AHDIBCB Chapter 72

Originally still happily discussing how to celebrate the victory, a group of trusted aides suddenly got busy—some were in charge of security, responsible for delivering messages, and some were on standby at all times—and some were even responsible for praying?!

Li Heng sent Yuan Yi into the delivery room that had already been prepared in advance. When he came out to fetch something, he happened to overhear that there were actually people praying, so he deliberately peeked behind the door—and discovered it was actually Snow Wolf and his mother.

He felt it was unbelievable while returning to the delivery room. At this time, Yuan Yi was discussing delivery plans with Doctor Luo.

Li Heng hadn’t yet entered the sterile room when he heard Doctor Luo ask: “Are you worried that natural childbirth will affect the sensory experience during the official final marking later on?”

Yuan Yi, while in pain and embarrassed, said: “Aunt Luo, that’s not the reason. Anyway, just help me do a C-section.”

Doctor Luo said: “No problem, but I still need Li Heng to sign.”

Although it wasn’t a hospital, some protocols still had to be strictly followed.

As soon as Yuan Yi agreed, Li Heng came in after changing clothes and signed the surgery consent form.

At this point, Yuan Yi’s face was already covered in sweat, and the pain was gradually increasing. Li Heng handed the clothes Yuan Yi would wear after giving birth to the nurse, then sat down on the companion chair next to Yuan Yi, held Yuan Yi’s hand, gently helped him wipe the sweat, and asked: “Are you scared?”

Yuan Yi said: “A little. Mainly because it’s earlier than I expected. I’m worried the babies might be weaker after they’re born.”

Although they were already much bigger than babies of the same month count, it still counted as a premature birth.

Li Heng reassured him: “Don’t worry, nothing will happen. Besides, we’ve been doing regular checkups. And Aunt Luo also said they’re actually quite strong. So in a while, after you wake up from your nap, you’ll be able to see the two little ones.”

Li Heng turned his head: “Aunt Luo, when will the anesthesia be administered? He seems to be hurting more and more.”

Doctor Luo was momentarily stunned, then smiled and said: “Looks like you’re a little nervous too, to ask something like that. Don’t worry, the medication will be administered soon. But are you sure you want to stay here and watch later?”

Usually, only in the case of natural birth is it recommended for family members to accompany. Otherwise, watching your partner being cut open and bleeding is not something every family member can bear.

But Li Heng suddenly felt the hand that was holding his being gripped more tightly, so he said: “I’m sure. These past days I couldn’t take care of him. At a time like this, no matter what, I have to stay by his side.”

Li Heng kissed Yuan Yi on the forehead: “Don’t be afraid. I won’t go anywhere. Once the babies are born, I’ll wait for you to wake up with them.”

Yuan Yi nodded: “Can you record the birth process of the babies for me?”

Li Heng said: “Of course.”

Li Mian twisted his butt and said: “Don’t worry, Brother Yi, Xuan Ying and I are both here. We’ll definitely do a full-coverage, no blind spot, HD recording, so that when you wake up, you can see it right away.”

At this time, the anesthesiologist signaled Yuan Yi to turn to his side, and so Yuan Yi faced in the direction where Li Heng was.

A gentle touch came from behind—it was almost imperceptible. Slowly, he completely lost the sense of pain. He only heard Doctor Luo say: “Li Heng, help lay Xiao Yi on his back.”

At this moment, Yuan Yi still had some consciousness and could manage on his own. But Li Heng still helped a little. After Yuan Yi lay on his back, he slowly started losing awareness of everything. He only remembered the hands holding his—extra warm and broad.

Li Heng had brought in a total of three teams of medical staff, all experts in obstetrics, mainly responsible for delivering Yuan Yi’s babies and postnatal care, with Doctor Luo as the lead. Two other teams were actually backup, just in case—so they were brought in as well. At the moment, though not needed yet, they were all waiting outside on standby.

