Since we are both reborn, of course I would choose the rich woman!

Chapter 382 Lü Yao's Daughter (6k views, please subscribe)

2017 was actually a rather dangerous year.

Although in most people's minds, apart from the significant monthly increase in housing prices, there seemed to be nothing particularly big happening in 2017. Even Huang Mao, who later became known as a "world internet celebrity," only made minor mistakes in 2017, and people mostly made fun of him.

After all, this global internet celebrity defeated a woman who was born for the president.

The key point is that the way this global internet celebrity defeated that woman was also full of entertainment value, giving the whole world a great show. At this moment, the world has not yet realized what kind of monster they have chosen, and at this moment, the world has no idea what kind of magical future the world will fall into.

And the world as a whole has begun to develop in an increasingly cyberpunk and magical direction.

At this pivotal juncture, many things in China had reached a critical point. Fortunately, Lü Yao had already accumulated sufficient capital. In particular, after Mr. Liu and Mr. Zai made their moves at the end of 2016 and the beginning of 2017, and were subsequently countered by Lü Yao and his team, their situation improved significantly.

The last time Mr. Liu was turned against his cause, many people began to tremble with fear. However, Mr. Liu's defection to Lü Yao's side even helped China win part of the formulation of future communication standards, giving China a certain say in the field of future communications.

This is only in the field of communications.

What about other fields?

Mr. Liu has quite a bit of information on his end!
Therefore, since Mr. Liu sided with Lü Yao and his group, many domestic and international conglomerates and forces have been very dissatisfied with the Liu family. However, this dissatisfaction was only raised high at the beginning, but was eventually put down gently.

Because no matter where Mr. Liu's group of people climbs or what status they attain, they can never truly find peace of mind. They have no home, and those without a home will naturally not feel at ease, because the essence of what Mr. Liu's group of people pursues is profit.

And interests flow continuously like water.

Therefore, Mr. Liu's group of people are like duckweed floating on the water.

After their initial outrage at seeing Mr. Liu accepted, the group was instead thinking about how to maximize their own interests, in case they needed Mr. Liu as an introducer in the future. Therefore, they did not make things too difficult for Mr. Liu and his father.

As for the changes on Mr. Zai's side, since this incident ended relatively early, its subsequent impact has not yet been fully realized.

However, this should give Lü Yao and his group enough peace and quiet for a while.

Therefore, Lü Yao plans to dedicate his energy to operating his self-media platform.

In China, self-media platforms are seen as nothing more than the future Taobao, a platform that generates more revenue by having users create and distribute content.

That would be a gross underestimation of the power of self-media platforms.

In the future, this will be an important strategic tool for Dongda Culture to expand its reach; at the same time, it will also be a very important weapon in the field of public opinion. The data and core algorithms accumulated in this field are also very important data sources for the field of AI.

Doubao, an AI tool derived from Douyin ten years later, is considered one of the fastest-growing AI applications in China.

Although Doubao relies on open-source data from abroad for its AI algorithm tuning, resulting in relatively poor AI intelligence compared to the later-emerging DeepSeek, DeepSeek only excels in logical analysis and data mining, performing well in quantitative trading and data summarization. It is still quite far from true artificial intelligence.

However, DeepSeek's AI algorithm model is already enough to shine in many fields.

What if we added the data accumulated by Douyin's recommendation algorithm to a DeepSeek-level AI entity? Like the AI ​​entity at Luoma Lake…

Recently, Wang Shan's research at Luoma Lake seems to have entered a completely new field. Wang Shan and his team are working hard to overcome the challenges, and perhaps in the near future, they will be able to update their AI again, thereby creating an even more advanced AI.

At that time, Lü Yao, a shareholder of Douyin and an important participant in the Luoma Lake AI Data Center, took the lead in connecting the data of the two companies. A more futuristic future seemed to be beckoning to Lü Yao in the mists of the future.

As for this more sci-fi-inspired future, will it bring a better future for humanity, or a future tinged with apocalypse...?

Lü Yao couldn't explain it.

Even with his experience studying abroad, Lu Yao is still just a small fish in this world, far from being able to influence the entire world.

Regardless, self-media is a sector worth investing in.

Lu Yao's future plans are clear, but Rong Nianqing seems a little disappointed with Lu Yao's decision.

Is their collaboration coming to an end so soon?
From last October until now, the total time they have truly worked closely together since they started living in Washington, D.C., is less than half a year. Every time Rong Nianqing works with Lü Yao, she feels that the "future" is on her side. In the ever-changing world, Rong Nianqing sees no confusion in Lü Yao.

What was that feeling like? It was as if when Lü Yao started to take a step, the whole world would part in front of him to make way for his steps.

Being by Lü Yao's side, it felt as if such a future could be seen unfolding before one's eyes.

