Chapter 22

In the morning, the first warm suns.h.i.+ne sprinkled over the bedside, the dotted light s.h.i.+ned onto Mu Jin's eyes, who was very tired last night. The first feeling he got up this morning was backache.

At this moment, he had just woken up, his mind was not completely clear, his eyes were staring at some place, and his eyes were scattered.

Gao Tianchen woke up for a long time. Looking at the early sky, he did not want to wake Mujin. He got out of bed cautiously. At this time, he was preparing breakfast in the kitchen.

Today was the last day before Mujin began his maternity leave. Gao Tianchen told Mujin that he would leave work early in the evening and pick him up personally.

Mujin got out of bed dazedly and reached out to change his clothes. Before he could even touch the corner of his clothes, Gao Tianchen already grabbed the clothes. After tidying the clothes one by one, he raised his hand to unb.u.t.ton the b.u.t.tons of Mujin's pajamas.

“Tianchen… I can do it myself.” Gao Tianchen's cool hand gently rubbed the tender skin on his chest, invoked Mujin's face with a slight red tinge, and he waved his hands indiscriminately.

Gao Tianchen grabbed Mujin's hand gently with one hand and put it on his side, ignoring the other's rejection, but carefully helped Mujin to dress neatly, as if afraid that the cold wind in the early spring will cause him to fall sick, even the scarf was carefully wrapped up.

“Come and eat, I'm done preparing.” He held the other party's heavy body to the table and sit down carefully.

Mujin chewed slowly with his head down and his eyes drooping. There was some contradiction in his heart. Gao Tianchen was so kind to him now, which was better than his dreams.

Mujin knew Gao Tianchen too well. He was pa.s.sionate, mature, and has a sense of responsibility. Every bit of this made Mujin love him to his bones.

But now he couldn't see through. Gao Tianchen's kindness to him was due to his responsibilities as a husband, or a little love he dared not expect?

Mujin's head was very painful. He did not want to think about it anymore. How hard was it to love someone?

Anyway, by the time the baby was born, there should be an end between them.

After eating in silence, the two men went to work separately. Gao Tianchen wanted to send him to the bookstore, but Mujin refused to let him waste his time by taking a detour. Moreover, it was not far away so he could walk by himself.

Even on the last day, Mujin did not slack off at all. The cash register was fast and accurate. The exhibition boards were also very creative. There was no confusion in the cla.s.sification of all kinds of books.

In his heart, Gu Ziqian had a great kindness for him. He was as gentle as the warm suns.h.i.+ne. He was willing to extend his hand to give him warmth and help when he was most depressed and helpless.

Towards the end of work time, Mujin earnestly thanked Gu Ziqian, but the other side's mouth was slightly warped, and there seemed to be stars s.h.i.+ning in his eyes.

Gently pat Mujin's shoulder and say, “If you really want to thank me, how about making me the G.o.dfather of this child?”

Mujin stared at each other in surprise, then smiled and agreed.

At that moment, a black Bentley came roaring and stopped steadily in front of the bookstore.

Gao Tianchen had just finished work, and his straight black suit had not been changed yet. His tall and straight figure, his handsome face with no facial expression and its unique cool and elegant features. You could tell he was someone of success.

The visitor calmly stepped into the bookstore, not wandering, but walking directly to the Mujin behind the cash register.

Gu Ziqian thought that this man should be the alpha of Mujin. After all, his pheromone scent was the same as that of Mujin.

When the visitor quietly waited for Mujin to pack up, Gao Tianchen said to Gu Ziqian, “Thank you very much for taking care of my partner during this period of time.”

Gu Ziqian leaned half against the wall beside the cash register, holding the bill in one hand and turning it over at will in the other.

“Shouldn't it be his alpha who should take care of him meticulously?”

Gu Ziqian did not like this alpha, who was well-dressed but somewhat indifferent when he witnessed the countless hards.h.i.+ps of Mujin in the past few months with his child.

