Chapter 1000: Perfect (Finale)
That evening, I sat by his bed as usual and took his hand and placed it on my bulging belly.
The little ones seemed to sense something as well, and they were tossing and turning inside, with their bellies bulging out one after another.
"Honey, do you feel it?" I whispered, "The babies are moving. They must be trying to wake you up. If you don't wake up, you won't be able to celebrate their first birthday."
I held his hand aggrievedly and continued to ramble, "It's my first time giving birth, I'm so scared, why don't you get up and accompany me? You've been sleeping for so long, don't you want to check on me?
Forget it, this is probably the ugliest I've ever been, so just don't look at it."
I've gotten pretty good at comforting myself.
I looked at his body, which was obviously thinner. The muscles in his arms became loose and atrophied due to long-term bed rest, and even a special massage could not completely prevent this.
Heartache, grievance, expectation...all kinds of emotions intertwined together, tears flowed uncontrollably, dripping down in big drops.
A tear fell on the back of his hand, and I reached out to wipe it away.
At that moment, I held his hand and clearly felt his fingertips curl up very slightly!
I forgot to breathe for a moment. Was it my illusion or was he really moving?
I looked up suddenly and looked at his face.
In the light of the setting sun, I clearly saw a tear slowly sliding down the corner of his tightly closed eye.
A huge surprise came to me without any warning!
I was so excited that my whole body was shaking. The huge impact made it almost impossible for me to think, and I could only react instinctively.
I stretched out my finger and carefully touched the tear at the corner of his eye.
The moist and hot feeling from your fingertips is so real!
I even subconsciously put my tear-soaked fingertips into my mouth and tasted a hint of saltiness on the tip of my tongue—tears! He was really crying! He was reacting!
It's not an illusion!
"Hurry! Someone come quickly!!!" I couldn't control myself anymore and burst into a crying scream. I almost threw myself on the head of the bed and slammed the emergency call bell with all my strength!
The buzzer sounded in the corridor instantly.
Just a few seconds after the bell rang, the door of the ward was suddenly pushed open!
Su Yi and Ming Chenggang happened to come to check on the ward, and were scared out of their wits by my heart-wrenching screams and the ringing of the bell!
"Sister-in-law! What's wrong?!" Su Yi's face turned pale. He rushed in and his eyes immediately shot to the monitor next to the bed.
Seeing the steadily jumping waveform and numbers on it, he gasped and his voice trembled with fear: "Sister-in-law, you scared me to death! I thought..."
"He... he's crying!" I was so excited that I was incoherent. My fingers were trembling as I pointed at the corner of Xiao Shiqiu's eyes, crying breathlessly, "He... his hand just moved!
Look! He’s crying! Su Yi! He’s really crying! "
Su Yi looked in the direction I pointed and could clearly see the remaining wet marks in the corners of Xiao Shiqiu's eyes.
Not only that, Xiao Shiqiu seemed to frown.
Su Yi's eyes lit up instantly!
He immediately leaned over and carefully observed Xiao Shiqiu's reaction.
"Brother Qiu? Brother Qiu! Can you hear me? If you can, move your fingers!" Su Yi's voice was filled with rare eagerness and excitement.
There was no obvious response, but the surprise on Su Yi's face became more and more intense.
He stood up, looked at me who was crying like a tearful person, and said firmly: "Sister-in-law! He heard it! He definitely heard it! This is a strong sign that consciousness is beginning to return! For patients in a deep coma, the first thing to recover is hearing! He can perceive the sounds of the outside world!"
The great ecstasy made me almost unable to stand, and Ming Chenggang quickly supported me.
"Su Yi, you mean he... he's about to wake up? Really about to wake up?" I grabbed Su Yi's sleeve, as if grabbing the last straw.
"Yes!" Su Yi answered with absolute certainty this time. His eyes were blazing, filled with the professional certainty of a doctor. "I'm sure! He's in the process of waking up! Although it may take some time, his consciousness is returning!"
The huge surprise almost made me faint.
Su Yi immediately supported me: "Sister-in-law, don't get excited, calm down! Too excited will easily cause uterine contractions.
You are not old enough now, so be extra careful!
Talk to him more and tell him what you want him to know most! The more stimulating the better!
He then pulled out his phone and started sending a message, saying, "I'm going to call Tang Yi, Xiu Zhi, A Mu, and the others over! Take turns talking to him! Wake him up!"
Soon, Tang Yi, Ling Xiuzhi and Gu Muchen rushed over.
Su Yi thoughtfully made each of them a cup of puffed tamarind tea to soothe their throats.
"Take turns talking to him! Say whatever you want! Even scold him! Wake him up!" Su Yi gave the order.
In the following days, the ward was as bustling as a vegetable market.
Tang Yi kept talking about the recent situation of the company, and said aggrievedly how Huang Tianyi bullied him again. He also said that Huang Tianyi only bullied him and not others, which showed that he was the most special one in her heart.
