Chapter 564

I called Huang Weiwei several times in a row, but she didn't answer a single one. This made me feel anxious, fearing that something might have gone wrong.

It had almost never happened that Huang Weiwei didn't answer my calls. Ever since we met, fell in love, and got married, she would always answer my calls immediately, no matter when or where.

I thought about calling my mother-in-law, Chen Yazhi, but I was afraid she would blame me. I simply drove straight to the Maternal and Child Health Hospital, prepared to search room by room for my wife.

Just as I got out of the car, I saw someone walking hurriedly in front, carrying some things, heading into the main entrance without looking to the side.

My heart leaped with joy, and I shouted, "Aunt!"

My aunt turned her head at the sound, and her previously tight face immediately broke into a smile.

She waited for me to walk over and said exaggeratedly, "Little ancestor, you still remember to come back!"

I said with a grin, "Aunt, I definitely remember the way home." Seeing her hurried expression, I asked curiously, "What are you doing here?"

My aunt pinched me and said, "You were nowhere to be found. If I didn't show up at a time like this, people would think the Lao Chen family has no one to look after things. How could I not come?"

I teased her, "You're not even a member of the Lao Chen family."

My aunt glared at me and said, "Try saying that one more time!"

I quickly begged for mercy, "I'm sorry, Aunt, I was just joking. You are our Lao Chen family's aunt-in-law, after all."

My aunt curled her lip and said, "Talking nonsense, why does that sentence feel so awkward?"

I laughed out loud, wrapped my arm around my aunt's shoulder, and asked, "What's the situation?"

"You don't know?" My aunt rolled her eyes at me and said, "Your wife has already gone into the delivery room; I reckon she should be giving birth by now."

I was startled and muttered to myself, "So fast?" My pace quickened so much that my aunt had to jog to keep up with me.

After finding out the direction of the delivery room, I started jogging, almost blindly.

When I reached the door of the delivery room, the first thing I saw was Bureau Chief Chen Yazhi pacing back and forth. Her brows were tightly locked, and her face was full of worry, which made my own heart tighten involuntarily.

Giving birth is a rebirth—not only the rebirth of the newborn but also the rebirth of the mother.

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the birth of every child is a sublimation of the mother.

I called out softly, "Mom!"

Chen Yazhi looked up and saw me, a faint smile appearing on her face. She looked at the delivery room door and asked, "Chen, do you want to go in?"

I hesitated, not knowing what to say. Watching a woman give birth is indeed embarrassing. But science says that if a husband is by his wife's side when she gives birth, the risk is reduced by half.

Seeing that I didn't speak, Bureau Chief Chen Yazhi snorted and ignored me.

My aunt said with a smile, "Xiao Feng, Weiwei is in there giving birth; as her husband, you should go in and give her strength."

My aunt's words made me let go of all my concerns, and I said seriously, "Mom, I'm going to accompany Weiwei."

Just as I called the nurse and prepared to go in, the delivery room door opened, and a beautiful nurse came out and shouted loudly, "Who is Huang Weiwei's family?"

I stepped in front of her, giving the nurse a start.

"It's me!" I said with a smile.

"She's given birth! Mother and child are safe." The nurse glanced at me and turned to go back in.

My aunt grabbed the nurse's hand and asked, "Nurse, is it a boy or a girl?"

The nurse blinked, and a smile spread from above her mask as she said, "Didn't I just say? Mother and child are safe."

"Does that mean she had a son?" my aunt asked anxiously.

The nurse became a bit impatient, rolled her eyes at my aunt, and said, "Can't you understand plain language?"

My aunt beamed with joy, not angry at the nurse at all. Instead, she put her hands together and said, "Thank heavens, the Lao Chen family has an heir."

My aunt's performance was beyond my expectations. She wasn't usually that kind of person and didn't have much prejudice against whether a baby was a boy or a girl. In fact, she herself had been worried when she gave birth to a son, saying it would have been better to have a girl.

Bureau Chief Chen Yazhi couldn't stand my aunt's behavior and criticized her, "Jiang, you're an interesting person. If Weiwei had given birth to a daughter today, would the Lao Chen family's line have been broken?"

My aunt smiled apologetically and said, "In-law, that's not what I meant."

"Then what did you mean?"

"I didn't mean anything." My aunt said softly, looking at me, seemingly hoping I would say a few words for her.

Could I say anything? One was my mother-in-law; offending her meant offending my own wife. The other was my aunt, who had raised me since I was a child; I wouldn't even be willing to speak loudly to her, let alone blame her.

Seeing that the two were about to argue, I hurriedly mediated, "Mom, Aunt, let's go in together and see Weiwei."

Chen Yazhi glared and said, "What's the point of going in now? Why don't you call your dad and report that everything is safe?"

I hurriedly took out my phone and shouted into the receiver, "Dad, Weiwei has given birth. Mother and child are safe!"

Minister Huang Shan just said "Oh" on the other end and hung up.

I held the receiver and looked at Bureau Chief Chen Yazhi awkwardly, not knowing how to tell her.

Fortunately, Bureau Chief Chen Yazhi didn't ask me what her husband had said on the phone; she looked anxiously at the delivery room door, waiting for Huang Weiwei to come out.

Not long after, Huang Weiwei was pushed out on a hospital bed.

