CHAPTER 33: CHAPTER 33 LOOK AT HOW PRETTY THIS LITTLE GIRL IS_1

"Get ready! The baby’s coming out!"

A little over ten minutes later, inside the delivery room, the lead obstetrician’s voice rang out.

The baby was born.

Du Yuchen let out a long sigh of relief. But something felt wrong.

Why isn’t there a cry? Why isn’t the baby crying?

Du Yuchen struggled to lift her head. Seeing the lead obstetrician holding a wet baby, she asked urgently, "Doctor, Doctor! Tell me, what’s wrong? Why isn’t my baby crying?"

"This is normal, don’t panic." The experienced obstetrician calmly held the baby upside down and patted its back.

The infant spat up some amniotic fluid.

Still, there was no cry.

Panic began to swell inside Du Yuchen. This baby... it couldn’t be a stillbirth, could it?!

Impossible! Impossible! Du Yuchen shook her head frantically. The baby was kicking me the whole way here. It can’t be a stillbirth! So why won’t it cry?

"Su Xuan! Su Xuan! Please, get in here!" In her panic, Du Yuchen thought of Su Xuan and screamed his name.

It wasn’t that she expected Su Xuan to save the baby—he wasn’t a doctor, he couldn’t possibly help with this. She just instinctively wanted him here. Maybe if he came, something good would happen. If Su Xuan were here, she wouldn’t be so afraid!

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"Hm?"

Outside the delivery room, Su Xuan shot to his feet. He recognized the panic in Du Yuchen’s voice. Did something really go wrong with the baby?

"That’s my wife’s voice!" The other man recognized it too, and his expression shifted. He also assumed something terrible had happened to the baby. But he couldn’t help but wonder, why is my wife calling another man’s name? Su Xuan? Who is that?

With a creak, the delivery room door swung open. A midwife wiped the sweat from her brow, her gaze sweeping over the people present before locking onto Su Xuan.

"Mr. Su, the mother’s emotions are very unstable," she said. "She keeps calling your name. She says you’re the child’s father and wants you to come in. Would that be possible? We also hope you’ll come in to help calm her down."

"Alright." Su Xuan nodded and started to follow the midwife into the room. "How is the child?"

"The baby’s respiratory tract is blocked, so she can’t cry," the midwife explained. "It’s a minor problem. We’ll have it sorted out shortly."

"I see." Su Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, a hand shot out from behind and seized his shoulder. It was the husband.

"So, you’re ’Mr. Su’! ’Su Xuan’!" the man snarled, his expression ferocious. "What exactly is your relationship with my wife?" In a hoarse voice, he demanded, "Why is my wife calling your name? And another thing!" He jabbed a finger at the midwife. "Why did she say you’re the child’s father?"

"I’ll explain later." Su Xuan shrugged the man’s hand off his shoulder and continued toward the delivery room.

So this is Du Yuchen’s husband, he realized. Her ex-husband, to be precise.

"I want an explanation now! And I’m going in to see my wife!" The man was relentless, charging forward again to grab Su Xuan, trying to force his way into the delivery room with him.

"Sir, you can’t go in without the mother’s consent!" the midwife cried, rushing to pull the man back. "Please let go of Mr. Su and wait outside!"

But she was too small and weak to overpower him. Instead, he shoved her aside. She staggered backward, her back slamming against the delivery room door with a thud.

"Who do you think you are?! How dare you cause a scene at Kangnai!" Director Ma, who hadn’t left yet, reprimanded him sternly and also rushed forward to pull the man away, only to be shoved aside as well.

"That’s enough." Su Xuan’s face turned grim.

In the next instant, he spun around and grabbed the man by the throat.

LIFT! LIFT!

The man’s feet left the floor, his face a mask of utter shock.

I weigh a good one hundred and eighty pounds! How did he lift me so easily?! Is he not just a delivery guy, but a weightlifter too?

Mr. Su’s strength is astonishing! Director Ma was equally shocked, his eyes wide as he stared at a scene that seemed to come straight from a movie.

Pinning the man against the wall, Su Xuan growled, "You listen to me. Where were you when she needed company during her pregnancy? Where were you when she was too afraid to go to her family and had to live in a flight attendant’s dorm? Where were you when she was alone and helpless on the airport expressway, facing death alone? And now you show up, trying to make a scene? You’re going to stay right here and be quiet."

Su Xuan released his grip.

The man crumpled to the floor with a thud, clutching his neck and gasping for air. He looked utterly dazed, clearly stunned by Su Xuan’s words.

"Why did you have to be so rash?" Director Ma straightened his clothes, scolding the man on the floor with a grim face. "Mr. Su saved your wife’s life! You should be thanking him, not causing a commotion! If I were Mr. Su, I would’ve just punched you to death! And if you died, Kangnai wouldn’t lift a finger to save you!"

"What?!" The man gaped in shock. "He saved my wife? But... why did the midwife say Su Xuan is the child’s father?"

"A man of Mr. Su’s status and character would never get involved with a married woman," Director Ma said gravely. "Perhaps your wife was so grateful to Mr. Su for saving her that she wanted the child to acknowledge him as a godfather."

That actually makes sense! The man was starting to understand. If I were in Du Yuchen’s shoes, I’d definitely want my child to have Su Xuan as a godfather. Hell, I’m so moved I almost want to call him ’Dad’ myself! He saved two lives!

With this realization, the man looked up, hoping to see Su Xuan. But he was too late. Su Xuan had already disappeared into the delivery room.

It’s over. It’s all over. I completely misunderstood a good person. And I’ve deeply offended him. The man clenched his fist and slammed it against the wall, his face filled with self-reproach.

Then, forcing himself to rally, he put on a fawning smile and turned to Director Ma. "Director, after this, I will formally apologize to you and Mr. Su. Could you please let me go into the delivery room to see my wife?"

"No," Director Ma replied without a moment’s hesitation.

The man scrambled to his feet and grabbed the director’s hand. "What if I make a large donation to Kangnai?"

"Kangnai has no need for your pittance," Director Ma stated flatly.

Defeated, the man scratched his head. "Then could you at least tell me... who exactly is Mr. Su? Why are all of you so... respectful to him?"

Director Ma glanced coldly at the man’s feet. "You are currently standing on Mr. Su’s property."

HISS!

The man sucked in a sharp breath of cold air.

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WAH!

As if on cue, just as Su Xuan stepped into the delivery room, the baby let out a loud, healthy cry.

"Mr. Su, look! What a beautiful little girl!" The lead obstetrician brought the wailing infant over to Su Xuan.

When Su Xuan saw the baby’s face, he was utterly dumbfounded...