CHAPTER 128: CHAPTER 45 TWINS_2

But don’t be fooled by Ke Lian’s appearance, which seems no different from before the injury; internally, there are still many injuries that haven’t healed. The rehabilitation he has to go through is not even a bit less, and in fact, the amount of rehab required is unknowably many times more than Mo Feng’s.

Even though there’s a lot of rehabilitation, Ke Lian doesn’t look unhappy at all. In fact, because Du Xixi accompanies him to the rehabilitation room every day, Ke Lian’s mood has been improving, forcing Mo Feng to the point of being unable to bear it, greatly advancing his recovery progress, directly regaining seventy to eighty percent of his former abilities.

The rest, Mo Feng can recover by taking care of himself. In other words, he doesn’t need to spend every day in the rehabilitation room, enduring lovey-dovey moments, while doing rehab.

With Du Xixi’s company, Ke Lian’s recovery progress was quick too. In the fourth month of Ke Lian’s hospitalization, which was the sixth month of Du Xixi’s pregnancy, Ke Lian was completely recovered and went through the discharge procedures.

Just before leaving the military hospital, Du Xixi, accompanied by Ke Lian, took the opportunity to have a prenatal check-up to avoid the trouble of traveling back and forth between the Ke Family and the military hospital again.

Since Du Xixi became pregnant, she has almost had a prenatal check-up every month, with military doctors frequently checking Du Xixi’s health, ensuring the well-being of both her and the baby.

However, the prenatal check-ups in the Star Era and on Blue Star are somewhat different. Before six months of pregnancy, Blue Star does B-scan ultrasound-like tests that the Star Era wouldn’t usually do for pregnant women.

The reason isn’t anything else, just for the protection of both the mother and the baby.

The technological advancement level of the Star Era is no longer comparable to Blue Star. Although, medically, many advanced devices help detect lesions and assist in their removal, the radiation they contain is undoubtedly fatal to vulnerable mothers and babies.

Only at six months, when the health of pregnant women and babies has stabilized, though there is still some radiation hazard, it can be negligible with a series of protections.

Du Xixi’s six-month pregnant belly seems much larger than those of other women at the same pregnancy stage, or rather, since she started showing, Du Xixi’s belly has been much larger.

Because they knew from the military doctor that the baby was healthy, with no abnormalities, Du Xixi and Ke Lian guessed that Du Xixi might be carrying not only one baby but very likely twins.

If not, how could one explain Du Xixi’s exceptionally large belly?

With this speculation, both Du Xixi and Ke Lian were looking forward to this prenatal check-up, heading downstairs early in anticipation to the director’s office. The director had also been waiting early, seeing the couple walking over with evident love for each other, he smiled and said, "Madam and Sir have become more and more in love."

Du Xixi wore a loose, light gray long dress, her big pregnancy bump barely concealed by such wide dress fabric. However, with the pregnancy months advancing, Du Xixi’s previously slim, small face now carried a slight chubbiness, with her smile forming curved eyebrows, very endearing.

Ke Lian also wore casual clothes of the same color, with slightly long hair loosely falling, covering part of his eyebrows and softening the cold sharpness in his eyes, adding a touch of gentleness to his demeanor.

Ke Lian held Du Xixi’s waist, carefully guarding her moderately large pregnancy bump, while Du Xixi leaned dependently against Ke Lian’s chest, feeling his thoughtfulness and protection.

The couple nestling together unquestionably presented a sign of deep affection.

In recent months, Du Xixi had been accompanied by 2569 and Miao Miao for her check-ups, and it had been four months since Ke Lian last accompanied her.

Back then, Du Xixi and Ke Lian had a good relationship, but it wasn’t as naturally sweet as it was now. The director thought of what was said on the Star Network, that Ke Lian and Du Xixi initially married because of an engagement, and understood a thing or two.

But the director didn’t ponder further, nor did he say much, leading the couple to the inner room to start today’s check-up: "This is the three-dimensional sympathy simulator, specially used for observing the baby."

Du Xixi lay on a small bed, with rings spinning around her, emitting a light blue glow, followed by a 3D projection appearing in the three people’s view.

Du Xixi, assisted by Ke Lian, got off the small bed and came before the 3D projection, momentarily rendered speechless, unsure even of how to react.