He watched with an indifferent look on his face and his hands behind his back . Before he left, he grabbed the chief by his collar and said, “I need an explanation for this!”
“Yes . Yes, of course…”
When he arrived at the hospital, burning with anxiety, he found both He Jiayu and Su Xiaomo there . Seeing him, Su Xiaomo looked evasive and wouldn’t look him in the eye .
“How is she?” He sounded extremely concerned .
“Ahem… She, she’s fine… Don’t worry . ”
Su Xiaomo didn’t dare tell him the truth, seeing how agitated he was .
She had no doubt that if she did, Sheng Yize would tear this hospital down .
“Tell me . ” Sheng Yize turned to He Jiayu, who cleared his throat and said in resignation, “You need to calm down first . ”
“Tell me!”
He Jiayu sighed . “Xiaxia… is going into labor . ”
Sheng Yize looked like he was going to collapse . He stood motionless on the spot, not knowing what to do .
An Xiaxia was seven months pregnant at most…
Seven months… premature labor…
The words rang over and over in Sheng Yize’s mind . His knees buckled and his legs almost gave out .
Supporting himself on the wall, he found it hard to breathe .
He Jiayu shook his head . “It’s almost certain that she’ll have a difficult labor… Moreover, we’re not sure if the babies can survive after they’re born . ”
Su Xiaomo covered his mouth with a hand . “Stop it!”
She turned to Sheng Yize, trying to comfort him, but her words sounded so hollow . “Sheng Yize, don’t panic . Cutie He is a doctor and he’s used to making things sound much worse than they really are . It’s not as bad as he described . Look at how easy my labor was!”
Her forced chuckle was the only sound in the quiet corridor .
Su Xiaomo laughed and laughed, then she burst into tears .
He Jiayu pulled her into his arms and said gently, “Don’t cry… everything will be alright . ”
Tears just kept coming . Su Xiaomo had never thought that in the mere two days An Xiaxia had been away, she would turn from a carefree mother-to-be into someone with her life hanging in the balance .
Sheng Yize punched a window next to him .
The glass shattered with a crack and the broken pieces fell all over the floor .
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Staring at the door to the operating room, Sheng Yize was so anxious that even the mole under his eye seemed to turn red .
When they were little, An Xiaxia had always been the crybaby and he the impassive one . Grandma Song used to say that he must have misplaced his tear mole1, for An Xiaxia shed all his tears for him .
Right now, he wished more than anything that he could take all the pain and tears for her . Unfortunately, of the countless things he was able to do, giving birth wasn’t one of them .
“Yize…” He Jiayu called his name, but Sheng Yize ignored his friend . He took out his phone and dialed a number .
In an indifferent and emotionless voice, he began to give orders methodically .
“Find out how Song Shi died… And, find out who framed Xiaxia…”
Waiting was a torturous experience .
An Yibei, Papa An, Grandpa and Grandma Sheng… the whole family set out on a plane and flew to the island that An Xiaxia was on .
Putting her palms together, Grandma Sheng prayed for An Xiaxia with bloodshot eyes . “Dear Buddha, please help my Xiaxia through this… help her and the babies . No, all I want is for Xiaxia to be safe!”
“That’s all superstitious nonsense!” Grandpa Sheng was the puritanical type and scolded Grandma Sheng for her prayers . However, he couldn’t help but pray for Xiaxia himself in his head .
Seeing that a natural birth was out of the question, the doctors performed a C-section .
The two babies were taken out in turn, but the operating room remained quiet .
Neither of them cried or made any sound at all .