Birth

"Okay, sure. I'll get Song An to send you off." Jiang Ye didn't seem to notice anything amiss.

Tang Xue hurriedly said, "No need. I'll ask my father to pick me up. You just focus on your work."

"Okay, call me if anything happens."

After hanging up, Tang Xue let out a long sigh of relief.

She counted the days. Tang Shuang would be able to give birth in about two months. By then, she wouldn't have to pretend to be pregnant.

When she 'gave birth' to Jiang Ye's child, Jiang Ye's attitude towards her would definitely return to its previous warmth and gentleness. With a child, her status would be more stable.

Tang Xue returned to the Tang family house and waited patiently for Tang Shuang to give birth.

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Tang Shuang stayed in the small wooden house in the forest for a few months.

Life was very boring here. Even Aunt Wang did not come over much, leaving only a bodyguard to watch over Tang Shuang.

When Tang Shuang saw that Aunt Wang was no longer monitoring her, she set up a vegetable garden behind the wooden house and planted some vegetables and cucumbers to improve the food.

Her body was very weak, and Tang Xue did not let Aunt Wang give her anything good to eat. She was afraid that if she did not take good care of her body, she would have a difficult delivery.

The bodyguard frowned when he saw her busying herself with a hoe. In the end, he did not stop her, but he did not go forward to help either.

During the rainy season, the road up the mountain was washed away by the mudslide, so food could not be transported up. The bodyguard and Tang Shuang could only rely on the vegetable field planted by Tang Shuang to keep themselves fed.

The bodyguard was a little embarrassed. After all, this was Tang Shuang's vegetable field.

Out of a man's pride, the bodyguard took his gun and prepared to go to the back of the mountain to hunt a few rabbits or wild boars.

Tang Shuang had shackles on her wrists and legs, so he was not afraid of her escaping.

It was late at night, but the bodyguard had not returned. Tang Shuang finally realized that something was wrong. She thought for a moment and brought some food into the mountain to look for him.

After searching for an entire afternoon, she finally found the bodyguard covered in blood in the depths of the forest.

The bodyguard was seriously injured, but he was still conscious. He did not expect to be saved. He definitely did not expect Tang Shuang to come looking for him.

Seeing that the bodyguard was about to stand up, Tang Shuang quickly pushed his arm and told him not to move.

The bodyguard smiled bitterly. "I ran into a wild wolf and used up all my bullets."

In the end, the bodyguard fought the wild wolf with a dagger. The wild wolf fled with serious injuries, and he also fell.

Tang Shuang found some herbs nearby to stop the bleeding. She crushed them and applied them to the bodyguard's wound. Then, she used a tree branch to make a simple walking stick.

In the end, the bodyguard leaned on his walking stick and the two of them slowly returned to the wooden house.

"Thank you. My name is Zhou Hai." The bodyguard took a sip of the hot water that Tang Shuang had boiled. His voice was filled with gratitude.

Tang Shuang nodded.

The bodyguard continued, "You saved me. I'm not an ungrateful person. Leave. I won't say anything."

Tang Shuang was silent for a while. She shook her head and pointed at the electronic handcuffs on her wrists and legs.

There were tracking devices on her shackles. Moreover, she was pregnant and about to give birth. How could she leave this vast mountain safely?

Tang Shuang wrote a few lines on the paper. "I'm about to give birth. It might be difficult. Can you help me find some herbs?"

Zhou Hai nodded solemnly.

After Zhou Hai recuperated for two days, he helped Tang Shuang to search for medicinal herbs in the mountains. With Zhou Hai's help, Tang Shuang was relieved.

She did not have the chance to properly take care of her body during her pregnancy. Her delivery process was very likely to be difficult. Without medicinal herbs, she was afraid that her life would be in danger during the delivery.

When Tang Xue first came over, she caught the flying squirrel in the iron cage. She was also preparing to secretly turn the flying squirrel into medicinal herbs. The flying squirrel's sexual temperature was warm, and it was used in traditional Chinese medicine for abortion. However, very few people knew that flying squirrels were also very helpful for women in difficult labor.

The day of delivery had arrived.

At six in the morning, Tang Shuang's stomach started to hurt. It was so painful that large beads of sweat fell from her forehead. She couldn't shout and could only clutch the bed sheets tightly.

Zhou Hai had never seen a woman give birth before. He was so frightened that his face turned pale. An anxious expression appeared on his face. "Aunt Wang just called. Tang Xue will be here soon. I'll take you away!"

Tang Xue paid more attention to Tang Shuang's due date than anyone else, so she would definitely come today.

Zhou Hai knew that Tang Xue did not hurt Tang Shuang because of the child in Tang Shuang's stomach. He could not bear it and said, "If you don't leave now, you won't be able to keep the child!"

Tang Shuang was sweating profusely. She shook her head and rejected Zhou Hai's offer.

If she had a way to leave, why would Tang Shuang wait until now? She knew that she had nowhere to go. She could only find a way to survive in this desperate situation!

Soon, Tang Xue's anxious voice came from outside. "Has the child been born? Could it be that she can't give birth? If anything goes wrong, remember to protect the child. It doesn't matter if the adult dies!"