Runaway Guide - Chap 86 END
Chap 86
Extra 1
Sorry this is late again, I’ve had troubles with insomnia. I decided sticking to a routine was most important, and my mental health is better now, thankfully 😊
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Klaire’s proposal scene was extremely grand, so the scale of his wedding naturally couldn’t fall behind.
The royal family had strict ceremonial rules for a prince’s wedding. Today, Xi Wei was forced to wear heavy and complicated royal formal attire and wait for Klaire to meet him in the palace.
He held his temper until Klaire arrived, and then the two of them met the king and queen in the palace main hall. The wedding procession flew around the capital planet with power and momentum.
Actually, Xi Wei hadn’t wanted to make such a big fuss out of his wedding. The way he saw it, a wedding was just like the one Carlo and Aiden had, where their two families sat down for a meal and were done with it. But His Majesty didn’t agree. The eldest prince was finally getting married, so His Majesty just had to hold a grand wedding to celebrate. Xi Wei couldn’t do anything but follow his father’s arrangements.
The banquet was terribly extravagant. His Majesty expansively booked the capital planet’s most high-class floating hotel, and even invited more than a thousand guests.
As soon as Xi Wei arrived at the reception, he got a splitting headache. Klaire smiled and said in his ear, “It’s the occasion of a lifetime, so just grin and bear it. The important thing is that our families are happy, so we have to work with them a bit.”
Xi Wei said helplessly, “What else can I do.”
The friends of the royal family and their colleagues in the military filled the banquet hall with a crowd. Klaire and Xi Wei held their wine glasses and took turns giving toasts, until their legs felt weak beneath them.
After they’d finally made it through the banquet, the two of them flew Egret and Bluestar back to Klaire’s home.
It was a tradition in the empire for an alpha to live alone together with his wife after marriage. This way it was easier for the two of them to grow close, as well as for them to successfully get through their first heat.
Klaire had picked this courtyard out himself. It faced the sun and had plenty of light, and a large villa sat in the middle. There were bright flowers and green trees planted all around, and as soon as you walked in, you felt like the air was fresher.
Klaire and Xi Wei walked into the villa hand in hand. The living room had a simple design. The stairs were made of the real wood Xi Wei liked, the walls were painted a warm hue, and the curtains were Xi Wei’s favorite shade of blue. Their bedroom had clearly been meticulously decorated. The bed was huge enough for them to roll around on it without any worries, and everything was arranged according to Xi Wei’s preferences. It looked very heartwarming.
Xi Wei felt a little moved, and couldn’t help but pat Klaire on the shoulder, saying, smiling, “It’s been hard on you.”
“That’s as it should be.” Klaire hugged Xi Wei easily, and said lowly in his ear, “We’ve gotten married just like that. Doesn’t it feel not quite real?”
Xi Wei nodded. “Of course. Even in my dreams, I never thought of getting married to a man.”
“It’s too late to regret it.”
“I won’t regret it.” Xi Wei said firmly, “We two know each other inside and out. Getting together and spending our lives this way is pretty good.”
When he heard this, Klaire couldn’t resist smiling.
Xi Wei said it right. There was no one out there who had an understanding like the one they had between them. They could probably adapt to a life of caring for each other pretty quickly. It was just that…the problem of Xi Wei’s heat, that came along with his identity as an omega, was still as big of an obstacle as before.
When he thought of this, Klaire couldn’t resist saying softly in Xi Wei’s ear, “What are your plans for tonight? Do you want to sleep in separate rooms, or give it a try?”
Xi Wei: “…”
Klaire said it straight out. Since they’d already gotten married, it wouldn’t be good for Xi Wei to avoid this question anymore. He could only throw caution to the wind, look up and stare at Klaire, and say, “Let’s try it.”
With his expression, he looked like a martyr walking up to the gallows.
Klaire was rocked to laughter by Xi Wei’s expression. He couldn’t help but reach out and softly stroke his hair. He said, “It’s not as scary as you think. I’ll be gentle, don’t worry.”
Xi Wei gave Klaire a glum stare. In the wedding night he had dreamed of, he’d have a cute girl as his bride, and he’d hold her gently and do this and that with her. Now, not only had he himself become the bride, but he had to let his best friend hold him and do this and that with him. There was simply no way to happily pass the night anymore!
