Beta Chapter 100: Meeting

Chapter 100: Meeting

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Karai

CEO Office of Neptune Technology Group—

Light poured into the room, reflecting the tall figure wearing a black shirt on the floor-to-ceiling windows.

“Aaron, during Jiang Yi’s absence, I’ll need you to oversee the special drug project. Also, the piece of land behind the Saint Luo Congyue Villa, the one designated for the construction of the racetrack, must be built to the highest specifications. After completion, I’ll personally test it. Make sure there are no errors. Also, keep me updated on the case of He Yu, the researcher at the Galaxy Research Institute, at all times.”

Duan Yizhou sat at the desk by the floor-to-ceiling window, giving detailed instructions to the new assistant about Jiang Yi’s handover.

“Starting next month, I won’t be in the group. I’ll be devoting myself entirely to my beloved. Although I won’t be here, monthly summaries will still be conducted as usual. I’ll come back. So, I need you to promptly provide feedback on the monthly progress summaries from each department. Is the content for the meeting in an hour ready?”

The new assistant, Aaron, quickly noted down the tasks assigned by Duan Yizhou. Although Jiang Yi had briefed him on some tasks before, they might not have been as detailed as Duan Yizhou’s. Thankfully, the CEO reiterated them.

Aaron lifted his head from the tablet and nodded to Duan Yizhou. “The content for the meeting in an hour is ready. It will be held in the middle-level conference hall, and all department managers have been informed. Is there anything else you need to specify?”

“Yes.” Duan Yizhou glanced at the CEO’s lounge beside him, thinking about the little pig still asleep there. “Put a softer chair in the meeting room and place this backrest cushion on the chair.”

He handed the pink pig lumbar cushion next to the chair to Aaron.

Aaron took the lumbar cushion handed over by Duan Yizhou. “Is this for the little husband? Will the little husband be joining you for the meeting later?”

Upon hearing Aaron mention the term “little husband,” a smile flashed in Duan Yizhou’s eyes. “Don’t let him hear that term. He’ll get mad at me again. For safety’s sake, call him ‘young master’ instead. Just don’t use that term in front of him.”

When Aaron was at the secretary’s office, Jiang Yi had already mentioned how much Duan Yizhou doted on the young master of the Luo family. Now it seemed different indeed. Several things about Luo Songran could be inferred from the tasks assigned to him.

“Alright, CEO Duan. If there’s nothing else, I’ll go downstairs and prepare.”

“Okay.”

The door to the CEO’s office slowly closed.

After finishing briefing the assistant, Duan Yizhou got up and went to the lounge. As he pushed open the door, the room was dimly lit, and there was a lump in the bed. It was obvious that the guy had covered himself with the quilt again, all the way up to his head.

He sat down at the edge of the bed helplessly. As expected, the guy immediately covered his head with the quilt. Then, Duan Yizhou felt a slight chill in the room and subconsciously glanced at the temperature panel of the central air conditioner on the wall.

The display showed a cooling temperature of 18 degrees Celsius. It was already November, why would anyone still need the air conditioning on?

Seeing Luo Songran sleeping so soundly on his side, his cheek pressed against the pillow, his face puffy from being pressed against the pillow, and his own body wrapped tightly in the quilt due to the low temperature set by the air conditioner, he couldn’t even see his hair when he came in just now.

Duan Yizhou felt a headache coming on. Why did this guy love to sleep with the air conditioning so low and covered with such a thick quilt? It was understandable when he wasn’t pregnant, but now he was still not afraid of the cold. Didn’t they say pregnant women tend to feel colder?

He went to turn off the central air conditioning. With the weather in autumn, there was no need for air conditioning. After turning it off, he returned to the edge of the bed, reached into the quilt, and touched Luo Songran’s hand and feet, feeling the coldness. His expression darkened instantly.

With both hands and feet feeling cold, how dare he turn on the air conditioning? As Luo Songran slept, he felt someone touching him. In a daze, he reached out and grabbed the hand that was touching him, instinctively relying on it and pressing his face against the back of the hand. “Hug.”

