Chapter 226 The Secrets of the Ying Familys Ancestral Behes (1/2)

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”Doc! Doc! Is her life in danger? There's still another half a month to her estimated date of delivery!” Zhang Mi ran alongside the surgical bed. On the bed, a terrified Xin Qing was clutching Zhang Mi's hand, screaming in pain as she sobbed.

The doctor had been summoned - seemingly out of nowhere - by Young Master Shen who had called the doctor on his way here. Naturally, the doctor knew who Xin Qing really was. The doctor touched Xin Qing belly. ”There's a slight abnormality in the fetal position. Premature birth is very common, and it's not that big of a deal. You guys don't have to worry.”

”Do I have to undergo surgery, then?” Xin Qing was starting to panic. She had the sudden thought that if Ying Qingcang was not beside her and she somehow died on the operating table, he would not be able to see her when he returned. What would he do if things came to that?

That question startled Zhang Mi so much that she began crying. Young Master Shen was left floundering about the place as he tried to placate the two women. The doctor smiled at them and said, ”Please, you guys. Calm down, alright? Performing a C-section is very normal for cases like this.”

After Xin Qing was pushed into the surgical theatre, Monica tugged at Ah Nan's sleeve. ”God, she looked so scared. Will she, you know...”

”Stop blabbering nonsense,” Ah Che barked out, shooting a glare at Monica.

Warmth lingered in the early autumn weather. Sometime later, a light drizzle began to form outside the window as if a drape had been hung meticulously over the sky, slowly moistening the dry air. The light from the sign outside the operating theater dimmed. A nurse walked out happily with a baby cradled in her arms.

”Congratulations to all of you! The mother and child are both safe. May I know which one of you is the father?”

Before anyone could come up with a response, Young Master Shen ran over to the nurse. ”Ah, me! I am the father!”

”Some of you should follow me to the hospital room first. Someone needs to watch over the child.”

”You and Young Master Shen should go,” Monica told Zhang Mi. ”Ah Nan and I will wait for Xin Qing. Ah Che, can you see if Aunt Tian is here yet?”

The first thing Xin Qing saw when she woke was the gawking faces of Zhang Mi and Monica, both of whom were grinning from ear to ear.

”She's awake! She's awake!” Zhang Mi yelled.

For a moment, Xin Qing went into a daze. After a moment, everything came flooding back. ”I've... delivered?”

”A plump, eight-pound boy!” Monica pushed the cot closer to Xin Qing's bed. ”He looks so much like you! You're practically the same!”

Zhang Mi rolled her eyes. ”Why don't you pick him up and let her have a closer look? She still has to breastfeed him, you know!”

”You do it,” Monica said, stepping aside. Zhang Mi stretched out her hand and then paused for a moment as a look of hesitation formed on her face. Then, she decided to just press the call button beside the headboard.

In the end, it was a nurse who had carried the baby to Xin Qing. The nurse fed the baby with some milk and then spent a long while teaching both Zhang Mi and Monica the right way to hold a baby. Due to the fact that Xin Qing had just undergone a C-section, she was not yet allowed to move or eat. The chicken noodles that Aunt Tian had brought for her was, therefore, devoured by Young Master Shen.

Turning her head aside, Xin Qing gazed at the baby lying beside her. The little guy's skin was dark and filled with wrinkles, which made him look like a rat.

”I remember that Ah Sha was born, her skin was all white. Why is his skin so dark?” Xin Qing was starting to worry. ”He won't look like this in the future, right?”

Zhang Mi glared at her. ”He looks so much better now after he was bathed. You should've seen how he looked like when he was first carried out. He even had some kind of gooey thing stuck to his face.”

”I've already asked about it. The doctor said that it's a normal look for a baby that is just born. Ah Sha's case is special. Some even claimed that the darker the baby look at the time of birth, the fairer they'll be when they grow up!” Monica kept staring at the little baby. What Monica really wanted to say was that the baby looked a lot like Ying Qingcang. Still, she dared not say it...

Around 10PM that night, Xin Qing successfully passed gas. After that, Aunt Tian immediately fed her with chicken soup and two poached eggs. Xin Qing had not been lactating well, which was why she ate all the food she had been given without any complaints in the hopes that she could start producing more breastmilk soon.

Young Master Shen and the others came by the next morning. Ah Che and Ah Nan were practically in tears the moment they laid eyes on the baby. They followed the nurse around while the latter bathed the baby, recording the entire process with a camcorder.

”Xin Qing, there's something that I should tell you, just as a heads up,” Young Master Shen said in a serious tone. ”Ying Qingcang's grandfather wants to see you.”

”Huh?” Xin Qing went into a daze. Suddenly, the image of a proud, stubborn, old man came to mind. ”He probably wants to see the baby!”

Young Master Shen nodded. Then, in a tone of mild suspicion, he said, ”I'm worried that he might try to take the baby away.”

”Bullshit!” Zhang Mi tossed away the apple in her hand. ”Xin Qing had gone through hell to deliver the baby. What right does he have to take him away? Who does he think he is?”

Xin Qing waved her hand. ”Hey, calm down. The earl isn't that kind of person.”

”It's just a guess,” Young Master Shen said, pausing in thought. ”Well, I suppose we should quit guessing. Let's just see how it goes when he's here tomorrow!”

The earl was extremely delighted to see the baby, cradling it in his arms and peppering its face with endless kisses. When he spoke to Xin Qing, his expression was still stiff and formal, though the smile contained in his eyes had betrayed his true emotions.

”You've worked hard, girl!” The earl coughed twice. ”Ah Cang-”

”Grandfather!” Xin Qing said, cutting off the old man. ”I'll wait for his return!”

The earl stared wordlessly at her for a long time. Then, he retrieved a box from the hands of his bodyguard and handed it to Xin Qing. ”I've prepared this a long time ago. It's for my great grandchild.” Xin Qing took the box and opened it. It was some kind of badge, an insignia of the earl's family. With its surface lined with gemstones, the badge seemed highly valuable.