(ch.32)

As they were walking out of the hospital after Hong got discharged, Lai asked "Are you hungry? Do you want anything? Want me to come over for a bit?" with worry and curiosity.

Hong answered "Lai and Chin, I love you two so much. Why do you guys love me so much? I don't deserve you guys," as she cried all over again.

Lai hugged her as he kinda giggled, he answered "Ayia, Hong, you're such a crybaby today. Of course, we love you too. Now tell us what you want to eat," in a soft voice.

"I want- I want- I want pizza with honey on top and plum juice," in-between sobs. Chin and Lai looked at each other with a weird look then back to Hong. Hong saw that they were giving her a weird look, she cried again "Am I that gross? I can't help it, I know it's gross but I'm craving it."

Lai assured "No, no, it's not gross. Sorry if we made mean faces. Stop crying, let's go get you food," as he wipes her tears.

Chin added "Yeah, Sister Hong, I'm sure you're really hungry, so don't cry anymore," in a soft voice. Hong nodded as they went to get food. Lai and Chin just watched Hong eat as they were sitting in a park, Lai asked "Is it good? Are you happy now?" in a calm tone as he took a split of his coffee. She happily nodded as she continued eating. He asked "What about you, Chin? Are you enjoying your drink?" Chin nodded as she drinks her watermelon juice.

They were walking back to Hong's apartment, Hong said "I need to go to the bathroom."

"Good thing that we close to a store, I'm going to buy some things," Lai noted as they went to the store. Chin went with Hong to the bathroom as Lai went to do some shopping. Hong started to throw up as soon as she entered the bathroom, Chin held her hair and pat her back. Once she was done, Hong was tearing up again. Chin panicked and asked "Why are you tearing up?" in a worried tone.

Hong answered "I just throw up all my food and it just makes me sad because I just wasted food that Lai bought me," as tears roll down.

Chin embrace her and comforted "It's fine, stop crying."

Hong stopped crying, sighed, and mumbled "You're right. Why am I such a crybaby today? It's probably my pregnancy hormones. Whatever, let's get going," as she freshen herself at the sink before leaving. They met up with Lai at the food section, they look in his cart, there were fruits, vegetables, meats, more things. Chin saw something at the bottom, she grabbed it, it was a bottle of pregnancy vitamins gummies.

Hong asked "Lai, why are you buying so much stuff," in a confused tone.

He answered "Because some of these are for you," in a calm tone, walking off.

"Wait, Lai, you don't need to," as they followed him. He wasn't listening as he went to the equipment section and got a wagon for the bags, then headed to the checkout while ignoring Hong's comments. Once he was done paying and pitting the bag into the wagon, he said "Because you need these and they're good for your babies," in a calm tone as he walked off with the wagon behind.

As they were walking to her apartment, Hong complained "Lai, I'm so tired and I feel like my legs are going to break," in an annoyed tone.

Lai looked at her, sighed, walk towards her, kinda squatted, and mumbled "Get on," in a calm tone. Hong smiled and got on his back and he told Chin to drag the wagon. After a few minutes, Lai asked "Hong, are you doing ok? You've been kinda quiet," a bit worried.

"Brother, she's asleep so don't wake her up," looking up at him. Lai nodded, then he asked "Are you ok? If you don't want to drag the wagon anymore, I can," in a calm voice.

Chin responded "No, it's ok. Let's just get Hong back to her place," in a calm tone.

"Ok, we're almost there," Chin nodded. They finally got to Hong's apartment complex, they saw a good-looking man, around Hong's age, but they just ignore him. Chin whispered "That guy is really good-looking," in a cheerful way.

Lai frown at her and said "Well too bad because he probably already has a girlfriend plus I won't let you date him, he's as old as me," in a calm but strict voice. Suddenly, the guy walked towards them, they both tried to act like they didn't notice him.

He said, "Is that girl named, Hong?"

Lai looked at him and answered "Why?" with a confused face.

"Just answer my question," he started to get annoyed. That moment Hong woke up, "Oh we're here," in a quiet voice. She didn't see the guy until she got off of Lai, when she did, she froze. The guy asked "Hong? So it is you."

Chin and Lai were so confused, Hong asked "What are you doing here? How do you know I live here? I thought you hated me," in a bitter tone.

The guy answered "Because my sister told me that you got pregnant by me," in a calm voice. That's when it clicked for Lai and Chin, it was Xiu Ying, the guy that Hong had a one-night stand with.

"Yeah," in an emotionless voice.

He frowned and fumed "How? You didn't even sleep with me, you slept with my best friend so it's his. Oh, I get it. You told him and he didn't want it so now you're blaming it on me," in a sarcastic tone as he made an annoyed face.

Hong tears up and revealed "Becuase I'm the girl that you had a one-night stand with. I didn't actually sleep with Bingwen, I got sick so he took me a hotel since we were far from the hotel that we were staying at," as her voice started to crack.

"You're such a lair. You probably heard the one-night stand from my sister and making up a story to cover up that you slept with my best friend," with bitternes.

Chin at this point was confused and also felt bad for Hong. Lai punched Xiu Ying, her brother shouted "How dare you accused Hong of that nonsense. She wouldn't lie about something this serious," in a fuming tone.

