Chapter 98 A Frenzy of Hands and Feet! Deputy Division Commander Qin's Real-Life Account of Taking Care of a Child!
"Deputy Division Commander Qin, Comrade Jiang Wu, it's like this."
The dean's expression was very serious. He pushed up his reading glasses and opened the report in his hand.
"According to our tests, your blood type is O, and Comrade Jiang Wu's blood type is also O."
"According to the laws of genetics, if both parents have type O blood, their child can only have type O blood as well."
Qin Lie nodded; he understood these basic facts.
"But..." The dean's tone shifted, making Qin Lie's heart leap into his throat.
“We conducted two repeated blood type tests on the two children and found that their blood type was neither O, nor A, B, or AB.”
"This is a very rare blood type that we have never recorded in our hospital's blood bank."
The dean frowned as he pointed to a string of complex codes on the report that Qin Lie couldn't understand at all.
"This is a very rare phenomenon in medicine. We suspect it may be caused by some extremely rare gene mutation."
Qin Lie's heart sank immediately.
Gene mutation?
That doesn't sound like a nice word.
"Then... will it affect the child's health?" he asked nervously, this was his biggest concern.
"Currently, all of the children's vital signs are very healthy, even better than those of ordinary newborns," the hospital director said frankly. "However, this rare blood type means that if they need blood transfusions in the future, ordinary blood banks may not be able to provide a matching blood source. This is a potential risk."
Qin Lie's heart clenched again.
What should we do?
He looked anxiously at Jiang Wu.
Jiang Wu's face showed no sign of panic.
She listened quietly, and only spoke slowly after the dean finished speaking.
"Dean, perhaps I can explain this matter."
All eyes were on her.
“I mentioned this to Qin Lie before.” Jiang Wu’s face revealed a just-right hint of reminiscence and mystery. “I was raised by my grandmother when I was little. My grandmother was a herbalist in the mountains and knew some ancestral prescriptions that outsiders didn’t know about.”
“My constitution has been different from others since I was a child. When I get sick, I don’t need to take medicine. I can get better by drinking some herbal soup prepared by my grandmother. My grandmother said that the bloodline of our ancestors is different from that of ordinary people.”
She raised her head and looked at the dean, her eyes sincere and open.
"So, is it normal for children to inherit this special bloodline from me?"
Her half-truthful words once again shifted the blame to that fictitious, omnipotent "grandmother."
The hospital director and the two young doctors looked at each other in bewilderment.
Ancestral bloodline?
This sounds more like a myth than science.
However, they could not refute it.
There are too many "miracles" happening to Jiang Wu.
The "miracle water" and "life-saving pill" that could quickly heal the critically injured and dying had already spread among the military region's high-ranking officials on a small scale, thanks to Political Commissar Wang's report.
Although it cannot be explained by science, the facts are undeniable.
Now that her child has a rare blood type that science cannot explain, it seems... to make sense.
"So that's how it is..." The dean pondered for a moment, and finally had no choice but to accept this seemingly absurd explanation.
"In that case, we will create a special health record for the two young comrades and closely monitor their growth. At the same time, we will also send their blood samples to the Academy of Military Medical Sciences in Beijing for experts there to conduct more in-depth research."
"Okay, thank you for your help, Dean." Jiang Wu nodded.
She defused a potential crisis with such ease.
Looking at his wife, who remained calm in the face of danger and managed to resolve the medical expert's concerns with just a few words, Qin Lie felt nothing but admiration and deep dependence.
With his wife by his side, he's not afraid of anything, not even if the sky falls.
A week later, Jiang Wu and the children were discharged from the hospital.
The real "war" has only just begun.
Back in that familiar little courtyard, without the round-the-clock care of the nurses in the hospital, the burden of feeding, diapering, and other needs for the two little ones fell entirely on the shoulders of Qin Lie and Jiang Wu, the new parents.
Qin Lie, the deputy division commander who was decisive on the battlefield and strategist in exercises, was completely at a loss when faced with two soft little babies.
"Wife! Wife! Come quick! How do I fix this thing?!"
From the bathroom came Qin Lie's pig-like screams.
Jiang Wu went over and took a look, and almost burst out laughing.
Qin Lie was clumsily carrying a soaking wet diaper, looking disgusted and helpless.
