Chapter 317: Chapter 293: Congratulations, on Your Grandson
Gu Qili, although she had a natural birth, also had stitches and cannot move yet, lying on the bed looking weak and frail.
She had long known that childbirth was painful, but she never imagined it would be this painful. At the peak of her contractions, she even considered asking the doctor for a cesarean section, but thinking about the benefits of natural childbirth for the baby, she gritted her teeth and endured.
Being young, the labor didn’t last long, and surprisingly, Niannian was born right at midnight. The doctor was very surprised when recording this in the baby’s handbook. Such a little baby sure knows how to pick a time.
"Qili, Niannian looks like you. Look at his eyes, his eyebrows," Tang Tianyou stood next to the baby carriage, smiling and playing with him.
The newly born baby was especially quiet, apart from crying when he was just born, he lay obediently in the carriage.
"He can’t even open his eyes, and you already see the resemblance to me," Gu Qili scoffed softly, her gaze tenderly falling on Niannian’s face. Honestly, when the doctor first placed Niannian in front of her, she saw Mu Shuoqian’s shadow on his face.
"Niannian, quickly call godfather,"
"Niannian, don’t sleep, come and play with godfather."
Gu Qili expressed helplessness, "Tang Tianyou, he’s so young, and you’re asking him to call you godfather and to play with you. Do you think he’s Nezha?"
"My godson is going to be even more amazing than Nezha," Tang Tianyou said as he stared at Niannian, who suddenly puckered his lips a few times and began to cry.
He immediately became flustered: "Godson is crying, godson is crying!"
The nanny came over, skillfully picked up Niannian, and put the prepared bottle to his mouth,
Tang Tianyou then smiled with a grin: "So he was hungry."
After the nanny fed him, she placed Niannian next to Gu Qili, their faces close together,
Gu Qili gently touched Niannian’s small face and softly said in her heart: Niannian, mama loves you.
The next morning, Mickey and Chen Yishu, along with Mickey’s parents, all came over, and everyone was so happy around Niannian.
The little guy was very well-behaved, not crying nor fussing, and the voices of everyone chatting did not disturb him at all.
After the nanny fed Niannian again, Mickey wanted to try holding him. Mickey carefully took Niannian in her arms, her movements somewhat awkward, but her face filled with joy.
"Oh dear." Mickey suddenly yelped as a warm sensation fell on her arms and palms — Niannian had urinated.
Gu Qili couldn’t help but laugh, giving a thumbs up and praising: "Son is awesome."
Chen Yishu on the side was gloating: "That’s boy’s urine, many people use it to cure illnesses. You’re lucky not to be charged for this pee."
Although urinated on, Mickey didn’t mind the dirt at all and, looking down at Niannian,
"Niannian is smiling, he’s actually smiling!" Mickey exclaimed joyfully.
After Mickey held him, Mickey’s mother also wanted a turn, gently swaying her arms while enviously saying, "I wonder when this old woman will get to hold a great-grandson.
Mickey rolled her eyes: "Just you wait."
When everyone had left,
Tang Tianyou took a phone call and walked to the window to answer it, a nurse came in and handed a thermometer to Gu Qili: "Miss Gu, please take your temperature."
Gu Qili placed Niannian in the baby carriage and took the thermometer.
"Miss Gu, your child is truly beautiful, it’s rare to see such a small yet gorgeous and tender child, he will definitely be a handsome man in the future." The nurse stood in front of the baby carriage, smiling and assessing.
Gu Qili smiled and said "thank you".
After taking her temperature, she handed the thermometer to the nurse, still looking at Niannian, seeming really fond of him.
"Nurse, it’s done," Gu Qili reminded softly.
The nurse then took the thermometer, looked at it, and said, "Temperature is normal, Miss Gu, please rest."
After Tang Tianyou finished his phone call, he walked towards her against the light and seeing that Gu Qili was somewhat distracted, asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Gu Qili looked in the direction the nurse left and shook her head.
