Billionaire's Long Journey of Chasing His Love-Chapter 743 - 623: Patient on Crescent Island (Second Update)
"It’s uncomfortable lying down." Youyou pouted, "Sis, do you think Mi Chenxuan can handle it? He’s so scared, and he’s leaving tonight."
Yi Luowa sighed, "Whether he can handle it or not, he still has to leave. You spend more time with him."
"He went to my dad’s place. Said he wanted to see the kids." Youyou’s eyes turned slightly red. "Sis, when he leaves, don’t go send him off. Stay at my place with me, okay?"
Yi Luowa sniffled and pulled Youyou into her arms. "I’ll stay with you. After the Eighth leaves, I’ll keep you company all the time. You’re not alone."
"Sis, I’m holding back my tears, but I really want to cry..."
"Youyou, you better not cry! My mom said crying during postpartum recovery could hurt your eyes." Joyina lifted the blanket and got out of bed. "After the Eighth leaves, I’ll come to your room. I’ll stay with you. We’ll go through postpartum recovery together and take care of the kids together. When we’re bored, the two of us can even bicker!"
"Others are like this, and you still want to bicker with me? Do you have any decency? Hurry back to bed! My health is good, so I can handle it, but if your frail little body gets sick, don’t expect me to look after your kids!" Youyou shot her a very disdainful look.
"You heartless woman. I’m just feeling sorry for you!" Joyina draped her own robe over Youyou’s shoulders and turned back to the bed. "Surely Aunt Ni Lu has no idea you’re out and about. If she knew, she’d scold you to death."
"She went downstairs to help Aunt make breakfast." Youyou sniffled, "I better go back. If they notice I’m missing, won’t they chase me around like I’m a fugitive?"
"I’ll walk you back." Yi Luowa wrapped her coat tighter around her, bid farewell to the Queen of the North Di, and walked out with Youyou.
As Yi Luowa helped Youyou along, she spoke softly, "Don’t just bicker with Joyina for no reason in the future. When it comes down to it, it’s always the two of you looking out for each other. Look how much she cares about you."
"I know. No matter how much she and I squabble, we’ve never really been divided in our hearts."
The Queen of North Di gently closed the bedroom door and sat by her daughter’s bedside.
"Mom, don’t worry so much. Uncle, Aunt, Yi Luowa, and the rest—none of them treat me like an outsider. What you just saw wasn’t a show; that’s how we normally are with each other."
"I’m just worried because you’re young and may not know how to conduct yourself. This isn’t the Viscount’s estate, and if you make mistakes, it reflects poorly on our family."
"Who’d laugh at me? Everyone knows I’m young, and they all accommodate me. Plus, there’s Mi Chenshuo and Luowa. Luowa’s like a real sister to us."
As Joyina spoke, her eyes began to redden, startling the Queen of North Di.
"What’s wrong?"
"Mom, don’t you think Luowa’s heart must be so bitter? She just found her family, and now her brother is in trouble. I feel like the more difficult things are for her, the more we can’t let her feel abandoned. We should cheer her up and not let her dwell on Danton all the time."
"I’ve been overthinking. This is your family matter; I won’t interfere anymore. Later, I’ll talk to your mother-in-law, ask her not to make things hard for anyone." 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
Joyina hugged her mother’s shoulders and planted a kiss on them. "Mom, I adore you so much!"
The Queen of North Di smiled, patting her daughter’s cheek.
Joyina smiled sweetly at her mother. "Today, Little Raindrop and Ai Ni are coming over. Don’t be too formal, just treat this place like home."
"Got it. I really envy you for this big family."
"Hehehe..." Joyina laughed as she lay back down.
Not long afterward, Tong Yao came upstairs specifically to invite the Queen of North Di. Smiling, she followed Tong Yao downstairs to the dining room, where she found out that Emperor Haotian and Empress Haotian would join them for lunch.
Before noon, Ai Ni arrived with her children, loudly announcing the desire to see the babies as soon as she walked in.
Yan Zi, pointing downstairs toward the nursery, laughed and said, "Knowing how impatient you are, we brought the two little ones downstairs early."
Ai Ni handed her baby to her mother and headed toward the room, not bothering to ask which twins were who before Little Raindrop barged in. "Oh my, Teng Ai Ni, you’ve got some nerve! I told you to wait for me for fifteen minutes at the airport, and you just left!"
"You were too slow!" Teng Ai Ni giggled. "Sis, hurry up and look at these little ones—aren’t they just identical?"
"What’s identical?" Little Raindrop studied them for a moment and burst into laughter. "Haha, they really do look like twins!"
The Queen of North Di chuckled, "They both take after their father. Chenshuo and Chenxuan, on the other hand, look like..."
Teng Ai Ni stuck her tongue out playfully. "Auntie, look at us—we walked in and got so focused on the babies that we didn’t even greet you properly."
"Don’t be so polite with me." The Queen of North Di said warmly, "I’ve just started getting comfortable with you all. If you’re too formal, it’ll make me uncomfortable again."
Little Raindrop laughed, "Auntie, haha... you really know how to joke around! There’s nothing to feel uncomfortable about — at our place, there are no rules whatsoever."
