Chapter 358: Pregnancy crisis, the whole family is mobilized
Ever since he felt the first fetal movement, Xiao Xue Zheng had completely entered a state of "level one combat readiness".
He defined that fetal movement as "the first intimate interaction between his daughter and him" and "the official launch signal of a great project."
As a result, the style of the entire Xiao family villa suddenly changed.
The originally warm and romantic "honeymoon resort" turned into a heavily guarded "maternity command center" overnight.
The private obstetrics and gynecology hospital he acquired was transformed into the "Xiao's Royal Mother and Baby Hospital". All the doctors and nurses there were on standby 24 hours a day, serving only Shi Runrun.
He was even so crazy that he planned a "green channel of life" between the villa and the hospital, and asked Qin Feng to send people to drive an ambulance to conduct field drills three times a day, morning, noon and evening, to ensure that if there was any emergency, Shi Runrun could be safely sent to the hospital within five minutes.
The scene was even more exaggerated than when a national leader travels.
Shi Runrun watched him holding a stopwatch every day, calculating the rehearsal time with a serious face, accurate to the millisecond, and felt that she was not waiting to give birth, but preparing to launch a rocket.
"Xiao Xue Zheng, are you exaggerating a bit too much?" She finally couldn't help but complain.
"Exaggeration?" The man put down his stopwatch and looked at her seriously. "This concerns the lives of my wife and daughter. How can you call it an exaggeration? This is rigorous and scientific."
Shi Runrun was completely speechless.
She felt that if this continued, she would have a nervous breakdown because of his excessive nervousness before she was even scared by giving birth.
He also entrusted the three little ones in the family with "important tasks".
In the future, he appointed his eldest son as the "family safety commander-in-chief". His daily task is to check every corner of the house to ensure that there are no safety hazards, such as no water stains on the floor, anti-collision strips on the corners of the table, etc.
The second son, Fengfeng, is the "Mommy's Emotion Observer". He is responsible for keeping an eye on Shi Runrun's mood changes at all times and reporting to him immediately if he finds any signs of unhappiness in her.
The youngest daughter, Yanyan, is the "Chief Interaction Officer for her younger sister". Every day she lies on Shi Runrun's belly and tells stories and sings songs to her unborn sister.
The three children were fooled by him, and each of them was full of a sense of mission, and they carried out their "tasks" in an earnest manner every day.
The entire Xiao family was caught in a strange and tense atmosphere.
As the chief director of all this, Xiao Xue Zheng himself was extremely nervous.
He turned down all unnecessary social engagements and meetings at the company, returned home on time every day, and stayed by Shi Runrun's side all the time.
Every night, he would personally check the delivery bag several times, fearing that he had missed something.
He also bought a human model and practiced on it every day how to help pregnant women breathe and how to perform pre-delivery massage.
Shi Runrun felt both distressed and amused by his serious yet clumsy look.
As the due date approached, Shi Runrun's belly grew bigger and bigger, and it became increasingly inconvenient for her to move.
Her emotions also became somewhat unstable due to hormonal changes.
Sometimes, I feel like crying for no reason because of a little thing.
Sometimes, I feel irritable and anxious because of body bloating and discomfort.
Whenever this happened, Xiao Xue Zheng would always be the first to notice it.
He would put down everything in his hands, patiently hold her in his arms, and comfort her gently.
"It's okay, Runrun, I'm here. Don't be afraid."
"I know you're having a hard time, just hold on a little longer, everything will be fine once the baby comes out."
"Look at you, even if you've gained a little weight, you're still the most beautiful in my heart."
He didn't use any fancy words, but used the simplest and most sincere words, over and over again, to soothe her anxious heart.
His embrace was like the safest harbor, always making all her irritability and anxiety disappear.
That night, Shi Runrun was sleeping in the middle of the night when she suddenly felt her stomach tightening and accompanied by slight pain.
She woke up suddenly, her heart skipping a beat.
Could it be...that she's about to give birth?
She nudged the man who was sleeping beside her.
"Xiao Xuezheng, Xiao Xuezheng, wake up quickly."
Almost the moment she opened her mouth, the man suddenly opened his eyes and jumped up from the bed.
"What's wrong? Is she about to give birth?" His voice was filled with panic and all sleepiness was gone.
"I... I seem to have a stomachache." Shi Runrun's voice was also trembling.
"Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid!" The man said not to be afraid, but he was already panicked and at a loss.
He paced around the room barefoot, trying to get the delivery bag and then calling an ambulance.
"Calm down! Calm down first!" Shi Runrun looked at him, who looked even more panicked than herself, and calmed down instead.
"Yes, yes, calm down. I need to calm down." Xiao Xue Zheng took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.
He remembered the process he had rehearsed countless times.
The first step is to calm the mother’s emotions.
The second step is to contact the medical team.
Step three: Get ready to go.
He walked to the bed, held Shi Runrun's hand, and tried to make his voice sound less shaky.
"Runrun, don't be afraid, I'm here. How do you feel now? How often does the pain occur? Is there any bleeding?" he asked in a series of questions.
Shi Runrun was a little confused by his question.
"It seems...it doesn't hurt that much anymore." She felt it carefully, and the pain seemed to have disappeared again.
“…” Xiao Xue Zheng was stunned.
The two of them stared at each other for a long time.
In the end, Xiao Xue Zheng was still worried and insisted on calling a private doctor over.
The doctor rushed over overnight and conducted a series of detailed examinations on Shi Runrun. Finally, he came to the conclusion that it was a false labor and that it would take some time before the real delivery.
After sending the doctor away, Xiao Xue Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He returned to the bed and held Shi Runrun tightly in his arms, his heart still pounding.
"I was scared to death." He said with lingering fear.
Shi Runrun nestled in his arms, looking at his nervous look, and couldn't help laughing.
"Looking at the way you were just now, if I didn't know, I would have thought you were about to give birth."
"I actually want to give birth for you." The man snorted and hugged her tighter. "Do you know how scared I was just now?"
He was afraid that she would get hurt and that she would have any accident.
This feeling of powerlessness is more painful than losing hundreds of billions.
Shi Runrun's heart was completely soft.
She took the initiative to move forward and kissed him on his thin lips.
"Okay, it's okay. Go to sleep now. You don't know how long you'll be busy tomorrow."
"Yeah." The man nodded, but did not close his eyes. He just looked at her quietly.
Those deep black eyes were filled with fear and also with deep and unbreakable love.
He knew that from tonight on, he might never be able to sleep peacefully again.
Because the two most important women in his life are about to face the most important battle in their lives.
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