"Xiao Tingshen, what do you mean?" Chen Meili said with a stern face, "You two are husband and wife. Whatever I have to do with her, why don't you ask her instead of me?"
Xiao Tingshen may look respectable, but he's actually quite hypocritical.
If he had paid more attention to Tang Wenya, Tang Wenya wouldn't have been constantly going against Xu Qingning.
"Of course I'll ask her, but I'd still like to hear your side of the story." Xiao Tingshen looked down on Chen Meili from the bottom of his heart, thinking she was too scheming and that Tang Wenya was no match for her at all.
He felt that Chen Meili was approaching Tang Wenya to take advantage of her, rather than genuinely caring for her.
"What could possibly happen between us?" Chen Meili sneered. "It's nothing more than her finding me a job, and I owe her a favor, so I have no choice but to follow her orders. Since you've asked me, let me make this clear: if anything happens to me, she won't be able to escape unscathed."
“You owe her a favor, but you don’t necessarily have to repay it in this way. She’s willful, and as her friend, you should advise her instead of indulging her.” Xiao Tingshen felt it was necessary to have a serious talk with Chen Meili. After the start of the new semester, he would have to go back to the provincial capital to study and wouldn’t be able to stay with Tang Wenya all the time, so he needed to make some things clear.
Since his return, he has had a falling out with Tang Wenya over the fashion competition and Ge Yanni's matter, and the two haven't had a proper talk.
With Tang Wenya about to give birth, he couldn't very well criticize her at this crucial moment, so he could only warn Chen Meili.
"Fine, I understand. It's all my fault." Chen Meili got angry when she heard Xiao Tingshen say that, got up and left. "I'm not going to get involved in your affairs anymore. I was just wasting my time coming to see her."
"I hope you remember what you said." Xiao Tingshen wasn't afraid of angering her; he didn't want his affair with Ge Yanni to become the talk of the town.
As long as Chen Meili doesn't say anything, no one will know.
Although Zhao Jingyu saw him with Ge Yanni, he was a man after all and wouldn't go around telling everyone.
Jiang Yumei had originally planned to say a few words to Chen Meili, but seeing her leave angrily, she came over and asked Xiao Tingshen, "Why is she angry?"
"Let her be!" Xiao Tingshen said calmly. "Mom, don't let Wenya associate with Chen Meili anymore. She's just a troublemaker who's good for nothing."
"They're having a great time!" Jiang Yumei said, unaware of what was going on.
"Mom, don't you believe me?" Xiao Tingshen looked at Jiang Yumei. To be honest, Jiang Yumei treated him quite well. Every time he went to her house, she would cook delicious food for him and even knit him sweaters.
Even Liu Yuzhen couldn't do that.
"Of course I believe you." Jiang Yumei had a biased view of Xiao Tingshen, her college graduate son-in-law. "I understand. I'll advise him to be more refined in the future."
Her son-in-law is a college student.
He's handsome, has a good temper, and is especially good to his daughter.
Compared to him, what is Chen Meili?
As the two were chatting, the door to the delivery room opened, and Lin Wanshuang came out. Jiang Yumei immediately stepped forward and asked, "How is she?"
"The mother requests to be present during childbirth. Who of you will go in?" Lin Wanshuang asked expressionlessly.
"Dr. Lin, how is Wenya?" Xiao Tingshen's heart skipped a beat. "I hope she's alright?"
"She's already four centimeters dilated." Lin Wanshuang said calmly, without a trace of a smile. "She said she has no strength left and strongly requested to be present during childbirth."
"I'm going in." Jiang Yumei handed the small blanket to Xiao Tingshen. "You wait outside."
When Tang Wenya saw that it was Jiang Yumei who came in, she was very disappointed and asked weakly, "Where is Ting Shen?"
“He’s waiting outside.” Jiang Yumei felt sorry for her daughter when she saw her pale face. “Mom will come in and keep you company.”
"Mom, I want Tingshen to come in and keep me company." Tang Wenya felt very wronged. She had suffered so much, and she wanted him to know how hard she had worked.
"I'll call him in later." Jiang Yumei wanted to spend more time with her daughter. Tang Wenya had never suffered much hardship since she was a child, and it pained her to see her like this.
System: "Host, hang in there, you can do it. Just follow my instructions, and we'll have the baby soon."