Klaire saw his angry face, and couldn’t help but laugh and say, “Don’t be mad, worst comes to worst, I’ll let you top, okay?”
Xi Wei humphed. He felt like that idea wasn’t bad.
Xi Wei had always had a straightforward personality. He’d never been a coy, shy kind of person. Since they’d decided to try it, they might as well get down to business and start.
But it was necessary to clean themselves up first. After all, they’d toasted their way around the room at the reception, so now their bodies stunk of alcohol.
Klaire had thoughtfully asked Bluestar to fill the bathtub with warm water earlier on. Afterwards, he held Xi Wei’s hand and walked towards the bathtub. The bathroom was quite large, and the bathtub was luxurious enough to easily fit the two men. Klaire had been thinking of washing each other like a proper married couple, but Xi Wei strictly rejected him. Xi Wei felt that it’d be too weird for two grown men to take a bath together, and he’d be more comfortable washing alone.
Klaire didn’t force it, smiled and let Xi Wei have the reign of the bathroom.
Xi Wei quickly finished bathing, came out, and then rushed Klaire in to bathe.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, waiting for Klaire to finish his bath, Xi Wei felt his thoughts run amok. He felt that tonight, he’d experience something that would turn his world upside down. But what could he do? He wasn’t a little kid anymore, and they’d already gotten married. It was their wedding night. They couldn’t just hold hands, pull up the covers and do nothing but chat, could they?
He was a normal man, and he had physical drives too. Although the demands of his libido fell a bit far from the real-life circumstances…
While his thoughts were running wild, Klaire finished his bath and came out.
This guy was actually pretty handsome. Xi Wei especially liked his beautiful golden hair, and on top of that, his body was slender and well-proportioned. When he walked towards Xi Wei wiping his hair, with his bathrobe half open, the picture he made was actually quite tempting.
Klaire stood still in front of Xi Wei, and seeing how Xi Wei was looking at him, he went and sat down next to him, reached out and hugged him, and rubbed the top of Xi Wei’s head with his chin. He said in a low voice, “Couldn’t wait anymore?”
Xi Wei rolled his eyes. “Can’t you talk properly? Don’t you feel cheesy saying that?”
Klaire smiled, took hold of Xi Wei’s waist, and kissed him gently.
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The early morning sunlight spilled quietly into the room. After Xi Wei woke up, he went to get a hot shower, and found that he’d already been cleaned up. He couldn’t help but internally praise Klaire’s attentiveness. After he washed up and brushed his teeth, he went to the dining room to eat in glowing spirits.
Klaire had already made breakfast, so Xi Wei went ahead and dug in. He hadn’t eaten properly for three days, and he was starving. Even after eating two fried eggs, his stomach still felt empty as anything.
Seeing the big beast getting his energy back, Klaire couldn’t help but smile a bit. He passed him a plate of freshly-baked bread.
After he finished his breakfast, Xi Wei said, “I have to go back to the palace to see my mother. I haven’t come back for three days since we got married, she must be worried.”
Klaire said, “We should. I’ll go back with you.”
Xi Wei left to change. After he changed and came out, he found that Klaire had put a box of medicine and a glass of warm water on the table.
“What’s this?” When Xi Wei picked it up for a look, he soon recognized the pills. These were the morning-after pills the Underground Alliance had developed a while ago. According to what the doctor said, they gave pretty good contraceptive results.
Klaire walked over and gently stroked Xi Wei’s hair. He said, “I think you probably don’t want to have a baby this soon. Permanent markings have a high pregnancy rate. To be safe, you’d better take a morning-after pill.”
He really was the one who understood him the most. Xi Wei looked at the gentle smile on Klaire’s face, and couldn’t help but feel moved.
He really didn’t want to have children this fast. Xi Wei had just mentally adapted to Klaire having him, and that was already quite hard. If you wanted him to get pregnant and have a baby right now, that would just be making things difficult for him.
What’s more, the two of them were still young, and Xi Wei’s career had just gotten started. He was in the middle of preparing for his next science-fiction movie. This wasn’t the right time to get pregnant.
