Peninsula: I, a chaebol! I will never follow hidden rules.

"Tap tap tap tap"

There was a knock on the office door, and Li Zhiwen, who had been staring blankly out the window on the balcony with a gloomy face, came back to his senses.

"Enter!"

With a click, the door opened, and a lame man using crutches walked in.

In fact, Li Zhiwu's legs had recovered, but due to not walking for a long time, his legs were a bit uncooperative and weak. In order not to delay his movement and to allow his legs to recover as soon as possible, he had no choice but to use crutches.

"what's up?"

“He’s already been promoted from a nominal consultant to deputy director. Shouldn’t we two brothers discuss what to do?”

Li Zhixuan was previously an advisor to the chairman's secretariat of the Li Group. Theoretically, this advisory position did not have any real power; it was only responsible for providing advice and suggestions.

But the deputy director is a different story.

Prior to this, Lee Jung-hyun's secretariat did not have a deputy director; only Su Soo-bin, the director, was in charge of overseeing the entire operation.

Now that Li Zhixuan has been promoted to deputy director of the secretariat, the most important thing to look at is the content of the appointment and dismissal notice. As deputy director, Li Zhixuan does not have any specific responsibilities.

In other words, as the deputy head of the office, he could be responsible for all the work of the secretariat.

If this happened in the Ming Dynasty, it would be equivalent to a prince becoming the second-highest-ranking official in the cabinet. In the Qing Dynasty, it would be equivalent to a prince becoming a Grand Councilor in the Military Affairs Council.

If nothing unexpected happens, Li Zhixuan will soon be assigned to a department within the group as a chief officer.

The next step is vice president, president, vice chairman, and finally, all that's left is to wait for Li Zhengxian to die so that he can succeed as chairman.

What a pity!
Li Zhiwen was furious! But what could he do?

He did have some ideas, but he felt it wasn't the right time yet. Firstly, he felt that what he currently possessed wasn't enough to completely bring down Li Zhixuan.

Secondly, Li Zhixuan had just given the Li family two more children, and Li Zhengxian and his wife were overjoyed. If Li Zhiwen chose to deal with Li Zhixuan now, even if he succeeded, Li Zhengxian would probably give Li Zhixuan a minor punishment out of consideration for his two grandsons.

If things were to come to light, Li Zhiwen was certain he would be in deep trouble and wouldn't be able to escape unscathed!

Even if they don't die, they can forget about ever winning the position of heir.

Therefore, Li Zhiwen would never make a move against Li Zhixuan unless he could be absolutely certain of success.

There's no use in Li Zhiwu being anxious about this, because even if he has the ability to bring down Li Zhixuan, there's still Li Zhiwen ahead of him.

What he wants to do now is to let Li Zhiwen fight Li Zhixuan, and then decide what to do after Li Zhiwen and Li Zhixuan have fought to the point of exhaustion or have reached a conclusion.

The two brothers each have their own plans. So what is Li Zhixuan doing now? He's playing with the children in the sanatorium garden.

"Xiao Wu, I'm your father, call me father! Be good~ call me father~"

Seeing that Li Zhixuan had already said this to his son five times, Zheng Xiuyan couldn't stand it anymore and complained, "Are you sick? Xiaowu hasn't even been born for 48 hours, how can he talk?"

"Haha!" Lim Yoona laughed, "Jessica unnie, please be understanding of him, after all, he just became a father."

Li Zhixuan retorted, "He may not know now, but he'll learn eventually, right? We'll teach him slowly, won't we, Xiao Wu?"

As he spoke, Li Zhixuan looked at his second young master again.

Xiao Wu's eyes were big, dark, and watery, but when facing his own father, the child looked completely bewildered.

In response, Li Zhixuan continued gently, "Little Wu, be good~ Call me Daddy. Say it, Daddy~"

"Hey!"

Holy crap! Trying to take advantage of me! Are you trying to get yourself killed?!
Li Zhixuan turned around abruptly and immediately became obedient: "Father."

"Haha!" Li Zhengxian walked up to Li Zhixuan with a smile and then reached out his hand, saying, "Let me hug you for a while."

Li Zhixuan didn't want to give it up, but he didn't dare, so he had no choice but to hand over his son.

To be honest, Xiao Wu is a really special kid. He doesn't cry much and will let anyone hold him. And he looks at everyone with a curious expression.

This kid has been something special since he was little!

Li Zhixuan mentally gave his child a thumbs up, then looked at Li Zhengxian and asked, "With all your busy schedules, how come you have time to come here?"

