One Night Changed Everything (PAUSED)

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She walks over to the bassinet with the three little treasures and looks at them. They are so precious, each one is perfect with tiny little hands and feet with all ten fingers and toes. The two boys are dressed in blue and the girl in pink, luckily they had a bag packed and ready to go just in case with newborn clothing for each of the babies.

Carmen, Li Qin and Wuxi knew the genders of the babies but no one else did. He wanted to keep it a surprise for when they were born but wanted to be able to get the clothes they needed. He wanted them to be dressed in blues and pinks instead of gender-neutral colors so that he could differentiate between them.

She strokes their heads gently as she gazes at the little beauties and smiles. She is so happy she was there to witness their births, she feels like she was able to do something for her Cangse by being there for her son as she would have been had she still been alive.

She whispers "Your grandmother would have loved each of you so much, since she can't be here to be your grandma I will be. Your Na Na will love you with all of my heart my little loves. I will help your Mommy take care of you and I will take such great joy in watching you grow."

"Thank you Carmen Mom for wanting to be a part of our lives and thank you for being there for us when they were born, I wouldn't have wanted anyone else with me." Wuxi softly whispers.

Carmen looks over at him and smiles, she stands up and walks to his bedside, leans down and kisses his forehead "How are you feeling sweetheart?"

He smiles tiredly "I feel alright, I'm in a little pain and I really want to sleep. How are they?"

She glances over at the children "They are perfect, you did so good AXian, they are beautiful. I have Li Qin running an errand and then we will both stay with you today and she will be here with you and the babies for the duration of your stay. Dr. Wen said you will have to stay for about a week to make sure you are healed before you can go home with them."

He nods "That's fine with me, you need to get some rest, you have been up for a very long time Carmen Mom, please tell them to bring a bed in and get some sleep."

She strokes his hair "I will, I want to make sure you and the babies are settled and resting before I do. Your sister and cousins will be here any time to see all of you. Are you alright with them coming in and being here?"

He half smiles "Yeah I'm ok with it, I want to see them and I want to introduce them to the triplets. Do you think I could get something to eat? Not much but maybe some sort of snack or something and something to drink my throat is sore."

She nods "Absolutely, let me call them." She grabs the nurses' call button and lets them know what she needs in the room and to bring him what he wants.

Jiang Cheng, Jiang Yanli and Jia Li all come into the room a few minutes later, their arms are full of stuffed toys, flowers, balloons, fruit baskets and milk tea. They are all smiling from ear to ear and nearly stumble over each other to get into the room. Wuxi giggles as he watches them trip over each other to show him their gifts.

"Will you just put everything over there for me, please? Thank you for all of the gifts, it's very sweet of all of you." He smiles as he points to a table they can put everything on.

They do then tentatively come closer to the babies they each look at them and they all smile and coo over how adorable they are. Jiang Cheng scrunches his brows "Why do they look like tiny wrinkled old men?"

Yanli smacks his arm and Jia Li gasps "Don't say that about my niece and nephews, they are perfect and adorable."

Wuxi chuckles at the comment "You spend eight months in liquid and see how you look afterward. Their skin will smooth out just like your fingers do after being in the water for too long."

Jiang Cheng nods understanding "Ah I see, that makes sense, so what are their names?"

Wuxi smiles "Bring the bassinet closer?" they gently pull it closer to him so he can see his children better.

He points to the first boy "This is my oldest, his name is Wei Yuan Bo which means primary treasure, this is my second oldest his name is Wei Tian Li which means Heaven's Law and my youngest, my little girl's name is Wei Mei Xiu which means beautiful grace." He smiles lovingly at his three babies.

Everyone in the room shows their happiness at how beautiful their names are and how much they love what he picked for them. Yanli smiles her dimpled smile "I love their names AXian, you did so well, I'm very proud of you. Thank you for letting us be here today, you don't know how much it means to me that I can be here not only for you but to see the babies on their birthday. If you will let me, I really want to be a part of you and their lives, I miss you and would like to have a more active role in your life if I can."

He nods "I would like that, I know I said some things I probably shouldn't have before, I know that you and ACheng have no control over what Madam Yu did to me it just hurt that no one did anything about it. I am trying to get past it, just give me some time and I won't deny any of you seeing me or the babies I promise."

Jia Li smiles "Thank you gege, I know you have been really hurt by how you were treated there, I'm sorry I wasn't able to do more to get you out of that situation. You are out now and living happily and that is all any of us want for you."

The extra bed and his food come as he is talking to Yanli and his meimei and he eats a few bites between talking to them. He takes a sip of the milk tea and moans "Man this is good, I have missed having these, thank you."

They continue to talk while he finishes his meal and they watch the babies sleep. He nibbles his food almost too tired to eat anything but he knows he has to keep up his strength so he eats as much as he can but he is dozing off while eating.

Carmen steps in seeing this "Guys he is exhausted let's let him get some rest, you can come back tomorrow. He will be here for the next five days minimum so you will have plenty of time to come and see him and the babies alright?"

They nod and each one stops and looks at the babies before leaving the room glancing at a sleeping Wei Wuxian as they walk out the door. Carmen walks behind them to the door and addresses the security detail "We are going to get some sleep, the only people allowed into this room are me and Li Qin besides the medical staff, check every I.D. before they are let in. I don't trust his guardians that Madam Yu is capable of anything so stay vigilant." They nod their understanding and she goes inside and checks Wuxi and the babies before laying down to get some much-needed rest.