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"You... I really didn't expect... you got married?" Cheng Rui adjusted his glasses, looking at the woman's large belly in disbelief.

The woman patted her stomach meaningfully, giving him a look that said, "What do you think?"

"Hello, I am Mao Weiwei."

Reuniting with a long-lost friend, whose wife is about to give birth, brings a series of surprises that finally calms Cheng Rui's previously anxious heart. With a sense of relief, he suddenly feels sad again.

Realizing that Cheng Rui was thinking of Xu Yao, Lu Xiang patted Cheng Rui on the shoulder and gestured towards the dean with his mouth. Cheng Rui then shook his head to change his mood.

"So that's why it was my turn... Come on, did you guys ask the dean to assign you?" Cheng Rui jokingly asked his friend.

Lu Xianglai punched Cheng Rui, "Don't joke around, this is my wife and son's life! Would I dare to use their lives to increase your importance? Of course, it's because you're good at it."

"Hehe, you're the guy who was number one in college. You're serious, and you're technically skilled. Ah Yao and I often relied on you to get by on exams, right? Of course I trust you... Ah? Oh no!"

He had specifically told Cheng Rui to be careful not to mention Xu Yao so as not to bring up the dean's painful past, but in just a short while, he himself had brought up Xu Yao...

"It's alright, that child... You're right, I entrusted you to Cheng Rui because of his excellent skills, and secondly because you're friends, which would make it easier for Weiwei to relax. Cheng Rui, you need to be more confident." The director patted Cheng Rui on the shoulder and smiled.

"The three of you were always together, whether you were fooling around or doing serious business. Ayao was my son, but in my heart you were also like my own children. Now that Ayao is gone, seeing you all gives me some comfort."

"Xianglai, even if you didn't say it, I already knew. Ayao is a playful child, and your interests don't lie in medicine at all. Of the three of you, only Chengrui seems like the future doctor, but your father and I insisted on sending you two to the hospital. As a result, Ayao hasn't achieved anything, and you even less so..."

"Forget it, seeing you like this makes me regret it. Maybe you guys are right. Young people should find something they're interested in to do." Thinking of his son, the dean's gaze became distant. Looking at the dean's profile, Cheng Rui suddenly felt that the dean seemed to have aged many years in an instant.

"By the way, Xianglai, have you become the reporter you wanted to be?" Not wanting the topic to become too sad, Chengrui quickly changed the subject.

"Ah, more or less, but I didn't become a reporter. I'm a photographer now, but still an assistant... after all, I entered the industry later than others..."

Seeing Lu Xianglai scratching his head and laughing sheepishly, Cheng Rui suddenly remembered that it seemed to be Lu Xianglai who had been filming the funeral that day. He had been too busy and his mind was in turmoil at the time, so the two of them hadn't greeted each other.

"That's good. Let me see your work another day. But right now... Weiwei, when is your due date?" Being a doctor, Cheng Rui adjusted his glasses and decided to ask about the important matter.

"It's August 22nd."

"Oh, then it'll be soon, won't it?"

"Yeah, it's so annoying—" the woman exclaimed.

Listening to the woman on the bed's coquettish complaints, Cheng Rui looked up with amusement, "What's there to worry about? You know, it's us who's worried about you having a baby."

"It's the date, the date! A baby born on August 22nd is a Virgo, but he's an Aries, and Xiao Lu is a Sagittarius. The baby's zodiac signs don't match ours. If it were a little earlier, even just a little earlier, he would be a Leo on the 20th. How wonderful it would be for our family then! Our personalities would be a perfect match."

Cheng Rui smiled as he looked at Mao Weiwei, whose age clearly surpassed that of a teenage girl, yet who maintained the same level of thinking as young girls today.

"Maybe you don't need to worry anymore. You're carrying twins, which usually results in premature birth, and you'll end up with the Tiger you wanted."

"Oh? Really! That's great! And it's not a Tiger, it's a Leo!"

The others chatted about various things, and it was clear the mother was in a good mood, which is beneficial for the delivery. Based on the current examination reports, apart from the baby's position and the mother's physical condition, there are basically no major problems. The main concern is the potential complications that may arise during the surgery.

That was something he could only solve by relying on his on-the-spot adaptability during surgery. Cheng Rui was confident in his skills.

Bo Xiaoxue was responsible for giving Mao Weiwei her routine check-up, while Xin Nuo had recently started her internship with her senior. Since they knew each other, Mao Weiwei didn't mind having Xin Nuo do the check-up.

