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Zhang Zhong Jiao – Chapter 78

These two babies inherited excellent genes from both parents. After losing the redness of newborns, they were fair and clean, two tiny bundles, especially adorable.

The brother was named Wen Zhijing, and the sister was named Wen Zhiling.

Wen Liang’s doting on these two babies didn’t last long. By the time Chen Die completed her postpartum confinement period, Wen Liang’s patience with Wen Zhijing and Wen Zhiling had finally been exhausted.

He never imagined children could be this noisy.

They cried when hungry, cried when cold, cried when hot, and even cried when lying in bed with nothing wrong.

One was already enough to cause a headache, and they had two at once.

When they cried, the house became a complete noise factory.

Wen Liang was used to being carefree. Once he got annoyed, he was unwilling to spend much time comforting them. The family hired two additional nannies to take care of Wen Zhijing and Wen Zhiling respectively.

That evening, when Wen Liang returned home from the company, he heard Wen Zhiling crying as soon as he entered the door.

After three months, her brother Wen Zhijing no longer cried as much as when he was first born. Most of the time he was quite well-behaved. The chief noise maker in the house was undoubtedly Wen Zhiling.

Wen Liang changed his shoes in the entrance hallway and saw Chen Die holding Wen Zhiling, trying to comfort her.

Wen Liang frowned, “Where’s the nanny?”

“Little sister has been crying all afternoon. The nanny just now had a chance to go eat,” Chen Die nodded toward Wen Zhijing on the other side. “Give brother some milk. The temperature should be right for drinking now.”

Wen Liang picked up the bottle, tested the temperature, then looked at Chen Die and said flatly, “How many times do I have to tell you not to call him ‘brother’?”

Chen Die: “…”

He sat down on the sofa, pulled the stroller over, shook the bottle, and put it in Wen Zhijing’s mouth. “Hold it yourself.”

“…”

As expected of a strict father, from three months old he implemented the policy of doing things for oneself, without even considering that Wen Zhijing couldn’t understand what he was saying.

However, whether it was a telepathic connection between father and son or something else, Wen Zhijing did raise his little hand and gently grasped the bottle.

But his hands were too small and he didn’t have much strength, so he couldn’t hold it steadily. Wen Liang still had to support it from underneath.

Wen Liang sat lazily on the sofa, foot propped against the bottom of the stroller, one hand supporting the bottle, feeding milk with considerable style.

Chen Die comforted Wen Zhiling for a while but couldn’t stop her crying, so she simply sat down on the sofa with her.

Wen Liang very obviously and coldly moved back, leaning against the sofa armrest, avoiding his daughter without any hint of compassion.

Chen Die noticed and immediately gave him a cold look. “Wen Liang.”

He lazily raised his eyes. “Hmm?”

He showed no awareness of his inappropriate behavior.

Chen Die took the bottle from his hand and placed Wen Zhiling in his arms. “Let’s switch.”

Wen Liang looked down at the wailing Wen Zhiling, his eyelid twitching heavily.

At three months old, Wen Zhiling was already very pretty, with baby fat and chubby cheeks. Her eyes resembled Chen Die’s, like two bright black grapes.

It was just that she cried far too much.

Wen Liang frowned, patting Wen Zhiling’s back a couple of times to comfort her.

It didn’t work.

“Wen Zhiling,” he called her name sternly.

Chen Die glanced at him, humbly wanting to learn from Wen Liang, to see how his contrary approach could somehow calm the little sister down.

Wen Liang raised his hand and pinched her face. “You’re already three months old. Stop crying.”

“…”

Wen Zhiling did stop crying, her big eyes blinking as she looked at Wen Liang. After a two-second pause, perhaps because her face hurt from her father’s pinch, she burst into even more heart-wrenching cries.

Chen Die couldn’t help laughing, and after finishing feeding Wen Zhijing, she went over to gently rub her sister’s face, which had turned pink in one spot.

“How can you pinch her face so hard?” Chen Die said. “What do you expect from a three-month-old baby?”

Wen Liang frowned slightly, commenting, “Too delicate.”

Chen Die gave him a sideways glance, muttering, “I guess everyone seems delicate to you.”

Wen Liang chuckled softly, holding Wen Zhiling with one arm while putting his other arm around Chen Die’s shoulders, leaning in to kiss her. “Isn’t it better to be independent early?”

He touched her earlobe. “Let’s go upstairs.”

“…”

Chen Die looked at him, his face clearly saying: I don’t want to be a responsible adult anymore.

“What kind of things are you thinking about!” Chen Die scolded him with a flushed face. “How can you talk about such things in front of the children?”

