Chapter 12: Chu Wan Ning: I'll Go Out and Earn Money to Support You

The atmosphere throughout the estate had been unusually harmonious these past few days. After breakfast, Lu Bei saw Lu Siqing off to school.

Lu Siyuan still had no intention of going to the company, which puzzled Chu Wanning enough to ask.

“Is the company not busy? Or have you always been like this?”

Chu Wanning didn’t want to be like Daji, causing Lu Siyuan to neglect his duties as a ruler.

“What are you planning to do today?”

Lu Siyuan wrapped his arms around her from behind, seemingly unwilling to let her out of his sight. He felt as if she had some kind of magic; in just a few days, he was falling deeper and deeper.

“I’m going to the base to check on those three, do some training, make some pills, and then visit the Ye family this afternoon,” Chu Wanning explained naturally, the comfort of the moment indescribable.

Previously, when she was on missions or training in the wild, she wouldn’t return to the island for ten or fifteen days without any news. She never worried, and her masters never contacted her because they knew she would be safe. The plane explosion was a pure accident—it completely wiped out the person involved!

Thinking of this, a chill flashed in Chu Wanning’s eyes.

“The company’s busy, but I can handle it anytime. Can I come with you?” His tone sounded a bit pitiful, as if Chu Wanning had been tough on him.

She couldn’t refuse and agreed but issued a stern warning.

“Lu Siyuan, if you don’t work hard and make money to support me and Qingbao, I’ll take him and leave.”

No sooner had she spoken than she felt herself pulled tighter into his embrace.

She knew the man was angry!

But she had to say it.

“Where does your wife want to go?” His voice was icy enough to freeze.

“Of course, out to earn money to support you!”

Chu Wanning turned in his arms and hugged his waist. Yes, he felt amazing.

Suddenly, she recalled the wild passion of last night.

Her soft, sweet voice struck his heart like an explosion, leaving him momentarily stunned.

He never expected Chu Wanning to give him that answer.

Chu Wanning: “...I didn’t expect it either; it just came to me.”

They stayed quietly like that for a long while before Lu Siyuan found his voice again.

He knew he had long since fallen for her, but at this moment, he was utterly and completely captivated.

“Wife, I have money—lots and lots of money. You can spend however you want!”

At that moment, Lu Siyuan remembered he hadn’t given her a card.

He turned and went to the study, returning with a black card in hand.

Chu Wanning recognized it instantly; Leng Ning had one too. There were only ten such cards worldwide. Not only did they have unlimited spending power, but they also symbolized status and identity.

“Wife, here. We each get one! Spend as you please. Your husband can afford to support you!”

Lu Siyuan slipped the card into Chu Wanning’s hand. She was stunned—not by receiving the card, but by the phrase “each get one.”

That meant Lu Siyuan had two cards himself.

At that moment, Chu Wanning’s beautiful fox-like eyes looked at the man before her as if he were a walking treasure trove. Not only was he wealthy, but he also wielded tremendous power—though she didn’t know where that power came from.

“Thank you. It’s wonderful to have you! But I also want to earn money to spend on you. Your wife is quite capable!” she teased.

Lu Siyuan smiled and lowered his head, their noses almost touching. “I know you’re amazing, wife. Don’t say things like that anymore. It makes me unhappy.”

“All right, let’s go to the base!”

Chu Wanning linked arms with him and headed out. Lu Bei hadn’t returned yet, so they drove themselves.

...

“Professor Qi! Professor Qi!” Zhou Yi came running, panting heavily.

“What’s the matter? So flustered! You’re an adult—can’t you be more composed?” Qi Gui was admiring the pharmacy he had prepared overnight, confident their master would be pleased.

“Well, um...”

“Take a break and talk later!” Qi Gui replied leisurely.

“The madam has arrived!” Zhou Yi said, then suddenly felt a gust of wind beside him, and Qi Gui vanished!

Zhou Yi frowned. He hadn’t misheard: the professor had just called him immature. It was understandable for a man in his early twenties to be a bit impetuous, but the professor was almost forty! He dashed off again.

Lu Siyuan parked and personally opened Chu Wanning’s car door, helping her out.

“Wife, shall we go to the treatment room first?”

“Yes, they should be healed by now. I’ll give them some pills to restore their energy. They all have some hidden injuries. One treatment will make your subordinates completely healthy again. Am I not thoughtful?” Chu Wanning smiled faintly.

Lu Siyuan affectionately stroked her head. “Yes, wife, you’re wonderful!”

Hand in hand, they headed to the treatment room just as Qi Gui ran up, only to find no one there.

Qi Gui looked around the car but couldn’t see a trace.

“Professor Qi, the treatment room! They must have gone there!” Zhou Yi urged breathlessly.

“Yes, yes! Hurry and follow!”

They continued the chase.

Inside the treatment room, the three men sat on their respective beds, utterly surprised to be alive and well.

Before their mission, Lu Dong, Lu Xi, and Lu Zhong had resigned themselves to dying but completing the task. When the news came through, they breathed a sigh of relief. At that moment, the poison was already taking effect, but with their last shred of reason, they broke through the enemy lines, unwilling to die there. Against all odds, they made it back to the base.

Professor Qi had done his utmost to treat them, but each time the poison flared up, the damage was severe. Whenever they were conscious, they pleaded to be allowed to die quickly.

Who would have thought someone suddenly burst in!

After that, they had no memory of what happened, only awakening fully healed.

From Professor Qi, they learned it was the madam who had saved their lives.

“Professor Qi, are you well? Whose madam?” Lu Zhong asked first, with Lu Xi and Lu Dong equally concerned.

“What’s this? You have a second master?” Qi Gui rolled his eyes.

He thought Lord Lu unworthy of his master, though he dared not say it aloud.

“Absolutely not!” the three answered in unison.

“Then that’s settled! Your lives were given first by your parents, second by Lord Lu, and third by the madam. So I suggest you all follow the madam’s lead from now on, because your Lord Lu loves my master very, very much!”

Speaking of his master, Qi Gui raised his head proudly like a peacock showing off.

The three exchanged glances but said nothing, already making plans in their hearts.

Especially after hearing that Lord Lu loved the madam so deeply!

If anyone could truly enter Lord Lu’s heart, it would surely be the person they vowed to protect with their lives. Naturally, they had to follow the madam’s orders.

So Lu Dong, Lu Xi, and Lu Zhong had been waiting for the madam to come again to thank her in person for saving their lives.

Just as the three were lost in thought, the electronic lock on the treatment room clicked!

Then the door opened—