Chapter 262: How could the son he had been longing for be a freak!

"Deep breath."

"Ah—"

"Big sister, this isn't your first birth, right? Why are you wailing like it's your first? Save some strength!"

"Nurse comrade, I really can't take it. It hurts so much, my belly hurts so much!"

"You're only six centimeters dilated; it's still early. If you waste your strength like this, you'll have a hard time when you actually give birth."

"Can I have a C-section? I can't take a natural birth; I'll definitely hemorrhage. I beg you, give me a C-section!"

"But the recovery from a C-section incision is slow, and that old man outside is insisting that we save the child."

"Can't I make decisions about my own belly? I want a C-section, I must have a C-section! I'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong!"

"Then you sign a pre-operative consent form; otherwise, we won't dare to perform the C-section."

"Okay, I'll sign!"

Zhang Xuemei was in a mess, her whole body so swollen that her original appearance was unrecognizable.

Where was the temperament of a wealthy lady?

Her hair was extremely greasy, and there was eye gunk in the corner of her eyes, which were reduced to a slit.

She was filthy to the extreme; if it weren't for the professional ethics of the doctors and nurses, no one would be willing to get close to her.

Zhou's father was outside the delivery room, standing on tiptoe, wanting to steal a glance, but was soon sternly scolded and driven away by the doctor.

He was anxious and pacing back and forth. He had just been having a "twilight romance" with a dance partner he met in the park and brought her home to see the house and residence; if she was willing, they would get a marriage certificate and move in together.

Who knew that when his daughter-in-law came home from grocery shopping and saw his partner, she would go crazy, tear at her hair, and in the struggle, be pushed down the stairs by his partner...

What to do now? He couldn't bear to lose this partner, and even less could he bear to lose his grandson.

When his son returned, he would have to appease him first and then plan for the long term.

After all, he was a human, and he had needs, right?

It was all this daughter-in-law's fault for being ignorant and not knowing how to be considerate of him!

And she was so heavily pregnant, yet she still dared to pull his partner's hair!

All morning, the wailing in the delivery room didn't stop.

Finally, at 12:30 noon, Zhang Xuemei finally gave birth to a baby boy!

But at the same time, a scream erupted in the delivery room—

"Ah!"

The newborn baby boy actually had twelve fingers!

On both hands, there was an extra finger!

And it was connected to the fifth finger, which would increase the difficulty of the future surgical removal!

Not only that, but behind the baby's butt, there was actually a tail!

An experienced doctor immediately stopped the nurse's screaming, telling her not to talk nonsense and to shut up.

"This is an atavistic phenomenon; we humans evolved from mammals..."

Although he said that, this baby was indeed strange.

Not only did he have twelve fingers, but he also had a tail on his butt!

Did the pregnant woman eat something during her pregnancy?

Or was it some other reason?

The pregnant woman was currently unconscious, so they couldn't ask for the reason for a while.

However, a doctor's duty is to save lives and heal the wounded, so he ordered the nurse to wash the baby clean and wrap him in swaddling clothes, while he proceeded to suture the pregnant woman's wound.

Just like that, the grandson Zhou's father had been longing for finally arrived in his arms.

At the same time, Zhou Haitao also rushed over from his unit. Seeing his old father holding the swaddling clothes and looking overjoyed, he hurried over, lifted the swaddling clothes, and saw the baby's little "bird," confirming it was a son.

"Are you Zhang Xuemei's family?"

"Yes."

"Come to my office; there's something I need to communicate with you."

"Good, good, good."

Zhou's father, happy to have a grandson, smiled brightly, completely unaware of how devastated he would be by the news the doctor was about to give them...

"The baby's fingers are deformed; you need to come back after a full month to take a CT scan to see the specific mucosal situation. If it's connected to the ulnar nerve, then I don't recommend removing the extra two little fingers..."

"The most important thing is the tail-like growth on the baby's butt, which is usually caused by abnormal neural tube closure or incomplete tail regression during embryonic development..."

With every word the doctor said, the faces of the Zhou father and son grew uglier.

At first, they thought the doctor was joking, until they unwrapped the swaddling clothes and saw the baby's body, and their faces became even uglier.

"Monster! This isn't my grandson! My grandson wouldn't grow up like this!"

Zhou's father couldn't hold it together. How could the grandson he had been looking forward to for so many years be such a freak!

Zhou Haitao's mood was like a roller coaster. He had thought he had an heir, a son to carry on the family line, but he hadn't expected that his son would not only have an extra finger on both hands but also a tail on his butt!

Just thinking about the follow-up treatment and the strange looks from the neighbors made his scalp tingle!

"Don't be pessimistic, you two. While the child is young, we can remedy it as soon as possible. The chance of recovery after surgery is very high..."

The doctor, acting with a sense of responsibility, comforted the baby's parents, but in his heart, he despised this father and son to the extreme.

There was no doubt that the infant was innocent. Wasn't the deformity caused by the adults' diet, the fact that they smoked and drank during pregnancy, the fact that they ate something wrong while nurturing the fetus, or genetic issues?

As parents, shouldn't they be thinking of ways to solve the problem for the infant?

They were pulling long faces in his office; who knew how they would treat the infant and the infant's birth mother when they got out!

The Zhou father and son left the doctor's office in a daze, still holding the swaddled infant.

"Son, what do you say we should do?"

"What else can we do? I have to go to work this afternoon. Dad, you stay and take care of the child."

"Then give me some money; I haven't eaten lunch yet."

"I don't have any money either. Ask your daughter-in-law for money. I provided her with good food and drink, and followed her wishes, and she gave birth to a freak for me!"

"Shh, watch your words. Although the child has some problems, we'll spend money to treat him. Once we cut off the things that shouldn't be there, he'll be a normal child in the future..."

After some ideological struggle, Zhou's father felt that if the extra things on his grandson were cut off, he would be no different from a normal child. Although he didn't like it at first, he was a boy after all, which was better than not having one!

"I don't have any money anyway. Let Zhang Xuemei figure it out herself!"

Zhou Haitao was still very angry. How could the son he had been longing for be a freak!

After saying this, he ignored his father's plea to stay and left directly.

Zhou's father stomped his feet in anxiety, but the infant in his arms suddenly started wailing, and he could only scramble to soothe him...

Zhang Xuemei, who had just been pushed into the delivery room and whose anesthesia hadn't fully worn off, fell into a state of chaos.

The "quack-quack" sound was endless, and a monster wearing a toad skin covered in disgusting mucus stood not far away, looking at her coldly...

Monster!

Help!

This monster is too disgusting!

"Quack-quack!"

Evil people are punished by evil people; the retribution belonging to Zhang Xuemei had only just begun...