"Second Sis, Sixth Sis, I heard you two came back, so I didn’t even go to work—how’s that for sibling loyalty?" came Mai Zekai’s voice from outside.
"That’s loyalty!" Teng Ai Ni laughed and said, "Come in and take a look at Yu Lin and Yu Xiao. These two little ones are so alike!"
"They resemble my Third Brother and Eighth Brother." Mai Zekai joked as he entered, noticing the two little babies staring at the world with confused wide eyes. Laughing, he said, "What’s wrong? Don’t recognize anyone?"
"Nope!" Sangyu and Ziyan ran into the room, bowing deeply to their two aunts and saying, "Hello, Aunties!"
"Now here come the ones who can understand!" Little Raindrop and Teng Ai Ni laughed as they picked up the two kids.
"Old Seven, where’s yours?" Little Raindrop turned her head toward Mai Zekai.
"Still at home, dragging things out like it’s some major exam. I couldn’t watch them take forever just to leave the house."
"Wow, such words coming from Slow Master himself?" Yi Luowa chimed as she walked in.
"Haha... He’s complaining about Shanshan being slow—I couldn’t help but laugh." Teng Ai Ni tugged at Little Raindrop. "Everyone’s in the living room; let’s head out to chat."
Little Raindrop reluctantly glanced at her two nephews.
"Come on, stop staring. Let Old Seven push the bed out with the twins." Teng Ai Ni laughed as she pulled Little Raindrop by the arm out of the room.
"I’ll push it. If you let my Seventh Brother do it, you’d be lucky to see these babies again by nightfall." Mi Chenxuan strode into the nursery.
Little Raindrop chortled, "Now that’s honest talk!"
"Auntie, tired?" Sangyu clung tightly to Teng Ai Ni’s neck and asked.
Teng Ai Ni laughed and kissed her, "Auntie’s not tired—why? What do you want to do?"
"If you get tired, I’ll go downstairs." Sangyu stretched out her little hand, pointing to the floor.
"Sangyu’s so considerate of Auntie!" Teng Ai Ni beamed. "What a sweet child!"
"Sangyu and Ziyan are both thoughtful. At night, they even give me massages while I sleep." Tong Yao smiled and asked, "Little Raindrop, why didn’t you bring your kids along?"
"Duoduo went to kindergarten, and Yak is studying at home. My mother-in-law said she’ll bring them all together for the full-moon banquet later."
"You’re going back, huh?" Teng Ai Ni frowned at her sister. "Well, I’m definitely not going."
Yi Luowa smiled, "You say that, but as soon as You Jia shows up, you’ll be running back in a hurry."
Teng Ai Ni retorted, "Just watch me. I’ll surprise you this time around." As she spoke, she sized up Yi Luowa. "You’ve gotten a bit skinny. Eat properly—don’t neglect yourself and your child."
Yi Luowa smiled and nodded, "Got it. I’ll do everything to make sure your niece doesn’t suffer!"
Little Raindrop smirked and asked, "How can you be sure it’s a daughter this early?"
"I don’t know, but Ziyan and Sangyu both want a little sister, so we’re just playing along."
"Hello?" Their chatting was interrupted as Mai Zekai picked up his phone and started talking.
"The rain’s stopped? Okay, I’ll be there this afternoon. Prepare for surgery." Mai Zekai hung up and walked toward them. "Second Sis, Sixth Sis, I have to go. A patient urgently needs surgery."
"I heard you say the rain stopped—that’s not a patient from Summer Wu?" Little Raindrop asked suspiciously.
"No, this patient is on Crescent Island. If the surgery goes well, I’ll be back tomorrow." Mai Zekai glanced at the clock. "I have to go now. Until I’m back, neither of you are allowed to leave."
"We’ll wait for you. Don’t worry," Teng Ai Ni said as she watched him rush off. She laughed, "Only patients can make him move so quickly."
"You call him slow, but he has the audacity to call others slow. Shanshan is still faster than him!" Little Raindrop shook her head in exasperation, seeing that Yan Zi was glaring at her. She laughed, "I’m talking about my own brother, not anyone else—what are you looking at me for?"
"Auntie’s not upset with you; she’s upset you didn’t bring the kids." Teng Ai Ni winked at Yan Zi. "Am I right?"
Yan Zi huffed, "Everyone knows what I’m thinking, except for her—it’s like she doesn’t have a care in the world."
Little Raindrop pouted pitifully at Tong Yao, "Mom——"
"Don’t look at me; I’m mad too." Tong Yao glared at her.
Teng Ai Ni chuckled, "Come on, you all. Don’t look at my sister like that. She didn’t bring the kids so she could help lighten your load."
"Auntie, don’t be mad, okay?" Ziyan reached out a small hand and patted Little Raindrop’s chest.
Little Raindrop smiled and kissed him, "Auntie was mad at first, but after your gentle pats, all my anger is gone."
Ziyan giggled, watching Mi Chenxuan wheel out his two little brothers. Reaching for his little sister’s hand, the twins slid off their aunt’s lap.
"Look at our brothers~"
Yi Luowa smiled and said, "You can look, but no touching."
The two little ones nodded obediently.
Seeing the twins behave so well brought uncontainable smiles to everyone’s faces.
