Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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He didn’t know how long the pain lasted. Zu Qi even lost consciousness. It seemed that every second took very long to pass and there was no end in sight.
In his hazy consciousness, Zu Qi vaguely saw the bedroom door being pushed open forcefully, and then several panicked figures rushed in from the outside.
Before the overwhelming darkness came, Zu Qi felt himself being gently picked up sideways. Xue Jue’s heavy breathing came to his ears, and his usually cold and indifferent voice could not stop trembling at this moment.
“Zu Qi, hold on, I’ll take you to the hospital right away…”
What else Xue Jue said later, Zu Qi couldn’t hear clearly. Wave after wave of pain continued to stimulate his nerves, and he was in pain and then he passed out within two seconds.
Zu Qi had nightmares intermittently. Sometimes he dreamed of the scene when his parents died in his previous life, and sometimes he dreamed of being tortured so painfully by the villain Xue Jue after traveling into the novel. His head hurt so much that it almost exploded.
“Zu Qi.”
A hand gently touched Zu Qi’s face and wiped away the sweat on his face with his palm. His slightly cold fingertips rested on the tip of Zu Qi’s nose.
It felt cool to the touch, like a breeze blowing against it.
Zu Qi, who was restless in his heart, suddenly calmed down a lot. He finally broke free from the nightmare and opened his eyes with difficulty. The first thing that caught his eye was Xue Jue’s solemn face.
They should be in the car. The dim street lights outside the car window cast a bright and sometimes dark shadow on Xue Jue’s side face. He stared at Zu Qi momentarily, with emotions in his eyes that Zu Qi couldn’t understand.
“Keep it up.” Xue Jue’s tone was rare and gentle. He rubbed Zu Qi’s sweat-covered temples with his thumb, “We will be at the hospital soon.”
Zu Qi’s face was pale, and it was so painful that it was extremely difficult to breathe. He grasped Xue Jue’s wrist tightly with both hands and reluctantly pulled him towards him.
Xue Jue immediately understood what Zu Qi meant, so he leaned forward and put his ear to Zu Qi’s lips, and soon heard Zu Qi weakly say: “You bastard, you didn’t answer my call…”
“…”
Xue Jue’s expression was momentarily distorted, but he quickly reacted and comforted softly, “I’m sorry, my dad and I were talking about business and I accidentally turned my phone on silent.”
After Zu Qi transmigrated into this novel, it was the first time in these many months that he heard Xue Jue’s apology. He couldn’t help but feel fresh. He opened his lips and wanted to smile but found that he was in too much pain and couldn’t smile at all.
“Xue Jue…” Zu Qi gasped in pain and tightened his hold on Xue Jue’s hand as if to vent his anger.
“I’m here.” Xue Jue frowned slightly, as if it hurt from being pinched by Zu Qi, but he let Zu Qi’s fingertips pinch the back of his hand, and his other hand gently moved through Zu Qi’s hair.
“My stomach hurts, it really hurts!” Zu Qi said with difficulty, his voice filled with unconscious crying.
“I know.” Xue Jue hugged Zu Qi into his arms and stroked Zu Qi’s back again and again, as if coaxing a child, “Can you bear with it a little longer? It will be over soon. Let’s go again. Hold on.”
Zu Qi buried his whole face in Xue Jue’s chest. He didn’t know if it was his imagination, but this warm embrace seemed to relieve his pain a little bit.
And Zu Qi could clearly feel that Xue Jue’s hand holding him was trembling.
This little discovery made Zu Qi feel a lot happier. He grabbed Xue Jue’s clothes, raised his head to look at Xue Jue, and twitched the corner of his mouth: “Do you think I have a boy or a girl in my belly?”
“A boy.” Xue Jue said without thinking.
“…” Zu Qi’s eyes suddenly opened wide, “How did you know?!”
Xue Jue was suddenly amused by Zu Qi’s fierce reaction and added: “Junzhuo told me the first time we went for a pregnancy test.”
Zu Qi: “…”
He had an inexplicable feeling that the secret he knew alone was discovered by others, which was too bad.
Xue Jue saw that Zu Qi went pale, then he bit his lips and stopped talking. His eyes flickered a few times. He was silent for a long time and suddenly said: “Don’t you want a boy?”
“No, I don’t want anything. It hurts me to death.” Zu Qi gasped again and asked, “Then do you like a boy or a girl?”
“Boy.” Xue Jue still answered without hesitation, seeing Zu Qi staring at him with his round eyes, after a pause, he continued to add dryly, “Whether it is taking over my career or doing other things, it is much more convenient for it to be a boy than a girl.”
The Xue family had a large population, and even though Xue Jue had now taken Xue Yanjing’s position, there were still a group of people around who were eager to share in the cake.
If you are not careful, you may be bitten by them. Xue Yanjing was a living example.
Besides, Xue Jue didn’t think that girls should get involved in the struggle of these old fritters. He knew very well how dirty and nasty those people’s minds were, and he didn’t want his daughter to step into the big black dye vat.
If he had a daughter, he thought his daughter should be like a little princess, held in the palm of someone’s hand and loved at all times.
But this may be wishful thinking, maybe he would only have one such child in his life.
Thinking of the child who was about to be born, Xue Jue’s uneasy heart surprisingly calmed down a little, and there was a faint sense of expectation in his heart.
