766 Grand Reward (1/2)
The parents of the two special cat AI siblings were walking in the hallway after leaving the computer room. They were headed back to their suite where dinner would soon be served.
Jin Liwei stopped all of a sudden and pulled Iris in a tight embrace. She was a little startled but still returned the hug, careful not to press on his back injuries. When almost a minute passed and he still hadn't let her go, she began to feel worried.
”What's wrong, darling? Are you okay?”
He made a sound in his throat but she wasn't sure how to interpret it.
”Does it still hurt?” she asked next.
He didn't reply right away but eventually said, ”Manageable.”
Guilt ate at her. He must still be hurting. ”I'm sorry.”
”For what?” He finally loosened their embrace but still didn't release her yet.
She looked up at him. ”I've been so…so mean to you today. You're still injured and yet all I did was constantly pick fights with you. You even aggravated your injuries while I was sleeping. I should be taking care of you—”
”No, love. I should be the one taking care of you.” He caressed her cheek and gave her a soft smile. ”You're pregnant. Second Brother already warned me that some women experience extreme emotional fluctuations during pregnancy and it looks like you're one of those.”
She sighed. ”This is so annoying! I don't feel like myself.”
”Listen to me.” He framed her face with his hands and looked at her with all seriousness. ”Both of us are new at this but we'll get through it together. Understand?”
She nodded.
”And don't dwell on the negative things. I, for one, am very ecstatic that you're pregnant. Always remember that, even though we might fight a lot during this time while we're trying to resolve the issues that we still have between us. Just focus on the grand reward after all this.”
”What grand reward?” she asked, tilting her head to the side.
His mouth curved up. ”Our twin babies.”
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They continued gazing into each other's eyes, not at all in a rush to return to their suite for dinner. Nobody disturbed them, although Iris could hear some of the passing household staff quietly shuffling out of the way so as not to disturb the two of them. They wanted to enjoy this moment with just the two of them without fighting.
Then she said, ”But you're wrong.”
He frowned. ”If you mean about me changing your work schedule—”
”Not that.” She shook her head. ”We still need to discuss that, yes. It's very important to me. But not today, darling. I don't want to fight with you anymore today.”
”En.”
”When I said you're wrong, I was talking about when I said a moment ago that I should be taking care of you, but then you said no, that you should be the one taking care of me instead. You're wrong. We're both wrong. But also correct at the same time.”
He raised an eyebrow but didn't speak and instead waited for her to explain.