Chapter 440 - Two Magical Needles (1/2)

The old hospital compound of the City Women’s Hospital was relatively old. The delivery room was on the fifth floor, and compared to the other hospitals, it was considered somewhat rundown. The sound insulation was not particularly good and standing outside the delivery rooms, one was able to hear the bursts of cries from expectant mothers inside.

In present times, the national policy encouraged natural birth, and a C-section would usually be avoided, barring exceptional circumstances. Besides, people also knew that natural delivery would be better than that of C-section. It didn’t matter if it was the economic view, policy view, or viewed from the child’s health perspective, natural delivery was the mainstream method, and the result would be a nightmarish pain during childbirth.

Guo Taining and Xiao Luo put on their sterile gowns, donned gloves and caps, and then changed into surgical gowns and slippers before entering the delivery room.

This drew a lot of attention. When the delivery room’s doctors and nurses saw the Director himself coming in, they came up to welcome him. Guo Taining greeted them and allowed the doctor on duty to lead them into the delivery room.

Upon arrival into the delivery room, there was an overbearing din of howls from the expectant mothers. Even Xiao Luo had trouble coping, and his facial expression became slightly discomforted because of the incessant cries. He could feel the first-hand soul-tearing pain.

“What, how can this work, isn’t that nonsense?”

After hearing what Xiao Luo was there for, the doctor on duty in the delivery room objected immediately, “Giving birth to a child is not playing house. How can he be allowed to do as he pleases? What if something happens to the mother? Who will be responsible for that? Director, don’t make such a mistake.”

Guo Taining showed signs of reluctance and asked, “Xiao Luo, do you have…”

“Director Guo, if anything were to happen to the expectant mother, then I will take full responsibility for it. We’ve already signed it in black and white on paper just now,” Xiao Luo said, interrupting immediately.

Words were easy to say, but Guo Taining still felt uneasy. After all, the expectant mother was equivalent to two lives. It was not like a mouse in the laboratory. If anything were to happen, the responsibility was not something that Xiao Luo could just bear; the hospital would still have to take the primary responsibility.

“Doctor Liu.”

Guo Taining raised his hands and signaled for the doctor on duty to remain calm. “Go and call the nurse over. Get ready for any emergency situations. Once the mother shows any signs of abnormalities, she should be sent to the delivery room immediately,” he instructed.

“Director…”

“Just do as I say.”

Guo Taining was determined. As long as he remembered his ex-wife committing suicide from the fifth floor because of the pain that she could not bear, it was as though he were tranquilized. He didn’t want this tragedy to repeat itself, so he had an unimaginable desire for this painless delivery method.

Doctor Liu had no choice but to agree and proceeded to execute Guo Taining’s orders.

Soon, many nurses came over to the waiting room carrying various equipment for emergency treatment. Once there were any indicators from the expectant mother, they would immediately take the corresponding measures.

“You can start now,” Guo Taining said to Xiao Luo.

Xiao Luo nodded in response. He stopped in front of an expectant mother lying on the nearest hospital bed and slowly removed the fetal monitor on her body. He asked a nurse to take off the pants and expose her lower back.

“What is this person doing?”

“He said he could help the expectant mothers achieve a truly painless delivery.”

“Could he be just some conman who picked it up from the internet? There is no such method in this world. How dare he say he can eliminate the pain of expectant mothers completely?”

The young nurses started talking in hushed voices. Everyone was skeptical and did not believe that Xiao Luo had such an ability.

“Stop talking and standby for any emergency treatment!”

Doctor Liu coughed dryly as a reminder. She had authority in the delivery room, and her cold voice caused all the nurses to shut their mouths and stop talking.

Xiao Luo pretended not to hear her as he pulled out a 10 cm needle as thin as a strand of hair. He slowly pierced it into the position of the Chang Qiang acupuncture point with a gentle, soft force. Then, he twirled the needle with his thumb and index finger.