The procedure they are currently performing is an ultrasound examination.

Pregnant women should not undergo too many ultrasound examinations, and most pregnant women are wary of male doctors, so Xin Nuo has never been able to find a good internship opportunity. This time, Mao Weiwei agreed to let him help with the examination, which made him very excited.

Xin Nuo carefully placed the patch on Mao Weiwei's large belly. The screen next to her immediately displayed the information about the baby in Mao Weiwei's belly as detected by the patch. Bo Xiaoxue then began to explain the fetus's growth to the two of them.

"See that? Ears, little hands, hehe, see the little penis? Both are boys..." Bo Xiaoxue said gently, the expectant mother chuckling on the bed. Xin Nuo, however, looked very closely, not daring to miss a single detail, when suddenly...

As if she had seen something, Xin Nuo moved the patch back into place, a move that displeased Bo Xiaoxue.

"Xin Nuo, what are you doing? Didn't I tell you to drag it down slowly? Why did you go up again?"

"Wait! Senior... I..."

Xin Nuo didn't smile. She just kept moving the patch over Mao Weiwei's abdomen. Mao Weiwei was puzzled and looked back at the screen. Suddenly!

"Look, senior!" Han Xinnuo suddenly stood up and shouted, pointing to a corner of the screen!

Startled by the man's voice, Bo Xiaoxue couldn't help but look at where he was pointing. "My God..." The woman covered her mouth at what she saw.

The woman quickly dialed the phone and anxiously said to Cheng Rui, "Dr. Cheng, please come over right away!"

The extra one in Chapter 5

The previous report didn't mention triplets, although it might have been overlooked, but...

The child who suddenly appeared... mostly after Xu Yao died.

After repeated confirmation, everyone finally realized that Xin Nuo's discovery was true—Mao Weiwei was not pregnant with twins, but triplets!

There was a baby whose position had been obscured by his brother, and he was only discovered by Xin Nuo today.

"My God! I can have three sons at once?!" Lu Xianglai was still immersed in shock, his shock mixed with joy.

The doctors were also in shock, but looking at the expectant father, Cheng Rui, his shock was mixed with anxiety and unease.

That child whose face he couldn't see... for some reason, made Cheng Rui inexplicably anxious.

The previous report didn't mention triplets, although it might have been overlooked, but...

The child who suddenly appeared... mostly after Xu Yao died.

Cheng Rui couldn't help but connect these two things to his mind.

Before she could think too much, just as Cheng Rui had instructed the expectant mother, the due date came ten days earlier than expected.

At 11:06 AM on August 12th, Mao Weiwei, who was eating an apple and watching TV with her husband in the hospital room, suddenly began to experience contractions. Her water broke, and she started bleeding. Lu Xianglai, who had been anxiously watching his wife, fainted upon seeing the blood. While amused, the doctors secretly prepared for a difficult battle.

After a period of recuperation, the mother's body is now in a relatively ideal condition. After careful consideration, the hospital decided to proceed with a vaginal delivery.

The surgery started smoothly, with a dedicated doctor handling the delivery. However, just as the first baby was born, a worrying thing happened. After successfully delivering the two babies, an exhausted Mao Weiwei fainted, unable to deliver the third! Exchanging a glance with the obstetrician, Cheng Rui stood at the end of the delivery bed.

As Cheng Rui's assistants, Xin Nuo and Bo Xiaoxue stood on either side of Cheng Rui.

The baby had already emerged a little, but was sucked back in due to the mother's unconsciousness. They considered using a suction method to slowly pull the baby out, but this method might affect the baby's head. In the end, Cheng Rui decided to use the most primitive method: widening the birth canal and then manually removing the baby.

Little by little… Cheng Rui frowned, feeling as if he had grasped something…

It's a child! Okay... just like that... slowly...

Seeing that Cheng Rui's sweat was about to drip from his forehead, Bo Xiaoxue hurriedly wiped the sweat away with a towel.

Cheng Rui's hand gradually emerged, and Xin Nuo and Bo Xiaoxue both stared at Cheng Rui's hand, or rather, at what was in his hand...

However……

When Bo Xiaoxue saw the "baby" in Cheng Rui's hands, she cried out softly. Under Cheng Rui's glare, Xin Nuo quickly covered her senior's mouth.

"He's dead."

As Cheng Rui emerged from the maternity ward, facing the worried gaze of his friend who had just regained consciousness, he spoke in a deep voice.

Seeing that Lu Xianglai was about to faint, Han Xinnuo hurriedly added, "Both mother and child are safe, but the child... the one that was later discovered... was stillborn."