This feeling of being invincible is truly captivating.

So when Rong Nianqing heard that Lü Yao was going to do his own thing again, she said sourly, "Oh, you dragged us to set up such a big business, and after you finished all the initial work, you just dumped it all on us?"

"I feel like we're working for you."

Jian Xiaojie tilted her head and pondered, "I've had this feeling for a while now. I thought I was just overthinking it."

Lu Yao spread his hands and laughed, "Don't be silly. I didn't contribute much to any of these major events. It was all your doing."

Jian Xiaojie rolled her eyes: "This is just flattery to kill, do you think I can't tell?"

Lü Yao laughed and said, "The main problem is that with my small frame, I'm easily overwhelmed by a wave in the future battles. So, I'm taking advantage of this time to do something else and stay away from the battlefield of you gods."

Rong Nianqing grasped the key point: "So, you think someone will still target us?"

Lu Yao shrugged and laughed, "I don't know, but it's never a bad thing to be cautious in these kinds of things. Besides, my splitting up to do things can also confuse all sides. By dividing our forces into two groups, supporting each other, we can be more flexible in dealing with future changes."

Jian Xiaojie laughed and said, "Then I agree, just remember not to go too far."

Lü Yao laughed and said, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

After this chat, it meant that Lü Yao would have to focus on his own things for a while. Although they were a little reluctant, Rong Nianqing and Jian Xiaojie respected Lü Yao's decision.

After having dinner there, Rong Nianqing left the villa of Lu Yao and the other two.

The following week was uneventful and exceptionally peaceful.

The rumors and discussions about Lü Yao on the internet are gradually calming down. As for the netizens whose emotions have changed after seeing the reversal of events, Lü Yao doesn't care.

The first thing a marketer needs to do is abandon their conscience.

Some people can't handle it and soon stop doing marketing.

Those who can withstand it, like Lü Yao, will more or less become numb.

It's not so much that he's numb, but rather that he sees things more clearly. If you look at people with compassion, you'll see pitiful people everywhere; but if you look at people with cause and effect, you'll see nothing but immediate retribution.

In the past, when Lü Yao's status and capital were not so great, he would personally go online and stir up trouble after a hot topic, but now he can only watch coldly from the sidelines.

Now he doesn't need to chase trends or chase traffic anymore.

He is the traffic itself.

……

In late February 2017, after returning home from get off work as usual, Lü Yao was having dinner with Jian Xiaojie and Wang Shu when Wang Shu began to feel something was wrong.

The medical team, who had been staying at the villa, immediately arrived. A doctor hired from a private hospital at a high salary quickly diagnosed that she was about to give birth!

So Lü Yao and Jian Xiaojie immediately jumped up, and the group rushed to the private hospital. Before they left, Lü Yao even brought all sorts of things he had prepared for the child.

Although they could go to a better hospital or simply wait for the new life to be born in a sterile room set up at home, doctors recommend that it is better to go to the hospital, where the drug reserves, qualifications and medical facilities are more comprehensive and can deal with more situations.

This private hospital is the one where Jian Xiaojie and her team hired a medical team at high salaries.

This hospital specializes in providing comprehensive and precise medical services and consultations to high-end individuals across the country. These individuals may not have a particular area of ​​expertise in any specific medical field. For example, the best place in the country to treat severe fungal infections is in Yunnan, the best place to treat liver flukes is in Guizhou, and the best place to treat food poisoning is in Shandong...

But the most amazing thing about this hospital is that they can call in people.

Once you have a general idea of ​​your employer's health issues, they can find you the most specialized and authoritative doctor in that field in the shortest amount of time.

Such comprehensive and authoritative medical services naturally come at an exceptionally high cost.

But people like Jian Xiaojie don't care about that.

Just like many billionaires don't care about spending hundreds of millions at once, Jian Xiaojie doesn't care how much money Wang Shu will incur during her pregnancy and childbirth.

Once you get to the hospital, it's a long and agonizing ordeal.

Giving birth isn't something that happens shortly after you go to the hospital and have contractions; it's a long process. Lu Yao did some research on this while anxiously waiting outside the private nursing room.

From the onset of regular uterine contractions, a pregnant woman will generally go through three stages: the first stage of labor, which is the most agonizing, with first-time mothers typically experiencing eight to sixteen hours of progressively increasing pain, before entering the second stage of fetal delivery; and then the third stage of placental expulsion.

This is the entire process of natural childbirth.

Lu Yaoguang's palms were sweating with nervousness when he was looking up these materials.

Damn you!
8-16 hours?
Is it going to just keep hurting like this?

What a joke!
Fortunately, Wang Shu did not have a natural birth. Lü Yao, Jian Xiaojie and Wang Shu had discussed it beforehand and decided to have a painless cesarean section. However, a series of tests were required before the cesarean section, and Wang Shu had to endure the pain on her own during this time.