Xi Wei decisively took a gulp of warm water and swallowed the pill, looked at Klaire and said, “Klaire, I want to discuss something with you.”
“What’s that?”
“Is it okay if we don’t have children right now?” Xi Wei said cautiously, “I don’t want them for at least the next five years.”
He thought Klaire would be very disappointed, and didn’t expect that he would actually smile tenderly and reach out to stroke Xi Wei’s hair, saying, “You don’t have to feel any pressure. I’m with you because I love you, not for the sake of having offspring. If you don’t want to raise children, then we won’t have them for now. We can have them later, after you’re mentally prepared, and can accept the idea of a man getting pregnant and having children. It won’t be too late then; in any case, we have time.”
Xi Wei was moved once again. He felt like his Klaire was really the most considerate alpha in the empire.
The two men returned to the palace. When the Queen found out that the son she doted on the most had gotten marked, she couldn’t help but feel a little regret. His Majesty, on the other hand, was very cheerful. He pulled Klaire to one side on the sly and said, “Are you planning to have children? I’ve already thought of the names.”
Faced with his father-in-law’s optimism, Klaire was speechless. He laughed and said, “Xi Wei doesn’t want them right now. Wait a few years, after our relationship has settled, and we can think about it then.”
His Majesty Trand was a bit disappointed that he couldn’t be a grandfather. However, he knew Xi Wei’s temper. He hadn’t been willing to get married for this many years, and it was already difficult for him to marry as he had now. He definitely wouldn’t be pleased with having children this fast.
Trand patted Klaire’s shoulder and said, “Ah, we spoiled Xi Wei rotten as a child. From now on, we’ll need you to take charge of taking care of him.”
“Don’t worry, Father.” He looked at Xi Wei’s face, which was full of joy upon seeing his loved ones. “He’s the one I love the most. I’ll take care of him like the treasure he is.”
As if he’d noticed Klaire’s eyes on him, Xi Wei looked back at him. At the moment when their eyes met, Xi Wei couldn’t help but smile as well.
It was just a simple exchange of glances, but a thread of intense happiness rose up in Klaire’s heart.
—Xi Wei, you don’t know just how much I love you. We have many days ahead of us, and I’ll always be at your side. I’ll let you understand, slowly, that to me, you are my world.
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2 hours and 52 minutes, for 2,147 words, or 8 minutes for every 100 words.
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Chap 87 Extra 2
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After they got married, Xi Wei and Klaire spent half a month being intimate in a sweet world made just for two. Klaire really wanted to stay like this forever, but unfortunately, as a general, he still had to take care of his duties at the Morningstar Corps. He couldn’t leave his post for long. The marriage leave the military had given him was about to end, so Klaire could only reluctantly leave the capital planet.
Once Klaire left, Xi Wei couldn’t sit still anymore. After two years of filming, he’d developed a habit for it, and he’d feel anxious if he was away from the cast and crew for a day.
He’d brought up this cast and crew all by himself. After they’d collaborated a few times, they had a good mutual understanding and coordinated well. Xi Wei was planning to officially start up a production company, so that it’d be easier for him to invest and film movies.
Xi Wei swiftly and decisively put the matter of establishing the company on his schedule, and in one short month, he finished the preparatory work. He officially listed the production corporation he created on the stock market, and signed many newcomers with potential as well.
Xi Wei felt quite satisfied being his own boss. He secretly started preparing for the next film.
Life had become both busy and fulfilling.
When he had just arrived in this world, Xi Wei worried that as an omega, he’d only be able to stay home and have children. Now, everything in the empire was changing for the better, and his psychological barriers to being together with a male alpha were gradually decreasing as well. Every time the cast and crew were busy and he got a caring video call from Klaire, Xi Wei didn’t dislike it at all. He felt warm instead.
They each had their own careers. Although they were temporarily separated, their hearts were closely linked.
They thought of each other all the time, and called each other once in a while. It was like they were giving each other a heater in the coldest month of winter. Every time he heard Klaire’s concerned words, the warmth that came from the bottom of his heart and the peace of mind he felt were a happiness and a comfort he couldn’t express in words.
