Before the doomsday, it had been widely spread on the internet that men could never understand the difficulty of women's pregnancy and that delivering a child was like a narrow escape from death. Lots of men found it incredulous and thought it easy to conceive and give birth, of which all women were capable. But Yun Che now learned the difficulty of pregnancy from his pregnant experience.
"Sis, can I stop having nutritious soup? My belly is as large as a big balloon."
Yun Che saw Yun Yao coming towards him with a big bowl the moment he held his head up after getting downstairs difficulty with the support of Xing Feng. Yun Che was certain about what soup it was without having a look. He was instantly overcome with a strong feeling of nausea. Some people had no meat to eat while he felt sick at the sight of meat. How could that make people understand his feeling?
"Your belly is, but your body is as slim as a beam of light. Look at your sharp chin. You may stab yourself to death when lowering your head. No more arguing. Finish it now. I made the soup with wild chicken from the space. Your baby is gonna like it, too."
Yun Yao resignedly put the big bowl of stewed chicken soup with mushrooms in front of Yun Che. She didn't forget to drop a hint to Xing Feng by a wink that he must feed Yun Che with the soup.
"Smells so great. Your food never sucks, Yao."
Chu Haoling took a deep sniff and almost couldn't help drooling. Yun Che said angrily, "Why don't you try to have three meals, afternoon tea and a night snack in a day?"
That was too much to eat though it was something nutritious, wasn't it? Yun Che felt he was this close to being allergic to meat.
"Oh, no. That kind of blessing fears me. Che, just help yourself to eat."
Upon hearing what Yun Che said, Chu Haoling realized what he was implying. Chu Haoling waved his hands with fear and held his body back. No kidding. Yun Che's big belly was scary enough, let alone eating that much would make one sick. Chu Haoling couldn't fall into that trap for the life of him.
"Chu, you like this best, don't you? How come I think you'd definitely be happiest if you were pregnant?"
Zhou Zeyu held his head up and said with a smile as he was busy working on his tablet with Xiu Jie in his arms. Many people in the living room smiled, too. Apparently, they also thought like that.
"Hmm. I agree with you this time."
Lu Haixuan echoed eagerly, touching his jaw, after a glance at Chu Haoling with a smile.
"Screw you. You fucking want to sleep on the floor, don't you?"
Even though Chu Haoling couldn't handle Zhou Zeyu, he could handle his own man, couldn't he? Chu Haoling shot a domineering glare at Lu Haixuan who instantly filled his eyes with grievance like a wife would react. Lu Haixuan only missed biting a handkerchief for this occasion.
"Are you two playing a crosstalk?"
Yun Che shook his head, finding them amusing. He then glanced about the living room and said with wonders, "Where are Yehan and Cheng? Where have they been to this early?"
It was just over 7 o'clock in the morning. They usually came out of the space at 5 and then headed back to their own rooms for a shower. At around 7, they gathered in the living room for breakfast. After that, they went to perform their missions respectively.
"Where else could they been to? It's getting hotter and hotter, so everyone requires to start their work earlier. They have been to the field together with Senior Chen."
Yun Yao said, shaking her head, as she walked to the kitchen. It didn't matter whether Cheng ate or not, but Yun Han just grabbed two buns this morning. There had been a lot of work for Yun Han this month. When he finished planting rice, Yun Yao would make him some nutritious food.
"How much longer does it take you to plant all the rice?"
If Yun Che's memory served him right, it had been nearly 10 days since the soil turning. The middle and late May should be the harvest time for the inner filed of the base. If they failed to plant rice before that, there might be some problems.
"Almost done. Only one third to go."
Xing Feng said as he ladled a piece of chicken and brought it Yun Che's mouth. Yun Che opened his mouth and ate it. "Um… That's good news."
"Let's go eat now and help with them in the field later."