Although there were doctors conducting various pre-cesarean section examinations outside the private nursing room, Lü Yao was still so anxious and uneasy that her breathing became irregular, and she paced back and forth in the corridor outside the nursing room.

Jian Xiaojie had a cigarette dangling from her lips, but she resisted lighting it. Seeing Lü Yao loitering around in front of them, she couldn't help but say irritably, "Can you stop loitering around? Can't you learn from me and be more composed?"

Lu Yao glanced at the unlit cigarette in Jian Xiaojie's mouth, pursed his lips, and remained silent. While they waited anxiously, Rong Nianqing, Gan Xiaoxi, Zhu Junyan, and Wang Shu's apprentices from the Huasheng Life System all gathered around, offering words of comfort and concern.

A huge crowd of people almost filled the corridor.

In the past, when Lü Yao watched Korean or Hong Kong movies, he thought it was fake to see large groups of gangsters gathered in the hospital. But now, the number of people gathered in their corridors seems to be even greater than before.

Now Lü Yao can understand.

He used to think it was fake because it was impossible for a poor family to have a filial son at the bedside of a chronically ill person.

But wealthy people who are chronically ill are never short of people who care for them and offer comfort.

Or rather, the more wealthy the family, the more kind and compassionate the people tend to be at the bedside of a chronically ill patient.

After the doctor finished examining Wang Shu and prepared for the cesarean section, Lü Yao, Jian Xiaojie, Rong Nianqing, and Gan Xiaoxi rushed into the nursing room to visit Wang Shu.

At this moment, Wang Shu was no longer as radiant as before. Her head was covered in a fine layer of cold sweat. Lu Yao had just searched her and found that during the final stages of labor, the pain of uterine contractions experienced by pregnant women was sometimes severe and sometimes mild, sometimes slow and sometimes fast, with no discernible pattern.

The pain at this stage is bearable, but the grueling duration of several hours, or even more than ten hours, is excruciating.

At this moment, Lü Yao was really at a loss, feeling completely helpless.

So all he could do was stay by Wang Shu's side, holding Wang Shu's hand and saying, "It's okay, it's okay, I'm here, I'm always here."

Jian Xiaojie held Wang Shu's hand and watched as Wang Shu on the bed suddenly frowned due to intense pain, his face turning pale and his lips turning white. She felt as if she herself was experiencing such pain.

Then Jian Xiaojie said, as if in a fit of pique, "So you wanted to have a baby! Now look what happened! Let's see if you'll still want to have one in the future!"

As Jian Xiaojie spoke, tears welled up in her eyes.

Seeing the two most important people in her life by her side, Wang Shuming was sweating profusely from the pain, but she still managed to force a smile and comfort Lü Yao and Jian Xiaojie: "It's okay, I'm fine, really."

Jian Xiaojie cursed inwardly, "What a load of rubbish!"

But looking into Wang Shu's eyes, which remained gentle and flowing even in pain, Jian Xiaojie felt as if a heavy granite was hanging in her throat, rendering her speechless.

In the nursing room, seeing Wang Shu's agonizing appearance, Gan Xiaoxi nestled in Rong Nianqing's arms like a little bird, and said with some lingering fear, "Wow, is childbirth this painful?"

"Fear!"

After saying that, Gan Xiaoxi grinned and gasped, "I don't know how my mom was able to give birth to me and my brother."

Rong Nianqing hugged Gan Xiaoxi, took a deep breath, pursed her lips, and said, "That's why Lü Yao said that every mother is a being comparable to a god."

With everyone's support, the hospital doctors prepared everything needed for the delivery surgery and then took Wang Shu into the operating room.

Lu Yao and Jian Xiaojie followed outside until they were stopped by the doctor at the operating room door.

"boom."

The operating room doors closed in front of Lü Yao and Jian Xiaojie, the cold, heavy doors almost hitting their noses.

Seeing the two who lingered outside the operating room, Rong Nianqing came over and put her arms around Lü Yao and Jian Xiaojie's shoulders, reassuring them, "Don't worry, modern medical systems are very advanced in childbirth. We've already taken care of this hospital, so there won't be any problems."

That's not good at all.

If anything goes wrong during this surgery, everyone who goes in, whether doctors or nurses, will be at the bottom of the river in a few days.

Jian Xiaojie said it! Even Jesus couldn't stop it!

With Rong Nianqing's reassurance, Lü Yao and Jian Xiaojie retreated to the sofa chairs outside the operating room.

While waiting outside, time seemed to drag on endlessly. Lü Yao stood up and paced several times. Although he felt that a lot of time had passed, when he looked at his wrist, he realized that less than ten minutes had actually gone by?