Xi Wei put forth a lot of effort when he was shooting one of his movies. There were times when he’d work into the night for the sake of getting a scene right. Klaire really worried about him. When he led the Morningstar Corps past a galaxy where Xi Wei was shooting a scene, he took two days of leave and went to visit him personally.
When the cast and crew saw General Klaire coming, they took the initiative to hide off at the side, so as to avoid becoming the third wheel.
When Xi Wei saw him, he seemed quite surprised. “How come you’re here?”
In front of so many people, Klaire wasn’t ashamed at all. He took Xi Wei gently into his arms, and said straight-out, “I missed you.”
Seeing that all the workers around them were taking secret glances at the two of them, Xi Wei couldn’t help his face reddening. He pulled Klaire to his room.
This was the so-called “distance makes the heart grow fonder.” That night, without waiting for Klaire to ask, Xi Wei took the initiative to push Klaire down on the bed. Klaire was pleasantly surprised by his enthusiasm, and full of excitement, he held onto Xi Wei and did him for the entire night. As a result, the next day, the entire cast and crew went on break—because the director couldn’t get up.
Everyone had a face of understanding, and gladly took the day off.
Xi Wei’s waist ached and his legs were limp. He glared at Klaire and scolded, “From now on, you’d better not visit me at work! Do you understand the meaning of moderation?”
“You were the one who took the initiative last night.” Klaire looked at him innocently, and while gently massaging Xi Wei’s waist, he smiled and said, “I’ve been seeing you in my dreams every night. It was only when I couldn’t take it anymore that I came to see you in person.”
Xi Wei rolled his eyes at him and sprawled comfortably across the bed, enjoying Klaire’s attention.
Klaire only stayed with the cast and crew for a day before leaving. After he went back to work, Xi Wei was immediately bursting with energy. Everyone in the cast and crew felt that the director clearly had an expression of contentment after being taken care of by his own alpha. No wonder his work efficiency was so high!
This time it was a grand-scale sci-fi film. Xi Wei had put in a lot of painstaking effort, starting from the preparatory stages. He had invited several talented screenwriters to help revise the script, found two assistant directors, and spent a great deal of money to hire A-list actors with top quality acting skills.
After a year of filming, the movie was finally successfully finished. Xi Wei brought the cast and crew back to the capital planet.
At the celebratory banquet, wanting to give everyone a toast, Xi Wei had only just taken up his wineglass and gotten out of his chair when everything before his eyes suddenly turned black, and he fainted.
The cast and crew were pale with shock. They immediately sent him to the Imperial Central Hospital and notified General Klaire.
Klaire’s face was ashen when he rushed over to the hospital, and his eyes could almost kill. Xi Wei had been in good health since he was young, and he was usually full of vigor. Could he have suddenly fainted because he had gotten some serious illness?
Klaire felt restless as he paced back and forth in the corridor outside the examination room. They had just gotten together. Nothing could happen to Xi Wei. If something happened to Xi Wei, Klaire didn’t know what crazy things he would do…
After his imagination ran wild for a while, the doctor finally came out. Klaire immediately went up to him and asked anxiously, “Doctor, how is he?”
The young doctor smiled and said, “Congratulations, General. The eldest prince is pregnant, and he’s already been expecting for three months.”
Klaire: “…”
After freezing for a moment, Klaire immediately rushed into the examination room, wild with joy.
Xi Wei was still deeply asleep. Klaire looked back at the doctor and asked, “How come he fainted?”
The doctor patiently explained, “His Highness only suddenly fainted because his recent filming had exhausted him too much, and led to him having low blood sugar temporarily. I’ve already given him a careful inspection. Everything’s normal, so there’s no need to worry, General.”
When he heard the doctor say this, Klaire could finally relax. He sat down by the bed and gently stroked Xi Wei’s hair.
—Xi Wei had already been pregnant for three months. That meant that when he visited the cast and crew and passionately slept with him, it caused him to accidentally get pregnant.
On their wedding night, Xi Wei’s heat had arrived ahead of time. After his first time permanently marking him, Klaire took the initiative to offer him contraceptive pills, because Xi Wei didn’t want to have children.