When the group arrived at the hospital, it was already an hour later. Cui Junzhuo had received the news from Weng Yuxiang and had been waiting outside the gate with his assistants since half an hour ago.
At this time, Zu Qi was already unconscious, and a steady stream of sweat was dripping down his face. He was clutching Xue Jue’s clothes tightly with both hands and refused to let go, shouting Xue Jue’s name in a daze.
Xue Jue followed the hospital bed every step of the way. Whenever Zu Qi called his name, he responded anxiously.
Until Zu Qi was pushed into the operating room by the nurses, Xue Jue subconsciously wanted to follow him, but before he could enter, Cui Junzhuo blocked his way.
“Cousin, calm down. He is in good health. This is just an ordinary caesarean section and will be over soon.” Cui Junzhuo looked at Xue Jue with an unclear meaning, although he did not mention it with his mouth, but his eyes were like looking at a stranger.
For Cui Junzhuo, Xue Jue was indeed very strange at this moment.
He had always looked down upon Zu Qi’s method of drugging Xue Jue. If Xue Jue’s gender was changed, Zu Qi could have been sent to prison directly.
Fortunately, Xue Jue was so easy to talk to that he actually took Zu Qi home and provided him with delicious food and drinks while treating him like his ancestor. Now he was even so worried that half of his soul was almost gone.
Cui Junzhuo still couldn’t figure out what was so good about Zu Qi? That he was able to pour ecstasy soup into Xue Jue one after another!
However, Xue Jue didn’t know Cui Junzhuo’s thoughts. He scratched his messy hair, took a deep breath, and said tiredly: “He is in there, I can’t calm down.”
Cui Junzhuo chuckled: “Do you like Zu Qi?”
Xue Jue was stunned when he heard this. It took him a long time to come back to his senses. He shook his head slightly, turned around and said nothing.
The smile on Cui Junzhuo’s lips became more and more obvious, but unfortunately it didn’t reach his eyes. No matter how he looked at it, he felt cold. Before he could speak, he heard the nurse’s voice coming from behind.
“Dean Cui, we’re ready for you.”
“Okay.” Cui Junzhuo took a deep look at Xue Jue, who had his back turned to him, then turned and entered the operating room.
The nurse said that the caesarean section only took about an hour. However, for Xue Jue and Weng Yuxiang who were waiting outside, this time was extremely long, as if the seconds seemed like years.
After finally getting through an hour, the red light above the operating room never went out.
Weng Yuxiang was so nervous that she paced back and forth in the corridor, and asked Xue Jue from time to time: “Didn’t you say that the operation can be completed in one hour? It’s been an hour and twenty minutes now, why haven’t they come out yet?”
Xue Jue remained motionless. Sitting on the bench, his face was horribly gloomy, and the low air pressure radiating around his body forcibly lowered the air temperature around him.
Butler Zhang, Xiaoya and others stood at the edge and did not even dare to express their anger. They were afraid that they would accidentally cause Xue Jue’s volcano to erupt at this time, so only Weng Yuxiang dared to bother Xue Jue.
“I don’t know.” Xue Jue replied in a deep voice.
Seeing that it took Xue Jue a long time to utter these four words, Weng Yuxiang sighed with hatred, and then continued to walk around in front of the operating room in anticipation.
Until two hours later, Xue Jue, who had always been as steady as a rock, could no longer sit still. The anxiety and uneasiness on his face became more and more serious. He couldn’t control himself and began to think wildly.
After all, Zu Qi was a man, and his body structure was fundamentally different from that of a woman. Even a caesarean section carried certain risks.
For some reason, Xue Jue suddenly remembered what Cui Junzhuo asked him just now. In fact, he didn’t know how to answer.
If he was asked if he loved Zu Qi very much, the answer must be no. He had no emotional basis for liking Zu Qi. Even three months ago, he only had disgust and complaint against Zu Qi.
He had to admit that habit was a very scary thing. He thought he would always hate Zu Qi like this, but he was surprised to find that he had already subconsciously become accustomed to Zu Qi’s existence.
He didn’t want anything to happen to Zu Qi.
Not at all…
At this moment, he just hoped that Zu Qi could come out of the operating room in good health, even if they couldn’t save the child.
“The door is open!”
Weng Yuxiang’s surprised voice suddenly sounded in his ears. Butler Zhang, Xiaoya and others who had been standing quietly aside saw this and all swarmed over.
Ever since Liu Jing discovered that the acne on her face had begun to improve, her whole person had changed drastically, as if her previously gloomy life had been painted with a rich and bright color.
She began to pay more attention to dressing up and was no longer afraid to look in the mirror. Even her failed marriage to Kang Qinghua did not make any waves in her heart – because soon several young and handsome men were pursuing her.
Liu Jing believed that when the acne on her face disappeared completely, her life would shine again.
With expectations and yearning for the future, Liu Jing would go to the beauty salon almost every day. Not only did she get the laser acne treatment recommended by doctors, but she also bought a lot of expensive ointments and applied them on.
In addition, Xiao Gao, a good friend who served as the introducer, also received a lot of thank-you gifts from Liu Jing, at least several sets of skin care products worth thousands of dollars.
However, just when Liu Jing thought she was about to usher in a new turning point in her life, the acne on her face actually increased and grew on her skin as stubbornly as in previous years.
If it weren’t for the large areas of smoothness on her forehead and the tip of her nose, Liu Jing would have thought she was hallucinating, thinking that her acne had never gone away.
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