Chapter 999: Ji Yingjie Gives Birth

He used the same old trick again.

It was the same old excuse, insisting every word was for the sake of the child in her belly.

One shouldn't fear an old excuse, as long as it works.

"Boring."

Ji Yingjie muttered, and although dissatisfied, she quieted down for the time being.

Midnight.

"Ah, it hurts, it hurts so much!"

Ji Yingjie suddenly went into labor, her belly in pain.

"What's wrong? Is it time to give birth?"

Shi Yucheng helped his wife put on her coat, took the bag that had been prepared long ago, and drove to the hospital.

On the way, he called Shi Youxuan: "Xuanxuan, your aunt is about to give birth. You and Nianyin come quickly; we are on the way to the hospital."

Shi Youxuan: "Okay, Dad, don't worry, we are leaving immediately."

Ji Yingjie discovered a loophole in her husband's words—why would Nianyin be with her niece?

But because she was in too much pain, she soon forgot about this.

The Sheng Family was very close to the hospital; they had arrived for quite a while before Shi Yucheng finally pulled up.

The car door opened, and Ji Yingjie emerged like a general who had won a battle—chest out and belly protruding, without a hint of pain!

The initial contractions were short, and the labor pains passed after just a little while.

Upon reaching the doctor's office, she was still gesturing: "I want a natural birth, no C-section."

Doctor: "Madam, the specific method of delivery must be decided based on your physical condition. A C-section is safer for advanced-maternal-age parturients."

"What did you say?"

The doctor had only said a very ordinary sentence, yet it mobilized every fighting cell in Ji Yingjie's body: "Who is of advanced maternal age? I am going to have a natural birth. I am different from those delicate, weak women in Jiangzhou; if they can't even endure the pain of childbirth, what right do they have to be mothers?"

Doctor:...

Although the woman in front of her was unreasonable, she was not someone to be trifled with.

She could only keep her mouth shut.

Soon, Ji Yingjie was slapped in the face by her own words.

"Ah—it hurts me to death!"

"Shi Yucheng, you old thing, letting me suffer such a great crime, I will definitely not let you off!"

Shi Youxuan held back her laughter and reminded her: "Aunt, if you want to curse, wait until after you've given birth. If you use up all your strength now, you won't have any left when the real pain comes."

"What?"

Ji Yingjie's eyes widened round, and she asked her niece in disbelief: "Isn't the child about to be born? How can there be even more pain? How long until it's born? I can't take it anymore..."

Her whole body was soaked through with sweat.

Her well-manicured nails snapped off from being too agitated, yet she felt nothing at all.

She knew that giving birth was painful, but she had assumed it would be over after one bout of pain.

She was there when Nianyin gave birth last time, and she hadn't heard her wailing.

It was Shi Yuke who had cried out very loudly, so she naturally assumed—women in Jiangzhou are pretentious, women of the Ji Family are tough, it's fine!

But why was it so painful when it was her turn?

It was worse than death.

Shi Youxuan: "Of course. You've barely even started; your cervix hasn't even dilated yet."

"Didn't you hire many doctors and read many books during your pregnancy? How do you seem to know nothing at all?"

Ji Yingjie said with a mournful face: "Damn it, none of them told me that giving birth would hurt like this!"

"Those bastards, I won't spare them."

The doctors of the Ji Family, constrained by the Clan Leader's authority, dared not emphasize how painful childbirth was, fearing that if she became displeased, she would punish them all.

Not long after she had spoken those words, she was slapped in the face.

She was howling in pain and decided to have a surgical delivery after all.

The surgery went very smoothly.

An hour later, Ji Yingjie was wheeled out of the delivery room, having successfully given birth to twins.

Both mother and children were doing well and were safe.

The Shi Family.

Today was the day of Yuke's full-month celebration, but the Shi Family was quiet, without a single guest.

Everyone had gone to the hospital to see Ji Yingjie, and the originally prepared full-month banquet was very desolate, with only a few old neighbors attending, and they talked mostly about Ji Yingjie and the children she had given birth to.

"Those two children are truly beautiful; although they are a bit small, they are very pretty."

"Old Shi's biggest regret was not having a son, but now it's fine; he has both a son and a daughter, a winner in life!"

"Exactly, who would have thought he could have twins in his old age? A child born in one's later years is a treasure..."

Shi Yuke sat in her room holding her child.

She could still hear the sounds from downstairs quite clearly.

She felt very uncomfortable inside; it wasn't sadness or anger, but a feeling she couldn't describe, a complex mix of emotions.

She had originally been against this full-month banquet; ever since she regained her memory, she had been like a different person.

She was no longer the old Shi Yuke; now she just wanted to stay quietly, preferably with no one paying her any attention, as if they didn't know her at all.

But things never went as wished; Gu Zhihao said the neighbors always looked after them, and besides, since they had all given gifts, it wouldn't be right not to invite them.

Shi Yuke said then to go to a hotel, so it wouldn't be noisy and chaotic at home, and they wouldn't have to clean up for a long time after the guests left.

Gu Zhihao had a pained expression on his face.

He stammered: "Yuke, let's just hold it at home, it's so expensive outside... no, it's inconvenient, and there's no place for you and the child to rest at a hotel..."

Shi Yuke turned her head away and said nothing more.

She actually really wanted to live a good life with Gu Zhihao, but everything felt awkward.

Like this time, for instance; forget it, let him do whatever he wants, she didn't have to do the work herself, and interfering too much wouldn't be right.

After Shi Yuke regained her memory, her personality changed quite a bit; she became forbearing and accommodating.

Over the next few days, she watched Gu Zhihao busy every day buying groceries, making phone calls to notify guests...

He even saved money on the Invitation; he really was too good at saving.

After several days of busyness, the full-month banquet finally began boisterously at home.

Downstairs, people were clinking glasses and laughing loudly.

The child was sleeping very restlessly, whimpering and wanting to be held.

The maternity matron had been dismissed, which was also the man's idea.

Gu Zhihao said the maternity matron was only there to care for the postpartum period, and since the full month was up, she should be allowed to go home.

Actually, Shi Yuke wanted to let the maternity matron stay on as a nanny; after a month of contact, she felt the woman was very good.

Attentive, patient, and experienced.

But her husband objected, and the core idea of his objection was only one thing—money!

He believed that paying a nanny's wages at the price of a maternity matron wasn't cost-effective, and that their family's money was being earned by outsiders.

He had said the same thing when the family dismissed the servants and the cook back then.

Dismissing the servants, doing the cooking and housework at home—he did these things himself and was perfectly happy to do so, feeling it was quite good.

He felt it was good, and also assumed his wife could be the same as him!

It used to be the same, but now it was different.

Shi Yuke had been looking after the child by herself for the past two days and was severely sleep-deprived; now she just wanted the child to have a good sleep, and for herself to have a good sleep too.

It didn't need to be very long; being able to sleep for three to five hours at once would be great.

But such a simple wish had become an extravagance.

"Don't cry, don't cry, sleep well now."

She had finally coaxed the child to sleep and was preparing to take a nap herself—"Bang!" the bedroom door was pushed open, and Gu Zhihao came in.

"Waa—"

Baobao was startled and began to wail.

She hurriedly gathered the child into her arms and shouted angrily at the person in the doorway: "What are you doing? Don't you know you should knock before entering? You have no manners at all, get out."