Chapter 64 – Extra: The Queen Bee Baby Has Mastered the Art of Bluffing
All chasing the bee clan, Lu Xiao had already stepped on every landmine there was—but he’d also walked every possible path.
Pursuing someone was nothing more than catering to their preferences, and the bee clan’s preferences were remarkably consistent.
When Lu Xiao pursued Meng Xueyuan, the two secretary worker bees watched the whole process and gained +100 immunity.
When Lu Yushu pursued Lin Xilan, Bai He watched as well and gained +200 immunity.
Everyone was a CEO; resources and methods were more or less the same. Whoever moved first had the advantage. You might try to wipe them all out in one go, but the bee clan grew more and more vigilant.
As for the last one… sorry, your courting methods have become utterly cliché!! Bai He could predict the next step with his eyes closed—there wasn’t the slightest surprise.
Lu Yushu made sure Lu Lou didn’t realize he was pursuing his secretary, lest his eldest brother suddenly have an epiphany and their courting strategies collide.
Lu Xiao analyzed Lu Yushu’s motives perfectly. There was no helping it—this family was like this: those with fake “love brains” took leave, those who hadn’t awakened worked more. Everyone had a bright future.
For Lu Yushu to appear here during the holidays meant he was probably close to success.
Facing Lu Xiao’s verbal mockery, Lu Yushu remained calm and polite. “I was going to go on a business trip. I’d already reached the airport, but it was canceled due to bad weather at the destination.”
After the bee clan’s identities were revealed, the secretaries stopped pretending. They no longer needed to rent apartments in separate neighborhoods to avoid suspicion. Instead, they moved into the neighborhood closest to the company and shared a two-bedroom apartment to save money.
Lu Lou reined himself in a bit. On holidays, he worked overtime himself but always gave the secretaries their leave on time. Unless Bai He went back to his hometown to visit family, most of the time he still stayed and worked overtime together.
It was extremely rare for Lu Yushu to drive personally. Bai He knew he was only hitching a ride. After observing Third Young Master Lu pursue the queen bee for so long, he sensed something the moment Lu Yushu made a move.
As Lu Lou’s secretary, Bai He considered whether to report Second Young Master’s secret moves to the eldest brother—but… since it concerned his brother’s privacy, better to keep it quiet, lest Lu Lou develop opinions about office romance.
Bai He took his luggage from the back seat, greeted Meng Xueyuan, and went home to see his parents.
Meng Xueyuan said, “Come eat at the cafeteria later.”
Bai He: “Okay.”
With Phase Two of the New Village project, as Meng Xueyuan’s worth rose and his earning power exceeded expectations, an additional cafeteria was built, merging the convenience store into it. Two floors in total, enough to accommodate the whole village. The Dragon Boat Festival was perfect for a village-wide gathering.
Lu Xiao, thinking about holding their wedding here in the future, whispered sweet nothings to the queen bee and had the plain, unit-style cafeteria blueprints redesigned to include the structures he needed.
A stage, a large display screen, a high-end dimmable lighting system, million-yuan sound equipment… he paid for both the hard and soft renovations. Paste up double-happiness characters, arrange fresh flowers—the queen bee and the flower god could hold their wedding at any time.
The cafeteria didn’t need ventilation and had just been put into use.
Lu Xiao worried he might still have overlooked something, so he wanted to instigate a couple to hold a wedding first so he could check for gaps.
Lu Yushu opened the trunk and took out the gifts he’d prepared.
He couldn’t prepare gifts only for Lin Xilan’s parents—everyone in the clan needed something. Unable to think of anything better, he simply bought over a hundred necklaces, each pendant shaped like a different flower.
They weren’t expensive. Lin Xilan only allowed him to bring one trunk’s worth—no more.
Placing the two stacks of jewelry boxes in the cafeteria, Lu Yushu said warmly to Lu Xiao, “Third brother, please guide me.”
In Lu Xiao’s mind flashed phrases describing himself—rising by virtue of one’s spouse, living off his wife, the one and only queen—it was wonderful.
He’d never been this brotherly in his life.
Now it was his second brother… then next time, could it be his eldest brother? Forget it. His eldest brother’s so-called work brain—supposedly inherited 100% of Lu Fengge’s steadiness—wasn’t something to count on.
