I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"You underestimate me, and that's why you're surprised."

Bai Xiaoqi snorted, "You're not allowed to look down on me from now on."

"Okay, I'll look up to you from now on."

Chen Shuo readily agreed and then explained, "But this isn't about looking down on you; it's just a matter of perception. The things I just mentioned, or rather, those jokes, are from several years ago. For example, the 'Imperial Jade Liquor' line was from a skit. I wasn't even born when that skit came out, let alone you."

You were still a cat back then, so subconsciously I thought you wouldn't know, but I was a little surprised to find out you did. Just surprised, but that doesn't mean I underestimated you.

"is it?"

"Yes."

“…”

Bai Xiaoqi paused for a moment, then wrinkled her little nose. "Okay, I guess what you're saying makes sense."

"What do you mean by 'nonsense'? That's just the truth."

Chen Shuo walked over and sat down next to her, reached out and touched her big belly, and suddenly said, "My name is Bai Yun."

"?"

Bai Xiaoqi was taken aback. "Aren't you called Chen Shuo?"

Chapter 302 Twins (One Man, One Woman)

The night was deep, the moon was bright and the stars were few.

It was a little after 4 a.m.

Chen Shuo was fast asleep when he vaguely felt someone nudging him. He reflexively opened his eyes and asked instinctively, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

"I...."

Bai Xiaoqi's face was filled with shame. Her lips trembled, and she seemed unable to speak. After a moment, she said in a very soft voice, "I think I wet the bed..."

"Bedwetting? How could that happen out of nowhere...?"

As he spoke, Chen Shuo suddenly became more awake, sat up abruptly, and lifted the thin blanket to look. The sheet between her legs was soaked. "What bedwetting? This is probably your water breaking. Get up quickly, let's go to the hospital."

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At four in the morning, with few cars on the road, Chen Shuo gripped the steering wheel tightly on his way to the hospital, trying to maintain a steady speed while driving as fast as possible.

When they arrived at the hospital and parked the car, the first thing Chen Shuo did was take out his phone and call Dr. Zhou. They had been through so many prenatal checkups that they were already familiar with each other and had exchanged phone numbers.

She happened to be on duty that night and greeted them as they came out of the hospital outpatient department. Seeing their panicked expressions, she said, "Don't be nervous, it's just a sign of ruptured membranes, there's still time."

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By the time Chen Jianwen and his wife received the news and rushed over, it was already five in the morning, and the sky was just beginning to lighten.

Bai Xiaoqi had already entered the delivery room, and Chen Shuo sat beside her, saying, "Don't be afraid, I've already applied for a visitor's permit, so I can come in with you when you give birth."

"Ah."

Are you hungry? Do you want something to eat?

"I don't want to eat, my stomach hurts a little."

"The doctor just said that contractions are normal before labor. You need to eat something to maintain your strength, preferably something high in calories, which is good for labor. How about I go buy you some chocolate?"

"it is good."

After hearing her say "okay," Chen Shuo got up and went out of the delivery room, where he bumped into the elderly couple who were rushing over.

Wu Yulan grabbed him and asked, "How is it? Has it given birth yet?"

"It can't be that fast, she's only just entered the delivery room."

"Oh, right, right, I need to go to the delivery room, I need to go to the delivery room..." Wu Yulan muttered to herself twice. After calming down, she asked again, "Where are you going?"

"Go buy some chocolate to give Qiqi some energy."

By afternoon, the contractions continued, but there was still no sign of labor. Chen Shuo was starting to panic, but he maintained a calm facade and gently comforted her.

"Don't be nervous, pain is normal, everyone experiences pain before childbirth." Dr. Zhou came over to check on her every now and then, and seeing that Bai Xiaoqi looked a little nervous, she said a few words.

Hearing this, she felt a little relieved, but she still felt a strange sense of panic, both about the act of giving birth itself and the fear of facing the unknown.

.........

10 PM.

I've been waiting since 5 a.m., enduring more than ten hours of agonizing waiting, accompanied by constant contractions, before I was finally transferred from the labor room to the delivery room.

Bai Xiaoqi changed into her surgical gown, lay on the bed, and was wheeled in by a nurse. Before anything happened, she looked around at all the doctors and nurses, and then breathed a slight sigh of relief.

All the doctors and nurses were women. Before coming here, she had heard that there were male doctors, but thankfully there weren't any.

If she had one, she wouldn't want to have another child.

Chen Shuo had already applied for a delivery room companionship, but the nurses refused to let him in, saying that he could only enter after he was dilated to three centimeters, which was the rule.

After trying to reason with him for a long time without success, he could only pace back and forth outside the door.

It's 10 p.m. His wife is waiting for her cervix to dilate in the delivery room, while Chen Shuo paces back and forth outside. Chen Jianwen and Wu Yulan are also waiting nearby.

