"You"re pregnant?" Xia Sinian asked in surprise.
They were in the living room, sitting together.
Xia Meilin nodded before she took a photo out of her purse, it was an ultrasound photo. She handed it to her brother, "Here."
Xia Sinian stared at the picture and while he was doing so, Ji Ruo grabbed the photo from him.
"TWINS?!"
Little Melon turned to his mother. "Mello"s going to have two baby sisters?"
Xia Meilin couldn"t help but chuckle, "We still don"t know, sweetheart. They might become your baby brothers or maybe, one baby sister and one baby brother."
"Mello doesn"t want to share toys with baby brothers!" He pouted.
Little Melon was worried about sharing his toys with his siblings if he would have baby brothers since he didn"t want to share it with them. "Can"t they become baby sisters? Girls toys are different from boys."
Lu Yifeng"s lips curled up, "Then you need to start praying that they"ll turn out to be girls."
"It"s not bad to have brothers, even if you have to share your toys with them, at least you can play together with them." Xia Sinian smiled. "You can play a ball game with them and teach them so many things."
"Will they be able to play tag game with Mello?"
"Why yes, when they grow up, they will."
Little Melon rubbed his chin as if he was thinking about it.
Xia Jiamu"s laugh was suddenly heard, "We"re going to have more great-grandchildren! Hahaha!"
Ji Ruo was happy with this news too but she didn"t show it that much like how her husband did. She turned to Lu Yifeng, "You didn"t force her this time, right? Is it out of love? "
Xia Meilin"s face became red, "Grandma! O-Of course it is out of love... T-there"s no way I"m going to allow my husband to do it if I don"t love him."
"Do what, momma?" Little Melon asked as he looked at his mother.
Li Bingbing cleared her throat. "There"s a baby in the room. I don"t think you should be talking about such things."
Little Melon pursed his lips, "Mello"s not a baby!"
"Oh yes you are."
"Mello can walk! Babies crawl!"
"Babies can walk too. I have a big baby with me." Li Bingbing grinned as she hugged Xia Sinian from his side.
Xia Sinian frowned, "Who"s a big baby?"
"Who else could it be?" She kissed his cheek.
"Both of you need to get married and give us a grandchild too," chuckled Xia Jiamu.
Ji Ruo nodded in agreement, "Xia Sinian, you need to start building a family."
Xia Sinian lowered his head. Having his own family was... something that was not for him.
"Actually, Sisi and I are planning to fly to the US by the end of this month," said Li Bingbing out of nowhere.
"Both of you are going to the US?" Xia Meilin"s eyes went wide in surprise.
Xia Sinian took a glace at Li Bingbing before he sighed. He placed his hand on top of Li Bingbing"s hand. He was nervous since he"d be telling the truth to his family.
Li Bingbing held his hand and gave it a squeeze, rea.s.suring him that everything would be okay. "I think I should take Mello to the kitchen." She turned to Little Melon and smiled, "Let"s go grab some food?"
Li Bingbing knew that there was going to be an emotional scene that was why she wanted to take Little Melon out since she didn"t want the small boy to be included in such a serious matter.
"Okay!" Little Melon smiled happily.
For some reason, Xia Meilin started becoming nervous because of the new information she got from Xia Sinian.
When Li Bingbing and Little Melon left the room, Ji Ruo spoke up, "What"s the matter, Sinian?" Just by looking at the expression on Xia Sinian"s face, she knew that something was wrong. His eyes were avoiding their look and he was tapping his hand on his lap.
Xia Sinian took a deep breathe before he faced them and spoke up, "I"m dying."
Everyone except Lu Yifeng was surprised when they heard his words.
"What do you mean?" Xia Jiamu straightened his back, a frown was on his face. "You shouldn"t be kidding around-"
"I have... cancer. Stage two lung cancer that"s why I will be going to the US to get my treatment there."
"Xia Sinian! This is not a funny joke!" Ji Ruo scolded him, refusing to believe what he just said.
Xia Sinian didn"t say anything, instead, he clasped his hands together and lowered his head. Because of Xia Sinian"s silence, everyone was able to tell that he was serious.
"B-brother..."
"This is why I told you so many times that you should stop your smoking!" Ji Ruo"s eyes became watery, she didn"t want to believe what he just said but because of the look that was on Xia Sinian"s face, her heart shook.
Xia Jiamu placed his hand on her shoulder and caress it to calm her down, "He said that he"ll be going to the US to be treated, calm down, Ruo"er."
"Calm down? CALM DOWN?! HE HAS CANCER! HOW CAN I CALM DOWN?! " Ji Ruo bursts out in tears.
Xia Meilin"s eyes became misty, "Brother... Why?"
"I"m sorry, Xiao Mei..."
Xia Meilin shook her head vigorously as tears roll down her cheeks. "This can"t be true. You"re lying, right? Right?"
After her parents died, it was her brother who stayed by her side. He never cried in front of her. He was her source of strength and because of him, she was able to move on from her parents" death. She was really close to her brother, he had always spoiled her with a lot of things. Even if he was a bully sometimes, he was always there for her when she needed him. He was her knight in the s.h.i.+ning armor. When they were both kidnapped during their high school, it was he who protected her. He was her only family left. Her parents were gone and now... Was he going to be taken away from her too? Why does it have to be him?
She stood up and went to him. She held his hands tight. "Sinian-ge... Are you going to leave me too?"
Xia Sinian raised his head and stared at his sister"s wet face, "I won"t, that"s why I"m going to get my treatment abroad." When he saw the look on his sister"s face, he ended up lying. He forced out a smile before he leaned and gave her a hug. "The last thing I want is to make my baby sister cry. You look really ugly when you cry. Grandma too, both of you are so ugly right now."
Ji Ruo"s lips quivered as she watched them, "You rascal..."
Xia Meilin"s tears continued on flowing like a flood. She hugged her brother tight as she sobbed hard. "Don"t leave me... don"t leave me... don"t leave me..." She continued on muttering. Her emotions became so unstable at that moment as she started thinking of the "What ifs".
What if he didn"t come back? What if his treatment didn"t work? What if... his dead body would be the only thing that would come back to her? She didn"t want a dead brother to come back! She wanted him to come back alive!
"Meilin, calm down."
Xia Meilin wasn"t letting go of her brother, she was afraid to let him go. She didn"t want to accept the fact that he was sick.
That treatment could just make him live longer but it cannot cure him. How many years does he will have if the treatment went okay? 3 years? 5 years? Those years aren"t enough! She wanted her brother to live until they grow old together!
Because of such thoughts, she was crying hard. Xia Sinian was trying to calm her down but because of her unstable condition, she fainted in his arms.