Meanwhile, in the hospital ward.
Jiang Zhiyuan lay on the hospital bed, his face pale, but his expression remained as calm as ever.
Jiang Yuan followed the attending physician in.
The attending physician examined Jiang Zhiyuan's complexion: "The surgery was very successful. He will stay in the hospital for observation for the next couple of days and have his dressings changed on time. He needs to be careful for the next week, avoiding strenuous activity and physical labor as much as possible! Sexual intercourse is strictly prohibited for one month!"
Jiang Zhiyuan nodded, indicating that he understood.
After giving his instructions, the attending physician left.
Jiang Yuan then stepped forward and asked, "Did you tell Xiaoyan?"
Jiang Zhiyuan shook his head: "I plan to tell her when I'm discharged from the hospital."
Jiang Yuan gave him a look that said, "You're doomed," and said gleefully, "You're finished! You actually dared to keep it from her! Now I can't help you anymore—"
Jiang Zhiyuan said helplessly, "Mom, please take off that gloating smile on your face!"
Jiang Yuan forced a smile, but still earnestly gave a few words of advice: "The surgery must have hurt, right? Childbirth is even more painful for women! And tubal ligation is very damaging to a woman's body! Xiaoyan has already suffered the pain of pregnancy and childbirth, so you should suffer this pain too! But you're not allowed to take your unhappiness out on Xiaoyan when you get back, understand?"
"Why don't you go stay with the second son for a week? He has experience with sterilization, and you two can exchange ideas?"
Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Zhixing's helpless voice came from the ward door: "Mom—"
Turning around, she met Jiang Zhixing's winking and eye-rolling, and behind him, Xu Ningyan with a dark expression.
Jiang Yuan felt inexplicably guilty: "Well, since Xiao Yan is here, I'll go check on the patients first. I'll be going now—"
Before leaving, he didn't forget to drag his youngest son along with him.
Let the eldest son bear the brunt of his wife's anger alone!
Looking at Jiang Zhiyuan's pale face, Xu Ningyan felt both heartache and anger: "How long do you intend to keep this from me?"
Jiang Zhiyuan smiled ingratiatingly: "I was planning to tell you after I was discharged from the hospital and went home in a couple of days. I didn't intend to hide it from you! I was just afraid you would worry!"
Xu Ningyan walked to the bedside and sat down, holding Jiang Zhiyuan's hand with heartache: "Such a big thing, you should at least have told me."
Then he asked, "Does it hurt?"
Seeing that the ward was empty, Jiang Zhiyuan lowered his eyelids and said pitifully, "It hurts, but a kiss from my wife will make it stop hurting—"
"You—" Xu Ningyan was both annoyed and amused.
She glanced back and saw that the ward door was closed and no one was there, then quickly lowered her head and gave Jiang Zhiyuan a comforting kiss on the corner of his mouth.
Jiang Zhiyuan's lips curled up, and he couldn't help but laugh, but the movement aggravated his wound, causing him to hiss involuntarily.
Xu Ningyan quickly pressed the person down: "Behave yourself!"
Because she was on an IV drip of anti-inflammatory medication, Xu Ningyan could only hold one of Jiang Zhiyuan's hands and talk to him.
She teased Jiang Zhiyuan, saying, "Didn't you say before that you wanted me to have a daughter? Preferably a daughter who looks like me, and that you were even willing to give up your job for her! Why are you getting surgery now? Don't you want a daughter anymore?"
Jiang Zhiyuan looked at Xu Ningyan tenderly: "If you had really been pregnant before, I would have given up my job for you and the child! Even if I, Jiang Zhiyuan, were no longer the bureau chief, I could still support our family!"
"But you didn't get pregnant. It was my mother who reminded me! Childbirth is too damaging to women! You suffered so much when you were young, your body is already weak, how can you withstand the pain of childbirth again?"
"Yanyan, in my heart, you are more important than anyone else! More important than the children, more important than myself! I don't want you to suffer any harm, especially from me! As long as you are well, I am well! Our family is well!"
"Besides, what's this little bit of pain to me? Compared to the pain you felt giving birth, this is nothing! It's just that the doctor said we can't have sex for a month, so I'm sorry to trouble you—"
The last part of his statement carried a hint of teasing and sarcasm.
Xu Ningyan originally wanted to beat him up, but considering that he had just had surgery, she could only spit on him.
Originally, she was supposed to stay with Jiang Zhiyuan and watch over his IV drip, but she was too busy last night and rushed over today. Now that she felt at ease, Xu Ningyan quickly became sleepy.
She didn't know when, but she fell into a deep sleep while holding Jiang Zhiyuan's hand.
Jiang Zhiyuan looked at Xu Ningyan's sleeping face with gentle eyes, feeling extremely sorry for her. He had joked with Xu Ningyan before that he wanted to have a daughter, preferably one that looked exactly like her.
He will cherish her to the core and give his daughter the best of everything in the world.
Xu Ningyan thought he liked daughters and always made fun of him.
What he didn't say was that he wanted a daughter like Yan Yan because he knew that Yan Yan had suffered enough hardship in the world during her first sixteen years.
So he thought that if he had a daughter like Yan Yan, who would love and cherish her from a young age and raise her, it would be as if he could make up for the suffering Yan Yan had endured back then.
But now that I think about it, he was actually wrong!
Even if she resembles Yan Yan, she's not Yan Yan! Trying to make up for it won't make her Yan Yan!
Although he cannot make up for Yan Yan's sixteen years of suffering, nor can he turn back time, he will cherish and love Yan Yan even more in the future, for the rest of his life!
Love him as you love your wife, and love him as you love your daughter!
Love until the last moment of life!
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