News of Xiao Tingshen fainting while accompanying a new mother at the hospital quickly spread throughout the courtyard.
Everyone found it very strange.
What puzzled them wasn't that Xiao Tingshen had fainted, but that they had never heard of a man being required to accompany a woman in the delivery room; generally, men waited outside.
Liu Yuzhen was very angry.
She was furious that Tang Wenya had actually made her son accompany her during childbirth. It's a woman's natural duty to give birth; why does she need a man with her? That's so pampering!
She was also angry with Jiang Yumei. She should have stayed with her own daughter. What kind of behavior was it to let a man in?
If she and Xiao Yaodong were there, they would never have let Xiao Tingshen in to accompany her during childbirth. She knew Jiang Yumei was no good.
Upon arriving at the hospital, the couple went to the waiting room to see their son. Xiao Tingshen had already woken up and said he was fine, but felt weak all over, probably because he had caught a cold.
"Mom's here to pick you up, let's go home." Liu Yuzhen didn't even ask Tang Wenya, did she think that having a son made her so special?
"Mom, I'm fine now. Let's wait for Wenya to go back together!" Xiao Tingshen had just woken up and hadn't gone to the ward to see Tang Wenya and the baby yet.
"Then you rest for a while, let's go see the child." Xiao Yaodong pulled Liu Yuzhen and went to the ward.
Tang Wenya was asleep in bed. Jiang Yumei, with a big smile on her face, sat by the bed holding the child and chatting with Xu Jianguo. Xu Jianguo had brought her chicken soup early in the morning, and she was very satisfied.
Upon seeing Xiao Yaodong and Liu Yuzhen enter, Jiang Yumei immediately showed them the child, her eyes brimming with pride: "Take a look at your eldest grandson, see if he looks like Tingshen."
Liu Yuzhen was angry, so she only glanced at the child before turning her head away and refusing to reach out to hug him.
He's all wrinkled and looks nothing like her son.
"Come here, let me hold you." Xiao Yaodong took the child, looked him over, and said to Liu Yuzhen, "Ting Shen looks more like you, and this child looks a bit like you too."
Liu Yuzhen then took the child. After all, he was her grandson. Although she was angry with Tang Wenya, she wouldn't take it out on the child. She asked Jiang Yumei, "When can Wenya be discharged from the hospital?"
"The doctor said we can discharge her tomorrow, because the child needs to get vaccinated tomorrow." Jiang Yumei was very dissatisfied when she saw that Liu Yuzhen didn't even look at Tang Wenya. "Wenya suffered a lot during childbirth. Let her rest well before going home."
“Okay, let’s take Ting Shen back first.” Liu Yuzhen handed the child back to Jiang Yumei. “He has a cold and can’t help if he stays here.”
"What about Wenya and the child?" Jiang Yumei asked, her face darkening. "Shouldn't you at least leave someone to help take care of them?"
The daughter-in-law's postpartum period is supposed to be taken care of by her husband's family. Judging from their behavior, it seems they don't want to take care of her.
What's going on here?
“In-law, you are capable and will do more. With you here, we can rest assured.” Liu Yuzhen was not buying Jiang Yumei’s act at all and said with a smile, “I think Wenya would prefer you to stay and take care of her. When we go home, you will have to help take care of her during her postpartum period.”
She can't cook, let alone serve others.
Since Jiang Yumei loves her daughter so much, why not let Jiang Yumei take care of her? It would kill two birds with one stone.
Jiang Yumei was so angry at Liu Yuzhen's sarcastic tone that she couldn't speak.
“Let’s take Ting Shen back to rest first, and then let him come over when he’s better.” Xiao Yaodong knew that Liu Yuzhen was unwilling to stay, so he didn’t say anything else. He looked at Xu Jianguo and smiled, “I’m entrusting Wenya and the child to you.”
Xu Jianguo raised an eyebrow but remained silent.
When he went to the tenement earlier, he visited Zhao Jingyu's house. Xu Qingning and the child had not yet returned from the hospital. Only Zhao Futang was at home, busy stewing meat and cleaning.
Although he looked down on Zhao Jingyu, Zhao Jingyu's parents were actually quite good; at least they took good care of his daughter, so he could rest assured.
Before leaving, Xiao Tingshen came over to check on Tang Wenya and the child, and said that he would go home to rest first and come back when he was better.
After the family left, Jiang Yumei became furious and started cursing, saying that none of them were good people and that it was unreasonable for them to leave their wife and children with their own family.
Don't forget, this child's surname is Xiao, not Tang.
Their family is absolutely insane!
Xu Jianguo got annoyed: "What's the point of saying all this now? Why didn't you say it earlier?"