As soon as he stepped out of the door of the bookstore, some cool breezes of the early spring brushed pa.s.s Mujin, and the slightly weak body of Mujin could not stand it, which made them tremble slightly.

Suddenly his body felt light, Mujin's brain had not yet responded, and softly fell into a warm and solid embrace.

As soon as he looked up slightly, he was looking up at a pair of s.h.i.+ning black eyes, deep as the unseen ripples of deep pools.

Everything about Gao Tianchen was a fatal attraction for Mujin. He hid his slightly reddish cheeks in his opponent's broad chest, leaving only the ears dyed with red clouds.

Mujin did not want to fall into the gentleness of Gao Tianchen again. Otherwise, how could he let go of the little tenderness?

His hands that were originally laid on the raised abdomen slightly hesitated for a moment before trembling hugged around Gao Tianchen.

Anyway, there were not many such days for both of them. Even a moment of suns.h.i.+ne and rain can satisfy Mujin.

Just think of yourself as having a good dream.

But even if the dream was brilliant as the morning, there will be a day when you will have to wake up.

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Chapter 23

Since Mujin stopped working in the bookstore, Gao Tianchen took him home through his unyielding att.i.tude.

Malt had grown up a lot, the color of its fur was bright and carefully trimmed. When it saw Mujin coming back, it was so excited that its little tail was shaking. It made a mess on Mujin's hand with its pink salivcoated tongue.

Everything at home was the same as ever. Aunt Chen took care of all the household ch.o.r.es. Mujin only lay idly on the bed every day to raise the baby. If he was really too bored, he will hold a book in the backyard to bask in the sun for a while and strolled around for a few steps. He hardly went out.

But Mujin refused to let the Mu family come to see him. Gao Tianchen was puzzled about this, but Mujin stubbornly did not say any reason.

Yesterday, Gao Tianchen was worried that he was not well taken care of and nourished, that his body was weak, and that the fetus in his abdomen would be affected.

Fortunately, the report showed that all the indicators were normal except for the small size of the fetus. The expected date of delivery was about one month later.

Gao Tianchen had a little excitement surging in his heart. The child who was fused with his blood and Mujin will be born in more than a month. He felt amazed.

It was night when Gao Tianchen came out of the bathroom after taking a bath. The broad white bathrobe was wrapped in his tall figure, and the black hair was dripping with water.

Mujin half rested on the bed, with a soft pillow behind his waist. The dim light at the head of the bed wrapped him. His eyes drooped, his eyelashes were long as wings. In between his legs was a book. His slender and white hands flipped freely. The heavy sheets wrapped his huge stomach, forming a good-looking bulge.

Gao Tianchen had an inexplicable throb in his heart, he wiped the wet hair and sat directly beside Mujin.

“What are you looking at?” Inside the quilt was very warm, the person around him was still looking through the books in his hands, Gao Tianchen asked casually.

“Nothing, just flipping the book.”

Mujin's body was emitting a light jasmine fragrance, Gao Tianchen smelled the sweetness, going through from his nose straight to his heart.

He leaned over and carefully embraced Mujin as if he was a fragile porcelain doll.

His gently placed his head on the other party's soft and warm abdomen, and he could still feel the slight restlessness in Mujin's abdomen through the quilt. That was their child.

Mujin's body was stiff, and then relaxed and half leaned softly so that the people in front of him can feel the child's activities well.

“H branch has some business to deal with. I'm leaving for half a month.” Gao Tianchen still rested his head on his stomach, and the slight vibration of his speech made Mujin itchy.

“Take a good rest until I come back.”

“En,” Mujin gently moved away from him, his tone was warm. “I'll wait for you.”

The night was dark. Mujin put down his book. Gao Tianchen turned off the lamp at the bedside and pulled over the quilt to cover him.

Mujin closed his eyes, and somehow a strange sense of fear and uneasiness came out of his heart and quietly occupied his heart.

