Chapter 526: Chapter 526

"You’ve been trying to conceive with Boss Shen for quite a while, haven’t you? Why hasn’t there been any response yet?"

"Yeah." Qiao Xi looked up, her smile insouciant: "These things are all about fate."

Shen Dang had always comforted her not to hurry, and Qiao Xi had now come to terms with it.

She believed in the concept of timing.

Since the child wasn’t arriving, it simply meant the right time hadn’t come yet.

Su Tutu took the apple and pulled Qiao Xi’s hand to her round belly.

Qiao Xi was perplexed: "What’s this for?"

Su Tutu’s eyes were smiling, "To share the joy, your goddaughter is about to be born. This is to pass on the good pregnancy luck to you."

In the late stages of pregnancy, Su Tutu became even more radiant.

Her once sharp chin now resembled an apple—round, her skin fair with a rosy flush, radiating a different kind of beauty.

Perhaps it was due to hormonal changes in her body, but Qiao Xi always felt that Su Tutu emanated a luminous maternal aura.

Qiao Xi couldn’t help but laugh.

Suddenly, Su Tutu let out a cry.

Qiao Xi tensed immediately: "What’s wrong? Is the baby coming?"

Su Tutu’s eyes widened: "No, my little one just kicked me!"

There was a slight bulge on Su Tutu’s stomach, where a tiny foot had pressed against her skin.

The little one inside was lively, tumbling around in the amniotic fluid.

Suddenly, a small fist pressed against Qiao Xi’s palm.

Qiao Xi looked down, her eyes unconsciously bright with a smile: "Seems like a strong little one."

Su Tutu shook her head: "This one in my belly has given me a hard time these past few months, I’m going to grab her and give her a good spanking when she comes out."

Qiao Xi eyed her: "Would you really have the heart to spank her?"

Su Tutu used to be impulsive, speaking her mind fearlessly, but Qiao Xi always felt she would be a tender mother in the future.

Su Tutu chuckled heartily: "Of course I wouldn’t spank my daughter, but if it’s a boy, I’ll spank him whenever."

Girls, of course, should be pampered, but boys could be treated roughly.

Boys need to be a bit tougher outside.

"Isn’t your sixth sense telling you it’s a daughter?"

"Actually..." Su Tutu covered her mouth, leaning into Qiao Xi’s ear to whisper: "My sixth sense says it’s a boy with a ’handle’."

All she could say was that.

Qiao Xi laughed: "Sixth sense is quite a mystical thing, whether it’s a boy or a girl, we’ll find out in a few days."

A knock came from outside the door.

Shen Dang and Sheng Chao walked in.

Seeing Shen Dang, Qiao Xi’s eyes brightened: "Why are you here?"

Shen Dang’s lips curled into a smile: "To take you out to eat."

She disliked hospitals, yet she kept visiting them, and she hadn’t been eating on time.

Shen Dang took Qiao Xi’s hand, and with her other hand, Qiao Xi waved to Su Tutu: "Tutu, we’ll be off then."

Qiao Xi followed Shen Dang out.

Shen Dang took her to Tan Garden for a meal.

Watching Qiao Xi lazily leaning back in her chair, Shen Dang chuckled softly and asked, "Will you keep me company at work this afternoon?"

"Boring, no." Qiao Xi directly declined.

Shen Dang pinched her face, teasing: "You’ve been pretty lazy lately."

Qiao Xi slapped his hand away in annoyance: "I’ve been feeling a bit tired lately, I won’t go to the hospital this afternoon, I’m going home."

"I’ll drive you home after we eat."

Shen Dang went to the company in the afternoon, and Qiao Xi slept for a few hours alone at home, which made it hard for her to fall asleep at night.

She wouldn’t let Shen Dang sleep either, and the two started watching a movie on the projector.

Halfway through the movie, her phone suddenly rang.

Qiao Xi had thought that Su Tutu’s child wouldn’t be born for a few more days, but her labor started earlier than expected.

"Tutu told me she’s about to give birth!"

Qiao Xi jumped up, tensing involuntarily.

"Do you want to go to the hospital?"

Qiao Xi nodded: "I’m a bit concerned, and since I can’t sleep anyway, let’s go to the hospital to see."

"Okay." Shen Dang nodded: "Don’t panic, go and change your clothes first."

His deep, soothing voice calmed her.

It smoothed out the panic in Qiao Xi’s heart.

The two of them got ready and rushed to the hospital.

The hospital was bustling around the clock.

Sheng Chao stood alone outside the delivery room.

The vast area felt eerily quiet.

"What’s the situation now?"

Shen Dang sat down beside him.

Sheng Chao looked up at him: "She’s inside."

He was propping his arms on his knees, hunched over, wiping his face, the typically composed and calm figure gradually becoming tense and fearful.

"I don’t know what’s happening inside.

He couldn’t see and didn’t know how much pain Su Tutu was enduring, which scared him deeply.

Shen Dang patted his shoulder, speaking softly: "Don’t worry, medical science is advanced, there won’t be any problems."

Sheng Chao nodded silently.

He couldn’t sit still, pacing back and forth, sighing heavily, his whole being exuding restlessness.

Shen Dang pinched the bridge of his nose: "You pacing back and forth in front of me is making me dizzy."

Sheng Chao came over: "Ah Dang, let’s play a game to distract ourselves."

"Forget it, now’s not the time to play games." Sheng Chao said irritably, moving to wait at the door of the delivery room.

Standing outside, he could hear Su Tutu’s cries from inside the delivery room.

Inside lay his wife, the woman he loved, striving laboriously to bear him a child.

Sheng Chao’s eyes welled up.

He turned away and quietly wiped his tears.

Boy or girl, he decided he didn’t want a second child anymore.

He couldn’t bear to let Su Tutu suffer.

Shen Dang held Qiao Xi’s hand tightly, stroking her cheek.

Shen Dang took her face in both hands, pulling her into his embrace.

The warmth transferred over, filled with comfort, and Qiao Xi rested against his chest.

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Shen Dang caressed her head.

It was unclear how much time had passed when finally a loud cry emanated from the delivery room.

Qiao Xi stood up abruptly: "Tutu has given birth!"

Sheng Chao exhaled a big sigh of relief.

His shirt was soaked on the back.

Shen Dang patted Sheng Chao on the back, his tone light: "Can you relax now?"

Shortly after, the child was carried out by a nurse: "President Sheng, congratulations, you have a son."

Sheng Chao glanced at the swaddled child, his head turning towards the delivery room: "How’s my wife?"

"Mrs. Sheng is exhausted from giving birth and has fallen asleep; she will be sent to the inpatient department shortly. Please wait a moment."

The nurse walked away with the child.

Sheng Chao smiled faintly, "Ah Dang, Xixi, you’ve both had a tough night too, you should go back and rest."

Qiao Xi asked, "Brother Chao, have you prepared everything like baby formula?"

He had checked countless times before coming to the hospital; nothing was missed.

"If you’re unsure about anything, call me." Shen Dang said.

With his heart finally at ease, Sheng Chao began to banter: "Calling you will be useless, I became a dad before you."

Shen Dang didn’t argue with him.

He thumped Sheng Chao’s shoulder: "Then we’ll come back tomorrow."