Chapter 814: It'll be fine, set your mind at ease

By the time Qiu Mu stumbled into the hospital, she was trembling all over. She grabbed a passing white coat in the lobby: "Physician, where is the emergency room?"

The doctor, seeing her drenched in sweat, raised a hand and pointed the way: "Just head that way to the end and you'll see it."

It was only a short stretch, and she should have reached it quickly, but her legs simply refused to obey her, and it took her ages to shuffle over.

At one glance she spotted her own son crouching outside the operating room: "Jinzhou, how is Nianchun?"

The moment she asked, she noticed her in-laws' mother was also there: "Mother-in-law."

Miao Yiqiu had not wanted to drag anyone else into this, but her in-laws had clearly arrived at their younger son's place some days ago, yet when her own daughter ran into trouble her in-laws were nowhere by her side. There was some resentment in her heart. After a soft "Mm," her eyes stayed fixed, unblinking, on the operating room door, silently chanting over and over, "Bodhisattva, protect them, keep mother and child safe."

Qiu Mu knew her in-laws were worried about their daughter inside the operating room, so she did not disturb them further. Instead she pulled her son aside to ask about her daughter-in-law's condition. When she heard that a nurse had come out earlier to draw blood, she felt even worse, terrified that something might happen to her daughter-in-law—she would not know how to face her in-laws if it did.

Her face tight with worry, she pressed her palms together before her chest, silently reciting a string of auspicious phrases.

No news had come from inside yet, when a nurse came rushing down the corridor and sent a critically ill expectant mother in.

As time dragged on, the people waiting outside grew ever more anxious.

Just as Xiao Xiao Laoyezi Xiao returned, a faint cry came from the delivery room.

Qiu Jinzhou sprang to his feet in one motion: "She gave birth—I heard the baby cry."

Qiu Mu, however, panicked. If the baby really had been born now, it would likely not survive—after all, it was only six months at most, how could it possibly be kept alive.

Seeing her own man return, Miao Yiqiu did not bother asking what he had found out, but rushed to the delivery room door, trying to peer through the crack for any sign.

But it was all in vain: "Yude, why can't I hear anything anymore?"

Xiao Yude gripped Miao Yiqiu's trembling hand: "It'll be fine, set your mind at ease."

After a short while, the delivery room door was pulled open from inside: "Family of Wang Yuehua."

The family of the expectant mother who had been brought in earlier: "Here, here, we're here."

The nurse, a swaddled bundle in her arms: "Are you the family of Wang Yuehua?"

Several voices answered at once: "Yes."

After confirming, the nurse said: "Mother and daughter are safe. The baby is four jin and eight liang. The mother's belly was hit this time, so the baby's constitution has been somewhat affected—she must be carefully nurtured from now on."

Seeing it was not her own child, Miao Yiqiu asked anxiously: "Nurse, how is my daughter now?"

She was trembling all over at this point, terrified that something might happen to her only daughter. If Xiao Xiao Laoyezi Xiao had not been supporting her, she probably could not have stayed on her feet.

Qiu Jinzhou was also deeply worried: "Nurse, how is my wife?"

The nurse, seeing them like this, could not help feeling some pity: "The doctor is still doing everything to save her, but you need to be prepared for the worst."

She said no more. After all, she had only heard the gist of it herself—the baby in that female comrade's belly was likely not going to make it. She did not dare say more, afraid of causing trouble for herself, and turned to go back into the operating room.

The operating room door closed once more, and Miao Yiqiu misunderstood the nurse's words and collapsed against Xiao Xiao Laoyezi Xiao.

Xiao Xiao Laoyezi Xiao called out urgently: "Yiqiu."

Qiu Jinzhou quickly reached out to steady her: "Mom, what's wrong?"

He shouted anxiously toward the medical staff in the distance: "Doctor, help, someone needs help!"