Chapter 128
Sherry has always been a very generous boss to her subordinates. She only noticed Xing Tong's activity and intelligence, which were different from other androids, at the wedding and took her in as a temporary publicity agent. She didn't explain in detail, and no one else could tell that Xing Tong was an android.
Xing Tong was very enthusiastic and proactive about its first political activity, showing no restraint and displaying an extraordinary ability that was worth five times its own. Its information coordination ability was so outstanding that it brought the intelligence department to a standstill for a time, greatly relieving the work pressure of various departments before the expansion of civil servant recruitment. In just one month, it rose from a propaganda staff member to the position of Prime Minister of the Cabinet, which made it extremely happy.
Energetic and never needing to hibernate, it thrives on its own energy. Everyone else was quite impressed with Sherry's decision, regardless of where it came from. They were afraid they wouldn't be able to treat it well, in case Star Eye ran away, their temporary team would collapse.
Sherry is the Prime Minister of the new cabinet system, and Star Eyes, as her top assistant, often appears in public with her or on her behalf. She quickly made a name for herself in the political world, but no one had heard of her before. They could only know her name and couldn't find anything about her. They could only accept that she was a reclusive master specially invited by Princess Sherry.
Among those who knew the inside story, Xisen was the most devastated. As usual, he brought his medical team to examine Shen Shiqian. Feng Ran would always come along when the surgery was approaching. He angrily complained, "Why can Xing Tong become the prime minister!"
Feng Ran: "Princess Shirley specifically requested it." In her opinion, doctors should do their job well and not worry about other things. "Shen Shiqian has been in a lot of pain lately. I want him to be hospitalized now, and maybe the surgery time may need to be brought forward."
Xisen: "Hmm, the inner wall of the gestational sac is a bit thinner than the last checkup. The nutrients have been absorbed almost completely, and it's reached its limit. We can prepare for surgery now."
The surgery was scheduled at the affiliated hospital. Feng Ran originally wanted to go to Sleika Private Hospital because private hospitals could book the entire facility and provide the best service. However, the hospital director did not want to give up this reputation and started to squeeze the patient capacity and surgery schedule of various departments two months ago. He successfully managed to free up a floor specifically for Shen Shiqian's delivery.
With the entire department's medical staff harboring resentment, Shen Shiqian's delivery was the focus of everyone's attention.
After being hospitalized, his activity space was greatly reduced. The medical staff treated him like a fragile thing and kept an eye on him wherever he went. So most of the time he could only lie in bed, and Feng Ran would lie down beside him to keep him company. He would either interview postpartum nannies and babysitters online or add some new toys to the nursery.
After Shen Shiqian was hospitalized, Feng Ran stopped going to school. She only went back once in between, and that was to bring Sparrow back. Li Xu rarely caught her coming to school to ask her if she wanted to participate in the college league at the end of the month.
The military academy holds two leagues each year. The first half of the year is a small league jointly organized by four top military academies: the Capital Military Academy, Blackwater Military Academy, Chengming Private Academy, and Fukong Military Academy. However, because the level of the four schools is quite high, the competition is more difficult than the Imperial Military Academy League in the second half of the year.
Participants in the Four Schools League are selected from within their respective schools, with very strict requirements on skill level, making it extremely difficult for freshmen to participate. The University League, on the other hand, allows students to get a head start, though this opportunity is also rare, usually with upperclassmen guiding younger students.
Feng Ran promptly refused after hearing this: "No, my wife is about to give birth, I don't have time."
Li Xu had guessed that she would refuse, after all, she hadn't shown up at school recently, but when she heard that the Marshal was about to give birth, she was still momentarily dazed.
"Okay, sure."
She had no idea what to say and could only let Feng Ran leave with the robot.
Soon the scheduled surgery day arrived, and Xing Tong even took a day off to come over. Although it was still dissatisfied with Shen Shiqian, it didn't stop it from liking the babies and wanting to see them as soon as possible.
At Feng Ran's request, the doctors had practiced the simulated surgery repeatedly for more than a month. They had a response plan for any emergency and were so familiar with it that they knew every part of Shen Shiqian's body better than Feng Ran did.
The whole process went incredibly smoothly. As soon as the baby was brought out, he started crying loudly, so loudly that the doctor's hand trembled. But he still praised him, saying, "What a strong baby!"
Feng Ran stood on the periphery of the medical team the whole time. The first one to be brought out was Zhao Yue. Perhaps because she was the most lively and playful when she was in the womb, she naturally attracted the doctors' attention. So the two children naturally became siblings.
The spiritual connection of kinship is strongest when the child is in the womb. After the child is born, the child becomes an independent individual. Just like how Feng Ran had a telepathic connection with the mother and her two children before the child was born, he knew that Shen Shiqian was pregnant without even taking a picture. He knew that the girl would be an Alpha and the boy would be an Omega. More than intuition, it was Enigma's complete control over their relationship. However, this control was limited to when they were still in the womb.
After she came out of the womb, she was obviously no longer under Feng Ran's control. Just like now, Zhao Yue was crying particularly fiercely, but Feng Ran didn't know why she was crying. He only knew that Lan Xing never cried before, but was scared to tears by his sister.
After quickly stitching up the incision, Xisen placed the two wrinkled, red babies on the scale: "Hmm, one is 2.4 and the other is 2.5. They are a bit chubby for premature babies. They are usually born at full term."
Feng Ran waited until the nurses had wrapped them up in towels like dumplings before reaching out to hold them. The baby was so small that he could be held in both hands. Zhao Yue was still quite strong. She swung her hand out of the towel and grabbed Feng Ran's fingers haphazardly. Only then did she seem relieved and finally stop crying.
Xing Tong watched intently from the side, saying, "Little Master..."
