Billionaire's Long Journey of Chasing His Love-Chapter 682 - 577: Dead! (One more update)_2

Sato Hara glared at his son, "Don’t worry about her for now. We need to find a way to create a rift between those three nations."

Sato Xiao turned his face toward his father, "Dad—you make it sound too easy. Those three nations are connected by marriage alliances..."

"The Summer Wu has marriage ties with the other two nations, but Haotian and North Di are not. We can work on them."

Sato Xiao let out a derisive laugh, "Those two nations defer to Long Che and Tong Airui, father and son. No matter what trouble comes up, as long as those two step in to mediate, there’s no way a fight would break out... Ah! I did hear a rumor, though. Not sure if it’s true, but if it is, we might be able to exploit it."

"What rumor?"

"The second son of Prime Minister Gangcun also studied at a university in Country F. While he wasn’t in the same school as Justin and Yi Luowa, his girlfriend was. Once, when we were out drinking, his girlfriend mentioned that Yi Luowa was the campus beauty of their school. Many boys wanted to pursue her, but they were secretly blocked by Justin. She also said everyone thought Justin and Yi Luowa would end up as a couple, but unexpectedly, before Yi Luowa graduated, she married Tong Airui."

Sato Hara tapped the table lightly. "If Justin didn’t like Yi Luowa, he wouldn’t have interfered with other boys pursuing her... Tong Airui is just as jealous as his father. If he finds out that Justin likes Yi Luowa, he definitely wouldn’t stay on such friendly terms with him. Find an opportunity to leak this information to Tong Airui—but make sure it seems natural!"

"Alright, I’ll find an opportunity to spill the beans." Sato Xiao patted himself down, getting ready to leave.

Sato Hara gave him a cold look. "Why can Long Che have a son like Tong Airui, and I can only produce someone like you?"

Sato Xiao turned back to glance at his father, "Well, I didn’t get a father like Long Che either!"

Sato Hara’s face turned dark with fury as he roared, "Are you trying to make me die from rage?!"

"I wouldn’t dare!" Sato Xiao slipped out with a swooshing sound.

...

After the military exercises ended, the troops of the three nations had not fully withdrawn from the border. Now, they didn’t need to take any further action. Just remaining on high alert at the border was enough to keep the entire population of the R nation restless and sleepless through the night.

Marcus escorted Nancy to the capital city. Although Emperor Haotian had repeatedly stressed that her life must be preserved, upon arriving at the capital, she still could not hold on.

Regarding Nancy’s death, Emperor Haotian didn’t dare tell his wife. The reason was that Queen Haotian had fallen ill ever since their daughter had passed away.

The Queen’s illness was quite severe. Although she occasionally asked about the situation on the front lines, her mind was noticeably not as sharp as before.

"Is Nancy still in the hospital?"

"Yes."

"Once I recover a bit, I need to see her. I must figure out who instructed her to do all of this."

Emperor Haotian smiled bitterly, "You should focus on recovering for now. If Yi Luowa sees you in this weakened state, she’ll be worried."

"That child is so attentive. She called me earlier and could tell something was off in my voice, insisting on asking if I wasn’t feeling well." The Queen leaned back against the bed, reaching for her phone. "Here, take a look. Our in-laws sent me a video—those two little ones are now walking while holding onto things."

Emperor Haotian quickly took the phone, his eyes tearing up as he watched the two toddlers toddling clumsily in the video.

"Those two kids, they’re learning everything faster than others!" The Queen laughed. "When I recover, I’ll go visit them."

Emperor Haotian nodded with a smile, "Yes, for the sake of seeing them sooner, you must get better quickly! With you being ill, both Danton and I are about to lose our minds."

"What’s Danton up to?"

"He’s been helping handle state affairs these days. Honestly, when he gets serious, he’s quite reliable."

The Queen smiled with relief. "By the way, Joyina’s movie has already been released in Summer Wu, and ticket sales have remained high with excellent reviews. They’ll soon be coming to Haotian for promotion. Make arrangements so that the children aren’t treated poorly. Ke Jingran will also be joining them this time."

"Let Danton handle the reception; he’s familiar with them."

"Alright." The Queen rubbed her temples. "I need to recover quickly so they don’t notice I’m unwell."

Emperor Haotian gave a helpless smile, "I’ll help you up. Eat more and sleep well tonight—no injections or medicine, just take care of yourself, and you’ll get better."

...

Summer Wu

Yi Luowa had been busy with Tong Airui at the Shen Ying military base for three or four days. Once the exercises ended, she rushed back home on her own.

With three pregnant women and two small children at home, she was worried her mother-in-law might overexert herself and fall ill again.

When she arrived home and saw everyone doing well, she let out a long sigh of relief.

"Mama~"

"Mama—"

The two little ones, seeing her return, stretched out their tiny arms, wanting to be held.

"Let Mommy wash her hands first, and then I’ll hold you." Yi Luowa quickly went to the bathroom, washed her hands, and took off her outerwear before sitting on the sofa to scoop the two little ones into her arms.

Tong Yao chuckled, "Did you and Rui’er see the video I sent of them walking?"

Yi Luowa smiled, "We did. I was just about to reply to you when Tong Airui snatched my phone and transferred the video to his own."

Tong Yao sighed with a helpless smile, "Why didn’t Rui’er come back with you?"

"He still has something to take care of there, but he should be back later. Mom, Nancy has died."

Tong Yao sighed. "Your father told me, but... I can’t help feeling that her death was a bit too easy."

Yi Luowa chuckled, "I told Tong Airui the same thing, but he said I’m being paranoid. Since the DNA matches, there’s nothing to suspect."

"True. Perhaps the people behind her found her useless or feared she knew too much, so they used that cruel method to silence her."

Yi Luowa furrowed her brow slightly. "There’s another possibility—she angered her backers! Mom, Danton managed to access the computer of the person who sent the pictures, and he found out that the computer’s owner was Nancy!"

Tong Yao was stunned. "Then she truly deserved what she got!"

"Poo!"

"Hehe..."

The two little ones, nestled in their mother’s arms, mimicked her words. Yi Luowa stuck out her tongue. "I forgot they can understand what we’re saying now! Mom, I’ll tell you more about it later."

"These two, they’re so clever!" Tong Yao laughed, stroking the heads of the two little ones. "Your grandpa said they’ll bring Pengpeng over in a bit. I’ll go prepare some snacks for the three of them."

"Mom, can Pengpeng walk yet?"

"Not yet. Your grandpa thought maybe seeing these two might encourage Pengpeng to try walking." Tong Yao chuckled as she headed to the kitchen.

Yi Luowa looked down at the two little ones in her arms, smiling. "Do you two want to take some steps now for Mommy?"

"Don’t let them walk! They’ve already worn me out; my back is killing me." Youyou came out of the bedroom, rubbing her waist.

"We’ll have the nanny support them from now on. You don’t need to worry about it." Yi Luowa laughed. "Come sit down for a bit."

"Sis, every time they start learning to walk, my heart leaps into my throat. I just don’t feel safe letting anyone else support them." Youyou sat down next to Yi Luowa and playfully tugged at the little bun on top of Sangyu’s head.

Sangyu turned to glare at her, scrunching his nose in displeasure.