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.”

carefully passed him the baby.

Zong Qifeng even

against his chest. He’s a father now and

“He’s my baby.”

“That’s right. He’s your child, and your blood is running through his veins. You’re father

looked up. “I must thank you for

neither was he being sarcastic – he was genuinely thankful

console the bitterness in

feel himself letting go of

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

figured that he finally knew what

you crazy?” Wen Xian rolled her eyes at him. “My brother would probably kill you

laughed too. Maybe he was really going crazy from

of it. Her doctor came out as well with a smile. “Everything is fine. She

Wen Xian said, taking the baby from Zong Qifeng’s arms. “We don’t have much

the baby to Wen Xian before bending down to pick up Cheng Yuxiu,

body

for checkups the whole time,

hospital in the city. Wen Xian would

Zong Qifeng took his coat and wrapped it around Cheng Yuxiu’s body before putting her into the car. Wen Xian followed suit, the

still empty, and everything went smoothly. They had arranged everything beforehand to

moved into a nearby room. When everything was ready, Zong Qifeng made the call to his family and

with the news, but when Madam Wen heard the news, she began to berate him on the spot, “Women go through hell and back just to give birth, and

his phone clenched even tighter when he heard her

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

that he owed

aren’t you talking?”

you yesterday. I was too nervous,” Zong

a first-time father, it made sense that he forgot to tell the family about the birth in the midst of his anxiety. Madam Wen decided

an hour, the small hospital room was crowded with people, some of them looking at the newborn baby, and others fussing over

Madam Wen said, holding the child in her