Kangnai Private Hospital.
"Doctor, may I use my cell phone?" Du Yuchen asked, lying on the delivery bed with a tense expression.
"A cell phone?" The attending obstetrician wanted to refuse her, but on second thought, since she was brought in by the major shareholder, Su Xuan, she begrudgingly said, "Go ahead."
Du Yuchen immediately sent a message to Su Xuan, asking where he was.
"I’m right outside the delivery room."
At that moment, Su Xuan was sitting on a chair just outside, his expression a little strange. I raced all the way here, crashed through a tollbooth, and even drove the tricycle on two wheels. I wonder if all that affected the baby in Du Yuchen’s belly? If my actions really did affect the child... my guilt would be immense!
He decided to wait until the child was born and he could confirm everything was normal before leaving. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to do anything with peace of mind.
"You’ve gone through so much trouble, Brother Su Xuan!"
Knowing that Su Xuan was just outside the room, Du Yuchen suddenly felt at ease. She took a photo of her belly with her phone, sent it to Su Xuan, and wrote, "Guess if it’s a boy or a girl?"
Su Xuan: "I can’t guess."
Du Yuchen: "Boy or girl, I hope the baby is like you."
Du Yuchen: "His father is really ugly. I don’t want the child to look like that detestable man. You’re our savior, so it would be for the best if the baby looked like you."
"Ms. Du, you can put your phone away now," the attending obstetrician interrupted their conversation. "The baby is about to come out. You need to focus!"
Du Yuchen put her phone down. "Doctor, I have an idea. When I came in, I saw a sign on the door saying one person is allowed in for support. Can the baby’s father come in?" she asked, looking up at the attending obstetrician.
"The father isn’t a stranger; he can come in," the doctor explained. "But I’d advise against it. The sight of childbirth can be rather... frightening!
"Some men can’t handle it. We’ve had them faint, suffer mental breakdowns, or even have it affect their conjugal abilities, becoming too scared to ever touch their wives again..."
"That sounds quite serious."
Du Yuchen reluctantly gave up on the idea of having Su Xuan join her for now.
Following that, the attending obstetrician and the midwives busied themselves around her. Du Yuchen was drenched in sweat, her face pale, her small hands gripping the bedsheets tightly.
「Outside the delivery room.」
The middle-aged man who had arrived at Kangnai in a Rolls-Royce Phantom—the child’s real father—paced back and forth in front of Su Xuan. He stared anxiously at the closed delivery room doors, his face etched with worry.
His mother-in-law had called to inform him that the baby was coming prematurely. He learned that Du Yuchen had been rescued by an extraordinarily resourceful good Samaritan on the airport highway and brought to Kangnai. He had been discussing a partnership with several important clients, but he dropped everything and rushed over the moment he heard the news. Still, he was a step too late, having failed to escort the mother-to-be, Du Yuchen, into the delivery room himself.
"Bro, is your wife also having a baby?" the man asked, glancing at Su Xuan’s courier uniform and making small talk to distract himself. He believed that chatting with a poor person could alleviate his anxiety, much like how a person can easily cheer up by teasing a monkey. But he had no idea that Su Xuan was the resourceful good Samaritan who had saved Du Yuchen.
"A friend is giving birth," Su Xuan answered evasively. It’s been a while. Why haven’t I heard a baby crying or any news of a smooth delivery?
"It’s your girlfriend, isn’t it? I get it. You’re so handsome that even I feel like talking to you. Your girlfriend must have been more than willing to have your baby out of wedlock." The man looked Su Xuan over, impressed by his good looks.
Su Xuan ignored the man and waited patiently for news about Du Yuchen.
"By the way, bro, it’s hard to get an appointment with the obstetrics department here at Kangnai, isn’t it?" the man said, glancing at the delivery room door again. "You’re a courier, so how did you manage to get your girlfriend in?"
"We come as we please," Su Xuan stated.
"Impressive!" The man sized Su Xuan up again. "Are you perhaps related to one of the directors here?"
He was like a god at Kangnai. Why would he need connections?
"Then I don’t get it," the man said, furrowing his brow. "How can you just ’come as you please’?"
Take me, for example. I’m a man of considerable wealth and power. Last month, when my kidney stones were acting up, I wanted to get them treated at Kangnai and had to pull strings just for that. And what was the result? I was told there was a week-long waiting list! I had no choice but to go to another hospital. And a courier like you can just waltz in?
"Mr. Su, would you like a cup of coffee to perk you up?"
Just then, a beautiful nurse walked over with a cup of coffee, presenting it to Su Xuan respectfully with both hands.
"Thank you." Su Xuan took the coffee and had a sip.
It tastes pretty good.
Seeing this, the man grew displeased. Why does he get coffee and I don’t? Aren’t we both waiting for a woman to give birth? Why the different treatment? Don’t rich people need perking up?
"Hey, miss, bring me a cup of coffee, too!" the man called out, waving at the pretty nurse and casually flashing the Rolex on his wrist. It wasn’t just any Rolex; it was a custom edition. His name was laser-engraved on the dial, and the twelve hour-markers were inlaid with exceptionally expensive diamonds, bringing the watch’s value to nearly a million.
"I’m sorry, but aside from Mr. Su, no one else is permitted to drink coffee outside the delivery room," the nurse replied without even glancing at the man’s watch, her eyes fixed on Su Xuan’s face.
Su Xuan looked up at the somewhat distracted nurse, handed the cup back to her, and asked, "Where’s Director Ma?"
The young nurse took the cup. "Director Ma is currently preparing a fruit platter for you. He said he doesn’t trust anyone else to do it."
"What? What did you say? Director Ma is cutting a fruit platter... for this courier?" The man’s eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets.
I’ve long heard that Director Ma is an internationally renowned surgeon! He’s a master of surgical procedures, with an incredibly deft touch! They say he can use a scalpel to peel away the faintest, most imperceptible capillaries from a patient’s organs without any instruments! And he’s cutting fruit for a courier? What in the hell is going on? Am I dreaming? Is it the middle of the night? The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝕟𝕖𝕥
"Mr. Su, are you tired from waiting?"
Just then, Director Ma himself walked over, personally carrying a fruit platter. Although the hospital was already spotless, the platter was still covered with plastic wrap for protection.
"These fruits were a gift from a patient who brought them from abroad. Please try some; they’re very refreshing. Oh, and these are Ruby Roman grapes. You must have one; they’re very hard to find in the country..."
As the man gaped in stunned disbelief, Director Ma presented the fruit platter to Su Xuan. He even personally removed the plastic wrap, used an exquisite fruit fork to spear a grape that glittered like a diamond, and thoughtfully handed the fork to Su Xuan.
Su Xuan took the fork and popped the grape into his mouth.
Hmm, this grape is pretty good, too. It’s the most delicious one I’ve ever had.
After witnessing this scene, the man’s entire worldview shattered.
Good heavens! Can someone please tell me what is happening? Why is even Director Ma waiting on a courier? And why am I, a man worth hundreds of millions, being treated like I’m invisible? Can someone please tell me what on earth is going on?!
What the man didn’t expect was that this was only the beginning; even more terrifying things were still to come...