Ye Xingchen suggested as he stood up, pulling Jiang Shang. The people they hired to work were ordinary people. Even though Yun Cheng had kept the base under control, the land was so large after all that the corpse emperor oppression didn't work much in the remote area. Therefore, they had had no other missions but to guard in the field to protect the people this month.
"Uncle Che, it's time for a walk."
After breakfast, whoever needed to leave had left. Chenchen came with Xiaobai and Heiyu in his arms to urge Yun Che to have a walk as usual. Yun Che who lay on the sofa and didn't want to move wailed as usual. He wished to pretend death. Xing Feng found him amusing and helped him up. "You've just eaten. It's good for you to move around. Come on. I'll support you. Let's walk around the yard for two loops before we come back."
Saying that, Xing Feng scooped Yun Che up without giving him a chance to argue. Yun Che's plan to pretend death was ruined. Yun Che had to move his body clumsily with most of his strength pressed on Xing Feng.
"Feng, don't you ever get laid with me without contraception," Yun Che wheezed.
Those two loops exhausted Yun Che even though he hadn't used much strength at all. It was fucking tiring to be pregnant. He wouldn't carry another baby for the life of him.
"Hmm. Just this time. I'll never ever make you pregnant again."
Xing Feng swept the sweets on Yun Che's forehead with care. Xing Feng had already made up his mind to ask Zhan Tianlong to do the sterilization operation on him during Yun Che's postpartum confinement. Xing Feng couldn't bear to see Yun Che suffer so much again.
"I'll forgive you then. I…Um…"
"What's wrong?"
Seeing Yun Che suddenly cover his chest, Xing Feng asked worriedly. Yun Che answered, waving his hand, "Somehow, I felt some sudden sharp pain in my heart. I guess it's the symptom before the baby is due."
Yun Che tried to comfort Xing Feng while Yun Che frowned tightly. The pain stopped but another uncomfortable feeling hit Yun Che. He felt as if his heart was empty and that he was surrounded by a bad foreboding.
"Let's go back and rest then. We…"
Before Xing Feng finished his words, Gu Mingxuan staggered out of the house. The expression on Yun Che's and Xing Feng's faces froze simultaneously and their hearts were in their mouths. What could make Gu Mingxuan act so not like himself?
"Bad, bad news, boss, Che. Cheng got seriously hurt by the zombie."
"What?"
Yun Che and Xing Feng roared at the same time. Yun Che dashed towards Gu Mingxuan to grab his arms, regardless of his own clumsy body. "What did you just say? Say it again. How come Yun Cheng was seriously hurt by the zombie?"
It was absurd to say that Yun Cheng was terribly injured since he was a level-7 zombie and even the level-7 zombie couldn't possibly hurt him.
"I don't know much. Shen Rui didn't tell me thoroughly on the phone. But they've bought Cheng back."
Looking at Yun Che's frantic eyes, Gu Mingxuan tried his best to calm himself down but his voice still quivered slightly. No one in this family didn't know how important Cheng was to this family. If Cheng really couldn't make it this time, both Yun Yao and Leng Yehan couldn't handle it and Yun Che would collapse.
"Let me go see… Um…"
"Che."
"Master!"
Yun Che shook Xing Feng off and tried to run out. As soon as he stepped forward, his whole body froze. Xing Feng and Heiyu came up. One held Yun Che up and the other blocked in front of Yun Che, with a worried look in their eyes. Yun Che's face was terribly twisted. He held his belly unconsciously with one hand when big beads of sweats tricked down from his temples.
"Uncle…"
Chenchen was also scared. He tried to reach out his shaky hand to hold Yun Che's hand. Yun Che struggled to take a look at him and said with difficulty, "I'm fine… Damn it! How come it takes place at this time… Um…"
The fierce bearing-down pain soon overcame Yun Che. He felt something inside him was forcing its way out. Even though Yun Che had never delivered a baby, he was sure that the baby was coming.
