When the second child came out, Jiang Ruolan felt empty. There were tears in her eyes, but she could no longer open them. She could only hear cries of joy, "Wow! A pair of Dragon and Phoenix! Miss Jiang, you must be lucky!"
Jiang Ruolan wanted to smile, but she didn't have the strength to do so. She tried her best to grab something, but she was still powerless. Her fingers slowly slackened, and when she felt the ring in her hand about to fall, she frowned and tried to move her fingers, to grab it,
Then out of sudden, she felt her cold hand being touched by someone, and the hand holding her hand was so warm, so warm that it made her feel quite familiar.
Jiang Ruolan wanted to open her eyes, but the pain in her stomach and the weakness in her body had made her sink into darkness.
"The placenta is stuck! Faster!"
Jiang Ruolan frowned in distress. She opened her mouth in an attempt to speak, but she could not speak or open her eyes. Her fingers moved instinctively in the hand holding hers. The hand suddenly tightened around hers.
"She's bleeding!"
Her ears heard the words of the doctors and her tightly closed eyes gradually filled with tears. The hand that was holding hers tightened.
Zihao.
It was Xian Zihao's temperature.
Jiang Ruolan was still trying her best to open her eyes and she felt the doctors and nurses move her body. She was in pain, an indescribable pain. Was she really going to die? Postpartum hemorrhage was said to be the cause of the highest maternal mortality rate.
She finally opened her mouth. "My children…"
"Ruolan, hold on!"
Vaguely, she heard a voice in her ear, gentle and encouraging.
The hand held her tightly and whispered in her ear, "Hold on, you have to hold on. You are the strong Jiang Ruolan, you will survive! You can!"
Jiang Ruolan frowned and tried to open her mouth again, but she could no longer speak. Only darkness attacked her ultimately.
"Dr. Mao, the mother is in shock!"
"Save her! Saving her is more important!"
***
Jiang Ruolan did not know how long she slept, but as soon as she opened her eyes, the ward's bright light made her unable to open her eyes completely. As she got used to the brightness, a voice suddenly rang in her ear.
"Ruolan? You're awake?"
Jiang Ruolan turned around abruptly. Seeing it was Jiang Yijun, she was stunned for a moment and then instinctively touched her belly. Then, she looked at the sides of the bed nervously. She didn't see her children and immediately sat up in panic.
Seeing her actions, Jiang Yijun quickly laid his hands on her, "Don't worry, the two babies are very healthy, but you almost lost your life after losing a lot of blood. You can barely survive. You were sleeping for almost four days before you woke up. The children are in the hospital nursery, they will deliver to you tomorrow."
Upon hearing his words, Jiang Ruolan sighed with relief. "I thought I was going to die."
"Don't say words like that. You clearly know that you're going to face a situation like that, yet you're still risking your life to give birth to your children. Do you know how anxious we were at the time? I'm just afraid something will happen to you!" Jiang Yijun got up and poured a glass of water for her. "Here, drink some water first. I'll go call a doctor."
Jiang Ruolan looked at him calmly without saying a word. She propped herself up slowly. If it wasn't for losing a lot of blood, she would have been able to walk freely now. She slowly leaned back against the headboard.
She turned around to look out the window. Suddenly, she remembered something. Jiang Ruolan lowered her head and looked at the ring finger on her left hand.
Her ring…
Where did it go? Wasn't it with her when she was in the delivery room?
Jiang Ruolan slowly touched the ring mark on her ring finger.
When Jiang Yijun and the doctor came in, she looked up and looked at him. "Yijun, when I was in the delivery room that day, did anyone special come in?"
Although her memory at that time was blurred, she remembered the voice very clearly. That's Xian Zihao's voice!
Jiang Yijun was a little surprised, "Who? I don't see anyone else come in except doctors and nurses."
"Really?"
"Why would I lie to you?"
Jiang Ruolan may not know anyone else, but she knows Jiang Yijun very well. If he hid something from her, he wouldn't dare look at her in the eyes.
