Beneath a damp rock shelf, a hot spring surrounded by thick stone slabs, bubbling with heat from the ground, filled the air with a thick mist.
Xiao Yunyu leaned against the stone slab with his arms stretched out. The misty fog made the lines of his strong chest and muscular arms vaguely visible.
In his ears was the increasingly familiar voices of Qi Heng and Cheng Zikai chatting, but his eyes fell on the dense branches surrounding the hot spring. Two birds were chirping close together, like little lovers whispering to each other.
Xiao Yunyu's blurred eyes gradually became empty, and his originally smooth and relaxed breathing gradually became unstable.
"Qi Heng, I'm going to the northwest with you." Unlike his usual lazy and casual tone, Xiao Yunyu said this in a low voice, then got up and left the hot spring.
Qi Heng was stunned for a moment by these sudden words, and then shouted in surprise: "Really? That's great, Brother Yu!"
Through the mist rising from the hot spring water, Qi Heng could only see Xiao Yunyu's slender legs and lean, firm muscles, with water droplets sliding down his thighs.
Xiao Yunyu picked up the robe beside him and put it on casually, then turned around and walked towards the hot spring again.
The belt around his waist was tied loosely, revealing his pectoral muscles and tight abdominal muscles.
His usually lazy and carefree features now revealed impatience and weariness with the world, and his tone was inexplicably cold: "Tell Qi He to help me get the title of general, one with real power. We will return to the capital together tomorrow."
Qi Heng looked at him blankly and said "Huh?" He didn't understand why he suddenly figured it out? And why was he so anxious?
However, just agree to it, and you can go back and report to him.
Qi Heng quickly responded, "Okay, Brother Yu, don't worry."
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In Dong'an City, the morning light had just begun to appear, and the raging night wind had not yet completely died down, slowly blowing away the thick clouds in the sky, revealing a fish-belly white light.
Li Nian was sleeping when she suddenly felt a pain in her swollen abdomen.
She suddenly opened her eyes. These days were her due date, and she was worried every day. The room was very dark.
She reached out from the pillow, took out the small wooden box and opened it. The dazzling light of the night pearl immediately burst out, illuminating everything around her.
Another wave of pain came from her abdomen, and Li Nian hurriedly shouted: "Xiaoying, Xiaoying——"
Xiaoying has been sleeping with her clothes on these days to avoid being delayed in getting dressed if something happens at night.
Hearing the shout, he immediately threw off the quilt and got out of bed, and hurriedly responded, "Big sister, I'm here."
She hurried to the bedside and saw Li Nian frowning. She panicked, "Big sister, what's wrong with you?"
"I feel like I'm about to give birth. Go call Sisi." Li Nian's stomach didn't hurt anymore. The pain came in waves but not very frequently.
Aunt Pei said that the more frequent the stomach pain is, the more likely it is that you are about to give birth.
It was her first time giving birth and she had no experience at all, so she was still a little nervous.
Xiaoying went out to wake up Li Sisi.
As Li Nian's due date approaches, Li Sisi has become more and more nervous and her sleep has become less.
She had heard the noise in Li Nian's room a long time ago. When Xiaoying came to the door, she had already put on her clothes and opened the door.
She didn't even pull up her shoes, just casually slipped them on, and hurried to Li Nian's room, asking worriedly, "Niannian, what's wrong with you? Are you about to give birth?"
Li Nian's face was tense with nervousness, and she nodded: "My stomach hurts, just like the kind of pain Aunt Pei described, which comes and goes. I guess I'm about to give birth."
Li Sisi's heart tightened, and she quickly said soothingly, "I'll go call someone now, please wait a moment."
Li Sisi turned around and rushed out in a hurry, first going to the back room to wake up Yu Niang and the wet nurse they had hired in advance.
"Yu Niang, Nian Nian is about to give birth. I'll go call the midwife, and you ask Madam Zhou to stay with her in Nian Nian's room."
When Yu Niang heard this, she nodded and said, "Go quickly, leave the family to me, it's okay."
"Okay." Li Sisi nodded hurriedly and rushed out the door to find the midwife.
When he was pulling the midwife back, he happened to meet Aunt Pei at the street corner, so the three of them ran to Li's house together.
The midwife was running out of breath and couldn't help but nagging: "Oh, don't worry, don't worry. In her condition, if she wants to give birth, she will probably have to suffer pain for several hours!"
Aunt Pei said with worry, "You know, there's no one around at home for those two sisters, so they're bound to be worried. And Nian Nian is so small, I'm really worried something might happen to her!"
Li Sisi also hurriedly agreed: "Yes, Auntie, please hurry up. I can't feel at ease without you there."
Seeing the attitude of the two, the midwife could only sigh helplessly and quicken her pace.
When I came into the room, Li Nian was half leaning on the bed.
Seeing this, the midwife hurriedly asked, "How is it? Is your stomach still hurting?"
Li Nian shook his head: "It hurt just now, but it doesn't hurt now."
The midwife sighed softly and said, "I told you it was still early!" She approached the bedside, her expression calm, "Don't sit there anymore. You need to stand up and walk around. It'll take a while for you to get pregnant!"
She looked at Aunt Pei again and said, "Oh, sister, you've already given birth to two sons, why are you still so nervous? Don't just stand there like an idiot. Go cook something and bring it to me."
"Only when you are full can you have the energy to give birth!"
Yu Niang nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go cook it right away."
Aunt Pei was afraid that Yu Niang was ignorant and had put some inedible food in it, so she quickly said, "I'll go with you to help."
The strong wind gradually died down, the morning light came up, and everyone in Li's house was busy.
It was not until noon that Li Nian was considered a real movable property.
Aunt Pei paced back and forth in the yard outside the house, muttering to herself, "I've found a wet nurse and a midwife since the beginning of spring, and I'm hoping this day will go smoothly. Nian Nian is small, so please don't let anything go wrong!"
As she spoke, she ran to check the utensils that had been prepared long ago, her heart full of worry, and she couldn't stop muttering: "Nian Nian, I love this child as if she were my own daughter. Oh, God, please bless mother and child to be safe!"
The whole house was filled with a tense atmosphere.
At noon, the sun is shining brightly.
"Wa——" a baby's cry echoed throughout the house.
Aunt Pei's eyes, which had been filled with worry for the entire afternoon, suddenly lit up, and she hurried to guard Li Nian's door.
With his hands clasped together, he kept muttering, "It's born! It's born! God bless me, God bless me!"
In the room, Li Sisi stayed by the bed.
"Congratulations! It's a girl!" The midwife said as she held the baby and cleaned up. Seeing that she couldn't help, Li Sisi went to look after Li Nian.
Looking at Li Nian's pale face and pale lips, sweat wet all the hair on his forehead.
She said with eyes full of heartache: "Oh, I should have given up this child earlier. You have suffered so much."
Li Nian smiled weakly: "It's worth it, I'm willing."
Li Sisi pursed her lips and nodded, feeling a little happy in her heart, she said, "It's a girl! She will definitely be as well-behaved and cute as you in the future."
Li Nian smiled weakly and shook her head: "I hope she is like you, simple and straightforward."
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