After Lu Beichuan left the hospital room, he walked into an unoccupied lounge and made a call.

  “Two things. First, check the hospital’s cameras and see who left a gift at the nurses’ station. Second, investigate where Lin Zhan has been recently, what he’s been doing, and anyone that he’s been in contact with. Don’t leave out any details!”


  He only had to issue his order, and there was naturally someone to carry out his bidding.

  He ended the call. Thinking of how he let off Lin Zhan in the airport, he found it laughably absurd now.

  In the past year, Lu Beichuan had questioned why he had let off Lin Zhan. He knew better than anyone else that it was best to nip the problem in the bud. He understood very well that he and Lin Zhan were the same kind of people. As long as there was the slightest chance to grasp an opportunity, even if it was only a straw, they would both do their best to seize it.

  People like them were very scary. A moment of carelessness, and Lin Zhan would climb up to become his rival.

  The combination of him showing compassion back then and this period of carelessness had given a loophole for Lin Zhan to exploit!

  Lu Beichuan took a deep breath. Many possible paths to take clearly appeared in his mind. He had plenty of ways to make Lin Zhan disappear without a trace. Lin Zhan hadn’t fully matured to power yet. He only had to move his fingers a little bit and Lin Zhan would be gone from this world.

  Lu Beichuan looked at the row upon row of tall buildings in the distance. He had a role to play with the prosperity of these cement buildings.

  He had finally taken over control of the Lu family. That hadn’t been easy. He had also racked his brains to obtain Ye Zhen. He wouldn’t give Lin Zhan any opportunities to avail himself to the Lu’s or to Ye Zhen.

  As long as he was willing to go through with it, Lin Zhan wouldn’t stand a chance.

  It would be so easy to get rid of Lin Zhan.

  But……

  — “Absolutely don’t do anything that’s illegal. Don’t think that you can do whatever you want just because you’re very powerful. No matter how powerful you are, you can’t escape from being punished by the law!”


  — “Once you have a child in the future, you have to raise him properly. You’re the child’s father. You have to serve as a role model and walk him down the right path!”


  The words that Ye Zhen had said to him remained fresh in his memory. He had also promised Ye Zhen that he wouldn’t do anything illegal. In addition, now that they had a child together, he had to serve as a role model for their child.

  Why was he tempted to go back to those dishonest practices that he had abandoned because of his promise to Ye Zhen?

  For a long time, Lu Beichuan didn’t move. He just stood there and silently contemplated.

  It was twilight when the door to the lounge was suddenly pushed open. It was Mother Lu. She was still holding the baby.

  “Why are you here? I’ve been looking for you for a long time.”


  Lu Beichuan stiffly turned around. “Do you need something?”


  Mother Lu scolded him, “Zhenzhen asked me to look for you. You’re already a father, but you’re not acting like one. Have you even held the baby once after he was born?”


  The little baby was quietly sleeping inside the swaddle bundle. From time to time, he would smack his lips.

  Mother Lu passed the baby to Lu Beichuan. “Here, hold your baby.”


  There was a flash of panic on Lu Beichuan’s face. He quickly accepted the baby.

  He could hardly feel any weight in the small bundle. As he carefully supported the baby in his arms, it felt as if his palms were burning from the heat of the swaddled bundle.

  Suddenly, the baby woke up and seemed to look at Lu Beichuan with his squinted eyes.

  Father and son looked at each other. The sharpness and heartlessness immediately disappeared from Lu Beichuan’s eyes. He tenderly looked at this newborn baby. This baby shared the same blood as him. He smiled.

  The baby followed his father in smiling too.