The voice, still half-asleep, sounded a bit muffled, but it was almost like coquetry, and it was obvious who it was directed at.

“Luo Songran, you turned on the air conditioning again while sleeping.”

“… ” Half-asleep, Luo Songran vaguely heard a familiar voice coming from above. He opened his sleepy eyes and met Duan Yizhou’s dark gaze, which scared him into closing his eyes again.

After two seconds, he quietly opened one eye, wanting to investigate, but unexpectedly, Duan Yizhou was still staring at him like that, his expression clearly saying, ‘I know you’re awake, no need to pretend to sleep.’

“Did you turn on the air conditioning again while sleeping?” Seeing that the guy was awake but still dared not look at him, Duan Yizhou reached out to pinch his chin, exerting a bit of force as a punishment. “How many times have I told you that the weather doesn’t require air conditioning now? Turning on the air conditioning and covering yourself with such a thick quilt after getting up makes you prone to catching a cold.”

Luo Songran looked at the central air conditioner that had already been turned off, then at the phone next to the pillow. He had clearly set the alarm to wake up halfway through and turn off the air conditioning. Why hadn’t the alarm gone off yet?

Ding ding ding—

Just then, the alarm clock went off. Luo Songran was speechless. He picked up his phone expressionlessly and turned off the alarm. What was the use of it ringing now? Duan Yizhou had already found out; he was truly useless!

“Check your own hands and feet. Are they cold?” Duan Yizhou lifted his blanket and held his slightly cool fingertips, furrowing his brows. “They’re still cold now.”

“I was feeling really hot just now, I was sweating.” Luo Songran sat up grumpily. Sitting cross-legged in front of Duan Yizhou, as he began to criticize him again, he muttered quietly, “Stop criticizing me all the time. If I’m in a bad mood later, you’ll have to coax me, wasting both of our time. Let’s compromise.”

“I’ll coax you later, that’s my job. But criticizing you now is necessary.” Duan Yizhou, seeing him sitting cross-legged, reached out to pull him onto his lap. He then felt his feet beside him. “Your feet are cold too. Aren’t you cold?”

“I’m not cold.” Luo Songran didn’t feel cold at all and felt helpless towards Duan Yizhou’s concern. “There’s a type of cold called ‘Duan Yizhou thinks Luo Songran is cold’.”

After saying that, he smiled at Duan Yizhou, trying to act cute to get away with it.

Duan Yizhou lightly flicked his forehead with his finger, not putting much force into it. “You deliberately provoke me, just to make me age faster.”

“No way. How could I want you to age faster? Who will keep me company when you’re gone?” Luo Songran hugged Duan Yizhou’s neck tightly, feeling a bit frustrated. “Stop saying things like that.”

Duan Yizhou didn’t mean to say it in the first place, but realizing that the little guy cared about it, he suddenly felt that it wasn’t appropriate to say such things. He reached out to rub his head apologetically. “My bad. I won’t say it again.”

“Then I won’t use the air conditioning anymore.” Seeing Duan Yizhou apologize so quickly, Luo Songran quickly followed up. After speaking, he lowered his head and nibbled on Duan Yizhou’s neck. “Now that I’m awake, what should I do?”

“Come with me to the meeting.” Duan Yizhou put him back on the bed. Seeing his messy hair, he reached out to tidy it up, then bent down to help him put on his shoes. “You’ll have tasks to do during the meeting. Once the meeting is over, I’ll quiz you.”

Now that Luo Songran was in the later stages of pregnancy, especially with twins, his belly was much larger than usual. Bending over was already inconvenient, so putting on shoes was mostly his job.

“What tasks?” Luo Songran looked down at Duan Yizhou putting on his shoes, deliberately curling his toes to prevent him from putting them on.

Duan Yizhou held his foot, watching his toes curl up, and glanced up at the mischievous little guy with a wicked smile. Lowering his gaze, he used his fingertips to tickle the sole of his foot.

Luo Songran felt his foot being tickled and couldn’t help but laugh.

