Gu Jiangli was powerless to dissuade her. With the help of the midwife and Doctor An, she adjusted her breathing again and again, and then found the right rhythm for pushing.
As dawn broke, the torrential rain outside the window stopped.
Finally, the cries of an infant came from the small building in the east courtyard of the city lord's mansion.
Gu Jiangli breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a sense of lightness after unloading cargo.
The midwife and maids in the room grinned from ear to ear: "Congratulations, young master! Congratulations, madam! It's a baby boy!"
Jiang Huai's eyes reddened as he carefully took the child from the midwife.
The tiny life in his arms evoked a strange feeling he had never experienced before.
"Greetings, young master... Greetings, young master..." he murmured, bowing his head. Then he bent down, took the child and placed him in front of Gu Jiangli, saying in a trembling voice, "Jiangli, look, this is our child. He's so cute, so tiny..."
Gu Jiangli forced a weak smile. The newborn baby was all wrinkled and she couldn't see anything cute about him. She guessed it was because of the father-son filter that she saw him as Jiang Huaizhi.
They're only cute when they're older and their speech is still unclear and they're just learning to speak.
Gu Jiangli was about to speak when she noticed something unusual.
Why did he stop crying?
The wrinkled little boy, who had been wailing, was now lying in Jiang Huaizhi's arms, completely silent.
"Wh...what do you mean?" Jiang Huaizhi's joy quickly turned into fear.
An Guangbai and the midwife immediately changed their expressions.
"Please don't be in a hurry, let me take a look."
Gu Jiangli couldn't help but sit up and stare straight at An Guangbai.
An Guangbai's expression was solemn. After examining the child several times, he said with some doubt:
"This young master seems to be fine; he just appears to be... asleep?"
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