Chapter 417: Girlfriends Come to See the Babies
As the two were talking, there was a noise at the door.
The ward door was pushed open violently, hitting the wall with a bang.
"Yun! Zheng!" A soprano voice with a crying voice exploded throughout the ward.
Fu Linghe frowned and turned around, only to see Cen Lian rushing in like a cannonball with her six-month pregnant belly.
She was wearing a loose pink maternity dress today, her hair was casually tied into a ponytail, her eyes were red like a rabbit, and she was holding a ball of wet tissues in her hand.
"Little ancestor, slow down!" Jiang Chenyu followed closely behind, holding his wife's waist with one hand and holding a fruit basket and supplements in the other. His usually meticulous suit and tie were askew, and there was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.
Yun Zheng's eyes lit up, and she tried to sit up, "An An? Why are you here?"
"You still ask me why I'm here?" Cen Lian shook off her husband's hand, rushed to the bedside, tears falling down her face.
"If Jiang Chenyu hadn't let it slip to your husband on the phone this morning, I wouldn't have known you had given birth!"
She sobbed, her pregnant belly almost touching the edge of the bed, "Wuwuwu...why didn't you tell me? Didn't we agree to be each other's delivery room companions?"
Fu Linghe and Jiang Chenyu exchanged helpless looks.
Jiang Chenyu shrugged and mouthed "can't stop it".
Yun Zheng quickly reached out to grab her bestie's hand, "I'm sorry, it happened so suddenly. The baby was originally due next week, but my water broke in the middle of the night..."
"Last night!" Cen Lian'an widened his eyes and raised his voice an octave.
She turned around and glared at Fu Linghe, "Boss Fu, this is your fault. You hid such a big thing from me!"
Fu Linghe coughed lightly, "Yun Zheng needs to rest after giving birth, and the children are in the incubator..."
"Children?" Cen Li'an suddenly grasped the key words, and his tears miraculously stopped. "Are the twins safe? Boy or girl? Who do they look like? How much do they weigh?"
The questions came like a barrage of bullets. Jiang Chenyu quickly stepped forward and pulled his wife back a little, "An An, don't press down on my sister-in-law."
Yun Zheng smiled and shook her head, indicating that it was okay.
Her pale face lit up a little when she saw her best friend. "The brother weighs 3.5kg and the sister weighs 3.2kg. Although they were born prematurely, they are both healthy."
When she talked about her child, her eyes lit up. "My sister's eyes are exactly like mine."
Cen Li'an covered his mouth, tears welling up in his eyes again, "I want to see it! I want to see it now!"
She turned around and was about to rush out the door, but was grabbed by Jiang Chenyu.
"The neonatal intensive care unit needs to be disinfected and changed before entering," Jiang Chenyu explained patiently, "and my sister-in-law just gave birth and needs to rest. We will visit them another day."
"No!" Cen Lian interrupted him firmly, and looked at Yun Zheng pitifully, "Zheng Zheng~"
Yun Zheng knew her best friend too well. She had always been like this since she was a child. She had to get what she wanted immediately.
She smiled helplessly, "Fu Linghe, could you please take An An to see the children?"
Fu Linghe nodded, stood up and took out two sterilized coats from the closet. "Only two people can enter at a time. Chenyu and I will wait outside."
Cen Lian immediately cheered, took the coat and put it on awkwardly.
Being six months pregnant made her movements less flexible. Jiang Chenyu wanted to help but was pushed away. "I can do it myself! I'm not a patient!"
Yun Zheng looked at her bestie's energetic appearance and couldn't help but tease her, "Doctor Jiang, it seems your pregnant wife is very energetic."
Jiang Chenyu smiled bitterly. "More than that, she woke me up at three in the morning and said she wanted some salty soy milk from that 24-hour soy milk shop in the east city. I drove forty minutes back and forth to buy it, and she suddenly said she didn't want it anymore."
"That's your problem!" Cen Lianan fastened his mask and said confidently, "Who told you not to ask me how much chili oil I wanted before buying it?"
Fu Linghe raised his eyebrows and looked at Jiang Chenyu, showing a rare sympathetic expression.
Jiang Chenyu sighed and pulled a small notebook from his pocket. "I carry this with me now to record her dietary preferences at every moment."
Yun Zheng was amused, and then he hissed softly because of the tugging on his wound.
Fu Linghe immediately returned to her side nervously, "Are you okay?"
"It's okay," Yun Zheng waved her hand and said to Cen Lian, "Go quickly and help me see if the two little guys are behaving well."
Cen Li'an came over and suddenly hugged Yun Zheng, but his movements were very gentle, carefully avoiding her abdomen. "Zheng Zheng, you are amazing."
Yun Zheng was stunned for a moment, then gently patted her bestie on the back. "Go quickly, and don't rub your snot on my hospital gown."
Cen Lian'an burst into laughter and followed Fu Linghe out in a hurry.
The ward suddenly became quiet, with only the regular "beeping" sound of the monitoring equipment.
Jiang Chenyu placed the fruits and supplements he brought on the bedside table, pulled a chair over and sat down. "How do you feel, sister-in-law?"
