Chapter 803 - 427: New Life_4

"Xuan? Honey? Sis? Your Majesty?"

Li Peifeng tried several different forms of address in a row, but still couldn’t call Huang Tianxuan back to herself. Anxious, he asked the midwife, "She looks like the pain’s made her brain crash, ma’am, what do you think..."

"Take this and breathe in twice!"

The midwife handed Huang Tianxuan a breathing mask. In her dazed state, she took it and instinctively inhaled.

"Xiaoli, keep an eye on her. Don’t let her take too much at once."

"Got it."

The nitrous oxide and oxygen mixed gas was an inhaled analgesic. If childbirth pain was a level ten, then it could reduce two to two and a half levels of that pain during labor, making a person feel hazy or pleasantly excited. Although overall its effect was far inferior to injected anesthetics, it took effect quickly, was easy to administer, and had fewer side effects.

But those "fewer side effects" referred to proper medical dosage. Once abused, it could also become addictive, and the damage it caused the body would be as severe as drugs.

After two breaths, in less than half a minute her condition clearly improved. She consciously took off the mask, opened her mouth slightly, and mumbled, "Why am I having a baby?"

Did she inhale too much?

Li Peifeng frowned slightly, but still patiently asked, "Why is that?"

Staring up at the ceiling, Huang Tianxuan murmured, "At first I thought it was because of age, family, our parents, and inheriting the practice... But once everything really went the way we wanted, I suddenly realized those might not be the root. The most important premise for me to have a child is that I’ve already proved to myself that life is happy, that being with you is joyful, and that I love you so, so much."

Deeply moved, Li Peifeng tightened his grip on her hand to soothe her. He was just about to say something when he saw her brow knit again as she put the breathing mask back on.

"It hurts, it’s coming again!"

...

"How’s my sister? Has she delivered yet?"

"At this point, it should be about time."

At three in the afternoon, Huang Tianxuan’s older brother also arrived outside the delivery room and asked everyone about the current situation, while the four parents were all equally anxious and on edge.

"It’s getting close to ten hours, right?"

"From her water breaking till now... yeah, but that’s not that long. The first time you were in labor for fourteen hours. Don’t worry."

Although Huang Jianzhong still appeared calm and kept comforting his wife, in reality he was also very anxious. After more than half a day of waiting, he could no longer suppress his emotions and got up to pace back and forth in the corridor. During this time, his subordinates called several times to report work matters; Old Huang just gave a couple of brief instructions before quickly hanging up.

At a time like this, no one present had the mind for anything else. All their hearts were hanging high, only hoping that the mother and child inside the delivery room would both be safe and sound.

"Click~"

The door suddenly opened, drawing everyone’s attention. Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi sprang to their feet, and the Huang family crowded over as well.

"Doctor, how is it?"

With hopeful eyes and a babble of questions, the midwife coming out of the room was already used to such scenes and smiled reassuringly.

"Please rest assured, everyone. Thanks to the meticulous prenatal care, the mother’s physical condition is very good, and things are progressing smoothly at the moment. I suggest you rest for a little while longer; you’ll see the baby born very soon."

That was all well and good in theory, but love makes people fret. Even though the midwife came out every hour or two to update them on the progress, and repeatedly assured them there would be no accidents, as long as the baby wasn’t born yet, they couldn’t truly relax.

In this state of nerves, they waited another hour. By four in the afternoon, both sets of parents were feeling tired and worn out.

Yu Huizhi in particular hadn’t fully recovered from giving birth to her second child not long ago. She was usually very drowsy, and now, after being up all day, even though she was still worried, her body was out of her control and she leaned back in the chair, about to doze off.

But just as she slipped into a half-asleep, half-awake state, she faintly heard a baby’s cry coming from inside the delivery room.

"Honey?"

Yu Huizhi jolted awake, her drowsiness vanishing at once. She looked at Li Qiyuan in delight. "Did I just hear..."

"You did."

Li Qiyuan let out a relieved smile. "I heard it too!"

Inside the delivery room, the two midwives were busy in an orderly way: one was dealing with the mother’s wounds, the other cleaning the mucus off the baby’s body. Before long, both tasks were done. After weighing the baby, the midwife called in Li Peifeng to help dress the baby.

"This is my son? Why is he still crying?"

Throughout the whole process, Li Peifeng was a bit dazed. Once the baby was dressed in a little monk’s robe, the midwife placed him into Huang Tianxuan’s arms.

"Seven and a half jin, Tianxuan. Do you want to hold him?"

"Of course! Finally..."

Exhausted yet relaxed, the belly that had been protruding half an hour ago had miraculously gone flat. The physical pain had already become a memory. Now she was about to welcome the continuation of her own life!

And as the midwife opened the door, this step would be carried out under the witness of both families.

"Tianxuan, how are you?"

"Eh, this is... haha, so chubby and round."

"A little girl, you’ve worked hard!"

Gina’s gaze lingered on the baby for a moment, then she grasped her daughter’s hand, tears welling up. "Waiting outside... it was even harder than when I was having you myself."

"No need to worry, it’s all done now. Let me hold the baby first."

Although Huang Tianxuan’s face was pale, there was no trace of pain left in her expression, only ease. She took the tiny, crying baby from the midwife’s hands.