His beloved son, Qin Zhan, was lying naked on the bed when a golden line of water precisely slid through the air and landed on Qin Lie's face.
Qin Lie was completely petrified.
"Hahahaha..." Jiang Wu finally couldn't hold back and burst into laughter, leaning against the door frame.
Qin Lie wiped the "boy's urine" off his face with a dark expression, glaring at the brat still "squirting" on the bed.
"Wait until you grow up, and see how I deal with you!"
Changing diapers is just the first step.
Preparing baby formula is a real nightmare.
"The water temperature is wrong! It's too hot!"
"Too much formula! It's too concentrated! Do you think you're feeding pigs?"
"Shake it! I told you to shake it! Are you trying to mix a cocktail here?!"
Jiang Wu was in charge of directing the operation, while Qin Lie was frantically carrying it out.
He turned a simple milk-making exercise into a complex chemistry experiment.
Either it spilled all over the table, or it blocked the pacifier.
By the time he finally managed to prepare two bottles of milk at the perfect temperature and concentration, the two little devils were already crying their hearts out from hunger.
The two little ones turned the whole courtyard upside down.
There were endless diapers and baby clothes hanging out to dry everywhere.
The air is always filled with a milky aroma and... an indescribable smell.
Qin Lie had never been so disheveled in his life.
It was late at night.
The two "feeding wars" have just ended.
Qin Lie and Jiang Wu were so exhausted that they collapsed on the bed, too weak to even move a finger.
Just as the two were about to drift off to sleep.
"Wow--"
"Waaaaah..."
The duet began again right on time.
Qin Lie suddenly jumped up from the bed.
He glanced at Jiang Wu, who was so exhausted she could barely keep her eyes open, gritted his teeth, and rushed into the nursery alone.
He picked one up in each arm, his movements still clumsy, but much more skillful than before.
"Don't cry, baby, Daddy's here..."
He held his two children and paced back and forth in the room, humming the only military song he knew, a song he sang off-key.
The two little ones wouldn't listen at all, and their crying grew louder and louder.
Qin Lie felt like his head was about to explode.
He took a deep breath, preparing to yell a couple of times to vent his frustration.
But his gaze inadvertently fell on Jiang Wu, who was walking out of the bedroom.
She just leaned quietly against the door, watching him.
Her face looked very pale in the moonlight, and there was a deep weariness in her eyes.
But her eyes were full of tenderness and love.
Qin Lie's heart felt as if it had been violently struck by something.
All the frustration and anger vanished instantly.
What right does he have to be irritable?
He was just helping to take care of the children, and he's already this exhausted.
His wife, pregnant with these two little ones, braved a storm of hell and walked through the gates of hell.
She suffered ten thousand times more than him.
"Wife, go back to sleep." Qin Lie's voice softened instantly. "I'll take care of things here."
Jiang Wu shook her head, walked to his side, and took her daughter Qin Zhao from his arms.
She looked at Qin Lie's bloodshot eyes and stubble-covered chin, and felt a pang of heartache.
She leaned close to her daughter's ear and softly hummed an ethereal and ancient melody in a voice only the two of them could hear.
A barely perceptible, soothing pink spiritual energy quietly flowed from her fingertips into the bodies of the two children.
A miraculous thing happened again.
The two little ones, who had been crying and fussing, quieted down almost at the same time.
They all yawned, then closed their eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
"This..." Qin Lie was stunned again. "Wife, what kind of magic is this?"
"This is the magic of motherly love," Jiang Wu said with a smile, putting her daughter back in the crib.
Qin Lie looked at her, his eyes filled with admiration.
He felt that his wife was the most powerful magician in the world.
The two exchanged a smile, just about to enjoy this rare moment of peace.
"Knock knock knock!"
But then someone knocked loudly on the courtyard gate.
Who could it be so late?
Qin Lie frowned, walked over, and opened the door.
Outside the door stood a young correspondent in a postal uniform.
Upon seeing Qin Lie, he quickly saluted and handed him a telegram.
"Deputy Division Commander Qin! Urgent telegram from the Capital Military Region!"
Qin Lie took the telegram, opened it, and read it.
The words above, like a military order, are concise and direct.
"Comrade Qin Lie is hereby ordered to arrive in Beijing with his family within three days!"
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