Chapter 633 - 631: Epidural Injection

Chapter 633: Chapter 631: Epidural Injection

Nothing much happened in the Great Tang Temple; Lin Wanwan "slept" early. With twelve hours a night, she could stay in the modern world for forty-eight hours, giving her plenty of time.

She took a flight to Yongcheng in the morning and then went to the Third Hospital to see Gu Jingyu.

Gu Jingyu has been in the delivery room for a whole night. Her husband, Liang Xingchi, was sitting on the chair outside, engrossed in a mobile game.

Seeing Lin Wanwan come over, he simply lifted his eyes casually and nodded, as if greeting her, still maintaining his usual aloofness.

Lin Wanwan frowned, while Gu Jingyu was enduring labor pains inside, this guy here was still leisurely playing games.

Even though she found it unseemly, Lin Wanwan didn’t say anything; after all, it was not her husband, and other people’s family matters were better left untouched.

It didn’t take long before Gu Jingyu’s mother-in-law arrived, but her own parents were nowhere to be seen, which seemed a bit abnormal.

This mystery was quickly solved by Gu Jingyu’s mother-in-law.

It turned out that Gu Jingyu’s grandfather had just passed away a few days earlier. Her parents had just finished organizing the funeral and according to customs, they shouldn’t come to accompany the childbirth, fearing it would bring bad luck to the mother and newborn.

Before the baby’s month celebration, neither the grandparents can visit.

Liang’s mother kept complaining, "How could it be so coincidental? Originally, her mom was supposed to come and take care of her during the confinement, now it’s gone haywire, what should we do now?"

Liang Xingchi was annoyed by her nagging and said, "If it’s not possible, hire a maternity nurse."

Liang’s mother shouted upon hearing that, "A maternity nurse? You thought of hiring one, do you know how much it costs per month?"

Lin Wanwan didn’t anticipate such a twist; looking at Liang’s mother, if they don’t hire a maternity nurse and let Liang’s mother take care, Gu Jingyu might suffer during her confinement, which is crucial.

She glanced around the hospital corridor, spotting a maternity nurse waiting to get work from the patients’ families, went up to inquire for details, then checked the nurse’s center’s credibility on Qichacha via her phone, and promptly booked one for Gu Jingyu.

The representative from the maternity nurse center arrived quickly with the contract, perhaps they had cooperation with the hospital, all those waiting in the corridor were from their center.

Lin Wanwan sent the maternity nurse’s contract to Tan Qinghui for review, after waiting a few minutes for feedback confirming no major issues, she signed the contract.

Then Lin Wanwan led the maternity nurse, who was smiling pleasingly, over to Liang Xingchi and Liang’s mother, saying, "Auntie, I’ve hired a maternity nurse for Jingyu; the contract is signed, and payment made. Consider it my gift to her; please get acquainted."

Liang Xingchi lifted his head and glanced casually, saying to Lin Wanwan, "Hmm, thanks."

Liang’s mother, on the other hand, wore a look of joyful surprise, continuously complimenting Lin Wanwan, "Oh, you’re Xiao Gu’s bridesmaid, aren’t you? That’s really admirable, your relationship is great. Do you have a boyfriend? Where do you live? How old are you?"

Lin Wanwan was too lazy to handle Liang’s mother, if not for Gu Jingyu, she wouldn’t have intersected with Liang’s mother at all.

Instantly, she handed the maternity nurse contract to Liang’s mother, blocking her incessant questioning, "Auntie, take a look at this contract; since Jingyu’s mom can’t come to accompany her, you’ll have to keep an eye during her confinement."

"Of course, of course, surely I’ll be there. Otherwise, what can be done? Our Xingchi doesn’t know anything."

Lin Wanwan smiled faintly, not responding further.

Liang’s mother held the freshly minted contract, firstly silently noting the cost of the maternity nurse, then examining the clauses one by one while occasionally chatting with the nurse beside her.

With someone to chat with, she then stopped probing Lin Wanwan as if she was checking household registration.

Half an hour later, the door of the delivery room corridor was pushed open, a midwife came out shouting, "Are any of Gu Jingyu’s family members present?"

Liang Xingchi was deeply absorbed in his game, not hearing at all; yet Lin Wanwan and Liang’s mother immediately approached.

Liang’s mother asked, "I’m her mother-in-law, how’s the delivery?"

The midwife handed over a slip saying, "Gu Jingyu wants to have pain relief injections, it costs two thousand five hundred per shot, not covered by insurance. Decide if you’ll administer it; she’s dilated to four fingers, not administering might speed up the dilation, administering might slow it down a bit. Think it over, agree and sign here."

"No, no, we won’t administer it." Liang’s mother hurriedly rejected even before the midwife finished speaking.

"Wait a moment, let me get the patient’s husband."

Lin Wanwan stopped the midwife who was about to leave, ignoring Liang’s mother, walked over, and nudged Liang Xingchi’s shoe, "Jingyu wants pain relief, go and sign for her."

It was clearly a statement, not a question.

Liang Xingchi, his eyes glued to his phone screen, replied perfunctorily with a few ambiguous sounds, totally not listening to what Lin Wanwan was saying, engrossed in his gaming.

Lin Wanwan took a deep breath, went up and snatched Liang Xingchi’s phone away, staring at him, declaring word by word, "Your wife wants pain relief, go sign!"

For a moment, a flash of anger swept across Liang Xingchi’s face; after recognizing Lin Wanwan as the phone-snatcher, he lazily stood up, sideways glancing, asking, "Pain relief?"

Fortunately, despite his confusion, he didn’t delay with his steps, quickly arriving at the midwife waiting by the corridor door, took over the slip, and asked while checking, "Where do I sign? Here?"

The midwife, noting Liang Xingchi’s roguish handsome face, softened her tone a bit, pointing at the slip, "Sign here."

Liang’s mother reached over trying to stop him, "Don’t sign, you frivolous fool, signing without understanding anything! Pain relief injections are anesthesia, they’ll make the baby slower in the belly."

Lin Wanwan looked seriously at Liang Xingchi, who casually mumbled responses to his mother, quickly signed the slip, and handed it back to the midwife.

Then, as if nothing happened, amid his mother’s nagging, he took back his phone from Lin Wanwan and resumed playing games seated on the plastic stool beside.

Lin Wanwan could see that this person was careless towards everyone. His wife was laboring inside, yet he had the mind to play mobile games. His mother incessantly complained, he didn’t listen to a single word.

Lin Wanwan took a few steps back, sat on the plastic stool, pulled out a medical book from her bag, and started reading.

The midwife mentioned Gu Jingyu’s dilation was only four fingers, indicating some time before delivery.

Regarding Liang’s mother’s noise, Lin Wanwan found it suffocating, not knowing how Gu Jingyu handled the relationship with her, even just thinking about it was terrifying.

Such a mother-in-law is almost scarier than the crafty tiger-faced in-laws in Great Tang; even though Great Tang has many rules, the noble women are all very polite, very polite, not as petty as this.

Of course, it wasn’t that the petty attitude was bad, just that Lin Wanwan had gotten used to the interactions of noble women in Great Tang, finding such blunt crudeness hard to adapt to.

It’s better to stay away; avoiding it is wise.