Chapter 283: 276: Truly a Younger Brother

Now he has another child. Yet, the same excitement and gratitude remain. He hopes for the safety of the mother and the baby, he prays for their well-being.

Suddenly, he paused, it seemed like the cry of a baby came from within.

The door of the operating room opened and a doctor walked out holding a bundle in his arms.

“He’s born,” the doctor said with a smile, “The process went smoothly, the mother and baby are safe. It’s a boy, and he is remarkably sturdy.”

The doctor had not seen such a chubby baby in a long time. As soon as the baby was born, his eyes were wide open, he looked adorable.

“Thank you,” Tang Zhinian quickly grabbed the small bundle. He knew how to hold a baby because he had raised Tang Yuxin. However, because of his excitement, he was clumsy and somewhat hesitant.

“It’s alright, you’ll get used to it. All first-time dads are like this.”

Before the doctor could finish, someone started calling out “Dad.”

Turning around, Tang Zhinian saw Tang Yuxin approaching. She seemed to have perfectly timed her arrival with Ren Li’s delivery. In reality, she wasn’t great at calculating these things. She had noticed Ren Li’s pulse fluctuate, indicating she was about to go into labor, earlier than she had anticipated, when she had arrived, the baby was already born.

“Dad…” Tang Yuxin called out again, and the doctor couldn’t help but size her up. The girl was young, but she had sparkling eyes and teeth, fair skin, and a faint, fragrant smell that approached as she moved.

From hearing the word “Dad”, the doctor realized his initial assumption that Tang Zhinian was a first-time father was incorrect. He already had a daughter this old.

Tang Zhinian cracked a smile and held his son tightly, as if cradling a ticking time bomb.

Tang Yuxin came over and carefully held the baby from Tang Zhinian’s arms.

“Dad, you go see my sister, I will take care of the little one.”

Only then did Tang Zhinian fold his rigid hand back, and quickly went to check on his wife, leaving his child in his daughter’s care, he trusted her.

Tang Yuxin carefully held her baby brother and quickly took him to the ward to keep him from getting cold.

So, her baby brother was finally born. From now on, she would have a younger brother, a little, dearly loved, brother.

Ren Li was exhausted and asleep. But overall, she was fine. She had eaten well during her pregnancy and the delivery went smoothly. It took only about half an hour for the baby to come out.

The baby who was born was fair and delicate, very likeable.

The little one weighed about seven or eight catties, his eyes were open right from the start, moving around lively. As the baby was still small, it was difficult to tell whom he resembled more. However, it appeared that he resembled his mother slightly more. Indeed, resembling his mother was better.

He would certainly grow into a handsome one in the future.

When Ren Li woke up, she saw Tang Zhinian sitting next to her, holding her hand as if afraid she would disappear.

At her side there lay a small bundle with a sleeping baby inside.

This was her baby, and at that moment, unable to control her emotions, her tears started to flow freely.

“Li, you’re awake,” the moment Tang Zhinian opened his eyes, he noticed Ren Li was awake and looking at their newborn son.

“This is our son, he weighs seven pounds. The doctor said he will grow up strong and he looks like you.”

Tang Zhinian said with a smile, reaching out to gently touch his son’s face, “But, I think he looks like Yuxin when she was little. Yuxin resembles my mother, and this baby seems the same.”

“As long as he looks like Yuxin, that’s good. If he resembles me, that’s also fine,” Ren Li’s voice was hoarse with emotion, but one could hear her excitement.

“It’s good as long as he doesn’t resemble you,” she secretly wiped away her tears and looked at Tang Zhinian’s honest face. If he comes to resemble you, my son would be ruined. Won’t he be terribly ugly in the future?

Tang Zhinian could only laugh in response. Having a child at middle age was something many people envied him for, especially in an era when family planning is taken seriously.

Tang Yuxin had to revise her homework, so she didn’t stay at the hospital for long. With Tang Zhinian, Zhang Xiangcao, Aunt Lin and Aunt Chen in the hospital, Tang Yuxin wouldn’t be of much help. Though she had lived for 33 years in her past life, she never had a child of her own and didn’t know how to care for babies. In this respect, she was inferior. So, she let the others take the lead. Anyway, her brother was still her brother, that wouldn’t change.

Throughout that year’s summer vacation, they all stayed home. They were about to enter their senior year of high school, which was the toughest of all. So, there wasn’t really a summer vacation that year. Even when Tang Yuxin wanted to visit her baby brother and observe his growth, Tang Zhinian didn’t allow her to go back. She was about to go to college and couldn’t afford distractions.

Tang Yuxin was quite frustrated. Couldn’t she just want to see her little brother more often?

No matter whether she went home to see her brother or not,

The Tang family’s young boy was growing strong. He had been healthy since birth, a sturdy child. Plus, Ren Li’s breast milk was exceptional, filling the little one’s stomach every day. There was always more than he could finish, which was why he had grown so strong.

Tang Zhinian named his son Tang Xincheng, nicknaming him Chengcheng.

Ren Li loved the name and held her baby every day, calling out “Little Chengcheng.” He was well-behaved and easy to take care of. He was healthy, didn’t fall sick often, and there was always enough milk for him. He would eat, sleep, and quietly grow bigger.

Ren Li always thought that Chengcheng was growing so splendidly because of the small bottle of medicine Tang Yuxin gave her. Despite the small bottle, each pill inside was even smaller, so there were several hundred of them in total. And by the time she was about to give birth, there were still some left.

Regardless, she was very grateful to Tang Yuxin. If not for her, she wouldn’t be alive, she wouldn’t have such a good life today. Each time she held Chengcheng, she thought that her life had been worth the struggle. She had fulfilled her purpose in life.

Time passed and summer vacation ended, two months later the terrifying senior year of high school began.

Class One had been split into the arts and science streams, originally intended to merge with Class Five, as the overall level of Class One was close to that of Class Five.

It was somewhat amusing, one was the top class in the whole school, while the other was known for its poor performance, but they were going to merge. The progress in Class Five wasn’t significant, because their scores were largely fixed.

Class One was different. Their study patterns were very flexible. Apart from the top few students, the rest were continually competing for better rankings, no one wanted to let anyone else get ahead.