"Young Madam, please take a look at the two young masters," Cai Qing's voice was filled with unconcealable joy. For the past two days, she had been by the side of the young masters, and every move they made tugged at her heart.
The two little treasures slept soundly. Upon hearing the movement, they would occasionally whimper and even yawn.
Feng Jin reached out to stroke their tiny hands, a smile never leaving her lips. "Who is the elder brother, and who is the younger brother?"
She had fainted immediately after giving birth and hadn't even gotten a clear look at what her two little treasures looked like, so she naturally didn't know who was who.
"Young Madam, the two young masters look exactly alike. It's just that the elder brother has a small red mole behind his ear."
Cai Qing had observed them for a long time before finding a way to distinguish between the two young masters.
Feng Jin glanced over. Indeed, the elder treasure had a red mole behind his ear. The two little treasures only had this one difference; the rest of them were identical.
"Waa... waa..."
"Waa... waa..."
As if in unspoken agreement, when the elder brother cried, the younger brother would immediately start crying too.
This was Feng Jin's first time raising children, and she was instantly flustered. What was wrong with these two now?
"Young Madam, the two young masters are hungry. This old servant will take them down to the wet nurses to be fed."
After the嬷嬷 spoke, she was about to pick up the children, but Feng Jin stopped her directly.
"Wait, who told you to find wet nurses!"
Feng Jin's voice held a hint of anger. How could she let others feed the children she had painstakingly given birth to, nearly losing her life in the process?
"Young Madam, this..." The嬷嬷 was stunned. Finding wet nurses was the usual practice. It was truly strange that the Young Madam was so angry about this...
"I told them to find wet nurses. Your body is still weak, and you cannot care for the children yourself."
Ling Mohan knew that Feng Jin wanted to care for the children herself, but her body was so weak, and there were two children to boot. How could he be at ease with Feng Jin personally taking care of them?
"These are my children. No one is allowed to take my children away."
Feng Jin said coldly, her tone firm and unyielding.
"Cai Qing,嬷嬷, take the young masters down," Ling Mohan commanded sternly.
Cai Qing looked at Feng Jin with difficulty, then furtively glanced at Ling Mohan. She was just a little maidservant, and why did she have to be caught in the middle, caught between a rock and a hard place?
"Ling Mohan, how dare you!" Feng Jin stood in front of the two children.
"Your body is not suitable for caring for children right now. Once your health has recovered, you can care for them however you wish."
This was the first time Ling Mohan had made a concession, and it was his last resort.
"I've also said that no one is allowed to take the children away!"
Whoever dared to take the children away, she would fight them to the death. Feng Jin pushed herself up and blocked the window, protecting the two children behind her.
Ling Mohan sighed, his furrowed brow revealing his helplessness. He couldn't help but soften his tone. "Sit down first. The doctor said you shouldn't move around."
Feng Jin remained unmoved, her stubbornness only growing. She completely ignored the man in front of her.
"I will do as you say," Ling Mohan finally yielded to Feng Jin.
Having gotten the answer she wanted, Feng Jin no longer insisted. She gracefully relented, "Leave the children here, and I will care for them myself."
"Alright, everything as you wish," Ling Mohan nodded.
In the end, as Feng Jin had requested, the two children were left in the room to be looked after. Cai Qing and several嬷嬷s stayed in the adjacent room, ready to care for the two little treasures at any time.
Feng Jin, on the other hand, was ordered by Ling Mohan to lie in bed and rest, forbidden to get out of bed without his permission.
Even though she missed her two precious treasures dearly, Feng Jin could only lie in bed and catch a glimpse of them from afar. This feeling of being able to see them but not hold them was truly agonizing. It would have been better if the two treasures had not been placed by her side in the first place.
"Ling Mohan, can I hold..."
"No!" Before Feng Jin could finish, Ling Mohan's voice of refusal rang out.
"We had an agreement that the children would stay here, but you must rest well. You cannot hold the children until your body has recovered."
Ling Mohan said in a deep voice, enumerating the agreed-upon matters between them. Although Feng Jin was displeased, she had no grounds to refute due to their prior agreement, and could only stifle her frustration alone.
"Young Madam, the young master is crying and cannot be soothed. Do you want the wet nurses to feed him first?"
Since Feng Jin had previously instructed that the wet nurses were not to feed the young masters, the嬷嬷 dared not make a decision on her own now.
Feng Jin glanced at the crying child, her face filled with helplessness. She was willing to feed the child herself, but she was simply not capable. She was too disappointing; it had been days, and she still had no milk.
"Let the wet nurses take him down to be fed," Feng Jin waved her hand helplessly, her heart filled with reluctance, but she couldn't just watch her child go hungry.
"I told you long ago not to try feeding them. You can't even manage one, let alone two children..."
Ling Mohan stood there speaking without any effort, and now that he had the upper hand, he began to find fault with Feng Jin.
Feng Jin was already feeling vexed about the lack of milk, and now she had to listen to Ling Mohan drone on. The sparks of anger in Feng Jin's heart were instantly ignited. She shot Ling Mohan a sharp glare, her eyes burning with even greater fury.
Sensing Feng Jin's intense gaze, Ling Mohan wisely shut his mouth, but not before adding a few more words.
"Move the two children away for the嬷嬷 and wet nurses to care for, so it will also be convenient for you to recuperate."
"Impossible!"
Feng Jin refused without a second thought. It was impossible to trick her into moving the children away. She had to watch her own children grow up.
Was it just a matter of not having milk? She, the most outstanding medical and poisonous dual cultivator of the twenty-first century, could this simple gynecology problem stump her?
She took paper and pen and began writing. She handed the paper to Cai Qing. "Go and get the herbs according to the prescription. Boil them and bring them to me."
"Yes, Young Madam. This servant will go now." Cai Qing took the prescription and hurried off.
"What are you eating randomly again? Your body..."
"That's enough, stop nagging. I know my own body better than you do. If I say I'm fine, then I'm fine!"
Every day he would fuss about her health, restricting her freedom, forbidding her from doing this and that. Feng Jin felt that if this continued for a few more days, although her body would recover, her spirit would be driven mad by Ling Mohan.
Ever since she gave birth to the two children, why had Ling Mohan become so talkative? She truly missed the former taciturn Ling Mohan.
"It's all for your own good. I see that your heart is now only filled with those two children, and you have no room for anything else."