Billionaire's Long Journey of Chasing His Love-Chapter 811 - 676: I’m Already a Grown-Up! (Third Update)
"Becoming the Prime Minister really changes you, huh? You’ve learned the art of diplomatic ladies too," Huo Li said, helping Yi Weiyang up. "Let them talk business, and I’ll help you upstairs to check on the kids."
Yi Luowa watched as Second Uncle and Huo Li went upstairs before she began speaking, "Talking to Kou’er is more effective than talking to Yuan Hang."
Tong Airui nodded with a smile, "Yeah, I thought so too. Yuan Hang and Old Eight have their places set. Among the younger ones, the donkey and the little fish are quite close to Old Eight. I plan to leave them for him."
"Dapeng can take over Yuan Hang’s position, so you won’t have to train new recruits anymore."
Tong Airui playfully tapped Yi Luowa’s nose, "Every time, we seem to think alike. Having Kou’er and Dapeng around is more than enough for us."
"Things are sorted on the side of Shen Ying. Is there anyone who needs to be adjusted elsewhere?"
"They’re all some of Dad’s old subordinates. Except for a couple who are nearing retirement, the rest are fairly competent."
"Then you’ll need to discuss personnel changes with Director Muta."
"Director Muta said I should consult with Leon for future matters."
Yi Luowa’s eyes slightly shifted, "Is Director Muta retiring too?"
"Yeah. Dad’s retirement has actually stirred up a lot of people who are considering stepping down. Uncle Leng, Uncle Bernard, and Uncle Carlos might retire in the next year or two as well."
"They’ve been busy for most of their lives; it’s about time they get a break."
Tong Airui smiled wryly, "When they rest, we’ll be as busy as a spinning top. Oh, by the way, before you set off with me, you’re due for another rank promotion. Director Muta is personally awarding it to you tomorrow."
"I just got promoted, and now another promotion?"
"Director Muta says since you’re going out, you represent Xiawu, and your rank can’t be low."
"Haha, this is great! I don’t even have to take an exam this time; it’s a huge win!"
"Look at you with your slight ambition!" Tong Airui teased, patting her shoulder. "Tomorrow you’ll have to change to the vice-captain’s insignia."
Yi Luowa was taken aback, "No way! Promoted two levels up? Won’t there be some controversy over that?"
"With the contributions you’ve made to Shen Ying and the country over these years, no one will say anything."
"Contributions? What contributions have I made?"
Tong Airui chuckled, "You’re asking me? I don’t know either. Director Muta said your contributions are huge. His secretary wrote ten pages about it. They’ll be releasing it tomorrow."
Yi Luowa giggled, "You must be joking with me."
"Director Muta asked his secretary to send it to my email. Shall we take a look?"
"Let’s check it out quickly; otherwise, I won’t feel at ease."
The two entered the study, and Tong Airui opened the document, reading softly, "Lova Montbat Odric, female, twenty-eight years old. Honey, are you really twenty-eight?"
Amused by his exaggerated surprise, Yi Luowa laughed and gave him a light slap, "You’re already thirty-three, and I haven’t minded you being old, now you’re teasing me?"
"I never said you were old, and to me, you’ll always be the way you were when we first met, always nineteen."
"Such sweet talk! I’ll give you a reward, mua~" Yi Luowa chuckled and kissed his cheek. "Nineteen is long gone; I even have smile lines around my eyes now. But you, you appear to be growing younger!"
"That’s because I’ve been nourished by my darling wife." Tong Airui gently held her face, examining it seriously, "Not a wrinkle in sight! Honey, you say you’re twenty-eight, so we’ve already been married for more than seven years. Have you ever felt the seven-year itch?"
"I’ve never had an itch, what about you?"
"I forgot all about that; you think I had an itch?"
Yi Luowa chuckled, removing his hand, "Let’s focus on seeing what praises Director Muta has for me. After that, I’ll arrange dinner."
"Alright, let’s continue. This section highlights your outstanding contributions to the transformation of armored vehicles, on this one, it says you helped put the name of our Xiawu’s mighty Shen Ying racing team on the world map while enriching the team members’ lives. This one speaks about you resolving major life events for the team members, and here it mentions you actively linking Xiawu with Haotian, doubling the foreign trade turnover in one year, and quintupling it in two."
"That seems a bit stretched; it was a mutually beneficial result for both countries."