Li Zhengxian was not happy to hear this and said irritably, "I'm here to see my grandson, what's it to you? You should go to work!"

After giving his son a disapproving look, Li Zhengxian turned to Xiao Wu in his arms and said softly, "Good boy, Xiao Wu~ Call me Grandpa~"

Seeing this, Jessica and the others almost burst out laughing. They thought to themselves: One calls the newborn baby "Dad," and the other calls the newborn baby "Grandpa." You two are really like father and son.

Li Zhixuan wanted to say "yes," but he didn't dare. He then refused, saying, "I'm not going! I'm on paternity leave now, which is 15 days according to the law, but both my wives have given birth, so each wife gets 15 days, which adds up to 30 days. I need to take that long before I go back to work."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhengxian's face hardened: "I just promoted you to deputy director, aren't you going to report for duty?"

Li Zhixuan wasn't afraid at all, and waved his hand, saying, "No, no, I'll go after I finish my paternity leave."

This son was so opinionated that Li Zhengxian had no choice but to change the subject and ask, "Which department do you want to manage?"

Li Zhixuan waved his hand again: "It's too early. If we upset my older brothers, they might get seriously injured. Let's talk about it after Baolan gives birth."

Jeon Boram is currently four and a half months pregnant, and will give birth in another four or five months.

Li Zhengxian estimated the timeframe and felt it was about right, so he nodded in agreement: "That works, but you need to decide which department you'll be managing during this period. You need to produce results, understand?"

"I understand, don't worry."

"Hmm." Li Zhengxian nodded, then sat down with his grandson in his arms and started playing with the child again.

After playing with the child for a while, he got tired and fell asleep.

Seeing this, Li Zhengxian carefully put the child back into the stroller, then looked around and whispered to Li Zhixuan, "Where's your mother? She told me this morning she was coming to keep her grandson company, where is she?"

You've been here for so long, and you just remembered you have a wife?
Li Zhixuan thought to himself, but said quietly on the surface, "My mom went to the hospital to keep Kang Kang company."

"Oh, how's Kang Kang doing today?"

"Much better, my skin is visibly less yellow now."

"That's good."

Hearing that his eldest grandson was recovering well, Lee Jung-hyun smiled with relief, then looked at Jessica, Yoona, and Boram and asked, "Jessica, Yoona, Boram, how are you all doing today?"

"We're both fine, thank you for your concern, Dad." After Jessica Jung and Irene Bae gave birth, they were allowed to call Lee Jung-hyun and his wife "Mom and Dad." But Yoona and Boram, both pregnant, are still calling them "Uncle" and "Auntie"?

What if these two pregnant women were in a bad mood, leading to premature birth or miscarriage? Therefore, Kim Im Yoon-ah and Jeon Bo-ram were allowed to change their address.

Seeing that they were all alright, Li Zhengxian felt relieved. He got up and took one last reluctant look at his second grandson before saying to Li Zhixuan, "Take good care of Xiaowu."

"Yes, don't worry."

"I'm going to the hospital to see Kang Kang. You guys stay with Xiao Wu."

"You walk slowly."

After Li Zhengxian left, Li Zhixuan continued to chat with his wives to pass the time.

Yoona said, "There's so much going on at the company, and Dad made you the deputy head of his secretariat. Why don't you go to work? Jessica and Irene don't need you to be with them all the time."

Upon hearing this, Jessica Jung immediately chimed in, "Yes. Career is important, you don't need to be with us all the time."

Li Zhixuan smiled and shook his head: "I can work from home. It doesn't matter to me whether I go to the Li Group or not. Besides, my promotion is just to express an attitude, not to really urge me to go to work."

"Attitude? What attitude?" The three women frowned and looked at Li Zhixuan in confusion.

"My dad's attitude towards me, believe it or not, now all of South Korea's upper class knows that I am the new heir to the Lee Group?"
Now that I'm the heir, there's no need to rush to prove myself. Doing my job well and taking good care of you all is enough.

Whether it's about personal conduct or professional work, before you rise to a position, you must perform well to secure your promotion. But what happens after you're in a position? Your job is to remain stable. If you stay stable, no one can take your place.

Li Zhixuan laughed and said, "I am already the Crown Prince. No matter how I behave, I can only be the Crown Prince. So why should I be in a hurry? The ones who are in a hurry now are Li Zhiwen and Li Zhiwu. I'll see what tricks they have up their sleeves."

Upon hearing this, the three women nodded; some understood, while others still didn't quite grasp it.

