Free Web NovelChapter 655: Chapter 653: Born with a Golden Key
There were ten female obstetricians in the delivery room, along with Mrs. Gu and Su Mama. Su Shuochi was the only man present.
Xia Qiuming had been summoned to the Su family home by a call from Su Shuochi, but Su Shuochi wouldn’t let him into the delivery room.
Having Xia Qiuming wait outside was a precaution. Su Shuochi was simply too worried about Gu Jiaojiao’s health.
Over fifty people were gathered in the Su family’s living room: three generations of the Gu Family, Mr. Su, Mr. Sheng, Mrs. Sheng, Sheng Shiwu, as well as several old masters and their grandchildren.
Because Gu Jiaojiao had drunk the spiritual spring water, she wasn’t in as much pain as a typical pregnant woman, but it was impossible for her to feel nothing at all.
She gritted her teeth, enduring wave after wave of contractions. Just as she was about to say something to comfort Su Shuochi, a sudden, sharp pain hit her.
"WAAH..."
Their first child was born, and Gu Jiaojiao felt her strength drain away.
Geng Susu deftly wrapped up the baby. She had delivered many babies before, but she had never seen one so beautiful.
His little face was so soft and pink!
Unlike most newborns, whose skin is red and wrinkled.
But her nephew was fresh and delicate.
As she was swaddling him, he actually opened his eyes and gazed at her, and Geng Susu’s heart melted from the cuteness.
She had originally planned to wait another two years before having a child, but now she wished she could go home and make a baby with Eldest Brother Gu tonight.
Geng Susu’s mind was racing, but her hands were nimble. She quickly finished caring for the infant and passed him to Su’s mother.
Upon receiving her grandson, Su’s mother stared at his little face without blinking, as if gazing at an exquisite work of art.
"My dear in-law, come look at our good grandson! He’s so full of life, so precious. I could look at him forever."
Mrs. Gu glanced worriedly at her daughter, who was being fed ginseng soup by her son-in-law.
Her face wreathed in smiles, she said, "My dear in-law, let’s take the baby out to the living room for everyone to see."
Su’s mother glanced at her own son. "Chi, don’t you want to see your son first?"
"No time. You take him out for my dad and the others to see," Su Shuochi said, busy feeding his wife ginseng soup—a soup that had been mixed with spiritual spring water beforehand.
After finishing the bowl, Gu Jiaojiao was full of energy again. Ten minutes later, another boy was born.
When Su Shuochi saw that the second one was also a boy, he thought, ’Don’t tell me all three are going to be boys!’
’Good thing these two boys have been well-behaved and haven’t given my wife too much trouble. I’ll spare their bottoms for now.’
Who would have thought the third one would make them wait a full hour before slowly making its appearance.
Su Shuochi had been planning to spank this one for making his wife suffer for so long.
Besides, its cry was a little weaker than its two older brothers’. Su Shuochi decided he would wait until the baby was older to deliver the punishment.
While his mind was drifting, he heard a doctor exclaim, "It’s a girl! It’s a girl! Two sons and a daughter, how wonderful!"
"What? A daughter? My daughter is here!" Su Shuochi cried tears of joy.
Seeing that Gu Jiaojiao had finally passed out from exhaustion, Su Shuochi had no time to be happy.
He hurriedly called for a doctor to help his wife. The doctor said she was just sleeping from exhaustion, but Su Shuochi was still worried and fed her a mouthful of spiritual spring water.
Back in the living room, Mr. Gu still hadn’t managed to get a hold of his grandsons. The two boys were constantly surrounded by the old masters.
Grandma Si was holding the eldest, circled by Old Sir Si, Mr. Geng, and Mr. Mu.
The second son was being held by Grandpa Gu, who had gotten quite good at holding his great-grandchildren recently. Crowded around him were Old Sir Han, Elder Xiao, and others.
So, Mr. Gu and Mr. Sheng could only stand on the outskirts of the group of elders, craning their necks on tiptoe to get a look.