During their heat, omegas had a 99% rate of conception, but when they weren’t in heat, their conception rate was very low.
When he visited Xi Wei and the two of them rolled in the sheets all night, he hadn’t been in heat, so Klaire hadn’t prepared any contraceptives. When an omega wasn’t in heat, the possibility of them getting pregnant was very low. He hadn’t thought that even with such a low probability, he’d still get pregnant. They’d practically won the lottery…
Klaire held Xi Wei’s hand tight. He was in a bit of a complicated mood.
With Xi Wei’s personality, he might not want this child. After he found out about the situation, it could very well be that he wouldn’t be able to accept it, and would abort the child.
This baby had come very unexpectedly. The time and place weren’t right, and Xi Wei definitely hadn’t been prepared. But this was an innocent little life, after all, and it had the blood of both parents running through its veins…
Klaire didn’t want to give up the baby.
This was his and Xi Wei’s flesh and blood. He even felt that, with the low probability of this happening, this was like a favor God had granted them.
In the afternoon, Xi Wei finally woke up. He had fainted so suddenly, so when he woke up, he was still at a bit of a loss. But when he saw Klaire sitting beside his sickbed, holding his hand tightly, he smiled with relief and asked, “Was it because I was too tired that I fainted?”
Klaire stroked his hair lightly and said softly, “Being too tired was only part of the reason. The doctor said that the more important reason was that…you’ve already been pregnant for three months.”
“…” Xi Wei froze. He quickly realized that it was three months ago that Klaire visited him at work, and caused him to accidentally get pregnant.
Xi Wei reached down and touched his stomach. The expression on his face was like he’d eaten something strange. After being at a loss for a long time, he said in a low voice, “Even a man can get pregnant, this really feels…very strange.”
Klaire couldn’t help but laugh. He took Xi Wei’s hand lightly and put their hands together over his stomach. He said lowly, “I know this baby came very suddenly. Do you want to keep it?”
Xi Wei was silent for a moment, then asked, “What do you think?”
“I want this child,” Klaire said honestly. He paused, then added, “But I’ll respect your opinion.”
Xi Wei’s heart moved slightly. He knew that if he said something like “Let’s give up the child,” right now, although Klaire wouldn’t be happy, he’d definitely support his decision. He would never force him to give birth to the child.
—But did he really have to give it up?
After all, this was an innocent little life, and Klaire was really looking forward to its arrival. If he got rid of it, Xi Wei was afraid he wouldn’t be able to sleep easily afterwards. Maybe every time his dreams came at midnight, he’d see that pitiful little baby, asking him in a wronged voice: “Why didn’t you want me, Daddy?”
That’s right, why didn’t he want it?
The two of them were both in good health, they were at a good age for having children, and they had no familial or financial burdens. With their capability, they could absolutely raise this child well.
With a situation like this, if he got rid of this baby, Xi Wei wouldn’t have an easy conscience.
As a man, getting pregnant and giving birth to children still made Xi Wei feel very uncomfortable psychologically, but after he calmed down and thought about it a little, having a little baby by his side in the future and watching it grow up was actually the joy of being a parent.
—Fate had given them the privilege of becoming fathers, so they should treasure it.
After he’d thought it through, Xi Wei said decisively, “Let’s keep him after all.”
Klaire looked at Xi Wei in disbelief, thinking that he’d been hearing things.
Xi Wei smiled and gently took Klaire’s hand, saying, “Since we already have a baby, we shouldn’t snuff out this little life. I’m pretty curious about what our child will grow up to be. Let’s keep it. In any case, pregnancy only takes ten months, and three months have already passed. I just have to bear with it, and the last seven months will pass in the blink of an eye.”
Klaire hadn’t thought that Xi Wei would be this open-minded. He hugged Xi Wei tight in excitement, and said, choked-up, “Okay, we’ll raise the kid together.”
Xi Wei was kind in nature, after all. Even if he wasn’t delighted about being pregnant, he wouldn’t be cruel enough to kill off this little life. Klaire was very thankful for this child’s arrival. This baby was the crystallization of his and Xi Wei’s love.
