Early labor?
Auntie is only over six months pregnant!
Liu Chen, who had been able to feign calmness moments ago, now showed a hint of panic on his face.
"Mom, which hospital are you going to now? I'll come find you."
"Sanya City People's Hospital! I can't talk to you anymore, we've arrived!"
Sanya City People's Hospital? Isn't that the hospital he's in now?
Liu Chen quickly bolted downstairs. He had specifically saved five red ginseng pills for his auntie, and if she went into labor early, he had to use these five pills before she went into the ward!
Liu Chen's voice on the phone wasn't loud, but because this floor was very quiet due to Elder Xu's presence, even Elder Xu and Elder Shen inside the ward clearly heard him.
Elder Xu, with a kindly expression, said nothing, as if he hadn't heard anything. However, Elder Shen quickly sat up and had Shen Hong, who was standing outside, go and see what was happening.
Shen Hong looked at Ren Yu, whose back had already disappeared, and found it strange. But then he thought, if his own relative was giving birth prematurely, it seemed normal for him to follow along?
Normal, my ass!
Hearing the elder's call, Shen Hong only dared to reply from outside the ward, "Grandpa, Ren Yu followed. Should I go too?"
Elder Shen rolled his eyes. That kid from the Ren family was too clingy to the young lady, and this grandson of his didn't quite match the young lady in appearance either.
"Forget it, forget it, you just stand outside with me. Ah!"
...
Liu Chen ran downstairs using the stairs. When he reached the first floor, he happened to see his mother and Wang Dong walking quickly on either side of a stretcher.
On the stretcher, Auntie Hu Min's face was pale, completely bloodless. Her floral print dress was also stained blood red.
Seeing Liu Chen, Auntie Hu Min even managed a weak smile and then blinked her eyes.
The young nurse in the blue uniform, seeing Hu Min's blinking become slower and slower, couldn't help but remind her,
"Pregnant woman, don't fall asleep. Once you're in the operating room, we'll decide whether to have a premature C-section based on the fetus's development. If you fall unconscious, we won't be able to make a timely judgment."
Meanwhile, Liu Chen quickly used a lottery ticket to exchange for the system and bestowed it upon his auntie.
Hu Min only felt that after hearing what someone above her said, her whole body was suddenly filled with strength, and her eyes widened abruptly.
"I won't sleep!"
Everyone pushing the stretcher thought that Hu Min, upon hearing about the C-section, had awakened her maternal strength for the sake of her child.
After the stretcher was pushed into the operating room, Wang Dong and Liu Fang stood stunned outside the operating room.
Liu Chen, however, walked to Liu Fang's side with a frown and couldn't help but ask, "Mom, why did Auntie suddenly go into labor? Didn't the doctor say this pregnancy was going very well during the last check-up?"
Moreover, she had secretly given her auntie so much of the system's nourishing prenatal milk. It wasn't asking for a genius nephew to be born, but it certainly shouldn't have led to premature labor after just two days out and some sun.
To her surprise, Liu Fang also shook her head, "I only found out when your uncle called me. On the way, I was only talking to your auntie, telling her not to sleep, so I didn't ask."
After speaking, Liu Fang also looked at Wang Dong, who was standing aside with an angry expression, and asked,
"What happened?"
Wang Dong's eyes were red, and the veins on his hands were bulging. However, when he heard Liu Fang's question, he took a deep breath and suppressed his voice as much as possible, saying,
"At first, it was Minmin's niece, that girl Hu Qian, who called. She said Hu Xingfa wasn't planning to send her to college and asked if she could stay with us for a while. Minmin said she was pregnant and it was inconvenient, and that she'd call Hu Xingfa to talk about it.
Then Hu Qian handed the phone to Minmin's mother. Her mother said some unpleasant things, basically asking Minmin to bring her and Hu Qian to our wedding house. If Minmin didn't agree, she would make a scene at Minmin's company.
Liu Fang frowned, "Did Minmin's mother say anything else? Otherwise, Minmin wouldn't have been so angry to go into labor prematurely for the sake of the child."
Wang Dong sighed and nodded. "Minmin's mother said that if Hu Min didn't agree, she would go to my grandma and say she didn't receive any bride price and didn't recognize this marriage. That was roughly what she meant."
"How could she say such a thing! She didn't spend a penny when Minmin got married. Never mind, never mind, don't mention this to Minmin again."
The three of them stood outside the operating room, pacing back and forth, no longer discussing the premature birth, because they all knew that the most important thing now was Hu Min inside the operating room, not discussing who was responsible for this premature birth.
After an unknown amount of time, a loud cry came from the operating room. Wang Dong was first delighted, then startled.
"Sister, I just told the nurse to prioritize the mother!"
Seeing Wang Dong's flustered expression, Liu Fang quickly comforted him, "Don't be nervous. We'll ask when the nurse comes out."
As soon as she finished speaking, another loud cry came from inside, but it was slightly higher-pitched than the previous one.
