Stealing Your Heart

Cheng Yuxiu was taken to the delivery room.

Zong Qifeng paced back and forth in front of the door and stole a few glances inside, but all he could hear were Cheng Yuxiu’s painful cries.

Wen Xian walked over. “Don’t worry too much.”

Zong Qifeng turned around and looked at her, unable to speak for a long moment.

He longed for a good smoke to take his mind off things, but the posters on the wall telling him that smoking was prohibited forced him to suppress the urge.

The suffering continued for seven hours. Being a first-time mother, it took a much longer time for Cheng Yuxiu’s cervix to dilate.

“Ahhh!”

Suddenly, a loud scream pierced through the air, followed by the cries of a newborn baby.

Zong Qifeng’s eyes lit up. “Is she done?”

Wen Xian heaved a huge sigh of relief. “I guess so.”

After a while, the door to the delivery room opened, and a nurse came out with a baby in her arms. “The child has been delivered successfully at 7.20 A.M. on 21st December. He’s a boy weighing at 2.8kg.”

Zong Qifeng had been looking forward to this moment, but when it came, he didn’t know how to react. Instead, he stood rooted to the ground.

Wen Xian came forward to take the child from the nurse’s arms. “Thank you.”

“This is our duty. The mother will be coming out soon,” the nurse said, before returning to the delivery room and closing the door behind her.

Wen Xian looked at the baby in her arms, her face filled with love. He was tiny, almost fragile-looking.

It was her first time holding a baby, hence she was very careful with it and it felt amazing. She walked over to Zong Qifeng. “Look, it’s your baby.”

It was still too early to tell who the child resembles, but he had a full head of bushy, black hair.

Zong Qifeng looked down, his face taut and his hands shaking from excitement. “Give him to me.”

passed him the baby. “Be

Zong Qifeng even more

her arms and felt his heart thump against his chest. He’s a father now and this is his baby – it felt like a dream come true, yet it still

“He’s my baby.”

He’s your child, and your blood

Qifeng looked up. “I must thank you for making me a father

making fun of her, neither was he being sarcastic – he

console the bitterness in

he could feel himself letting

stare at the baby as he talked to Wen Xian, “I’ll let you go.

he

you crazy?” Wen Xian rolled her eyes at him. “My brother would probably kill you if he found out that you divorced me the moment the child was

he

Cheng Yuxiu was wheeled out of it. Her doctor came

another hospital now,” Wen Xian said, taking the

before bending down to pick up Cheng Yuxiu, who was still unconscious.

body

Cheng Yuxiu had been going for checkups the whole time, as it

hospital in the city. Wen Xian would

Zong Qifeng took his coat and wrapped it around Cheng Yuxiu’s body

everything went smoothly. They had

room. When everything was ready, Zong Qifeng made the call to his family and Wen Xian’s family to announce the birth

the spot, “Women go through

Qifeng’s hand on his phone clenched even tighter when he heard her words.

so brave and strong, yet she couldn’t bear the pain. It must have been

felt that he

talking?” Madam Wen

tell you yesterday. I was too nervous,” Zong

in the midst of his anxiety. Madam Wen decided to

hour, the small hospital room was crowded with people, some of

like Qifeng,” Madam Wen said,