Lu Kuo saw her about to cry and became even more nervous: “What’s wrong? Is your stomach hurting? Are you feeling unwell?”
“Doctor, can you drive a little faster?”
The doctor and driver of the ambulance were seasoned professionals, remaining calm and collected despite any urgings to speed up. They maintained a steady pace.
Luckily, we arrived at the hospital soon.
Lu Yaoyao and Gu Ruandong had also arrived and were waiting for them at the door.
Well, Gu Ruandong and Ruan Ruan in the stroller looked at each other, both flashing a hint of helplessness, because Lu Yaoyao had been panicking since leaving the house, her mind already filled with countless negative scenarios.
Lu Kuo looked exactly the same as if he had just come off a stretcher from an ambulance, someone would think he was critically ill, hanging on by a thread. Zhuo Yu’an and Ting Lan’s car followed closely behind, they were relatively calm.
This is a private high-end maternity hospital. Both the ward and doctors are booked in advance. Lu Kuo arranged for Ruan Ruan to be admitted to the hospital a week ago, but Ruan Ruan insisted on working until the last minute. Now, she is being pushed to get checked, and everyone is waiting in the ward.
Zuo Yu’an saw that he looked restless and tossed him a bottle of water, motioning for him to calm down.
Lu Kuo took the water and drank it silently. He wanted to say that he envied him for not having to go through this, knowing that when his child was born, they were already three years old. Fortunately, he retracted his words at the last moment. He knew this was Zhuo Yu’an’s pain, a topic that couldn’t be brought up, and he almost made a blunder.
Gu Ruandong sat beside Yaoyao, waiting. To be honest, he rarely saw pregnant women in his daily life, and he hadn’t seen Ruanruan for a long time either. So, he didn’t have much concept of pregnancy. But after entering the hospital and seeing those expectant mothers about to give birth, his heart skipped a beat. He unconsciously hugged Yaoyao tightly, unable to imagine what she would be like if she were also pregnant. Perhaps he was even more nervous than Lu Kuo?
Especially when the nurse came over with some precautions for Lu Kuo to read, Lu Kuo refused to look. He asked Lü Yáo Yáo to read them instead, but Lü Yáo Yáo also said no. In the end, he had to read them himself.
Seeing the risk notice with mentions of major hemorrhages and embolisms, he appeared calm on the surface but his heart was set. No way, he couldn’t let Yaoyao take that risk. Let others have children if they want, but his Yaoyao wouldn’t.
Lu Kuai impatiently said, “Haven’t you finished reading? Just tell me where to sign.”
Gu Ruandong handed it to him: “You’d better take a look yourself.”
Tinglan said from the side: “It’s nothing, this is just a procedure. The hospital will show this risk notice to everyone, it just says the potential risks that may exist.”
The nurse beside her chimed in, “That’s right, and rest assured, everyone, if there are any special circumstances, our hospital has a plentiful blood bank.”
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Just as they were talking, another nurse came in and told them that Ruanruan’s amniotic fluid was too low and somewhat cloudy. They were worried the fetus might be in distress, so they needed to move her directly to the delivery room for an immediate oxytocin induction. If that didn’t work, they would have to go straight to a cesarean section.
Speaking of which, there was another stack of documents that Lu Kuo needed to sign.
Lu Kuo, who was fearless and bold, panicked for the first time in his life today. He couldn’t read what was written above and dared not sign it carelessly.
“At the end, only Tinglan had experience on the field. She took the file and concisely summarized the key points of each page for Lu Kuo, then pointed directly at the signature line: “It’s okay if you don’t understand, just sign here.”
Lu Kuo trusts Tinglan. Whatever she asks him to sign, he signs it.
After a long wait, until early the next morning at around 5 am, a clear baby cry finally echoed through the delivery room.
The nurse first brought the little baby out, beaming with joy and announcing, “Mother and daughter are safe and well.”
She is a little princess!
This time Lu Kuo hadn’t reacted yet, but Lu Yaoyao cried first. She went over ahead of him and took the baby from the nurse’s arms, holding it close.
Lu Kuo, seeing this, turned to the nurse and asked, “Can I go in and see my wife?”
The nurse said it was okay, so he turned back to Zhu Yu’an and Ting Lan and said, “You guys are all good here, go back now.”
Overjoyed, I didn’t need anyone to accompany me, so without saying “thank you,” I followed the nurse straight to the observation room to be with Ruanruan.
Outside, Lu Yaoyao carefully held the little baby, sighing: “He looks so much like me!”
Beside her, Gu Ruandong had little interest in the baby. However, hearing her words, he glanced over as well. It was a red, wrinkled ball—where was the beauty she possessed?
It was her carefully holding the baby that softened his heart and made him feel a little flustered. His earlier insistence that she shouldn’t have the child wavered.
The nurse took the baby away again.
Lu Yaoyao was still a bit unsatisfied: “I think we should have a boy next time. Boys look like their mothers, so both babies would look like me. Then when we take them out to play, I can tell people they’re twins. It just so happens that my grandpa wants dragon and phoenix twins, which would also fulfill his wish.”
Seeing her talking to herself, lost in thought, Gu Ruan Dong had to remind her: “Even though you’re pregnant now, there’s still a year left.”
It’s really a buzzkill, Lu Yaoyao glared at him: “It’s all your fault.”
Gu Ruandong could only say, “I’ll keep trying.”
Two hours later, the family of three returned to the ward. Lu Yaoyao immediately felt that she couldn’t stay in this ward anymore because after Lu Kuo wasn’t nervous, he instantly went back to his old ways. He held his little princess and started showing off to Lu Yaoyao.
“These eyes, so bright and expressive, look like they could talk. They’re much bigger than your eyes were when you were a child.”
Lu Yaoyao glanced at the baby who hadn’t opened his eyes yet and snorted.
“And with those long legs, you’ll definitely be taller than me in the future.”
Can you see that too?
Lu YaoYao wouldn’t have left if it wasn’t for wanting to keep Ruan Ruan company. She huffed and puffed, asking, “Why do you always compare me to others?”
Lu Kuo hadn’t answered yet, but Gu Ruandong replied first: “Because your looks are top-notch, so I can only compare myself to you.”
Although Ruannuan had tossed and turned all night, the joy of being a new mom hadn’t faded, so she was full of energy.
“If my baby grows up to be like YaoYao, I’ll be satisfied.”
“Lu Yao Yao is satisfied: ‘Still my Ruan Ruan has a good eye. You have a good rest, we’ll come and see you another day.'”
Lu Yaoyao walked out hand-in-hand with Gu Ruandong, and Lu Kuo yelled playfully from behind: “Brother-in-law, good luck!”
Lu Yaoyao…
They shouldn’t have come, let him stew in his own anxiety.
Both of them had been up all night and were exhausted after leaving the hospital and getting into the car. Especially Lu Yaoyao, this night could be described as full of ups and downs, so she leaned against Gu Ruandong’s body, soft and weak.
It’s rush hour now, their car is stuck in traffic, moving slowly forward.
“I’m not going home, why don’t you go to your company and rest first.”
His company is closer to the hospital.