Then, Yoona added, "Even if you're resting at home, it's not good for you to always be with us. We have so many sisters. Especially those girls, they never have a chance to come to you. Their competitions are almost over, right? You haven't even shown them any concern. Shouldn't you go and visit them?"

Li Zhixuan shook his head and refused, saying, "I don't understand competitions, so why should I care? In the end, they'll all debut. As for you, Joo-hyun and Jessica just had babies, and you and Boram are about to too. I'm already too busy taking care of you all to have time to deal with them."

Upon hearing this, the three girls, including Yoona, exchanged glances, all looking happy and satisfied.

Suddenly, Jessica Jung thought of something and immediately said to Lee Chi-hin, "Speaking of which, you haven't dated a new girlfriend for two or three months. Do you really need to turn over a new leaf?"

Looking at his child, Li Zhixuan smiled and said with some emotion, "Things are different now. From now on, I'm a real family man. I'm a father now, and I can't just act recklessly anymore."

Besides, twenty-odd people are already enough for me to handle. Am I really going to summon thirty-six Heavenly Generals? No way! I need my sons and daughters to set a good example.”

Upon hearing that last sentence, Yoona and the others wanted to both laugh and roll their eyes.

Role models? Whose role model has more than twenty girlfriends?

However, although he's ruined his example, at least this scumbag has finally shown some responsibility, which is good. What a great child! They should have more children!

Just then, Li Zhixuan suddenly stood up and squatted down in front of Lin Yun'er.

The three women were puzzled. Lin Yoona asked, "What are you doing?"

Li Zhixuan explained earnestly, "I realized I made a mistake before. I didn't take prenatal education seriously, which is why he doesn't like to talk to me. So, starting today, I'm going to take prenatal education seriously for you and the baby in Baolan's belly."

After saying that, Li Zhixuan put his arm around Lin Yun'er's waist, almost touching her belly, and said seriously, "Listen up, little ones inside my belly, I'm your father. With your father here, you have nothing to fear, understand?"

Seeing this, Lim Yoona kicked the scumbag.

"Ouch!" The jerk tripped and fell on his backside. He glared at Yoona, annoyed, "Why did you kick me?"

"Hehe~" "Haha!"

The three women were amused by the scumbag's comical fall on his butt. Lin Yoona said, "I think you're seriously ill. Can the fetus understand what you're saying? Besides, who educates their baby like this?"

Li Zhixuan immediately retorted, "My son is very smart, how could he not understand? Besides, what else should we talk about in prenatal education if not this? Are we really going to give them a lesson? Would they understand?"

Yoona's face lit up with joy: "How are you sure it's a son?"

Li Zhixuan shrugged: "Because you definitely wouldn't be happy if I said it was a daughter."

Yoona nodded and said seriously, "Actually, I'm pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl."

"Yes, twins, a boy and a girl."

Who cares if it's true or not, let's just go along with what the pregnant woman says. Besides, Yoona has seen Guanyin wink before, so if she says they're twins, then they must be.

Hearing their conversation, Jeon Boram pouted, then gently stroked her belly, saying with some worry, "You all have sons, if I have a daughter, will they laugh at me to death?"

"Who dares?" Li Zhixuan immediately retorted, "If anyone dares to laugh at my little darling, I'll slap them to death!"

"What if your parents don't like my daughter?"

"Uh……"

The scumbag was stumped. He couldn't very well slap Li Zhengxian and his wife across the face, could he?

He then added, "They can like it if they want, and they can ignore it if they don't. We can just spoil our daughter."

Im Yoona immediately chimed in, "And what about us?"

Jessica Jung chimed in, "Yes, and so are we."

Li Zhixuan then knelt down in front of Quan Baolan, took her hand, and said softly, "Don't worry, I'll spoil both you and the baby in your belly."

"Mmm." Jeon Boram nodded, her nose tingling with emotion, and tears welled up in her eyes.

Jeon Boram's situation is different from others. Im Yoona has her father and sister who often come to visit and take care of her, Jessica Jung has her mother and sister to take care of her, and her American father also calls frequently. Bae Joo-hyun even has both parents by her side.

But Jeon Boram only has one younger sister. She didn't tell her divorced parents about her pregnancy.

For so long, her divorced parents haven't even thought about seeing her or showing her any concern.

Thinking about it this way, Blue Baby really does make people feel sorry for her.

"It's okay, you're here. You're here with me, Yoona and the others, and you'll have children in the future. You won't be alone."

"Ok!"

(End of this chapter)