Chapter 378 - Baby Shower Party (Two)
Sheena called everyone's attention to begin the game. "Alright! To all the participants, please, fall in line."
Jessa walked over and pointed out the two borderlines. She explained, "For Vincent's team, yours is the blue line, and Hailee's team is a pink line."
The two lines were located in the middle of the stage, and the two boards brought it on the edge of the stage facing the audience.
"Now that everyone is in the circles. I will explain what you need to do. Each of you will come to the board and pick one picture of Hailee and Vincent. The team must complete it within three minutes!"
"Three minutes?" James twitches his mouth.
His face filled the massive screen on the stage after the camera focused on him. Everyone anticipated his complaint; then, he laughed out loud.
"That's too long!" It was just his joke.
Leo strangles James' neck. "You bastard! You should have asked to make it longer!"
"Ah!"
"Guys, please settle down! I will repeat it. Each team has to pick baby photos of Vincent and Hailee within three minutes! And whoever team picks more correct baby photos is the winner! So, let's start now!" Jessa announced; she then began to count along with the crowd.
"3… 2… 1… Set… Go!"
James, who volunteered to pick first, runs as fast as he can and scans the board. He already spotted a baby photo of Vincent. Then, he went to the back of the line. Next is Geoffrey and so on. The same as Vincent's team, his friends, Lloyd, Jake, and cousins.
Both teams actually struggle to make a fast decision when they aren't sure if they took the right baby photo. It added to their hardships the cheer from the audience. A few intentionally would scream that--
"No!"
"That's not the right photo!"
"It's the other one!"
A few of them are confused and pick the wrong photos. The crowd cheered.
"Hurry up!" James encourages Hailee's team. It's almost time out.
So then, everyone helps to count…
"10… 9… 8… 7… 6… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1!"
"Time's up!" Jessa and Sheena declared.
"Alright! Please, raise the photos you pick out!" Sheena's request. "Now, let's call dad Fred and uncle Jacob to the stage to judge if all the baby photos picked out by everyone are correct!"
Jacob and Fred came up to the stage and examined the baby photos.
"We will call Vincent's team first. Please, come forward to the front and make a horizontal line, then show your photos to the crowd. Uncle Jacob will take the correct photos, and I will ask the audience to help us count!" Jessa announced.
Jacob walked over and looked at each picture after another. Every time he picks a photo, the crowd will count it until six correct among the ten pictures.
"Now it's Hailee's team! Please come forward and make a straight line here…" Sheena gestured her hand and looked to see if the line was straight. "Alright! Now, please, raise your hand and show the photos you picked out. Dad, please, begin."
Fred walked over and looked at the picture one by one. But before he did that, Sheena had already briefed him on what he must do, and Fred just made a random pick to make things thrilling.
Fred purposely makes it suspenseful. Then, Vincent's baby photos in a total of six. However, there are four other pictures. Fred paced back and forth until he pointed out two more correct images.
It means Hailee's team won. James is screaming on top of his lungs, running around and jumping on the stage.
"We won! We won!" he keeps shouting.
"Settle down, James!" Daichi yelled from the crowd; James was instantly sober and froze on his feet. He didn't move, but Leo and Kristian dragged him off the stage.
Everyone enjoyed his comical character. He actually brightened the mood simultaneously and could stir the mood of others with his ridicules, which the first person who buys out is Rodney.
"Okay! Now we have Hailee and Vincent's baby photos!" Jessa raises her arms to point at the big screen that occupies the entire wall of the stage.
On the big screen, it displays the photos that both teams picked out correctly. Both Hailee and Vincent look so cute in the pictures; their families, relatives, and friends cannot contain themselves commenting.
"Ah, baby Hailee is so cute!" Hazel said this countless times already.
"What is the gender of Hailee's babies? Could it be all boys or all girls?" asked someone from Vincent's relatives.
"Maybe a boy and a girl!"
"Or boys and a girl!"
"The baby princess surely would be as pretty as her Mumma!"
"Certainly! It will be the prettiest!"
"Hmm… What if the babies would look like Vincent?" James uttered, more likely he is talking to himself.
"So what if it will look like Vincent?" Rodney retorted, to whom he heard James as he was just at the next table.
"Tsh! Then they all have small eyes!"
