"My son!" Chu Wanfang cried even louder, her heart aching with heartache.

Lu Chen's eyes reddened, and he kept rubbing his palms together, on the verge of collapse.

No one spoke.

It quickly quieted down.

The nurse came out.

"Commander Lu, congratulations! A boy and a girl." Chen Xiaohua and another nurse came out carrying the babies.

Lu Chen hurriedly walked over and asked, "Nurse, how is my wife?"

"Yes, how is my daughter now?" Chu Wanfang asked anxiously.

He looked at the nurse with expectant eyes, waiting for a response.

Chen Xiaohua said, "It's alright, both mother and child are safe. They will be taken back to their ward after the doctor finishes his treatment."

"Family members, please identify your child. We'll be taking them to the incubator in a bit," the nurse reminded them.

Relieved, Lu Chen looked down at the two children.

"Is that your daughter?" Looking at the wrinkled baby Chen Xiaohua was holding, Lu Chen asked with disgust.

While asking the question, he glanced at the baby being held by the nurse next to Chen Xiaohua. The baby was chubby and fair-skinned, clearly a daughter.

"Is this my daughter?" Lu Chen looked at the chubby, fair-skinned child and was certain that it was his daughter.

Chen Xiaohua poured a bucket of cold water on him.

Lu Chen looked uncertainly at the baby in Chen Xiaohua's arms.

“That’s the older brother, and this is the younger sister,” Chen Xiaohua explained again.

"Grandma, hold your brother." Chu Wanfang looked at the chubby little boy with great affection.

Lu Chen frowned and said, "This kid, why is he competing with his sister for nutrition!"

When she learned that the wrinkled thing was her daughter, she felt heartbroken.

"Commander, your hand has just been bandaged, let me hold it instead?" Anlude thought the child was still very cute even though he was all wrinkled.

Seeing that Lu Chen wanted to hug him, he quickly grabbed him and hugged him back.

"Go away!" Shen Qiaoyu pushed An Lude and Lu Chen aside, picked up his daughter and laughed, "I'm her uncle! Let me hold her first."

He picked her up and said with a face full of affection, "Sweetie, let Uncle hug you."

Lu Chen was unconvinced and wanted to hug her, but Chen Qiaoyu dodged her hand as soon as he raised it. She was absolutely smitten with her sister's daughter!

Lu Chen was depressed, but he was relieved to learn that his wife was alright.

Shen Qiaoyue was quickly sent back to her ward.

Lu Chen stood guard by the side. Liu Xinlan came in and poured a glass of water, placing it beside her.

"Take your medicine first. Qiaoyue has been very worried about you these days. When she found out you were injured, she was so anxious that she went into premature labor!" Liu Xinlan pulled the blanket up for Shen Qiaoyue, who had fallen asleep from exhaustion. "Fortunately, Qiaoyue is healthy and had a natural birth."

Lu Chen's eyes were bloodshot, and he nodded.

Lu Chen, who hadn't slept well for several days, came back to find his wife about to give birth, and he was tense and on edge.

Liu Xinlan handed the medicine to Lu Chen.

He took the medicine, gulped it down, and then diluted it with water before swallowing.

Liu Xinlan said nothing and turned to leave the ward.

Not long after Liu Xinlan left, Shen Qiaoyue woke up thirsty.

When Shen Qiaoyue groggily opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was Lu Chen.

"Brother Chen..." When Shen Qiaoyue saw Lu Chen, she thought she was dreaming.

"Wife, you're awake. Are you feeling unwell?" Lu Chen asked Shen Qiaoyue with concern as he approached her.

Shen Qiaoyue whispered, "Want some water?"

"Wait, I'll get you some water." Lu Chen got up and poured some warm water, tested the temperature, and found it was just right.

Lu Chen took a spoon and fed Shen Qiaoyue the food little by little.

Only he and his wife were in the ward.

After drinking water and regaining her strength, Shen Qiaoyue touched her flat stomach.

“Brother Chen…”

"The baby is fine. She's in the nursery now, getting a full check-up. Mom, my older brother, Jiang Jinyao, and An Lude are all there watching over her. She'll be alright." Lu Chen knew that when Shen Qiaoyue woke up, her first concern would be for the baby.

Hearing that the child was safe, Shen Qiaoyue breathed a sigh of relief.

"One boy and one girl, the older brother was born first. The older brother was fair and tender, while the younger sister was wrinkled. It must be because the older brother was competing with the younger sister for food in the womb, which is why the younger sister is so thin and small."

Lu Chen then answered all the questions that Shen Qiaoyue wanted to ask.

"So, do you prefer an older brother or a younger sister?" Shen Qiaoyue asked Lu Chen with a smile.

Lu Chen thought for a moment and said, "At first, when I didn't know the gender, I liked fair-skinned and tender-looking girls. I thought she must be a girl. Now that I know the gender, I like girls even more."

"Why?"

"Comrade Xiaohua said that you almost had a difficult labor when you gave birth to your son. But when you gave birth to your daughter, she came out in less than two minutes. You see... Your daughter is so considerate of you, so I love my daughter. I will definitely raise her to be chubby and healthy, and as beautiful as my daughter-in-law!"

Lu Chen burst into tears when he mentioned his daughter's words about feeling sorry for Shen Qiaoyue.

Lu Chen, who rarely cries, felt sorry for his wife, who had suffered a lot to give birth to their children for him.

"Wife, I'm so sorry!" Lu Chen cried, his eyes red, and held Shen Qiaoyue's hand as he apologized.

Shen Qiaoyue also burst into tears, touching Lu Chen's face and saying, "Brother Chen, you haven't wronged me. I'm willing to have your child. This is our child!"

The regrets of my past life have finally been half fulfilled in this life.

Lu Chen nodded, holding back his tears.

He becomes inarticulate when he gets anxious.

He bent down and kissed his wife's face, tears falling onto her cheeks.

When Chu Wanfang returned from the nursery, she wanted to push the door open and come in, but seeing the young couple chatting, she waited at the door and didn't go in.

They waited until the two finished speaking before going inside.

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