After checking his wrist countless times, the light on the operating room door finally turned from red to green. The doctor who had gone in earlier, wearing a green surgical gown, came out and smiled, "Congratulations! Mother and daughter are safe and sound!"

"call--"

At this moment, Lü Yao and Jian Xiaojie's hearts, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down.

After letting out a long sigh of relief, Lü Yao and Jian Xiaojie heard the explosive cheers coming from behind them.

Hearing the commotion, Jian Xiaojie immediately turned around and glared at them.

The crowd immediately fell silent again.

Then Rong Nianqing and Gan Xiaoxi took the initiative to go to the back of the crowd and said, "Alright, alright, I accept everyone's kind wishes on behalf of President Wang. You can go back now, but you must come to the full moon celebration another day."

Wang Shu's apprentices immediately presented the gifts they had brought to Rong Nianqing and Gan Xiaoxi, hoping they would convey their regards.

In the workplace, when a boss has a baby, subordinates will definitely come to congratulate them. This is especially true for someone like Wang Shu, who remains powerful even after having a baby and is even more valued because of the child.

At this moment, it doesn't matter who comes, but it does matter who doesn't come.

Rong Nianqing and Gan Xiaoxi had their secretary and Zhu Junyan prepare all the gifts and lists, while they went together to greet Wang Shu.

soon.

The doctor in the delivery room held the baby and pushed Wang Shu out of the room.

Wang Shu was still awake and even appeared quite relaxed during the C-section, as the procedure was performed under spinal anesthesia.

When the mother-daughter duo arrived, Rong Nianqing and Gan Xiaoxi rushed over to see the child, but Jian Xiaojie and Lü Yao went to see Wang Shu first.

Lu Yao asked with concern, "How is it?"

Wang Shu smiled and said, "The doctor told me that everything went exceptionally smoothly, very well, without any problems at all." As she spoke, she gazed at Lü Yao with deep affection and said, "I'm fine."

Then Wang Shu looked at Jian Xiaojie and said, "The doctor also told me that this is all thanks to my balanced nutrition and good daily health care. I have to thank you for bringing in the medical team for me."

Jian Xiaojie turned her face away, exhaled, and then turned back to smile, saying, "You're telling me this? Aren't I the child's godmother? This is my child too!"

Wang Shu smiled and said, "Yes, yes."

Carrying her baby back to the private nursing room, Wang Shu was greeted by professional doctors and nurses who were on standby 24/7 outside the delivery room. She would spend the next month here to recuperate.

While Lü Yao and Jian Xiaojie stayed with Wang Shu, Rong Nianqing and Gan Xiaoxi played with the children.

The newborn baby was wrinkled and ugly, but you could vaguely make out that his eyebrows, eyes and nose looked very much like Lü Yao's. His lips combined the advantages of Lü Yao and Wang Shu, and were evenly thick, making him look very beautiful.

Gan Xiaoxi lay by the bed, her eyes almost melting as she looked at the wrinkled baby. She whispered, "Ahhh! She's so tiny! Look at her little hands~~~"

Rong Nianqing looked at the child lying on Wang Shu's back and sighed with emotion, "Yes, it's really good."

After saying that, she raised her head and looked at Wang Shu and Lü Yao, saying, "She will definitely be an extraordinary beauty in the future."

Wang Shu smiled, looking at the child beside her, her eyes filled with a complex emotion that seemed to reflect the entire mortal world.

And Lü Yao...

His expression was equally complex.

This child was born to enjoy countless blessings; she was born a free-spirited global citizen.

only……

Facing his newborn child, Lü Yao felt an inexplicable sense of shame—"Can someone like me really be a good father?"

Someone with such a bad track record...

That's why life is so wonderful.

Throughout his entire life studying abroad, and even after returning from his studies and having children, Lü Yao has never felt ashamed. In fact, he has always had a sense of composure and integrity, believing that "my heart and actions are as clear as a mirror, and all my deeds are just."

But at this very moment, he began to doubt his past actions.

This reminded Lü Yao of the movie "A World Without Thieves." At that time, the script of the movie had an important problem that was not resolved: why would the master thief couple suddenly become kind and help a simple-minded migrant worker named Shagen? It didn't make sense.

What's the reason for bad people to do good deeds?
When the entire crew was unable to solve the problem, the film's director and screenwriter approached a close friend and shared their predicament.

The director and screenwriter's good friend only said one sentence: "Simple, let the goddess thief suddenly discover that she is pregnant."

Thus, the turning point in fate became a matter of course.

Now, Lü Yao has a deeper and more profound understanding of this turning point in his life.

Just as Lü Yao was having doubts, the doctor in charge of registration at the hospital came over to help register the newborn's information. When registering the name, the doctor asked, "Have you thought of a name for the child?"

In an instant, all eyes turned to Lü Yao.

(End of this chapter)