Without a second thought, the midwife blurted out words of reproach.
"My lord, this is the delivery room. It's inauspicious for you to come in."
Ji Shisu didn't care about any auspiciousness or inauspiciousness.
He strode forward, leaned over Zhao Luoning's bedside, took her hand, and gently brushed away the black hair on her forehead that was already soaked with sweat.
The delivery room was filled with the smell of blood, but he wasn't afraid anymore.
He could feel her body temperature and sense her gentle gaze on him.
It was so good that she was still here.
"You shouldn't have come in."
Zhao Luoning's voice was weak, but Ji Shisu could still read her lips to understand what she wanted to say.
Ji Shisu gently shook his head, lifted his sleeve, and wiped the sweat off her forehead.
"As long as you're safe, I'm not afraid of anything."
Actually, when the baby refused to come out, Zhao Luoning was very desperate and scolded Ji Shisu in her heart many times.
The baby was their joint responsibility, so why should she be the one to suffer?
But the moment she saw Ji Shisu rushing in, Zhao Luoning realized that he was also suffering.
He was also going through a lot of pain.
Now, Ji Shisu's words "As long as you're safe" were like warm tea in winter, truly warming Zhao Luoning's heart.
All the pain vanished.
However, after giving birth to a pair of twins in a row, Zhao Luoning was very tired.
Knowing that he was by her side, the worry in her heart disappeared.
She knew that even if the sky were to fall, he would hold it up for her.
The tiredness hit her again.
With a contented smile on her face, Zhao Luoning fell into a dreamland under Ji Shisu's gaze.
The midwives were busy again.
They washed the babies and cleaned up the delivery room.
After the babies were cleaned and wrapped up, they each carried one and presented them to Ji Shisu.
"Congratulations, my lord. Your wife has given birth to a pair of sons. Mother and sons are both safe."
Only then did Ji Shisu remember the two babies he had ignored.
His hands were trembling as he took the babies.
Such tiny lives were the ones that Luoning had risked half her life to bring into the world.
Now they were in his arms.
The older one was even spitting bubbles. He was really cute.
His wrinkled appearance made Ji Shisu's heart melt.
The midwife helped Ji Shisu adjust his posture for holding the baby, and he didn't get annoyed. He just smiled like a fool.
Even if someone offered him gold and silver in exchange for this moment, he wouldn't agree.
When the door was opened and Ji Shisu and a midwife appeared in front of everyone with the pair of babies in their arms, it was truly a pleasant surprise.
Several people rushed to hold the babies.
Caixue also shouted that she wanted to hold them.
However, considering that she was still a child herself, Mrs. Zhao was worried and didn't dare to hand the little grandson to her.
Yarong held the younger one and played with him in her arms, which made Zhao Luochun beam with joy.
Zhao Luoyu asked Ji Shisu about Luoning's condition. After knowing that everything was fine, she also walked up to Mrs. Zhao to look at the babies.
The cutest one was Jianwen. He was impatiently gesturing with his hands for Jianxue to pick him up so that he could also look at the babies.
Jianxue was so bothered by him that she had no choice but to pick him up. When he saw the little baby, Jianwen was extremely delighted.
He pointed at the baby and babbled, but no one knew what he was trying to say.
Even Yang Ming, who was originally an outsider, was infected by this joy of new life and involuntarily showed a smile on his face.
Ji Shisu looked at the two babies with a big smile on his face. Especially when the midwife whispered in his ear that these two babies would surely achieve great things in the future, he was overjoyed.
He took out the money bag from his waist. Without caring how much silver was in it, he directly threw it to the midwife beside him.
"You've all worked hard. Take this and divide it among yourselves."
Actually, it was common for people to give lucky money to midwives.
But this was the first time they had met someone so generous.
After delivering the babies for this family, they wouldn't have to work for at least half a year.
The midwives were naturally happy. They quickly thanked him and left happily with the money.
Zhao Luoyu was completely entranced by the sight.
Ji Shijun stood beside her, also quite envious.
The scene made him sad, and he couldn't help but think of the baby that he and Luoyu had lost. He felt a bit sad.
Zhao Luoyu felt his melancholy and looked back at him. Although he was smiling, the sadness hidden in his smile couldn't deceive anyone.
She held his hand back and whispered in his ear.
"Shijun, I... I'm pregnant."
Ji Shijun was completely stunned by these words and didn't react for a long time.
Zhao Luoyu knew that Ji Shijun really liked children.
This was also one of the reasons why Zhao Luoyu liked Ji Shijun.
No matter what kind of person Lord Ji was, Ji Shijun didn't inherit his father's bad temper. He was very patient with both her and the children.
Ji Jianhui had grown up under Ji Shijun's love and tolerance. He was a smart and cute little guy.
Ji Shijun's reaction was exactly what Zhao Luoyu had expected.
If she hadn't felt sorry for him seeing him sad at the sight, she wouldn't have chosen this moment to tell him the news.
"Today is elder sister's big happy day. Let's talk about our matter when we get back."
Reminded by her, he then remembered that he was here as a guest. He had to suppress his overwhelming joy and held Zhao Luoyu even tighter.
The birth of the babies was really difficult. Zhao Luoning lay in bed for a full three days before she recovered.
Ji Shisu not only took care of all the trivial matters related to the babies but also personally supervised the supplements for Zhao Luoning.
Fortunately, these two babies were different from other children since they were born.
As long as their father held them, they wouldn't cry or make a fuss. They were very well - behaved.
It was just that the elder son was a bit domineering, which made Ji Shisu unable to let go of his hands.
Thankfully, the younger son was quiet.
Put him in the cradle, and he could sleep soundly without anyone watching over him.
Since the birth of the babies, the troubles surrounding Ji Shisu and Zhao Luoning as a couple were no less than before the babies were born.
Of course, this had little to do with the twin brothers.
What gave them headaches were those family members who had never stopped causing trouble since they knew that Zhao Luoning was pregnant.
Now that the babies were born, naturally, everyone's focus shifted to the matter of naming the babies.
Ji Shisu was determined to break off relations with the Ji family. Since the Bai family was still under the emperor's rule, as the first - generation descendant of the Bai family, the emperor had given them the generation name "Zhao", and they could choose the given names themselves.
Wasn't this just passing the trouble back to Ji Shisu?
He was now "living under someone else's roof", so he had to consider the opinions of Zhao Luoning's mother, elder brother, younger sister, and even Caixue.
Everyone had different opinions.
In the past few days, they had come up with no less than a hundred names.
When one name was proposed, others would say it was not good. When another name was suggested, someone would surely point out its flaws.
Like this, three days had passed.
The matter of the names still hadn't been settled.