105: Premature and difficult labor

Gu Yu rubbed his hands over his face, his expression haggard.

He sighed and said, "It was originally fine, but around 3 o'clock this morning, your mother said her stomach hurt."

"We both thought she just needed to go to the restroom, but after she squatted there for a while, she said it was hurting more and more!"

"I hurriedly brought her to the hospital, and after the examination, the doctor said there were signs of premature birth."

"Did she come into contact with anyone or eat anything wrong recently?"

Gu Xiaoyue asked, and only after seeing Gu Yu shake his head did she breathe a sigh of relief.

It was good that it wasn't foul play; Mu Qingning and the unborn child could not handle any turmoil.

Gu Xiaoyue walked to the front of the operating room and turned back to ask Gu Yu, "Mom has been inside for seven or eight hours, and still hasn't given birth?"

Gu Yu didn't speak; he closed his eyes, furrowed his brows, and nodded heavily.

At this moment, Chu Li, Shui Lingyu, and Ye Wanrou arrived at the operating room entrance.

Gu Xiaoyue had run too fast, but they could also understand her burning anxiety.

"So, this is considered a difficult labor now, right? Can't they do a C-section?"

Gu Xiaoyue clenched her palms, feeling cold sweat break out on her body.

Gu Yu shook his head, "Your mother is allergic to anesthesia; we discovered it last time when she had a bone fracture."

"Administering anesthesia for a C-section might cause her respiratory depression, and the condition of the fetus also prevents a C-section."

Gu Yu buried his head in his arms again; he didn't know what to do either.

The fact that the doctor hadn't come out yet indicated how critical the situation was, though perhaps mother and child were still relatively safe.

But he was afraid; he was terrified that the doctor would come out and tell him the mother or the child was in life-threatening danger!

Just as everyone was at a loss, Xiao Lan was flapping about in the Yu Beast Space.

Gu Xiaoyue understood; not caring if she exposed Xiao Lan in front of others, she summoned it directly.

A mermaid with a total body length of three meters appeared at the door of the operating room.

Its silver, Young life stage hair already reached past its shoulders, and its silver fish tail and tail fins were over half a meter long.

Looking just at the upper body, it looked like an eighteen or nineteen-year-old man, but its little face was as delicate and lovely as a woman's.

It smiled gently at Gu Xiaoyue.

"Xiao Lan, I know you have a way. I'll leave it to you!"

Gu Xiaoyue held the hand of Xiao Lan that wasn't holding the magic orb and said firmly.

The others were startled by Xiao Lan's appearance, but only Shui Lingyu recognized what it was wearing around its neck—the birthday gift he had previously given to Gu Xiaoyue.

Xiao Lan nodded, circled around within the water domain surrounding it, and began to sing.

Its singing condensed into wisps of silver and blue light, which slipped into the operating room through the door crack.

Ten minutes later, the singing stopped. Seeking praise, Xiao Lan pressed its face against Gu Xiaoyue's, rubbing against her affectionately.

If everyone hadn't seen that this was a pet beast summoned by Gu Xiaoyue, Chu Li would have gone over to separate them!

Gu Xiaoyue understood what Xiao Lan meant; the mission was complete.

She stroked Xiao Lan's head, "You've worked hard, baby."

She immediately returned it to the Yu Beast Space.

Less than two minutes later, the operating room door opened, and a doctor walked out.

"The baby has been born! Mother and child are safe! However, because the baby is premature, he will need to stay in an incubator for a while."

Gu Yu was so excited he was about to cry; as long as mother and child were safe, that was all that mattered.

Not long after, a nurse pushed Mu Qingning out of the operating room. Seeing Gu Xiaoyue return, she tried to force her weak body to sit up.

Gu Xiaoyue hurriedly stopped her, saying they would talk once they were back in the ward.

After getting everything settled, Gu Xiaoyue introduced her companions to Gu Yu and Mu Qingning.

Chu Li and the others naturally didn't need much introduction; Shui Lingyu, Fang Xiaoyu, and Zhuang Yanxin were her classmates from the academy.