Xisen carried his quiet and well-behaved youngest son to Shen Shiqian's side. As expected of a 3S-level Alpha, Shen Shiqian was able to sit up even though he had just undergone surgery and the anesthesia had not yet worn off. He reached out and steadily took the baby, looking at him with affection.
"The star looks like you."
Feng Ran looked at his younger brother's wrinkled, red face, and remained noncommittal.
Xisen said from the side, "Yueyue looks just like Fengran, Shen Shiqian, are your genes not so good?"
Xing Tong: "Isn't it natural to resemble the master?"
This time, Feng Ran's face was all scrunched up. How did she even know? She picked up her daughter and examined her closely, trying to figure out how the little thing with her eyes still closed resembled her.
She remained silent, simply making her decision: "The wind shines on the moon, the orchid star sinks."
Shen Shiqian: "Why not let the stars take your surname too?"
Feng Ran: "Because I feel that Feng Lan Xing doesn't sound as good as Chen Lan Xing."
Shen Shiqian laughed: "Okay, whatever you say."
Xisen took the two babies for a newborn check-up, and Xingtong went with them. The medical team in the ward left in a large group, leaving only Fengran and Shen Shiqian.
It's so strange. Even though his belly has just flattened, Shen Shiqian looks like he's lost a lot of weight all of a sudden. Feng Ran blinked and inexplicably shed a few tears.
Feng Ran: "I still feel like it's all a dream, like it's all unreal."
Shen Shiqian: "Why would you think that?"
She snuggled into Shen Shiqian's arms as if she had no bones, being careful to avoid pressing on his stomach. Her eyes were moist as she looked at Shen Shiqian: "When Yueyue held my fingers, I felt so magical. Life continued in my hands, and the throbbing of her pulse was so shocking that I couldn't even speak."
Feng Ran couldn't hold back her tears, as if the child's cries had awakened a soft spot deep within her: "Maybe I'm not as rational as I thought, so this is happiness, is it? Is this what you taught me?"
Shen Shiqian lifted her face and gently wiped away her tears: "Then do you like it?"
It was an almost instinctive affection, so pure that it reminded Feng Ran of her chasing after Qin Xin. In the huge house, there were only the two of them. When she was just born, did Qin Xin also love her with such fervor?
Feng Ran pushed the tingling feeling in his heart to the back of his mind and asked in a muffled voice, "I might be a little overwhelmed by liking you. What should I do in a situation like this?"
Shen Shiqian: "Kiss me."
It was a tender and lingering kiss. Both of them felt a little breathless, but looking at each other's faces so close, they felt their beating hearts were filled.
Although Feng Ran has always been in a dominant position, she still feels uneasy and is unwilling to believe in the justice that Shen Shiqian believes in. She will domineeringly drag everyone around her to act crazy, like a child who never grows up.
Until she finally got what she wanted, a heavy love, there was no room left to pity her past self. Obsessions and such became insignificant, and even her tears were tears of happiness.
Brilliant yet gentle, the future transformed by overcoming all obstacles shines brighter than the sun.
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Feng Ran had laid off many of the full-staff postpartum nannies and babysitters after picking and choosing, so she decided to take care of Shen Shiqian and the babies herself to demonstrate her maturity.
Because the gestational sac was completely removed, the only things that needed to be recuperated and rested were the abdominal incision and other organs that had been damaged or disordered due to the pressure during pregnancy. Not to mention that the incision healed very quickly, Shen Shiqian, who used to be lying on a recliner all day and was constantly overwhelmed by contractions, was able to get out of bed and move around after only two weeks. He was as strong as an ox.
Feng Ran had just learned how to take care of people when she was forced to lose her job by his domineering nature. She picked up Feng Zhaoyue, who was full of energy and crawling around everywhere after eating and drinking her fill, and looked into her eyes when she finally opened them: "Yueyue, is mommy really that useless?"
Little Feng Zhaoyue loves being lifted high, so she pounced on Feng Ran's face and gave him a big kiss, instantly calming him down.
From birth, Shen Lanxing was clearly not as smart or energetic as her older sister. She also drank milk very slowly. Shen Shiqian often had to wake up the sleepy Xingxing halfway through feeding her before she would continue drinking. After finishing her milk, she would fall asleep again.
He was very worried that his youngest son might have some hidden illness. Feng Ran's maternal intuition told him that Xingxing was just lazy, but Shen Shiqian was still worried and called Xisen to come and see him several times. The neonatal experts at the hospital also said that they had never seen such a lazy baby.
Although they were born in the same womb, the siblings had extremely distinct personalities from a young age. Feng Zhaoyue was incredibly energetic; if she wasn't allowed to play to her heart's content during the day, she wouldn't sleep peacefully, crawling all over the bed. Her chubby little legs kicked as vigorously as when she was in her father's belly, enough to wake her brother up and make him cry loudly. However, if the two babies were separated and put to sleep separately, Feng Zhaoyue would start crying at the top of her lungs as she clung to the crib railings because she couldn't see her brother. In this aspect of separation anxiety, she was just like Shen Shiqian.
Unfortunately, Feng Ran was the only one in the family who would be fierce towards her. Xing Tong doted on her because of her big eyes that resembled Feng Ran's. She would even follow Feng Zhaoyue's lead and cause trouble. She was like a program that was poisoned and could not be killed. As a result, Feng Ran ruthlessly kicked her out of the house and sent her to work in the cabinet.
Even at work, Xing Tong could still slack off on multiple tasks. As her assistant carried documents to her desk one after another, she would review them while glancing at the baby with her eyes close to Xiao Fen's, her lips curving into a wide smile.
The assistant thought it was in an unusually good mood, wondering if someone was about to suffer bad luck again.
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