Pregnant and Pampered: The Heiress in a Military Compound

To express their dissatisfaction.

Chief Han leaned back in his chair and spoke slowly, "My things are mine to distribute as I see fit. If you’re not satisfied, you can leave the family."

Leave the family?

Of course, they didn’t want to leave the family.

"Dad, that’s not what we mean. We just feel that you’ve already set aside a lot for our youngest brother. It’s not fair to the rest of us..." Han Yuanyue’s husband tried to explain, hoping to change Chief Han’s mind.

Chief Han looked at him.

"As I recall, I’ve spent all these years cleaning up your messes and giving you resources, have I not?"

After all these years of resources, it was still not enough?

Chief Han’s wife nodded in agreement. "Our son has suffered for so many years. He could have had a much better environment to grow up in, but he was dragged down by your misjudgment back then. He hasn’t enjoyed a single one of our resources all these years."

"And now you have the gall to be dissatisfied?"

Chief Han’s wife was also beginning to understand why Yue Yihan was unwilling to acknowledge them.

These people were a troublesome bunch.

The Yue Yihan of today wasn’t the little boy from back then. He had scraped and clawed his way through battlefields for years and was long steeped in the ways of the military. How could he not understand the look in their eyes?

He didn’t want to cause trouble for himself.

And he didn’t want to cause trouble for Xie Changning.

"Mom, that’s not right. Didn’t he act like he couldn’t care less about our family’s resources?"

"Not caring about them is different from what he should have had in the first place!"

Chief Han’s wife shot a cold glare at her second daughter-in-law.

Compared to the second brother and his wife, or the older sister and her husband, Han Yuanzhong and his wife were much more sensible. They knew their father’s and mother’s personalities all too well.

The fact that their parents had insisted on searching for Yue Yihan all these years meant that they would give him preferential treatment after finding him.

Han Yuanzhong’s current position was already high, so he wasn’t going to quibble over such things.

"Dad, Mom, my wife and I have no objections. You can just make the decision," Han Yuanzhong said, stating the position of the eldest branch of the family.

The moment he stated his position, the expressions on the second brother and his wife’s faces turned extremely ugly.

The second brother, in particular, looked like he was about to jump up and curse Han Yuanzhong for being a phony.

His wife snorted coldly, crossed her arms, and leaned back, refusing to say another word.

At that moment, the older sister, Han Yuanyue, who had been silent the whole time, finally spoke up. "Dad, Mom, we don’t object to you giving our brother preferential treatment. After all, what happened back then was indeed our fault."

"I’ll find our brother soon and apologize to him."

The eldest had already made his stance clear; naturally, she couldn’t be left behind.

’The eldest brother can afford to take that stand because he’s already self-sufficient, but the rest of us aren’t. I still have to climb higher up the ladder.’

’That’s why I can’t afford to burn bridges with our parents.’

While the Han Family was arguing, Xie Changning was already fast asleep.

When she woke up the next day, she saw Yue Yihan waiting downstairs in his car. She frowned slightly. "Are you planning to drive me back?"

’Didn’t he say he had a mission recently?’

"The chief reassigned my mission to someone else, so I have some free time for now, but—" As Yue Yihan spoke, Xie Changning saw the car’s rear window roll down, revealing two elderly people in the back seat.

The two elders gave Xie Changning an ingratiating smile.

"Daughter-in-law, we heard your sister is also in Chuncheng? The two of us would like to meet our in-laws, we were wondering..."

Compared to how they treated Yue Yihan, the two elders had a much better attitude toward Xie Changning.

They knew that Yue Yihan treasured Xie Changning, so they treasured her as well.

They showed Xie Changning the utmost respect.

"My sister is probably at work. She only has some time during lunch. If you don’t mind, I can contact her."

"We don’t mind, we don’t mind at all!"

The two elders shook their heads, indicating they could wait.

Seeing this, Xie Changning went inside the guest house and used its phone to contact Xie Changyi.

Xie Changyi was stunned when she heard that Yue Yihan’s biological parents wanted to meet her and get acquainted with their new in-laws.

She had never imagined she would be meeting Yue Yihan’s family in this capacity.

Normally, this was a task her parents should have handled, but—

Now, she was the only family her sister had by her side, so she naturally had to shoulder this responsibility and meet Yue Yihan’s biological parents.

However, judging by the fact that they had proactively suggested the meeting, Xie Changyi felt their attitude wouldn’t be poor.

’If they truly looked down on my sister, they wouldn’t have proposed a meeting between the families.’

"I have two and a half hours at noon. Let’s meet then." After hanging up, Xie Changyi compressed her workload into the morning, finishing everything by eleven o’clock.

Then, she grabbed her things and went to the restaurant Xie Changning had booked.

When Xie Changyi entered the private room, she saw a couple in their sixties sitting inside. Xie Changyi froze for a second before greeting them first. "You must be Yihan’s parents, right? Hello, sir, ma’am. I’m Changning’s older sister. You can just call me Xiao Xie."

No matter what, they were her elders, so Xie Changyi didn’t think there was any shame in speaking first.

Hearing Xie Changyi’s words, Chief Han quickly stood up. "Hello, hello, Changning’s sister. We’re Yihan’s biological parents. This is terribly presumptuous of us, not scheduling a time with you in advance..."

"Not at all."

The group exchanged smiles and then sat down.

Yue Yihan had been worried that Chief Han and his wife wouldn’t like his sister-in-law, but to his surprise, the three of them seemed to be getting along quite well.

Chief Han had been immersed in the world of officialdom for many years. He could tell at a glance that Xie Changyi was no ordinary person and likely held a position in some government unit.

Their conversation confirmed his suspicions.

Xie Changyi was the Director of the Chuncheng Foreign Trade Bureau!

’To have reached such a position at her age... her future is limitless!’

’Yihan married an exceptionally good wife—so much better than the other two in the family!’

This meal was far better than the one last night. Chief Han had now witnessed how formidable the Xie Family members were, and the more he looked at Xie Changning, the more satisfied he became. Finally, Chief Han asked Xie Changning a question.

"I hear you’ve been putting together a laboratory recently?"

It wasn’t strange for someone of Chief Han’s high rank to know about such things, so Xie Changning didn’t hide it. "Yes."

"I know an old fellow, very skilled in his field. Would you like an introduction?" As he spoke, Chief Han kept his eyes fixed on Xie Changning, observing her expression.

Xie Changning looked up at Chief Han.

"That would be wonderful!"

Chief Han looked at Xie Changning and then broke into a smile. "I thought you might refuse."

"Why would I refuse?"

’How could anyone Chief Han knows be an ordinary person?’

’Only a fool would refuse.’

Xie Changning’s response made Chief Han burst out laughing. "Excellent, excellent! Good!" ’This daughter-in-law is far more likable than my youngest son!’

Seeing Xie Changning handle Chief Han and his wife with such ease, Xie Changyi let go of the last of her worries.

Before leaving, Xie Changyi gave the gift she had brought to Han’s parents, then got into her car and drove away.

Watching Xie Changyi leave, Chief Han sighed with emotion. "Look at that family’s genes... all high-IQ genes..."