Xiao Shiru talked about how she cleaned up the first and third rooms in a swift and decisive manner.
Ling Xiuzhi talks about Su Rina every other sentence, and he just shows off his love indiscriminately.
Gu Muchen, the single guy, was quite irritated by them. He sat on the edge of the bed and kept complaining that he had been lying down for too long and his muscles had atrophied and he had become ugly.
I held his hand, placed it on my belly, felt the fetal movements, told him over and over again about the baby's condition, and talked about our expectations.
A miracle was quietly happening. Xiao Shiqiu's facial expressions became increasingly varied. Sometimes his brows furrowed, sometimes the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. When I held his hand and told him that the babies were about to be born and that he would miss out if Daddy didn't come, I even saw his lips tremble noticeably!
The flame of hope burns brighter and brighter.
Finally, on a sunny morning.
I finished the prenatal education playing again, and as usual, took his hand and placed it on my bulging belly.
The little guys in my belly seem to be particularly active, like they are boxing.
"Babies, this is daddy's hand. He will wake up soon and be able to hug you..." I said softly.
Before I could finish my words, I felt that the hand under my palm was no longer curled up weakly, but it was holding my hand with a weak but clear force!
I looked up suddenly!
I met a pair of eyes that slowly opened, filled with confusion, fatigue, yet still deep.
Time seemed to freeze at that moment.
My mind went blank, and the huge ecstasy instantly overwhelmed all my senses. My heart seemed to be jumping out of my throat!
Excitement, grievance, ecstasy of regaining what was lost...all emotions burst out!
"Ah——!" I screamed, not because of shock, but because of the excitement just now, my lower abdomen suddenly contracted!
"Hiss..." I gasped, holding my stomach and bent over.
The ward exploded instantly!
Xiao Shiru, who rushed over after hearing the news, was stunned when she saw her brother open his eyes, and then burst into earth-shaking tears.
She rushed to the bedside, tightly grasped Xiao Shiqiu's hand, and burst into tears: "Wake up! You finally woke up! I thought... I thought you would never wake up! I didn't dare to tell Mengmeng..."
Xiao Zhengning also arrived. This usually dignified business tycoon was now in tears. He stood by the bed, looking at his son who had escaped death. His lips trembled and he couldn't speak. After a long while, he choked back sobs, wiped away his tears, and uttered softly, "It's good that he woke up, it's good that he woke up... I finally... I finally looked forward to the day when I don't have to go to work..."
Su Yi and Ming Chenggang hurriedly helped me onto the stretcher and rushed me to the delivery room.
Although Xiao Shiqiu was too weak to speak, his eyes followed me closely, full of worry and urgency.
He tried hard to raise his hands and sit up.
"Don't worry! Don't move! She's fine! She's about to give birth!" Su Yi directed the pusher while quickly explaining to Xiao Shiqiu, "Just lie down! Save your energy! You'll see after the birth."
In the chaos, I was quickly pushed into the delivery room. The severe pain of childbirth made me unable to care about how Xiao Shiqiu was doing now.
The birthing process was long and painful. When I heard the babies crying, I was completely exhausted. The last thing I knew was someone saying that both were boys.
A trace of disappointment flashed through my mind. I had always hoped to have a son and a daughter and achieve my goal at once.
It seems that if I want a daughter, I have to suffer again...
When I woke up again, it was already early the next morning. I had returned to the room. My mother was holding one child by the bed and feeding him with a bottle. Xiao Shiru was sitting on the sofa, holding another and feeding her. They were both smiling so hard that they couldn't stop.
"Where's Shiqiu?" I turned my head to look at the other side of the glass and found that the bed was empty.
At this time, the door opened and Su Yi pushed Xiao Shiqiu in a wheelchair. Although he still looked very weak, he was obviously in much better spirits.
"Mengmeng~" His voice was very soft and a little hoarse, but it sounded like heavenly music to my ears.
Su Yi spoke for him, "He just woke up and needs time to recover his speech ability. Given his physical condition, it will probably take him a month or so to take care of himself. It's a good opportunity for you two to spend the confinement period together. Once you recover, he will be almost recovered too."
Xiao Shiru brought the child to Xiao Shiqiu and said, "Look, this is your little son. He looks better than you when you were little."
My mother brought the other one to me and said, "This is the eldest one. He is so good-looking and very lovable."
Maybe it’s really because we’re a generation apart, the tenderness and kindness in my mother’s eyes are almost overflowing.
"Mother-in-law, why don't you take the second child to show our uncle?"
My mother couldn't bear to take her eyes off the children. "They look exactly the same. After seeing the eldest twice, he already felt like he had seen both of them."
Everyone: “…”
My mother's attitude is a bit perfunctory.
As we were talking, my father came in in a wheelchair. He was already able to walk slowly with the help of crutches. Su Yi said that after another six months of rehabilitation, he would be able to walk normally.