“During the meeting, you’ll memorize the parts I’ve marked in the parenting book, and I’ll quiz you after the meeting.” Duan Yizhou took in the sight of him smiling and tucked his socks in before putting on his shoes. “If you can’t remember, tonight’s plans will be canceled, and you’ll continue memorizing at home.”

Luo Songran was speechless. Why couldn’t he escape from memorizing books? He pursed his lips. “Isn’t it enough that you know it?”

“Because you’re also the kids’ Papa, and I hope you can take care of them too.” Duan Yizhou knew that Luo Songran was already very dependent on him, but after becoming a father, the responsibilities would be much heavier than when they were just dating. These responsibilities had to be shared by both parties. “It’s okay. If you can’t memorize it, I’ll accompany you. We won’t go out until you understand it.”

“Can I have an ice cream as a reward if I memorize it?” Luo Songran cautiously raised a finger, his eyes revealing the desire for a reward.

Duan Yizhou smiled ambiguously. “Are you sure you can memorize it?”

This parenting book didn’t require complete memorization. But if he didn’t teach Luo Songran this way, he might never learn to be a Papa. He could rely on him as a child for a lifetime, but there would always be times when he wasn’t around, such as on business trips or other occasions. At those times, when only one person was taking care of the child, how to be a reassuring Papa required learning. In special cases, he could only resort to such methods.

“As long as you promise me a reward, I can definitely do it.”

“Alright.” Duan Yizhou agreed decisively.

Luo Songran’s eyes lit up. Since it was just memorizing a book, his fighting spirit soared instantly. He grabbed Duan Yizhou’s hand and shook it. “No problem, deal!”

Seeing his confident look, Duan Yizhou still had a half-believing attitude. He went to the kitchen and took out the thermos filled with sheep’s milk. He handed it to Luo Songran. “Drink this while memorizing during the meeting. Once you’re done, I’ll give you ice cream.”

The amino acid milk had relatively low nutritional value, so he switched it to sheep’s milk, which Luo Songran wasn’t allergic to.

“Okay, I promise to complete the task!” 

Just as he finished speaking, half an hour later in the meeting room—

“To ensure the safety of the special drug, it will be administered in four phases, with injections every one and a half months…”

Duan Yizhou sat at the head of the conference table, listening to the monthly report from the R&D department manager of the Galaxy Research Institute, but his gaze was fixed on Luo Songran, who was sitting opposite him, starting to doze off. 

Luo Songran was resting his head on his hand, puffing up his cheeks with his hand, and holding a pen in the other hand. His hand would occasionally move as if he was diligently taking notes, even though he didn’t need to take notes at all. His eyes were already closed, and his head was slowly nodding forward, as if he was fishing.

Duan Yizhou cleared his throat.

The manager, who was in the middle of the report, was startled by Duan’s sudden appearance, thinking he had said something wrong. He cautiously asked, “Is there any data that’s incorrect?”

Luo Songran, who was nodding off, was also startled awake. He rubbed his eyes and cautiously glanced around, finding the manager asking Duan Yizhou if something was said wrong. He sighed in relief.

It’s good that they didn’t notice he was nodding off. He inwardly smirked and lowered his head, continuing to stare at the underlined sentence. As his eyelids grew heavy again, his gaze gradually wandered, and he eventually closed his eyes.

Back to nodding off.

Duan Yizhou was speechless. He noticed Luo Songran’s head drooping lower and lower, seemingly about to hit the table. He furrowed his brows and gestured to pause the meeting, then walked over to Luo Songran and neatly folded his suit jacket to place it under his head.

As Duan Yizhou placed the suit jacket down, Luo Songran’s nodding head rested on it perfectly. He even rubbed his cheek against the suit contentedly, hugging it with both hands.

Duan Yizhou watched for a moment, his eyes filled with helpless indulgence. Finally, he reached out to rub the little rascal’s head and chose to give up strict discipline. He looked back at his subordinates, his expression returning to the calm indifference of work. “Let the meeting continue.”

Well, instead of hoping that Luo Songran could manage the children well when he’s not around, he might as well hope that the two little ones can take care of each other under his guidance.

 

 

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