The news of the eldest prince’s pregnancy soon spread throughout the entire empire. The imperial citizens said, one after the other—
“What if he gives birth to another little beast!”
“It’d better not be an omega, one omega like Xi Wei’s enough for us to take. Another little omega prince would do us in.”
“It’ll be even scarier if it’s an alpha, okay? If an alpha prince with Xi Wei’s off-the-charts combat strength messes around thoughtlessly, all the omegas in the empire will be done for.”
No matter what the people said, Xi Wei wanted this child, and he’d decided on having it.
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3 hours and 14 minutes for 2,186 words, or 8.9 minutes for every 100 words. An increase in rate by 0.9 minutes.
I swear, the worse real life gets, the more heartwarming this story is.
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Chap 88 Extra 2.2
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When he heard the news of Xi Wei’s pregnancy, His Majesty Trand was overjoyed. He called Xi Wei and Klaire back to the palace and rewarded them with a feast, and prepared a truckload of presents for his unborn grandson, with things to eat, wear and use of all kinds. He even thought of a bunch of names to choose from.
Queen Anna went so far as to personally sew clothes for the baby.
Xi Wei was red with embarrassment over this. It was all because he hadn’t been willing to marry for years, and His Majesty and the Queen had expended no small amount of worry over his marriage. Now, not only was he married, but he’d gotten pregnant as well. His parents’ excitement was understandable.
Klaire’s father General Byron, on the other hand, was relatively unperturbed. When he heard that Xi Wei was pregnant, he urged Klaire, “Take good care of Xi Wei, and don’t let him get too tired. If you’re too busy, bring him back home and he can live there.”
Madam Grace immediately echoed him, saying, “That’s right, Klaire, you should have Xi Wei live at our home. Your little brother’s there, and he can keep him entertained. It’ll also be easier for me to make him some good food and supplement his nutrition.”
It just so happened that the movie was finished with filming, and Xi Wei could take the opportunity to rest for a while. Klaire followed his parents’ wishes and brought Xi Wei back home. Madam Grace made good food for Xi Wei every day. Since she looked down on the stuff the robots made for not being tasty enough, she personally entered the kitchen daily. By the time Xi Wei was in the fourth month of his pregnancy, he’d fattened out round as a ball.
Klaire felt that when he’d gained a little weight, Xi Wei was really soft to hug. Xi Wei didn’t care about the problem of his physique either. After he’d gotten pregnant, he always had a big appetite, and he could eat a lot at every meal, not to mention it was easy for him to get hungry. Maybe it was because the little guy in his belly had big demands.
In the fourth month of pregnancy, Xi Wei’s stomach had an obvious bulge. When you touched it, you could clearly feel the little life inside. The little guy was very lively, and he’d occasionally kick Xi Wei with both feet to remind him of his existence.
Fortunately, Xi Wei’s pregnancy symptoms weren’t serious at all. He never had morning sickness, he had a good appetite, and he slept well. After getting pregnant, his face was even a lot rosier than before.
Today, Klaire came back home after finishing work, and found Xi Wei diligently pruning the branches of the trees in the yard. Given a scare, Klaire immediately walked up and brought Xi Wei down, rebuking him in a low voice: “You’re almost about to become a dad, and you’re still climbing up and down. Do you have nothing to do?”
Xi Wei didn’t seem to think that mattered. He waved his hand and said, “Besides my stomach being a bit bigger, there’s not much difference from usual. I’m horribly bored staying in the house all day. What’s there to be afraid of if I come out and do something? I’m not that weak.”
However, as soon as Xi Wei finished speaking, he was proven wrong. His stomach suddenly started to hurt. Xi Wei’s eyebrows drew together slightly, and he couldn’t help but bend over.
Klaire thought the fetus must be moving inside of him. Worried, he immediately brought Xi Wei to the chair beside them and had him sit down, and asked with an anxious face, “What happened? Do you not feel well?”
With a depressed face, Xi Wei pressed down on his stomach, saying, “This little brat’s always kicking me, he’s too disobedient!”
Klaire went blank, and then realized that the baby in his belly had kicked Xi Wei just now.
