This Alpha Is So Devoted to His Wife - Chapter 90

The news that the Queen of Country D had passed away following unsuccessful medical treatment spread like wildfire across the internet. Simultaneously, a large-scale demonstration, which garnered global attention, erupted, with protestors demanding the dissolution of the monarchy, triggering political unrest in Country D.

Following the escalation of events, Country D’s parliament immediately executed the Queen’s last will and testament, which formally abolished the royal aristocratic system that had been in place for over five thousand years. Country D ushered in the era of an elected head of state.

Subsequently, after the abolition of the monarchy, the Queen’s will regarding her estate officially launched a worldwide storm of inheritance disputes, which embroiled almost every member of the Clemens family.

This was because the Queen did not leave any assets to her five Omega wives, only to her son and grandson.

In accordance with the late Queen of Clemens’s wishes, she bequeathed 70% of her personal assets to her youngest son, Clemens Sydney, with the stipulation that this 70% could not be distributed for the next ten years. After ten years, 50% of this 70% would be inherited by her youngest grandson, Prince Clemens Bennett.

As the world’s wealthiest royal family, this 70% of the assets was equivalent to twenty times the wealth of the Royal Family of Country F.

The Queen loved hotels, so she had invested in and constructed luxury hotels all over the world, owning and operating over a thousand top-tier luxury hotels.

The Queen loved wine, so she had invested in and established large, luxury wineries all over the world.

Furthermore, the Queen’s most beloved Korman Golden Palace, along with all the hotels and wineries, would be entirely inherited by her youngest grandson, Prince Clemens Bennett. This also included the three private jets the Queen used for travel and her retinue of two thousand attendants and bodyguards.

The remaining stakes in the retail, automotive, and real estate industries were equally divided among the remaining thirteen heirs.

Although the remaining 30% of the assets was still an enviable amount, this level of asset distribution left the other thirteen heirs highly dissatisfied.

Five days after the Queen’s funeral and the reading of the will, the Clemens family convened the largest family meeting in its history.

The family meeting was held at the Korman Golden Palace.

In the VIP reception room, the atmosphere was tense.

As the most low-key and ‘Buddhist’ branch of the Clemens Royal House, even sitting in the furthest corner, they were still the focus of attention—specifically, jealous attention.

Lu Xinghe took a selfie and sent it to Duan Yuluo, while casually asking about his wife’s physical condition that day.

Lu Qing, who was sitting next to him, saw that her son still had the mood to take a selfie. She nudged him under the table and whispered, “Bennett, be serious.”

Lu Xinghe adjusted the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, raised his eyes casually, and leaned toward his father, who was checking the stock market. “Dad, are you nervous about inheriting so much money?”

Clemens, engrossed in managing his own catering business, was in a great mood seeing a slight uptick in stocks. “You can have it. I don’t want it.”

He mostly didn’t understand all that stuff anyway.

Lu Xinghe looked at his mother, Lu Qing, and raised an eyebrow. “Dad doesn’t care, so I don’t care either.”

Heaven and earth may be vast, but my wife is the biggest.

Lu Qing: “…”

Although she also didn’t care—after all, they had always handled things with an extremely low profile, usually remaining quiet and inconspicuous at every family gathering—being suddenly pushed into the spotlight by the Queen meant the other siblings looked ready to eat their family alive. Their casual attitude made them look quite provoking. They were all afraid of being assassinated once they stepped out that door.

“Bennett, do you believe you have the capability to shoulder what the Queen has bestowed upon you?”

The speaker was a middle-aged man with a full beard, Lu Xinghe’s Eldest Uncle, Clemens James. He sat in the main seat, wearing a tailored suit, looking like a very traditional gentleman, if one could ignore the sullen dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Hearing the elder’s question, Lu Xinghe naturally straightened up. He placed his phone face-down on the table, clasped his hands, and met the elder’s gaze with composure. “I don’t wish to shoulder it. This inheritance is not what I wanted to receive.”

There was no change in his tone, sounding precisely like a provocation, which instantly agitated the other families.

Clap! Another handsome middle-aged man stood up. He was the Queen’s third Omega wife, and naturally held the greatest dissatisfaction as a spouse who had not received any assets.

“Bennett, do not try to provoke us. In the Clemens family, your family is the least contributing. You don’t attend gatherings, you don’t attend galas, and you don’t help manage the family business. You only helped manage a charitable organization while studying for your undergraduate degree here, but what does that count for? We have managed everything! By what right do you receive so much of the estate? We strongly suspect there is an issue with this will.”

“Exactly! We have always been working for the Queen! Only your family has kept aloof! Especially you! You opposed the Queen multiple times and even left the Royal House for a Hua Xia citizen! Since you left, what right do you have to receive this massive estate?”

“We believe this will is highly problematic.”

The executor of the will stood aside, looking unperturbed.

Lu Xinghe leaned back in his chair, listening to the accusations from the entire family. He rubbed his wedding ring on his left hand with his right. His expression didn’t change, and a quick glance at his ‘Buddhist’ parents beside him allowed him to gauge their thoughts.

