Nina thought for a while and said, "No, I don't need it for the time being. There is nothing my brother cares about more than me. If he finds out that I'm pregnant, he will try everything he can to come back, and if my mother catches him, I'm afraid he will have to go to a farther place to study."
"Is there anything wrong with studying abroad?" Vicente asked.
"Do you really think he's in a simple overseas study trip?"
"Is he not?" Vicente asked in confusion.
Nina shook her head and said, "No. I heard from my father that my mother didn't allow Leon to leave with even a single penny in hand, and she didn't allow him to reveal his identity."
"So he is penniless now?" Surprise flashed through Vicente's eyes, but considering Anne's character, it actually wasn't surprising at all. "Don't worry. With your brother's brains, it won't be a problem for him to make money to support himself."
"My mother has also thought of that." Nina felt sorry and self-reproachful for her brother. "It's all because he helped me run away from home. My mother put restrictions in place for him everywhere. He won't die, but his quality of life is not good."
"So it's not an overseas study trip after all. He has just been exiled. Gee, that's so miserable." For some reason, Vicente's heart ached.
"It doesn't matter. When I give birth to the babies, I will plead with them. I think my brother will be able to come back then. The two of them are now very eager to become grandparents." Nina smiled and put her hands on her belly.
"Well, those two children have a very difficult task ahead of them." Vicente bent over and placed her head on her belly to feel the babies, but she didn't feel or hear anything.
"Why can't I hear the fetal movement? I thought I was supposed to be able to hear the fetal movement if I stuck my head close to your stomach."
"It's been less than four months since I got pregnant. How can you hear the fetal movement now?" Nina had no idea whether to cry or to laugh. "The fetuses need to be at least five or six months for you to hear them."
"What? Is that so?" Vicente scratched her neck with embarrassment. "I haven't had a baby, so I didn't know about that."
"Do you want a baby in the future?" There was clearly another meaning to Nina's words.
Their gazes met in the air.
If she continued to live as Vicente, it would be impossible for her to have a baby of her own. In fact, she wouldn't even dare to have a love life.
She had accepted that she would be alone all her life long ago.
She didn't even dare to have friends, for fear that her identity would be exposed and cause trouble to herself and her mother.
Truthfully, if her mother hadn't let Nina see through her disguise as a man, she wouldn't have trusted Nina.
Vicente averted her gaze and said with a smile, "You are pregnant, aren't you? You will be giving birth to two babies in one time. That is enough for me."
She intentionally avoided Nina's question.
Still looking at her, Nina said, "I'm serious."
"I mean it." Vicente raised her head and found herself looking into Nina's eyes. Then, she hurriedly looked away with a guilty conscience. "You will give birth to the babies in half a year. Once that happens, you won't prevent the babies from calling me, will you?"
"What should they call you?" Nina asked. "Should they call you Daddy or Mommy?"
"They can't call me Mommy. You are their mother. They can just call me Daddy. I promise that I will care for them with my entire heart and soul," Vicente promised sincerely.
She deliberately changed the topic. In the past few days they had been together, Vicente had been really good to Nina, and Nina was hoping that Vicente could live a normal life one day.
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