After a long period of anxious sighs, the doors to the delivery room finally opened, and the group of four swiftly stood up.

  The doctor looked exhausted. He pulled down his surgical mask and looked at the group of people.

  During this brief two seconds of silence, Lu Beichuan’s heart had already jumped up in alarm. Countless possibilities flashed through his mind, and the terror caused him to instinctively hold his breath.

  “The baby hasn’t come out yet. It looks like Mrs. Lu doesn’t have the strength to keep going. If it comes to it, we’ll choose to do a C-section. Mr. Lu, we’ll need you to……”


  Without waiting for the doctor to finish speaking, Lu Beichuan said with a calm face, “I’m going in.”


  The chief physician paused for a moment before nodding and leading Lu Beichuan into the delivery room.

  It was only after walking through a long hallway that they reached the actual delivery room.

  When the doors were pushed open, a wretched cry pierced Lu Beichuan’s eardrums. The cry felt more like a knife that was slicing his heart a thousand times.

  A sweaty Ye Zhen was lying on the operating table. In coordination with the nurse’s directions, Ye Zhen was doing expulsion breathing. She was gripping the operating table, and the veins on the back of her hands were bulging.

  Seeing this sight, Lu Beichuan felt as if someone was squeezing his heart. He strode over to the operating table and stared nervously at Ye Zhen. “Ye Zhen, look at me! I’m here!”


  Ye Zhen heard his voice and turned her head to look at him with a pained expression while she gasped for breath. She seemed a bit incredulous. “You…… Why…… Why did you come inside?”


  For a moment, Lu Beichuan only silently held her hand. Then, he answered, “I should have been here for the start.”


  He should have followed Ye Zhen into the delivery room from the start. He shouldn’t have waited outside and left Ye Zhen all alone in the delivery room until now.

  “Ah…… It…… It hurts so much. Lu Beichuan, you bastard! I don’t want to give birth anymore!” Ye Zhen clutched Lu Beichuan’s hand like it was a lifeline.

  “Mrs. Lu, we can see the baby’s head now! Push hard!”


  Ye Zhen desperately clutched Lu Beichuan’s hand. Shaking her head and crying, she said, “It hurts too much. I don’t want to give birth anymore! I don’t want to!”


  Lu Beichuan looked calm, but he was actually clenching his back teeth to remain quiet. However, the bulging veins on his hands and the tights lines on his face revealed his inner fear.

  As he listened to the nurse’s voice and Ye Zhen’s weak screams, it felt as if his heart had stopped beating.

  If he had known how life-threatening giving birth was, he wouldn’t have let Ye Zhen come close to death’s door.

  This was too much suffering, truly too much.

  Lu Beichuan let Ye Zhen claw the back of his hand even when blood came out from the scratch marks. He kept trying to comfort her. “Don’t be scared. I’m here. I’m here. I’ll always be with you……”


  How much does a woman have to love you in order to be willing to have your child?

  Lu Beichuan knew that Ye Zhen didn’t love him. But that’s okay. It’s okay that she doesn’t love him. He would love Ye Zhen even more in the future. He wouldn’t let her suffer the slightest bit again.

  It seemed that Lu Beichuan’s presence and encouragement gave Ye Zhen strength and courage. She clenched her teeth, raised her head, and used all of her strength to push.

  “Ahhh!”


  “The head came out!” The nurse cheered.

  Once the baby’s head came out, the rest would be easier.

  Ye Zhen softly lied on the operating table. Breathing heavily, she continued to follow the chief physician’s instructions. The chief physician used the surgical tools to orderly deliver the baby. When the umbilical cord was cut, the baby’s loud cries resounded in the delivery room.

  Waiting outside the delivery room, Mrs. Lu and Old Master Lu seemed to hear the baby’s cries. The two of them looked at each other, then they turned to look at the delivery room’s doors in tacit understanding.

  The red light outside the delivery room finally went out.

  The chief physician came out again and smiled tiredly at the people outside. “Congratulations Old Master Lu and Mrs. Lu, the mother and baby are safe and sound.”