Wen Liang asked with amusement, “What did I say?”

He touched Chen Die’s ear again, leaned over to kiss her earlobe, and was quite satisfied seeing it turn red before casually saying, “Even if I said something, they wouldn’t understand anyway.”

“Then why were you talking to them earlier?”

Soon, the two nannies who took care of Wen Zhijing and Wen Zhiling came downstairs after dinner. Wen Liang, as if relieved, handed Wen Zhiling to the nanny.

Wen Zhiling had just been scolded by Wen Liang, and although she couldn’t understand what he said, his expression was quite frightening. Sniffling and whimpering, she hugged the nanny’s neck and stopped looking at her father.

Fortunately, father and daughter were extraordinarily in sync on this point. Wen Liang also no longer wanted to look at her. After instructing the nanny, he directly pulled Chen Die upstairs.

Having eaten and drunk his fill, Wen Liang held Chen Die as they lay in bed.

Chen Die was so tired she didn’t even want to move her fingers. She lay with her eyes closed for quite a while. Wen Liang thought she had fallen asleep and was about to get up to turn off the light when Chen Die finally opened her eyes.

Her voice was very soft. “Wen Liang.”

He had just sat up and looked back at her, reaching out to turn off the light. After lying back down, he pulled her into his arms again. “What is it?”

“I’m planning to go back to work after a while. It’s been a long time since I’ve acted, and recently Fang Ruan has sent me some new scripts. I think several of them are quite good.” Chen Die said.

Wen Liang, who had been casually playing with her fingers, paused at her words.

He didn’t oppose Chen Die going out to work, although in his heart he indeed hoped Chen Die would simply stay at home. But he also knew what she truly loved.

“Can your body handle it?”

“…I think taking care of these two is much more tiring than filming.” Chen Die poked his palm. “So you take care of them, and I’ll go out to make money.”

Wen Liang laughed softly.

Before her pregnancy, Chen Die had filmed a movie that was recently released, along with various interviews and magazine features coming out. Although she hadn’t made public appearances during late pregnancy and postpartum confinement, she still maintained a certain level of exposure.

Wen Liang had kept her pregnancy news very confidential, so fans didn’t know that Chen Die had temporarily stopped filming because of pregnancy.

As a result, some strange rumors circulated widely, including one claiming that Chen Die and Chen Shao had fallen out over the inheritance of the Chen family fortune, and Chen Shao had now frozen Chen Die out of the industry.

Chen Die found this absurd and amusing, treating it like a joke.

A month later, Chen Die confirmed her next script and entered the production team. Her studio made the announcement, the company’s official account reposted it, and the rumor effortlessly collapsed on its own.

Chen Shao was also a new father now, overwhelmed with his responsibilities. The company’s strong support for Chen Die wasn’t directly ordered by him. It was just that everyone in the company now knew Chen Die was the CEO’s sister, so they naturally competed to offer the best resources and promotion.

In the past, when Chen Die went to film on location, Wen Liang could directly stay with her in the hotel, which didn’t affect anything else.

However, now with Wen Zhijing and Wen Zhiling, staying together in a hotel was very inconvenient. There was also no one to take care of them during the day, so Wen Liang could only occasionally bring the two to visit Chen Die on set.

People in the production team didn’t know she had children.

But they knew Wen Liang, and when they saw him pushing two strollers into the set, they were shocked. This was what you call making major moves without fanfare.

At just over twenty years old, she had become a top actress, won the Best Actress award, had the Chen family behind her, married Wen Liang, and now directly had a son and a daughter, yet her figure hadn’t changed at all.

It was truly a case of comparing oneself to others—infuriating.

After their initial shock, the production team bombarded Chen Die for keeping this a secret, then melted at the sight of the two babies, all vying to hold them.

Wen Liang was different though. Most parents find their children adorable no matter what, but Wen Liang seemed blind to it, somehow unable to see how cute his two children were.

His family version of “Their joy is everyone else’s, but I only find it noisy.”

While others gathered around Wen Zhijing and Wen Zhiling, squealing with delight and taking photos, Wen Liang just held Chen Die, feeling relieved.

Eventually, Chen Die even began to wonder if Wen Liang truly lacked the potential to be a father.

After all, it was Chen Die who initially proposed having children; Wen Liang had never mentioned it.

Fortunately, once the brother and sister began to speak instead of always crying, Wen Liang’s faint “paternal love” finally showed itself.

