Chapter 645: Extra: Childhood 2

Extra: Childhood 2

Not only did all members of the Song and Mu families arrive, but the Jiang and Shen families also sent their main representatives.

Shen Ningmu sat in the side hall holding the two-month-old Jiang Liangjin, quietly speaking to Jiang Su.

Jiang Su guarded his wife with both hands, afraid she would be touched by others.

Mu Xi's grandfather and grandmother glanced over, saw them arrive, and nodded at Jiang Su.

Seeing everyone gathered, Mu Xi's grandfather could no longer hold back and muttered softly, "I don't know if it's a boy or a girl."

Mu Xi's grandmother replied, "As long as they're safe and sound, it doesn't matter if they're boys or girls."

Song LuXiao's grandmother only felt her daughter had suffered, saying, "That's it."

The delivery room door suddenly swung open, and a nurse poked half her body out, saying, "Congratulations! It's a dragon-and-phoenix twins, a boy and a girl! Mu Lady's condition inside is excellent!"

Everyone in the hallway stood up in unison.

Song LuXiao's grandmother anxiously asked the nurse, "How is my daughter doing?"

The nurse smiled, "Don't worry, Mu Lady's condition is excellent, and Mu Director is accompanying her inside; you'll have to wait a bit longer before you can visit."

Everyone's worried hearts finally settled.

"Good, good..." Mu Xi's grandfather suddenly realized, his voice hoarse, "Dragon-and-phoenix twins? A girl? Really?!"

The Mu family had never had a daughter for generations; every child had been a boy.

The younger generation of the Song family were all boys as well.

The expressions on the faces of the uncles, younger uncles, and several aunts and uncles looked as if they had all simultaneously won the lottery.

Mu Xi's grandmother's original worry was overwritten by surprise as she covered her mouth to confirm, "Is it really a girl?"

The nurse said, "It's true."

Mu Xi's grandfather almost jumped up, exclaiming, "Good, good, good, good, good, good! The whole hospital will get a raise!"

The nurse stepped aside, and another nurse came out holding the two babies, two light-colored swaddling clothes lying side by side in the crook of her arms.

Mu Xi's grandfather rushed over faster than anyone, his gaze sweeping back and forth between the two swaddles several times, "Well, well, the Mu family finally has a young lady! Hahahahaha..."

He excitedly grabbed Mu Xi's grandmother's hand, "Looks like our ancestors are showing their spirit."

Mu Xi's grandmother's eyes instantly reddened, then she laughed, "We have to thank Shengsheng for this! I always said Shengsheng is our family's lucky star."

Song LuXiao's grandmother's gaze fell on the slightly smaller swaddling cloth on the right, her voice soft, "This must be the baby girl, right?"

The nurse replied, "Yes, this is the younger sister, weighing four pounds eight ounces, while the older brother on the other side weighs five pounds two ounces."

Mu Xi's grandfather said, "So light?"

Mu Xi's grandmother reached out to take the light pink swaddling cloth, lowered her head to look at the face, and said, "Oh, look at those eyes—she'll surely be as pretty as Shengsheng, a little beauty."

Song LuXiao's grandmother wore a kindly expression, "Fair and clean, big eyes, she really looks like Shengsheng."

The uncles, younger uncles, four aunts and uncles, along with over a dozen brothers, all gathered around.

"Grandma, hurry up and put her down so I can see my little sister!"

"You child." Mu Xi's grandmother reluctantly put the little treasure back.

Mu Yichi exclaimed, "It really is a sister, so thin—did all the nutrition get absorbed by the little brother?"

Mu Yichen said, "What a pitiful little sister."

Song LuXiao seriously analyzed, "I think so; just let the brother eat a little less from now on."

The eldest aunt smacked him, "You brat, what nonsense are you spouting?"

The brothers were still happily chatting to themselves, "I finally have a cute little sister; I won't have to look at other people's sisters anymore."

"Little sister, look at me—I'm the brother who loves you the most~"

"Little sister, little sister, ignore him—I'm the one who loves you the most!"

