After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 631

Chapter 631: Family
The Golds left the villa with enlightened minds, leaving the couple alone in the verandah. She looked at her husband’s profile and sighed, raising her hand to touch his chiseled face.

“Was the trip tiring? I’m sorry you had to worry like that,” she said, and Garan’s demeanor immediately softened as he leaned into her touch.

“No. I wanted to see you as soon as I could anyway.”

Warmth surrounded the air around them, with Garan’s arm finding her backrest and pulling her chair closer to his. The next thing she knew, his strong arms had wrapped around her waist, pulling her to sit on him and with his lips capturing hers.

Their mouth and tongues rubbed together as their bodies did, and immediately the cool air of the veranda was not enough to cool down the heat.

Before things could get too heated up though, they heard the door open, immediately making them flinch.

It was Harold, who was very innocently heading towards the verandah. “Lunch is ready in the other house, Sheila and the others have also arriv—”

His voice died down when he saw the boss sitting on her husband’s thigh, and he froze at the sight of Boss Garan’s sharp eyes

“I…I…!”

“Stop scaring him,” Althea said, standing up though her husband’s grubby hand was still stuck to her waist. “And behave,” she said, kissing his cheek.

“It’s time to go check on the children.”

…

The couple walked towards the other villa with entwined hands. Garanrubbed her palms with his calloused fingers, tickling her.

This got him a pinch on the cheek. Sadly he didn’t have any baby fat to pinch, so she just ended up touching his face. This just made his eyes turn dark and he looked down at her, and she immediately parted from him to rush to the other house.

Garan looked at the children crawling to and fro the play pen, enjoying their toys, and making the adults around smile. They rolled and crawled and, when they saw their mother, their expressions immediately morphed to one of excitement.

“Googhmammmm…”

“Mwammmuummma…”

Althea smiled and she took a baby on each hand, giving them smooches on their soft faces. She then turned around towards Garan and the babies also looked while in her arms. Their cute smiles widened even more at the sight of their dad, extending their hands to get ahold of him.

He smiled and took them into his arms. Their tiny hands touched his face, and he leaned down to kiss their faces, making them giggle.

Together, the group sat down around the large dining table, with Garan placing the babies on the high chair between him and Althea.

“Better tighten the seat,” Winona mentioned as she served rice to her plate. “Meatball could float out.”

This made Garan flinch. Eyebrows furrowed, he looked at Althea.”Their ability…”

“It manifested again,” she said. “In front of Winona for now, fortunately.”

The atmosphere was a little muted as they ate lunch. It was fine if it was just Winona, but what if it was a stranger who saw?

“I asked the aborigines about that Holt kid,” Althea said, telling her husband what had been discussed. “The aborigines don’t know much either.”

“Even that case Betty mentioned didn’t seem to have awakened powers early.”

Ansel turned to his sister with a serious expression on his face. “I think you’re correct not to tell them about the abilities. I think we should all keep mum about it. If the babies are unusual, who knows what could happen.

“This is a world where slavery is accepted, after all.”

Even the imagination that something could happen to the children made their stomachs drop, and each adult was already thinking of ways to keep the children safe in their own way.

The atmosphere was a little tense, but the babbles and giggles of the children made people’s hearts go soft, immediately improving the atmosphere. They all looked at the babies who didn’t have any idea what was going on.

The children were currently sipping Broat Milk (now tagged safe and very healthy) with added fruit flavor to ease them for soft foods. Also, it was really tasty.

Sip, sip, sip

Chup, chup, chup

They were just so adorable. Their cheeks were plumper while they were eating, and their eyes a little more watery as they enjoyed their meals.

Winona had also changed the baby’s clothes to their sleeping clothes. Since the advent of cotton, the children now wear different animal-themed onepiece baby suits (which was suuuper cute) every day of the week.

A lot of these clothing Winona actually commissioned herself. And, if it was up to her, the babies would not be repeating clothes at all!

But alas, they were being sustainable right now.

Today, Little Pepper was wearing a baby onesie with a kitten theme, while Little Meatball was in a puppy-themed onesie. They were also playing around with their toys as they drank.

Sip, sip, sip

Chup, chup, chup

Interestingly, they could also determine the babies’ preferences early on. Pepper obviously liked strawberry flavor the most, judging by her sipping speeds, while Meatball was fond of pineapple flavor.

To be honest, they could just watch the babies all day, and their presence made the food even nicer.

Lunch was nice, as always, and Harold was showing steady growth in skill and creativity. Although the meal was simple—a hearty stew, a side of garlic bread, and a salad with her favorite vinaigrette dressing—it was very satisfying.

As they ate (with the couple occasionally feeding each other), they couldn’t help but hear some rustling and sucking sound, realizing both kids had started to bite on their toys.

“Stop biting that…”

When Althea took it out, their rounded eyes lined with tears, eyebrows showing discomfort and irritability.

“They’re doing that more often,” Winona commented, and it made Harold look at the babies again. “Boss, can you check their gums?”

Althea blinked and looked at little Pepper, who was seated closer to her. She asked them to open their mouths, leading by example, while her fingers also guided them. Babies made ‘o’ with their tiny mouths, and it sent cute attacks around the room.

Althea looked closer and saw that their gums was reddish. “Their gums are swollen.”

Harold also walked closer to take a look. He, as a single father, was the only one who had real experience with taking care of babies.

“They seem to be teething already,” he said. “They’d be biting their toys soon. You need a teether.”

Harold knew what he was talking about. After all, he raised his daughter closely as soon as she was born.

Shiela and Winona found it adorable to imagine one or two teeth growing on the babies. “Wow sooo cute~!”

“Aww, ohmygosh must take a photo!” Winona, whose phone was always charged using Althea’s solar charger, immediately took out her phone and added a few more photos in her already large collection of baby pictures.

Althea though, was just concerned. “Already teething?”

Garan nodded. He had studied a lot about babies in the tablet as soon as he found he had children. “Most children start teething at 6 months, 4 at most. They’re only 2 months old…”

“Would they grow up older faster?”

“I don’t know.”

Looking closer, their hair had also grown enough for them to see their approximate color. As with the case of their eyes, little Pepper inherited her father’s ebony hair as deep as outer space, while Meatball inherited her lush auburn ones.

“Mngwahwah….” Little Pepper mumbled.

“Gooooglugh,” Little Meatball garbled.

They seemed to have noticed her mood and were making adorable weird faces to comfort her.

She giggled, placing kisses on their cute chubby cheeks.

While apprehensive, there was no point worrying too much about things they couldn’t control.

Her intuition was telling her it was nothing dangerous.

But… she still hoped to get answers sooner rather than later.