Curious, Klaire put his head against Xi Wei’s stomach to listen. The child seemed to have noticed his father drawing near, and kicked Xi Wei’s belly in excitement. Klaire couldn’t help but start to smile. He held Xi Wei gently and said, “This child has a lot of energy, he’ll definitely grow up well.”
Xi Wei said helplessly, “Of course, I’m feeding him lavishly every day. I don’t know how fat he’s going to be when he’s born.”
Klaire didn’t say anything more. He pressed close against Xi Wei’s belly and concentrated on listening to the movements inside.
Xi Wei looked at the handsome man burying his head in his stomach, and he couldn’t resist a thread of softness rising up in his heart. The lively, restless baby in his belly was constantly reminding him that Klaire and him were going to become parents, and their home would soon have a new member.
Feeling the distinct activity of the child in his belly, Xi Wei couldn’t help but sigh over the mysteriousness of the Creator. The arrival of this little life filled him with both expectation and joy. When he was truly about to become a father, Xi Wei found that he actually wasn’t that repelled by the idea of men giving birth to children after all.
It was actually a very heartwarming experience, feeling the little life in his belly slowly growing.
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The due date of Xi Wei and Klaire’s first child was in the spring of next year. In the middle of February, Xi Wei was admitted to the Imperial Central Hospital in preparation for delivery.
Xi Wei had loved fighting since he was small, so he had a good constitution, and he didn’t have any severe symptoms during pregnancy. Compared to those frail omegas, the risks of him giving birth weren’t great. In addition to that, the results of his prenatal examination were completely normal, and his child was healthy as well. The doctor thought entering the hospital three days before the due date was fine. He was only admitted half a month early because His Majesty and the Queen were worried over him.
After all, both Xi Wei and Klaire had been born prematurely. What if this child was born prematurely as well?
As it turned out, the Queen guessed right. Early in the morning of the second day after Xi Wei entered the hospital, his stomach started hurting intensely, paining him until his face turned white and his voice trembled.
Klaire, who’d been watching over him at his bedside, was startled awake halfway through the night. When he saw Xi Wei like this, he was so worried he almost went crazy. He held him and comforted him with a few sentences, then immediately called the doctor in.
When the doctor examined him, he turned pale with shock, and hurriedly called for the operating room to get ready to operate.
—He was about to give birth prematurely!
The child seemed impatient to come out into the world, and started coming out a whole half a month early.
When he saw Xi Wei being pushed into the operating room, face pale, Klaire hated that the one suffering couldn’t be himself. If there really was a next life, then he could be the omega, and Xi Wei could be the alpha!
Klaire looked at the closed door of the operating room, burning with anxiety. He was worried something would happen to Xi Wei.
Before long, His Majesty, the Queen, General Byron and Madam Grace all rushed over. It was the middle of the night, but Xi Wei’s premature delivery had alarmed the parents from both sides.
Queen Anna said, worried, “Nothing will happen to Xi Wei, right?”
Madam Grace held her hand gently and said, “Don’t worry too much, my Queen. Xi Wei has a good constitution. If it’s just premature delivery, there shouldn’t be a problem.”
Queen Anna nodded and sat down anxiously in a chair, looking up at the “Operation in Progress” indicator light on the operating room.
Klaire couldn’t sit still at all, and hated that he couldn’t pound on the door. Once he thought of how Xi Wei’s stomach would have to be cut open so they could take out the baby, his heart hurt like it was being twisted, and he even thought that if he’d known earlier, he wouldn’t have wanted the child, and then Xi Wei wouldn’t have to suffer this burden.
After he’d waited restlessly for half an hour, a baby’s cry came from inside the operating room.
“Waah, wah…wuwaa!”
This child’s crying was loud and clear, simply full of energy.
Klaire froze, and immediately rushed forward in excitement. The doctor was just walking out, carrying the baby. Klaire didn’t pay attention to the wailing baby, and went to find his lover first. “What about Xi Wei? How is he?”
The doctor smiled and said, “Congratulations, General. Both of them are safe and sound, and His Highness has already been sent to the VIP ward.”
Klaire sighed in relief, and then took the child, turned and went up to His Majesty.
