No Time

Whew, I successfully fooled Xiao Lai into becoming a nursery caretaker.

Being my entertainment industry senior, Di Li Feng's boyfriend, Principal Ying Xuan also collaborated me into making this happen.

Xiao Lai was wrongfully looking back at me. He was soon dragged away by Principal Ying to the nursery sections. Good luck. ^=^

After he's fully trained there, he can babysit for me! What a great plan, if I say so myself.

Left Xiao Lai behind, now I can go check up on Di Li Feng!

We are both stars and both have a male partner, so we had lots in common.

I used to call him Feng Ge, but he told me not to do that when we were near people since that could cause rumors to how he was giving me special treatment as a top star's little brother.

Ding dong~

"I'm coming!" yelled a voice from the other side of the door.

"Oh, hey, come in, come in. I was starting to get bored."

Coming in, I noticed the other band members sitting on the couch and playing video games.

Su Fang, Lai Fei, Fu Wen, Meng Duo were all wearing special goggles and were running around the large open living room.

"Feng Ge, I bought some apples and pears. How're you doing?"

"I'm doing good. I'll cut some pears, hand them over."

Feng Ge took the bag of fruits and went over to the sink to wash and cut them into neat pieces. Truly, I think his talent to be a househusband was higher than his singing profession.

"So, what's going on with the band?" I asked, motioning towards the fully grown adults that were hollering and jumping around.

"Well, none of them have jobs. We're really free~ I mean practically all the stars, actors, etc are jobless unless they have some other talent. A lot of people are still just roaming around unless they're assigned a job. TV directors and producers just started getting props ready after your brother allowed them to film shows."

"Huh, so they're freeters?"

"Basically. We sometimes sing, but after the apocalypse, everyone came together and you see famous people all over the streets. We aren't idols anymore, just good looking people that have been forgotten..."

"Pft. My brother's working on a job station where people can get recruited and such. The base's economy is fine but it will collapse if people don't make an effort after all."

"Your brother is such a blessing. He's a real angel."

I bit into a piece of pear.

"Mmhm, he's practically a savior to the world. But some people have been calling him out because he left a lot of people behind. I mean, he was going to keep the base exclusive but let others enter because they were friends and family of people of the members that were already on the base. I mean, he's really generous already. Why are they dissatisfied?"

"Hm, well, I guess being pregnant makes you more emotional. Or is it because you fell in love? On your wedding day, your brother spilled everything to me because he was sad and happy that you were going away into a new home. He told me that your personality was really scary."

"Scary? Me?"

"Yeah, you. Well, he didn't exactly say that, but I could kind of tell because you didn't really feel remorse or anything to others and thought of them as mere things, not human beings. Your brother said that you didn't make friends because he told you to watch out and that you were popular but acted that way to hide. He was crying that now you knew your true feelings and that you were leaving. ...Your brother's too cute. And I thought he was an antisocial kid."

"He's very adorable, but he's too mature, so it's rare when he acts like that. Hm, his mental age is somewhere near 47, so it makes sense."

"Oh, I also have something interesting to share with you!" Feng Ge's eyes lit up and sparkles seemed to show up in them.

"What is it that got you so excited?" I laughed.

"They're doing variety shows and I'm going to be the host of one of the more interesting ones! I've never hosted a show before, but it seemed fun, so I asked around and got the job!"

"Great, what kind of show is it?" I asked in curiosity.

"It's a show for single men and women to try to seduce a given target that is also single. There are trials for them to go to and the winner of those trials won't be the official winner if they're not chosen by the target."

"...That's one special show."

"I know right? I thought the concept was weird but strangely refreshing. It might be better if the whole concept wasn't based on seducing somebody but rather just winning unique games and getting a grand prize, but the director said there was already a show being filmed doing exactly that."

"Well, good luck. I think the show could turn out well. If you ever need help, you know my number."

"Don't say that, why should I go around bothering someone's who's pregnant? You should be resting."

"Oh yeah, I'm giving birth in a few days apparently."

