"Hey, Darling, why did I see that second son get on his horse and leave again?"

A short while later, the three women returned, arm in arm.

Su Liyan asked curiously as soon as she walked in the door.

The three of them had been on their way back when they saw the second son rush out of the house, jump on his horse, and gallop away.

They had wanted to ask what was going on, but seeing how rushed he looked, they didn’t say anything.

Lu Yuan waved a hand and said:

"He’s gone back to Yandu."

Hearing Lu Yuan’s words, the three women looked surprised. Hadn’t he just arrived?

Aunt Zhao had just sent someone to reserve a table at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion.

Lu Yuan said directly:

"He went back to Yandu to handle things with the factory. Don’t worry about him.

Liyan, did you notify your parents?"

When the appointment order arrived this morning, Lu Yuan had sent someone to invite his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

For such wonderful news, the family definitely had to get together and celebrate.

Speaking of which, he hadn’t gone back to see the two elders since the New Year.

He wanted to bring them over this time and have the old couple stay for a few days.

Su Liyan replied with a sweet, obedient look:

"They’ve been notified. They should arrive by evening."

Hearing this, Lu Yuan nodded, stood up, and said:

"Alright then, let’s go take an afternoon nap and wait for dinner tonight."

After speaking, Lu Yuan walked over to Su Liyan. With a delicate cry from her, he swept his beautiful, lovely wife into his arms in a princess carry.

His wife’s belly was starting to show a little now.

He wanted to hold her as much as he could while he still could; it would be difficult to do so later on.

Held in Lu Yuan’s arms, Su Liyan wrapped her delicate hands around his neck and said shyly:

"Darling~

You’re still in your official robes~"

Lu Yuan’s eyes widened as he retorted:

"What’s wrong with official robes? Can’t I hold my wife while wearing them?"

Lu Yuan’s mock-fierce expression made Su Liyan reply in a shy yet sweet, delicate voice:

"You can~"

Lu Yuan couldn’t care less about propriety.

Or about etiquette.

However he was before...

...is how he would continue to be.

Then, Lu Yuan walked out, still carrying Su Liyan.

Aunt Song and Aunt Zhao followed behind, holding hands.

Walking ahead, Lu Yuan said:

"Aunt Song, ship the equipment for the Yandu factory tomorrow.

Also, we don’t have enough. We need to build another thirty machines."

’Another thirty machines?’

Song Meiqin followed behind, a look of astonishment on her face.

’This...’

’Just how big is this Yandu factory?’

’Can it really use that much equipment?’

But Lu Yuan continued:

"Thirty might even be too few. We’ll see how things go; we may have to add more.

Also, we need to transfer some people from our factory here to be the core technicians in Yandu.

The list of names has been chosen, right?"

Lu Yuan hadn’t been idle regarding the Yandu matter during this time.

He had been busy selecting personnel and manufacturing equipment.

He was striving to send everything over the moment the Yandu factory was ready.

He just hadn’t expected things in Yandu to progress so quickly.

Song Meiqin nodded repeatedly.

"It’s all taken care of. When should the technical staff depart?

How about I lead the team there first?"

For Song Meiqin, managing the Taiping City factory had become second nature.

It wasn’t like when she had first become the factory manager.

Especially since she had never encountered this kind of production or management model before.

As a result, she had been quite flustered when she first took the position.

But once you get used to something like this, it becomes easy very quickly.

Now, Song Meiqin didn’t even need to be at the factory every day.

Of course, she still went every day.

As mentioned before, Song Meiqin had found her purpose in life at that factory.

Given the situation in Yandu, a factory that large was exactly the kind of place Song Meiqin should go to.

However.

Lu Yuan shook his head and said directly:

"No. It’s too far away. I wouldn’t be at ease with you going there.

Haven’t you been training a lot of people? Just let them go."

The Qiaoyan factory in Taiping City was now almost no different from one on Earth.

It had directors, vice-managers, and the like.

There was a very complete management system in place.

He could just transfer a few of the vice-managers.

’I’ll see who’s willing to be permanently based in Yandu, and I’ll give them a raise.’

’And pay for a house for them in Yandu and all that.’

After hearing Lu Yuan’s words, Song Meiqin paused for a moment before whining coquettishly:

"Aww~

What is there to not be at ease about?~

I’ll just go for ten days or so. Once I’ve arranged all the important matters, I’ll be right back~"

Seeing that her man couldn’t bear to part with her, Song Meiqin felt a surge of sweetness.

In reality, Song Meiqin didn’t want to go either.

These days, with Liyan pregnant, the nights were basically split between her and Zhao Qiao’Er, one day each.

’If I go to Yandu, Zhao Qiao’Er would have him all to herself~’

Of course, this was just a joke. The women of the household all had good relationships; there was no such thing as one getting a better deal than another.

It’s just that Song Meiqin was thinking...

’At this rate, with him coming every night...’

’I’m afraid I’ll be getting pregnant soon, too.’

’Or rather, it’s very possible I’m already pregnant.’

’If I leave for a month right now, then when I get back... forget about it~’

’Of course, it’s not that I really can’t hold back.’

’After all, I’m a proper woman. How could I pester him for it every single day?’

’But the problem is, this young man of mine is so vexing.’

’He’ll touch me here, pinch me there, and especially...’ 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

’That little rascal just loves to hold my feet...’

’And then he’ll get me all worked up, but we won’t be able to do anything. How frustrating would that be?’

So, if she could avoid going to Yandu, Song Meiqin didn’t want to go to Yandu.