This explanation startled Lu Xianglai. A hint of sadness flashed in the man's eyes, but he quickly forced a smile. "Is that so... It's all my fault... I didn't know about this child beforehand, and I didn't buy him a toy car and clothes. He's angry..."

Coughing, knowing his artistic friend was prone to doing something outrageous when he got sentimental, Cheng Rui quickly tried to distract him.

"Go see Vivi, and your other two boys, they're both really strong!"

As Lu Xianglai walked in another direction with renewed hope, the people who came out of the delivery room exchanged glances and then went their separate ways.

"Senior, that child..." Xin Nuo called out to Cheng Rui hesitantly, "The last child to come out didn't seem to have an umbilical cord..."

"Shut up!" When someone touched on his most sensitive spot, Cheng Rui nearly jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. After calming down, the man finally regained his composure. "I'm sorry... I also have some difficulty accepting this."

"It's okay." Han Xinnuo nodded understandingly.

"I think... it might have been stillborn to begin with. You know, babies without an umbilical cord can't survive. They can't get nutrients from the mother's body. Such babies can't survive, right? You agree, right?" It was almost as if Cheng Rui was forcing Xin Nuo to agree with his point of view. Under Cheng Rui's glare, Xin Nuo nodded.

"Senior, you performed two surgeries today. You must be tired. You should take a break." After saying this to Cheng Rui, Xin Nuo hurriedly closed the door, pressed herself against it for a long time, rubbed her eyes, and decided to leave the hospital.

At that moment... the instant the senior took the baby out, Xin Nuo thought the child was alive.

It only lasted for a fleeting moment.

I seem to be quite tired myself, so I'll go back.

Cheng Rui could hear the baby crying, an annoying cry.

I shouldn't have taken this surgery when I already hated children; it's truly... disgusting. Looking at his hands, Cheng Rui could almost see the things he had once held in them.

Cheng Rui didn't think that thing was human. It was only the size of his palm, wrinkled... that kind of creature, only its feet were red.

It was his mother's blood.

That child was different from other children; he pulled himself out by the foot.

Seeing that scene, Cheng Rui immediately thought of that day, that night, the red feet he had seen. The feet that had stepped on Xu Yao's blood.

"I saw... a child wearing black clothes and red shoes..." The words of the man named Duan Lin resurfaced in my mind.

Damn it! Not a single day of peace has passed these past few days. Just when things were finally starting to calm down, Duan Lin said those things. Thinking of the red shoes, the first thing Cheng Rui thought of was those feet from that day. Those were just a little kid's feet too.

I had finally forgotten about that phrase because I was so busy lately, but now I've seen a pair of feet like this again.

There was no umbilical cord... Cheng Rui suddenly remembered the umbilical cord he had found in Xu Yao's coffin a few days ago.

The sudden appearance of the umbilical cord, and the missing umbilical cord of this child today... Could there be some necessary connection between the two?

That thought made Cheng Rui start to tremble uncontrollably, tremble...

On August 18th, Mao Weiwei decided to be discharged from the hospital. Although the two children were premature, their developmental levels were all above average, and the mother herself had no aftereffects. After the doctor confirmed the situation repeatedly, the Lu couple decided to be discharged. Cheng Rui, who had promised to visit the two babies in the future, was now the children's godfather. However, even so, he couldn't bring himself to like the two children.

"Are they twins?" the taxi driver who took them back asked curiously, and Lu Xianglai nodded happily.

"That's wonderful! I can have two sons all at once!"

The taxi driver's words were kind, and while Lu Xianglai was happy, he also felt a little sad, realizing that he could have had three sons.

Mao Weiwei glanced at her husband and patted his head.

Lu Xianglai replaced the twin stroller he had originally prepared with one for triplets, bought a third batch of children's clothes, and also bought a third baby bottle.

Remembering her husband's previous words, such as "It's all my fault. If I had bought the child the right things, he wouldn't have left," Mao Weiwei understood her husband's sadness. Although it wasn't his fault at all, if it made him happy, then it wasn't a bad thing.

Life with a child is not as easy as it used to be. The mother-in-law is in poor health, and the young couple, who are not comfortable hiring a nanny, decide to take care of the child themselves.

Lu Xianglai took a day off to diligently learn how to prepare formula and change diapers. There's nothing wrong with such a husband, except…

Looking at her husband pushing the stroller and playing with the child, Mao Weiwei felt a sense of worry.

The middle seat of the stroller used by the triplets was empty.