Li Mian, worried that he might affect the doctors during the operation, didn’t dare say anything recklessly, and just found a good angle to record. Xuan Ying had also detached from Li Heng’s wrist and was floating in the air above.

Li Heng saw the surgical knife cutting into Yuan Yi’s lower abdomen, and fresh blood oozed out. Instinctively, he tightened his grip on Yuan Yi’s hand.

On the battlefield, seeing blood was as common as seeing water to him—but none of those times ever felt like this.
They used hemostatic clamps and a type of strong hemostatic gel, so the bleeding wasn’t considered much. But he still couldn’t help worrying.

At this moment, the doctor in charge of anesthesia suddenly turned and said: “General Li, please relax.”

This doctor was an alpha, so he was extremely sensitive to the mental pressure from a fellow alpha. He reminded: “Your tension is putting pressure on us.”

Li Heng lightly coughed, “Sorry.”

Doctor Luo said with a smile: “Look at Xiao Yi’s face. Don’t look at our side.”

The medical staff let out a good-natured laugh.

Li Heng then focused his attention on Yuan Yi’s face.

He had quietly looked at Yuan Yi’s face like this many times before, but back then it was mostly out of curiosity and a desire to explore. But looking at him now, it was joy—and also tenderness.

In this world, there is someone who is willing to bear and raise children for you, who gives you unconditional support when you need it the most.

Someone who clearly has endured so much hardship, but never once complains.

Li Heng gently tidied Yuan Yi’s hair, then bent his arm to half-embrace him. After that, he truly stopped looking at the surgical process.

He gently pressed his cheek against Yuan Yi’s, then quietly waited for time to pass, and in the meantime, thought about what names to give the two little ones.

Busy with everything else, he hadn’t even given the children names—this was simply unacceptable.

He recalled the days when he first met Yuan Yi, along with some special moments, trying to see if he could come up with names that held special meaning. But just then, he suddenly heard the cry of a baby.

He instinctively turned his head and saw his eldest son, eyes still closed, wailing “Waa waa.” His tiny red body hadn’t fully developed yet, eyes shut, fists clenched—as if trying hard to tell the world that he had arrived.

And soon, a second wailing voice joined in. The two little ones had quite strong lungs—not at all like premature babies.

Doctor Luo said, “These two—those eyebrows and eyes really look like their father. Congratulations, Li Heng. If I’m not mistaken, they should be two healthy little alpha boys.”

Although they hadn’t fully differentiated yet, having delivered so many, she could tell with fairly high certainty.

Two nurses each held one baby for Li Heng to take a look. The head nurse said, “Congratulations, General Li. Although the babies were born early, they seem to be in good condition.”

Li Heng said, “Thank you, everyone. You’ve worked hard.”

The nurses also liked these smooth and incident-free deliveries, and with a smile, took the babies to be cleaned and weighed, and to undergo the necessary checks.

All of this was done inside the delivery room, so Li Heng could see everything—and Xuan Ying was watching the whole time. If anything abnormal happened, it would immediately sound an alert. Most importantly, Li Heng’s spiritual power was strong—if anyone in the room even had the slightest ill intention, he would sense it instantly.

For a moment, the delivery room was filled with the cries of the babies in distress. Li Heng also sensed the unease of the two children, and his heart melted into a puddle. He gently sent out a tiny stream of mental energy to soothe them, and only then did the two little ones stop their loud crying.

The two beta nurses were startled— They had suddenly stopped crying… and even at the same time. What was going on? They spoke out in unison: “Doctor, they…”

Doctor Luo glanced at Li Heng and said, “It’s fine. They probably received spiritual soothing from their father—they’re not afraid anymore.”

Li Heng nodded toward the two nurses. “Sorry, I forgot to tell you in advance.”

The two nurses let out a long sigh of relief. “It’s fine, it’s fine—as long as the babies are okay.”

The two little ones they were holding might very well be future royal princes!

Seeing that Yuan Yi’s wound was adhering smoothly, Li Heng asked Doctor Luo, “Aunt Luo, will the babies need to go into the incubator later?”

