730 Monkeys and Bulldogs, Gorillas and Warthogs (1/2)
”These are OUR babies. WE'RE going to have twins.” Jin Liwei corrected Iris but she and Dom didn't hear him in their excitement. Ignored to the side, Jin Liwei could only watch their lively interaction.
Dom burst into tears upon looking at the ultrasound photos. ”Wuwuwu! Boss, I knew it! You're really pregnant! And with twins! Uwah! I'm so happy for you and sir boss. Look at them. Your babies are so tiny and so cuuuuuute~”
”Cute? Where?” Iris took the photos back from Dom and studied them carefully. She tilted her head to the side as her brows drew together in concentration. Even though she knew that they were her babies, all she could see right now were two indistinct little blobs. Tiny, sure. But cute? She failed to see that. At least, right now.
Still feeling confused, she showed them to Jin Liwei. ”Are they really cute?”
”En,” he immediately said with a nod. ”Very cute.”
His response made her even more confused. Dom asked for the photos again so she handed them to him. She contemplated on their reactions while Dom and Ketchup who appeared on the car's dashboard monitor oohed and aahed together at the ”cute twins”.
Were they seeing something that she couldn't? Or was this proof that she was going to become a bad mother for failing to see the cuteness of her own babies?
As if reading her mind, Jin Liwei pulled her close to him. ”Wait until they come out. Then you'll see how cute our babies are. They're going to be so cute and beautiful, just like you, their mom.”
His words immediately made her feel better. She nodded and smiled at him. ”Maybe they'll look like you.”
”Maybe.” His lips curved up. ”Or maybe they'll look like a mixture of the two of us.”
She nodded and felt her excitement increasing inside her. ”Or maybe one will look like you and the other will look like me!”
”That's possible.”
”Oh, Liwei. Now I really want to see what they'll look like!”
He kissed her forehead. ”Me, too. We'll meet them by next year. We're going to have beautiful babies, love. I just know it.”
”No matter what they'll look like, I'll love them,” she swore. ”It's okay if they're not cute or beautiful. Even if they look like monkeys or bulldogs, I'll still love them because they're our babies. Yours and mine.”
Jin Liwei glazed over for a bit. Monkeys and bulldogs? What the…? How could she say that about their babies? Even if it was only said in a hypothetical manner, it was still a bit too…unkind.
”What they look like doesn't matter. Right, darling?” Then she finally noticed his weird expression. Her face fell. ”Or do you care that much about their appearance? You won't love them anymore if they're ugly?”
”Huh? What are you talking about?!” he demanded. Her words had forced him to regain his senses. Then he saw her sad expression.