She must be overthinking it. Ever since the incident with Xiao Mi, she has been suspicious of everything. When a nurse glanced a few times too many at Niannian, she became suspicious of her.
"Tianyou,
Not understanding why she asked that, Tang Tianyou confidently replied, "Of course, top-notch qualifications, it’s the best hospital in Aus City."
"That’s good then."
Finally understanding her concerns, Tang Tianyou sat beside Niannian, smiling and looking at him, "Don’t worry, my bodyguards are outside the door, no one will mess around. Once you’re better, we’ll go home."
Go home?
These warm words left Gu Qili defenseless. Since the death of Gu Dezhong, she had been displaced, living mostly in school. Later, she met Mu Shuoqian, and his Jingshan became her home. She once believed that place would be her warm nest for life.
She also wanted to go home, but she knew Tang Tianyou’s home wasn’t her home. Having been taken care of by him during this period, she felt she owed him too much, and also brought him a lot of misunderstandings. In the future, she didn’t want to disturb him anymore but just wanted to live quietly with Niannian, and reoperate her father’s vineyard.
She stared at the sleeping Niannian, her lips curling into a happy smile. Her home was given by Niannian.
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Qiu Lan stared at the photo of the mother and son, her eyes growing deeper, almost crushing the phone in her hand.
Along with the photo, a few hospital bills were also sent, with a message: Congratulations, your grandson.
"Scoundrel." Qiu Lan slammed the phone onto the coffee table, her finely maintained face twisted unusually due to anger and shock,
"Zhong, Mike, Billy, come here." After her outburst, Qiu Lan called her three bodyguards outside.
The three burly men stood by her side in unison, respectfully calling out, "Madam."
"Yes, madam." The three men responded in unison and then withdrew.
Qiu Lan picked up her phone again and looked at the photo for a while. Although the child had not been born for a few days, one could already make out traces of Mu Shuoqian in his features.
Blood is thicker than water. Although she disapproved of his mother, this child was still her direct grandson, she really couldn’t bring herself to harm him and then be done with it.
Thinking this, Qiu Lan sent a message to Qiu Yufei: Feifei, go to this hospital and find Gu Qili, see if you can persuade her to hand over the child to us.
Qiu Yufei immediately sent back a puzzled emoji: Mom, did Qili have a baby? Is it my brother’s?
"Yes, I only just found out myself, you go quickly." If it can be resolved peacefully, she didn’t want to use methods that would make everyone uncomfortable.
"Does my brother know?"
"He might not know yet, I’m not entirely sure, go find out first."
"Okay, mom, congratulations on having a grandson."
Qiu Lan truly couldn’t feel happy at all, feeling as if something was blocking her heart, she pulled up the number she had just used to send the message, and then instructed people to investigate the unknown number.
Who sent these photos to her, and what was their motive?
The owner of the number hadn’t yet been tracked down when another message came in: Want to get your grandson back? I can help you, contact me anytime.
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Gu Qili has been somewhat immobilized these past few days, needing the maternity nurse to take care of getting out of bed, but whenever she had the time, she still fed Niannian milk. She earnestly learned the position for feeding from the maternity nurse. The little guy was enjoying his meal and soon finished the bottle and fell into a deep sleep.
"Miss Gu, Niannian is really well-behaved. Apart from crying a few times when he is hungry or needs a diaper change, he’s always so obedient." The maternity nurse was sterilizing the bottle, praising as she couldn’t help but start a casual chat with Gu Qili, "Miss Gu, Mr. Tang is really good to you. Look at those two bodyguards at the door, they stand there like door gods every day, scaring other patients into taking detours."
Gu Qili smiled with a pressed lip. Tang Tianyou originally wanted to send ten people, but she talked him down. This was a hospital, after all,
Speaking of the bodyguards outside, Gu Qili heard one of their voices: "What’s your last name, miss?"
Then followed a sweet crisp voice: "My name is Qiu Yufei, I am Qili’s friend, I came to visit her."