Chapter 966

In the special needs ward hallway of the University of Tokyo Hospital, people had been arriving steadily since the afternoon. The first to arrive were several people from the Special Mission Division. When Minami Ojou-sama got out of the car supported by Nango Yui, her face was paler than usual, one hand pressed against her abdomen, the other resting on Nango Yui's arm.

Her steps were not quick, but still steady, only when she entered the emergency department did she retch slightly, the motion small but enough to make Nango Yui hurry to register.

Minami Ojou-sama was quite pleased with herself, and also a little teary-eyed.

Mmm~ day and night, night and day, day after night, night after day, being relentlessly dunked by Uesugi Muneyuki for 2+1 points, she finally had……possibly? Although Minami Ojou-sama had not yet confirmed whether she was pregnant, her actions already carried a certain posture.

Afterwards, Minami was sent to the obstetrics and gynecology examination room.

Not even an hour later, several people stood in the hallway: Uesugi Muneyuki's grandfather, Uesugi Kuninori, came briskly from the other end of the hallway with a dark wooden cane, followed by Uesugi Muneyuki's father, Uesugi Hironori, Police Commissioner Watanabe Eiji, and Watanabe Eiji's wife, Watanabe Michiko.

Grandfather Uesugi Kuninori is seventy-seven this year, his hair completely white, but his spirit is very good. He retired from the University of Tokyo two years ago, his physical condition has always been fine, but he has also started using a cane. There's no helping it—old age can come in an instant. Many sixty-year-olds who could fly through heaven and earth find themselves needing to sit after a single step by eighty.

This is time—it never fires empty shots.

When he reached the examination room door, he first glanced at the tightly closed door, then turned to Watanabe Eiji, his expression already adjusted, his tone restored to the natural steadiness of someone who has lectured half a lifetime in the classroom: "Eiji-san, you too have come."

Watanabe Eiji wore a dark gray suit coat, collar standing, as if he had just come from some formal occasion. He stood firm at the door, nodding slightly to Uesugi Kuninori: "As for Minami's matter, I naturally had to come."

Watanabe Michiko, meanwhile, furrowed her brows. Michiko-san wore a dress, arms crossed over her chest, clearly pondering something, and weighing the significance of the Uesugi family appearing here.

The two said nothing more, but no one moved from their positions.

Uesugi Hironori stood slightly behind and to the side of his father, hands clasped and hanging in front of him, not joining the conversation. The hallway lights were the hospital's dedicated white light source—uniform and restrained, casting the shadows of several people onto the floor as uneven dark lines.

After waiting a while, the obstetrics and gynecology chief physician and two deputy chief physicians pushed the door out together, holding an examination report. Uesugi Kuninori and Watanabe Eiji both stepped forward half a step, then stopped simultaneously.

They exchanged a doubtful glance, as if confirming what the other intended to do.

"Director Uesugi is currently doing well, only morning sickness is more pronounced. We have confirmed twins, both fetuses are stable. Our preliminary assessment is that one of them should be a boy."

Yes, and unlike Uesugi Muneyuki's imagination and subconscious judgment influenced by a mental imprint, Japanese hospitals and most countries' hospitals do reveal fetal gender, because after revealing gender, few families immediately choose abortion, and there is no single-child birth restriction, so when Uesugi Kuninori asked, the University of Tokyo doctor answered without hesitation.

A boy? Uesugi Kuninori and Watanabe Eiji both froze at once.

A boy……Grandfather Uesugi Kuninori turned and exchanged a glance with Uesugi Hironori, Watanabe Eiji also immediately looked toward Watanabe Michiko, and all saw affirmation in the other's eyes.

A boy!!!

"I'm a grandfather! I'm a grandfather!" Watanabe Eiji couldn't help clenching his fists, Police Commissioner Watanabe Eiji's expression excited, excitedly losing composure in a rare display, even the two Public Security guards from the National Police Agency far away rarely saw Watanabe Eiji show such obvious emotional fluctuation!

The Watanabe-Uesugi clan, made it! I, Watanabe Eiji, have descendants! From now on, Uesugi Muneyuki is completely bound in our father-daughter hands! We have kidnapped his son!!!

Watanabe Michiko was equally excited. She had long despised the Watanabe surname (actually, her family name) as too common, but from today on, she is Minami's mother, mother of the Watanabe-Uesugi!

However, the Eiji couple did not stay happy for long.

"I'm a grandfather! I'm a grandfather!!!!!!" Uesugi Kuninori was equally excited, he even shouted wrong—he should be great-grandfather, Uesugi Hironori is the grandfather, but the seventy-seven-year-old old man couldn't care about that, and upon hearing it was a boy, the wrinkles on his face instantly smoothed, like a chrysanthemum blooming: "I'm a grandfather!"

"Hahahaha~"

"Hahahaha ah hahahahahahahaha!"

Watanabe Eiji and Uesugi Kuninori excitedly embraced each other, even kissing each other's faces, gripping each other's arms, swinging wildly: "I'm a grandfather! I'm a grandfather too!"

The people nearby were full of question marks.

Uesugi Hironori: "?"

The Special Mission Division's Nango Yui and Maeda Toshihide, etc., and the University of Tokyo doctors: "???"

Watanabe Michiko: "??????"

"I……" The two people looked at each other, their voices almost simultaneously falling, then simultaneously stopping.

Uesugi Kuninori looked at Watanabe Eiji, Watanabe Eiji also looked at him.

