Chapter 1453 - 1455

Zhao Guangran walked into the house looking exhausted, and the scene in front of him gave him quite a scare.

Staring at Renee’s towering belly, "Oh my god."

Before he left, Zhao Guangran hadn’t even known Renee was pregnant—though he’d had a vague idea.

His big brother had asked him back then how to get Ni Zi pregnant; even though the method he suggested was a bit shady, he had to say, it really was unbelievably effective.

But looking at the situation now, "effective" didn’t even begin to cover it.

"Ni Zi, you’re...?" Zhao Guangran had originally wanted to give Renee a big hug, but now he honestly didn’t dare.

Not because he was carrying the cold from outside, but because of Renee’s belly. "This has got to be twins, right?"

Oh my god. Zhao Guangran had never been a dad, but he’d watched his mom, Aunt Cai, and his aunt go through pregnancy, so he knew a little.

But among all the bellies he’d seen, the only one that could compare to Renee’s right now was his mom’s when she was pregnant with Ban Xia and the others.

"Yep." Renee was actually pretty shocked herself. She really had never imagined she’d end up pregnant with twins.

It had scared her half to death; she truly had never thought that one day she’d be giving birth to twins.

It wasn’t just worrying about how to get rid of the stretch marks on her belly later—just how to take care of two kids was already a big problem.

No way, seriously? Even though he’d more or less been mentally prepared, Zhao Guangran was still terrified.

He turned blankly to Zhao Xuran. "Bro." Come on, they talked on the phone all the time, and he had never heard a word about this from his brother.

Just on the way back earlier, he remembered asking how Renee was doing. Other than saying she was doing great, his big brother hadn’t mentioned at all that she was carrying twins.

Too much, seriously way too much. Zhao Guangran glared at Zhao Xuran, full of righteous indignation.

Dai Liren was also stunned. He hadn’t seen Renee for a long time and had no idea how she was doing, but he never expected she’d be pregnant with twins.

Thinking about how Zhao Xuran had a twin brother—even if he didn’t share the Zhao surname, he was still his brother—and now it was Renee’s turn to have twins, could this be that so‑called "genetic thing"?

"Awesome. Oh, and do you know the babies’ gender?" Over here in the United States, when you get checked, you can ask about the baby’s sex.

There was no way Zhao Xuran would tell Zhao Guangran about the twins over the phone. Something like this, they absolutely had to see for themselves in person.

"Yeah, twin boys. Honestly, I was thinking, if only they were a boy and a girl pair, that’d be perfect." Zhao Xuran looked truly regretful. People all say having sons is great, but having a daughter—that’s Ni Zi’s best little cotton jacket.

He insisted he was dead serious, but that didn’t mean Dai Liren and the others believed him.

With such a big family and so many businesses, of course everyone hoped for more sons. It’s not like there wasn’t enough inheritance for the kids to take over; it’s just that the Zhao Family’s growth these past two years hadn’t been as explosive as before.

Besides all the new people getting involved, some with strong backing that affected the Zhao Family’s business a bit, they still had a solid foundation. Even if they had seven or eight kids, there’d be more than enough industry to split up.

Not to mention this time, with Zhao Guangran going to Japan for so long, you could practically describe it as robbery.

Even someone like Dai Liren, who originally hadn’t paid that much attention, had started getting all kinds of excited lately.

Nobody ever complains about having too much money. Dai Liren was already thinking hard about how he should spend it once he had it.

"I think I really need to get married too." Watching how Xuran came home every day and got to be with his wife, he was insanely jealous.

Not to mention Xuran was about to become a dad—and straight to twins.

Dai Limin had just gone next door to drop off his and his second brother’s luggage. The moment he came up to Xuran’s family’s place and stepped through the door, he heard this explosive piece of news.

"Bro, you’re getting married?" Thinking about his second brother’s career lately, Dai Limin was totally on board.

Even though his second brother rarely talked about his personal life—in every phone call, all he did was worry about his little brother—just because big brother cared about little brother didn’t mean Dai Limin didn’t care about his second brother.

There were just some things he couldn’t say just because he wanted to. Who had told his second brother to insist on choosing such a second sister‑in‑law who was way younger than him?

"Bro, have you talked to the family?" Actually, the important thing was—have you talked to second sister‑in‑law’s family?

As far as he remembered, his second brother had discussed coming to the United States to study with his sister‑in‑law’s family, but her family had shot the idea down.

So how come his second brother had suddenly made up his mind now? Isn’t he worried her family will object?

"I did, but only about coming to the United States to study." Dai Liren honestly didn’t think that was a problem.

Even if some things weren’t spelled out, do you really think the Liu Family hadn’t considered them?

Of course they had thought it through from every angle. This time he was going to lay it all out. "I’m planning to go back for Spring Festival."

Last time he’d only made a phone call home. Since he was starting a business, the Liu Family could understand somewhat. But now that it involved getting married, that was no longer something you could settle over the phone; he had to show his attitude in person.

"Huh? You’re going back for Spring Festival?" Dai Limin was thrilled. Ever since his second brother had gone abroad, years had gone by without him coming home.

Even though the family kept a seat open for him every year, it was nothing like having him actually there. "Grandpa’s going to be over the moon."

He’d been pretty worried before, afraid the family wouldn’t approve of him going abroad to study.

Thinking back to that cautious phone call home, when he’d told them he wanted to study abroad—their reaction had really hurt him.

If his second brother could help explain a bit from the side, Dai Limin figured going abroad wouldn’t be a problem at all. His second brother would definitely vouch for him.

Whoa, going back to spend Spring Festival? Zhao Guangran looked up at Dai Liren. "You’re going back for Spring Festival?"

He was seriously jealous of Dai Liren. The United States was great in all kinds of ways; shopping was insanely convenient. But when it came to Spring Festival, there was just zero atmosphere.

If you wanted to get a feel for the New Year, you had to go to Chinatown and soak it in a bit. But with no family around, what did it matter how lively Chinatown was?

"Yeah. Are you going back?" In the past, he hadn’t gone back because schools in the United States didn’t take a holiday for Spring Festival.

Go back or not? Zhao Guangran’s first instinct was of course to go.

This trip home would basically be a triumphant return. He knew he couldn’t go around showing off, but the thought still made his heart itch. And just thinking about all the delicious food at home was enough to make him drool.

No, he couldn’t keep thinking about it. No matter how much he imagined, it couldn’t compare to actually going back and tasting everything.

"I’m going back." Zhao Guangran made up his mind—this time he was definitely going home.

Gong Ruzhi watched from the side, full of envy, and Gong Jiaming was just as jealous.

Sadly, he really couldn’t go back—he had to return to school. All this time away from class meant he hadn’t earned any credits this semester. To graduate on time, Gong Jiaming was determined to buckle down and get serious in the coming days.