"Stop wandering around, relax, nothing will happen."

"Ah."

Chen Shuo gave a vague "hmm" and continued wandering around on his own, trying to relax. Who could relax at a time like this?

You must give birth safely.

He paced slowly down the corridor, praying silently, occasionally turning his head to look at the door of the delivery room.

He believed he wasn't the first person to wander down this corridor, nor would he be the last, because only by truly standing here could one truly understand the agony of waiting.

Nearly an hour later, there was finally movement behind the closed delivery room door. A nurse came out and asked, "Family member of the mother, who requested to be present during childbirth?"

"I...I...I..."

Chen Shuo raised his hand and said "I" several times.

"Come with me."

Instead of going directly into the delivery room, Chen Shuo was first led to put on a sterile gown before he nervously went to find his wife who was working hard in the delivery room.

The silly girl who usually joked and laughed with me, always ready to argue and talk back, was now lying there, pale-faced, her hair disheveled and stuck to her face...

"Hey you, what are you standing there for? Come over here and cheer your wife up! Come on, give it your all!"

"Okay, okay, I'm here." Chen Shuo snapped out of his daze and ran over quickly.

Chen Shuo, who had been wandering around outside for an hour, went into the delivery room. The elderly couple couldn't go in and could only look at the lights with longing. Chen Jianwen was still sitting on the bench outside the delivery room, while Wu Yulan started wandering around.

"Stop turning around. You just told that kid to stop wandering around and relax, but now you can't relax yourself?"

"I was just comforting him. Who can be at ease at a time like this? Besides, she's only nine months pregnant, it's premature."

"Twins are more likely to be born prematurely, which is normal. Besides, a nine-month-old fetus is already fully developed, so don't worry, there's nothing to worry about."

After Chen Shuo entered the delivery room, Wu Yulan no longer hid her emotions and paced back and forth in the corridor with a worried look on her face. In contrast, Chen Jianwen was calm and even had the leisure to explain these things to her.

"What twins? We have a boy and a girl twins."

Wu Yulan corrected him, then looked towards the delivery room. Chen Jianwen followed suit, and neither of them spoke, staring at the delivery room in silent waiting.

One hour.....

Two hours...

Three hours...

Four hours...

Around 2 a.m., Chen Jianwen was no longer as calm as he had been at the beginning. He was also getting restless and paced back and forth in front of the delivery room.

He remembered that when he gave birth to Chen Shuo, it was the evening of the first day of the Lunar New Year. It was snowing outside. Back then, there was no such thing as a husband accompanying his wife. He was walking back and forth outside the delivery room just like he is now.

I walked and walked, not knowing how long I walked, but I remember that it seemed to be a premonition. When I turned around, the door to the delivery room suddenly opened, and the nurse came out carrying the baby and said, "It's a boy, seven pounds and six ounces. Mother and child are safe."

Only then did I feel completely at ease.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, the couple turned to look at the delivery room together.

The next moment, the door opened.

The nurse came out carrying the child.

"A boy and a girl, twins, mother and children are safe and sound."

Chapter 303 Participation is Key

After being transferred from the delivery room to the ward, Bai Xiaoqi's round belly had disappeared, but her face was still a little pale. Because she had sweated a lot, her hair was wet and stuck to her face. She lay on the hospital bed and didn't want to move at all.

After a while, two nurses each brought in a baby, with Wu Yulan and Chen Jianwen following behind. Once the two babies were placed beside her, the first thing she did was sit up and admire the fruits of her labor.

Then I was disappointed.

Her little face was flushed and wrinkled, her eyes were closed, and the hair on her head was very sparse.

The two children, born after a lot of hard work, were both uglier than the other, looking like two little monkeys.

"It's so ugly..."

"Yeah, I think so too."

Chen Shuo took off his sterile suit and came in. Hearing this, he immediately nodded. He thought the baby was ugly at first sight, but he was too embarrassed to say it. After all, his wife had been pregnant for more than nine months and had gone through a lot of trouble to give birth to the baby.

Now that I hear her say it's ugly, I immediately stand on the same side.

"It will be fine as it grows. All newborns are like this, and the uglier they are at birth, the more beautiful they will become later."

Wu Yulan didn't think it was ugly at all. Her heart melted the moment she saw the baby. She knew that her granddaughter had come out first, but now that the two babies were lying together, she couldn't tell which one was her granddaughter and which one was her grandson. She wanted to lift the swaddling clothes to check but didn't dare to, because newborn babies are especially fragile.

After struggling to look at them for a long time, I wondered, "Which one is the older sister, and which one is the younger brother?"

Chen Shuo was squatting by the bed talking to his wife when he heard this and casually said, "The one next to the older sister is the younger brother, and the one next to the younger brother is the older sister."

"That's my sister..." Wu Yulan didn't quite understand for a moment, and was about to point when she suddenly realized, "Huh?"