"January 8th.
This year’s New Year is a bit earlier than last year’s, with New Year’s Eve falling on February 2nd. The year-end parties for VG Entertainment and Southwest Entertainment were also on the schedule.
Sitting in his office, Song Zhan first fretted over the many miscellaneous matters on his desk, then he fretted even more when remembering the year-end parties. He pinched the bridge of his nose.
After a few minutes, Song Zhan reached for his phone to call Yu Ting about the year-end parties. But then his hand froze midway, and he suddenly started calculating dates.
Seven months.
Yu Ting had been pregnant for almost seven months now.
Song Zhan was taken aback, then gave it some thought and decided to call Song Yue instead.
"Hello? Sis, can you help me figure out how to handle the year-end parties for our two companies this year?"
Song Yue: ???
"Your company or mine?"
"Why should we need to distinguish ’yours’ and ’mine’ as siblings?"
Song Yue: ???
...
Second phone call.
"Sis, where should we hold this year’s year-end party?"
Song Yue: ???
...
Third phone call.
"Sis, do you think I should perform something at the year-end party?"
Song Yue: ???
...
Fourth phone call.
"The number you dialed is off. Please redial later."
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March 11th.
Winter passed and spring arrived. As the first spring breeze blew, all things began to revive.
On this extraordinarily ordinary day, everyone lived their unique lives in their respective social roles.
While people were troubled by the rush hour crowds, Yu Ting had been hospitalized for over a month.
Just as planned by Madam Yu and Madam Lu, Yu Ting was sent to the hospital when her pregnancy reached nearly eight months. Now, in her nine and a half months, the whole family was in a state of tension, especially Lu Nanchen.
During Yu Ting’s hospital stay, Lu Nanchen slept on the sofa in the ward, briefly giving up his regular sleep schedule, going to bed later and waking up earlier than Yu Ting, for fear of missing anything.
In her ninth month of pregnancy, Yu Ting’s belly was already very large, her belly was stretched tight and close to her body. She couldn’t bend down anymore, with Lu Nanchen picking up anything dropped on the floor.
During the day, Yu Ting was resting on the bed. A doctor came in pushing equipment to examine her belly, whispering, "Does it hurt here?"
"No pain."
"How about here?"
"A bit, but not too much, it comes and goes."
The doctor carefully listened to Yu Ting’s description, then packed up the equipment, straightened up, and said, "This is normal, physiologically it’s called false labor, and it seems that you will give birth soon. Be more cautious in the next few days."
"Understood." Lu Nanchen replied. Once he heard the doctor say it was normal, his hanging heart finally settled. After a quick chat with the doctor, he instructed Yu Ting to "let him know if anything happens." After all the work was done, he sat down to peel an apple.
"So it may come a few days early? At most, I’ll give birth within half a month, right?" Yu Ting was bored and calculated for herself. The freshness of being newly pregnant was gone, now with constant backaches and pains, she just wanted to give birth already.
Luckily, it was only half a month left.
She touched her belly with one hand.
"Mm-hmm." Lu Nanchen replied.
His expression was calm, but the hand with the fruit knife faltered.
The two of them chatted casually, when suddenly there was a knock on the ward door. Lu Nanchen put the half-peeled apple in a dish, quickly wiped his hands with a paper towel, and went to open the door.
The moment he opened the door, Yu Zhiwen appeared dressed in casual clothes.
When the door opened, Yu Zhiwen raised his hand to greet Lu Nanchen and went straight in to find a seat.
"You’re here? Isn’t it a Wednesday today? Aren’t you patrolling?" Yu Ting watched Yu Zhiwen walk in and sit down, asking in surprise.
Yu Zhiwen made a sound, scratched his hair a few times, then leaned back on the sofa and said, "Isn’t your due date approaching? Our mom was worried about you and asked me to stay here for half a month to occasionally lend a hand, in case anything happened."
Hearing Yu Zhiwen’s words, Lu Nanchen finally closed the door, then sat back down to peel the apple.
After briefly explaining, Yu Zhiwen grumbled to himself, "I don’t know what kind of incredible treasure this is to have a police officer watching over it in the hospital."
Yu Ting couldn’t help but look pleased.
"Not even a 20-year sentence has the same treatment as you."
Yu Ting: ???
"Alright, can you shut up now?"
Yu Zhiwen raised an eyebrow, his expression nonchalant, but he stopped speaking.
On the first night, everything was peaceful. Lu Nanchen slept on the couch and Yu Zhiwen made a bed on the floor.
On the second night, the three were still in the same positions. Yu Ting had just fallen asleep for a few moments when she felt something was not right.
Her belly hurt terribly, the pain seemed to reach her heart. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶
In no time at all, Yu Ting broke into a cold sweat, quickly waking from her sleep. The first thing she did was press the emergency call button on the side of the bed, and then she started calling for Lu Nanchen.
"Nanchen... Nanchen, my stomach hurts so much."
Yu Ting’s cry woke up both men at the same time. Not only did Yu Zhiwen wake up instantly, so did Lu Nanchen. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw his wife curled up on the bed, her face twisting with pain, panting heavily. Her delicate face was now covered in sweat.
The pain was making her sweat.
Lu Nanchen immediately got up and went to Yu Ting’s side, pressing the doctor call button rapidly. Then he brought Yu Ting’s head closer and stood defensively around her.
"I’m here, I’m here."
"The doctor will be here soon."
Even as he said this, sweat started to seep from Lu Nanchen’s hand that was guarding Yu Ting’s head.
"It’s okay, there’s nothing to worry about. The doctor will be here in no time, and soon you won’t feel any pain."
His hair was messy from sleep, and his heartbeat was rapid and anxious.
The doctor and nurse soon rushed in from outside. Standing next to Yu Ting, they removed the ward bed after a quick check, pushing it and instructing the nurse, "The pregnant woman is about to give birth. Prepare quickly."
"Understood."
Some of the nurses left to prepare the delivery room, while the rest stayed with the doctor to move Yu Ting to the delivery room.
All Lu Nanchen could hear was the sound of wheels sliding fast on the floor, and the doctor asking the nurse about Yu Ting’s blood pressure and blood lipid levels.
He could still see the colorless face of his wife. Sweat continued to pour out from the sides of her forehead.
His hand, hanging naturally by his side, trembled slightly.
She was in so much pain.
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