It was a boy. This, they’d known since the prenatal examination. For the secondary gender of alpha or omega, however, they had to wait until after the birth to perform a genetic evaluation. When His Majesty came to the hospital, he brought an evaluation expert with him. Everyone gathered around the crying child and busied themselves for a while, and soon obtained the evaluation results.
“He’s an alpha prince.” The old professor with grizzled hair smiled and said.
His Majesty Trand happily took the child, and looked him over with Queen Anna, Madam Grace and the rest.
Once he’d been taken up in a hug by everyone, the child finally stopped crying. He opened up his large eyes and looked around curiously. The child’s golden hair had obviously been inherited from his father Klaire, while his pair of big eyes were jet-black and bright, and clearly came from Xi Wei’s genes. These distinctive traits really combined Xi Wei and Klaire’s strong points. One could only imagine how many omegas would swoon over this little guy after he grew up.
“We haven’t come up with an official name for the child yet.” His Majesty Trand took the child’s little hand, smiled and said, “I came up with lots of choices, but you guys should decide by yourselves.” As he spoke, he transferred the child to Klaire’s arms, saying, “You should hurry and take the child to see Xi Wei.”
“Alright, Father.”
Klaire took the child to Xi Wei’s VIP ward. Having just given birth to a baby, Xi Wei’s face seemed a little pale. It made Klaire’s heart hurt over him.
When he came to Xi Wei’s bedside, Klaire leaned down and gently kissed Xi Wei’s forehead, saying softly, “It’s been hard on you.”
“It’s nothing, I couldn’t feel much under the anesthetic.” Xi Wei smiled, reached out and took the child. “In the operating room, I heard this little fellow crying pretty fiercely. He’s not crying now, huh?”
As he said this, he took up the child. The little kid laid in his dad’s arms and curiously opened his eyes wide, looking at him. After he’d looked for a while, he reached out his little hand and caught hold of Xi Wei’s finger.
Xi Wei thought it was so cute that he lightly held his son’s little hand and smiled while kissing him.
Klaire stood next to him, looking at this scene, and was immediately moved to the extreme. The one he loved the most was holding their baby in his arms. This scene was so heartwarming. No matter how much turmoil the outside world was in, as long as the three of them were together, this would be the happiest, most peaceful place to be.
Xi Wei held his child and rocked him for a bit. He saw Klaire gazing fondly at him, his expression a little blank. He didn’t know what he was thinking of. Xi Wei couldn’t help but pull on Klaire’s hand and say, “You’re already a father. Don’t just stand there lost in thought, think of a name for your son.”
Klaire returned to himself, smiled and said, “Father’s already thought of a lot of names, and asked us to choose from among them. Take a look, which one do you like?”
Xi Wei took the computer Klaire gave him. He looked carefully through them and pointed to one of them: “Let’s call him Dylan, what do you think?”
Klaire mouthed it and said, “Pretty good, let’s call him that.”
The little fellow in his arms waved his hands happily, babbling nonstop. Xi Wei flicked him gently on the forehead and said, “You’ll be called Dylan from now on. You have to listen to what I say after you grow up, or I’ll beat you up.”
Little Dylan couldn’t understand what his dad was saying yet, but he was scared by Xi Wei’s fierce expression, and started crying.
Klaire couldn’t resist laughing, and took his son into his arms to protect him. “How old is he? Don’t be fierce to him.”
Xi Wei said, “When he was in my belly, he didn’t stop tormenting me. If I don’t discipline him well, who knows what he’ll grow up to be like.”
He was an alpha prince. Xi Wei was a little worried. What should he do if he couldn’t manage him properly? He wouldn’t even be able to get a wife in the future, it really made him worry.
***
The anti-Asian attacks have been haunting me lately, and the pictures of little children with their faces slashed. I felt I should say something as a Chinese-American. As someone who had severe childhood asthma and has weak lungs, my mother won’t let me go to the grocery store. Then I worry about her, because her manners aren’t the best when she’s stressed, and what if someone takes out their anger on her? I hope everyone can just be kinder to Asian people in general, since we’re also in danger of dying. In any case, from this book, you know we also have kind souls 😊
2 hours and 54 minutes for 2,278 words, or 7.6 minutes for every 100 words. A decrease in rate by 1.3 minutes.
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