Ten months later, it seemed as if the heavens had heard Shen Hanqian's prayers.
Just as she was about to give birth, Qiao Junnan miraculously awakened—
"Ah..." Accompanying her final scream of exhaustion, the loud cries of a newborn resonated. "Wah... wah..."
"Congratulations, you have a beautiful boy!" the delivery doctor exclaimed excitedly to the new mother.
Looking at the tender, pink little face and beautiful features, an exhausted Shen Hanqian smiled and fell into a faint slumber.
When she awoke, she immediately received another surprise.
"Madam, the young master has woken up, the young master has woken up!" the maid said with wild excitement.
Shen Hanqian paid no heed to her body's pain and fatigue. "Quick, accompany me to Junnan's ward, I want to see him!"
Qiao Junnan was still lying in bed, the prolonged bed rest meant he could not get up to greet her just yet.
"Qianqian, are you alright?"
Shen Hanqian stumbled toward his bed and tightly grasped his hand.
The tears she had repressed for so long now uncontrollably burst forth in joy. "Junnan, Junnan... you've finally awakened. Do you know, I gave birth to a son for you!"
"I know, thank you, thank you for giving me such a wonderful gift!" Qiao Junnan, eyes rimmed with excitement, held her tight in his embrace and gratefully kissed her hair. "You've worked hard!"
"It wasn't hard, I was willing to do it!" Shen Hanqian shook her head vehemently, and large tears fell one after another.
She loved him and was willing to bear his child; she didn't find it hard at all.
Gazing at the pale and emaciated Qiao Junnan, her heart twisted with pain. "It's all my fault, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been injured, wouldn't have lain in bed for a year, almost..." The word "die" was too frightening for her to utter.
"Haven't I come back to life? I should thank you, you know, only with you alive can I be alive, and I need to thank you more for giving me a son!"
The two people who had escaped death choked up time and again.
"You shouldn't cry having just given birth, you should be lying down, quickly go back!" he chided her with a heart full of pity.
She smiled yet was very disobedient. "Just now, I had someone bring the child here, I want us to see our baby together!" She had fainted after giving birth, and the baby was taken away for a health check, she had not yet had the chance to hold her baby!
"Alright, after seeing the baby, you have to go back!" Qiao Junnan made her lie in the crook of his arm and looked at her intently.
He was still alive and could see his wife.
Everything was truly wonderful.
Soon, a nurse brought the swaddled baby over.
Qiao Junnan reached out and held the soft little body, the infant was asleep.
Before he could even praise his child, the nurse stated according to the records. "The male baby was born at 12:28 pm, weighs 7.5 pounds, is 50 centimeters long, blood type B..."
Blood type B...
Both Qiao Junnan and Shen Hanqian were shocked into speechlessness!
However, in Shen Hanqian's eyes there was confusion, while Qiao Junnan stared at her with questioning eyes, his arms stiffening as he held the child!
"Is it possible that there's been a mix-up with the baby?" Shen Hanqian finally managed to speak after a long while.
Her already pale face turned even whiter.
The nurse smiled reassuringly to soothe the new mother. "This baby is the only one born this noon, how could there be a mix-up? Rest assured, it's 100% your baby!"
The moment the nurse left the ward, Qiao Junnan, with a face as cold as ice, handed the child back to Shen Hanqian.