As darkness fell, more and more doctors and nurses came and went.
Xu Haicheng rushed over from the provincial capital, covered in sweat, and anxiously asked Jin Rulan, "What happened to Sitian? How is the baby?"
Jin Rulan hurriedly grasped Xu Haicheng's hand, about to explain the situation, when a nurse ran out: "Where are Ni Sitian's family members? She gave birth to a baby boy."
"It's good that she's given birth, it's good that she's given birth." Jin Rulan breathed a sigh of relief, put her hands together, and chanted Amitabha.
Just as the three were breathing a sigh of relief, a voice came from inside: "Oh no! The mother is hemorrhaging again! Prepare for a blood transfusion! She's in shock! Quickly, administer a cardiac stimulant!"
They couldn't hear clearly from outside, but they could sense the urgency in their voices. Behind that door were several delivery rooms; they wondered which woman in labor had encountered an emergency.
Jin Rulan felt very flustered and uneasy. She gripped Xu Haicheng's hand tightly, squeezing and pinching it, as if only in this way could she draw some strength from him.
Xu Haicheng frowned. He had never been this scared when his wife was in the delivery room. He felt a strange palpitation in his heart.
As dusk settled, the lights in the hospital corridor came on, the energy-saving incandescent bulbs flickering.
Two doctors opened the door and came out, their faces grave, and simply shook their heads at them.
Jin Rulan nearly fainted. Gasping for breath, she demanded, "What does shaking your head mean?! Tell me! What does it mean?!"
"The mother's life has ended despite resuscitation efforts. The baby is not yet full-term and is in a weak state. It did not cry at birth and may also be in danger." The obstetrician who performed the surgery lowered his head and said guiltily, "We did our best. Now the baby will be placed in an incubator for observation for a while. The family can only look at the baby through the glass of the nursery."
"You mean the pregnant woman who fell down the stairs and was brought in just now is gone?" Jin Rulan's lips trembled, and she felt her voice was floating. She didn't even dare to use the word "dead".
The doctor nodded sadly, while another doctor next to him read aloud from the record file: the mother's name, the time she entered the emergency room, the resuscitation measures used, and the last minute and seconds after her vital signs ceased.
"If you see no problems, please sign here." The doctor read the document aloud as required and handed the file to them for signature.
Upon hearing these words, Jin Rulan bent over and fell forward. Xu Haicheng caught her as she fell.
"Butler Wang, Madam is yours now." Xu Haicheng handed Jin Rulan over, and Butler Wang and a nurse immediately took Jin Rulan to the emergency room.
Xu Haicheng took the notification form from the doctor, carefully read every item, his face growing paler, and asked in a hoarse voice with difficulty, "Can I see her?"
He didn't want to refer to Ni Sitian as the deceased. Just a few days ago, the family was happily discussing the menu for Xu Jiayue's engagement banquet, and in the blink of an eye, she was gone...
"Yes, but you need to be mentally prepared. The pregnant woman had a very serious hemorrhage. Even after suturing, it still..." The doctor stopped there and opened the operating room door.
Xu Haicheng walked heavily into the delivery room.
Upon entering, the room was filled with a strong, pungent smell of blood; the odor was so intense that even Xu Haicheng found it difficult to bear.
He looked at the operating table. Ni Sitian's face was completely bloodless, a white sheet covered her body, and her chest was not rising or falling. The machine displayed a flat line indicating brain death.
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