Yun Zheng nodded. "The twins were in an awkward position, and it took several hours, but they were born naturally in the end."
She said this with a smile on her face, "You didn't see his expression at the time, as if he was the one giving birth to the child."
Jiang Chenyu chuckled, "I can imagine. An An had a 4D color ultrasound last month, and I was so nervous when I saw the baby kicking that my palms were sweating."
"Oh, right," Jiang Chenyu took out a thermos box from the fruit basket, "An An specially asked the aunt at home to make some red date and black chicken soup. She said it's the best for replenishing qi and blood."
Yun Zheng's eyes lit up, "An An still understands me."
She took the thermos and sipped it. "Hmm...it still tastes the same. Aunt Zhang's cooking hasn't changed at all."
Jiang Chenyu looked at her drinking the soup and suddenly said, "Actually, An An hasn't been sleeping well these past few days and is always worried about you. She appears carefree, but she's actually very thoughtful."
"I know," Yun Zheng put down the spoon, her eyes softening. "She's been like this since she was a child. The more worried she is, the more she pretends to be nonchalant."
She looked toward the door. "That's why I feel even more sorry for her. She went through such a hard time being pregnant, and she's still thinking about me."
On the other side, in the neonatal intensive care unit, Cen Lian was lying in front of the incubator, staring at the two little babies inside without blinking.
"Oh my god... they're so tiny..." she whispered, tracing the babies' outlines through the glass. "But they're so beautiful... The brother's nose is exactly like Mr. Fu's, and the sister's eyes are like Zheng Zheng's."
Fu Linghe stood aside, his eyes soft, "Well, when my sister opened her eyes, she looked exactly like Zheng Zheng."
Cen Li'an suddenly turned around, his eyes sparkling, "Mr. Fu, can I take a picture? Just a picture of your little feet! I promise not to spread it!"
Fu Linghe nodded gently, "Don't turn on the flash."
Cen Lian immediately took out his cell phone and carefully took a few close-up photos of his sister's little feet.
Not satisfied after taking the photo, she begged, "Can I touch them? Just for a moment! I've disinfected them!"
The nurse came over with a smile and said, "You can touch it gently through the nursing window of the incubator, but you must wear gloves."
Cen Lian immediately put on sterile gloves. When her fingertips finally touched her sister's pink little feet, she suddenly cried out "wow".
"It's amazing!" she sobbed. "So small, so soft... Ouch... I can't stand it."
Fu Linghe was at a loss for what to do and looked to the nurse for help.
The nurse handed over a tissue, understandingly saying, "Many expectant mothers experience this reaction when they see their newborns. It's emotional sensitivity caused by hormonal changes."
Cen Li'an blew his nose, and suddenly thought of something. He looked up and asked Fu Linghe, "Zheng Zheng, do you want to breastfeed?"
Fu Linghe nodded, his tone slightly helpless. "She insisted. Let's start trying tomorrow."
"I knew it!" Cen Lian clenched his fists. "She always said she wanted to feed me herself, and that this was the most intimate time."
She looked down at the two babies and said in a gentle voice, "You little ones are so lucky! Zheng Zheng will definitely be a good mother."
When he returned to the ward, Cen Lian'an's mood had calmed down a lot, but his eyes were still red.
As soon as she entered the room, she rushed to Yun Zheng's bedside. "Zheng Zheng! Your little sister's feet are only as big as my thumb! And your brother even blows bubbles when he sleeps! So cute!"
Yun Zheng looked at Fu Linghe with a smile, "It seems someone is really attracted by this cuteness."
Fu Linghe raised an eyebrow. "She cried so hard that the nurse gave her three packs of tissues."
"Fu Linghe!" Cen Li'an's face flushed. "You're betraying your teammates!"
Jiang Chenyu couldn't help laughing and put his arm around his wife's shoulders. "Okay, sister-in-law needs to rest. We'll come visit her and the babies another day."
Cen Li'an nodded reluctantly, then suddenly remembered something and pulled out a small, delicate box from his bag. "I almost forgot! This is a gift I prepared for the babies."
Yun Zheng opened the box, revealing two pairs of small pure gold bracelets. One pair was engraved with auspicious cloud patterns, and the other pair was in a bow-tie style, with the inner circles engraved with "peace" and "joy" respectively.
"My mother had this specially blessed at an old temple." Cen Lian'an was unusually shy. "They say it can bless my child to grow up healthy."
Yun Zheng's eyes welled up. "Thank godmother for me. I'll give it to the children as soon as they're discharged from the hospital."
After seeing off Mr. and Mrs. Cen Lian, the ward finally returned to peace.
Fu Linghe helped Yun Zheng adjust the bed head and poured her a glass of warm water.
"Are you tired?" he asked softly, combing her messy hair with his fingers.
Yun Zheng shook her head and held his hand. "I'm very happy that An An can come."
She paused. "Seeing how much she looked forward to the baby, I suddenly felt that all the hard work was worth it."
Fu Linghe leaned over and placed a kiss on her forehead. "Go to sleep for a while. I'll keep you company."
Yun Zheng nodded and closed her eyes.
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