He had known since he was a child that his parents most desired to leave the constraints of the Clemens Royal House. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have chosen to travel all the way to Hua Xia to start a business. Later, they were forced back to Country D by his grandmother because of his plan to marry Duan Yuluo and leave the Royal House.

From the perspective of filial piety, his parents were the most compliant among all his uncles and aunts, and certainly the most detached. They had no other hobbies than traveling everywhere and had raised him to be free and unconstrained, ultimately giving him their full support in leaving the Royal House.

For this, they paid a price: they were not allowed to return to Hua Xia.

Since his parents had gone to such lengths for him, it was time for him to earn them the freedom they deserved for the rest of their lives.

“Mr. Roth.”

The executor of the will, Mr. Roth, heard Lu Xinghe call him and bowed to ask, “How may I assist you?”

“My family retains the management and decision-making authority over the 70% of the inherited assets, even though they are currently non-distributable, correct?” Lu Xinghe rested his clasped hands on his lap. The cuffs of his shirt were slightly rolled up, revealing the firm lines of his forearms, and the wristwatch on his wrist shimmered with a cool luster.

Despite being the youngest, lowest-ranking junior here, his aura completely overpowered everyone in the room.

Mr. Roth nodded. “Yes, that is correct.”

“Good.” Lu Xinghe placed his hands on the table and looked around at everyone present. “You feel that my family is undeserving of this 70% of the assets, but unfortunately, this is how Grandmother distributed them. The will is written clearly. No matter how you appeal, the result will be the same. Of course, you now have one way to obtain this 70% of the assets.”

“What way?”

Lu Xinghe saw someone was interested and thought that was excellent. He didn’t want to take over this 70% mess. He had so many other businesses to manage, and his wife was waiting for him at home. He had to handle this quickly and go home.

He smiled. “We will sign a VAM agreement.”

“A VAM agreement?” (Valuation Adjustment Mechanism, or ‘gambling agreement’ in this context)

Lu Xinghe looked at his parents to seek their opinion, but unexpectedly, his father waved his hand and his mother shrugged, giving him free rein. “…”

“Then I’ll trouble Mr. Roth to take notes.”

Mr. Roth immediately took out his tablet.

Lu Xinghe sat upright, leaning against the chair back, and said calmly, “Before my family gains full disposal rights over Grandmother’s 70% of the estate, I can transfer the management rights of this 70% to someone among you who is competent. If that person can triple the assets within ten years, my family will gift the entire 70% of the estate to that person ten years from now.”

“If you fail to achieve this, then naturally, I will take it back.”

The management rights for 70% already meant absolute control, aside from the decision-making authority remaining with their family.

He simply refused to play the game his grandmother had left him.

Let those who want to fight over the inheritance do it themselves.

He looked around the room again, noting the change in everyone’s expression, and smiled. “Is anyone willing to accept this VAM agreement?”

Once this was dealt with, he could go home.

Because Duan Yuluo did not want to stay at the old estate, Luo Yudan and Duan Yikui had no choice but to accompany him back to Duyue Bay.

One was on leave, and the other was on university holiday, so naturally, they had time to accompany him. The problem was that the person who could truly comfort Duan Yuluo was not there. Although they genuinely wanted to care for him, they were far from being a substitute for his Alpha.

This was because a pregnant omega needs more of their Alpha’s pheromones than usual.

Days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, Lu Xinghe had been gone for a week. They did video chat every day, but each time, Duan Yuluo would chat cheerfully and positively, only to burst into tears the moment he hung up.

Not to mention, as night deepened, the pregnant husband would start to get restless.

This time, Luo Yudan and Duan Yikui found Duan Yuluo in the walk-in closet.

A muffled sob came from inside the closet. When they walked in, they saw Duan Yuluo standing by the wardrobe, his head buried inside. He was standing there, clutching Lu Xinghe’s clothes and whimpering softly, so quietly that you wouldn’t notice he was crying unless you listened closely.

All the smiles and bravery he displayed in front of Lu Xinghe during the day completely crumbled at night.

They knew he didn’t want Lu Xinghe to worry, nor did he want to be willful, but in the end, he was only hurting himself, especially while pregnant. Duan Yuluo wasn’t usually like this.

His sister, Duan Yikui, felt heartbroken. She took out her phone, intending to take a photo and send it to her Brother-in-law Lu Xinghe, harshly criticizing him. But her Big Brother, Luo Yudan, stopped her.

“Don’t take a photo. Your Second Brother is always strong in front of Lu Xinghe. He just doesn’t want Lu Xinghe to worry about him. If you send it, it will only make it harder for him to deal with things over there,” Luo Yudan said, covering his sister’s hand holding the phone.

Duan Yikui felt truly miserable seeing her Second Brother like this. Unable to hold back, she walked over and hugged her brother from behind.