"Oh, that's GREAT! WHAT?!"

The four fully grown men who were playing games turned around as they freaked out from Feng Ge's exclamation.

"What's wrong?"

"What's the fuss?"

"Shui Jing's having his kid in a few days!"

"So?" I doubt that they knew a thing about pregnancy...

"He's having the baby in 5 months, not 9 months! This is way quicker than expected!"

"Oh. Congratulations!" Meng Duo, being clueless spoke up.

"No you dummy, this doesn't give him enough time to prepare for anything!" Feng Ge screamed.

The situation was getting out of hand, so I quickly placated the fuming frustrated man.

"Feng Ge, I'm alright. Besides, it's good that the child is coming quicker than normal, I'll get to see it sooner. And since it kicks a lot, I have no doubts that it's a healthy child."

"Ugh, you're too relaxed about this. Who knows when you'll have the kid? Like, it could be right now! Also-"

Feng Ge kept on rolling on and on but I couldn't hear him.

My stomach hurt really bad.

Feng Ge, you jinx.

"Huh? Shui Jing!" a faint voice could be heard.

"I'll call Chief! Someone contact Shui Jing's husband!"

Ow. I really haven't felt pain in such a long time.

It felt really weird.

I heard a crash and many footsteps.

I couldn't focus on the voices and only noticed after some time that I was being carried on a stretcher.

Then, I was settled down into a room where nothing could be heard except for murmurs and beeps.

Suddenly, a loud noise clapped down and Xiao Yu appeared in front of my face.

"Ge, quickly choose one. Surgery or natural birth?"

I couldn't help but laugh.

In this chaotic situation, I was a little dizzy but could perceive things.

Xiao Yu really was calm in all kinds of situations.

"Natural birth."

"Ok."

After I got out of my dizzy spell, I was transported into another room.

-----

It's been about 3 days.

I can still remember how frantic Lu Han's face looked as he came in just before my labour and held my hand for a brief while.

I think he was crying too, and he even cried afterward.

Xiao Yu personally watched over the process when I gave birth and he was the one who cut the cord and everything.

Giving birth was pretty smooth but long. I gave a couple of pushes and out came the baby after about 4 hours. Doctors told me that usually, first-time mothers gave birth after about 8 hours and the longest was 18 hours. I shivered at the hellish thought. Mothers are very strong creatures...

The epidural was a lot of help.

Xiao Yu, being the most advanced water ability user in the base, helped me heal up internally and externally. Thankfully he was there, or else I couldn't imagine how my torn ass would've held out.

I was thankful that after giving birth, Lu Han came to me first and hugged me. He cried and I couldn't hear what he was saying through his sobbing.

It was nice to see him so concerned but it was kind of funny to see him crying. I've never seen him cry before, so it was a novelty.

The baby was a little girl. My little princess.

Like all newborn babies, she came out all red and wrinkly. She had a tuft of hair that was light brown just like her Dad.

Her fingers were so small and her whole hand could barely grasp my finger.

This small life was something I created. I couldn't help but take pride in that.

She was healthy and beautiful.

Xiao Yu, who was now her uncle, named her Shui Bao, Bao for treasure.

Ah Bao's grandma, Irene, also wanted the chance to name her granddaughter but didn't get a chance, so she gave Ah Bao an English name.

At that time, Irene's group of friends was also in the hospital admiring my baby, and one french lady said, "She's the darling of the heavens! How adorable! My kid looked so ugly when she was born!"

In French, darling of the heavens was pronounced "Chérie des cieux". Irene, therefore, named her Sherry.

On the third day, we were allowed to take Ah Bao from the hospital and bring her home.

The personnel that Lu Han had assigned me were sent away since he found out that they didn't really help out considering that I roamed around and didn't want to be monitored. And instead of having others help out with the baby, he wanted to take care of the baby himself.

We thought that taking care of Ah Bao would be easy since she was such a quiet baby who didn't cry much.

We were so wrong.

Parenthood is difficult damn it.