The wind rushing past his ears fragnted his voice...
Yet Huo Qinqi remained silent, the motorcycle was remarkably fast, reducing the ti from the airport to the hospital by a third. As soon as they arrived at the hospital, even before the vehicle had co to a complete stop, soone jumped off the bike.
"Where’s the delivery room?"
"8th floor, South District."
The person had long legs and moved quickly. Just as Jiang Chengsi dismounted, a helt was tossed his way. When he looked up again, Huo Qinqi had already vanished from his sight.
Probably finding the elevator too slow, he opted to take the stairs. The area outside the delivery room was already quiet, and his hurried footsteps imdiately captured everyone’s attention.
"You’re back?" Liang Yun noticed he was dusty and hadn’t even brought a bag, understanding his haste in returning.
"Yes." Huo Qinqi glanced at everyone.
Huo Ran was squatting in a corner, with his head full of little curls, and nearly burst into tears upon seeing Huo Qinqi.
What the hell——
Today genuinely scared him.
"Go wash your face first, before Shuci and the baby co out and you’re all sweaty..." Liang Yun urged him towards the restroom.
Huo Qinqi washed his face with water, and after returning, waited with them for a while.
Around 5 a.m., a doctor erged, informing them that the situation wasn’t ideal and requested a family mber to go in and give her so encouragent.
"I’ll go." Huo Qinqi imdiately stood up.
The doctor gave him a couple of glances and nodded in agreent.
Huo Qinqi disinfected himself, changed clothes, and followed the doctor into the delivery room, where the sll of blood was apparent.
He was no stranger to the sight of blood, having been injured countless tis himself, yet for the first ti in his life, he felt his scalp tingling.
The delivery room was tense but orderly; Shen Shuci seed to have exhausted all her energy, her eyes drooped and her hair drenched in sweat.
Towards the end, Shen Shuci was rely acting on instinct, following the doctor’s guidance in exerting force.
She probably didn’t even know what she was doing.
Faintly, she seed to hear Huo Qinqi calling her na, felt soone holding her hand.
A palm, warm and broad.
"Shuci, I’ve returned——"
His voice was hoarse and deep. She opened her eyes but seed to barely see him clearly.
She only rembered him whispering many words of encouragent and support by her ear.
For the first ti, Huo Qinqi felt powerless, unsure what he could do to help her. If he could, he would have taken her place to endure this ordeal.
Why aren’t you coming out yet?
Huo Qinqi frowned, jaw clenched, he was getting anxious. From the pregnancy, it had been a constant upheaval, and now it was stretching things out even more, so much so that he even thought to himself:
If you’re a boy, once you’re out, I’ll make you pay!
For so reason, after he muttered this internally a few tis, the child seed to finally respond and was about to co out.
...
Shen Shuci didn’t know how she managed to give birth; perhaps it was upon hearing a cry that her body’s strength abruptly depleted, seemingly bringing her consciousness back in an instant, only then did she see clearly...
Huo Qinqi had truly returned!
"Congratulations, it’s a..." a nurse holding the child began to congratulate Huo Qinqi.
But he was leaning his knees against the surgical bed, using a tissue to wipe Shen Shuci’s sweat, the two seed to be whispering intimately.
Not even concerned about the child.
Shen Shuci lifted her hand, wanting to see the child.
Yet as her fingers barely lifted, Huo Qinqi imdiately held onto them tightly.
"I’m here."
Shen Shuci’s throat was hoarse, unable to speak a word, whether due to exhaustion or being aggravated by him.
She wanted to see the child, not search for him.
Though just born, the child needed to be cleaned up a bit first. However, a nurse had already gone out to notify everyone in advance.
As the delivery room doors opened, everyone waiting outside turned simultaneously to look.
"Congratulations, the child is born, six pounds seven ounces, a boy."
Everyone outside exhaled a sigh of relief.
"How is my daughter-in-law?" Liang Yun, closest to the door, pressed her joy inward.
"Mother and child are safe, she’s just a bit exhausted and is resting, she’ll co out shortly; you might want to prepare the room."
"Thank you."
...
After accompanying Shen Shuci out, Huo Qinqi finally realized they’d had a boy. Though generally stoic, the feeling of becoming a father was distinctly different.
Especially when he saw the child, swaddled in soft cloth, rosy, wrinkled, eyes wide open, not crying nor fussing, surprisingly tranquil.
Unexpectedly, he really was a son.
Once everyone went back to the ward, dawn broke, and as day began to lighten, they started informing family mbers.
Grandma Jiang hadn’t slept well that night; upon receiving the call, she hastened Fan Mingyu to accompany her to the hospital.
When they arrived at the hospital, the ward was bustling; Liang Yun was holding the baby, surrounded by a group, voices lowered to avoid disturbing Shen Shuci’s rest.
"How’s Shuci?" Grandma Jiang saw she was still asleep.
"She’s been through a long day, very tired, but she’s okay." Tang Wan replied with a smile.
"Grandma, it’s a boy, quite good-looking." Jiang Chengsi, a night owl, though having stayed up the whole night, seed more energetic than anyone, "I think he’s actually a bit nicer looking than when Mutang was born."
"Really?" Grandma smiled.
"You wouldn’t believe it, he was born just as dawn was about to break; you can’t imagine how anxious we were outside." Jiang Chengsi was genuinely pleased, after all, it wasn’t easy for Huo Qinqi to get married and then have a son at his age.
Grandma glanced at Huo Qinqi not far away, talking to soone. He had changed into a casual outfit, his usual stoic deanor intact:
"Qinqi has beco a father too, ti really flies."
"I’m an uncle again." Jiang Chengsi grinned.
"I find you’re more excited about becoming an uncle than he is about becoming a father."
"..."
"Others are having children, why are you getting worked up? If you dare, go have one yourself!"
Jiang Chengsi tightly pressed his lips, dared not respond.
Jiang Jinsang kept examining the Huo Family’s baby:
Why did this baby have such thick hair at birth, unlike theirs?
Upon returning ho, he continually stared at his son’s head. Jiang Xiaowai, oblivious to his father’s scrutiny, kept dazzling him with silly smiles.
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