Chapter 143: A Big-Headed Son Is Born

The hospital. Outside the delivery room.

“Boss, you should prepare...” The driver was just about to pass on all his own experience to Lu Kun.

“All right, all right. Whatever we need, pay for it first and buy it for me. Tomorrow morning, submit the receipts to Finance as company purchases and say I told you to do it.”

At that moment, Lu Kun’s every thought was consumed by Liu Liping and the safety of their child. How could he have the patience to listen to the driver ramble on with a long list of instructions?

The driver went out to buy supplies for the newborn, leaving Lu Kun alone outside the delivery room, pacing back and forth.

“How is it in there? This is killing me!” Lu Kun smacked his right palm against his left and muttered anxiously to himself.

...

“Hey, nurse!” Lu Kun grabbed a young female nurse as she emerged from the delivery room. “How’s my wife?”

The young nurse discreetly pulled her hand free and gently patted the back of his hand. “Sir, we need a family member’s signature. The mother’s condition isn’t very good. The baby’s head is too large, so we have to perform a C-section.”

Lu Kun: “...”

What did she mean, the baby’s head was too large? Was he really about to have a big-headed son?

“Sorry to trouble you.” Without another thought, Lu Kun rapidly signed his name on the signature line.

Once again, the nurse shut the delivery-room door without mercy.

Lu Kun felt both his legs trembling.

He had carried Liu Liping straight from the house to the car, and after arriving at the hospital, he had carried her all the way up to the third floor.

He had felt nothing at the time, but now his legs were sore and weak.

Especially the leg he had used to kick down the door—it was aching terribly.

“It’s been so long, and there isn’t even a sound. This is killing me.” Lu Kun paced for a while before finally sitting down on a chair outside the delivery room.

Out of habit, Lu Kun reached into his pocket, pulled out a pack of cigarettes, and took one out. After thinking it over, he paused, then put the cigarette back in the pack.

The first time Lu Kun had witnessed a woman giving birth was when Liu Liping delivered their eldest daughter.

He had been completely inexperienced then. The midwife had originally told him to wait outside.

But when Lu Kun heard his wife crying out so miserably, he thought that as husband and wife, they knew each other’s bodies better than anyone. There was nothing to be embarrassed about. Gritting his teeth, he rushed inside.

It was not for any other reason. She was suffering in there, and if he went in, he could stay by her side and cheer her on.

The idea had been beautiful. Reality, however...

The moment Lu Kun charged in, he was nearly frightened unconscious by the bloody scene inside!

Some memories were better left buried...

...

An hour later.

“Boss, I’m back!” The driver returned carrying two large bags, panting heavily.

“Good grief! That much?” Lu Kun rummaged through them. They contained diapers, clothes, formula, toys, and all sorts of other things for the baby.

Toys? What were those supposed to be for? The child had not even been born yet. Who knew how long it would be before he or she could play with toys?

Lu Kun’s eyebrow twitched as he silently complained.

“Still no news?” the driver asked as he set the bags down on the chair.

“No. They said they had to perform a C-section. It’s been so long, and there hasn’t been a sound. Even a couple of cries would put my mind at ease.” Lu Kun patted his thighs.

“Boss, don’t worry too much. In a situation like this, no news is the best news,” the driver said, trying to comfort him.

“...” Lu Kun.

That was technically true, but still, bro, if you said something like that outside, you’d get beaten up!

“Shut up.” Lu Kun stopped the driver before he could continue.

The driver: “...”

“By the way, my two daughters are almost out of school. Go pick them up for me.” Only after calming down did Lu Kun remember that his eldest and second daughters would soon be leaving school.

“Should I bring them here, or...?” the driver asked cautiously.

“Bring them here.” Lu Kun thought for a moment before answering.

The house was a complete mess, with blood still on the floor. If the two children stayed there, they would probably be terrified.

“All right.”

...

The front door had been kicked in, and they could not keep asking the neighbors to watch over the place indefinitely.

Lu Kun called Sun Bowen and asked him to contact a furniture company to replace the door.

“Waaah... waaah...”

“The baby’s here?” Lu Kun’s face lit up, and he hurriedly stood.

“Congratulations, sir. You have a healthy baby boy.” A nurse emerged carrying the child and offered the customary congratulations.

“Both of them are boys?” Lu Kun was indescribably excited and hurried forward.

“Huh?” The nurse looked puzzled.

“Huh?” Lu Kun was equally puzzled. “Where’s the other baby? There’s only one?”

The nurse: “...”

What did he think this was, a litter of gourd children? Did he expect them to come out one after another?

The nurse brought the baby closer so Lu Kun could take a look.

Lu Kun glanced at him, and his first thought was:

Good Lord, why is my son’s head so huge?!

“Ah, it looks like I really am going to have a big-headed son.” Lu Kun’s face twisted with mixed emotions, his expression painfully unnatural.

So the reason Liu Liping’s belly had been larger than that of an ordinary pregnant woman was not that she was carrying twins, but that the baby’s head was unusually large.

The nurse wore an expression that was both amused and helpless.

“Nurse, the baby is healthy, right?” Lu Kun asked nervously.

“Don’t worry. The baby is very healthy. His head is rather large, but the doctor said that as his body gradually grows, it won’t look so obvious,” the nurse replied patiently, suppressing a laugh.

Lu Kun: “...”

All right, then.

There was no need to worry about the child being switched with another baby. With a head that much larger than those of other newborns, the chances of a mix-up were practically zero.

Lu Kun carefully took the baby from her and lifted the soft cloth wrapped around him to examine him closely.

No mistake—he was a boy. He had all the necessary equipment.

“Waaah... waaah...”

The baby kept his eyes shut, opened his mouth wide, and cried at the top of his lungs, as though he had suddenly been set free.

Hearing the child cry so loudly, Lu Kun could not help grinning foolishly.

“Sir, you see, we still need to...” the nurse reminded him softly.

“Oh, right, right.” Lu Kun hurriedly handed the baby back to her. Then he took a red envelope from the pocket of his coat and offered it to her.

“Sir, our hospital has regulations...” The nurse waved her hands repeatedly, refusing.

“This isn’t a bribe, and I’m not trying to pull strings or ask for special treatment. It’s just a red envelope carrying some good fortune...” Lu Kun immediately slipped it into the pocket of her nurse’s uniform.

A short while later, the doctors came out.

“Doctor, how is my wife?” Lu Kun asked anxiously.

“Congratulations. Both mother and child are doing very well. You can go in now and talk to her. But don’t stay too long—she needs to rest,” the doctor instructed.

“Thank you, thank you.” Lu Kun quickly handed over another red envelope.

The doctor paused, then accepted it without saying anything further.