Doctor Luo had already handed the follow-up tasks to her assistants and was carefully checking on the babies’ condition. Upon hearing this, she said: “They actually don’t need to. Don’t be fooled by the slightly early month—they developed without a single problem. One weighs 2,400 grams, and the other 2,450 grams—that’s not much different from a full-term baby’s birth weight. With proper feeding for a while, they’ll quickly catch up or even surpass.”

Only then did Li Heng feel fully reassured. Just then, Yuan Yi’s wound had finished closing, so he had people remove anything unnecessary from the delivery room, turning it into a recovery room.

In fact, it wasn’t much different from a bedroom—just that there were always three people on standby: one doctor and two nurses, continuously monitoring Yuan Yi’s recovery and the care of the babies.

The nurses washed the two little ones clean, wrapped them in small blankets, and placed them in infant beds.
The two beds were placed side by side, right next to Yuan Yi’s bed.

Gradually, most of the medical staff withdrew, leaving only the three who were on duty.

Professor Jian and Ji Lan also came in. The two of them were absolutely thrilled when they saw the babies.

Professor Jian’s affection was overflowing as she circled around the little beds for quite a while, then said to Li Heng:
“For this period of time, the babies will be taken care of at night by me and Doctor Luo and the others. You should stay with Xiao Yi more and help him get proper rest. He’s truly exhausted after all this.”

Li Heng looked at the two tiny children, his face full of thick, unshakable fatherly love. Without turning his head, he said: “Got it, Mom. Did Grandpa and my dad see them?”

Professor Jian said: “I’ve been trying to contact them several times just now. I just had Li Mian send some photos over to your dad. Oh, my little grandsons—how can they be this cute! My little darlings, my precious hearts!”

Li Heng: “……”

Ji Lan had never seen such tiny babies before. He said, “They’re really so well-behaved. Aunt Luo, can I touch them? I disinfected my hands when I came in.”

Doctor Luo said: “You can. Just be gentle—they’re not as fragile as you imagine. And look at these two little ones, their hair is really good. Hair grows relatively late in development—usually only full-term babies have hair this good.
But these two have hair that’s black and shiny. What’s most interesting is that their eyebrow shape really is exactly like Li Heng’s. And their ears too—practically carved from the same mold.”

Professor Jian said: “Xiao Yi was always very careful with what he ate—very particular. By the way, Doctor Luo, when will Xiao Yi wake up?”

Doctor Luo said: “In at most another twenty minutes.”

From the time of anesthesia to the completion of wound adhesion, it had only taken forty minutes in total. And this was with twins—the speed could be considered fast.

Li Heng had never left Yuan Yi’s side. His hand had always been holding Yuan Yi’s.

But after twenty minutes passed, Yuan Yi still didn’t wake up.

Yuan Yi had a dream.

In the dream, he saw a small child—very small and frail—crying like a baby kitten. He was placed inside a cardboard box, wearing only a little undershirt, with just a towel blanket over him, abandoned in the snowy weather.

He kept crying. His ears were still bleeding. But the passersby walking by seemed unable to hear his cries for help.
Yuan Yi wanted to go pick him up, but no matter what, he couldn’t reach him and couldn’t make a sound.

That child was about to freeze to death. Yuan Yi was crying anxiously, but the pedestrians seemed unable to hear the child’s cries for help—nor could they hear the sounds he himself was making.

Seeing that the time had passed and Yuan Yi still hadn’t woken up, Li Heng was just about to ask Doctor Luo what was going on— But then he suddenly heard Yuan Yi whimper.

When he turned back to look, he saw a tear sliding down from the corner of Yuan Yi’s eye.

This really broke his heart. He hurriedly used his spiritual power to sense Yuan Yi’s condition—only to find that Yuan Yi had been afraid of something all along. He couldn’t figure out what it was, so he could only quickly try to soothe Yuan Yi first, while also asking: “Aunt Luo, why hasn’t Xiao Yi woken up yet?”

