Rebirth: Inheriting Millions In The Eighties
Chapter 359 - 357 Production 2_1

Chapter 359: Chapter 357 Production 2_1

"Hooligan!"

Xia Ningxing glared and pouted furiously, like a little squirrel that had its food snatched away.

When the two returned to the Lu Family home, Mr. Lu was staring nostalgically at the childhood items on the coffee table.

After glancing over them, Xia Ningxing saw a set of clothes, pants, shoes, a tiger head hat, and a small wave drum, all suitable for a five or six-year-old child.

What they didn’t know was that these things were kept because Old Madam Lu thought that if Mr. Lu’s biological parents ever came looking for him, they could recognize him by these items, and she could use this opportunity to extort some money!

Mr. Lu’s eyes reddened slightly at the sight of these objects, and he caressed the clothes back and forth with his rough hands. Then, after thinking of something, he furrowed his brows and sighed.

"It seems that she did sell the longevity lock," he said.

He didn’t have any memory of events before the age of five, but after that age, he distinctly remembered wearing a longevity lock around his neck.

"What longevity lock?" Xia Ningxing asked, somewhat curious.

Mr. Lu reminisced, "It was a gold lock that I wore around my neck when I was young, likely crafted for me by my biological parents. After I came to the Lu Family, Old Madam Lu took it away, using the excuse that she was keeping it safe for me."

"I see," Xia Ningxing nodded.

Lu Tingli continued, revealing his investigation results, "The lock was indeed sold. I found out that she exchanged it on the black market for snacks, but it’s impossible to trace who she sold it to. Most likely, Old Madam Lu herself doesn’t know, otherwise she would have definitely used it as leverage just now," he analyzed confidently.

Xia Ningxing supported her chin, thought for a moment, and then said, "Back in those days, a family that could afford to have their child wear gold must have been no ordinary family. Mr. Lu, it looks like you must come from an extraordinary background!"

"Mr. Lu, do you want to find your biological parents?"

Xia Ningxing had a vague premonition that Mr. Lu’s biological parents must be extraordinary people.

Regrettably, the novel never revealed who the big boss’s real grandfather was; despite the search, it was like casting stones into the sea—no news ever surfaced.

After sighing, Mr. Lu then waved his hand dismissively, "I’ve been looking for many years without a single clue. I don’t want to go through that ordeal anymore. Anyhow, I’m not a child who needs nursing. I, a grown man with a family to look after, no longer yearn for my parents. Now, I’m just waiting for our Bao’er to marry in and perhaps give us a chubby grandson or granddaughter soon."

As he said this, Mr. Lu even cheekily winked at Xia Ningxing.

"Mr. Lu!" Xia Ningxing’s face immediately turned visibly red at a rapid pace.

To make things worse, Lu Tingli teased her by her ear, "Feeling shy?"

At that moment, Xia Ningxing felt like strangling him!

Just as Xia Ningxing was feeling embarrassed, her pager went off.

It was a call from Tao Tao.

After a moment of thought, Xia Ningxing guessed why she was calling—it must be time for the baby, right?

Sure enough, as soon as she answered, Tao Tao’s voice came through, tense and pained, "Xiaxia, what should I do? I’m so scared, my water just broke!"

Xia Ningxing furrowed her brows, "Where are you now?"

"At the hospital, waiting to give birth!" Tao Tao replied.

Xia Ningxing breathed a sigh of relief and soothingly comforted, "Don’t be afraid, when the time comes, the doctors will guide you through it."

"I know I shouldn’t be afraid with the doctors there, but Xiaxia, I’m just so scared and sad, I want to cry. Do you have time now? Can you come and be with me? None of my family has come..." Tao Tao’s voice broke into a sob as she spoke.

Her parents had passed away years ago, leaving behind only a brother who wasn’t close to her. Her sister-in-law was also harsh, so even knowing she was about to give birth, they didn’t come.

Her sisters at the research institute were busy preparing for the National Day program and couldn’t spare time to accompany her at the hospital.

Xia Ningxing heard the heartache and fear in her voice and couldn’t help but feel sympathetic towards the girl, quietly comforting, "Don’t be scared, wait for me, give me the hospital address, I’m on my way."

"Xiaxia! You’re so kind! From now on, you’re my real sister!" At the moment she agreed, Tao Tao was nearly in tears.

Even her own blood relations were unwilling to spare her a glance, yet a friend she had known for less than a year was rushing to see her without a second thought. How could she not be moved?

Having obtained the address, Xia Ningxing said "I’ll be there soon" and then hung up the phone.

Then Xia Ningxing rose from the sofa and looked towards Lu Tingli and the others, "Lu, Aunt Lu, Mr. Lu, my friend Tao Tao is about to give birth. She’s scared and alone. I’m going to go be with her, please excuse me."

"I’ll take you," Lu Tingli nodded, ready to leave with Xia Ningxing when his phone rang; there were some problems with the project at the research institute, and they needed him to have a look immediately.

After hanging up, Lu Tingli apologetically looked at Xia Ningxing with his handsome face, "Baby Xing... I can’t take you."

Xia Ningxing looked up, understandingly, "It’s alright, I’ll just have our family driver take me."

"Be safe," Lu Tingli tousled her hair.

"You too!"

When Xia Ningxing arrived at the hospital, she saw Tao Tao in agony on the hospital bed, her cervix not fully dilated yet, so she couldn’t enter the delivery room for the time being.

Her face was an unhealthy shade of pale, as if it had been covered with a layer of white powder, and sweat dripped from her forehead like rain, soaking her hair completely, which would make anyone who didn’t know any better think she had just been pulled out of the water.

Sitting to her right was a man with fine features, that was Tao Tao’s partner, Yu Heng.

On the left stood an old lady from the countryside, her head wrapped in a yellow kerchief, wearing persistent old clothes. Her features were sharp and unkind, and her clouded eyes were fixed on Tao Tao’s swollen belly.

Seeing Tao Tao scream so loudly, the old lady couldn’t help but roll her eyes with scorn and disdain, "It’s just giving birth, how painful can it be? Look at you playing it up like that, screaming so loudly. What, are you afraid people won’t know you’re giving birth in a hospital?"

"You wasteful woman, you could have given birth at home, but insisted on coming to the hospital. Do you think our family has too much money? I’ve heard that giving birth here costs several hundred!"

"If you gave birth at home, it wouldn’t even cost a hundred!"

The old lady’s spit flew, and her gaze almost seemed to wish it could devour Tao Tao alive; her features twisted with pained rage.

Tao Tao blushed with humiliation, enduring the tumultuous pain in her belly, and struggled to utter, "Mom, I’m not pretending, it really hurts so much... and giving birth in the hospital is safer..."

"Ha!" The old lady scoffed coldly, "What, afraid of dying at home? You think you’re some precious gem? I’ve seen plenty of women give birth at home before, and none of them died!"