“I know I can, but I still want him to come in and keep me company.” Tang Wenya’s eyes reddened. “He’s my man, so he has to come in and keep me company.”
Jiang Yumei couldn't hear Tang Wenya's conversation with the system, but she saw her daughter crying. She sighed and could only go out to call Xiao Tingshen in.
If it weren't for Lin Wanshuang being an acquaintance, family members wouldn't have been allowed to come in to accompany the mother during childbirth.
It would be good enough if even one person got in; she couldn't very well ask her to stay too.
When Xiao Tingshen heard that Tang Wenya needed him to be with her during childbirth, he didn't refuse. He came in carrying a small blanket, sat down next to her, and held her hand, saying, "Wenya, I'm here."
"Why didn't you offer to come in and keep me company?" Tang Wenya felt even more aggrieved when she saw him.
"I'm sorry, I thought I couldn't come in," Xiao Tingshen explained patiently. "Don't worry, I'll stay with you."
Another wave of pain hit her, and she couldn't help but cry out, "It hurts..."
Xiao Tingshen was frightened.
He couldn't utter a single word.
Lin Wanshuang glanced at him and said to Tang Wenya expressionlessly, "Alright, let's do it again. Come on, push harder, push harder, let's try to give birth tonight."
Seeing Tang Wenya drenched in sweat, Xiao Tingshen became even more nervous and dared not breathe.
He had never seen such a scene before, and he was shocked and at a loss.
He was so dazed that he couldn't hear anything, and he didn't even hear what Lin Wanshuang said to him. He mechanically signed the document without knowing what he had signed.
He didn't know how much time had passed until he heard a baby crying. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and Lin Wanshuang's face loomed large in front of him: "Come, look at your son..."
He had just stood up when suddenly everything went black and he collapsed.
...
Xu Qingning didn't sleep well all night.
The man in the next bed snored loudly, making it impossible for her to sleep. She was basically waking up and falling asleep repeatedly.
Zhao Jingyu, wrapped in a military overcoat, sat on the windowsill dozing off. Yang Yuelan leaned over the bed, waking up whenever the baby cried to change diapers and feed formula.
It wasn't until dawn that Xu Qingning finally breathed a sigh of relief, knowing she could finally go home.
Wang Yaqiang and Liu Dawei arrived early in the morning. The two looked at Xiao Tianbao again and again, and both said that she looked like Zhao Jingyu.
Zhao Jingyu was very pleased to hear this and said he would treat them to dinner when he got home.
After getting the vaccinations and completing the formalities, Xu Qingning made a special trip to greet Xu Wei. Xu Wei said she would visit her and her child at home when she had time, and mentioned that she had accompanied a colleague to the Ocean Company's residential compound last month.
Xu Qingning insisted that she go, saying she would wait for her at home.
The family excitedly got into the jeep and went home.
When they got off the bus, Yang Yuelan was holding the child, Zhao Jingyu was holding the child's mother, and Wang Yaqiang and Liu Dawei were carrying the luggage.
When the old ladies in the courtyard saw them return, they rushed over to see the children.
The room was instantly packed with people.
Seeing this, Zhao Jingyu told Xu Qingning to go to bed and rest. Zhao Futang had already lit the stove in their room, making it very warm.
Zhao Jingyu carried the child around in front of the old ladies, then took the child back into the house, closed the door, and wouldn't let anyone in.
Knowing that the family needed rest, Wang Yaqiang and Liu Dawei put down their luggage and drove back to their workplace.
As soon as the two got out of the car, Gao Yang strode over and said he needed the car.
"Where are you driving to?" Wang Yaqiang and Gao Yang never got along, but he still obediently handed him the car keys and teased, "Are you going out to pick up girls?"
"I'm not telling you." Gao Yang's impression of Wang Yaqiang and Liu Dawei worsened, and he started the car and left the workplace.
Luo Yao went out for a meeting and will be back today.
He went to pick her up.
No sooner had Gao Yang left than Liu Yuzhen arrived, also wanting to borrow the car. The gatekeeper quickly said that Gao Yang had already taken the car.
Liu Yuzhen had no choice but to ride her bicycle to find Xiao Yaodong and ask him to lend her a car so she could pick up Xiao Tingshen from the hospital.
Xu Jianguo just told her that Xiao Tingshen fainted at the hospital.
Liu Yuzhen was very anxious when she heard this, so she quickly came over to borrow a car and went to the hospital to pick up her son.
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