"Without you, the increase might not have been so significant. In recent years, Tuo Yuan’s total assets have increased several times, half of which comes from Haotian. I heard from Old Five that the business world is highly lucrative."
Yi Luowa smiled demurely, pleased that everyone was making money.
"This last one is about you donating to Shen Ying, counting in tens of billions. Honey, you’ve donated so much in recent years, yet our family’s wealth hasn’t diminished; in fact, it’s grown!"
Yi Luowa looked at the numbers on the screen, a bit dazed, "Did I donate that much money?"
"It’s the cumulative donation amount, over three billion. How did I end up with such a lavish wife?" Tong Airui jokingly pinched her nose, "But no matter how lavish you are, I quite adore it!"
Yi Luowa grinned, putting his hand aside as she skimmed more lines in the document, then said with a chuckle, "Forget it, let’s not look anymore. The latter part is all nonsense. Some things I didn’t even do, but they’re still attributed to me."
"You’ve been involved in a lot of them, like improving the living conditions in the family quarters, the compensation for martyrs, arranging employment for family members. Recently, you’ve been quite busy helping place our relatives into our family businesses’ factories."
"Enough, I don’t want to read more; my face is already turning red. I didn’t think much when doing these things, never expected they’d be praised as meritorious work. Besides, all these were your arrangements." Yi Luowa tugged on his ear with a smile. "You must have foreseen today when you had me do these things."
Tong Airui retrieved a small red booklet from the drawer with a laugh, "I not only foresaw these, but also thought of this."
Yi Luowa glanced at the red booklet, "Xiawu Royal Academy of Military Engineering Graduate Diploma... Honey, how much did you pay for this fake certificate?"
Tong Airui laughed, pointing to the embossed stamp, "It’s real. Didn’t you always complain about having to take an exam whenever you get promoted? Well, this is what you’ve been tested on. The class we first set up at the old camp has essentially been this. Your classmates from that class graduated long ago; you’re the only one who just barely graduated now."
"Why didn’t you tell me sooner? If I’d known, I would’ve pushed harder and studied properly."
"I didn’t want to pressure you. Besides, you were a mother of two when you enrolled. During that time, Haotian had an accident, and you were busy over there for quite a while. Then Zi Xi was born, and you only recently found some time."
"Are you intending to fully package me?" Yi Luowa snuffled her nose.
"Even if I wanted to package you, you’d need to cooperate. Luckily, you’re getting better at it."
"Rest assured, hubby, I won’t disappoint you." Yi Luowa mischievously saluted Tong Airui.
Tong Airui laughed, "I’m fully confident in you. You’ve never disappointed me, especially this past year. Your ’skills’ have noticeably improved."
Seeing his wicked smile, Yi Luowa pouted slightly, "No matter how good my ’skills’ are, they’re still beneath yours."
"Tonight, I’ll let you be on top."
Yi Luowa playfully patted his cheek, "Do you think I’m a fool? They say having someone on top makes things easier. I’m counting on you to lift me up, I’m not about to take on such a burdensome role."
"Pfft—" Tong Airui burst into laughter, "Now you can say things like this without blushing." 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
"Isn’t that because I learned from you?" Yi Luowa glanced at the time with a smile, "I’m off to arrange dinner in the kitchen."
"Alright, go ahead. Finish early so we can continue our discussion on who tops and who doesn’t after dinner."
Yi Luowa raised an eyebrow slightly, "We can settle that in battle mode."
"Why don’t we have a preliminary battle before you head out?"
Seeing him reaching out to her, Yi Luowa laughed and dashed out.
Yi Luowa quickly went to the kitchen. After arranging dinner with the chef, just as she was about to leave, Zi Xi sneaked in.
"Mama..." Zi Xi beckoned to his mother.
Yi Luowa approached, "Why aren’t you playing with your aunt? What are you doing sneaking down here?"
Zi Xi took his mom’s hand, whispering, "I just overheard Auntie talking to my uncle on the phone, something big happened!"
"And how did you learn to eavesdrop?" Yi Luowa ruffled his little head with resignation.
Zi Xi pouted, "I didn’t mean to listen. Auntie thinks I’m still a kid, she didn’t hide it from me."
Yi Luowa looked at her son and laughed, "You’re just five years old. If you’re not a child, are you an adult?"
Zi Xi puffed his cheeks, insisting, "I am an adult!"
Yi Luowa smiled, "Alright, my little adult, then tell me, what did your aunt say on the phone?"
