Chapter 153 - I am your mother

The people who came to visit Shi Enxi was limited. Lu Mello even warned everyone who knew about what happened that they should keep the truth a secret from his wife and the other people who didn't know it.

Fan Xiao Yao, Huang Li, and Zi Xuan were in difficulty when Lu Mello told them about his decision. At first, they were against it but considering how much it will affect Shi Enxi, it was Huang Li who first agreed with Lu Mello.

He knew how bad Shi Enxi could get. She has lost too much and losing her child would probably make her go crazy.

On the other hand, it was hard for Fan Xiao Yao to lie to her that was why, after visiting her once, she never visited her again while Shi Enxi was in the hospital.

When everything was settled, Lu Mello went to get the baby from an orphanage to adopt him. It was hard, looking for a baby with what he had in mind especially when he didn't even know how his son looked so he could only imagine. 

The baby looked weak and small. His head has a few strands of black hair, looking like an old man's head. Despite looking weak, one can say that the baby was actually cute because of the chubbiness of his cheeks.

Lu Mello knew that Shi Enxi would probably want to have a cute looking baby.

It was difficult for him to hold the infant, thinking that the baby was going to be a replacement for their dead son but he didn't have a choice. He needed to get used to it especially when he was going to be with Shi Enxi. He processed the doc.u.ments and even decided to give the boy a different name.

"I can finally see our son?" Shi Enxi was excited, her eyes were even sparkling because of it.

"Yes." He smiled. It was hard for Lu Mello to see his wife like that but he kept his pain inside, not showing it on his face. "Come, let's go see him."

They went to the NICU, Lu Mello pushing the wheelchair that his wife was sitting on.

"Where?" She asked excitedly.

"Over there, at the corner."

With the nurse's assistance, they approached the baby that was inside the baby incubator.

Lu Mello was still nervous. What if her mother's instincts told her that it wasn't her real child?

Shi Enxi stared at the infant inside. She was quiet for a short while which made her husband even nervous.

"That's not my baby." 

Lu Mello was startled by her words. Was she able to tell?

Even the nurse that was with them was sweating anxiously.

A pout appeared on Shi Enxi's lips, "My baby is supposed to be chubby. I've been eating a lot you know. Where did all that food go? Why is my baby small and not chubby?"

Despite saying those words, her eyes were gently gazing at the child inside. She reached out and placed her hand outside of the incubator. "He's so cute tho... I guess he's my baby."

Lu Mello, together with the nurse ended up sighing in relief.

"Maybe we're going to have an intelligent baby." He joked.

"If all that food's nutrients went to his brain I bet he's going to be a genius boy! Xiao Xue is still so cute~" Shi Enxi giggled, happily looking at the baby.

"I decided to change his name to Lu Mingyu1 ." 

Shi Enxi frowned, looking at her husband, "But we have already decided on a name."

He patted his wife's head and smiled as he reasoned out, "It's the name that entered my mind when I first saw him."

She pouted. It was not like a bad name tho. She looked at the baby and whispered, "Mingyu..."

"Fine but I'm going to name our next, baby, okay?"

"Okay."

...

That same day in the hospital, inside a private room, there was a baby sleeping soundly inside an incubator.

Tiny toes peek from his blanket. His head, a crazy mass of brown curls. The baby was chubby, chubby bracelets where the fat folded at his wrists and ankles.

The woman who was sitting beside it was staring quietly at the infant.

"How many more weeks?" The woman asked.

"One more week before the baby can be discharged from the hospital, ma'am." The doctor said. It was the same doctor who was in charge of Shi Enxi's surgery.

"I never thought that Lu Mello was going to go as far as taking a fake child with him."

A man, leaning against the door was looking at them with a serious expression on his face. "You promised not to harm the child."

The woman chuckled, "Did you become attached to Enxi, Zi Xuan?"

"I'm not as ruthless as you. I will never harm a baby."Zi Xuan replied with a glare.

"But you almost did when you gave her the poison."

"You said that it won't harm the baby."

"And you believed me." The woman snickered, crossing her arms.

"Because you promised." He stood straight. "If you lied, I can always tell them about you."

It was as if the woman heard a funny joke, "Do you think you will have the chance to tell them about me? I can just kill you, you know."

"You can kill me but if you did, the evidence I have against you will be automatically sent to Shi Enxi and her husband." Zi Xuan smirked. He has always been careful that was why he has never put his guard down when it came to the woman in front of him.

The woman's eyes darkened. "What happened to you? You are supposed to be my loyal dog. Have you forgotten what I did for you or do you want me to remind you again? I am your mother."

That was her famous move, she would use his guilt against him but it was not going to work on him again. He has long paid his debt to her.

He only lowered his head to show that he was submitting to her by feeling guilty. "I'm... sorry, mother." Bright Jade