"And so what? Normally, their dad has small eyes," Carl snaps.
James sneered at the two cousins, then he suddenly laughed. Bryan asked him,
"What happened to you?"
"I have small eyes! Then the baby will look like me!"
"Shut up, James!" Almost every knight and Vincent's relatives chided him.
"The hell!" Rodney spat.
Bryan and Geoffrey shot dagger stares at him while Vincent wanted to strangle him. He looked at him with a sidelong glance.
Daichi, on the other hand, laughed on his stomach. He teased his nephew, "I think you have to hide your neck. Otherwise, Vincent will cut it soon!"
James unconsciously reached for his stomach and covered both of his hands. "I'll behave now." He chuckled nervously.
Everyone is looking at him sharply. He must keep his mouth shut now!
Finally, it was time to reveal the three babies' gender. Three giant colored gold boxes were pushed in the middle of the stage, and Hailee and Vincent were called to come up to the stage.
Vincent helped Hailee stand from the sofa; he guided her taking the steps of the stage.
"Alright! Are you guys ready?" Jessa asked the couple, both nodded anxiously.
Indeed, Hailee and Vincent felt both excited and nervous.
"I'm kind of nervous but very excited to know the gender of the babies." Hailee was honest to what she felt at the moment, while Vincent was calm, although he also looked forward to knowing the gender of his children.
"Now, let's start opening the mystery boxes!"
The crowd clapped their hands. Everyone in the world is also excited to know the gender of the babies. Sheena already posted that tonight is the baby shower party, and they will reveal the baby's gender.
Netizens are anxiously waiting for Sheena or Jessa to post an update. All the media outlets are keenly waiting for the update for them to repost it and make an article.
"Are you ready!?" Sheena asked the crowd.
"Yes, we are!"
"How about the soon-to-be mommy and daddy?"
"We're ready!" Both Hailee and Vincent answered at once. Then, they held the hem of the ribbon and waited to finish the counting.
"3… 2… 1!"
"OH!"
The crowd gasps when BLUE balloons start popping out from the box once it has burst out open.
"Yes!" Vincent couldn't keep his calm after he learned that his eldest is a boy. Of course, he would not mind a girl, but having a Shen heir with his first attempt is an achievement for him.
Vincent kissed Hailee on the lips and never let her go.
"It's just the first box, please! Stop being shown off!"
"Please, continue!"
Both James and Rodney complain in the crowd. Everyone laughed, but applause filled the grand hall. And among the audience, Jacob and Fred are also delighted.
"Congratulations, Jacob!" said Fred and shook Jacob's hand.
"Likewise, Fred! Congrats to us!" Jacob felt like he was on top of a cloud noun. 'A grandson!'
Now, Hailee and Vincent moved to the second box. They pulled the hem of the ribbon after the counting, and once again, it's blue balloons.
"Two boys! Congrats, brother!" Sheena could not hide her excitement. She and Gigi know the real gender of the babies, but still, it excites her for Vincent and Hailee. "I'm so happy for you guys!"
Sheena hugs the pair before she urges them to open the third box.
"Girl! Girl!"
"Girl! Girl!"
The audience is now standing from their seats. Hilda could not also hide her excitement to know the third gender of the babies.
Hailee and Vincent pulled the ribbon; however, the third box had two boxes inside.
The soon-to-be mom and dad shared a confused look.
"Sheena, what is this?" Vincent asked his youngest sister. Something is telling him that Hailee is conceiving more?
"Please, open them now!" Sheena didn't answer but urged them instead.
"What does it mean?" It was everyone's query.
Confused and anxious, Hailee and Vincent hold the end of the ribbon in each of the boxes.
"Now, everyone, help us do the count!" Jessa encouraged the audience, and everyone began counting.
"3… 2… 1!"
"Congratulations, guys!" Sheena shrieked gleefully, followed by everyone's screams.
PINK balloons burst out from the two boxes.
Hailee cried; Vincent immediately locked her inside his arms.
"Hubby, we have two boys and two girls!"
"Yes, wifey… Our princes and princesses…." Vincent lovingly kisses Hailee's hair, rubbing her back to coax her. She couldn't stop crying after they learned the gender of their babies, which they were actually expecting FOUR babies!
"Congratulations, Mrs. Shen…"
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