"Che, how do you feel? Che…"
The painful look of Yun Che threw Xing Feng off his stride. Gu Mingxuan rushed forward to hold the frightened Chenchen up. "I'm sure the baby is coming. Boss, take him to the hospital. I'll contact Uncle Zhan before I join you."
"Hmm?"
"Double time. Come to my back."
Like the saying goes, one is tend to mess up when the matter concerns him. Xing Feng made no reaction, holding Yun Che tightly, as if Xing Feng's intelligence had severely degraded. Heiyu, who had rushed outside, turned to his normal shape. Seeing Xing Feng's reaction, Heiyu even yelled at him mercilessly. Yun Che's belly was so large and the news of Cheng's injury intensely stimulated Yun Che's delivery. If Yun Che was not sent to the hospital in time, he might be in danger.
"Okay."
Xing Feng finally reacted. He held Yun Che up by his four limbs and rushed out. Gu Mingxuan held Chenchen with one hand and grabbed his cell phone to call Zhan Tianlong with the other. Gu Mingxuan also made a call to Yun Yao. "Yao, Che's is about to deliver. Xing Feng is taking him to the hospital. Where are you? You should go to the hospital now."
"Ah? Okay…"
The phone was soon hung up. It could be told that Yun Yao was also scared to death.
"No… Cheng…"
When Xing Feng sat on the back of Heiyu with Yun Che in his arms, Yun Che grabbed Xing Feng's sleeve, with his sweaty face miserably twisted. Even though Yun Che couldn't think any more, his mind was filled with Yun Cheng.
"He's gonna be fine. Don't worry. I'll ask them to send Cheng to the hospital too. Honey, let's focus on the baby's birth before we talk about others, okay?"
Xing Feng said with pity as he touched Yun Che's face which was too twisted to be flawless. Meanwhile, Heiyu said as he ran at full speed, "Master, don't worry. You'll be fine. Both you and Cheng will be fine. I won't let anything happen to either of you. Just focus on the delivery. You have to bring my young master to this world safely. You have to…"
Although Heiyu looked composed on the outside, it wasn't hard to tell from his quivering voice that he was in a mess but struggled to suppress his panic.
"I… Ouch…"
Soon after Yun Che clenched his jaw to speak, a sharp pain hit him, which made him yell with quiver. It could be seen with eyes that his large belly was contracting rapidly. The channel of his lower body was almost torn apart. Everything happened so suddenly. The baby was going to come out through the channel without labor pains.
"No, stop talking, Che. I'm begging you to stop talking."
Xing Feng embraced Yun Che tightly with pity. It was the first time he had ever begged anyone. His voice had never trembled like this before.
"Um…"
Yun Che wished to comfort Xing Feng when sensing his sadness, but the intense pain stopped him from doing so. The worry of Yun Cheng and Xing Feng was dragging Yun Che apart desperately. Yun Che could only reach out to hold Xing Feng's hands tightly.
"Che…"
"Here we are."
"Chop-chop…"
Before Xing Feng could say something, Heiyu had jumped to the yard of the hospital. Zhan Tianlong who had been waiting at the door came up to welcome them anxiously. Xing Feng closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He held Yun Che up by his limbs and put him onto the stretcher. Before entering the operation room, Yun Che grabbed Xing Feng's sleeve and said difficultly, holding his breath, "Cheng… is back. Ask Heiyu… send him to the operation room…"
As long as he still had breath, Yun Che could send Yun Cheng to the space. Plus, Heiyu would figure out some methods. In this way, they should be able to save Yun Cheng.
"I know, I know…"
Xing Feng wished to follow inside but stopped because he had to stay outside the space to take charge of the base with Che in labor. Receiving the response from Xing Feng, Yun Che let go of his hands with ease. The doctor and the nurse immediately pushed him inside.
"Don't worry."
"Thank you, Uncle Zhan."
Zhan Tianlong who walked behind them gave Xing Feng a comforting eye. Xing Feng slightly bent towards Zhan Tianlong, with his fists clenched tightly on both sides of his body.