"Why didn't you say anything just now?" Jiang Yumei felt wronged when Xu Jianguo also scolded her. "What did I do wrong?"
Xu Jianguo turned his head to look out the window; he didn't want to speak.
Tang Wenya was exhausted after a night of tossing and turning and slept soundly. She didn't hear Xiao Yaodong and Liu Yuzhen come in at all.
She had a dream that her child was snatched away by a woman, and she chased after her all night but couldn't catch up...
She woke up in a panic.
She was relieved to see that her child was still alive.
System: "Host, don't think too much. The child will be fine. What you need to do now is to take good care of your health. We'll talk about it again when you're fully recovered."
“Your in-laws came by earlier and took Tingshen home to rest before coming back.” Jiang Yumei immediately showed the child to her daughter when she saw that she was awake. “Look, doesn’t he look like Tingshen?”
"They do look quite alike." Tang Wenya took the child and touched the child's face. Actually, it was hard to tell who the child resembled yet; it was Jiang Yumei who kept saying that the child looked like Xiao Tingshen.
Turning her head, Tang Wenya realized that Xu Jianguo was still there, and a smile appeared on her face: "Dad, you've worked hard."
Fortunately, Xu Jianguo brought chicken soup in the morning.
Otherwise, if Xiao Tingshen fainted, her mother would have to take care of her and the child, and who knows how busy she would be.
"It's not hard work, just take good care of yourself." Xu Jianguo glanced at his watch and said to Jiang Yumei, "You stay here to take care of Wenya, I'm going to work."
"What about our lunch?" Jiang Yumei hoped that Xu Jianguo would also take a day off to help her take care of Tang Wenya.
"Go to the cafeteria and pick out a few dishes you like," Xu Jianguo said, somewhat annoyed, before leaving.
He felt that Jiang Yumei shouldn't have taken on so much of Tang Wenya's affairs; such matters should have been handled by her in-laws.
But this was in the hospital, and he didn't want to argue with her.
"Mom, didn't Chen Meili come?" Tang Wenya suddenly remembered Chen Meili. As a friend, shouldn't Chen Meili come to see her?
"She came last night, but I don't know why she had a fight with Ting Shen and ran away in a huff." Jiang Yumei then remembered this incident. "I asked Ting Shen, and he told you to stay away from her in the future. What exactly happened between you two?"
"It's nothing," Tang Wenya refused to say. "If she doesn't want to come, she doesn't have to!"
After saying that, she asked the system, "Are you really confident about the matter in the provincial capital? Chen Meili has been worried that she will be found out."
System: "Don't worry, the leader of that theft gang has left the provincial capital and gone elsewhere to lay low. He won't be back in the provincial capital for a long time, so you won't be able to find anything about Chen Meili."
“But she doesn’t believe me.” Tang Wenya sighed. “I feel like a failure.”
She fought with Xu Qingning for more than half a year, but didn't gain any advantage.
She wanted to advance the main storyline, but Ge Yanni suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Although she knew that Ge Yanni was not a threat, she was still quite annoyed.
System: "Host, don't think like that. At least we've gotten through this hurdle. There's plenty of time ahead, and it's still uncertain who will win or lose!"
"Oh right, didn't you say yesterday that Ge Yanni came to Jiaodong City?" Tang Wenya suddenly remembered this. "Where is she now?"
"She's at the Jiaodong Hotel," the system replied. "Xiao Tingshen doesn't know she's here, and she doesn't know about your childbirth. She's out shopping."
"Go shopping?" Tang Wenya asked, puzzled. "What's so interesting about shopping in Jiaodong City?"
System: "She's very romantic. She said she wanted to walk every street and every corner that Xiao Tingshen had walked."
"Is she sick?" Tang Wenya was disgusted.
System: "Xiao Tingshen is the male lead, so it's normal for the female supporting characters to admire him. Don't worry, Xiao Tingshen won't like her."
"By the way, what's the latest news about Xu Qingning? Has she given birth?" Tang Wenya was still most interested in Xu Qingning's affairs.
For her, supporting actresses like Chen Meili and Ge Yanni were not enough to ignite her fighting spirit.
Xu Qingning is the only exception. Even if she doesn't fight with Xu Qingning, Xu Qingning will still make things difficult for her.
System: "She gave birth yesterday afternoon, and it was a boy. She's home now."
"Is that intern that skilled?" Tang Wenya calculated the time and knew that Xu Qingning's childbirth should be quite quick.
System: "That intern had a mentor who was the head of the obstetrics and gynecology department at the provincial central hospital. The two of them delivered Xu Qingning's baby together."
Tang Wenya: "..."
She was really upset.
Why does Xu Qingning always manage to outdo her...?
Second update.
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