Chapter 59: Chapter 59 Whose Child is Qiao Xi

    The next day.

    City Hospital, VIP ward.

    The Huo Family patriarch had passed the critical period, but he lay on the bed, his complexion ashen, body frail. The light in his eyes had dimmed significantly.

    Beiting and Jianjun exchanged glances, with Beiting reluctantly pouring a cup of warm water for the elder, “Grandpa, drink some water.”

    Huo Weiguo shook his head, speaking weakly, “I don’t want any.”

    Suppressing his resentfulness, Beiting said, “Grandpa, with you ill, the Huo Family has lost its pillar. Xingzhou is aggressive and will sooner or later swallow up our family.”

    ...

    Jianjun chimed in, “Dad, the words you said at the birthday banquet yesterday, they weren’t true, were they?”

    Father and son took turns speaking.

    Huo Weiguo felt a sense of loss in his heart and slowly closed his eyes, “I know what you are thinking. As chairman, I will issue an appointment. Jianjun will be the president of the Huo Family, and Beiting will be the vice president.”

    Beiting, unable to wait, “And the chairman? What about the 30% shares?”

    Would he not give them?

    What he wanted was real power!

    Seeing the elder’s attitude, he seemed unwilling to let go.

    “Let’s wait a little longer, until I’m feeling better,” Huo Weiguo said with a heavy heart. He had always been strong-willed, but now his reputation was tarnished in his later years.

    “Grandpa!”

    Beiting had never expected the old man to go back on his word.

    “Dad, Beiting is the most suitable candidate. Xingzhou doesn’t share our heart,” Jianjun said, struggling to contain his anger.

    Huo Weiguo closed his eyes tightly, “I want to sleep now, you all go out.”

    “Grandpa! Are you really...”

    “Beiting, let’s go. Let your grandpa rest properly,” Jianjun said, pulling Beiting out of the room.

    The father and son left the ward.

    Leaving the room, Beiting’s face was shrouded in darkness.

    “What is grandpa thinking! He’s actually reconsidered, does he really want to give it to that cripple?”

    Jianjun’s face was grim, “As long as things aren’t settled, we still have hope. Xingzhou is just a cripple with a short life span; your second uncle is weak and foolishly filial, perhaps later we can reap the benefits of Tianyuan Group.”

    “With Xingzhou’s current fortune, is there any chance he could find Cheng Han?”

    Beiting asked through clenched teeth, full of hate.

    “No chance,” Jianjun said with absolute certainty, “What kind of person is Cheng Han? Don’t forget the Liu Family has another living dead person, and they haven’t spared any effort in searching for Cheng Han!”

    He patiently instructed, “You go to the Su Family now, secure our relationship with them. It is the blood bank for us father and son, providing continuous funding.”

    Beiting nodded, “Alright, I’ll go right away.”

    His expression was sinister as he walked down the long corridor of the hospital, warning off all who approached.

    “Dr. Qiao, please wake the patient first. Dr. Yan will be here soon!” the obstetrician said, “It’s really life-threatening, discovering so many drug allergies in the clinic.”

    The patient herself was unaware, and it was urgent upon arriving at the hospital.

    “Alright.”

    Qiao Xi pinched the Golden Needle and inserted it into the woman’s Hegu and Zhiyin Acupoints. Considering the pregnant woman’s weak qi and blood, she also targeted the Zusanli Acupoint.

    Each needle pierced accurately into its acupoint.

    The patient soon regained consciousness, and the others showed a trace of joy.

    “Push hard! Remember to take deep breaths!”

    “Mrs. Liu, think about your child! Haven’t you always wanted a daughter?”

    The woman on the bed, upon hearing this, gritted her teeth and cried out, her face turning red.

    She put all her effort into it.

    Half an hour later, the delivery room echoed with the baby’s cries. The woman had exhausted her strength and passed out.

    “Ah, it’s a son.”

    While the nurse cleaned the baby, she said with a laugh, “Mrs. Liu will probably regret this again, she was really hoping for a daughter.”

    “Dr. Qiao, you did great, no wonder Dr. Yan said you should be specifically nurtured. Come over here, take a look, this baby is really beautiful.”

    Qiao Xi, smiling with pursed lips, moved closer to have a look.

    Indeed, the baby was fair and delicate.

    She hadn’t expected that, in the future, her connection with this child would grow deeper.

    She washed her hands and packed up the needle kit before leaving the delivery room. Removing her mask, she took a deep breath of fresh air.

    “Doctor, how’s my wife?”

    “Doctor, my mom...”

    She was surrounded by people.

    “Mother and child are safe,” Qiao Xi comforted them, “The child is being cleaned inside, don’t worry.”

    “Mother and child? This is it, my mom’s going to lose her temper again.” Seventeen or eighteen, the young boy brimmed with energy, lively and alert, exuding vitality.

    Liu Zongquan chastised gently, “What are you talking about? Your mother is gentle and virtuous.”

    He looked at Qiao Xi again, with mild surprise.

    He hadn’t expected their paths to cross again so soon after having met the previous evening at the birthday party.

    “Dr. Qiao... Qiao Xi, thank you,” he said, remembering her name.

    Qiao Xi, with a smiling gaze, replied, “You’re welcome, I have to get going now.”

    “Dad, why does she look kind of familiar to me?” Liu Yi furrowed his brows, voicing his confusion.

    Liu Zongquan responded, “Perhaps it’s fate.”

    It couldn’t possibly be their family’s child, after all, they had never lost a child.