Chapter 506 - Family(3)

Luna poked her son's cheek and he giggled, making her heart melt into a puddle. She stood to hug her husband. She wrapped her hands around his neck and kissed his cheek as she whispered, "I need to resume work soon, my love."

Xingyu held her into his arms for a while and pressed pecks on her face. She looked more beautiful than ever, and she smelled even sweeter than ever now that her flowery scent was mixed with that of the babies. He couldn't help pulling her into a deeper hug, as though he wanted them to mould into one. He was just about to kiss her when Xiaomu stirred and whined, and he paused in his movements and picked her up. She seemed to recognize her father because she stopped crying as soon as he held her and smiled at her, kissing her forehead.

He cradled the little girl as he raised an eyebrow at her statement that he remembered long after she had said it. "It's still too soon. You should stay at home and rest some more. Do not rush to overwork yourself."

"I will not be overworking." She knew he was probably worried about what he had read in all the books and articles he had been reading to research on pregnancy and childbirth, about women needing to take a break and rest for long after having their babies. He was worried for nothing, because it had taken only a few days for her to be able to move around as usual. "It's already been two months." She added.

Her babies were growing fast and although she wanted to stay with them as much as possible, she knew that she couldn't turn into a lazy bum and stay at home all day.

"Nope." He retorted against her idea, thinking that she could stay at home as much as she wanted. "Honey, please take your time. I can provide for the family, and we can still live luxuriously. Don't feel pressured to give me a hand because it has never been hard on me."

She laughed at his response, enjoying the sight of him making funny faces at Xiaomu who blabbered in response. "Are you sure you don't just want me home?"

"I just want you in my bed. What will I do?" He teased her shamelessly.

"Have me." She offered herself with a teasing smile, and her grin set his body ablaze. He gently placed Xiaomu back in her crib but just as he pulled away to hug Luna, Xiaomu let out a cry.

"Aww our little princess is hungry." Luna quickly pulled away from him and picked the little girl up, certain that she was hungry. She sat on the nursing chair in the room to feed her while Xingyu watched with a smile.

"I thought we were friends." He was speechless. How could she become hungry just when her parents were about to get busy? "Don't you want to have siblings? Who will you play with when you grow up?"

Luna laughed while Xiaomu concentrated on feeding, paying zero attention to her father's tone of disappointment.

"Linhou is enough for her." Luna laughed and poked the little girl's face. Her skin was so soft that she couldn't help poking her once more.

Xingyu peeked over at his son who was playing and stretching once again. He would never have enough of this. The boy rubbed his eyes with his tightly clenched small fist and brought it to his mouth to take a toothless bite.

"He is chewing his fists again." He chuckled. He was starting to wonder whether what his mother said at the twins' full moon party was true. Did he really chew his fists when he was little?"

"He does that when he is hungry." Luna smiled. "Could you bring him over?"

"I'll feed him." Xingyu took a pale blue bottle and sat near Luna to feed his son.

Luna watched him, then her daughter who was full and smiling. She didn't know it felt this nice to be a mum.

"Do you think Lanni is doing well?" Xingyu asked at some point, when he remembered the twins' aunt who liked playing with them and holding colorful toys above them.

"I don't know. She must miss Xiehan so much." Luna sighed, and she was right.

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At work, Lanni crossed out another day out of the calendar. She was counting the days left before she could see her fiancé again.

"You have been working hard." Her assistant remarked when she arrived and saw that Lanni had returned to work.

Lanni looked up with a gentle smile.

"I'm preparing everything including myself. Once my fiancé is back, he will not have to worry about anything. We will get married soon after his return."

The young woman smiled isnce Lanni's smile was infectious, but then she lowered her voice to a whisper. "What if he gets another woman on the island?"

Lanni's eyes furrowed into a frown. Who says that kind of thing? She didn't doubt Xiehan's loyalty, but she didn't appreciate anyone talking about such possibilities.

"I'm only saying, men are rarely faithful." The young woman corrected her statement, only to make it sound much worse. She still meant that it was almost impossible for Xiehan to not be infatuated by another woman on the island while his fiancée was so far away.

"Xiehan would never betray me." She answered resolutely, neither meekly nor rudely.

As if on cue, her phone rang. Xiehan had finally called, and she answered it without minding the presence of her assistant.

"My darling." He sweetly called.

"I miss you so much." Although she had been holding back and trying not to do or say anything that would tempt him to rush back before completing his mission, she couldn't help telling him how much she had missed him.

"I miss you too, my love. I miss you so much." He couldn't hold back anymore either. One year and nine months wasn't too long, but it seemed like forever and just like her, he kept counting the days left for him to return.

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