He looked confused: "Why? Does having an ultrasound hurt? It shouldn’t, though. When I took Huanhuan for her check-ups before, she was always cheerful and never said it hurt."
Chenxing felt her heart ache. She lowered her head, gazing at her round belly, and said gloomily, "Shaocheng doesn’t like girls at all. Every day, he hopes that the baby in my belly is a boy. What if my body lets down and I end up having a girl? Do you think he’d give the cold shoulder and banish to the sidelines forever?"
"No way, right?"
"Why not? You don’t know, he doesn’t even let ntion the word ’girl.’ Every day, it’s ’boy this, boy that,’ to the point where my ears are practically calloused from hearing it. How can he be so obsessed with boys? Are girls really that bad?"
Nan Baihao didn’t know either. While driving, he laughed and tried to comfort her: "You must be overthinking it. Big Brother loves you to the core! Besides, I think daughters are wonderful. Huanhuan and I have been talking about waiting a few years and then trying for another baby. By then, we’d love to have a girl."
"That’s because Huanhuan already gave you a son, so now you think having a daughter wouldn’t matter."
"Co on, little sister-in-law, look at what you’re saying. I genuinely think boys and girls are the sa. As long as Huanhuan is the one giving birth to my child, that child will be the apple of my eye!"
"Really?" Chenxing asked with her nose a little stuffed, her tone tinged with jealousy and envy. "Huanhuan is so lucky to have such an understanding and reasonable husband like you. Unlike Shaocheng..."
He’s a good husband too—great in every way, except when it cos to this boy-versus-girl issue, which feels suffocating.
.......................................
A well-known hospital in City E.
Nan Baihao stood beside the doctor, staring at the screen displaying the fetal imagery.
It was Chenxing’s first ultrasound, and she was extrely nervous. Her eyes fixated on the ceiling, lips pressed tightly together, and her heart pounding wildly. To her, the world felt pitch-black. If she gave birth to a girl, she foresaw her future unfolding as a tragic saga filled with tears and hardship.
At that mont, Nan Baihao’s unusually excited voice suddenly rang out by her ears: "Two... two?"
"Two what? Brother Baihao?"
The doctor chuckled beside him. "Yes, indeed it’s two. Look here—this is the head, this is the body, these are the legs, and here’s the hand."
"Is this the eye? The nose? You can even make out four little eyes on the screen, and the shapes of two tiny noses are vaguely discernible too!" Nan Baihao was practically bouncing with excitent.
Chenxing’s mind buzzed loudly.
What... what? Two noses, four eyes?
Does that an her baby would be deford?
Her heart threatened to leap into her throat, and Chenxing nearly burst into tears: "Brother Baihao, is my baby deford? Why are there two noses and four eyes? Is... is this so kind of monster?"
Nan Baihao let out a belly laugh. "Oh, right, you’ve given birth to a monster, Chenxing. You’re dood this ti."
"What?..............."
Her scalp tingled, her head went blank.
Now her future seed even bleaker. "Wahhh, what should I do?"
"Don’t worry, it’s twins." The doctor noticed her genuine panic, her face turning pale, and quickly offered an explanation: "Your babies are developing very healthily. Congratulations, Miss Zhou, you’re carrying twins."
"Rea... really? Twins?"
"Yes, really."
"Are they boys, girls, or one of each?"
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