Chapter 1488: Chapter 439: Fall
"Congratulations, it’s a girl~"
"The father can hold her for a bit, be careful..."
"Okay, thank you... By the way, how’s my wife?"
"Don’t worry, she’s doing well."
"That’s good... That’s good..."
The evening light spread across the hospital’s pristine walls until it passed over the red sign that read "Keep Quiet."
The smell of disinfectant couldn’t suppress the joy of childbirth; life’s major events quietly arrived at this moment, hiding the uncertainty of the future.
[Tick-tock... tick-tock...]
On the wall, an old-fashioned pendulum clock lightly sounded.
Below, the fan-shaped moving pendulum engraved the time, recording the current moment.
4:47:45
Outside the door, a nurse looked at the man in front of her, who was full of joy, and asked,
"Has the child been named?"
"Bai Yi... Her name is Bai Yi..."
"Okay, then can we take the child for now? Let her stay with the mother for a while, and the family needs to come over to sign some documents..."
"Sure, no problem..."
The man reluctantly handed the child back to the nurse, then turned away, looking back at every step, to go downstairs to handle the complicated paperwork.
It was just when he passed the corner that he suddenly encountered someone leaning against the wall, with a pair of Star Eyes looking despondently at it...
A nurse?
"..."
Looking at the silent nurse in front of him who was lowering her head, Bai Letian paused for a moment.
But he didn’t pay much attention and continued downstairs to handle the paperwork.
After the man walked past, the girl, who stayed where she was like a sculpture, muddle-headedly turned around and walked towards the delivery room.
At this moment, Zuo Jiangqin was just pushed out of the delivery room, returning to the ward with the child.
And that girl, under the gaze of the wall clock, tightly clutched something and straightened her posture as she followed.
"Ma’am, you should rest well here; your husband has gone to handle the paperwork."
"I know..."
On the bed, Zuo Jiangqin’s face was pale.
She covered her face, gritting her teeth, and panted for a while.
But just thinking about the pain earlier in the delivery room, she couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable.
It really felt like she had lost all dignity...
Pain, blood, excrement, stickiness, light, blurred consciousness, shouting...
These were all of Zuo Jiangqin’s memories.
"Mm..."
However, at this moment, she suddenly heard the soft whimpers of the baby beside her.
She paused slightly, turned her head, and saw the tiny face, all red, with wrinkled skin, quietly lying in the swaddle’s embrace.
"..."
Gazing at the daughter in the swaddle, Zuo Jiangqin opened her mouth but fell into silence.
"Click~"
At this precise moment, the door opened, prompting Zuo Jiangqin to turn her head hastily.
Outside the door stood a young nurse wearing a mask, her Star Eyes dim.
She was carrying a tray with a thermos and cups and then walked into the room with her head down.
"Have some water."
"Ah..."
Zuo Jiangqin didn’t notice anything unusual but merely turned her gaze away from her daughter and tried to adjust her posture to drink water.
"Glug glug..."
After pouring a glass of water for Zuo Jiangqin, the nurse didn’t look at Zuo Jiangqin drinking but instead kept her eyes on the baby on the bed.
After a while in silence, she suddenly asked,
"What does it feel like...?"
"Feelings?"
Drinking water, Zuo Jiangqin paused slightly, turned her head to look at the incredibly young nurse, and realized what she was asking about.
So she seemed to vent a bit, huffing lightly without much enthusiasm,
"Feels terrible..."
She said while frowning, looking down at her belly, reaching out to touch it through the hospital gown, feeling where there were still faint wrinkles...
Pregnancy comes with stretch marks, and postpartum the belly has terrifyingly shrinking wrinkles.
She might have cared a lot about this before, especially since she was so beautiful before.
"Tsk..."
She clicked her tongue lightly, and the baby beside her seemed to feel the mother’s displeasure and opened its mouth to start crying.
But because she had shouted loudly in the delivery room before, the current voice was weak.
"Hey? What’s happening..."
Hearing her daughter’s cries for the first time, Zuo Jiangqin immediately panicked and instinctively irritatedly glanced at the nurse in front of her,
"Do you have any idea? What should we do, can she cry like this?"
"I don’t know either; I’m just an intern..."
The nurse was simply looking at the baby in the swaddle, muttering quietly.
"Tsk, then go find someone else!"
Zuo Jiangqin frowned, but the nurse in front of her remained unmoved.
This made Zuo Jiangqin even more annoyed; already physically weak, she was even more furious encountering such an idiot,
"Where did Bai Letian go, taking so long... Can’t even call someone back, I really regret..."
"..."
Before Zuo Jiangqin finished her sentence, the nurse in front of her turned back and looked at Zuo Jiangqin, asking,
"Zuo Jiangqin..."
"?"
Hearing the nurse suddenly address her by name, Zuo Jiangqin paused slightly.
Looking back, the nurse was staring straight at her and asked,
"Do you regret it... Zuo Jiangqin, having the child?"
"..."
Zuo Jiangqin was startled, unsure of what was happening.
Just at that moment, she paused further, her anger flaring up,
"Yes, I regret it terribly! Not only did I suffer today, but I also encountered such a lunatic... What’s your name? I want my husband to file a complaint against you!"
"..."
"Why isn’t he back yet! There’s a lunatic next to his daughter, and it takes so long to handle paperwork; how can anything be done..."
Zuo Jiangqin turned back to find the nurse’s bell beside her, intending to summon other nurses,
"I truly regret being with him; if it weren’t for him, how could I have..."
