the room.

Long Che paused for a moment before continuing, "Before I hand you over to him, I need to ask you a very serious question: Do you have the confidence to reclaim the lost honor of our Aldrich family under Airui’s leadership?"

"Yes!" Thousands of voices responded in unison. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Long Che’s lips pressed into a thin line. After a long pause, he resumed, "What I want is not loud slogans. What I want is real action! If there’s anyone here who is wavering in their heart, thinking that now or in the future they might succumb to temptation, you’d better leave the Aldrich family right now!"

The room fell completely silent, and everyone held their breath, looking at Long Che.

Long Che pointed to the large screen behind him. Instantly, a clip of Xia Nansheng’s trial played on the screen.

"Do you see him? He still has the chance to face the court trial. But in the future, no matter who among you makes a mistake, you won’t even have the qualification to face trial!" Long Che stared at the front row and shouted, "Airui Aldrich!"

"Present!" Tong Airui took a big step forward.

"Luowa Aldrich."

"Present!" Yi Luowa was momentarily stunned that her father called her name, but she quickly stepped out of the line as well.

"The Ten Tigers of the Ducal Manor, step forward!"

"Yes!"

Mi Xiaotian, Sheng Duheng, Shen Zichan, Yu Jian, Ji Zhen, Yao Wenjun, Lin Jiang, Xia Mu, Baili Bi, and Luo Wan stepped out in unison.

"Everyone, take a clear look. These twelve people are the enforcers of the Aldrich family. In the future, no matter who makes a mistake, as long as these twelve vote unanimously, there will only be one outcome—death!"

After finishing, Long Che turned to his son. "Do you have anything to say to everyone?"

Tong Airui nodded, quickly walked up to the head table, and stopped his father as he tried to step down. "I’ll just say a few words, then I’ll step down together with you."

Father and son stood shoulder to shoulder on the podium. Both were already tall men, and they now loomed above, requiring the crowd to look up to see their faces.

Tong Airui looked out at the audience with a smile and began, "From today onwards, I officially take on the third baton of the Aldrich family. I won’t say anything overly emotional. I just want to tell you all that each one of you is the elite of our Aldrich family. I hope that when the fourth baton is passed here, not a single one of you will have fallen behind!"

A round of applause erupted from below. The father and son duo, one taking the strict role and the other the warm one, beautifully wrapped up this dramatic scene. It even moved quite a few people in the crowd to tears.

Among those quietly wiping their tears was Yi Luowa. This meeting gave her a profound sense of the honor and responsibility that came with being a member of the Aldrich family.

This Spring Festival may have carried some heaviness in Long Che and Tong Airui’s hearts, but it was a rare occasion for the entire family to gather. The father and son also tried their best to adjust their moods and spent a harmonious and lively festival with their loved ones.

After the Spring Festival, Tong Yao, noticing Yi Luowa’s belly growing bigger by the day, felt reluctant to let her stay in the back courtyard. But thinking about her son’s daily commute back and forth, she couldn’t bring herself to say anything about it.

Yi Luowa had already guessed her mother-in-law’s thoughts. Holding her arm, she said, "Mom, don’t worry. I will definitely take good care of myself and the baby. This time, I’ll stay with Tong Airui for two months. Once Shanshan gives birth, I’ll come back and won’t leave again."

"Alright, go ahead. I’ll visit every weekend." Tong Yao smiled as she looked at her belly. "Luckily, you’re doing much better than I was—no nausea, and you’re still quite agile."

Yi Luowa giggled, "Because I have one less than you."

"Still, you need to be careful!"

"Got it, I’m on it."

Tong Yao laughed, "Your dad’s been wondering if he’ll finally get to hold a granddaughter. In about half a month, we should be able to find out the babies’ genders. When the time comes, your dad and I will go with you for an ultrasound to see whether these two little ones are boys or girls."

Yi Luowa pouted, "Mom, if they both turn out to be boys, will Dad be upset?"