Wu Lili sat in the corner the whole time, neither buying any freshly steamed buns nor asking for any food.
Li Xiuhua arrived but didn't see her; she was busy greeting the customers in the shop.
The store was packed with people until the afternoon.
Gu Shi helped Lin Qingyu in, and Li Xiuhua quickly went over to her.
"So, what did the doctor say?"
The two went to the hospital in the morning; it was Gu Shi who insisted on going.
Lin Qingyu was not so weak and unable to take care of herself, yet Gu Shi insisted on holding her hand. She shook off Gu Shi's hand, walked beside Li Xiuhua, and started talking to her.
"It's alright. The doctor said that there will be signs of pregnancy when the time comes, so there's no need to worry too much."
"That's good, that's good!"
Li Xiuhua felt relieved, and just then someone else paid their bill, so she walked away.
Gu Shi was behind her, watching as she turned her heavy body around.
Lin Qingyu's face also looked much fatter, actually due to water retention, making her look like she had gained twenty pounds.
Just as she was about to say something, she was suddenly shoved and crashed straight into Gu Shi.
Gu Shi was so startled that his heart skipped a beat. He could have caught Lin Qingyu, but someone nearby heard the exclamation and he tripped over the bench.
It crashed and banged all over the ground.
Gu Shi was pinned at the bottom, Lin Qingyu was in the middle, and the unlucky guy from before was lying directly on Lin Qingyu's back.
With that fall, Lin Qingyu's stomach immediately started to hurt.
Everyone quickly helped the man up. The poor guy was terrified, and no one noticed the person who had pushed Lin Qingyu earlier.
Wu Lili only wanted to deliver the things to Lin Qingyu, but she didn't expect this to happen.
She was scared, so she ran straight out of the restaurant and ran all the way home without stopping, then closed the door.
Lin Qingyu was in so much pain that she broke out in a sweat, and her water broke. Gu Shi was flustered and quickly took her to the hospital.
Because the nearest hospital is a traditional Chinese medicine hospital, he could only drive people there.
Li Xiuhua, sitting in the back row, looked at Lin Qingyu with heartache as she watched her clutch her stomach.
"It hurts so much! Gu Shi, drive faster, I feel like I'm about to give birth!"
It was a miracle she could even speak in complete sentences; sweat dripped from her forehead, soon soaking her collar.
Because my water broke, my pants were soaked with amniotic fluid.
However, these were minor issues. Seeing that she was leaking so much fluid, Li Xiuhua quickly told her to lie down and elevate her buttocks.
"Qingyu, lie down properly, the baby will be in danger if the water dries up!"
Lin Qingyu had no choice but to do as instructed, but her stomach was really hurting, and it wasn't just a series of pains.
Gu Shi honked his car horn so hard it was practically smoking, but he finally arrived at the hospital within minutes.
He carried Lin Qingyu inside, explained the situation to the doctor, and was then stopped outside the operating room.
Lin Qingyu's condition was not good. After the doctor's assessment, he went out to inform her that an emergency cesarean section was needed.
Gu Shi was stunned. He never expected that someone who was perfectly fine this morning would now be lying in the operating room, waiting to undergo surgery.
Li Xiuhua also broke down emotionally and burst into tears.
"My daughter! How could she have fallen and become like this! My Qingyu!"
Her crying pulled Gu Shi back to reality. He had to pull himself together; Qingyu was waiting for him to sign the consent form for the surgery!
After carefully confirming Lin Qingyu's condition with the doctor, Gu Shi decisively signed the notification form.
The strokes were vigorous and powerful; Gu Shi's hand holding the pen was so tight it almost crushed.
Then came the anxious wait. Cesarean sections are already rare, and now even the doctors who were about to leave work had to be called back.
A normal surgery usually takes no more than three hours, but Lin Qingyu has been in the operating room for five hours.
It's dark, and no one has come out yet. We don't know what's going on inside.
In those five hours, Gu Shi paid the bills, completed the hospital admission procedures, and went home to pick up the things Lin Qingyu had prepared.
He then forced himself to calm down and think about what had happened.
He remembered that Lin Qingyu seemed to have been pushed, and the person next to her had tripped over a stool.
It took him another ten minutes to get back to the small restaurant.
The small restaurant is closed; everyone is very anxious after what happened.
Zhou Jiahui sat in the shop and cried, and several other employees also had red eyes. The chefs in the kitchen were also silent.
After Gu Shi returned, Zhou Jiahui pressed him for details about Lin Qingyu's situation.
"Boss, how is the boss's wife?"
Gu Shi's voice trembled slightly as he slowly said, "He's still in the operating room."
The people in the shop were even more upset. Zhou Jiahui was the most emotional. She was usually very close to Lin Qingyu, so it was normal for her to be like this.
The others had received a lot of help from Lin Qingyu, such as receiving advances on their wages, taking leave, and receiving red envelopes from each of them when business was good.
Therefore, everyone genuinely cares about Lin Qingyu, and their concern for her is entirely sincere.
Gu Shi noticed a young man standing nearby, glancing at him every now and then.
"who is he?"
Zhang Chao immediately stepped forward, grabbed the boy by the collar, and threw him directly in front of Gu Shi.
"This kid is the one who fell and landed on top of the landlady today. We're holding him and not letting him leave."
The young man's hair was quite long, almost covering his eyes, and he kept putting his hands together in prayer.
"I really didn't mean to, I just accidentally fell down, and who knew your boss's wife would fall down too?"
"Still dare to talk back!"
Zhang Chao kicked him, almost causing him to fall again.
Gu Shi ignored him and asked again, "Did someone push Qingyu today? Did anyone see it?"
Upon hearing this, the entire room fell silent; no one had expected this.
"The situation was chaotic at the time, and no one was looking out for anyone else. We were lucky to catch this kid; we didn't even notice him!"
Zhang Chao stroked his beard, recalling how Lin Qingyu, heavily pregnant, came to his house to ask him to come back to work. His wife even said that Lin Qingyu was a good boss.
Then they fell silent again.
Five seconds later, a waiter carrying food stammered, "I...I think...I see it!"
He spoke very softly, but everyone present could hear him clearly.
Gu Shi walked up to him in two steps and asked him excitedly, "What did you see?"
He had a stutter, but luckily Lin Qingyu was willing to let him work here, and no one in the shop bullied him.
Therefore, he was very grateful to Lin Qingyu.
"I...I saw it, I saw it..."
The more nervous he became, the less he could speak, and the people around him were so anxious that they wanted to speak up for him.
Gu Shi glanced at his watch. Worried that something might have happened to Lin Qingyu, he decided to go back to the hospital first.
With a witness, things will be much easier. No matter who it is, he will definitely be able to find the person.
"You guys can go home now. Xiao Li, come with me, I need to go to the hospital!"
Xiao Li is the one who stutters.
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