The first to call “Dad” and “Mom” was the brother, Wen Zhijing. Wen Liang then acted as if he had found an interactive toy, showing unprecedented curiosity toward his son those days, coaxing Zhijing to call him “Dad” several times.

Perhaps feeling neglected as a result, Wen Zhiling, who was a week behind, suddenly learned to call “Dad” too.

Her voice was childish, with a little girl’s delicate softness. After hearing her, Wen Liang and his daughter stared at each other for a few seconds before he suddenly laughed.

Chen Die had the strange feeling that the father and daughter had just reconciled with a laugh.

Life passed peacefully and quickly. Soon, Wen Zhijing and Wen Zhiling were already three and a half years old.

During these three years, Chen Die balanced family and work, also filming several movies. Her fan base and status were now more stable, making her the top position among the new generation of young actresses.

She didn’t deliberately hide the fact that she had children. Everyone in the production team knew, but because of the influence of the Chen and Wen families behind Chen Die, no one dared to leak it.

To protect the two children, Wen Liang had already informed various media outlets before the babies were born, so there would be no such reports.

To this day, no fans knew that Chen Die had already had children.

But continuing to hide it was quite restrictive. Chen Die couldn’t easily take the two children out to the streets, fearing it might trigger some pursuit incident.

So she thought about finding an appropriate time to simply announce it.

Fang Ruan gave her advice, placing a letter of cooperation intent from a certain satellite TV station in front of her. “Take a look at this. I think it’s quite suitable.”

Chen Die opened the first page.

At the very top was a line in large text—”‘Flower Babies’ Season 2 Cooperation Invitation.”

“Flower Babies” Season 1 had invited several popular celebrity parents and their children to record the show two years ago, aiming to observe the interaction between celebrity parents and children, as well as children completing tasks assigned by the program team—an observational type of show.

At that time, due to the participation of popular celebrities, the ratings for the first season were very impressive.

“…” Chen Die casually flipped through the invitation letter. “Do you think Wen Liang would be willing to participate in this kind of show?”

Fang Ruan said, “Why don’t you ask our two little treasures first? If they want to go, then Wen Liang’s veto vote would be ineffective at three to one.”

Chen Die had watched the first season and indeed found some of the tasks and games very meaningful.

Moreover, because of her status, she had never taken her brother and sister on a trip together, and deep down she wasn’t opposed to this type of variety show.

That day when she returned home, Chen Die first asked for Wen Liang’s opinion.

To her surprise, he agreed without much hesitation.

Chen Die was stunned, confirming again, “You want to go?”

“Sure, you’ll be going too anyway. Better than you filming again and not coming home to stay.”

“…”

Making her sound like an unfaithful partner.

Chen Die then asked the brother and sister. The two didn’t know what a variety show or filming meant, only that they could appear on TV like their mother, and they would get to play. They also agreed very happily.

Two months later, “Flower Babies” officially aired.

There were a total of four celebrity couples with children, but the preview only revealed three of them. The fourth was always shown with faces blurred.

The preview only contained a brief three seconds of the family of four getting out of a car, their faces blurred, making it impossible to tell who they were.

This further aroused the curiosity and attention of netizens, who speculated about who it might be. After listing out celebrities with two children, none matched the build of the mystery celebrity couple in the preview.

So everyone was waiting for the first episode to air, wanting to see who it was.

The show began filming from the moment the celebrity families exited the airport. After the first three groups were shown, the production team built up suspense for the last group, even inhumanely inserting a commercial break.

Everyone was cursing at this, but when the commercials ended, the fourth family finally appeared.

The business car door opened, and the camera first captured a man’s long legs stepping out. By the time the camera moved up, the man had already turned his back, so his face wasn’t visible. He could only be seen helping a little boy out of the car and then carrying a little girl down.

They were still very young. The little girl tightly clutched Wen Liang’s trouser leg, while the little boy was examining the cameras in front of him.

When the camera captured close-ups of the two children, the barrage of comments quickly intensified.

Who is it, who is it, who is it, who is it?!! They’re so cute!!

Wow, does the entertainment industry have such a handsome guy? I don’t recall!!

Wuwuwuwu tricking me into wanting to have children again!

These two cuties look the same age, right? Boy-girl twins????

Then, the camera shifted. A pair of slender, fair hands extended from the car. The man firmly held her hand, helping her down the steps of the business car.

Finally, the camera captured both their faces.

Chen Die, Wen Liang.

The former bittersweet love story C.

Now a family of four.

Soon, the comment section exploded, and trending topics crashed.

What???????????

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When did she have them?? Oh my god, how does my Sister Die have two three-four-year-old children???

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