Xiu Ying got up and asked "Who are you? What do you have to do with this?" in a furious tone.

"I'm Qing Lai, I don't know if you know, but I'm an scultor and Hong's friend. I'm taking her home from the hospital since the guy that got her pregnant doesn't want to claim her," in a calm voice with a bit of bitterness.

"How dare you speak to me like that? If I know that thing her stomach is mine than I would take full responsibility," in an enraged tone.

Hong was crying, she shouted "Stop arguing, it's making me stress.," that made Lai and Xiu Ying stop arguing. She continued "Xiu Ying, if you don't believe me than let's go get a paternity tests tomorrow, but you have to agree to something too."

Xiu Ying exclaimed "Ok, I agree, so tell me what it is," in a serious tone.

Hong added "Now that you agree, I will get full custody of my babies whether you're the father or not," in an emotionless voice.

"Fine, it's not like I care about those things," he marked, glaring at her.

Hong scolded "Remember you're words," he nodded. As Hong was walking in her apartment complex while Lai and Chin followed, Lai commented "Since you don't want the babies or Hong, I better not see you go near them in the future. Don't worry I'll be taking care of Hong from now on," with a sobered tone.

Chin was putting away Hong's groceries as she quietly listen to Hong's and Lai's conversation. "Ah, don't cry over a stupid guy like him. He's not worth your tears," in a soft tone as he was patting her head.

"What- what am- am- I- I- going to do? How- how- will- will- I take- care of- two kids?" she mumbled in between each hiccp while crying.

Lai answered "I will help you and I'm sure Yu, Chin, Ming, and the others will help you." Hong just kept crying and crying. After Hong fell asleep, she sat next to her brother and asked "Brother, what are we going to with Hong? I feel so bad for her," in a worried voice.

He just looked at Hong then Chin and said "Me too, I don't know what she did to have such a miserable life. All I know is that I'm here for her and I'll help her everyday to make her happy. For her babies, I'll take responsibility of them," in a calm tone.

"Brother, don't you think you're doing too much? You have to take care of Brother Jinyu, Me, Hong, and now her babies," in a worried and confused tone.

He smile and answered "Yes, but I'm willing to because I love you all and want you guys to be happy even for her babies," in a cheerful voice. He continued "Let me put her in bed then we can leave." Chin nodded. He carried her princess style as Chin followed behind, he put in her bed, kissed her forehead, wrote a note, then they left.

At 1 pm, Lai and Chin got home with their wagon filled with groceries, Yu ran to them and asked "Where have you two been all day? You guys were gone by the time I got to the hospital," in a worried tone.

Lai answered "Oh we went to Hong's place for bit and shopping as you can tell," looking at the wagon.

Yu looked and said "Oh, let me put those away," grabbing the bags. Chin and Lai just sitting on the couch relaxing as Xaing and Zhe came out of their rooms.

"Oh you guys are home. How did things go with your friend?" Xaing noted as Zhe and he sat down.

Lai sigh and answered "Not good," in a down tone.

"Why?" asked Zhe as Yu was done and coming to sit down too.

Lai replied "The father of the babies won't take responsibility because he think the babies are his best friends and said that even if the babies are his, he doesn't care. He even call Hong's babies, things or it."

Yu's head was boiling as she mumbled "That bitch is so dumb," in an annoyed tone.

"Yu, calm down," noted Xaing.

She was taking a few seconds to cool off. She asked "What's going happen since Xiu Ying won't take responsibility?" in a curious tone.

Lai answered "I guess I'll be taking care of Hong and her babies from now on. I can't bare to see Hong suffer alone in her pregnancy," in a calm voice, looking at all of them. There was a knock, Chin marked "I'll get it," and went to open the door. There stand a handsome guy, she asked "How can I help you?"

But then Yu blurted "I'm glad you're here, Bingwen. I need to talk to you," in a serious voice. Chin moved aside as he entered.

Bingwen asked "What do you want to talk about?" in a curious tone, taking a seat.

Yu responded "Well, Xiu Ying and Hong had a one-night stand together and now, Hong is pregnant. Xiu Ying thinks you're the one that got her pregnant so he doesn't want to take responsibility. I want you to try to get him to take responsibility of her,"in a serious voice.

"Well, I can try. If he doesn't want to take responsibility of Hong's baby, I can step up," in a calm tone.

Everyone was shocked to hear that he's willing to be responsibility even through he know the babies aren't his. Lai uttered "Hong is have twins so it's two babies. Are you still willing to take responsibility of them?"

Bingwen smiled and marked "That's even better, I'll still take responsibility of the three of them. I don't mind if they're Xiu Ying's. But first, I'll going try to get Xiu Ying to take responsibility of them," in an assured tone.

Yu smiled and said "Thanks, Bingwen," in a jolly voice.

"Thank, dude, if you really mean it," Lai added in a thankful voice.

Bingwen nodded with a smile, the he blurted "Thank you for tell me this. I have to go now, my dad needs me to help him with something."

Everyone said "Bye," as he left.

"Lai, don't worry. Hong has all of us to love her and her twins, no need for Xiu Ying," Yu stated in a calm tone. Lai sighed and nodded.