No, it couldn't be. Ji Shisu didn't even dare to think about it anymore.
"Ning'er? Ning'er!"
With a bang, the door was finally knocked open by Ji Shisu.
After all, it was a delivery room. Although Ji Shisu rushed in, others didn't dare to follow.
Jing Su was afraid that the wind would blow into the delivery room, so he quickly closed the somewhat damaged door.
He blocked a group of anxious people who were eager to know what was going on.
Ji Shisu didn't have time to enter the inner room when he saw a midwife covered in blood holding the newly - born baby to clean it.
The baby was quite smart. Sensing someone coming in, without even opening its eyes, it turned its head this way and stopped crying.
The midwife wrapped the baby in a red silk brocade.
Muttering that the children of wealthy families were different, she turned around.
The midwife was startled by Ji Shisu who suddenly appeared in the delivery room.
She had also heard the commotion outside. But since Zhao Luoning entered the room, Ji Shisu had never been quiet. He made a fuss every now and then, and they gradually got used to it.
She never expected that he would break in!
However, the midwife was experienced and had seen all kinds of chaotic scenes. She quickly composed herself.
She brought the baby in front of Ji Shisu.
"Congratulations, sir. The lady has given birth to a young master for you."
At this moment, Ji Shisu didn't care about the baby at all. His eyes were fixed on the bloodstains on the midwife's chest, stunned.
This blood? It couldn't be Luoning's! It mustn't be!
Although he kept comforting himself like this in his heart, Ji Shisu also knew very well that no matter how reluctant he was to admit it, the fact was right in front of him. He couldn't escape or run away.
He could only watch helplessly as the pool of bright red blood on the midwife's body turned into a sharp blade, cutting a wound in his heart.
Three years. Was their fate only a short three years?!
But what should he do? Even if he could grow old with Zhao Luoning and spend a lifetime together, it would still not be enough for him. But she...
He knew very well that behind the curtain was her.
But he hesitated.
He wasn't afraid of fighting bravely on the battlefield. He wasn't afraid of the flashing swords and the bloody storms.
But at this moment, he felt an unprecedented fear.
All he could think about was her goodness and her beauty.
If she wasn't by his side in the future, what should he do?
Just imagining it was already unbearable for him, not to mention having to live alone in the future.
He still had a lot of words to say to her and a lot of things to do for her.
There were still many promises to her and the child that hadn't been fulfilled.
He still hadn't loved enough.
He slumped to the ground and couldn't even bear to look at the child he had been longing for.
He had been looking forward to the birth of this child because it was born by Zhao Luoning.
But now, its arrival had cruelly taken away its mother's life.
This child was like a lingering pain, always following him. He didn't even have the courage to look at the child.
Leaning against a pillar, he slid to the ground.
His eyes were vacant, not knowing where to look.
His appearance scared the midwife who had just finished taking care of the child.
There was already one person lying in the inner room, waiting to be taken care of. How could the father collapse too?
Holding the child in both hands, she didn't know what to do. Just then, a midwife with a white cloth wrapped around her hand and a basin of dirty water in the other hand lifted the curtain and walked out.
"How's the child?"
This midwife was specially invited back by Zhao Luoming. It was said that she was the most experienced one within a hundred - mile radius and had delivered babies for several top scholars.
She was quite an elder in this field. Although this child was born with difficulty, it was very strong.
She had delivered many children. She had seen many strong ones, but this was the first one with such a loud cry.
In their line of work, there was an unwritten rule.
The louder the cry of a child when it was born, the more promising its future would be. Just like the saying goes, "A single cry can startle the world."
It was the first time for her to deliver such a child, and it was bound to be another model in her career.
How could the midwife not be happy?
This midwife didn't notice Ji Shisu sitting on the ground, who had already become a daze. She rushed straight to the child.
"It's really the first time I've met such a well - behaved child. The children of wealthy families are truly extraordinary."
Except for crying a few times when it was just born, it hadn't cried since.
Especially when its father rushed in, although it couldn't see yet, it always turned towards its father, as if there was a telepathy between the father and son.
Only then did the midwife notice the big living person sitting on the ground and asked with concern,
"Sir? Sir? What's wrong with you?"
But before her words fell, another shrill scream came from the room.
It was Zhao Luoning, who had been gathering strength for a long time and was using all her strength.
Ji Shisu, who had been like a walking corpse and hadn't listened to a single word the midwife said, was really brought back to life by this scream.
Ji Shisu stood up abruptly and rushed into the inner room without thinking twice.
The midwife was startled by his sudden action. She lost her balance and fell to the ground. The hand wrapped in the white cloth happened to press on the ground, and the blood flowed out from the white cloth again, instantly staining the white cloth red.
It turned out that the blood that had shocked Ji Shisu and made him lose his spiritual support wasn't Zhao Luoning's.
It was the midwife's.
When cutting the umbilical cord, because they didn't expect it to be twins and didn't know there was another baby in Zhao Luoning's belly, and it had been such a long time, they were afraid that the baby in the belly would suffocate. In a hurry, the sharp scissors cut a gash in her palm, and the blood splashed all over the place.
Most of it landed on the companion who was about to hold the child.
The companion advised, "You'd better go outside and have a look. I heard they've invited a doctor."
The midwife nodded. She was no longer needed in the room. Most of the second child had come out. It just needed one more push.
Sure enough, as the midwife expected, before she even had time to walk out of the room, a cry came from the second child.
The cry was so loud that it was even louder than the first one.
The first one was also infected by the cry and cried out together, as if they were competing with each other.
The sound made everyone smile.
When Ji Shisu rushed into the room, it was just when the second child was born.
Such a tiny baby, all wrinkled and pink.
The midwife, who had just cut the umbilical cord of the child and was about to take it out to clean, was startled when she saw Ji Shisu come in.