Epilogue 2 (1/2)
Yi Wenze and Jia He have their own little family. ❤
Epilogue 2 —
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When the due date was drawing near, the two discussed for a long time where the babies should be born.
Whether it was Hong Kong or New Zealand, neither of these was somewhere she had actually lived. Yi Wenze had originally already made all the arrangements for the hospital, but at the last minute he changed his mind and they ultimately decided to have these two darlings in Beijing.
Because in the beginning Yi Wenze had fed and taken care of her like she was a little pig, the two little ones had actually become overweight, and at the end they had no choice but to control the quant.i.ty of food she consumed.
She fixed a woeful look on Yi Wenze, who was cooking. ”Hubby, I want to eat lots and lots.”
Cringe. Her tone was so melodramatic.
But she couldn't do anything about it. Since becoming pregnant, everything she said was melodramatic. If she opened her eyes after waking up and did not see Yi Wenze, she would feel that it was the end of the world. Even she felt that she was psycho, but this idol of the ma.s.ses showed not even the slightest out-of-the-ordinary reaction.
He turned his head to glance at her. ”I'll make a small amount of everything for you. Just eat a little bit of everything.”
Content now, Jia He gave an ”mm-hmm” and strolled back into the living room, where she waited to be fed.
Sure enough, as he had said he would, he cooked up a tableful of food.
The sour and spicy flavours were so appealing to her taste buds. But when she was still eating away with relish, her bowl and chopsticks were already being taken away from her, and the food in front of her was switched out for fruit. Fine, then… fruit it was… But did everything really have to have just enough for only one mouthful?
In silence, she turned her eyes onto Yi Wenze. This way of enticing out someone's appet.i.te but then not following through was just torture!
”You say,”—she first wordlessly destroyed the last little bits of food—”what if, when the kids are born, they aren't very good-looking?”
He only smiled and did not say anything, clearing away all the things she had been holding.
”I'm being serious…” The closer she got to the due date, the more anxious she became about this particular matter.
In reality, regardless of whether the children had attractive appearances or not, they were her own and undoubtedly would be appealing to her eyes no matter how she looked at them. But with Yi Wenze being a source of such good genes, if they somehow took most of their appearance from her, it would truly be such a waste of Heaven-sent resources.
When she had asked this question for the Nth time, he finally somewhat resignedly gave in, and rubbing her swollen legs and feet for her while also turning his head slightly to the side to check an email that had just come in, he countered, ”Honey, is this really important?”
Jia He's eyes were nearly spilling over with tears. ”Who doesn't want to be born with better looks? Especially these two babies of yours. If they grow up and discover that their looks are nothing to speak of, they'll definitely blame me.”
”You can think of it this way.” He closed his computer and gave her a smile. ”No matter how good-looking they are, when they grow up, they'll belong to someone else. In the end, the person who will be by your side every day is me. So, as long as you don't find me hard on the eyes, that's good enough.”
Chewing over this for a bit, she discovered that these words contained very profound connotations. Her heart at last feeling pleased and satisfied, she stood and continued walking around the home as her exercise.
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She fussed about like this until the evening. Finally, when he was preparing dinner, Jia He started to feel contractions.
However, when she was actually in the hospital and the entire family was surrounding her, giving her their caring attention and thoughtfully inquiring about how she was doing, she actually felt no pain. She merely hugged all the food that her mom had brought and gave a sigh of great feeling. ”My elaborate banquets of countless dishes have been traded out for quaint, simple village food.”
The corner of her mom's lip gave a twitch, but she dared not cross Jia He right now. Instead, feeling very bad, she looked at Yi Wenze. ”You've been put through a lot these last few months, Xiao Yi [Little Yi]. This child here didn't used to be so picky about what she ate. She would eat whatever anyone gave her. Who would have thought that once she was pregnant, she'd become the Queen Mother of the West?”
He smiled. ”I'm just learning as I go and then putting it to use right away.”
