"President Jiang, I need to trouble you with something," Guo Xuyang said.
"Yangzi, what is it? Go ahead," Jiang Qixin replied readily.
"Little Xi is due to give birth soon, and she misses her sister. Could you possibly have her come over to accompany Little Xi for a while?"
"That's no problem. I'll have her go right away."
"President Jiang, I know it's easy for you, but I'm afraid her parents won't agree."
"How can her parents disagree if Li Minyu is going on a mission? Don't they have any sense of the bigger picture? That's impossible."
"You might not be aware of the actual situation. Li Minyu is also pregnant."
"Pregnant? I didn't hear about her getting married!" Jiang Qixin paused. "Is this about you, kid? Are you calling to have Li Minyu accompany Little Xi because your real intention is elsewhere?"
"Li Minyu is living at home right now, her parents are unhappy, and she's not feeling well either. So, I was hoping you could step in and speak to her parents, telling them she's being dispatched on a mission. What do you think?"
"That's not a good idea. I need to find a suitable reason, otherwise Old Li will absolutely not agree. He probably wants to find out who made his elder daughter pregnant right now."
"Isn't that why I'm asking for your help? I really can't get involved in this matter. Once Li Minyu comes to stay with me for a year or half a year, and the child gets older, she can go back. By then, her parents won't be able to say anything. Don't you think so?"
"I really don't know what you're thinking. Why do you have to involve the sisters? Old Li is usually easygoing, but if he gets angry, I still have to give him some face. How about this: I'll arrange for Li Minyu to go abroad on a mission to play a pregnant woman. This is a real mission, and they do need a pregnant woman; it's not an exercise. You'd best go over there and take on this mission. Otherwise, I really can't guarantee Li Minyu's personal safety."
"President Jiang, I'm asking for your help, not for you to push Li Minyu into a fire pit. What if something happens to Xiao Yu with your arrangement?"
"Yangzi, it's not that I don't want to help you. You know how influential Li Minyu's father is. Even if I arrange for her to carry out protection duties at your home, if Old Li finds out about your relationship, what do you think he'll do? If he goes berserk and acts recklessly, not only you will suffer, but the sisters will also be implicated, and I'll be caught in the fallout. Arranging for Li Minyu to go on a mission this time is a win-win situation. You step in to help resolve the matter, then smoothly stay abroad and accompany Li Minyu during her pregnancy. Once the child is born, you can return and live at your home. By then, Little Xi and her sister will have both given birth, and Old Li will have no choice but to accept it, he won't go crazy anymore. What do you think?"
"Since you've put it that way, it would be ungrateful of me to make further demands. I just don't know what the mission is?"
"One of our comrades died on a mission abroad, but the news hasn't gotten back. We want his wife to go out under the guise of retrieving his remains and bring back the news. This news should be in his personal effects. The people over there are very vigilant and will only allow two people from our side to go: one is his wife, and the other is his brother. His wife is already over five months pregnant and doesn't know about his death yet. His brother is also someone from our system and has been working undercover. Before going out this time, you need to contact his brother to get a general idea of the situation. His wife's situation, I'll arrange for someone to brief Li Minyu. This way, her parents won't stop Li Minyu when she says she's going on a mission. Even if they disagree, there won't be any major problems concerning the bigger picture."
"Alright then. Do you know who his brother is? Do I know him?"
"Brother Liang will take you there when we get back. I really don't know if you know each other."
"Okay, I'll wait for Brother Liang's call." Guo Xuyang hung up.
"What did President Jiang say? Did he agree to help?" Li Minxi asked eagerly as Guo Xuyang ended the call.
"That cunning old fox sold me out again," Guo Xuyang said, shaking his head with a smile.
"He disagreed? Why?"
"He agreed. But I have to go and help him solve a problem."
"Ten people's minds are no match for his. Did he say what the trouble is?"
"He didn't tell me the specifics, just that I need to go solve the problem for him and then quietly wait abroad for your sister to give birth."
"What about us if you go on a mission? You have to be at the hospital when I give birth." Li Minxi was anxious.
"Alright, alright, I'll definitely be back by then. Okay? Our immediate priority is to rescue your sister."
"Okay then. I'll call my sister beforehand and ask where she is."
"Don't. She should be on her way home or just arriving. Don't cause more trouble. What would your sister think if she overheard what you said on the phone? Would she be happy if we teamed up to deceive your parents?"
"Then I won't call. Better to not upset her."
"That's more like it. You have to believe me, when has your husband ever broken a promise to you?"
"You said you'd always be with me, but you weren't!"
"But you can't right now because of your condition!" Guo Xuyang's forehead was covered in black lines upon hearing this.
"I feel like your heart is getting wilder and wilder. Yesterday you brought back a big guy, today you brought back a little nurse, and who knows who you'll bring back tomorrow!" Li Minxi grumbled from the side.
"Not at all. Aren't these nurses here to reduce your troubles? Look how well Xiao Hong is doing with Li Xiaolu and Gao Yuan accompanying her. At least our mother and you all don't have to visit so often, right?"
"We'd love to see Xiao Hong and Xiao Bao, but the way you're doing things means you don't want us to go."
Well, there's no reasoning with women, especially pregnant ones; they're even more unreasonable.
"The two girls who came this time are quite good. Why don't I call them over for you to see?"
"I want pretty ones too. Don't you think about keeping the ugly ones for me."
"I've always said I'll find pretty ones for you. It'll be more pleasant for Xiao Bao to look at them in the future, don't you think?"
"You're so scheming. Then call them over for me to see," Li Minxi said.
"Are we having them stay at home for dinner tonight, or should they eat in the west courtyard?" Guo Xuyang asked again.
"Let them eat in the west courtyard. Didn't you say Brother Qi fancied one of the girls? Give them more opportunities."
"I was thinking, for the first day, let's have them eat at home so everyone can get acquainted. Then tomorrow, they can eat in the west courtyard. What do you think?"
"If you've already made up your mind, why are you asking me?" Li Minxi said grumpily.
"I have to respect your opinion, don't I?"
"You don't listen when I speak," Li Minxi said, rolling her eyes at him.
Guo Xuyang rubbed his nose, chuckled, and dialed Wu Jia's number.
Author's Note: This book has three updates today. Please continue to follow along, esteemed readers. Throw in your free silver votes and let's all have fun.