The grudge of being mocked by his elder brothers for years over his “love brain” could finally be avenged.
“Guidance is too much,” Lu Xiao said coolly. “We’re family, so I won’t hide anything. The bee clan takes pride in labor. Last time I came, I got up at four to work.”
“Everything you see is collective property—no distinction of whose job it is. See work, do work. The key is having work in your eyes and strength in your hands.”
Lu Yushu said sincerely, “Thank you.”
Lu Xiao: “No need. Tomorrow I’ve decided to get up at three to work.”
One word: grind his brother to death.
Lu Yushu fell silent for a moment. “6.”
Lu Xiao lowered his voice. “Cover one business trip for me, and I’ll wake up twenty minutes later.”
Lu Yushu closed his eyes briefly and smiled. “Ten times. Deal.”
Lu Xiao raised his brows, looking at how cheap his second brother was. Had he known, he’d have named a higher price and slept in his wife’s arms until he woke naturally.
While the brothers were making a secret deal, Father Meng came down from the mountain carrying a hoe. Seeing a new car parked in the cafeteria plaza with several young people standing around, he walked over. “Oh!”
“Lawyer Lu, thank you for helping us with the lawsuit about the bees being poisoned by pesticides,” Father Meng said warmly, setting down his hoe. “You left in a hurry last time and we couldn’t properly thank you. This time Uncle will cook you a big meal.”
Lu Yushu said modestly, “Just a small effort, Uncle. No need to keep it in mind. You’re Xueyuan’s father—we’re all family.”
Although the Lu brothers mocked their younger brother’s love brain every day, Meng Xueyuan was Lu Xiao’s legally registered partner. Meng family matters were Lu family matters.
If Lu Yushu dared to be negligent, not only would Lu Xiao be dissatisfied, but Shen Ning and Lu Fengge would also feel he was disrespecting their in-laws. Third Young Master didn’t dare publicize his marriage and didn’t even dare let people see how much he doted—but the Lu family couldn’t be so timid. Thus, for such a small case, Lu Yushu didn’t delegate it. He went personally and openly displayed his identity as a Lu family member.
Afterward, Father Meng praised Lawyer Lu endlessly in the village—professional, humble—and said Lin Xilan hadn’t chosen wrong.
By “chosen,” Father Meng meant “chosen a master.”
Lu Yushu planned to first pay respects to Lin Xilan’s parents, but Father Meng thought the lawyer was just here to visit as Lu Xiao’s second brother and felt responsible for hosting him. Pointing toward his own house, he said, “Come sit at our place. Last time your dad and grandpa came, they liked our wild fish—you should have similar tastes…”
Mother Meng hurried over and smacked her oblivious husband. “Shouldn’t the lawyer go to Xilan’s house first? When you have time later, do come to our place for tea—I roast it myself, very fragrant.”
Lu Yushu said, “Thank you. I definitely will.”
Father Meng finally got it—no wonder the scene felt familiar. It was just like when Lu Xiao first came to the village to meet his father-in-law.
Father Meng had a very good impression of Lu Xiao and, by extension, said kindly, “Want me to lead the way? If you’re embarrassed to speak up, I can help set it up.”
The Lu kids were all shy. When Lu Xiao first met him, he called him “Uncle” and didn’t even know to call him “Dad.”
Lin Xilan said, “Uncle Meng, President Lu is just my boss.”
Lu Yushu added, “At present, we’re indeed just colleagues.”
Father Meng understood perfectly. Lu Xiao had also started as just Xueyuan’s colleague—but he never held back on gifts. These brothers followed the same route.
Xilan was a good kid—could he really accept so many gifts from just his boss?
Father Meng said, “Then do you need a praise squad?”
Ever since his son became a star, Father Meng had learned many fandom terms—like blowing rainbow farts wherever you see Yuanyuan, setting the mood, letting passersby recognize Yuanyuan’s excellence.
By the same logic, a great lawyer also needed someone to popularize how impressive he was.
Father Meng had talked a lot in the village. Since everyone cared about the bee poisoning incident, he could explain it in detail again to Xilan’s mother.
Lu Yushu said, “Much obliged.”
The group headed to Lin Xilan’s house, and Meng Xueyuan followed, a bit worried.
Lu Xiao didn’t go—he gave his second brother the chance to be the protagonist.