It was because of this good news that my mother's tenderness towards my father disappeared again, but my father thought it was good. He said that my mother was too gentle to him before. He always felt that my mother was planning something big, which made him nervous. This was good, and we could finally live a normal life.
Xiao Shiru smiled and said, "Mother-in-law, one of these two children has a mole on his arm, and the other doesn't. It's not easy to confuse them."
When I heard this, an idea suddenly flashed through my mind, "Sister, bring the child over so I can take a look."
Sure enough, there was a red mole on the child’s pink and tender little arm!
It was exactly the position Xia Yixuan drew for himself.
My eyes were wet, and I didn't know if it was really him coming back or just a coincidence.
No matter which one it is, I will love them both and make up for the regret I have for Xia Yixuan.
My father obviously remembered it too. He stared at the child's arm for a long time and I saw that his eyes were wet.
This became a secret between me and my dad.
This child will be my dad's chance to make up for his regrets.
As for my mother, there is no need to tell her this. She just needs to know that these two children are her own grandchildren.
Xiao Zhengning arrived with his assistant. Seeing her father come empty-handed, Xiao Shiru was a little dissatisfied, "How come you don't even have a gift when you meet your grandson for the first time?"
Xiao Zhengning said somewhat embarrassedly: "I don't know what to buy to be worthy of my grandson, so just give them the money and let them buy it themselves."
He handed over two cards and said, "Mengmeng, these two cards are for the two children, one for each. Currently, they are in your name, but you can give them the names later."
Although I was curious, I didn't dare to ask how much it was. Xiao Shiqiu understood me best in the room, so I heard him speak with difficulty: "How much...how much...money..."
Xiao Zhengning's eyes widened in surprise. "Why didn't I realize you were such a money-grubber before? You're having trouble even talking, and you're asking how much money it is?"
Xiao Shiqiu nodded seriously and looked at his father.
Xiao Zhengning was helpless, "Don't worry, I won't treat your son unfairly. Each of them will get ten digits, and we'll make it perfect!"
I quietly put my right hand under the quilt and counted twice. Well, this is how the perfect things are put together in wealthy families.
"Originally, the old man wanted to come, but I was afraid he would see Xiaoqiu's current condition, so I said I would bring her home to show her to him after she's finished her confinement period."
He looked at Xiao Shiqiu and said, "Xiaoqiu, do your rehabilitation well and don't let your grandfather find out your flaws."
Xiao Shiqiu smiled and nodded gently, "Okay."
Ming Chenggang teased me, "There are many women who have to go through confinement after childbirth, but you are the only one who goes through confinement with your husband."
Yes, a family of four is in confinement together, with two moon nannies and two caregivers. It is probably rare to see such a lively confinement period.
Xiao Shiqiu was in good health and recovered faster than Su Yi expected. In just ten days, his language function had fully recovered and he could even start cursing.
He was mainly scolding Gu Muchen because he heard that I was almost having a miscarriage because of what Gu Muchen said.
After the confinement period, Xiao Shiqiu and I moved into the Xiao family's old house. On the first day, when I arrived home, Old Man Xiao was standing at the door, looking eagerly. When he saw Xiao Shiqiu, he held his shoulders with both hands, his eyes moist. After a long while, he said, "It's good to be back. You've lost a lot of weight. Oh, I thought you wouldn't wake up."
It was only then that we realized that Mr. Xiao had actually known about it all along. No one had kept it from him, and he hadn't revealed anything. You can imagine how torturous Mr. Xiao's life must have been during the past six months.
Xiao Shiqiu hugged his grandfather tightly, "Well, I'm back, and I brought you two grandchildren."
Just when everyone was somewhat moved, Xiao Shiqiu added, "Remember to prepare gifts, gold or cash is fine."
I just want to cover my face when I hear it!
According to Xiao Shiru's arrangement, Xiao Shiqiu and I will recuperate in the Xiao family's old house and celebrate the child's 100th day.
Su Yi said that it would be best if Xiao Shiqiu could be kept alive for another half a year, but Xiao Shiqiu himself thought that two or three months would be enough.
I said I would invite the fortune teller as well and thank him properly.
I was able to survive these six months thanks to the master!
Xiao Shiqiu laughed, "There's no such thing as a master. I was too lazy to go to Su Yi for a physical examination before, and he was always staring at me, so I just made up a story to fool Su Yi. How could you take it seriously?
If a good fortune teller gives a number of ninety-nine, why can't he round it up to an even number? "
I was stunned and couldn't help but feel relieved. Fortunately, Su Yi was easy to deceive, otherwise he might have given up.
Then let Su Yi continue to be fooled.
"Baby, when I can hold you again, let's go hold the wedding ceremony, okay?
Let's hold it on our island. I want to give you the most grand wedding. You deserve all the best in the world."
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