That fateful night forced her life to make a drastic turn.
Several months after she left Shenzhen with Li Meili, inside the obstetrics department of one of the most prestigious hospitals in New York City, Tang Moyu found herself gritting her teeth as she endured the acute labor pain in her abdomen and back. She clutched the guardrails of both sides of her bed so tightly that her knuckles were turning white.-
The pain wasn't sharp and short but dull and long which was already enough to push her to her limit. Tang Moyu's face was ghastly pale. Under such pain, she broke into a cold sweat.
Unlike a singleton pregnancy, Tang Moyu was delivering her twins at thirty-six weeks of her pregnancy.
Seeing her like this, Li Meili couldn't help but worry for her friend. Tang Moyu had no family to look after her and it pained Li Meili to know that this wouldn't be the last time her best friend would have to endure everything alone. This was just the beginning.
"Moyu, don't be scared. I'm here. Your children will be born safe and sound. Everything would be okay," Li Meili told her.
Tang Moyu closed her eyes as the nurses came in and pushed her into the delivery room while Li Meili waited outside the doors.
Six hours later, a resonant wail of a baby could be heard from the inside. The firstborn was a son and he was immediately placed into an incubator before he was sent to the nursery room. The younger twin was a girl. She had a very faint heartbeat that almost scared the wits out of the doctor and the midwife that delivered her.
Inside the delivery room, Tang Moyu passed out from exhaustion.
When she woke up, she found Li Meili sitting on the edge of her bed, holding a baby in her arms. She beamed a smile at Tang Moyu as soon as she saw her awake.
"Look, Moyu. You've given birth to such a pair of beautiful babies." Li Meili placed the baby girl on her before taking the wailing boy from his bassinet. "There, there. Auntie Mei is here for you. Do you want to meet your Mommy too?" She cooed to the child.
Tang Moyu looked at the pair of buns she had given birth to. Just like what her friend had said, they were the most beautiful babies she'd seen in her life. Both had silky jet black hair on their heads and had a smooth jade-like skin and rosy cheeks. They looked adorable and cute.
She stared down at the sleeping baby in her arms. Her baby wiggled and she looked at how Li Meili held her son close then copied her friend and adjusted her hold and let the baby settle in her arms.
Tang Moyu carefully examined her daughter. She couldn't believe an adorable and delicate baby like her came from her womb. She'd always thought of her being a wife someday but had never imagined being a mother to her own children.
Her hand reached out and touched the head of her baby, her fingers slid down to touch the roundness of the baby's ear.
"So beautiful," she murmured.
"What will you name them?" Li Meili asked her as she settled next to Tang Moyu, taking a peek over her shoulder to see the baby girl. The baby boy in her arms stirred but remained silent.
Tang Moyu gently ran the back of her forefinger against the smooth rosy cheek of her daughter. The baby smiled, much to her shock and Li Meili's amusement.
"Feixiu." Tang Moyu decided. "Her name will be Tang Feixiu."
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