It's all right. It's only half a month. It will be gone quickly.

He comforted his troubled heart, closed his eyes but wasn't able to fell asleep.

It was in the afternoon when Mujin had just had lunch. He probably ate a little too much and had some swelling in his stomach. He wanted to go for a walk in the backyard.

The outdoor weather was gloomy, dark clouds wandering in the gray sky. Gao Tianchen had left nearly for half a month, this period of time, his mood was as volatile as the drifting clouds; he always felt an unexplainable uneasiness.

He guessed he'll be back soon.

Although Mujin did not say anything, he still had some expectations in his heart. He was not considered a strong heartened man. He might have endured the torture of pregnancy, but he could not restrain himself from wanting to have a short-term dependence.

The original feeling of distension in the lower abdomen seemed to be mixed with dull pain. Mujin reached out and rubbed his abdomen gently, and his fingers slowly circled on it to comfort the child. After all, ever since he was pregnant, the abdominal pain had been going off and on. Thinking that the pain will go off in a while like it usually did, he did not bother about it.

Looking at how the sky seemed to be about to rain, along with Mujin's mood becoming more impetuous, the abdominal pain began to intensify. Mujin's breathed a little faster, clumsily planning to go back to the bedroom to lie down for a while.

After the child became bigger, Mujin's limbs were seriously swollen, especially his legs. They were swollen like he grew one size, so much that he could not even wear his shoes.

Mujin walked slowly, his legs were weak, his huge abdomen was in front of him, and he could hardly see his legs.

The winding path in the courtyard was paved with flat marble slabs. Yesterday, there was heavy rain. Rain washed along the path. Somehow, the edge of a slab was raised at a small end.

Mujin's eyes were blocked by his raised abdomen, and he did not notice the potential danger ahead. He staggered and fell uncontrollably, kneeling on the cold hard marble slab as soon as his knees bent.

The child in the abdomen was shocked by the fall, and Mujin only felt abdominal pain suddenly intensified. He held the ground with one hand, hugged the child in front of his abdomen with the other. He gasped heavily.

Cold sweat oozed from his forehead and damped his fringe in front of the forehead. He knelt unsteadily with soft and trembling legs. Mujin felt a different kind of bearing down pain. He was disconcerted and his mind was a confused mess.

There was a terrible but realistic idea in his heart.

He's afraid he going to have a premature birth.

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Chapter 24

Mujin struggled to get up, but his legs were exhausted and he could not exert any strength.

With a strange pain in the bottom of the abdomen, some warm liquid slowly flowed out of his body along the legs and dripped on the marble floor.

His water broke?

Mujin was stunned for a few seconds before he was conscious of this. He was so frightened that he wanted to shout for help. Yet he could only open his mouth and make some little fragmented moan.

The desperate and helpless eyes swept around and saw the decorative crystal flower racks placed by the side of the path.

Holding up his heavy body with his hands, he gritted his teeth and endured the growing abdominal pain. Moving slowly to the roadside, he pushed with all his strength.

Ear shaking noise sounded at the collapse of the crystal flower rack. Soon, it was accompanied by several loud barks of the dog in the house.

The pain in his abdomen was still aggravating like it wanted to tear out all the organs in his body mercilessly. Yet Mujin sighed with relief, and his heavy head was getting dizzy with the lack of air. His consciousness also began to dissipate.

His vision became blurred and he could not persevere on after all. His hands were dead on on protecting his stomach and he fell on the cold floor.

Mujin's mind had been muddled, from being found fainted in the backyard by Aunt Chen to being sent to an ambulance, his eyes had not opened. Cold sweat had already soaked his whole body, only his slight broken groans showed a little anger.

He only felt that his body was very light, and the soul seemed to have left his flesh and was floating around as if it was being pulled and moving in the direction of the unknown.