Mu Qingning said she wanted to invite everyone to stay at their home and also mentioned treating everyone to a meal once she was discharged.

The three of them, Shui Lingyu and the others, exchanged glances; the auntie was very enthusiastic, but it seemed a bit inconvenient.

"Auntie, you don't need to worry about it; they can just stay at my place."

Chu Li, of course, would not agree to Shui Lingyu and Fang Xiaoyu staying at Gu Xiaoyue's house.

Gu Xiaoyue knew Chu Li's house had plenty of rooms, but thinking of the manor-like Chu residence, she still decided to arrange for a hotel near her house for Shui Lingyu and the others.

She transferred 1 million star coins to Ye Wanrou, asking Ye Wanrou to take them to eat some local Qingyu snacks and arrange a place for them to stay.

Seeing that Gu Xiaoyue's mother was out of danger, everyone naturally felt relieved and went off to have fun.

Only Chu Li insisted on staying to accompany Gu Xiaoyue.

Ye Wanrou ignored him and took the others to play.

Although Shui Lingyu didn't want to leave, his status made staying behind too awkward, so he also left with some reluctance.

At this moment, only Gu Xiaoyue's family and Chu Li—four people in total—remained in the ward.

Gu Yu went over and held Mu Qingning's hand, "A-Qing, you've worked hard!"

Mu Qingning's eyes reddened, but she smiled, "It's a boy, a bit smaller than when Xiao Yue was just born."

"I saw him in the incubator. It's all my fault for having poor health; otherwise, he wouldn't have been premature—"

As Mu Qingning spoke, she became choked with emotion.

She blamed herself for her poor health; otherwise, why would she have caused her son to be born prematurely?

Thinking about the situation in the operating room just now, where she couldn't give birth and couldn't have a C-section, she felt a lingering fear.

Gu Xiaoyue comforted her, "Mom, don't overthink it. Just focus on recovering your health, and wait for little brother to come out of the incubator."

"Once we're sure everything is fine, we'll go home."

Mu Qingning nodded, then worried about delaying Gu Xiaoyue's studies.

"It's fine, I've already taken leave. And those classmates of mine, we all took leave to come back, so you don't need to worry, Mom."

Seeing that Gu Xiaoyue handled things thoroughly, Mu Qingning finally felt completely at ease.

In the following days, Gu Xiaoyue asked Xiao Lan to perform Water Therapy for Mu Qingning and her little brother every day.

Mu Qingning recovered much faster after childbirth, and even her little brother was able to leave the incubator early.

In less than ten days, Gu Yu completed the discharge procedures for Mu Qingning and their son.

Gu Xiaoyue could also feel free to go out and have fun with her companions.

With her mind relaxed, Gu Xiaoyue remembered that she hadn't sold the corpses of the fierce beasts she killed in the secret realm or the hua yu flower.

The hua yu flower merely allows a pet beast to speak earlier; its market price is about 100 million star coins.

She, Chu Li, and Shui Lingyu first went to the Beastmaster Association to book an assessment for the Master level.

Gu Xiaoyue took the opportunity to list the hua yu flower on the Beastmaster Association's platform for 99 million star coins.

Shui Lingyu had initially said he wanted to buy it, but Gu Xiaoyue stopped him, saying that there would be hua yu fruit soon.

Shui Lingyu was a bit puzzled, but he unconditionally trusted Gu Xiaoyue; even if Gu Xiaoyue said her Yu Beast Space contained a sea of stars, he would believe her.

They went to Hualian Shopping Mall again; Gu Xiaoyue needed to trade the fierce beast corpses, which were not many in number—about a hundred or so.

However, the quality was not low, ranging from Mature Second-tier to Mature Fifth-tier.

After the shopping guide ladies finished counting them, they added a premium and transferred 300 million star coins directly to Gu Xiaoyue.

"What did you say? Gu Xiaoyue is here?"

Manager Qin, who was originally working, couldn't sit still the moment he heard Gu Xiaoyue had arrived—he scurried off to find her.