Chapter 896: Chapter 769: Stay Calm! You Must Stay Calm!

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?

She nearly missed it herself, which was indeed a shortcoming. She lowered her eyes and explained, "The second little guy was being naughty, sorry."

Zhou Xiaozheng said no more, thanked her, and quietly waited for his daughter to be pushed out.

But Zhang Guoqing, overhearing the conversation inside, knew his wife was safe and sound, and had fallen asleep from exhaustion. Now hearing Doctor Lin’s explanation, he rolled his eyes at the ceiling—so it was still his son’s fault?

At this moment, everyone was overjoyed to know Zhou Jiao and her children were safe and carried the babies back to the ward. Only Zhou Xiaozheng and Zhang Guoqing remained to wait for the hero to emerge.

When the drowsy Zhou Jiao was cleaned up and pushed out, Zhang Guoqing carefully observed, then bowed deeply to the second aunt, the midwife from Zhang Family Village.

"What are you doing? Quickly push your wife to the room to rest. Right now, your wife needs to regain her strength. Fortunately, all three are safe."

"Thank you, Second Aunt."

"Silly child. I’m just happy I could help. Each one is over five to six pounds, big boys. Our Old Zhang’s family hasn’t had such a blessing yet. Off you go!"

Zhou Xiaozheng noticed his son-in-law’s attitude and figured the woman inside played a big role just now. He tidied his daughter’s hair and gratefully said to the midwife across from him, "Big sister, words cannot express my gratitude. I won’t say much. Stay longer this time and enjoy sightseeing in Beijing."

The second aunt, who had been in Beijing for two months, still felt a bit timid seeing Zhou Xiaozheng, nodding repeatedly and shaking her hand.

Zhang Guoqing smiled at this.

If we’re going to talk about gratitude, this woman was truly a great benefactor to Zhou Jiao. Not only was the birth of Ping’an smooth, but earlier it was also the second aunt who first noticed the fetal position starting to change, and she was the one who suggested using ginseng slices.

He was exceedingly grateful he decided to invite her over. These two months, with her meticulous care and Master Hu’s prescriptions, the children were healthy, and his wife weathered the storm.

In the high-end ward, Old Mrs. Cheng, after visiting the sleeping Zhou Jiao, left Lin Lishan, Mother Zhang, Cheng Ruzhu, and her eldest daughter-in-law to take care of the children, then departed with the men back to the Big Courtyard.

Zhang Guoqing noticed and glanced at his watch, "Great-aunt, while Jiao Jiao is asleep, I’ll go back with you."

"Don’t be in a hurry to leave, take a nap."

Zhang Guoqing was thinking of Ping’an at home, wanting to bring him over to see his little brothers. But on this point, he didn’t voice it out, finding an excuse to leave with them.

Sure enough, he hadn’t reached the doorstep when he saw his son alone, curled up under the streetlamp, watching the road ahead.

"Dad, where’s my mom?"

Upon seeing his son, Zhang Guoqing didn’t bother greeting the elders. He rushed over, embracing his leg. He immediately picked up the child, gently patting him, speaking softly, "Your mom gave you two little brothers, and now she’s safe, asleep from exhaustion. I came back to take you to the hospital to see them. Are you happy?"

"My mom is really amazing."

This made Mr. Cheng’s group burst into laughter. Isn’t it true? These words were hard for the men to express, but the child voiced their sentiments.

Zhang Guoqing gently said, "Don’t forget to greet the elders."

After the child greeted them, Zhang Guoqing saw Mr. Zhang already paired up with his father-in-law heading into the courtyard, realizing amidst the chaos, he truly had no time to send him to the small courtyard.

Carrying Aunt Chen’s prepared postpartum soup, Zhang Guoqing took Ping’an back to the hospital, where Zhou Jiao still hadn’t woken up.

Ping’an curiously circled the two newborns, observing, "Dad, they’re so small."

Zhang Guoqing didn’t mention that for twins, just having a single one was already a hefty boy. He nodded with a smile, "From now on, you’re the big brother. Take good care of your little brothers."

"Okay. Do they have nicknames yet?"

Zhang Guoqing joked, "Not yet. How about you, as the big brother, give your little brothers their nicknames, how about that?"

"Can I?"

"Of course, but you should wait for your mom to wake up and discuss it with her."

Ping’an squinted happily, excitedly staying by the babies’ side, coming up with various nicknames, dissatisfied with each, feeling none were worthy of his own brothers.