Doctor Luo said: “Looks like he’s having a nightmare. It shouldn’t be anything serious. Try calling him.”

Li Heng helped wipe away Yuan Yi’s tears and gently patted his cheek. “Wife, wake up.”

Yuan Yi frowned slightly, as if it took great effort to open his eyes. When he saw Li Heng, he was dazed for a moment, then suddenly asked in panic: “The babies? Where are the babies?”

Li Heng quickly held him down and said, “They’re right here, don’t be afraid, don’t worry—they’re fine, both of them are doing great.”

He motioned for the nurses to bring the two babies over. “Wife, look—this one in the blue outfit is the older one, and the one in green is the younger. Everyone says they look like me. But I think their mouths look like yours.”

Yuan Yi saw that although the babies were small, they looked fairly healthy, and he let out a small breath of relief.
“Have they been checked already? Don’t they need to stay in an incubator for a few days?”

Li Heng said: “Aunt Luo said they don’t need to. Though they’re a bit small, their development is really good. And as far as health goes, there’s been no issues so far.”

Yuan Yi asked: “Then why are they so quiet? Did they fall asleep after eating? Have their hearing been tested?”

Everyone froze for a moment.

Newborns needing screening after birth was normal—but why did Yuan Yi specifically mention hearing?

Li Heng clearly sensed something was off with Yuan Yi. Logically speaking, he had stayed in the delivery room the whole time, with his pheromones constantly surrounding Yuan Yi. Under such conditions, Yuan Yi shouldn’t be this panicked. But Yuan Yi—though clearly very weak—kept clinging to him and asking questions, as if deeply afraid.

After thinking for a moment, Li Heng had everyone leave the room—including Professor Jian. Then, he carefully picked up the babies and placed them on the bed next to Yuan Yi—right by his side—with himself keeping watch over all three of them.

He took Yuan Yi’s hand and gently touched it to the babies’ tender little faces. “They cried loudly when they first came out. I only used spiritual power to soothe them—that’s why they fell asleep. It’s not because there’s anything wrong.”

Yuan Yi let out a soft “Mm” and reached to touch the other baby. The two little ones immediately scrunched their faces and made soft kitten-like whimpering noises.

Li Heng gently stroked Yuan Yi’s hair. “Did you have a nightmare just now?”

Yuan Yi thought of the baby with bleeding ears in the dream and still felt a heavy ache in his chest, but he said:
“It’s nothing. Maybe because they were born a bit early, I still feel some anxiety in my heart—that’s probably why.”

Li Heng didn’t quite believe it. He’d known Yuan Yi for so long and had never seen him cry. Even the first time he entered him, Yuan Yi had only turned red around the eyes. But that was more out of shyness than anything else.

Li Heng gently kissed Yuan Yi’s hand. “Why do I remember someone still owes me a secret? You clearly promised back then—we’d both exchange. I told you mine, but someone still hasn’t told theirs. Are you really going to wait until I make it so you can’t get out of bed before you tell me?”

He was just teasing, of course—never really threatening.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Yi actually nodded. “Mm.”

Li Heng: “???”

The general was stunned for a second. “So stubborn?”

Yuan Yi kept his head turned, watching the two babies. “I promise I’ll tell you that day. If I lie, I’m a little dog.”

Li Heng was instantly overwhelmed by how cute he was. Just as he was about to pinch Yuan Yi’s cheek, the two little ones, possibly hungry, pouted their lips and started crying, “Waa waa.”

The moment Yuan Yi heard their cries, his heart instantly ached and he tried to sit up. Startled, Li Heng quickly held him down. “Don’t rush—everything’s ready.”

Li Mian came huffing and puffing, carrying two small baby bottles. The milk inside was just the right temperature.

Li Heng checked—they hadn’t peed or pooped—so he tried feeding them. The two little ones latched onto the bottle nipples and wouldn’t let go. Their appetites were anything but small.

But Yuan Yi, watching all this, suddenly—for some unknown reason—turned his head away to the other side.