The smiles on the two family heads' faces gradually faded.

Uesugi Kuninori spoke first, his voice a little louder than before, but still maintaining seven-tenths restraint and three-tenths clarity at his age: "What do you mean by 'I'm going to be a grandfather'? This is the Uesugi family's great-grandchild! Muneyuki is my Uesugi family's descendant, Minami married into the Uesugi family, the child in her belly is naturally the Uesugi family's descendant!"

"Ah???" Watanabe Michiko instantly wore a strange expression.

This old fogey, what is he saying?

Watanabe Eiji's brows also furrowed slightly, he thought this didn't match what we agreed on earlier: "Mr. Uesugi Kuninori, Muneyuki is an adopted son-in-law who married into my Watanabe family, his household registration is recorded in my family's registry, Minami's household registration is also my Watanabe family's. This child, legally speaking, is also a descendant of my Watanabe-Uesugi family! Didn't we agree on this?"

Uesugi Kuninori's voice carried an irrepressible urgency: "What legalities? Ethically, this child is surnamed Uesugi! You just said it yourself—Muneyuki is an adopted son-in-law, he married your daughter, but he still bears the Uesugi surname. What we agreed on originally was that the child follows the father's surname, so this child should be the Uesugi family's child!"

Hmm???

Wait! How did this become fat four?

Before marrying in, Uesugi Muneyuki already bore the Uesugi surname; after marrying in, he still bore the Uesugi surname; now he has a son and still bears the Uesugi surname—then did my Watanabe-Uesugi clan amount to nothing?

What a joke!!!!

Watanabe Eiji stepped forward half a step, his voice also rising: "Mr. Uesugi Kuninori, Muneyuki's household registration is in my family, his children naturally should be registered in my family's household registry. This is law, not sentiment! We agreed on this originally!"

Uesugi Kuninori's voice rose: "Law is dead, people are alive! I am seventy-seven, how many more years can I wait? How long can I still wait? I have finally awaited a son, you tell me this child should follow your side? Then what of the Uesugi family name? Muneyuki's older brother Sadakuni has some trouble……in short, the Uesugi family's next generation has only this branch of Muneyuki. You want me to wait again? I cannot wait!"

Watanabe Eiji's tone also changed: "Minami is my daughter. I have the right to decide her child's affiliation. Moreover, Minami is still young, she can still bear children. This boy should first follow me."

Uesugi Kuninori's voice bounced between floor and wall: "Your daughter is young, she can bear again. I am seventy-seven, how many more sunrises and sunsets can I see? You argue this with me—don't you think it's excessive?"

"You're the excessive one! You broke your promise!"

"It's you who made Muneyuki not change his surname!"

"I don't want Muneyuki to change his surname out of respect for his request. We have already branched off—the main house is the Watanabe-Uesugi clan! This is what we agreed on!" "Isn't it normal for the main house, after branching, to adopt a healthy child to inherit the family name? This is the custom of us old nobility! Even if you branched, you must still follow it!"

"Who says we must follow you? We agreed on this originally! It's you who brought Muneyuki over!"

"Muneyuki coming over doesn't mean the main house abandoned him! This is the main house's fourth generation's sole male heir!"

A scene that left everyone stunned occurred.

Former University of Tokyo professor, Uesugi family head Uesugi Kuninori, Police Commissioner Watanabe Eiji—two men threw away all dignity, shouting like scolding market women, arguing nonstop outside the consultation room!

Their voices had already drawn a kind reminder from the nurse station: "Um, two family members, please……stay calm……this……whether boy or girl, it's the same, having a daughter can also continue the line……"

Uesugi Hironori stood behind his father, eyes fixed on the floor seam, wishing he could find a crack to crawl into.

So embarrassing!

He himself is still young, only fifty-four, fundamentally lacking that sense of urgency.

Nango Yui leaned against the wall, her gaze slightly drifting toward the window. Maeda Toshihide lowered his head to look at his shoe tips, as if discovering a pattern worth serious examination there, both people desperately holding back laughter.

Okada Masayoshi stood at a slightly farther position, his shoulder twitched slightly, the movement small, as if a breath had not been fully released, and was pressed back halfway.

Awesome! What we want to see is this, exactly this tooth sound!

At this moment, footsteps came from the end of the corridor.

Uesugi Muneyuki walked quickly from the elevator entrance, still wearing the thin jacket he had on earlier in the University of Tokyo cafeteria.

Mai Xuejie followed a few steps behind him, her high-heeled shoes making a pat-pat sound.

Uesugi Muneyuki walked to the front of the crowd, seeing two elderly people standing on either side of the corridor, like two trees blown by the wind in different directions, with a gap between them just right to be filled by air, he stopped between them, his gaze moving from the grandfather's face to the father-in-law's face, then back. What the heck?

After a moment, still no one spoke, so Uesugi Muneyuki had to initiate speech: "What are you arguing about?"

"Nothing." *2

"How is Minami?" Uesugi Muneyuki had to continue asking.

"Pregnant, it's twins." *2

"? Is it a boy and a girl?" Uesugi Muneyuki noticed the grandfather and father-in-law were so in sync.

"One of them is a boy." *2

Uesugi Muneyuki: "??????"

Shirakawa Mai stood behind him, turned her head sideways, the smile at the corner of her mouth flashed and vanished.

I am the true Uesugi matriarch, no matter whose child it is, they will naturally recognize me as mother from birth!

Win!