Chapter 186 - Surprises

Doctor Qi told Lu Fang and Andrea that twins may come out earlier, between 36 37 weeks. Thus, at 36 weeks, they had a baby shower.

Yeong Soon, together with Anton Yeong and Xia Yanmei flew all the way from Korea to join the small celebration. Naturally, Li Wen came with the children and General Lei, with Chunhua, also flew together with them.

Alfred, could not attend the gathering as he was busy with the business but promised to be there when Andrea gives birth. Aside from work, Nancy continued to pester Alfred, refusing to sign the divorce papers. He did not want to fly to China while the matter with his wife remained unresolved.

The couple also invited Darwin but as he is the new CEO for Intramed Wise, he had many responsibilities to bear and may not be able to travel within the year, resolving the crisis of the company brought about Harold's negligence.

They held the party at the same restaurant within the Starlight Tower and although the second baby's gender is still unknown, with hopes that it will be a girl, the design of the place was combined with blue and pink, especially prepared by Bolin and Arti.

At the front was a long table of offering sweet desserts such as cookies and cupcakes frosted with pink, white, blue and silver. Two pieces of three-layered cakes stood on each side painted with the same color theme.

Andrea saw Yeong Soon arrive with Aton and Yanmei from behind. The two were awkward looking to her point of view. She could immediately tell something was off. 

"Andy! We are so happy to be here!" Mrs. Yeong, exclaimed while giving Andrea a kiss on both cheeks. "We will be staying for a week, Anton tells me."

"Mommy Soon. Welcome to Beijing," Lu Fang came to greet her as well.

"Thank you to both of you... Oh, before anything else, I want to announce something," said Yeong Soon with glitters in her eyes.

Andrea and Lu Fang smiled in anticipation of the announcement, not missing the several hand gestures of Yeong and Yanmei. They both had mixed reactions but ultimately focused their attention on the lady in front of them.

"Anton and Yanmei are a couple now!"

"Ehhh?" reacted Andrea.

Lu Fang's brows raised together, popping his eyes, staring at the two behind.

Yeong shook his head while his arms folded against his chest and Yanmei gave hand signals, suggesting they will talk about it later.

"Isn't that great?" Asked Yeong Soon.

"That's wonderful news, Mommy Soon! Oops! The babies are happy as well," said Andrea as she felt her stomach move.

Lu Fang brought Anton's mom to where his parents were seated and made introductions. Christina, Lu Wei, and Lu Jie shared the delight with Yeong Soon towards the coming babies.

Seeing that Yeong Soon was busy, Andrea immediately pulled Yanmei over for a talk leaving Yeong standing in the middle of the restaurant on his own.

"You are together?" Asked Andrea.

"No!" Refuted Yanmei. "It's not like that at all."

"Then what is it?"

The two found themselves an empty table and sat down before Yanmei further elaborated on the case, "Mommy Soon was pressuring Yeong to get a girlfriend almost on a daily basis that he got tired of it. She was always at the office so he asked for my help!"

Andrea was puzzled but did get the point. She just wanted to make sure her understanding is correct and clarified, "So you are pretending to be a couple?"

"Yeah, just in front of Mommy Soon."

"For how long has this been going on?"

"Since last month? After Yeong came after me at my apartment due to the storm. He ended up staying at my place. Then the next day, he asked me."

"Wait… What? He stayed at your place?"

"Yes, after he checked on me, he tried to drive back but the storm was getting worse, so he came back to my apartment."

"Ahhh…." Said Andrea as she nodded, understanding the whole situation. "So, as a pretend girlfriend... Why did you agree?"

"You seem to forget, he does not have any female friends," Yanmei said, quoting with her fingers towards the last word. "Besides, I'd do anything for my girlfriends."

Andrea had a question mark on her face so Yanmei reminded her, "your brother being gay. Remember? He is also my girlfriend."

"Ohhh! Yeah. Haha."

"My friend from New York is finally going to visit Korea next month. I'll introduce him to Yeong. Maybe they'll hook up," Yanmei shared excitedly showing a photo of her friend. "See he is so handsome. Too bad, I'm not his type."

Andrea coughed and cleared her throat while thinking, 'Sh*t! I have got to tell Yanmei the truth or else, I'm done for it.'

She was about to ask for more juicy details when Yeong came approaching. "What are you two talking about? I've been standing there like an idiot. Andy, how dare you leave your brother behind."

A frown on her face was evident hearing his remark. She replied pointing out to Li Wen and the children, "See that? You have another sister around her, your nephew and niece. Over there is Hanxi and Han-joon. Even Han-joon has learned to socialize… a little." She looked up to her brother and stressed, "You should learn to do the same, otherwise, you'll be single your entire life."

Andrea directed Yanmei and Yeong to sit beside Yeong Soon. Not only will Mommy Soon have company, but the two pretend lovers will also have to keep acting the entire time.  

Arti hosted the party and as she started with the Program, Andrea came to sit with her husband together with Li Wen and the children. Lei Dong and Chunhua were also with them in the same table. 

Aside from the gifts, the couple was overwhelmed with the sweet wishes everyone had for their babies. They all looked forward to the new Lu little ones hoped to be their godfathers and godmothers. 

Towards the end of the party, Lei Dong initiated a conversation that was not expected of him. "So, everyone is getting married and having kids," he looked at Li Wen especially, being neighbors with his mother before adding," mom has been blabbing about getting married and having grandchildren so, here you go."

He handed out a wedding invitation.

Everyone's jaw dropped except for Chunhua who was blushing like a red tomato. 

I knew it!" Li Wen exclaimed. "Aunty Lei Daiyu could not have been overly excited for nothing."

"Wow!" Lu Fang said before turning to his wife. "Two surprises in one day huh, babe?"