Duan Yuluo had just intended to get another piece of Lu Xinghe’s clothing, but the moment he smelled Lu Xinghe’s pheromones, he couldn’t hold back the tears. He couldn’t resist hugging the clothes and crying for a while. Suddenly, he felt a soft embrace from behind.

He turned around and saw it was his sister, Duan Yikui. His eyes flickered. “…What’s wrong, Kui Kui?”

“Second Brother, don’t be sad. Let me hug you.” Duan Yikui saw her Second Brother turn around, his eyes red from crying, and she almost started crying herself. She stood on her tiptoes to wipe away his tears. “Don’t cry, don’t cry. Brother Xinghe will be back soon.”

“It’s alright. When he gets back, I’ll beat him up.” Luo Yudan stood to the side, taking out the lemon flower oil that Lu Xinghe had entrusted him with from his pocket. He handed it to his brother. “Smell this. Don’t end up vomiting from crying.”

Duan Yuluo felt a little better after his sister hugged him. He bent down and hugged her back. “Thank you, Kui Kui. I feel much better after that hug.”

“Then Big Brother should get a hug too.” Duan Yikui immediately pulled her Big Brother closer.

Luo Yudan sighed helplessly, but since he was the Big Brother, he would naturally grant any reasonable request from his siblings. He stretched out his arms and embraced them both, patting their backs. “Are you ready to sleep after the hug?”

“I could, but I’m a little hungry.” Duan Yuluo looked up and smiled apologetically. “Brother, could you cook me some noodles?”

Luo Yudan: “…”

I don’t know how to.

At that moment, a faint smell of burning could be detected from the kitchen.

“Big Brother, you’re so useless. You can’t even cook. What do you do in the military? Didn’t they teach you?”

“…I’m not in the mess hall unit.”

“If Second Brother throws up later, you’re in trouble.”

Duan Yuluo sat at the bar counter, waiting for the noodles his Big Brother was cooking. Soon, a steaming bowl of noodles with a questionable color was placed in front of him. He hesitated whether to pick up his chopsticks.

However, he could smell lemon, so it didn’t seem entirely inedible.

“I did my best.” Luo Yudan sat down across from his brother, a difficult expression on his face. “You try it first. If it’s not good, I’ll go out and buy you something.”

Duan Yuluo picked up his chopsticks and took a bite.

The moment it entered his mouth, his eyes instantly reddened.

Duan Yikui widened her eyes and patted her Big Brother’s arm. “See, see! I told you! It must be awful.”

Luo Yudan saw his brother tear up and quickly took the chopsticks from his hand. “If it’s bad, don’t eat it. Don’t throw up later. I’ll go out and buy you something. What do you want to eat? Do you still want noodles?”

But the chopsticks were taken back.

Duan Yuluo, with red eyes, retrieved the chopsticks and buried his head in the noodles, finishing them without a word.

Luo Yudan’s hand hung suspended in the air. He looked at his sister, and the siblings exchanged glances, both feeling bewildered.

“Big Brother, do you think Second Brother misses Brother Xinghe?” Duan Yikui felt something was off. Since her Second Brother was pregnant, he wouldn’t eat anything he didn’t like. She whispered into her brother’s ear.

Luo Yudan watched his brother finish all the noodles and surmised that he must be missing Lu Xinghe.

He tentatively asked, “Zai Zai, was it delicious?”

Duan Yuluo finished the soup, his eyes wet as he met his brother’s concerned gaze. The moment he tasted the lemon noodles, he was reminded of Lu Xinghe, and the tears just wouldn’t stop. “…It was disgusting.”

Luo Yudan felt a lump in his throat, but seeing his brother cry like this, whatever the reason, he accepted it. He resignedly took the bowl. “I’m sorry I cooked you a bowl of terrible noodles. Why don’t you call Lu Xinghe right now and scold me?”

Duan Yuluo lowered his head to wipe away his tears. “No, I can’t let him see me crying. He’ll worry.”

He wanted Lu Xinghe to be able to finish everything and come back without any distraction, rather than worrying about him while handling matters.

He looked at his brother and sister, and an idea came to him. His expression became serious. “You absolutely cannot tell him. Even if he asks you, you have to tell him I’m very happy, not crying, not throwing up, and everything is great.”

Duan Yikui: “…We won’t tell him, but I don’t think Brother Xinghe will believe it. Doesn’t he know you well?”

“If you keep crying and don’t sleep, then I definitely have to tell him,” Luo Yudan said.

Duan Yuluo rubbed his pregnant belly and insisted, “I can do it. I won’t cry anymore. I’m a strong Dad.”

Duan Yikui and Luo Yudan exchanged glances.

They were half-convinced, but they could only humor him and pretend to believe him.

After escorting Duan Yuluo back to his bedroom, the two of them did not leave immediately. Instead, they closed the door and pressed their ears against it.

He was still crying.

Luo Yudan and Duan Yikui exchanged glances.

They decided to push the door open and enter again.

They had to comfort him.

Lu Xinghe could just beat him up when he got back.