Faced with Lin Huowang's frankness, Liu Rumeng simply looked at him affectionately without saying a word. She gently straightened Lin Huowang's collar before shifting her gaze from him to the two women in the room.
In particular, he looked at Qian Shuzhen, who was leaning against the bed with her head down.
Inside the room, everyone's heart was in their throat.
However, Liu Rumeng did not get angry, nor did she put on any airs.
She walked straight to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), looked at Qian Shuzhen, and gave her a sincere smile:
"Sister Shuzhen, thank you for your hard work."
"I..." Qian Shuzhen panicked and tried to get off the kang (a heated brick bed), "Mengmeng, I..."
"Don't move!" Liu Rumeng pressed her down. "You're pregnant, you need to take good care of yourself."
“I know I’m not in Beijing. You’ve been taking care of Awang and this family all this time.”
Liu Rumeng spoke calmly and confidently:
“Our Lin family is now very large and prosperous. Awang is doing great things that benefit the country and the people outside, so we should let him have peace of mind at home.”
"Since we're all family now, whoever has a child born into the Lin family is our child."
"As long as everyone is of one mind and works together, the more children we have, the better. They'll have to call me 'Mom' in the future."
"Whoosh!"
Liu Rumeng's words were impeccable and full of wisdom.
She not only asserted her sovereignty but also reassured the people. Most importantly, she demonstrated the tolerance and magnanimity unique to a matriarch.
Lin's mother, standing to the side, said with a mixture of guilt and emotion, "Mengmeng...you're a good child! Awang was wrong to do this, having so many affairs. He's the one who wronged you. For Awang to marry you is truly a blessing he's earned in eight lifetimes!"
Gong Xue and Qian Shuzhen breathed a sigh of relief, feeling both guilty and admiring towards Liu Rumeng.
Ultimately, they were all newcomers.
Lin Huowang stood aside, watching this scene with a grin.
It has to be my Mengmeng! She's the pillar of strength!
At dinner time, the whole family sat together, creating a warm and harmonious atmosphere.
When Qian Shujuan returned from class at Peking University and heard the news that her cousins Qian Shuzhen and Gong Xue were both pregnant, she felt a little disappointed, since her own belly hadn't shown any signs of pregnancy yet. However, thinking that she was only eighteen and still young, with plenty of time ahead of her, she stopped thinking about it and quickly immersed herself in the festive atmosphere.
However, halfway through the meal...
Liu Rumeng suddenly put down her chopsticks, glanced at Lin Huowang with a smile, and a sly glint flashed in her eyes.
"Awang, come out with me for a moment."
"Oh? Okay. What's wrong? Why are you being so mysterious?"
Lin Huowang quickly put down his wine glass and followed Liu Rumeng into the courtyard.
The moonlight, like water, spilled onto the blue brick floor of the courtyard.
Liu Rumeng stood under the old jujube tree, her back to Lin Huowang, her shoulders trembling slightly.
Lin Huowang's heart tightened immediately, and he quickly went over and hugged her tightly, saying, "Mengmeng, what's wrong? Are you... are you still feeling unwell? If you're angry, hit me or yell at me, don't hold it in..."
He assumed Liu Rumeng had been putting on a brave face all along, after all, seeing other women pregnant while she herself...
"Who said I'm not feeling well?"
Liu Rumeng turned around, her eyes a little red, but a rather playful smile on her lips.
She raised her head, then slowly took out a folded piece of paper from her coat pocket and handed it to Lin Huowang.
"What's this?"
Lin Huowang took it with a puzzled look and examined it by the moonlight.
That was a medical report from Queen Mary Hospital on Hong Kong Island.
Name: Liu Rumeng.
Diagnosis: Early intrauterine pregnancy, two gestational sacs observed...
"two?"
Lin Huowang's eyes widened suddenly, and he almost dropped the report.
"You're pregnant too? And it's...twins?!"
"Yes! After the last course of treatment, didn't Dr. Sophie say that we could try having sex? It was when you went back to Hong Kong last time, you were talking about it... I think I got pregnant around the same time as Ah Rong."
Liu Rumeng was holding it in for so long!
Finally, he personally told Lin Huowang this wonderful news.
Then, she buried her head completely in Lin Huowang's arms, her voice trembling slightly, but mostly filled with happiness as she said:
"I also thought... I would never be able to have children in this lifetime..."
"But God has been kind to me."
“Awang, I have children…two of them.”
"And the doctor said we're twins, a boy and a girl..."
This moment.
Lin Huowang felt that God had really been kind to him!
He held Liu Rumeng tightly, and on this cold winter night, in this ancient courtyard, he let out the most joyful and happy laugh he had ever had in two lifetimes.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Great! Great!"
"Everything's here! Everything's perfect!"
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