"Damn it!" Muchen's grip tightened around the steering wheel as he accelerated the car even more, hitting a higher speed.

He remembered the day he found out that Sara was pregnant.

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He had reluctantly traveled for a business trip outside the country for two weeks.

But everyday, he did not fail to call her at least twice everyday.

Sometimes, he did that during meetings. When he knew it would be really late in country B before the meeting would come to an end and he wouldn't want to call when she was already asleep.

So whenever he called her during business meetings, he only looked at her face to know she was okay, and that was it for the day.

He had missed her terribly. Her smell, her look, her smile, laugh, and her little body when she was pressed to his.

He also missed the way they strolled hand-in-hand and go for dates, with a lot of men checking her out and whispering to themselves.

But he was not bothered about theor interest in his wife. He could not get jealous because of that. Instead, he was proud. Proud that a lot of people admired his wife. Proud that they thought Sara was the perfect one for him. And proud that he was also perfect for her.

One of the nights he had been on a video call with her, he noticed she was not looking very fine.

When the maid called her to come have dinner, immediately she reached the table, she began to gag and dropped her phone to go throw up.

Heaven knows he did not waste another second inside the room he was staying. Immediately, he picked up the relevant things he could find while his secretary booked him a quick flight to Country B.

Throughout the trip, he was restless. He could not concentrate especially since he could not call anyone.

Immediately he arrived Country B very early the next morning, Sara had been shocked to see him. But unlike the previous day, she did not look sick.

He still did not want to take any chances and had literally scooped her in his arms to take her to the hospital.

"Congratulations CEO Li. Your wife is pregnant" Dr Long had informed him excitedly.

That instant, his heart stopped.

Sara was pregnant? She was really pregnant with his child? He was going to be a daddy while Sara was going to be a mommy?

Sara was carrying their baby inside of her?

He had gasped loudly and used a hand to cover his mouth.

This was really happening.

They were going to be parents?

He could not describe the way he felt. He was beyond elated by the news. And when he saw Sara, all he did was to hug her tightly as he shared the exciting news with her.

"What?" Her eyes bulged out.

"I...we...uhm.." She tried to speak but her voice faltered in her throat.

"You are going to be a mummy" He said the words for her before planting a proud kiss on her forehead.

"Oh My God!" Sara began to pace around as she tried to digest the news.

"I am going to be a mummy?" This was an entirely different phase for her.

She knew this day was going to come but now, she just could not describe how she felt.

"Am I fit to be a mummy? I can't cook, I can't do chores and I don't know much of basic math" She began to ramble in tension.

Muchen began to laugh and took her hands to calm her down.

"You're not the only one pregnant. We're pregnant. So the child isn't just yours but ours. I can cook. Chores aren't that big of a problem, and I can solve even complex math."

"You joined in raising Joreen so I'm certain you would do a great job" He assured her with a gentle pat on her head.

She paused for a while and asked loudly. "Oh my God we're pregnant!"

She began to laugh and jumped on him in a hug.

The Wangs and Lis had been so excited that they always paid Sara visits and sent her gifts.

Everyone was so eager to see what a little Sara and Muchen would look like.

And it was finally the D-day!

When he knew that it was almost time for her to give birth, he stopped going to his office and chose to work from home instead so he could keep his eyes on his wife.

But today, he had reluctantly left the house for a quick meeting and it wasn't up to an hour, he received a call from the maid that his wife was in labour.

He sped down the road as his heart continued to race even faster.

When he got to the hospital, he found his parents and Sara's parents waiting in the hallway and was informed that aunt Cixi arrived on time and was inside the birthing room with Sara.

Muchen had never been so tensed in his life.

He could see the others were also tensed especially because the room was soundproofed and they could not hear a thing going on in there.

"Please save Sara. I beg you" He pressed his hands together and began to pray silently.

The 80 minutes he spent pacing around were the longest 80 minutes in his entire life.

No matter how the others tried to calm him, he could not.

Even Minde had arrived a few minutes after he did and had been trying to assure him that his wife and baby were going to be okay but Muchen just couldn't stop his mind from having negative thoughts.

If anything were to happen to Sara, he was not sure he would be able to live.

"Lord I beg you. Please" He continued to pray with his eyes closed and heard the door to the birthing room open. Before the door closed, he heard the faint sound of a baby crying.

Muchen immediately stood up and hurried with the others to meet the Doctor

The doctor who came out was not Doctor Long but rather, a much younger lady who looked exhausted but had a big smile on her face.

"Congratulations. You have a baby girl"

"What about my wife? How is she?" Muchen quickly asked her.

"She is good. A very strong woman I must say. You can go see her now."

Before she could even finish her statement, he had already opened the door and ran in.

"Oh God! I'm so glad you're safe" He quickly knelt beside her bed and kissed her forehead.

"Did it hurt a lot? Are you okay? Is there anything you want me to do?"

Sara looked very tired. She had used all of her energy to push their daughter out. But seeing Muchen now, she felt energized.

"I am good. We have a girl" The emotion was too much in her voice and so she began to cry tears of joy.

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FOUR YEARS LATER

Everyone had a thing or two going on in their lives.

DELIMEAL was the biggest and well-known restaurant in the country and they were planning to expand to other countries.

Minde was married to Eva and they were currently still enjoying their honeymoon.

Heya had graduated from a music school abroad and was going for her masters in Julliard. She did not join G-GLOBAL, but instead, she simply had fun by uploading videos online and had thousands of followers.

She decided not to bother herself with her weight. It was insignificant now. Zhu Liang still adored her and she also adored herself.

Aunt Cixi was married to Luo Jaime and they had Reen and Joreen still gossiping and gambling behind their backs.

The only one who was still alone was Li Hoy. All the ladies he's been meeting were such a bore. So he gave up searching.