Thanks to the younger brother’s outstanding performance, the elder brother had benefited who knew how much.
Lu Xiao stayed behind in the cafeteria, helping distribute the gifts and chatting along the way.
Whether twenty-year-old worker bees or forty-year-old ones, they’d come back from the fields and casually pluck a wildflower, asking Lu Xiao to pass it to the queen.
“May you have a noble child soon.”
Very quickly, Lu Xiao was holding a large bunch of colorful flowers. “Thank you.”
“You and Yuanyuan’s child will definitely be especially smart and hardworking,” said Aunt Taohua, who had a drone bee at home, her eyes full of anticipation.
She didn’t dare imagine how cute the baby would be.
With his wife not present, Lu Xiao went along with it, vividly imagining their baby. There was no need to dampen elders’ traditional expectations; he followed the thread. “Probably. I think they’ll take after Yuanyuan more—brave and smart.”
“President Lu, when the time comes, you must bring the child back often for us to see,” another aunt chimed in.
Aunt Taohua asked worriedly, “During summer vacation, can you let the child come back to play? There won’t be lots of elite-family classes to learn, right?”
Bee clan children grew up in the fields—worlds apart from elite families. On TV, elite young masters learned horseback riding, piano, violin from childhood…
Lu Xiao made a decisive call: “Completely unnecessary.”
Aunt Taohua: “Worthy of President Lu.”
Lu Xiao: “The child only needs to play—get close to nature. I’ll cover everything else.”
“Our bee clan babies won’t get lost in play. A good baby can’t be trapped indoors—let them play more.” More and more people gathered around Lu Xiao, all very curious about the Lu family’s elite education model. Though the baby was still hypothetical, everyone had already assumed the doting grandparent role.
Lu Xiao immersed himself as a dad. “I’ll personally take the child to play—catch butterflies in spring, dig in the water in summer, pick fruit in autumn, build snowmen in winter—”
“Cough.” Meng Xueyuan entered through the other cafeteria door, listened quietly for a moment, then made a sound to remind him.
“Play is fine—but only after mastering eight languages,” Lu Xiao instantly turned into a strict father, afraid Meng Xueyuan might get ideas about not being careful with contraception.
“Eight? Isn’t eight too many? Speaking Mandarin is enough—no need to learn dialects. The whole world is speaking Chinese now!” the aunts cajoled indulgently.
Lu Xiao said against his heart, “A kind father ruins children. If you don’t manage them when they’re young, they’ll make you angry when they grow up.”
Meng Xueyuan went over and dragged his husband away, stopping him from talking nonsense.
What Lu Xiao had said to the aunts earlier—that was the truth, right? All that elite education talk was just to scare him.
He didn’t particularly want to get pregnant anyway—he’d just go with the flow.
Calculating the timing of drinking royal jelly every time was such a hassle, especially in April and May when flowers were in full bloom.
Influenced by the flower god bloodline, Lu Xiao probably didn’t even realize it himself—peonies bloomed in April, and at that time, Lu Xiao was especially attractive to bees and butterflies.
Not that he wasn’t handsome normally—his looks always stayed at a high standard—but April and May were super handsome, like a god descending to earth!
With the flower god so seductive, pollen quality was extremely high at this time—it had to be collected. To avoid that one-in-ten-thousand chance of pregnancy, the queen bee was really having a hard time.
Even Lu Yushu knew to take advantage of spring to pursue his secretary.
Meng Xueyuan decided to go with fate.
Last time, he hadn’t drunk the royal jelly while reviewing professional books and lied to Lu Xiao that he had. Next time, even if he did drink it, he could lie and say he hadn’t—call it even. Drinking royal jelly within the clan had the highest radiation efficiency, so he’d definitely drink it these two days. A queen bee with strong pheromones was the key to the clan’s prosperity.
Lu Xiao went home with Meng Xueyuan for a noon nap. Already half a master of the house, he made the bed himself. The moment he touched the bed, he reflexively asked, “You didn’t drink royal jelly today, right?”
The two of them were uncontrollable in bed—if he’d drunk it, they had to forcibly restrain themselves.
Meng Xueyuan sat in the living room, holding a candied-date zongzi dipped in royal jelly. He licked the sweet filling and nodded. “Mm-hmm. Didn’t drink.”
The queen bee baby had mastered the art of bluffing.