"Little sister, little sister, little sister, little sister, little sister, look at me, look at me, look at me, look at me—did you see me?"

"Why won't the little sister open her eyes..."

Mu Nian really wanted to squeeze in, but he was still holding his sleepy younger brother, so he patted the brother and said, "Mu Xi, don't sleep."

Mu Xi rubbed his eyes, half-asleep, half-awake, when his brother lifted him up; he peered toward the two new members, and the first thing he saw was a blue swaddling cloth.

His gaze shifted slightly to the side and landed on the even smaller pink swaddling cloth.

The little one's face was a notch smaller than the brother's, eyebrows faint, eyes still shut, lips slightly moving.

Mu Xi's gaze locked instantly, waking from his drowsiness, "Little sister!"

Mu Nian lowered his head to look at him, "You haven't seen her clearly yet."

Mu Xi shook his head, pointing at the pink swaddling cloth, "It's a little sister!"

Mu Yichi heard his voice and laughed even more, "Our little treasure Xi is amazing—he guessed right away that it's a brother and a sister."

Jiang Liangjin, held in Jiang Su's arms, just woke up, opening a pair of clear brown eyes.

He had just turned two months old; his vision was still blurry, yet he seemed to sense something, tilting his head toward Mu Xi's direction and softly uttering "ee-ya."

Jiang Su's grandmother beamed, unable to close her mouth, "A Jin is doing great today—normally he'd be asleep by this time, but look at these two kids; this is fate!"

If the two kids get along in the future, she'll look for a chance to propose a childhood engagement!

Mu Xi's grandfather heard this, raised his eyebrows, "What fate? Their eight characters haven't even crossed a single stroke yet!"

Mu Nian carried Mu Xi aside to make room, so the Jiang couple could also see the children clearly.

Shen Ningmu stepped forward to take a look at the little girl in the pink swaddling cloth, couldn't help but laugh, "She's really pretty."

She thought, "My friend's daughter and his son are the same age; they're bound to be childhood sweethearts."

She hoped her son would step up someday, as the saying goes, "Those near the water get the moon first."

If not a daughter-in-law, then a daughter-in-law by marriage is just as good.

Meanwhile, Jiang Su lowered his gaze to look at his son in his arms, then glanced at the peacefully sleeping little girl from the Mu family, murmuring, "Exactly, it's fine to let A Jin wear a little dress too."

Jiang Ye Ye turned his gaze toward his own grandson, "Well, don't say that, they really are quite a good match."

Mu family grandfather heard it and became dissatisfied, "What good match? You said that too early."

His precious granddaughter has just been born!

Jiang Liangjin, in swaddling clothes, clenched his tiny hand into a fist and rubbed it against his own cheek.

Mu Xi paid no attention to anyone else, only clinging to Mu Nian's shoulder, and formally announced to the baby girl: "Little sister, I am your second older brother."

The male infant in the other swaddling blanket seemed to sense something and let out a weak cry.

Mu Xi instinctively felt that the sister was better behaved than the brother, "Don't cry, the sister is better behaved than you."

Mu Yichi smiled, carefully holding Mu Xin, "Little Xinbao, your second older brother looks down on you."

Mu Xin hearing that, actually became quiet and went back to sleep.

The nurse said something, then took the two babies away to handle the follow-up matters.

Jiang Liangjin stared straight at the direction the nurse left, waiting until her silhouette disappeared from his field of vision before he closed his eyes again.

Originally they had thought of over a dozen names, but now that the little princess is born, both families are overexcited, and the names they had chosen years ago no longer seem fitting.

So they spent some time thinking of new names, went through the clan genealogy, and finally, incorporating Song Ningsheng's opinion, decided on:

The elder brother's name is Mu Xin, taken from the character that means the posture of a tree's growth in the word that also conveys that meaning.

The only little princess of this generation of the Mu and Song families finally had her surname settled as Mu; her full name is Mu Youyu, and her nickname is Youbao.