The surrounding was still and quiet, warm and soft light shone at the end of the distance, Mujin instinctively want to go near the light. As if the end was a sh.o.r.e with no pain, no loneliness.

At a distance within his reach, Mujin was suddenly pulled back by some force, and suddenly, a sharp and intense pain burst from his body, as if it wanted to tear the Mujin thin body into two halves with its bare hands.

Mujin raised his head in pain and couldn't help uttering a scream. His soaked hair of cold sweat was sticking randomly on his face, and it shook with the fierce struggle.

His eyes were half open, and the fundus of his eyes was slightly glistening with liquid. On top of his head was the operating lamp hanging over the operating table. The bright light made him dizzy.

He had been changed into loose clothes. A large light blue cloth covered his high abdomen. He could not see his lower body. He could only feel the warm liquid between his legs flowing out of his body, a thin strand that did not stop.

Several doctors in sterile clothes surrounded the operating table. They were wearing masks and it showed their frowns, it seemed that the situation was not good.

Mujin's face was pale without blood color. His chest seemed to be blocked by something. Even with him wearing an oxygen mask, he was still breathless and had difficulties breathing.

“Doctor…” Mujin gritted at his teeth, his chest was clogged with chilliness as he whispered softly, “My…Has my family come yet?”

The doctor next to him nodded and motioned the nurse to go out and call them. After a while, Lady Mu came in wearing a white sterile dress.

The mask covered her delicate face, leaving only a pair of eyes that were swollen from crying.

The son struggled helplessly in the delivery bed, his chest fluctuated faintly, his breath was melancholy, and his lower body bled like a small stream, bleeding away his vitality and life.

“Mom, has Tianchen come back yet?” Mujin speech was very slow but very gentle. Eyes like warm dawn with some slight expectations.

He was so painful that his consciousness was about to collapse. It was like a huge wave had swallowed his body. There was no end to the pain and he could not see the end of it.

When human were at their most vulnerable, they would want to get even a slight comfort to support them from falling.

Mujin wanted Gao Tianchen to accompany him, firmly hold his hand, gently wipe the sweat from his face, and give him comfort and encouragement.

"Xiao Jin… I've already told him, “Lady Mu said while sobbing.” He's anxious. He wants to immediately fly over. He should be on the plane now."

Mu Jin's eyes slowly drooped down and his eyebrows tightened. His bright eyes stained with a layer of sadness and a seam of coldness gradually swallowed his heart.

“I have no more strength…” The child in his abdomen was restless and struggling to get out, but Mujin could not take out a trace of strength to push.

His body was weak, to begin with. Without his alpha pheromone to relieve the pain, his heart couldn't bear the burden.

“Mom, use the drug. Take the child… Take the child out… Mujin's eyes were white, it was slightly dimmed. But the corners of his mouth rise slightly, with a slightly relieved smile, the tone was mild and warm.

Lady Mu m.u.f.fled her mouth and sobbed silently. Tears trickled down her cheeks and soaked a big patch of the mask.

She wanted to shake her head and refuse. She wanted her son to try again. But the doctor said that the displacement of the fetus and the weakness of the mother made it almost impossible for him to have a normal birth.

Looking at the blood gus.h.i.+ng from her son's lower body and the bulge of his abdomen, only she knew what the decision of Mujin meant.

Mujin's body was naturally allergic to the anesthetic. Injecting it will cause serious imbalance and weakening of his pheromone, and it will be very dangerous to his life.

“Mom…” The mother's heart struggled endlessly. Mujin tried to pick up her scattered consciousness and pleaded weakly.

His heart felt stifled, the pain like a beast with sharp tusks tearing his flesh and blood. His strength drained away with the blood loss from his lower body.

The body had reached its limit.

Lady Mu finally nodded her head, and Mujin collapsed completely on the delivery bed. His half-opened eyes were as bright as before, with a gleeful ray of water beneath his eyes and his hands hanging weakly at her side.

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