And oh! Have you heard the rumour flying around? Mo Dexi was getting married! Quite shocking, but true. And it was obviously an arranged marriage.

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"Is she asleep?" Muchen asked when Sara entered his study late in the night.

"Yes. She is mad at you" Sara informed him.

Muchen began to chuckle.

"I'll have to properly apologize to her tomorrow. I need to finish this today so I can play with her tomorrow"

"What are we going to do about Queen? She's getting worse each day?" Sara asked with a worried look she changed the topic.

"Worse? She is perfect" He turned off his computer and moved closer to her.

"She's not. You're spoiling her too much" Sara complained.

"I'm not the only one. You're also spoiling her, your parents are. My parents are. Why are you blaming me?" He led her by her hand to sit on the couch with him.

"I know but—"

"It's her age. She'll change"

"Do you know she raised her voice at someone today?" She asked him.

"She's loud sometimes. Doesn't mean she's being rude" He took his daughter's side.

"See what I'm saying? The other time she hit someone and you took her to the hospital to go get her hands checked instead of telling her to apologize. The other time, she took 10th position in class and you bought her too many gifts. She—"

"What's wrong with taking the 10th position in class?"

"There are only ten students in the class!" She tried not to sound annoyed.

"She should be at the top. You know she's smart. But we're letting her play too much. We should encourage her to do well. I am scared. She has no talent or anything." Sara pouted.

Muchen began to chuckle.

"I've seen your report cards. You didn't do quite well yourself. Why are you bothering the little girl? It wasn't her fault she inherited those genes from you"

When he saw the dark glare coming from her, he began to laugh and ducked his head before she could smack him.

"But in a serious note, let her be. You already know where her interest lies"

Sara thought about it carefully. Even though her daughter was not very good with other things, she liked the kitchen. And it was the main reason she liked to go to DELIMEAL everyday.

There was no contention as to who was going to become the heir to DELIMEAL. It was obviousl Li Queen.

"But if you want me to punish her, I'll do so. You know I don't want to stress you" He winked at her before planting a kiss on her lips.

"Are you sure? How do you intend to do that? Not buy her candies for a day?" She rolled her eyes at him.

"Nope! I have a better idea."

"And that is?"

"You know she hates it when I'm always working. Let's not send her to DELIMEAL after her classes tomorrow. Let me bore her at the office instead. I'm sure she'd change after that."

Sara thought about it and decided to trust him. That might work.

"Okay then! You're still working right? I'll leave you to work then. Good night husband Li." She kissed his cheek and stood up, but he quickly pulled her back down till she was sitting on his laps.

"Stop being naughty!" She pushed his shoulders and began to laugh.

"I really want to be naughty right now." He said with a sly smile before sealing her lips with his.

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People could not help but turn to look at the Father-Daughter duo as they walked inside the huge office building with his hand firmly holding her little hand.

If they were looking for a child angel, then they were looking at one now. Well, they wouldn't have expected any less from the daughter of Li Muchen and Sara Wang. Even Queen's grandparents were all good looking.

They wondered why CEO Li hadn't thought about using his daughter as a child model for Li Corporation.

Queen was going to turn four the next month. She was a little bit chubby and had sparkling eyes.

Her black hair was neatly tied in a ponytail and she wore a little white and blue gown that ended just above her knees and a pair of black cover shoes with blue ribbons.

As they both sauntered in to go take the elevator that would lead to his office's floor, Muchen heard someone call from behind him and turned around.

It was a lady. She was dressed formally in a white and black skirk suit with her hair let loose. Her face had a little make-up, and her heels clicked with the tile as she approached with a smile plastered on her face.

"Long time no see. Was in the neighborhood and decided to say hello. Good thing I met you here"

Muchen simply nodded. He did not want to have a long conversation with this Lady especially when he needed to appease his little Queen for not reading her a bedtime story last night.

"Oh my! Look who we have here. You look so adorable" The lady crouched down and tried to pat her little head but before Muchen could pull her away from the lady's reach, Queen moved first and glared at her.

"Oh.. I guess you don't like being touched" She forced out an awkward smile and straighted her back.

Muchen did not want to be rude to her since her family and his had had a lot of business deals together.

But he trusted his Queen, and she did not disappoint.

The lady heard the stutters of a camera and looked down to see Queen taking her photo.

"What..are you doing?" She asked in surprise.

"I am sending this picture to my mummy to show her the old lady who wants to take my daddy from her" Queen shot back as she began to type away on the phone.

"Wh..at?" Her face flushed in embarrassment. Old lady?

"I...I have no intention of stealing your daddy from your mummy" She explained with flushed cheeks as she nervously looked around to see people paying a lot of attention to them.

"You can explain that to my mummy when she sees the pictures." Queen moved closer to the lady and said in a low voice.

"You must have heard about my mummy right? She teaches people how to fight. Plus she can be scary when she's angry. You should leave before she calls me." Queen have her a friendly advise.

The lady looked at Muchen and expected him to at least say something but he only looked at his daughter and asked proudly.

"Can we go in now?"

Queen nodded before taking his hands.

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"Li Muchen!" Sara shouted in shock when she saw the 'punishment' he was giving to their daughter.

As she took further steps inside the room, Queen quickly ran to stand in between her parents and looked at her mother fiercely.

"I am Li Queen! The daughter of Li Muchen and Sara Wang. Granddaughter of Li Fazhan, Jiang Dana, Wang Jianjun and Wang Changyu. The heiress of DELIMEAL. And the elder sister to the unborn heir of Li Corporation. You dare not touch my DADDY!"

Muchen put his hands on his chest and looked at his little daughter with emotion in his eyes.

"She is really my daughter" He said proudly.

Sara looked at the two traitors without knowing what else to say.