Zhang Guoqing could clearly hear the commotion inside with his keen hearing. The conversations frightened him out of his wits, and he cried out uncontrollably, "Jiao Jiao, Jiao Jiao..."
Everyone, who had just been basking in joy, was startled by Zhang Guoqing’s reaction. All eyes turned to him, only to see his eyes red, shouting Jiao Jiao as if he had gone mad, pushing the people at the door and starting to bang on the glass door.
Zhou Xiaozheng quickly realized that something was wrong inside, which his son-in-law must have heard. He rushed up and grabbed him tightly, "Tell me!"
"Dad, one of the babies is in the wrong position, Jiao Jiao... Jiao Jiao..."
Now even Zhou Xiaozheng was banging on the door with him.
The poor glass door looked like it was about to shatter. The father-in-law and son-in-law were cautious not to use too much force, fearing it might affect things inside. Otherwise, with Zhang Guoqing’s strength, the door would have fallen long ago.
Inside the delivery room, Doctor Lin was furious upon hearing the commotion outside.
She had delivered so many children but had never encountered such a family. Always asking questions before the birth, giving a midwife as a gift before going into the labor room, and now this unexpected situation.
She frowned deeply and sternly instructed the nurse beside her, "You, go and tell them to get out!"
Lying there in pain as if run over by a truck, Zhou Jiao couldn’t help but smile hearing the familiar calls from outside, biting her lip, she took a deep breath.
The young nurse mustered her courage, opened the door slightly but, unable to guard against it, let the father-in-law and son-in-law, influenced by inertia, burst in. She was so frightened she stretched out her arms to block them, "You can’t come in, you can’t come in."
Zhang Guoqing turned his head to look at the delivery room next door, waving away the blocking arm.
Zhou Xiaozheng quickly pulled his son-in-law back, "Wait!"
"Dad!"
"Comrade, how’s my daughter? Is she in danger?"
The young nurse was about to cry, her eyes red with urgency, "Go out quickly, the mother has already woken up, she can give birth soon. How can you be like this, how can you be like this?"
Zhou Xiaozheng awkwardly dragged his reluctant son-in-law back to the hallway, "I’m sorry, I’m sorry."
Zhang Guoqing watched as the door slammed shut with a "bang," shouting, "Dad!"
"Big brother, how is it?"
"Xiao Wu, is Jiao Jiao okay?"
"Brother Zheng, how is our Jiao Jiao?"
Zhou Xiaozheng looked at the crowd in front of him with a headache, "It’s fine. Jiao Jiao has already woken up."
After saying this, he squeezed his son-in-law’s palm, "Jiao Jiao is fine. Calm down! You have to remain calm!"
Calm down, my foot!
Zhang Guoqing gave a casual nod and walked back to the vantage point closest to the delivery room to continue eavesdropping.
The long-awaited second cry of a baby wailed, accompanied by the laughter of everyone. Only the still-apprehensive Zhang Guoqing remained motionless, continuing to listen intently to the sounds inside.
He was terrified by his wife’s danger, genuinely worried that there might be—another baby inside! Who knows where he got the confidence, not worrying about a quintuplets surprise?
Almost an hour later, Doctor Lin, exhausted, came out first. She pointed to the nurse behind her holding the babies, "Mother and children are safe. The first male infant weighs 6 pounds 1, the second male infant 5 pounds 1, the children are well developed, everything is normal, congratulations!"
Zhou Xiaozheng, having heard this, asked the question on his mind, "Doctor Lin, wasn’t the previous checkup all saying twins were normal, what happened just now?"
Doctor Lin almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
There’s no way around it, who knew your kid would decide to make a last-minute escape?


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