Over these last several months, the thing they bought the most of for their home, other than parenting books, was cookbooks. But this ”learn and immediately put to use” had now beat out Jia He's favourite since she was little, ”Mom's food” …
Jia He ate a couple of cursory bites and then set the food off to the side. ”Mom, you guys should all just go back. From the looks of things, this time is just another practical joke that my two babes are playing on us. Just come again tomorrow during daytime. If you guys leave here any later, I'll be worried, too.”
Seeing that there really did not appear to be anything serious with her, her mom tidied things up and went home, leaving only the two of them in the hospital room.
As this was a VIP hospital suite, it actually resembled a downsized version of a hotel room. Since childhood, Jia He had never had any sort of major illness. According to her mom, she had only ever been hospitalized once, when she was the age of three, but the memory of that had long since faded. Hence, now that she for once was actually staying in a hospital, she was particularly excited. Even when it was very late, her eyes were still gleaming as they looked at him. ”How about you let me play Plants vs. Zombiesagain?”
Since promising him last time that she would not play anymore, it had been almost four months in which she had not touched that game, and she had been yearning to play that last stage.
Drawing the curtains closed, Yi Wenze gave her a placid glance. ”Sure. I'll go get it for you. I'm going out to make a phone call.”
His one sentence successfully strangled away any desire in her to play.
Hospitals are the most frequently used setting for ghost stories. Even if you beat her to death, she still would not dare play a zombie game while alone in a hospital room. Inwardly bemoaning this, she watched as he turned off the lights. When he was about to lie down on the couch on the other side of the room, she spoke up quietly. ”How about we squeeze onto the bed together?”
Yi Wenze paused in a rare moment of blank surprise. ”You're scared to sleep by yourself?”
There was merely a fifty-centimetre distance between them. He had not expected her to be so faint-hearted.
Jia He did not say anything for a lengthy time, too embarra.s.sed to tell him that it was because she had grown used to him holding her as she slept. These last few months, her belly had grown bigger and bigger, and she in fact could not really sleep all that well. However, the instant she sensed him lying by her side, even if she was unable to have a good slumber, her heart would feel a little more settled.
Plus, this pre-birth and labour room was also going to be used as the delivery room. Once she thought about the fact that she would be having babies in this room, she did not have even the tiniest inclination to sleep and only felt nervous.
In the end, Yi Wenze still did get on the bed and lie down by her side, lightly setting his hand on her abdomen. ”They're asleep?”
”Mm-hmm,” Jia He answered. ”They seem to be. But I feel like their sleep isn't very sound either.”
He chuckled. ”Why?”
”Probably because they're not used to it here.” Jia He took a light inhale. ”It's not the smell of home. They need to adjust to it, too.”
The embrace that enfolded her from behind was so very warm. She closed her eyes. Some time pa.s.sed, but still she was unable to fall asleep. Softly she asked, ”Are you asleep?”
”No.” His voice was by her ear, carrying his warm breath on it.
”I keep having this feeling, like they're going to be coming out tonight.” A slight, unexplainable sense of anxiety rose in her. ”But why doesn't it hurt right now?”
Smiling, Yi Wenze soothed, ”Hurry and get some rest. They're probably already asleep.”
She gave an ”mm,” then said, ”I suddenly thought of a question.”
”What's that?”
” 'Aijia' is better suited for a girl. But they're boy-girl fraternal twins. Don't you think the name 'Aihe' really isn't suited for a boy?” Once she brought up this question, she inexplicably became enthused.
Yi Wenze was quiet for a short moment before replying, ”There's nothing we can do about it. My wife's name is Jia He. There isn't even one more word that I can work with.”
”Oh,” she uttered, the sweetness she was feeling causing a smile to spread across her face. ”Then what are we going to do if we have another kid?”
”Jia Aiyi.” He stated this as if it was perfectly right and expected.
After silently repeating that name three times, Jia He calmly responded, ”Yi Wenze, we're considered well-educated people, and you're a public figure, too. Would you be able to put some ingenuity and finesse into the names that you choose?”
He mused, ”Jia Aiwen might sound a little nicer.”
Jia He cringed, speechless.
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