This time, even Liu Fang couldn't hold back, her face creased into a frown.
"This, this is two babies? Minmin's belly was so small, how tiny must these two babies be?"
Liu Chen was also shocked, followed by a sense of relief.
Fortunately, fortunately, he had the lottery system, and fortunately, he had enough lottery tickets.
The operating room door opened, and a young nurse in a blue uniform came out smiling. She and her colleague behind her were each holding a baby, with blue bracelets on the babies' wrists.
"Congratulations, congratulations. The mother and children are all doing well. Although they are premature babies, they are four catties and six liang (approximately 2.3 kg), which is very good nutrition for this gestational period.
The older one is the elder brother, and the younger one is the younger sister. Please take a look. Newborn babies need to be sent to the incubator for observation."
Liu Chen, Liu Fang, and Wang Dong all leaned forward to look at the two nurses holding the newborns, who were still tightly shut-eyed and a little wrinkly.
"This is my child?" Wang Dong asked, trying to keep his voice down so as not to disturb the babies. He stretched out a finger, only daring to point from half a fist's distance away, afraid to touch them.
Liu Fang, on the other hand, looked at the appearance of the second daughter and smiled.
"Wang Dong, look at your daughter, she looks so much like Minmin when she was little."
"Really?"
Wang Dong's gaze shifted directly from his eldest son to his younger daughter.
Liu Chen looked at the two identical wrinkled little faces and honestly said that she couldn't tell the difference between the two children at all.
After their curiosity was satisfied, Mom followed the two nurses to send the babies to the incubator. Before leaving, she whispered, "Watch them carefully, lest they get mixed up with someone else's baby like in a TV drama."
Nurse: ...
Liu Chen was amused and pointed to the bracelet on the baby's hand.
"Mom, look, it's tied on with this band. If you take it off, you can't put it back on."
After Mom left, Auntie was also pushed out of the operating room. When she went in, her belly was still quite big, but now that she was out, her abdomen had shrunk.
"Chenchen! Where's my sister-in-law?"
When Hu Min was pushed out, the first thing she asked Liu Chen was where her sister-in-law had gone.
Wang Dong quickly stepped forward to hold his wife's hand and replied,
"Sister went to watch over the two children. She's worried the hospital might mix them up."
Hu Min blinked at this, looking in agreement, and then asked,
"Then why are you here?"
Wang Dong walked alongside the hospital bed, explaining, "I was waiting for you to come out, wanting to see you with my own eyes to be reassured."
"I'm fine, go and watch the children. Let sister-in-law talk to me. I just gave birth and have a lot of things I want to ask sister-in-law."
Liu Chen watched Wang Dong dejectedly ask about the floor where the incubator was located, and repeatedly urged Liu Chen to take good care of his auntie, before he finally left, turning his head back three times.
Liu Chen accompanied Hu Min's hospital bed to a single room. He was a little strange, as he had seen empty beds in the corridor earlier. Auntie came to give birth temporarily, and she even got a private room?
As he was wondering, he saw Ren Yu walk in.
"Elder Shen asked for the room, and the hospital made one available. The surgery was performed by Sanya City Hospital's best obstetrics and gynecology specialist. I've contacted a local confinement center in Sanya and Angel in City C. See which one you choose."
Ren Yu said as he handed the information of the two confinement centers to Liu Chen.
"Auntie, what do you think?"
Liu Chen could only present both brochures to his auntie, letting her choose.
"Angel? I heard that confinement center is very expensive... your uncle probably can't afford it?" Hu Min asked Liu Chen with some uncertainty.
"Auntie, after discounts, both of these confinement centers are one thousand." Ren Yu added from the side.
Hu Min blinked, looking at Ren Yu in disbelief.
"One thousand? Are you sure it's one thousand and not ten thousand?"
Ren Yu nodded. "Yes."
"Then I want to go to Angel! It's free if you don't go!" Hu Min had heard of Angel Confinement Center during her pregnancy. In fact, she had gone to inquire about it, but the package price at the time was over ten thousand, and that was for the most basic package.
"Ren Yu, what channel did you use? Why is Angel giving you such a big discount?" Hu Min asked with great interest, gossiping.
Ren Yu glanced at Liu Chen, who was also looking very curious, and explained,
"Angel is a subsidiary of Dadi Group. I just had Secretary Guo make a phone call."
Hearing this, Liu Chen's admiration for Ren Yu's maternal uncle, Ren Aixun, deepened.
Look at his foresight. The confinement center that would become the most popular and profitable in the future had already been planned for in the early 2000s.
"Auntie, Dadi Group is the company my godmother's brother opened."
Liu Chen's sentence explained the connection, and Hu Min was stunned, turning her head to look at Ren Yu standing beside her.
Good heavens, he's so handsome, and his relatives are so rich. No wonder Sister Yuanying never worried about her son dating. Wait! He's this old and still not dating, could it be... he doesn't like girls?!