He looked her in the eyes and said seriously, "At the time, your condition was too serious. Only a few doctors came and went in a hurry, and someone came out asking us to sign the form. They wanted to give you a cesarean section. Jia … Mom and I remember that before you came in, you repeatedly told us that the children must be delivered safely no matter what happened. We did sign it because of your previous request, and then we didn't even leave a single step until you escaped danger. Oh, by the way, the two children were healthy and fit, both weighing 4.8 kilograms!"
Hearing Jiang Yijun's words, even though Jiang Ruolan knew that he wasn't lying to her, she still felt confused.
Could it be that she thought that she was dying, her soul was drifting around in her body?
Was it just an illusion?
Or … Was it a vague dream?
Her hand touched the ring marks on her ring finger, and when the doctor came to examine her, she lay down obediently.
In the afternoon, Jiang Ruolan asked Jiang Yijun to help her take a look at the nursery. She stood in front of the nursery's window and looked at the babies one by one. The nurse pointed the two little ones in one of the boxes and said, "Miss Jiang, these two babies are your children. They are a boy and a girl."
Jiang Ruolan looked at the two little things and smiled contentedly. "Whether it's a boy or a girl, I don't mind as long as they're healthy. After all, I, as their mother, usually don't do things well."
"Miss Jiang, you're too serious. These two babies are very healthy. Although they are twins and younger than the other children, they each weigh 4.8 pounds. They are already very big."
Hearing the nurse's words, Jiang Ruolan smiled and nodded.
Since her body needed more rest, the nurse could only give the children to her tomorrow. When Jiang Ruolan returned to the ward, she saw Jia Zhenzhen sitting next to the bed.
"Auntie Jia, your legs are still not strong. What are you doing here?"
"Child, you're in the hospital, how could I not come? Yijun and I took turns taking care of you these few days. Fortunately, you survived it. Otherwise, after the two children were born, they would have lost their mothers. How pitiful would that be?" Jia Zhenzhen sighed softly.
Jiang Ruolan curled her lips. "Don't worry. I've lost my mother since I was four years old. I know this feeling. As long as I still have hope, I won't give up."
Jia Zhenzhen's face stiffened before sighing, "Lan..Your mother, she … At that time, she was unwilling to leave you like that and she also wanted to accompany you. She was just in such a state. Taking you with her only would result in your death. There's nothing she can do at that time. No matter what she did in order trying to survive, she still failed."
"Auntie Jia, are you joking? My mother was forced to committed suicide. How can she leave me on purpose?" Jiang Ruolan smiled and sat on the bed. She lowered her head to look at her bare ring finger but didn't say anything.
The next day, the two babies were carried in by Jiang Yijun and the nurse. This was Jiang Ruolan's first time carrying such small children and it was also her own babies.
When the two soft things were handed into her arms, she looked down at them for a moment. Her tense arms became stiffened, She didn't know how to carry them, and she didn't know how to avoid injuring the babies.
In the end, one of the little things suddenly started crying. Jiang Ruolan looked at the nurse helplessly, then looked at Jia Zhenzhen, who was grinning from ear to ear. "Why did he cry? Is there something wrong with him?"
"Silly girl, this is really your first time being a mother. You can't tell he's hungry? He's waiting for you to feed him." Jia Zhenzhen laughed at her.
"Don't worry, Miss Jiang, since this is the first time you become a mother, we understand why you behaved like this. You've been recuperating for a few days and your body is still weak. If you need help, call us. Also, your aunt is an experienced person, so you can ask her too if you don't understand anything. Don't worry, you're holding your babies correctly."
Jiang Ruolan lowered her head to look at the brother before she looked at the sister. She grinned. "You brother cries so loudly when he's hungry. His lung capacity is really good."
Seeing that Jiang Ruolan wanted to feed the children, Jiang Yijun turned around and walked out with the nurse. Jia Zhenzhen taught her on the side, on how to hold the children while she (Jiang Ruolan) fed them.
Jiang Ruolan gave each of the two babies a pleasant name.
Her son's name was Xian Chiahao, and her daughter's name was Xian An Na.