I stepped forward again, and at the sight of Huang Weiwei's pale face on the bed, my heart ached. I couldn't help but lean down, kiss her on the cheek, and whisper, "Wife, you've worked hard."

Huang Weiwei smiled faintly, reached out a hand, grabbed mine, and refused to let go.

Once in the ward, I learned that Minister Huang Shan had arranged a high-level ward, and everything was taken care of.

My aunt followed us into the room. Bureau Chief Chen Yazhi kept asking along the way, "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"

Hearing this, my aunt said, "Weiwei, you need to drink some chicken soup."

As she spoke, she held up the thermos she was carrying. It turned out my aunt had stewed chicken soup at home and brought it over.

Bureau Chief Chen Yazhi only knew to ask if her daughter was hungry, but didn't know what she should be eating or drinking.

This wasn't her fault; as a high-level cadre, although she had given birth herself, that era was different from now, and when she gave birth to Huang Weiwei, people weren't as delicate as they are today.

My mother once told me that when she gave birth to me, she was still cleaning the streets an hour before; when her stomach started hurting, she was sent home, and she gave birth to me just like taking a dump.

I have always been sensitive about how my mother describes me, saying I came out like a dump. Whenever she brings up this topic, it's a moment I wish I could find a hole to crawl into.

And whenever this happens, it's my aunt's happiest moment. She always winks and teases me, saying I was just a dump from my mother.

My aunt took a bowl and ladled out some chicken soup to feed Huang Weiwei.

The aroma of the chicken soup made my mouth water. I took the bowl from my aunt's hand and said, "Let me do it."

The chicken soup was piping hot; I carefully blew on it and brought it to Huang Weiwei's lips.

"Thank you, Aunt." She smiled at my aunt, opened her lips to take a sip, and said, "It's delicious!"

My aunt smiled with satisfaction and said busily, "If it's delicious, drink more. Your stomach is suddenly empty, so you'll be very hungry."

Bureau Chief Chen Yazhi stood to the side, unable to help and looking somewhat unwilling, so she said to herself, "I'll go see the baby."

After drinking one bowl, Huang Weiwei refused to drink any more, and there was still more than half a thermos left.

My aunt handed the thermos to me and said, "Xiao Feng, you drink the rest."

I hesitated, not wanting to drink it. My aunt laughed, "Little thing, are you afraid there won't be any tomorrow? Let me tell you, I've already prepared ten old hens, specifically to stew for Weiwei."

Huang Weiwei exclaimed, "Aunt, that's so many!"

My aunt laughed and said, "If I don't nourish your body well, won't your husband blame me?"

Huang Weiwei glanced at me shyly and smiled happily.

After feeding her the soup, my aunt had to rush home. She still had a child at home, and although my uncle was there, he was a man after all, and she was worried.

I saw my aunt to the door and ran into Bureau Chief Chen Yazhi coming over. She saw us and said excitedly, "Oh my, I've seen my grandson. Those eyes and brows are exactly like Weiwei when she was little."

I asked unwillingly, "Mom, doesn't he look like me at all?"

Bureau Chief Chen Yazhi laughed, "A boy should look like his mother; looking like his mother is a blessing. Why would he want to look like you!"

I gave a dry laugh, feeling inevitably jealous.

Damn the little brat, he's my own flesh and blood but doesn't look like me. Just wait until I deal with you later!

Bureau Chief Chen Yazhi went into the ward happily. I saw my aunt to the hospital entrance, preparing to call a taxi for her.

My aunt looked at me a few times, wanting to say something but hesitating.

I asked, "Aunt, do you have something you want to say?"

My aunt shook her head hurriedly and said, "No, no. I have nothing to say. I'll bring chicken soup tomorrow; I need to go back tonight and tell your mother the news."

She was in a hurry to leave, so I grabbed her hand and said, "Aunt, can't you tell me what's on your mind?"

My aunt hesitated for a moment before saying softly, "Xiao Feng, all your shares in the Luqiao Company have been withdrawn. Did you know that?"

I shook my head and said, "Aunt, I didn't know when I had the shares, and now that they're withdrawn, I don't need to know either."

"But do you know how much money your shares were worth?"

I still shook my head. I really didn't know. Last time I came back, Bureau Chief Chen Yazhi and Minister Huang Shan had both mentioned this matter, saying they wanted to withdraw the shares from my aunt's company.

At the time, I didn't take it to heart because I had no idea how many shares my aunt had let me have, nor how the profits were to be divided after the company was established.

My aunt hesitated for a moment and held up five fingers.

"Fifty thousand?"

She shook her head.

"Five hundred thousand?"

My aunt still shook her head.

I gathered my courage and said, "Could it be five million?"

My aunt nodded and muttered to herself, "Why did Weiwei's mother suddenly want to withdraw the shares? The profits from the approach bridge project the company is currently undertaking are very considerable. Now that the shares are withdrawn, there's nothing left."

I said without much conviction, "Maybe there are other reasons."

My aunt nodded thoughtfully and said, "Don't bring this up; keep it to yourself, understand?"

I nodded and said, "I understand."

After seeing my aunt off, I stood alone in the shadow of a large pillar at the hospital entrance, pulled out a cigarette, lit it, and took a few deep puffs, feeling instantly refreshed.

I'm a rich man now!

In Hengyue City, five million doesn't make one extremely wealthy, but it's enough to be considered a person of some standing.