When he saw a doctor bring out the third baby, he asked, dumbfounded, "Just how many is she having?"
"My heavens, it’s a baby girl! She looks exactly like Jiaojiao did as a child," Mr. Sheng exclaimed in surprise.
He didn’t know how to hold a baby, so when he saw his wife holding the little infant, he just wrapped his arms around both of them to keep anyone else from snatching her away.
Mr. Gu followed Mr. Sheng’s voice with his gaze. The baby girl’s ears were a translucent, rosy white. The rims were distinct, and the outer and inner curves were perfectly proportioned, like a sculpted work of art.
Xiao Rui and a few other young men peeked from behind their grandfathers, wanting to jump up for a better view. "Grandpa, let me touch my little uncle!"
Mr. Xiao shot them a glare. "You want to touch him? Go have your own! I’m not letting any of you touch my precious grandnephew."
"Tch... So stingy..." Han Jingyi muttered under his breath.
Seeing that his wife was truly asleep, Su Shuochi finally felt at ease enough to come out and hold his daughter.
He had started practicing how to hold a baby with a pillow three months ago, and now he looked quite skilled and natural.
A junior from the Han family couldn’t help but ask, "Seeing how practiced you are, Grand-uncle, is this your first time?"
Su Shuochi gave her a look that said ’Are you an idiot?’ "Don’t you know my wife is only twenty-one this year?"
"..."
"Our Grand-aunt is having her first child. What do you do all day, eat and sleep?"
"..."
Several of their peers joined in to tease the junior.
By nightfall, neither Eldest Brother Gu nor Eldest Brother Sheng had managed to even touch one of the babies.
Neither of them were fathers yet, and they just wanted to have a closer look, but the old masters wouldn’t let them.
During the month of Gu Jiaojiao’s postpartum confinement, the Su family home was lively every day. The old masters would visit her every other day.
She didn’t follow the traditional practice of not washing her hair or bathing for a month. The babies were born on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month.
Who could stand not bathing in the middle of summer? Su Shuochi would use the hot spring in his pocket dimension to help her wash her hair and bathe.
Having drunk the spiritual spring water, she had an abundant supply of milk, more than enough for the three children. Besides, they were also supplemented with spiritual spring water.
The three siblings had certainly been born lucky. They were born with golden spoons in their mouths, getting to drink the all-powerful spiritual spring water from birth.
How could they not grow up to be as beautiful as carved jade?
How could they not be smarter than ordinary children?
The eldest was named Su Wenjing, with the nickname Wenwen. The second was Su Wenxuan, nicknamed Xuanxuan. The little princess was named Su Shu, nicknamed Susu.
The two older brothers looked just like miniature versions of Su Shuochi, with eyes as clear as a spring and features as exquisitely carved as a sculpture.
On the day of their one-month celebration, the three children could all pull the corners of their mouths into a smile. Although it wasn’t obvious, you could still see them grinning.
Everyone who came to the one-month banquet had a chance to touch the babies’ faces, and they were all in high spirits.
They could truly feel those little faces, as smooth as tofu and so soft and pink. The more they looked, the more they adored them.
Little Wenwen and his siblings received so many red envelopes their little hands went limp, and their little mouths were stiff from constant smiling.
The three siblings had a high generational standing; Han Jingyi, Xiao Rui, and the others had to call the boys "uncle" and the girl "aunt."
Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, five years had passed, and the three little ones had already begun their studies.
Little Wenwen and Little Xuanxuan weren’t naughty at all. They were kept in line by Su Shuochi and knew from a young age to protect their mother and younger sister.
Little Susu was the darling of the family, spoiled by her father and brothers to the point where she was just shy of tearing the roof off the house.
Gu Jiaojiao was the only one in the entire family who could control her. Out of necessity, Gu Jiaojiao had even mastered the "Lion’s Roar." "Susu, what disaster have you caused today?"
